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| April 3, 2010 | Agra gears up for tourists' arrival ahead of Commonwealth Games | | Agra: To draw tourists during the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh's Agra city is gearing up with construction activities. According to
Jafer Ali Tanveer, Vice Chairman of Agra Development
Authority, construction work is underway on a big scale. "Since a large number
of tourists will come here for commonwealth games we are making preparations for
it on a large scale. It includes beautifying the monuments, repairing the roads,
lighting work, decorative lighting work in traffic islands, developing some new
parks. We are constructing news bus, auto shelters, broadening the bridge which
goes to MG Road so we are doing it on a large scale," Tanveer said. New Delhi
is preparing to host more than 100,000 foreign visitors during the Oct. 3-14 event,
and the national capital hopes to use the games to show itself off as a truly
global city. | |
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