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Nov 27 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
Touching tourists to be criminal offence?
Aditya Dev
Agra
Union minister of state for tourism and culture Mahesh Sharma said his ministry was in talks with the home ministry to deal with touts who harass tourists. Touching tourists could be made a criminal offence, he said.
Rajiv Tiwari, president of the Federation of Travel Associations of Agra, who was part of a delegation that had met the minister on Tuesday in the national capital, said, “The minister is aware of hardships faced by tourists, especially women. He expressed concern and said a new law would be implemented to make harassment of tourists a crime.“
Members of the delegation said the tourism minister had attributed the fall in the number of people visiting the Taj to the large number of touts (`lap kas' in local language).
“There has been a decrease in tourist inflow to the city by 10% (since last year). The minister said it was largely because of the harassment,“ Sanjay Sharma president, Approved Guides Association (Agra), said. On the issue of encroachments near monuments, the minister has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to draw up a plan in collaboration with the state government.
The minister also plans to develop one Agra monument as a `model' one, so it could be used as a blueprint for the con servation of other monuments. “The ministry plans to adopt three monuments in the country for this purpose; one of these will be from Agra. The name of the monuments will be announced on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday, December 25,“ a member of the delegation that met the minister said. The delegation that met Mahesh Sharma was led by Fatehpur Sikri MP Chaudhary Babulal. The group also submitted a memorandum to the minister, seeking, among other things, that a light and sound show be started at Fatehpur Sikri.
Nov 27 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
Touching tourists to be criminal offence?
Aditya Dev
Agra
Union minister of state for tourism and culture Mahesh Sharma said his ministry was in talks with the home ministry to deal with touts who harass tourists. Touching tourists could be made a criminal offence, he said.
Rajiv Tiwari, president of the Federation of Travel Associations of Agra, who was part of a delegation that had met the minister on Tuesday in the national capital, said, “The minister is aware of hardships faced by tourists, especially women. He expressed concern and said a new law would be implemented to make harassment of tourists a crime.“
Members of the delegation said the tourism minister had attributed the fall in the number of people visiting the Taj to the large number of touts (`lap kas' in local language).
“There has been a decrease in tourist inflow to the city by 10% (since last year). The minister said it was largely because of the harassment,“ Sanjay Sharma president, Approved Guides Association (Agra), said. On the issue of encroachments near monuments, the minister has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to draw up a plan in collaboration with the state government.
The minister also plans to develop one Agra monument as a `model' one, so it could be used as a blueprint for the con servation of other monuments. “The ministry plans to adopt three monuments in the country for this purpose; one of these will be from Agra. The name of the monuments will be announced on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday, December 25,“ a member of the delegation that met the minister said. The delegation that met Mahesh Sharma was led by Fatehpur Sikri MP Chaudhary Babulal. The group also submitted a memorandum to the minister, seeking, among other things, that a light and sound show be started at Fatehpur Sikri.
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