Queens Baton relay to showcase importance of CW games in UP

The Queens Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010, will showcase the importance and popularity of the Games in nine cities of Uttar Pradesh
during its two phase of the relay in the state.

The organising Committee of the Games have also urged the UP government to make arrangement for the publicity and popularity of the relay by seeking participation of eminent personalities and sportsperson.

The relay will enter UP from Bareilly on July 8 and after stopping at Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Allahabad and Varanasi it will enter Gaya in Bihar on July 13. In the second phase, it will enter Lalitpur in Bundelkhand on September 20 and after visiting Jhansi and Agra on September 21 it will end in New Delhi on September 30.

The Taj city of Agra would be the focal point for the foreign tourists coming to New Delhi for the Games as more than one lakh foreigners could reach there during the fortnight long Games from October 3 to 14.