Now, 'feast' on the Qutub Minar

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is setting up over 100 kiosks in several parts of Delhi the city during the Commonwealth Games in October where you will get chocolate replicas of the Qutub Minar.

A top MCD official associated with the project told MiD DAY the kiosks will be arranged on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis by the civic agency. "We are floating tenders. These stalls will be built by some private agency. Basically, these will be information kiosks to guide the Games spectators," said the official.

The kiosks will be set up near the Games venues and other tourist spots like Red Fort, India Gate and other historical monuments including the Qutub Minar of course.

"The private agency will come up with various items for sale. These will include chocolate replicas of the Qutub Minar, the Walled City's famous jalebi shaped earrings, T-shirts that will have pictures of famous city monuments and Commonwealth Games messages like Welcome to Delhi, Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi- Dil Se and I love my Delhi. The kiosks will also have stone replicas of various historical monuments for sale," said the official.

The stalls will also have handicraft and handloom items popular in various parts of the country. "We are in talks with the Handloom Corporation of India," the official added.

Apart from that pamphlets and other informative material about the city and famous historical spots and other places will also be available. 

The kiosks will also facilitate visitors with taxi and auto booking. "A software is being developed with which one would get information of various tourist spots in the country with focus on tourists spots on the Golden Triangle (Delhi-Jaipur-Mumbai)," added the official. The MCD also plans to use these kiosks for currency exchange. "However, clearance is still awaited from the government," the official concluded. 

These kiosks will be 10x10 feet in size. The front side of the kiosks will be of glass. They will have solar panel on top to generate electricity. Each kiosk will have a side panel where information about famous tourist spots will be available. After the Commonwealth Games, these kiosks will be used by the government to run various schemes to facilitate the citizens.