Escort agencies will target only foreign athletes, entourage and visitors expected to cross a lakh at the 2010 Commowealth Games
Escort agencies will target only foreign athletes, entourage and visitors expected to cross a lakh at the 2010 Commowealth Games
Whether the 2010 Commonwealth Games will meet its October deadline is up for debate, but escort agencies from Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Bangalore, hotbeds for A-list prostitutes, are already at the drawing board, listing out the probables, who will be sent to service the over one lakh visitors to the 2010 Commonwealth games.
While precise numbers cannot be ascertained, the shortfall in the number of women available in New Delhi is approximately 50 per cent, of which 25 per cent will be met by the cities named above. The other 25 per cent will be sourced from Punjab and Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the North East. The one-lakh figure includes sportspersons, officials and visitors to the games.
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Net Catch: The shortfall in the number of women available in New Delhi is approximately 50 per cent, of which 25 per cent will be met by Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Bangalore and other 25 per cent will be sourced from Punjab and Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the North East. pic/Jupiter Images |
Foreigners
Raj, an escort agent who works with Indian Escort Girls from Mumbai said foreigners were their target audience and not Indian athletes. "We can actuate 2000 to 5000 escorts for the event in a week, but there will be a shortfall, which will have to be met by other cities. Americans and Europeans pay well and we expect a lot of business from them."
Ellen (name changed) an escort from Goa said, "Yes, it's a big event and makes great business sense for us. Our agents will make sure there will be enough of us to meet the demand."
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Fit and hot girls
Neha Arora, who runs Escort International in New Delhi said, "Our agency will concentrate on three things.
First, increasing the number of national and international call girls in our agency to meet the customers'
requirements. Second, making the girls look fit and hot so that they can work for extra hours and finally, increase our reach across the country. Our main focus during the games will be reaching out to foreigners as they pay well."
Website launch
She said there were thousands of agencies operating throughout India and the only way to stand out is to keep up with requirements. "We are planning to launch a new website next year with pictures of hot and sexy models, airhostess and actresses," said Arora
Tina Jaiswal who owns the No 1 Delhi Escort agency said, "We hope to make good money during the games. We will simply follow the demand and supply principle of economics. We will double our rates a month before the games begin and increase our workforce. We have around 50 to 60 girls across India."
Khairati Lal from Bhartiya Patita Uddhar Sabha, an NGO that works for the GB Road red light area in Delhi, said, "We will not remain silent if any such developments occur in the city. We will protest via different mediums and
programmes."
The Other SideUday Sahay, additional director general (communications) Commonwealth Games said, There are so many things which need to be discussed and this [prostitution] is one of them. We are in the process of discussing these things and hopefully a committee will be formed to tackle this soon.
Rs 3,472 cr The allotment made by the Union government for the games. In addition are funds from the Commonwealth Games Federation.
Rs 23,000Per hour rate charged by escorts to foreigners
Wealth of infoNew Delhi will host the 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games between Oct 3 and Oct 14, 2010. It will be the biggest sporting extravaganza to be held in India after the country hosted the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi.
Around 10,000 athletes and officials from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) will participate in the 12-days of sporting competition.
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The 17 sports will be featured in CWG 2010, which will be held at six venue clusters, and five stand alone venues.
Queen Elizabeth II will launch the baton relay for CWG 2010 on Oct 29, 2009 in the presence of President Pratibha Patil from Buckingham Palace, London.
After touring the 71 other CWG nations the baton will enter India from the Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar on June 25, 2010. The baton will travel around 1,70,000 km in all the Commonwealth Games nations.
The baton will travel in the country for 100 days covering a distance of 20,000 km. It will enter Delhi on 1 October, 2010.
Last month, Shiela Dikshit accepted that her government's Yamuna Action Plan has failed and it will not be able to clean the river before the Commonwealth Games.
Common Games federation chief Michael Fenell had pulled up the Organising Committee for the slow-paced work and even fixed an appointment with PM to apprise him of the delay in the preparation of CWG. This month, however, he said the "overall the preparations are under control".
Kalmadi, Kalmadi, CWG Organising Committee chairman, said "On the advice of the CGF, we had also hired foreign consultants so that we do not slip up. We working together to stage one of the most successful Games," said Kalmadi.
