By IANS,
New Delhi: There was no need to paint an “alarming picture” on the safety of women tourists in India, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
As per statistics, five million tourists had visited India in 2007-08, Chidambaram said while answering a question during Question Hour. “We should not exaggerate or paint an alarming picture,” he said in response to a query from Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Prada.
He said the tourism ministry had already issued an advisory to the state governments on the issue of safety of tourists. The advisory includes advice for deployment of more police, as well as a separate tourist police.
“I hope that they take this advisory very seriously,” he said.
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