New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the third edition of the International Kite Festival at Baansera in west Delhi, calling for sustained efforts to transform the event into a landmark international festival. He also pitched the bamboo forest-themed park as an emerging tourist destination in the capital.

Addressing the gathering, Shah asked the Delhi lieutenant governor and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to constitute a committee to begin preparations for next year's festival with the aim of giving it national and global prominence.

"In the coming years, the kite festival should secure a leading position among major kite festivals in the country and the world. A committee should be formed to ...