New Delhi: The long queues at the immigration counters at international airports of the country will soon be a thing of past once a proposal mooted by Tourism Ministry for 'fast immigration clearance' gets the go ahead.

"Under the proposal, it is suggested that a nominal fee should be charged from those who wants to avoid long waiting in the queues and won't mind paying a fee to get the fast immigration clearance," Tourism Minister Renuka Choudhary told reporters in New Delhi today (Oct 28, 2004).

Expecting that the proposal, which is being discussed with Home and Civil Aviation Ministries, will be cleared in six months time, the Minister said already capacity building programmes were on under the proposal. This will be done at all the international airports in the country, she said.

Choudhary, who is leaving tonight on her second leg of "Incredible India" road-shows in East Europe countries including Croatia to promote the country as a tourism destination, also briefed the reporters about various projects being undertaken by the Ministry including developing the 'World Heritage Sites' in the country starting with Hampi and Mysore Palace, promoting cruise tourism and developing Buddhist circuit.