State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Coupled with the ongoing construction of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor on BSZ Marg and the Delhi T20 match at Feroz Shah Kotla grounds on Wednesday, traffic came to standstill with commuters gasping for breathing space. A senior traffic official was apprehensive that situation would worsen when the corridor would be built here and starts functioning. Match lovers were looking for space to park their vehicles on the entire stretch as almost one-third of the road space was taken away by ongoing work of the BRT corridor.
Post-BRT corridor the commuters travelling between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand section have started giving a damn care attitude towards the road and traffic signals. While the Government has expressed its obstinacy in not restoring the road structure of 5.8 km between Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand, commuters too have resorted to reckless driving 'to exhibit their protest against the corridor'.
The chaos created by BRT in New Delhi has panicked the Rajasthan Government, which has decided to send a team of official to the national to study of the situation as similar system is being introduced in the State capital. The decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting on Tuesday and it was felt that, if some changes in implementation of the scheme are required, could be carried at this initial stage.
This has reference to the comment, "Just nix it', by Chandan Mitra, and the news report, "Commuters abandon BRT as Govt won't', by Neha Attre (April 26). The Pioneer was the first newspaper to predict the failure of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Delhi. Its apprehensions have proved true in a short span of time
Beginning Thursday, Blueline buses will not run on Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor. The move will affect almost thousands of daily commuters who commute on these Bluelines due to inadequate Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses. Presently, 80 Blueline buses ply on this corridor, ferrying thousand of passengers from the BRT stretch every day.
The countdown has begun for chopping three more trees on the ITO - Delhi Gate stretch in order to facilitate the expansion of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor. The "massacre of the greens" on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg would add to the 10,000 trees felled earlier. Cocking a snook at the Government's order stalling further expansion of the corridor, construction work continues unabated.
Road to hell
The Bush Administration has for the first time dropped public hints that its hopes of seeing the US-India civil nuclear deal may be ebbing, suggesting that the next administration and Congress could take up the landmark pact if it fails to meet the deadline now. Putting out a mixed message on its prognosis for the deal, the State Department said on Thursday that time certainly was running out, yet denying it was giving up hope as the deal could still make it to the Congress in the remaining months.
The Jammu and Kashmir Government's clean slate denying any reported case of illegal possession of shahtoosh items has come under tough scrutiny before the Supreme Court. At pains to implement a State law banning trade in shahtoosh items for the past five years, the Court took the State's assertion with a pinch of salt and instead asked the State machinery to come up with the true facts before July this year.
In a jolt to the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered stay on construction of a parking lot near Siri Fort Sports Complex that threatened to gobble down 14 acres of green area. A bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to reconsider its proposal to clear the forest area and making way for parking space. Till then, status quo would be maintained, the court ordered.