Two years ago, the water crisis in Delhi was at its peak. With the drought-like situation still fresh in their minds, most people today count water supply as a key factor in deciding where to live. Going by that trend, residents of East Delhi are the happiest lot. And that is not surprising given the fact the area has the best groundwater levels and a direct supply from the Ganga. With the Sonia Vihar water treatment plant commissioned, the area today faces hardly any shortage.

When it comes to a colony's livability index, garbage matters, or rather the disposal of it. Rating the amenities provided by civic agencies in colonies, most residents stressed on the importance of cleanliness. In the

Companies Reluctant To Sign Purchase Agreement Delhi government's ambitious Bawana power project may be running into trouble. The project that was conceived to make the Capital selfsufficient in power generation and inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a few months ago, may not find takers for its power so easily. According to sources, BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and NDPL have shown reluctance to sign power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 1,500 gas-based plant saying that the power generated from this plant would be too expensive.

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Govt Worried Ambani Feud May Affect Vote, Amar Cries Poaching Diwakar | TNN New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani, the head of India's biggest corporate house Reliance, met PM Manmohan Singh and other important government functionaries on Monday amid rising government anxiety about the raging Ambani feud adversely affecting the government's prospects in the impending trial of strength over the nuclear deal.

Opec president Chakib Khelil warned on Sunday that oil prices will continue to rise because of the falling dollar, in an interview in the Algeria-News. "The price of oil will rise again in the coming weeks. We have to follow the evolution of the dollar, because a 1% fall in the dollar means four dollars more on the price of oil,' Khelil, who is Algeria's minister of energy and mines, told the independent daily.

Rising oil prices are creating pain for airport developers too. Faced with a slowdown in the domestic aviation industry, both the Airports Authority of India and private players are now fearing lower revenues and seeking ways to cut costs, after investing huge amounts on infrastructure improvements.

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For automobile companies, problems are mounting. With high inflation and interest rates threatening a slowdown, rising raw material costs are adding to their woes. Expansion plans of many firms and vendors are likely to be hit as already-tight operating margins are further shrinking.
Brokerage houses and sectoral analysts predict that it will be a tough road ahead for the auto sector, with tighter monetary policy and liquidity crunch setting in.