High capacity bus corridors that promise to put the Indian Capital's public transport system in league with world-class cities like Beijing and Taipei will be thrown open to the public in June this year. Also called bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, the first such pathway on the 14.5-km long Ambedkar Nagar-Delhi Gate stretch will be made operational by June 2008. The corridor is a set of roads elevated to form a pathway for high capacity bus systems. With BRT, the city will join cities like Beijing, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Bogot

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Haryana has cut the supply from 600 cusecs to 500 cusecs from February 15 It has badly affected Central Delhi that houses VIPs including the President and the PM Water production at Chandrawal and Wazirabad plants has come down by 20 to 30 per cent NEW DELHI: Water woes have re-surfaced in the Capital with Haryana slashing the supply by about 100 cusecs. The reduction in water being released for Delhi has badly affected the New Delhi Municipal Council areas that house residences of VIPs, including the President and the Prime Minister. According to Delhi Jal Board sources, Haryana has cut the supply of water from 600 cusecs to 500 cusecs from February 15. Consequently the minimum level of water in the Yamuna has fallen to 673 metres from the mandatory 674.5 metres. Sources have also said the production of water at the Chandrawal and Wazirabad water treatment plants had come down by 20 to 30 per cent. "Production of water has been affected in the Chandrawal plant, which has on its command area the VIP areas and large parts of Central Delhi. To mitigate the effect and ensure there is equitable supply of water, we have reduced production of water at Wazirabad,' said a Delhi Jal Board official. Blaming Haryana for reducing the supply of water "without any prior intimation', the official said: "We have been issuing communiqu

Bird flu has hit hard India's Rs 36,000-crore poultry industry, already smarting under a steep rise in essential feed prices. Although the flu is restricted to West Bengal, crashing wholesale prices

This is a message that has both sermons and promises. "Stop polluting the Yamuna now,' it says. We don't have to look far for the target of this admonition. Alongside is a non-descript person washing

Foggy conditions during winters in Delhi have increased drastically over the past decade. Meteorological data for December and January in 1983 shows the average clear visibility during the day in the

The list includes temple, shopping mall, Games Village, road diversions and more Constructions pose a great threat to the city's water security, say activists "Government not adhering to moratorium on further constructions' NEW DELHI: A temple, a shopping mall, a depot, an entire Games Village and now road diversions

The Capital has recorded over 1,100 cases of chickenpox this year. This, according to a senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi official, is high for this time of the year. Over 600 patients were treated at MCD's outdoor facilities, he said. "We do get a lot of chickenpox cases between January and April, but this year the numbers have been on the higher side. However, there is no cause for worry,' he added.