The Hindu : Around The City

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Sunday, Feb 29, 2004

New Delhi

New Delhi

Around The City

Clear Sunday sky likely

NEW DELHI FEB. 28. The weatherman has forecast a mainly clear sky for the Capital on Sunday. The minimum temperature is expected to be around 16 degrees Celsius.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung on Saturday were 32.4 and 16 degrees Celsius respectively, while Palam recorded a maximum of 33.4 and a minimum of 17 degrees Celsius.

Safdarjung recorded a maximum humidity of 88 per cent and a minimum of 26 per cent. At Palam, the maximum and minimum humidity stood at 86 per cent and 37 per cent respectively.

Drive against taxi, autos planned

NEW DELHI FEB. 28. The Delhi Police Commissioner, K.K. Paul, has directed the Traffic police to initiate a concerted drive against taxi and autorickshaw drivers causing problems to people at railway stations. The pre-paid autorickshaw booths have also been revived at the main railway stations across the Capital.

According to a Delhi Police spokesperson, Dr. Paul has been receiving a feedback about problems related to misbehaviour, refusal and over-charging by autorickshaw and taxi drivers. He has now directed the Traffic police to take action either on the complaint of the commuter or even on their own. The stretches near railway stations should also be kept free from undisciplined parking so that those arriving at or leaving the stations can do so smoothly.

The pre-paid booths functioning at Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj sides on New Delhi railway station and the ones on the Old Delhi and Nizamudin railway stations have been revived. Adequate traffic police personnel have been provided at these centres to ensure that the commuters have easy and fair access to the system.

Dr. Paul has also requested people to keep sending the feed back about such problems to the police.

Cheat arrested

NEW DELHI FEB. 28. An alleged cheat wanted in two cases of duping people of huge sums of money in the name of sending them to Britain and the United States has been arrested by the Special Cell of the East Delhi police.

According to the police, 24-year-old Kunal Chopra, a resident of Railway Quarters Kishanganj in Old Delhi, was arrested on February 27 from near Vivekananda Mahila College in East Delhi. A stolen Honda City car was recovered from him. The car had been stolen from Punjabi Bagh in West Delhi on December 26. Raman Kochar, a notorious auto-lifter had allegedly stolen the vehicle and sold it to Kunal.

Kunal was wanted in two cases registered by the Special Cell and the Connaught Place police.

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