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Reader's Mail

Derailed

When the Railways cut off the Metre Gauge (MG) lifeline between Jodhpur and Delhi via Degana-Ratangarh-Rewari in 1994, the people living in towns lying between Ratangarh and Degana -- Sujangarh, Ladnun, Didwana and Khatu -- were deprived of travel facility by a single train from their home towns to Delhi and Jodhpur. However, Bikaner, Sikar and Ringas kept connecting with Delhi with MG until recently when the only remaining MG line between Rewari and Delhi was converted into Broad Gauge (BG) in spite of the fact that there already existed a BG line between Rewari and Delhi, thus shutting the doors of Delhi for these people forever. Now these orphaned people travel by road.

Would someone in the Railways adopt these orphans now by giving them BG lines?

S. Joshi,

C-11/32, Sector-3,

Rohini, Delhi - 110 085.

Dwarka calling

It is quite surprising that during the winter months when the power situation in the Capital is generally comfortable, BSES should be resorting to load-shedding in the Dwarka area, extending to three hours a day and at times even four hours.

They choose to inflict the power cuts for about one and a half hours every day from 5-30 in the morning and again from 6-30 in the evening, when power is needed the most.

My enquiries reveal that these power cuts have been going on in most parts of Dwarka for more than a month. One has not come across any announcement or statement from BSES or any other authority in the recent past about the need for such long power cuts.

Will BSES explain the rationale for these power cuts and tell us how long people will have to put up with these?

When this is the state of affairs in winter, one shudders to think what is in store for us during the summer months ahead.

K. Achuthan,

A-21, Siddarthakunj Apartments,Sector-7, Plot-17,Dwarka,

New Delhi - 110 075.

A long nightmare

We in Dwarka have been experiencing an acute power shortage and erratic supply for more than three weeks now. The Delhi Government has resorted to illegal load-shedding without any prior warning.

The electricity in our part of Dwarka goes off sometimes around midnight and comes back only after 8 in the morning. It goes off at 11 a.m. and returns around 3 p.m. Again it goes off around 5 p.m. and comes back after 9-30 p.m. Thus, in effect, electricity is available here hardly for 10 hours a day. We wonder how long we should suffer like this while all the VIPs in the heart of the Capital enjoy uninterrupted power supply free of charge all day and night.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been making tall claims in the media through big advertisements about her Public Grievances Cell to tackle the power problem in Delhi, but there is hardly any response on the phone numbers advertised.

T. V. Gopalan,

A-702, Katyayani CGHS,

Plot No. 8, Sector 6, Dwarka,

New Delhi - 110 075

Shah Rukh's show

It's not "Namaste" or "Namaskaar" of the Big B but "Hi!" and "Hello!" of Shah Rukh now. Answers to questions are not "locked" but "frozen". That's how King Khan is welcoming the people to the hot seat.

Even today when we talk about "Kaun Banega Crorepati", the first thing that comes to mind is Amitabh Bachchan. Shah Rukh does't have that absolute command over Hindi for which the Big B is known. Yet for all that, Shah Rukh is doing a great job with his light-hearted manner on the show, making the contestents comfortable.

This new innings of KBC seems more interesting and entertaining. Without changing the format of the show, King Khan has successfully added a new flavour.

Kaushal Kumar,

A-476, Durga Marg, Mandawali,

Delhi - 110 092.

Well done, Shilpa

Colonel R.D. Singh wrote in these columns last week, "No, Ms. Shetty...." (January 29), that she should have returned to India quitting the London show after her unpleasant experience. This is an indicator of a losing mindset. Shilpa did the right thing in staying on. Instead of succumbing, facing the odds and then winning the game was the better option.

She reached out by all means, but as a winner rather than a captive. And as they say, winners never quit and quitters never win.

Ankit Kumar,

Class IX,

Jodhpur House,

Mayo College,

Ajmer.

For Buddha's sake

Undaunted by terrorist threats, thousands of Indians are involved in reconstruction projects across Afghanistan today. All that is fine.

But there is something amiss. When the Karzai regime got installed in Kabul after the fall of the Taliban five year ago, a solemn pledge was extended that the Bamiyan Buddha would be restored. Even after five years, nothing has materialised. Why?

It is high time the Government of India ensured that this important project to restore an ancient civilisation is taken up seriously.

Manmohan Sethi,

Kanta Sethi Hospital,

A-777-778, Avantika,

Sector-2, Rohini,

Delhi - 110 085.

(Letters for this column may be sent by e-mail to wsins@thehindu.co.in. They must carry the full postal address of the writer and should be marked "Reader's Mail".)

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