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Metro to airport….

The reported proposal to have an underground metro railway line running below the new runway at Delhi airport is most welcome. In addition to being time-efficient, travel by the metro railway to the airport will also be a very reasonable proposition with a price tag of Rs.100 and provision of checking in luggage at the railway station.

The design blueprint looks quite impressive, but the moot point is which land will be used for building the proposed project. Already New Delhi has been reduced from a lush green city to a concrete maze. Careful consideration must be given by the authorities to the environmental impact of the proposed metro line.

Ganti Mahapatruni Rama Rao,

C/o G. Kumar, C - 1199, IFFCO Colony, Sector - 17 B, Gurgaon - 122 001.

Pothole problem

The increasing number of potholes on Delhi’s roads is a matter of concern. The moment you step out of home, the dreadful potholes greet you. There is not a single road without such a nightmare. Start from Munirka or Safdarjung or Yusuf Sarai or Naraina or for that matter anywhere in East Delhi or West Delhi, the potholes will never leave you alone.

The abundance of these life-threatening potholes may be attributed to the fact that all-out efforts are directed towards construction of new flyovers and upgrading of roads for the Commonwealth Games-2010 without anybody in authority bothering about the potholes.

Ironically, nobody knows whether these flyovers will reduce or increase the travel time. Earlier the driving time from Munirka to Nehru Place was around 25 minutes but now it takes one hour to travel through these seven kilometres. The Public Works Department and the Delhi Government remain indifferent towards this issue.

I am not a trained engineer, but as a victim of this pothole menace I know that it is better to ensure a regularly-maintained peripheral road first along the main flyover.

Just go to the location of the Naraina flyover and you will realise the severity of the situation. The peripheral road is horrible; every inch is a death trap. The moment you blink your eyes, the potholes will swallow you. The traffic is so slow that it takes up to 45 minute to cross Naraina Ring Road. The monsoon has damaged the already butchered road.

But then we have to be more patient as we are witnessing the transition of Delhi to a “world-class city”! No problem for the Delhi Government, as Delhiites are used to it. The PWD should learn from the efficiency and professionalism of the Delhi Metro railway engineers.

Of course some of the blame has to be shared by the citizens also. We get what we demand and deserve. So we need to be more assertive.

Prem Kant Mishra,

335 A/D, Munirka, New Delhi – 110 067.

Mess in Manipur

Frankly speaking, education seems to end in Manipur at Plus Two. Except for a couple of colleges offering B.A. /B.Sc. /B.Com. courses, which too are on the verge of going haywire, there is no engineering, medical or technical college worth the name in the State.

Education in Manipur up to Plus Two is undoubtedly of high quality and has a robust potential of grooming students strong enough to compete with their counterparts from other States. But in the absence of any avenues for higher education, this pool of capable students goes un-harnessed.

Something needs to be done at once to improve this state of affairs.

M. Reagan Singh,

Indian School of Mines University, Sapphire Hostel, Dhanbad – 826 004.

Hello, Airtel….

This is regarding the malfunctioning of Airtel’s “m-check” service, which is supposed to enable recharging of mobile phone accounts through Internet banking.

On July 11, I used the service to recharge my mobile account (9897788596) twice, but it was recharged only once. Again, on July 15, I unsuccessfully tried recharging my account five times.

My bank statements show transfer of money to 397970044304. However, when I contacted Airtel Customer Care they denied this and said, “Our computer doesn’t have any record of this transaction.”

Soon after recharging I received a message from 543219, “Transaction failure from bank”, from Airtel. I went to Airtel’s regional office in Mathura but the officials refused to help me and asked me to contact my bank.

I hope the higher authorities at Airtel will take note of my problem now and ensure that their computers are repaired. Manish Kumar Maurya,

IV Year, B.V. Science & A.H.S.N. Hostel, Room No. 105, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Mathura – 281 001.

For peace on earth

United Earth, an international NGO headed by Claes Nobel, grandson of Alfred Nobel, has proposed to set up United Earth Peace University in India. The objective of the university is to transform the target group, the youngsters, from dysfunctional and destructive tendencies to cooperative, effective and constructive behaviour. The Union Minister has agreed to this proposal.

We welcome the idea. We are sure establishment of such an institution will not only help in restoring peace on earth but also help in creating an integrated society free of hatred and destructive instincts.

Obaidur Rahman Nadwi,

Lecturer, Nadwa College, P.B. 93, Tagore Marg, Lucknow – 226 007.

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