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Besides, the Board Metro requested the Delhi are: Mukundpur-Maujpur tested for the first time in the he Ministry of Housing and of Directors of Metro also Government and the Union (12.54 km), Rithala-Narela Railways sector in India. TUrban Affairs (MoHUA) approved the proposal to pro- Urban Development Ministry (21.73 km), Tughlakabad- The advantage of the lease has approved the proposal of cure 300 coaches for metro on for approval to engage private Aerocity (20.20 km), Inderlok- model is that the Delhi Metro Delhi Metro to involve private lease. players in at least three to six Indraprastha (12.58 km), Lajpat will neither be required to operators to run its train in the Secretary (MoHUA) Durga suggested corridors. Nagar-Saket G-block (7.96 km) make an upfront capital invest- proposed metro phase IV cor- Shankar Mishra told The “Delhi Metro also recom- and Janakpuri (west)-RK ment, nor will it incur any ridors. Under the plan, the Pioneer that Board of Directors mended a Public-private part- Ashram (28.92 km). maintenance costs over the tracks will be set up by Delhi of Delhi Metro has approved nership (PPP) model without The 104-kilometre net- entire 30-year-long life cycle of Metro while coaches will be the proposal to involve private any further details about its work proposed in phase IV is the coaches. Instead, it will pay obtained from a private player, entities to run metro rail in the functioning,” Mishra said. expected to add 1.5 million the concessionaire for the trains which will be selected through phase IV. This is the first time Under the plan, Delhi Metro passengers to the Metro daily. leased on an hourly basis. Such a bidding process. that Delhi Metro wants to will give guarantee to private It will benefit residents of models to finance and procure Also, Delhi Metro will pay involve private operators to operator on ridership and oper- South Delhi, giving them the coaches exist in Australia, the the private firm to run its run metro rail. A rift between ator may run train on the basis option of taking the Metro to UK and across Europe. trains. In order to operate the Central Government and of per kilometer expenses. the airport and other neigh- Mishra also stated that if other essential services across the Delhi Government over The total cost of metro is pending with the Delhi The first one will comprise the section, while the second one bourhoods. The project has underground station is built on all the metro stations, such as funding pattern is the cause of phase IV was estimated Government. section between Mukundpur- will comprise the section been pending approval for Hazrat Nizammuddin railway elevators, escalators and AFC the delays in implementation of 55,208 crore in 2016. Three Sources in the MoHUA Maujpur, Tughlakabad- between Rithala-Narela, nearly three years, with the files station for Rapid Rail Transit (automated fare collection) metro phase IV corridors. corridor of phase IV has said Delhi Metro is seeking Terminal 1 section and Inderlok-Indraprastha section seemingly stuck with the Delhi System, it will add an additional gates, the DMRC has also pro- Despite the Centre’s approval, approved by the Centre and it approval for two of its phases. Janakpuri (west)-RK Ashram and Lajpat Nagar-Saket G- Government. Work was to cost of 4,500 crore. ' !( "# $ O )$ %&$ $ ! " ! 2.3(.4"5 nighbours. China became a ! #$ %$! nuclear-weapons State way ! ith India’s first indige- back in the 1970s. " Wnously developed nuclear The Indian Ocean Region, ! " submarine INS Arihant suc- crucial for India’s strategic # $ %&' cessfully completing its first interests, has also been wit- deterrence patrol, the country nessing an increasing presence has joined the elite club of of Chinese ships and sub- ! !%65 47*.648 !O nations which possess a mini- marines. !( mum deterrent ‘nuclear triad’ The PM noted that the he doors to Ayyappa tem- — the ability to fire nuclear- achievement has put India Tple here opened on $) * tipped missiles from land, air among a handful of countries Monday for the second time in and sea. The Army’s Agni bal- having the capability to design, three weeks for a two-day spe- ++ ( listic missiles and the Air Force’s construct and operate Strategic cial puja amid unprecedented ) ( # fighter jets are already capable Strike Nuclear Submarine security over apprehension of *$ of carrying nuclear warheads. (SSBN). protests by those opposing the And now INS Arihant provides The development is a Supreme Court order allowing # ! the Navy with the maritime major achievement for the women of all age groups into reached the base camp at “She is at the police control ( nuclear strike capability. 52! 5 O country, he said, adding that the shrine. Pamba and sought protection room here now. She says she L Announcing this here on 5 INS Arihant will help in pro- Though no girl or woman to offer prayers at the hill wants to trek to the hill shrine. M !, Monday, Prime Minister ## O 5 tecting the country from exter- in the age group of 10-50 years shrine. No decision has been taken so Narendra Modi told the crew nal threats and contribute to was spotted at the temple, the The woman, Anju, identi- far on whether to take her to of Arihant the development is 2/ the atmosphere of peace in the abode of Lord Ayyappa, its fied herself as a native of the temple or not today,” a - % a “warning to the enemies of region. “In an era such as this, eternally celibate deity, police Cherthala in Alappuzha dis- police official told PTI. ++ -.( the country and peace” that spare those who needle it. peace and stability and INS a credible nuclear deterrence is said a 30-year-old woman has trict. Continued on Page 4 they should not resort to any “Our nuclear arsenal is not a Arihant will be the “harbinger the need of the hour. The suc- $ # adventurism against India. part of an aggressive policy, but of fearlessness” for the country, cess of INS Arihant gives a fit- Without naming Pakistan, it is an important means for he said. ting response to those who / Modi said India is a peace-lov- peace and stability,” he said. The development assumes indulge in nuclear blackmail,” 01/ '2% ing country and did not insti- India’s nuclear triad will be significance as India has two he tweeted. gate anyone, but it did not an important pillar of global nuclear-weapons States as its Continued on Page 4 ! "#$ ! . :2("52:6 ! "6(579'8 he State Secretariat in sec- our gangmen working on a Ttor-10 of Gujarat’s Capital Frailway line were run over city Gandhinagar witnessed a and killed by a train between high drama on Monday after a Sandila and Umartali stations leopard entered its premises. in Hardoi district of Uttar People heaved a sigh of Pradesh on Monday. The gang- relief only after the leopard was men were working on the caged at around 3 pm. Around tracks between the two stations, 300 officials of the State forest about 60 km from Lucknow, department had to struggle when the Kolkata-Amritsar for 12 hours to catch the big cat. Akal Takth Express ran over Sources in the State them at around 12 pm, a rail- Secretariat said a CCTV way spokesperson said. footage showed that the leop- A probe has been ordered, ard sneaked in through the gap Northern Railway spokesper- below Gate no 7 of the son Deepak Kumar said in Secretariat complex. Delhi. Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 ) *# &+ #% ! "2.3(.4"5 ed on Sunday. Department (PWD) to be on civic agencies to ensure that the properly covered. The vehicles According to the Central full alert as the air quality may vehicles carrying garbage/ must carry valid pollution elhi’s air quality deterio- Pollution Control Board dip further. Hussian directed malba to the landfill sites are under control certificates and Drated ‘severely’ as on (CPCB), air quality in twenty that no vehicles are used which Monday as the National areas of the city was recorded are more than 10 years old for Ambient Air Quality Index as ‘severe’, however, the overall transporting the garbage/ (NAAQI) plunged values of Air Quality recorded by malba to the landfill sites. Suspended Particulate Matters SAFAR was 417 and 227 in The Environment Minister (SPMs) twenty times higher micro cubic per gram, and the also directed the intensification than prescribed standards. A average value was 375. of water sprinkling on the thick haze engulfed the nation- Benzene (the volatile roads in the coming days. al Capital two days ahead of organic compound), the most Citing reasons of stubble burn- Diwali, following which, carcinogenic pollutant in Delhi, ing in neighbouring States and experts have warned, the air was also three times higher adverse meteorological condi- quality is likely to worsen fur- than the prescribed standards.

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