During day, the maximum temperature is staying well below the normal. The minimum temperature went down to 8.4 degrees C, but it is a degree above the normal temperature. The minimum temperature has dropped around 4 degrees and is expected to down in the next few days.

Yesterday in the capital, the maximum temperature went 3 degrees lower than the normal, marking 18 degrees C.  On Friday, the maximum temperature was 16.9 degrees C.

In this winter, the city and its surrounding region experienced the cold wave when the minimum temperature touched 2.9 degrees. In the last eleven areas, except in 2010, January has always been the month with lowest temperature. On 8th January, 2006, the temperature marked the lowest, in last eleven years, when it touched 0.2 degrees C.

It seems that Delhi metro is on a record setting spree. Just after six days of setting highest ever ridership, the premier transport of the capital has surpassed its earlier record as more than 18 lakh passengers commuted took metro on Monday. According to a DMRC official, the figure stood at 18, 30,944 as compared to the previous figure of 17,71,668 on July 25. The official further added that the ridership is witnessing increase during weekdays.

It is to be noted that DMRC has added 2.5 lakh passengers in the first six months and the average daily ridership which stood at 13.59 lakh in January 2011 stood at 16.08 lakh in July 2011. Notably metro has evolved as the most sought after transportation system in the capital as it is fast and efficient. The Noida line recorded the maximum ridership followed by the Gurgaon line. Significant increases in number of passengers were witnessed at stations such as Mandi House, Central Secretariat, Barakhamba Road, Garden Estate etc.

DMRC runs 200 train sets with 59 of them having 6 coaches. Delhi metro’s phase 3 is expected to be completed by 2016 which will make it one of the fastest expanding metro networks in the world carrying about 40 lakh commuters.

The Delhi Police on Sunday arrested Sanjeev Saxena, an assistant of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh for his involvement in 2008 cash-for-votes scandal. A Parliamentary Committee had earlier named Saxena as a suspect and asked the police to probe his role.

Crime Branch Of Delhi Police called Saxena to their Chanakyapuri office where later he was placed under custody. Deputy Commissioner Of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand said that Saxena has been arrested for charges under Prevention Of Corruption Act and the police is also examining a CD of a sting operation carried out by a private news channel where Saxena is shown handling notes to 3 BJP MPs.

Kanimozhi and Kumar has been named as accused in the 2G spectrum scam by the CBI during its second charge sheet which was filed on April 25. The charge sheet indicated that Kanimozhi has taken bribe worth Rs 200 crore which was routed through Kalaignar TV where she has 20% stake.

DMRC boasts of owing a fleet of 160 metro trains which make 2400 trips per day carrying 1.5 million passengers on week days. DMRC is also expanding the metro network and is adding 108 kms more. It is aiming to complete 295 kms by 2015, thereby becoming one of the fastest expanding metro networks across the globe.

In order to do it MCD has taken the help of Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer at IIT-Delhi which has developed a voice app via which users can call up the aforementioned number and their complain will be loged on MCD’s Facebook page.

The complainant will get a complaint number along with other details and once the complain has been addressed, another message will be sent.

Shiela Dikshit, Delhi Chief Minister met the victim’s parents and condoled her death assuring that Radhika’s family will get justice. Students however, were angry and assembled near Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma college and raised slogans against Delhi Police and Shiela Diskhit. They demanded security to be stepped up in campus particularly during evening.

Students were angry at the growing insecurity for women in Delhi. One of the student said they are planning to march towards India Gate to draw attention to their demand. Radhika’s killer disappeared in the chaos which erupted after she was shot. Radhika was killed in a busy area where there are number of colleges and shops are there.

The incident has annoyed Delhi, which is increasingly becoming unsafe for women. Meanwhile, police suspects that some stalker who is possibly enrolled in the same college or living at Naraina has shot Radhika. Radhika’s family too lives in Naraina. The stalker managed to flee in the chaos that erupted after he shot Radhika.

Radhika’s family said that Radhika on no account told them about any problems she was facing. As of now they are suspecting no one. Following the incident enraged students of Delhi University’s south campus participated in a protest march which took place at the spot where Radhika was shot. Shiela Dikshit, Chief Minister Of Delhi has condemned the incident saying that it is unfortunate that Delhi is considering to be the most unsafe city in the country.

New Delhi, October 03 — A gift of Delhi Metro to the Commonwealth Games just few hours before the opening ceremony in the capital as a new link was opened today morning from Central Secretariat to the Sarita Vihar. This is a crucial link to the CWG 2010 main venue, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

The new link, 15-kilometer corrider, will make convenient for people to attend the opening ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games. The link was inaugurated in the presence of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director E Sreedharan. At 8 in the morning, a brand new train began its journey from the Central Secretariat metro station. With this new link, the Phase-2 of the Delhi Metro has been almost completed except the Airport Express Line.

E Sreedharan told to the media, “It is a matter of great pride and glory for all of us in Delhi Metro that the Badarpur line has been substantially opened up to Sarita Vihar. This marks almost the completion of our Phase-II project.”

He added further that the Phase-II of the Delhi Metro was originally scheduled to be completed by March 2011, but it was advanced in view of the Commonwealth Games.

He said, “We have advanced all the target dates and completed all the lines now except the airport line which is also complete but which is not able to get the safety certificate. We hope to get the safety certificate for the airport line also very shortly. So with this, the phase two work is over.”

The train frequency on this line will be 2 minutes and 40 seconds and throughout the inaugural function of the CWG, the train movement will be personally monitored by senior Metro officers from the Operations Control Room. The line is of 15 km and 6 km of it is underground from Central Secretariat to Lajpat Nagar. The interchange facility is at the Central Secretariat and the line is expected to be further expanded in about 10 days, upto Badarpur.

New Delhi, September 11 — The Yamuna flooded several several parts of Delhi after the water level of it climbed two metres above the danger marke. It threatened the low-lying areas of the Capital to submerge.

The Tibetan market is under water in the festive day of Muslims and shopkeepers are watching in fear as Yamuna rises more and more gradually.

The water has reached the waist level in the area and the hapless residents are grappling with what is an extremely difficult situation.

A resident of the area said, “Kuch logon ne kaha ki baad aayegi, kuch ne kaha nahi aayegi. Isliye hum log nahi gaye. Kuch pata hi nahi tha, ab itna bura haal hai (Some people said the area will be flooded, while others refused. So we got confused and didn’t leave. Now we are stranded).”

At 12:30 p.m the water level had rose to the level of 206.70 metre in Yamuna, which is 1.87 metre above the danger mark. It is learned that the water may rise further as neighboring Haryana would released more water.

Temporary shelter at the nearby school has been set up by government.

The flood water of Yamuna has entered many areas including Yamuna Vihar, Madanpur, Usmanpur, Sonia Vihar, Jaitpur, Nigambodh, Tibet Market and Yamuna Bazar.