NEW DELHI: Realising full well that the state-of-the-art Delhi Metro could become a target of terrorists planning to inflict large-scale damage, security on the railway network has been stepped up. However, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation officials maintain that there is a need to keep constant vigil and mere knee-jerk reactions involving making of announcements and increasing the number of personnel will not do.
While the Rapid Action Force has been deployed along with sniffer dogs and the number of bomb disposal squads has been increased, DMRC is not happy with the overall approach to security. Stating that the Delhi police and the Central Industrial Security Force have become lethargic as far as Metro security is concerned a senior official said not only do they take frisking and profiling of passengers lightly, at times they also allow banned objects such as jerry cans and hardware goods on to the system.
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NEW DELHI: A day after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) sounded the red alert following the terror blasts in Mumbai, commuters here on Wednesday said they do not mind going through laborious security checks but are not ready to go through another horror in the capital.
We welcome the decision of the Delhi Metro authorities to step up security. It is better to go through a number of security checks than face some horrible terror attack. The October 29 triple blasts in market places here is still fresh and Delhiites are not ready to face any such brutality, said Simran
NEW DELHI : The Lashkar-e-Toiba threat to Delhi Metros underground corridor on Line 2 ( Delhi University-Central Secretariat) has not only put Metro staff on a high alert but also thrown the security agencies into a tizzy.
The CISF has taken over the high-risk installation and deployed additional staff at all locations. While the ban on liquids including water has been lifted after Janmashtami, CISF personnel is taking no chances.
Water bottles, lunch boxes and bags are being checked invariably and even women are being checked without fail. A special ladies-only staff will soon be in place to frisk
New Delhi - The national capital Monday virtually turned into a fortress as security was heightened on the eve of Independence Day with people struggling through traffic jams and security drills of the police.
However, people were not complaining.
I was aware that there would be excessive checking at the Delhi borders so I decided to start early from office to avoid the rush. We were informed by the police in advance about the expected traffic snarls, said Vishrut Mittal, a chartered accountant working in Gurgaon, close to the national capital.
Similar was the reaction from Abhishek Banerjee who works in
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New Delhi, the capital of India is no doubt a commuter's nightmare and what comes as a saving grace is the presence of good infrastructure in terms of its wide roads and transport like the newly built Metro. Delhi has a large chain of transport system. One been the public transport and the other being the private transport.
Thousands of people commute through Delhi Transport to reach their office, school and colleges. Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is known as the main public transport operator of Delhi. Connecting each and every corner of the city the DTC buses
NEW DELHI: After a spate of 'threatening' emails, the Delhi Police has prohibited the use of cyber cafes by persons without photo identity cards, for two months starting July 25.
The order was issued by Police Commissioner K K Paul, saying it had been noticed that anti-social elements were using such facilities, especially email, to mislead security agencies, create panic in the public, endanger the security of important personalities and government institutions and affect State security.