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Is Delhi Metro ready to tackle LeT strike?

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

Delhi Metro to acquire 10 more trains

New Delhi - Commuters in the crowded national capital now have reason to smile - Delhi Metro has decided to add 10 more trains to its existing fleet within the next two years. Looking at the rousing response from commuters, we have decided to induct 10 new trains in the next two years, says Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief spokesman Anuj Dayal. While six trains comprising four coaches each will start running in 2006-07, four more similar trains will be inducted in 2007-08. All the trains will reach us between January and April 2007 and will ply on the exiting lines, Dayal

Train knocks down two engineers repairing signal cables; the second injured is in hospital

New Delhi: An engineer working with Delhi Metro was on Thursday died after being hit by a train while he was carrying out repair work between Shahdara and Welcome stations. The incident took place around 1 pm when two Metro engineers were repairing signal cables. Both were hit. They were immediately rushed to the nearby GTB Hospital at Shahdara where 27-year-old Indermohan Srivastava, a section engineer, was declared brought dead while 22-year-old Purushottam Priyadarshi, a junior engineer, was admitted with a fracture in his right arm, a DMRC release said.

Security at Delhi Metro stepped up

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

Delhi Metro steps up security

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