A 33-year-old man was mowed down by a Blueline bus near the Dilshad Garden Metro station in northeast Delhi morning. The deceased, identified as Man Singh, was riding his motorcycle when the speeding bus hit him from behind, killing him instantly. While the driver of the Blueline flee the spot, the helper was beaten up by locals who also damaged the bus.

Singh was returning to his residence in old Seelampur from Vivek Vihar after dropping his five-year-old daughter, Chinki, to school around 8.30am. The bus, plying from Mori Gate to Seemapuri, was impounded and a case of death caused by rash and negligent driving has been registered. The body of the deceased has been sent for postmortem. Singh is survived by his wife, three sons and daughter.

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The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered a Delhi school to disclose the answer sheets of a Class IX student who had failed in his annual paper this year i.e. 2007-2008.

Moshin, a student studying in class IX of Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Dilshad Garden (East Delhi), failed in three of the six subjects in his annual exams.

“It was unbelievable that he failed in his class promotion examinations. My nephew had said he had done well. He was not even given his report card,” said Arif, the boy’s uncle.

On April 1, Mohsin filed an RTI application requesting the school to disclose to him the marks obtained in all six subjects.

“I also wanted to know that even if I failed, why was I denied a report card,” said Mohsin.

He also sought information on the pass percentage of Class IX and the rules for granting grace marks along with details of students who were given the same.

The school did not respond but, after one month and eight days, it finally agreed to provide the information on the order of the commission.

An RTI application requesting the disclosure of marks in all six subjects was filed by him. He also sough the details of teachers who had carried out the evaluation process of the answer sheets, the pass percentage of Class IX and the rules for granting marks.

In reply to the RTI application, the CIC also asked the school to disclose the answer sheets of all his classmates.

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The 3.1-km Shahdara-Dilshad Garden line will be the first link to become operational in Phase II of Delhi Metro. “About 95 per cent of civil work is over. If things go as planned, we may be able to open the line earlier than the scheduled December 2008 deadline. We are yet to work out the exact date of inauguration, but it could be moved ahead by a few months,” says Anuj Dayal, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Giving reasons for the speedy completion of work on the stretch, another DMRC official said contractors for the link were part of the Phase I construction team. “During the first phase, it was a learning experience. We had to keep learning even as work was being carried out. In the second phase, the experience gained during the first phase came in handy and it also helped that the stretch covers a little over 3 km,” he added.

With most of the construction work accomplished, the focus now is on completing work related to signalling, telecommunications, electrification and finishing of the stations. There will be three elevated stations on the new line: Mansarover Park, Jhilmil Colony and Dilshad Garden. Each station will have four escalators and three lifts and will be 20 metres off the ground because of the existing flyover at Shahdara. Parking space has been allocated at Jhilmil Colony and Dilshad Garden, but because of congestion and lack of adequate space there will be no parking at Mansarovar Park.

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According to Shahadra (North) Zone Deputy Commissioner A. K. Singh, the MCD retrieved nearly eight acres of municipal land at the Tahirpur Complex near Dilshad Garden from encroachers. This land was being illegally occupied by land sharks who had constructed semi-concrete and “kuchha” structures, jhuggis and make-shift toilets on the site.

Mr Singh said: “We removed 60 hutments, 35 concrete structures, 15 ‘khokhas’ and 10 toilets that had been illegally constructed on Government land. Assistance was also provided by two companies and one battalion of the police. ”

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