why doesn't delhi allow residential owners to create sub basements for parking as is the case in european countries ? They could also create multi stroey parking lots under parks etc.

Take for example colony south extension.
On a plot of maybe 500 square yards, there will be 4 flats ?
Okay 4 flats which will be sold for each over 3 or 4 crores minimum ? These HNIs will definitely not use public transport and on average have two or more cars.
This means that for that plot, there are 8 cares. Because of the small size of the plot, these cars will rarely be parked inside the plot.
But if the government allows people to build two or three basement levels for car parking, maybe the situation will change ?
The incentive is that people will be able to keep their expensive cars cleans and safe underground and not on the roads.

Take for example colony south extension.
On a plot of maybe 500 square yards, there will be 4 flats ?
Okay 4 flats which will be sold for each over 3 or 4 crores minimum ? These HNIs will definitely not use public transport and on average have two or more cars.
This means that for that plot, there are 8 cares. Because of the small size of the plot, these cars will rarely be parked inside the plot.
But if the government allows people to build two or three basement levels for car parking, maybe the situation will change ?
The incentive is that people will be able to keep their expensive cars cleans and safe underground and not on the roads.

Dude do you really think people living in say south extension would let even that space( Basement) go waste in parking....they will use it for lease or renting it to CA's or Docs or Advocates....etc etc...

i know it very well as i my house too is in South Extension hehe...

Take for example colony south extension.
On a plot of maybe 500 square yards, there will be 4 flats ?
Okay 4 flats which will be sold for each over 3 or 4 crores minimum ? These HNIs will definitely not use public transport and on average have two or more cars.
This means that for that plot, there are 8 cares. Because of the small size of the plot, these cars will rarely be parked inside the plot.
But if the government allows people to build two or three basement levels for car parking, maybe the situation will change ?
The incentive is that people will be able to keep their expensive cars cleans and safe underground and not on the roads.

Not possible.The flats coming in this category are few.Most are dda flats ,builder floors,society flats and kothis.Now its not possible in dda flats or say logical because that would mean creating so many parking lots and also access would a problem.In dda colonies either underground parking below the parks or automated parking is possible.
Second,in case of builder floors the basement goes to the ground floor owner and he would never use it for parking.
Third,bunglows already have adequate parking.

The only answer to Delhi s parking problem is either underground parking under the existing parks or automated parking lots in residential colonies.

Ahh i see.
In central london they have created parking lots under most parks or garden squares and it works quite well ! only about 5% of the park is actually lost due to ramps...

:master:

This is what I posted on a different thread re. FAR :

For one of the largest metropolises in the world, Delhi has a very low FSI ( both in residential and commerical terms. )

Compared to other major cities, Delhi's FSI is broadly speaking

a) very low
b) uniform over large areas ( e.g. delhi's residential colonies )

Not only this, but with such a low height restriction, the possibility to create interesting buildings, houses and skylines is greatly diminished.

Therefore, I propose that Delhi has some new guidelines as follows :

A major reason why Delhi says more FSI should not be allowed is because of infrastructure problems.
A major city such as Delhi with ambitions of becoming a world destination need to sort these out !

I propose that FSI be increased in Delhi, but for those who wish to use the additional FSI beyond say FSI of 2.5, they pay a development charge to the local authority.

The main roads should get the highest FSI and the inner roads should get the least, but still a decent amount. A reasonable range for residential colonies would be between 2.5 and 4 depending on the plot size and road width.

E.G plots on 60 feet roads will get 20% more FSI than base, plots on 80 feet roads will get 30% more FSI than base, plots on 100 feet roads will get 40% more than base etc.

Larger plot sizes would have to keep greater 'green' area but would be allowed to go higher.

2 side corner plots would be given further FSI perhaps to the tune of 15% and would also be allowed to construct higher.

3 side corner plots would be given perhaps another 10% and 4 side corner plots a further 10%.

--

In Delhi at the moment as plot size increases FAR decreases. This is completely wrong. FAR should if anything increase, but ground coverage should decrease with height increasing.

So let's say the base is put at 2.5

100-485 Square Yards : FAR 2.5, Maximum G+4

486-999 Square Yards : FAR 3.0, Maximum G+6

1000-1499 Square Yards : FAR 3.25, Maximum G+8

1500-1900 Square Yards : FAR 3.5, Maximum G+10

1901+ Square Yards : FAR 4.0, No height restriction

All FARs subject to bonuses depending on road width and frontage ( how many sides corner )





Just some thoughts...

Larger plots tend to be on paid roads so everything should work out...

With these sorts of rules we can have some great modern skyscrapers in Delhi !

At present, we only have good architecture in posh colonies such as Vasant Vihar and Shantiniketan.



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Nice, very elegant!

^^ there are thousands of villas like these in Delhi....you go to Def Col.., WESTEND( THE BEST), PAnchsheel enclave..anandlok, Greater Kailash, Pamposh, Civil Lines( North Delhi),My Fair Lady Garden, Gulmohar park...amrita shergil marg, prithviraj road, new frnds colony..etc etc...but westend wins it hands down.......

cheers

^^ there are thousands of villas like these in Delhi....you go to Def Col.., WESTEND( THE BEST), PAnchsheel enclave..anandlok, Greater Kailash, Pamposh, Civil Lines( North Delhi),My Fair Lady Garden, Gulmohar park...amrita shergil marg, prithviraj road, new frnds colony..etc etc...but westend wins it hands down.......

cheers

In south Delhi's posh colonies like westend vv south ex, have most of the kothis now become flats or are there quite a few independent bungalows left outside lutyens zone ?

And re. the matter, i'll be in touch soon ! thanks for your help...just need to sort out some funds first !

Are Jor Bagh, Golf Links and Sunder Nagar in Lutyens Zone i.e. can you construct there the same amount as normal colonies ?

Are Jor Bagh, Golf Links and Sunder Nagar in Lutyens Zone i.e. can you construct there the same amount as normal colonies ?

i dont really think if Jor bagh, Golf links and Sunder nagar falls in lutyens zone...

hey thats ok it was just like that!!!!

In south Delhi's posh colonies like westend vv south ex, have most of the kothis now become flats or are there quite a few independent bungalows left outside lutyens zone ?

And re. the matter, i'll be in touch soon ! thanks for your help...just need to sort out some funds first !

humn...you are partially right abt South Extension....partially because only south X -part 1 has got apartments and most parts of south x -II i still made up of those big size expensive kothis and villas...

about westend ...trust me boss they have some of the most beautiful kothis and villas and number of apartments are very less,..!!!

is Anand Niketan also good ?

is Anand Niketan also good ?

Good.....that is freakin cool place...its my dream to own a space there..however its a distant dream...as i need to sell out everything i have...and of my neighbors hehe

haha saab will happen...just give it time...

in south delhi, apart from the lutyens houses, what is the maximum kothi size ?

haha saab will happen...just give it time...

in south delhi, apart from the lutyens houses, what is the maximum kothi size ?


it depends on the location...the range starts from 400 sq yards and goes upto 2000 sq yards...sooo

Kk... hey what do you think of the colonies in south east delhi like Maharani Bagh and NFC ?

Kk... hey what do you think of the colonies in south east delhi like Maharani Bagh and NFC ?

Maharani Bagh and NFC....dude if you get a chance to own a place there just go there and have one....NFC and Maharani Bagh are the A- Grade colonies in delhi...or might be in whole of india...

its south delhi yaar...cant beat it

Categories :

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Lutyens
Jor Bagh
Vasant Vihar
Golf Links
West End
Sundar Nagar
Shanti Niketan
New Friends Colony
Anand Niketan

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Panchsheel Park
South Extension
Defence Colony
Safdarjung

Plus also posh areas in Gurgaon and Noida !

Plus also posh areas in Gurgaon and Noida !

yup, u can add Sushant lok, Dlf Phase V, II, I , Nirvana Country, and Golf Course road to that list from gurgaon .....

Yupp and also all those farmhouse areas like westend greens, chattarpur... hey what's the sit. with sainik farms? Is it going to be regularised?

I also heard that a lot of farmhouses Dwarka side are going to be acquired ?

Yupp and also all those farmhouse areas like westend greens, chattarpur... hey what's the sit. with sainik farms? Is it going to be regularised?

I also heard that a lot of farmhouses Dwarka side are going to be acquired ?

Sainik Farms...oh does that issue still exists even...!!!

yaar nothing will happen to Sainik Farms as we say it in local dilli lingo....Sainik farms mein sabke papa log rehte hai.....influential and the most high profile people....and this talk has been around for last 15 years now....


nothing will happen to Sainik Farms...

yeah in dwarka it will be eaten up by local authority soon...bechchare dwarka waalein ...hehe

Jungpura Extn 2 (Not the Bhogol area ) is quite posh also the other side of the Nizamuddin where all the foreigners live. Cant remember what block but I lived there for 1.5 years with my relos. Some parts of Pitampura (the outer ring road side ) is extremely wealthy with individuals villas and flats.

Jungpura Extn 2 (Not the Bhogol area ) is quite posh also the other side of the Nizamuddin where all the foreigners live. Cant remember what block but I lived there for 1.5 years with my relos. Some parts of Pitampura (the outer ring road side ) is extremely wealthy with individuals villas and flats.

yes very true.....infact i know a guy in jangpura -II who owns bloody 18 imported cars which includes..ferrari, sexy white lambo, bntley flying spur...a jaguar.....wow man they peopl are damn rich....n yes som parts of pitampura..or in broad terms say punjabi bagh hav some gran d big villas and kothis....nice place actually...

yes very true.....infact i know a guy in jangpura -II who owns bloody 18 imported cars which includes..ferrari, sexy white lambo, bntley flying spur...a jaguar.....wow man they peopl are damn rich....n yes som parts of pitampura..or in broad terms say punjabi bagh hav some gran d big villas and kothis....nice place actually...

Traditionally rich people in Delhi are from Punjabi Baag and Rajouri Garden area.

I like Hauz Khas too. I remember when they started all those fashion shops inside the village , probably one of the first place to shop for "international brands" in Delhi.

Rajouri Garden and Punjabi Bagh are richest colonies in West Delhi along with Kirti Nagar.South Delhi is poles apart when it comes to comparing the urban rich.

However West Delhi newly built has better Infrastructure as compared to South Delhi.

Rajouri Garden and Punjabi Bagh are richest colonies in West Delhi along with Kirti Nagar.South Delhi is poles apart when it comes to comparing the urban rich.

However West Delhi newly built has better Infrastructure as compared to South Delhi.

Delhi on the whole is much much better compared to older cities such as bombay and calcutta where the roads are so narrow !

how about Greater Kailash 2? I lived in S block for 2 years, mostly 3 storey terraced townhouses but also individiual houses also. In W Block some huge houses. Also nice little parks in the area and you have great independant (as in not in 5 star hotels) restaurants like Diva, Nu Delhi, Smoke House Grill & Mainland China aswell as Costa, Barista & Cafe Coffee day.

wow just checked out farmhouses in these delhi farmhouse suburbs and they make gk2 look like a slum in comparison!

wow just checked out farmhouses in these delhi farmhouse suburbs and they make gk2 look like a slum in comparison!

Say whatttt hehehe...GK-II slums.....GK-ites will faint when the'll get to know that there 10 Cr+ homes have been categorized as slums hehehe....

Say whatttt hehehe...GK-II slums.....GK-ites will faint when the'll get to know that there 10 Cr+ homes have been categorized as slums hehehe....

Hey what do you think - for my plot -

either

1 40,000 Sq Ft bungalow

or

four massive 6 bedroom flats within a complex with a swimming pool etc

or

two blocks of 4 flats each ?

Hey what do you think - for my plot -

either

1 40,000 Sq Ft bungalow

or

four massive 6 bedroom flats within a complex with a swimming pool etc

or

two blocks of 4 flats each ?

Dude trust me if i had such a big plot at such a prime location i would have gone for 40,000 sq feet Villa/Bunglow with modern architecture and yes would have easily accommodated a swimming pool in it....hehehe

Hey what do you think - for my plot -

either

1 40,000 Sq Ft bungalow

or

four massive 6 bedroom flats within a complex with a swimming pool etc

or

two blocks of 4 flats each ?

Is that sarcasm or just plain show-off:)

Is that sarcasm or just plain show-off:)

neither yaar ! it's brain storming

i love it how there is freedom and so much creativity involved in the creation of buildings on land...

Dude trust me if i had such a big plot at such a prime location i would have gone for 40,000 sq feet Villa/Bunglow with modern architecture and yes would have easily accommodated a swimming pool in it....hehehe

A villa like that would be amazing !

It would probably be the biggest house in Delhi...those lutyens houses in central are only about 3/4 thousand square feet on average. [ i used to live on teen murti lane .... ]

A villa like that would be amazing !

It would probably be the biggest house in Delhi...those lutyens houses in central are only about 3/4 thousand square feet on average. [ i used to live on teen murti lane .... ]

Sorry biggest house belongs to Mr. Jindal on 7, Prithviraj Road...thats approximately 3500 Sq Yds and is the costliest..

Sorry biggest house belongs to Mr. Jindal on 7, Prithviraj Road...thats approximately 3500 Sq Yds and is the costliest..

Sure...but doesn't prithviraj come under DBZ ? I actually remember that he started a petition that his house should not be under DBZ because it wasn't a lutyens designed house but I don't know what eventually happened..

From my understanding, if you own a plot within the delhi bungalow zone, you can rebuild the house, but you are not allowed to go up more than one/two floors and you cannot extend more than the existing building footprint....this really limits your constructable area...i remember on teen murti lane the plot was over an acre but the house was only a few thousand square feet...

I just googled.

There is one house which is absolutely massive on Palam Marg in Vasant Vihar :

http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/feb/23lux.htm

A house that redefines luxury

front door that rises 13 feet, a basement in the swimming pool with heating and a dumb waiter so you can catch a bite while you swim... Archana Jahagirdar checks out an extraordinary home

For most people a roof over their heads would mean a couple of bedrooms and bathrooms, a living room and a kitchen thrown in. And then, there are houses like the one Ashok Minda has built that give a new meaning to the word "house".

The Minda home in New Delhi has everything that you could ever want in a house and more. Says interior designer Raseel Gujral who was involved in the design of the house right from its inception, "Sometimes you have to understand what the client's aspiration is and build an illusion around it."

The house, in fact, is a synchronised play between illusion and reality. The front door, at 13 feet height, making anyone, no matter how tall, feel dwarfed in comparison, is an effect that the builders of ancient cathedrals like St Peter's understood and used. The front door prepares you somewhat for what lies behind -- after all, an extraordinarily tall door will not hide an ordinary interior.

If the front door is impressive, the height of the roof is breath-taking. Says Gujral of the imposing 38-feet high roof on one side of the main living area, "In all my projects I like to suggest height as something that creates a sense of serenity. And I feel that the drama of height works."

On the other side of the roof is a glass wall that gives a visitor to the living area a tantalising glimpse of the basement swimming pool. Gujral says, "I wanted an element of surprise when you come to the basement." And an indoor swimming pool in the heart of a space-starved city like Delhi is indeed a surprise.

Gujral says that the look she wanted to give this area was that of a palace. There is the jaali-work wall, the floor of the pool has lotuses in blue and there are shades of aqua all over the area.

If the pool takes your breath away, then the quietly tucked-away sauna and a room with all the amenities of a beauty parlour (yes, inclusive of that chair which makes washing your hair in a sink easy) makes you realise that the rich do live differently from you and me.

The basement area also houses an office and a remote-controlled projection system, which is now almost commonplace in the home of many a wealthy person. The fitness area has a gym, a billiards table, a dart board and a small strip of green for practicing that putt, and a well-stocked bar.

Says Gujral of the reason for putting the swimming pool in the basement, "In a city house, if you put the pool outside it takes up the garden space. An indoor pool is more private and when it's not being used, it's a captive water body."

And in case anyone is worried about the water temperature, the pool has heating. So on a really cold winter day, imagine the sheer pleasure of a hot, hot swim.

Beats having just a plain old hot shower or a bucket bath that most people are condemned to! Oh, and if you feel like having a bite, all the floors of the house are serviced by a dumb waiter, so get piping hot food in piping hot water. What luxury...

Gujral's work, however, wasn't done with the swimming pool, clearly the piece de resistance of this house. Says Gujral of her brief for the rest of the house, "I had already done a couple of homes for this client's family and friends, so my brief was to make it completely different. I prefer the classic look. For this house, I have given it a contemporary look with Art-deco detail."

Apart from that, Gujral was sensitive to the fact that each of the three Minda children was at a different age with independent personalities and this gets reflected in the way their rooms have been decorated.

From Gujral's perspective, this project, which took almost two years to complete, has been satisfying.

She says with a smile, "The owners of the house were completely involved and yet there was creative freedom for me to work." A home means different things to different people, but most will agree that the Minda home designed by Gujral is extraordinary in what it houses within.

^^ humnn very true..!!!!!

Sorry biggest house belongs to Mr. Jindal on 7, Prithviraj Road...thats approximately 3500 Sq Yds and is the costliest..

How much ?

How much ?


How much..????? very much....a bunglow at Amrita Shergil marg( next to pritviraj Marg) of MR. Modi was for Rs 180 crores and was smaller in size...so yes it has to be almost double of that........if we go by that.....

How much..????? very much....a bunglow at Amrita Shergil marg( next to pritviraj Marg) of MR. Modi was for Rs 180 crores and was smaller in size...so yes it has to be almost double of that........if we go by that.....

I want to buy that :happy: Give me some money.

Delhi's best roads [ without govt. roads ] :

Prithviraj Road
Amrita Shergill Marg
Tees January Marg
Palam Marg
Archbishop Makairos Marg
Aurobindo Marg

[[ please add more ]]

oh and also Road 1, Shantiniketan !

I want to buy that :happy: Give me some money.

Hahaha...all the very best dude.....ask Jodhu & Ichi on money part they might help you out...waise my very good frnd too owns a bungalow there .....8A, Jaipurias......been there many times....its like a palace from inside..love it every time i go to meet her...


Note: Her Dad( My Uncle) planning to give BMW 5 or 7 series to the one who marry's my frnd aka her daughter....:nuts:
:)

Delhi's best roads [ without govt. roads ] :

Prithviraj Road
Amrita Shergill Marg
Tees January Marg
Palam Marg
Archbishop Makairos Marg
Aurobindo Marg

[[ please add more ]]

oh and also Road 1, Shantiniketan !

Bro these are not best roads..these are most expensive roads...:lol:

Aurangzeb Road
Kautilya Marg
C.V.Raman Marg
Rajdoot Marg
Sardar Patel Marg

Bro these are not best roads..these are most expensive roads...:lol:

Fair Enough !

Sometimes I wish we had foresight...

we should have all bought an acre of land in dehi for about 10 lakhs in the 70s and sat on it !

Fair Enough !

Sometimes I wish we had foresight...

we should have all bought an acre of land in dehi for about 10 lakhs in the 70s and sat on it !

humnnn very true...however my Mama did....he owns a sprawling bungalow in Golf Links which he bought way back in 80's .....hehehe...soo few people did....few didn't.....i was not born at that time...so all burden's off me

Hahaha...all the very best dude.....ask Jodhu & Ichi on money part they might help you out...waise my very good frnd too owns a bungalow there .....8A, Jaipurias......been there many times....its like a palace from inside..love it every time i go to meet her...


Note: Her Dad( My Uncle) planning to give BMW 5 or 7 series to the one who marry's my frnd aka her daughter....:nuts:
:)

Will she marry me ;)

Independent House/Villa in Aurungzeb Road, Delhi Central
Property Address : AURANGZEB ROAD NEW DELHI, Aurungzeb Road, Delhi Central, Delhi / NCR - 110011 Contact Advertiser Now Sq.Ft.


Price: Rs. 380 Crore(s)

Check this out

House on Aurangzeb road.

Okay the plot size is 7000 square yards

but only 9000 square feet is built up and that is the maximum it can ever be ! only 9000

and they want 380 crores for it !

Will she marry me ;)

oye Line me lag...i have just joined Gym for the very same purpose hehehehe....naah she's very gud frnd ...and my best friend is her BF......soo better luck next time!!!

humnnn very true...however my Mama did....he owns a sprawling bungalow in Golf Links which he bought way back in 80's .....hehehe...soo few people did....few didn't.....i was not born at that time...so all burden's off me

nice ! is it on the main archibishop makairos marg?

we got our shantiniketan plot for 20 in 2000 ...good investment !

nice ! is it on the main archibishop makairos marg?

Nopes ....its in the inside part.....and thats awesome

Nopes ....its in the inside part.....and thats awesome

I know right ! the prices today really scare me...what's making it go up so much ? Especially in golf links, vv, prithviraj etc - is it mostly industrialist driven ?

oye Line me lag...i have just joined Gym for the very same purpose hehehehe....naah she's very gud frnd ...and my best friend is her BF......soo better luck next time!!!

kat gaya :ohno:

Discussion on how to make Delhi a world class city such as London or New York

Improved Pavements

Improved civic sense

World class infrastructure being the second largest city in the world

Relaxed Far

Integrated NCR

No Slums

.....

Discussion on how to make Delhi a world class city such as London or New York

Improved Pavements

Improved civic sense

World class infrastructure being the second largest city in the world

Relaxed Far

Integrated NCR

No Slums

.....

hmm I think the first and foremost priority of every indian city (not just delhi) is to provide 24 hour water and electricity and sanitation (toilets proper) to all parts of the city


Pavements etc come later

hmm I think the first and foremost priority of every indian city (not just delhi) is to provide 24 hour water and electricity and sanitation (toilets proper) to all parts of the city


Pavements etc come later

Absolutely.

Excuse me i'm a bit out of touch; doesn't delhi provide this to most of the city already ?

Absolutely.

Excuse me i'm a bit out of touch; doesn't delhi provide this to most of the city already ?

not only delhi

most cities in India dont provide 24 hour water supply to all parts.

not only delhi

most cities in India dont provide 24 hour water supply to all parts.

That's bad....what's the solution ?

That's bad....what's the solution ?

lay more pipes and replace the old ones.

lay more pipes and replace the old ones.

I thought the scarcity of water is the reason for people not getting 24/7 water.

I thought the scarcity of water is the reason for people not getting 24/7 water.

no

its mostly due to horrible distribution system our cities have.


The flow of the yamuna even in drought is enough for there to be 24 hours of water in Delhi. Problem is the pipe network has too many leaks and is inefficient leading to 4-6 hours of water for the whole city. (some areas get 24 hours and some (like slums) get 1-2 hours.)

and you cant just pump more water out of the yamuna to compensate for the bad pipes etc cause its an open sewer like the mithi in mumbai. So water needs to be heavily purified before it can be consumed.

It's both. Scarcity and leakage. Haryana often stops Delhi's share of water and SC has to intervene many times. Same thing with UP. Delhi govt spent hundreds of crores on Sonia vihar water treatment plant but UP didn't released its share of Ganga water.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2939/22808288.jpg

Hindustan Times

ok..it might be....but just cant understand....why would they clads the parking lot???anyways i will find out....i stay nearby.....just cant go due to hot summer.....

and dust. Dust is the main problem in that area. It multiplies the heat there.

^^ yup abhi.... truly dust is big issue.....it was a lot better when i was in south delhi.... i thought it will be good to have home near office,...which is good....but i overlooked other things like....electricity...dust,,road etc...

That's the same story with so many people. I have read many times in news papers that HUDA "tricked" residents of Delhi (esp. South Delhi) to settle in Gurgaon and promised a lot of things. Now all those people feel cheated.

Whatever private investment Gurgaon attracts, it will still never be on par with Delhi (whether it's transport or law and order or other things) because Delhi is a city state while Gurgaon is a part of larger state which has other priorities, besides being inefficient too.

well from convo above its clear that Mumbai metropolitan areas > Delhi metropolitan areas.

End of discussion.

well from convo above its clear that Mumbai metropolitan areas > Delhi metropolitan areas.

End of discussion.

:lol: You seem to be going the Akash way

:lol: You seem to be going the Akash way

:horse::horse:

in comparison of transportation MMR(mumbai) score far ahead.....than delhi(NCR).....in Mumbai if I want go from one end to other....locals are there....virtually everywhere in MMR.... with only one issue of over crowding...(peak hours).... I remembered I wanted to go my Noida office....from ggn....i took private cab,,as the bus freq from ggn shankar chawk to delhi was very very low.... i cant get into bus ....due to extremely overcrowded.... till motibaugh flyover....then i took blue line bus which goes till noida sector 52...(took more than 1.5hr)...after traveling in blue line I decided from there onwards...if my company ask me to come that office i will resign.... hopefully my manager understood this...n never asked me to go....back noida.....

another experience... i took last metro from rajiv chauwk....to sector 9 dwarka ...i reached around 11.45 pm..... guess what....there is only one auto(no bus service)....who asked me to pay 600 for ggn....then i called quick cab... which took almost half money ....this kinda situation never happened with me in MMR....BEST/TMT/NMMT/KDMT goes everywhere...

I believe that transportation is the only issue causing more n more car in NCR...almost 6 million cars.... my friends who dont have own home...but have cars... in Mumbai is almost reverse....people there first buy home.....then cars.....well this is my experience.... possibly not true for others..

in comparison of transportation MMR(mumbai) score far ahead.....than delhi(NCR).....in Mumbai if I want go from one end to other....locals are there....virtually everywhere in MMR.... with only one issue of over crowding...(peak hours).... I remembered I wanted to go my Noida office....from ggn....i took private cab,,as the bus freq from ggn shankar chawk to delhi was very very low.... i cant get into bus ....due to extremely overcrowded.... till motibaugh flyover....then i took blue line bus which goes till noida sector 52...(took more than 1.5hr)...after traveling in blue line I decided from there onwards...if my company ask me to come that office i will resign.... hopefully my manager understood this...n never asked me to go....back noida.....

Dude, Delhi NCR doesn't have a integrated transportation services yet....!!!!

this problem will be very common ...wait until december and this problem will be solved.....


for Delhi , transportation is super flexible....you will never face this problem in proper Delhi.....

and it will same for NCR from December onwards....so chill maar

Dude, Delhi NCR doesn't have a integrated transportation services yet....!!!!

this problem will be very common ...wait until december and this problem will be solved.....


for Delhi , transportation is super flexible....you will never face this problem in proper Delhi.....

and it will same for NCR from December onwards....so chill maar

any reason for the lack of cabs in NCR?

Dude, Delhi NCR doesn't have a integrated transportation services yet....!!!!

this problem will be very common ...wait until december and this problem will be solved.....


for Delhi , transportation is super flexible....you will never face this problem in proper Delhi.....

and it will same for NCR from December onwards....so chill maar

yup buddy.....thats why i said previously delhi is better than ggn in proper delhi...this kinda issues are not there....auto,,DTC etc available easily........but we are comparing MMR and NCR....not proper cities... normally proper cities...has good transportation....wht abt suburban area????

,,as the bus freq from ggn shankar chawk to delhi was very very low.

What ?? That's the busiest bus route in Gurgaon !! All DTC buses enter Gurgaon through only 2 routes - NH-8 and MG road. And Shankar chowk is on NH-8. Half of the buses go through it and the frequency is about 2 minutes. I can tell this because I have used this route many times. I live just a few stops upstream on that route.

Though bus service is absent in almost all parts of Gurgaon. It's only these 2 roads which have bus service and that too from DTC and not any Gurgaon's local buses.

.this kinda situation never happened with me in MMR....BEST/TMT/NMMT/KDMT goes everywhere...

The problem in NCR is that you have to deal with 3 states and 2 of them (Haryana and UP) are just a pain in a**. You do not face any problem within Delhi but if you want to go to suburbs, it become an inter-city like travel instead of local travel.

Yesterday I had to go from IIT to Gurgaon and asked many auto-rickshaws but none of them was willing to cross Delhi border (maybe something to do with permits). I had to book a Meru cab and it cost me double at Rs. 400 :(

Thankfully, there is no such inter-city thing in metro. It crosses state borders as if it is crossing some random street. No extra charge for crossing border :cheers:

any reason for the lack of cabs in NCR?

Lack ? There are thousands of radio cabs in NCR. Problem is that you need special permits for plying between cities (which means crossing state borders).

any reason for the lack of cabs in NCR?

Lack of cabs in Gurgaon....whaattttt!!!!......

dude actually Gurgaon has more cabs than any other city hehe...no really....thats the main mode of transport over there + all the big corporates and private offices....

MEru, Easy Cabs...etc etc are all available there...!!!

^^ agreed ....but he was talking about NCR....which included noida too.....like quick cab doesn't ply from noida to delhi.... i know state to state issue...but finally who suffers???

^^ agreed ....but he was talking about NCR....which included noida too.....like quick cab doesn't ply from noida to delhi.... i know state to state issue...but finally who suffers??

me (paying 400 for cab) :ohno:

^^ agreed ....but he was talking about NCR....which included noida too.....like quick cab doesn't ply from noida to delhi.... i know state to state issue...but finally who suffers???

I am sorry i forgot to add Noida to that list....as Noida to has fair share of BPO's & MNC's....i used to travel from Noida sec2 to delhi by meru cab/easy cab every alternate day...i was paying around 275 Rs for that....!!!

Cab situation in delhi NCR is somewhat better than those as**ol* autowallahs...

Cab situation in delhi NCR is somewhat better than those as**ol* autowallahs...

Radio taxi is still a new concept in India and is catching up. Every time I see a particular company adding hundreds of cabs to its fleet in Delhi and NCR cities. I hope they will be very popular in coming years. But I do not have any hopes for autos. They need to go.

^^ they(auto) wont go bro.....as they are cheap......compare to redio cab....n dont think every indians are rich ....... i was wondering..... like south mumbai has old padmini+some new taxi....but cheaper like autos.....why dont delhi???

^^ they(auto) wont go bro.....as they are cheap......compare to redio cab....n dont think every indians are rich ....... i was wondering..... like south mumbai has old padmini+some new taxi....but cheaper like autos.....why dont delhi???

An auto with permit + hafta + etc. costs around 4 lakh. An Alto without these black money and mafia transactions will be equally expensive. So why not go for a car instead of looking for Auto mafia.

I think car avarage per/km ,,, maintance,,,etc will not be reachable by poor autowala's,,, there are more than we think here....some auto wala can explain...but i dont hope he ever goin to use net for this(SSC) purpose....hehe :)

I read in newspaper that actual cost of an auto-rickshaw is 1.5 lakh but with these things, it becomes 4 lakh. A cheaper car can be a better option and maybe more fuel-efficient (running on CNG). If there is some extra maintenance cost, then it can be added to fare but that won't be that much high.

since it is a new and developing city, they should work on decent modes of public transportation ahead of time. be it monorail, metro, brts or anything else.
also they should make stringent rules for public behavior and various infrastructure and public law when they still have time.
Otherwise in few years it will look just like any other Indian city with tall buildings.

running on CNG is might be better in delhi as....in mumbai....i saw....queue more than 2-3km--- in Thane I saw myself... )....to refill..... but it not permanent...it can be handle.....I agree with u...abhi....on taxi instead of auto.....even i heard some time back...in Mumbai...govt stopped....new licence for auto....n givin only who has new taxi...like that...
but this will take decades.....to happen...in metro like mumbai/delhi....then just think of rest india,,,,

running on CNG is might be better in delhi as....in mumbai....i saw....queue more than 2-3km--- in Thane I saw myself... )....to refill..... but it not permanent...it can be handle.....I agree with u...abhi....on taxi instead of auto.....even i heard some time back...in Mumbai...govt stopped....new licence for auto....n givin only who has new taxi...like that...
but this will take decades.....to happen...in metro like mumbai/delhi....then just think of rest india,,,,

CNG issues were there in Delhi also when CNG was introduced here but with time infrastructure catches up. Now even CNG stations have started appearing in suburbs for public vehicles which enter Delhi from there so that they do not have to refill in Delhi.

Regarding removal of autos, it has more to do with political lobbying and vote bank rather than actual economic situation.

^^
bhae logon, my city is just a decade old , give it some time, it wasnt the manchester in 80's as fd was, it wasnt given any special status as noida enjoyed in 90's , but still look where ggn is today :)

today i read that govt has sanctioed xx crores of rupees for ac bus stand in sec 29 city centre , next to the dmrc statn:cheers:

In 3-4 months we'll have the 1st phase of intra-city bus service on ppp model and kmp would take some load off the DGE :cheers:

why slum in capital city ??


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/This-slum-just-keeps-growing-and-growing/articleshow/5241272.cms
NEW DELHI: How much would more than an acre of prime land right in the heart of posh South Delhi come for? Rs 200 crore-odd, did you say? Wrong.

It comes for free provided you have some vote-hungry politicians, and some policemen and DDA officials willing to look the other way -- for a modest sum, of course. Residents claim Rs 1,000-1,200 per month is all it takes to persuade cops and DDA officials to turn a blind eye.

Vasant Vihar Coolie Camp, which has come up on more than an acre of DDA land on Nelson Mandela Marg, is a model slum in many ways. Residents have access to most civic amenities, almost everybody got identity cards before the last Assembly elections, the small rooms are stuffed with furniture, including various electric appliances and many of them have thriving businesses. There is a tyre shop, a kabaadiwala and several tea shops along the road that do brisk business thanks to the taxi-stand nearby.

^^Look IR ......this is wht i was talking...in Metro Thread.....n its not good....:ohno:

why slum in capital city ??


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/This-slum-just-keeps-growing-and-growing/articleshow/5241272.cms
NEW DELHI: How much would more than an acre of prime land right in the heart of posh South Delhi come for? Rs 200 crore-odd, did you say? Wrong.

It comes for free provided you have some vote-hungry politicians, and some policemen and DDA officials willing to look the other way -- for a modest sum, of course. Residents claim Rs 1,000-1,200 per month is all it takes to persuade cops and DDA officials to turn a blind eye.

Vasant Vihar Coolie Camp, which has come up on more than an acre of DDA land on Nelson Mandela Marg, is a model slum in many ways. Residents have access to most civic amenities, almost everybody got identity cards before the last Assembly elections, the small rooms are stuffed with furniture, including various electric appliances and many of them have thriving businesses. There is a tyre shop, a kabaadiwala and several tea shops along the road that do brisk business thanks to the taxi-stand nearby.

This slum has been there for ages , its being made to sound as if it has just come up yesterday.

Besides, its a fairly small cluster of slums and its rather difficult to make delhi 100% slum free but the good thing is that all slum clusters in delhi are relativly small in sixe and located nowhere even close to the heart of the city where they can become an embarresment to the city.

They are mostly on outskirts or besides railway lines but nothing alarming. Every city has some poor areas and Delhi is no different, the slum situation is not nearly as bad and its made to be occasionally.

This slum has been there for ages , its being made to sound as if it has just come up yesterday.

Besides, its a fairly small cluster of slums and its rather difficult to make delhi 100% slum free but the good thing is that all slum clusters in delhi are relativly small in sixe and located nowhere even close to the heart of the city where they can become an embarresment to the city.

They are mostly on outskirts or besides railway lines but nothing alarming. Every city has some poor areas and Delhi is no different, the slum situation is not nearly as bad and its made to be occasionally.

^^ see Kuwar that is exactly what i was trying to explain you dost....!!!


very well explained Zenith...thanks mate...

he's right, if there are any slums in delhi they are very very small in size and are present with basic amenities...and most of the slums are located on the outskirts of delhi...which are basically out of delhi..i mean its on that side of border like east delhi border and badarpur border.....you dont find many slums inside main delhi area....and by no means main delhi area is small....its double the size of mumbai...

^^

East Nizamuddin ? one of the largest slum areas in South Delhi near the main commonwealth games stadium.

Or I am running late here, Did the Government removed them all. IR give us some updates.

^^

East Nizamuddin ? one of the largest slum areas in South Delhi near the main commonwealth games stadium.

Or I am running late here, Did the Government removed them all. IR give us some updates.

It's work in progress, some are being relocated to Bawana which is near Rohini in West Delhi which is a slum rehab colony and the rest which have been recently encroached upon are being demolished.

150 huts razed in Nizamuddin
By Indo Asian News Service | 15 April 2010 | 2:55pm 0 Comment

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) About 150 huts in a slum area were Thursday bulldozed for construction of a flyover near the Nizamuddin railway station in the capital, police said.

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) About 150 huts in a slum area were Thursday bulldozed for construction of a flyover near the Nizamuddin railway station in the capital, police said.

The drive was carried out on the directions of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), they added.


A police team supervised the demolition operation near the Nizamuddin railway station in southeast Delhi.


'Residents were issued notice in advance to vacate the area and many huts were unoccupied. There was no resistance from the people,' a police officer said.


http://www.india-forums.com/news/article.asp?id=241716

Delhi Civic Center... claim is the tallest building in Delhi ????

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A newly-constructed Civic Centre building in the heart of the capital which houses the headquarters of Municipal Corporation of Delhi was unveiled on Thursday. The 28-storeyed 112-metre landmark building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 650 crore. Spread over an area of 12 acres, the headquarters of the civic body has four six-storey blocks, one 28-storey tower block in addition to services block, water treatment plant and sewage treatment plant.

Expected to cater to 16,000 people per day, it will also have waiting areas, fountains, an open-air theatre, three halls for holding MCD House and Standing Committee meetings as well as a separate media centre.

The Civic Centre has an auditorium with capacity of 1,000 seats beside an art gallery and a restaurant. It will have a 33KV sub-station for dedicated and interrupted power supply.

The building is provided with rain water harvesting, energy efficient lighting and day light sensor systems. Water conservation will be ascertained through flow sensors and self-closing taps.

Yes it is.

I saw news today....saying its burj khalifa...of delhi.....lol....really....it is..yes it is....but just cant understand....why so noise about it....it just 28flr/~101mt building.... why they dont make noise....when other part of india....let say...kolkata.....builts 35(current) 40+flr (u/c)....mumbai builts..60-80+flr,,,banglore 35+...etc.. i didnt even saw any news about them...

coz it's a govt building. Govt will obviously make some noise for any significant or insignificant thing.

coz it's a govt building. Govt will obviously make some noise for any significant or insignificant thing.

oops...got u bro....rightly said.... anyways the building is really nice...to see.. i saw myself few months back....it really looks huge...hope to see...our capital...dominated by these kinda building...:)

oops...got u bro....rightly said.... anyways the building is really nice...to see.. i saw myself few months back....it really looks huge...hope to see...our capital...dominated by these kinda building...:)

I would love to see "actually" taller buildings. This one is just a tad taller than second tallest (88 m). A building like this will not have any major effect on skyline. Either few very tall buildings or MANY equivalent buildings will be needed to have a really good skyline. CP's skyline looks good when compared within the country but when you compare with outside then :ohno:

well coming from Mumbai 28 floors is not that big....

but this one looks very well designed. (ie is not ugly designed) and looks good.(aesthetically pleasing)

I would rather take a good looking shorter building than one of Hafeez Contractors ugly taller buildings.

If given a choice my priority would be

1. Looks
2. Tall

well coming from Mumbai 28 floors is not that big....

but this one looks very well designed. (ie is not ugly designed) and looks good.(aesthetically pleasing)

I would rather take a good looking shorter building than one of Hafeez Contractors ugly taller buildings.

If given a choice my priority would be

1. Looks
2. Tall
I second that.^^

Supposed to be holiest river is now just a gutter ,slums on its banks , all drains comming to it , some thing must be done from grass root level ..


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Dying-rivers-Washed-away-by-our-sins-/articleshow/5934774.cms

just cant imagine if our near and dear one travelling to such trains , these people will just crush ... no manner , no patience , no courtesy ..
why a lady and kid only died , coz pan and gutka people crushed them to enter the train ... sad ,delhi becomes patna


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/2-killed-15-injured-in-stampede-at-New-Delhi-railway-station-/articleshow/5937159.cms

2 killed, 15 injured in stampede at New Delhi railway station
Two persons were on Sunday killed and at least 15 passengers injured when a last minute change of platform for a Patna-bound train triggered a stampede

Supposed to be holiest river is now just a gutter ,slums on its banks , all drains comming to it , some thing must be done from grass root level ..


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Dying-rivers-Washed-away-by-our-sins-/articleshow/5934774.cms

this is prob the most important issue in the country right now. if we run out of water within the next century, theres nothing we can do. this has to be our priority before we can think of infrastructure projects etc.

water harvesting should be a priority for all new and existing structures of Delhi NCR , if it can solve the water issues of Tamil Nadu then why no Delhi and Mumbai, nature gives us more than enough water to survive.

I am trying to find the what building existed before 1857 any where i can go i heard their were buildings that made the Taj Mahal look ordinary in delhi around that period but all destroyed after the war by the british.

Many buildings in the Red Fort were demolished by the British after 1857. They built barracks in their place.

this is prob the most important issue in the country right now. if we run out of water within the next century, theres nothing we can do. this has to be our priority before we can think of infrastructure projects etc.

Unfortunately this country as a whole only thinks about an issue when it becomes a deep threat. So I do not expect this country to take water conservation as a national mission till most of it is polluted or has disappeared.

You can apply the same to terrorism and a host of other issues.

:'( please india?

The country’s financial hub, Mumbai, and the National Capital New Delhi are among the world’s 10 most expensive cities for expatriates to live in, says a survey by global HR consultancy Mercer.

Mumbai has been ranked as the world’s fourth most expensive city in terms of rental property for expatriates, while New Delhi is eighth, the survey for February 2009 said.

Mumbai has moved up by one notch from its fifth position in the September 2008 survey, while New Delhi has fallen two places from its sixth place in the previous ranking.

Russia’s Moscow has topped the list of world’s most expensive cities and is followed by Tokyo (second), Hong Kong (3rd), Mumbai (4th) and New York City (5th) as the five most expensive cities across the globe for expats to live in.

The survey highlighted that Asian cities have dominated the list of the world’s costliest locations for expats living there, with as many as six locations from the region being among the world’s top 10.

Moscow is the world’s most expensive city to live in.
In second place - in terms of most expensive city to live in - is Tokyo.
Hong Kong is in the third place.
Mumbai, as stated earlier, is the world’s 4th most expensive city to live in.
New York City is fifth most expensive.
In sixth place is Beijing.
Geneva is the world’s seventh most expensive city to live in.
New Delhi is the 8th most expensive city to live in.
London is the ninth most expensive city to live in.
Singapore is the 10th most expensive city to live in.
Shanghai is the 11th most expensive city to live in.

source
http://www.hobugobu.com/2009/04/world-10-costliest-cities/
http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm

It's work in progress, some are being relocated to Bawana which is near Rohini in West Delhi which is a slum rehab colony and the rest which have been recently encroached upon are being demolished.




Thanks zenith.

I saw news today....saying its burj khalifa...of delhi.....lol....really....it is..yes it is....but just cant understand....why so noise about it....it just 28flr/~101mt building.... why they dont make noise....when other part of india....let say...kolkata.....builts 35(current) 40+flr (u/c)....mumbai builts..60-80+flr,,,banglore 35+...etc.. i didnt even saw any news about them...

I couldn't believe this
Cochin/Trv has lot taller buildings, Probably Gurgaon and Noida has taller ones

I couldn't believe this
Cochin/Trv has lot taller buildings, Probably Gurgaon and Noida has taller ones

no gurgaon dont have that much taller(correct me if i m wrong)....dont know about noida.... but this burj khalifa is really huge...building but media is givin much coverage than required.....that was the point... :)

no gurgaon dont have that much taller(correct me if i m wrong)....dont know about noida.... but this burj khalifa is really huge...building but media is givin much coverage than required.....that was the point... :)

There are some taller buildings under construction in Noida and Gurgaon. There is one 32 floors building in Noida and I think few 29 floors buildings in Gurgaon. Besides that some 45-50 floor buildings will come up in Noida, G Noida and Gurgaon in few years.

resi or comm? or mix?

resi or comm? or mix?

More of Residential...

recently launched IREO Victory Valley is 51 floors of residential space ( 3 Towers), Parsavnath and Unitech coming up with 40+ floor residential space in delhi...

Unitech Aqua & Unitech Grande both 45 Floors are now under construction in Noida, 32 Floors Sun Court are near completion...and many more:cheers:

so basically more of residential....

BPTP capital will also be having highrise which will be a commercial tower

^^ + Uniworld city in Greater Noida (50 towers)

More of Residential...

recently launched IREO Victory Valley is 51 floors of residential space ( 3 Towers), Parsavnath and Unitech coming up with 40+ floor residential space in delhi...

Unitech Aqua & Unitech Grande both 45 Floors are now under construction in Noida, 32 Floors Sun Court are near completion...and many more:cheers:

:cheers:

I don't like resi towers, I want to see more of commercial ones.

same

Delhi needs lots of such High Rises, be it residential or commertial else City will expand Horizontally increasing the commuting time. I guess the reason Delhi dosen't Have Highrises is because it's falls under Earthquake Prone zone. Is it Right ?

But still Earthquake proof High-rises can be built upto a certain Height.

Infact many cities in India with Higher Population should have some decent skyscrapers by now(at least top 15 cities by Population), but it surprises me that no city in India except Mumbai or may be Kolkata to some extent has High Rises(40+ floors). To me Sky scrapers makes the city visually appeling. Look at china even their medium sized cities has so many good looking skyscrapers.

Delhi needs lots of such High Rises, be it residential or commertial else City will expand Horizontally increasing the commuting time. I guess the reason Delhi dosen't Have Highrises is because it's falls under Earthquake Prone zone. Is it Right ?

But still Earthquake proof High-rises can be built upto a certain Height.

Infact many cities in India with Higher Population should have some decent skyscrapers by now(at least top 15 cities by Population), but it surprises me that no city in India except Mumbai or may be Kolkata to some extent has High Rises(40+ floors). To me Sky scrapers makes the city visually appeling. Look at china even their medium sized cities has so many good looking skyscrapers.

Earthquakes may be an issue but I think the bigger one is about FSI, culture is also a factor because traditionally the people in Delhi prefer to live in Independent houses or Bunglows compared to apartment culture (which is rampant in NCR regions).

Also, every city has a unique identity and they need not be stereotyped or copy-paste.

The concept of CBD and suburban residential areas is primarily and american concept, not necessary that we should go the same way.

^^ but once delhi run of space....like mumbai did....then only option is needed,,, raise down old n build highrise......:)

Highrises are good and every city should have em but the highrise culture seems to have impacted Gurgaon , Noida and Faridabad far more than it has impacted Delhi.

Guys please read following article about Delhi on wikipedia.org, please let me knows changes as common wealth games coming and this page is getting lots hits per day about 3-4k per day ie monthly more than 1 lac,, means lots of people around the world looking information from wiki. So my request is specially delhi guys to visit below site n let me the changes, Also if you guys have nice images that can show Modern Delhi please upload to wiki or send me i will upload

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Delhi

http://stats.grok.se/en/201005/Delhi

If you can correct the population figures it will be good. The very first sentence of the article starts with the wrong figures. I have given current figures so many times.

hmm no need for Delhi to go for high rises.

But maybe medium size buildings 4-5 stories tall with about 20-25 flats in them. Easy to build.

Despite all the big news about high rises in mumbai the bulk of the construction is for residential buildings as mentioned above in greater mumbai.

high rises mean cheaper affordable flats.

If you can correct the population figures it will be good. The very first sentence of the article starts with the wrong figures. I have given current figures so many times.
sure i will change but required source that would high quality :)

sure i will change but required source that would high quality :)

The only high quality source is census of India that happened in 2001. Figures in wiki are even lower than census 2001 and are marked as 2010 figures :lol:.

The next high quality source is Delhi Development Authority's award winning (:nuts:) Delhi Masterplan 2021 which gives correct population projections for the city. Will that work ?

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The only high quality source is census of India that happened in 2001. Figures in wiki are even lower than census 2001 and are marked as 2010 figures :lol:.

The next high quality source is Delhi Development Authority's award winning (:nuts:) Delhi Masterplan 2021 which gives correct population projections for the city. Will that work ?

give me that links if u have....:)

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Ausguy. Great photos of Paharganj esp the hotel building with line of exposed bathrooms. Hope no tourists were inside them when the demolition happened .LOL. Why didn't you post these gems in the Commonwealth games thread ?

Also hope those bulding owners do up the facades nicely.We will hopefully see Paharganj blossom from a chrysalis to a butterfly in the next 2 months time. Remember , all those overhanging wires are going inside the underground duct (Check the main road opp Railway station - Amrit kaur market, where it's already done). In Paharganj as well as in Karol Bagh. Also, beautiful (and costly !!)sandstone footpaths ( some roads in Karol Bagh have started to get them already) and street furniture and concrete roads coming up shortly !!!

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WOw...still can't believe that they demolished so much in PaharGanj....uhhh....

well good work done..its good for that Area ...PaharGanj is pretty much historic and needed this boost..this also being done to Improve the ambience of that particular area which also houses New Delhi railway station and i very very close to heart of Delhi ..Connaught Place..!!

Well DOne

give me that links if u have....:)

I have the whole 172 page masterplan. I'll need to upload it on net so that the contents can be cross checked. How should I upload it ?

Here are 2 print screens from the pdf :

5 yearly Population projections for Delhi (NCT):

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1074/78572409.jpg


2021 Population projections for Delhi (NCT) and NCR:

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6388/16610611.jpg

Population of Delhi should be 18 million as of now as per these projections.

As per recent records of population growth, Delhi's population was growing by 5 lakh every year. So it should have been 18.5 million by now. But we should pick 18 mn because it comes from more reliable and researched source.

IR bhai.. any new that when are they going to remove these ugly looking.. messy over head .. dangerous wires..

How should I upload it ?

rapidshare,,,,but its not good to have it there....:(

from where u downloaded it must be from any govt website????

if its yes then will be good :)

ausguy @ really nice updated from u thanks :) just had one request if u post this pics to delhi project update thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=612108&page=47 :)

rapidshare,,,,but its not good to have it there....:(

from where u downloaded it must be from any govt website????

if its yes then will be good :)

Yeah, some govt website. I will have to look again. But why would rapidshare won't work. At least the document is original and unmodified.

Yeah, some govt website. I will have to look again. But why would rapidshare won't work. At least the document is original and unmodified.

rapidshare is filesharing site...anyone can upload i mean unauthorise personl like us....to share anything......lets forget filehosting site....if u have that pdf....at last they must have written something about there name,contact no....even email,,,website etc,,,,any thing any info that may get there name we can find on web about that report....also that report must have its own NAME.....even i that will do....rest Google god will help us to find :)

Bhailog Thank you !

I am not the photographer but my cousin sent me those a few days ago, I kept asking him to take photographs of Paharganj, but he did not understand why someone would want to see a place which according to him is very "low life". He just doesn't understand the fun of living in Paharganj.:lol: I will be travelling to India in 3 weeks time and spend a few days before I leave for Assam, Promise I will update you as soon as I arrive in Delhi.

Kuwar I thought the subject fits well in this thread. But please go ahead and link them in that particular thread if you want to.

Cheers

Kuwar I thought the subject fits well in this thread.

Cheers

np, its just a suggestion :)

Earthquakes may be an issue but I think the bigger one is about FSI, culture is also a factor because traditionally the people in Delhi prefer to live in Independent houses or Bunglows compared to apartment culture (which is rampant in NCR regions).

+1


Also, every city has a unique identity and they need not be stereotyped or copy-paste.

I agree the Old areas or the Bunglow areas which define the city should be preserved at all costs.


The concept of CBD and suburban residential areas is primarily and american concept, not necessary that we should go the same way.

I am not mentioning to go in that way, infact Asian cities due to high Population require to go vertical just to avoid city getting too horizontal and increasing the commuting time. If you see most Asian cities have High rises residential buildings and in between them they have the commertial highrises randomly which I think is better than having all the commential towers at one end of the city. SInce Delhi has space it should plan to utilize it for as long as possible with Highrize residential towers which has became a necessity. Lets say Delhi(Main city) runs out of space the new development will only happen at the end of Gurgaon or Greater Noida. So I will be forced to live there and travel long distance even though I can actually afford to buy a House in Delhi proper. Redeveloping the city in future is a option if it runs out of space like Mumbai, but its not easy to redevelop atleast in a democracy and is a slow process with lot of court cases. Yes the residential buildings are there in Noida and Gurgaon but not that much in Delhi. Correct me if I am wrong. And Also Highrise will add to the charm and the Beauty of the city also along with keeping the distinct character of the city which are the old areas.

rapidshare is filesharing site...anyone can upload i mean unauthorise personl like us....to share anything......lets forget filehosting site....if u have that pdf....at last they must have written something about there name,contact no....even email,,,website etc,,,,any thing any info that may get there name we can find on web about that report....also that report must have its own NAME.....even i that will do....rest Google god will help us to find :)

Hey, I got the link. It's on the website of Delhi Development Authority. Here's the link:

http://www.urbanindia.nic.in/what'snew/mps-eng.pdf

^^ thanks let me try to change on wiki

Wow...any plans to put the utilities underground in Paharganj?

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article488758.ece

The International Centre for Automotive Technology (iCAT) has launched an online system to speed up the certification process for new vehicles to be launched in India.

The online system will enable users to download the latest specification formats applicable to all categories of customers, ranging from original equipment manufacturers and importers to component, engine and genset manufacturers.

“I am sure that deployment of the online certification system will not only enhance transparency but also will boost customer satisfaction,” Heavy Industries Secretary B.S. Meena said after opening the online certification system here on Friday.

“This year, four R&D projects have been approved by the Department of Heavy Industries, to be carried out by iCAT in line with the roadmap of the Automotive Mission Plan 2016,” he said.

...

Motive behind starting it is to analyse India's ability & chances to host 2020 summer olympics, since its almost certain that India will bid for the games in 2020.

But I thought that India had cancelled its bid for 2020 Summer Olympics. Still I am not sure about it:dunno:

They need to build bigger and better looking stadiums in order to equip the entire world. I don't think these stingy people in the government will be able to pull that off, anyway the next ten years will be a challenge for India so we'll have to wait and see, literacy is the big problem because lack of education creates more protesters and demand for social welfare programs. But at the same time it's a good thing they passed free education bill, it's progress will be tested in the future. A country shouldn't host Olympics if it's not capable of doing so, the economic crisis in Greece is directly linked to Athens Olympics because they simply couldn't handle it, it's a very expensive thing to do.

yup i think they are not going to bid.

India should first try to invest some money on improving sports infra across the nation and advertise olympics and olypic sports yo make people more aware...and atleast find a place in top 10 of the medal tally...I would like to see India in the top most of the medal tally than hosting the event!!!!

2020 Delhi? I dont think so!! maybe 2024 or 2028 wud be realistic!! But, a lot of work is still left to be done to host a mega event lik olympics i feel!

we are not bidding for it, i read somewhre in news..

if they want to...then they will have to do way way better job than current one @ commonwealth...otherwise not possible..

we are not bidding for it, i read somewhre in news..

Well! Most certainly, we are. Although sports minister created some confusions through his statements but IOA said that it will bid for the games. Though the proceedings will start after CWG. Even UPA chairperson was positive about it.

My preference for Sports Hosting

2019 Asia Cup Football

2020 Asian Games

2024 Olympics

2030/2034 FIFA World Cup

:banana::cheers:

My preference for Sports Hosting

2019 Asia Cup Football

2020 Asian Games

2026 Olympics

2030/2034 FIFA World Cup

:banana::cheers:

This is a modest expectation. I agree with this.

The reason why I said that India had canceled its bid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Olympics_2020

My preference for Sports Hosting

2019 Asia Cup Football

2020 Asian Games

2024 Olympics

2030/2034 FIFA World Cup

:banana::cheers:
I agree with you there. Umm.. but not too sure about India hosting FIFA World Cup. I would rather want them to qualify for it and then trying to bid for it. Its just my opinion ;)

I agree with you there. Umm.. but not too sure about India hosting FIFA World Cup. I would rather want them to qualify for it and then trying to bid for it. Its just my opinion ;)

I know everybody wants India to qualify first but I'm sorry to say that FIFA World Cup are mostly hosted in order to popularize the sport in particular

FIFA also sees the Size,Economy,Marketing,Transport,weather of a country but its least preference is ability,ranking etc

If your still not satisfied then by 2030 India surely will be a challenger at Asian level :D

I know everybody wants India to qualify first but I'm sorry to say that FIFA World Cup are mostly hosted in order to popularize the sport in particular

FIFA also sees the Size,Economy,Marketing,Transport,weather of a country but its least preference is ability,ranking etc

If your still not satisfied then by 2030 India surely will be a challenger at Asian level :D

Well you are right there. No doubt that India is also emerging in Football but not to disappoint you but Football WC till date has taken place in those countries where soccer is already popular (don't know about South Africa though)

Well you are right there. No doubt that India is also emerging in Football but not to disappoint you but Football WC till date has taken place in those countries where soccer is already popular (don't know about South Africa though)

Its all about Money Honey

Dude FIFA can never miss out on India where Economy,Population,Size everything is perfect :banana:

Infact in 2007 FIFA President Sepp Blatter specially invited our K.P.S Gill to his headquarters in Swiss only to promise him all the support if India were ready to host WC 2022. :cheers:

In 2022 Bidding process will take place for 2030/2034 WC.If we can try then WC is surely assured for us.Even our Economy will be rock solid 6 Trillion $(3 in world,2030)

Its all about Money Honey

Dude FIFA can never miss out on India where Economy,Population,Size everything is perfect :banana:

Infact in 2007 FIFA President Sepp Blatter specially invited our K.P.S Gill to his headquarters in Swiss only to promise him all the support if India were ready to host WC 2022. :cheers:

In 2022 Bidding process will take place for 2030/2034 WC.If we can try then WC is surely assured for us.Even our Economy will be rock solid 6 Trillion $(3 in world,2030)
Hopefully we will:cheers1:

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/126275/delhi-most-unsafe-for-women-finds-un-survey.html

85% of Delhi's women feel vulnerable to sexual harassment, a survey by the UN and Delhi government reveals.

Yeah as delhi have more cute and awesome looking babes than any other city including chennai haha

dude your on your last wanring

dont get into fights and avoid them atleast for a few months.

dude your on your last wanring

dont get into fights and avoid them atleast for a few months.

Arre ismein aisa kya tha yaar ab...!!!! itna to allowed hoga hi on this great site???

Arre ismein aisa kya tha yaar ab...!!!! itna to allowed hoga hi on this great site???

dont take things personally bro. the mods have really worked hard to get you back.

dont venture outside the Indian section. People are just waiting to ban you.

http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/102741591.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF87892102A727B1636DE2E69982456CC5499B4EBC3969A975D7097F56D69AC9A2D41BCD

The footpath in front of the Hansraj College that has partially caved in after a dowpour in New Delhi on July 7, 2010. (Photo by Qamar Sibtain/India Today Group/Getty Images

^^^^ I believe this is the road going to Kamla Nagar. Besides the shoddy work on the sidewalk, what gets me is the incredible amount of construction debris left behind ...

i really doubt the success of games now!

i really doubt the success of games now!

The Games will be BIG TIME FLOP...don't worry Yash...A Shithole city can never host anything let alone CWG...:)

The Games will be BIG TIME FLOP...don't worry Yash...A Shithole city can never host anything let alone CWG...:)

http://snubben.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/surprised-monkey.jpg
....you need to do take some rest buddy...things are getting on you strong...same thing happened to me in early 2009...i stayed aloof from SSC for two months......like ...we both are hard working person...i work 20 hrs a day...we people need to take the rest because we are spending our time and energy on something that is not in our hands...but in the hands of our government!!chill!

http://snubben.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/surprised-monkey.jpg
....you need to do take some rest buddy...things are getting on you strong...same thing happened to me in early 2009...i stayed aloof from SSC for two months......like ...we both are hard working person...i work 20 hrs a day...we people need to take the rest because we are spending our time and energy on something that is not in our hands...but in the hands of our government!!chill!

Hadd hai bro..!!! You hate my positive attitude and negative one too...ehhhrrr...no you should learn to please everybody here facts hardly do matter my friend....Delhi is Crap....and i can see CWG craaashingg.

Cheers

IR

You can use MSN messenger for this. Just a suggestion.

You can use MSN messenger for this. Just a suggestion.

What are talking about Marathaman...this is DELHI Discussion thread and we are discussing about delhi only SIR..

you should take the criticism in a healthy manner. I am only telling you the truth..humnn

What are talking about Marathaman...this is DELHI Discussion thread and we are discussing about delhi only SIR..

you should take the criticism in a healthy manner. I am only telling you the truth..humnn

no we are discussing that how sick you have become...even more sick than me...!!!!

no we are discussing that how sick you have become...even more sick than me...!!!!

Isn't that the way you wanted it to be..:lol:

whats the use of being optimist , you would still get BANNED ..!!! Anyways lets stick to the topic..my dear friend

I've seen people calling games a flop, Delhi a SHITHOLE city , People the ass*ol*...so i thought why not help them ....

We people dont seem to understand that verdict should be on the finished product....!!! No more discussions on this

Isn't that the way you wanted it to be..:lol:

whats the use of being optimist , you would still get BANNED ..!!! Anyways lets stick to the topic..my dear friend

I've seen people calling games a flop, Delhi a SHITHOLE city , People the ass*ol*...so i thought why not help them ....

We people dont seem to understand that verdict should be on the finished product....!!! No more discussions on this

enough of the sarcasm dude.

Delhi is doing just fine. Keep doing what you currently are for the next 20 years and we will become the finished product.

enough of the sarcasm dude.

Delhi is doing just fine. Keep doing what you currently are for the next 20 years and we will become the finished product.

Thank god atleast you understood it..!!!

See ZEE NEWS...headline reads DILLI MEIN YEH KAISA DOODH(MILK)...for a AREA which is 20 KMS "AWAY" from delhi...still DELHI gets the blame....and people outside delhi start to believe ki DELHI kya bakwaas tareeka hai...ehrrr


2nd headlines....

DELHI METRO ya PATRI BAZAAR....reason...Good looking eat stalls 50 mtrs outside Delhi metro station...And they say ki METRO ko logo ki suraksha ki fikar nahi bas MUNAAFE ki fikar....

reason...Dustbins placed outside the station ( dont understand its good or bad)...never thought that dustbin would become thing of terror.

They dont even spare delhi metro ....

All these does play in destroying the image of a city...

There's a MuRDER & RAPE in manesar(30 kms outside DELHI) newline reads....DELHI se DARR Lagta hai..Delhi mein do-do murders..sansani..

what the fuck...


will local tourist come to delhi after watching all this...jis cheez mein Delhi ka kuch lena dena bhi nahi hai....

Hindustan & Delhi ..media bharooose...

See ZEE NEWS...headline reads DILLI MEIN YEH KAISA DOODH(MILK)...for a AREA which is 20 KMS "AWAY" from delhi...still DELHI gets the blame....and people outside delhi start to believe ki DELHI kya bakwaas tareeka hai...ehrrr


2nd headlines....

DELHI METRO ya PATRI BAZAAR....reason...Good looking eat stalls 50 mtrs outside Delhi metro station...And they say ki METRO ko logo ki suraksha ki fikar nahi bas MUNAAFE ki fikar....

reason...Dustbins placed outside the station ( dont understand its good or bad)...never thought that dustbin would become thing of terror.

They dont even spare delhi metro ....

All these does play in destroying the image of a city...

There's a MuRDER & RAPE in manesar(30 kms outside DELHI) newline reads....DELHI se DARR Lagta hai..Delhi mein do-do murders..sansani..

what the fuck...


will local tourist come to delhi after watching all this...jis cheez mein Delhi ka kuch lena dena bhi nahi hai....

Hindustan & Delhi ..media bharooose...
Just chill dude. Tell me any foreigner who would be watching news from Star News, India TV?

Just chill dude. Tell me any foreigner who would be watching news from Star News, India TV?

Shreyansh i said LOCAL TOURISTS ....Zee Cinema /Star News /India Tv..i mean DELHI is paying for its fame...and name...Delhi's reputation all over INDIA is not that good just because of them....Gr Noida mein kuch hua Delhi ka naam, Bakhtiyar pur mein kuch hua Delhi ka kaam tamaam...sab kuch chalta hai hamare desh mein.

You know what Delhi is very much safe for women and all...( I am talking about DELHI), Infra is good but fir bhi badnaam hai because of media...50 km door kuch hota hai Delhi ka naam badnaam ho jaata hai ....

hehe...

Naam waley he hotey hain Badnaam:-)

Bund maar Inki , meri Jaan

Naam waley he hotey hain Badnaam:-)

Bund maar Inki , meri Jaan

Arre babaji sat sriakal...

yup you are right..

Very nice TagLine..college ke din yaad aa gayee..though i never smoke..

Ajjkal to Honey Singh hi chaya hua hai..hehe

Honey Singh?

Honey Singh?

YUP Honey Singh...go on you tube and type Honey singh and then sit back and enjoy,..you will die laughing and will love it to the core..

Aise halat Media ne Delhi ki kar rakhi hai hehe

cheers IR

( do tell me your reviews)

Ok, I will check it, But the match is starting now. Match key baad

Ok, I will check it, But the match is starting now. Match key baad

Yes my friend...


SPAIN ALL THE WAY hehe..

all the best to netherlands as well...i know you ofcourse is with Dutch...

Yes off course, I am wearing Dutch Jersey

Honey Singh?

Jadon panga pe jaave....with Diljeet... is awesome song

Shreyansh i said LOCAL TOURISTS ....Zee Cinema /Star News /India Tv..i mean DELHI is paying for its fame...and name...Delhi's reputation all over INDIA is not that good just because of them....Gr Noida mein kuch hua Delhi ka naam, Bakhtiyar pur mein kuch hua Delhi ka kaam tamaam...sab kuch chalta hai hamare desh mein.

You know what Delhi is very much safe for women and all...( I am talking about DELHI), Infra is good but fir bhi badnaam hai because of media...50 km door kuch hota hai Delhi ka naam badnaam ho jaata hai ....

hehe...

Arre yaar agar media vaale jhooth bhi bolte hain to end mein jaakar delhi ka hi faayda hotaa hai na..Take a chill pill..:)

Jadon panga pe jaave....with Diljeet... is awesome song

haha..kya bro..i was talking about Ch**t and chaska by honey singh in collaboration with Badshah.

:lol:haha..kya bro..i was talking about Ch**t and chaska by honey singh in collaboration with Badshah.

Didn't listen this one yet,but sounds interesting......Will listen it soon after work.:banana:

:lol:

Didn't listen this one yet,but sounds interesting......Will listen it soon after work.:banana:

haha yeah do give me our reviews on it....

Babaji aapne suna yeh song??:lol::lol::lol:

^^:ohno:one of you should start a separate thread for honey singh & his uncivilised language. don't pollute the delhi thread.....let it remain "delhi discussions"

^^:ohno:one of you should start a separate thread for honey singh & his uncivilised language. don't pollute the delhi thread.....let it remain "delhi discussions"

Hehe yeah you are right....arre we are not talking about the language ..its really funny....anyways

What do you guys think of Yesterday's storm..wooohh gazab storm tha yaar..

How's the flooding in Delhi?

How's the flooding in Delhi?

I went to west delhi today and then towards noida....kuch bhi nahi dikha....Flooding happened at 2 or 3 places in Delhi and reporters ne aise dikhaya as if whole delhi was flooded....fools they are...


If you noticed maratha in the news , all the news channels were just showing pictures of Vikas Marg and Geeta colony underpass...South ex was the worst affected area in south delhi and it was all find....

Hey bhagu hamare reporters ko utha lo..!!!
AMEN

And yes maratha, yesterdays storm was fierce it was soo soo heavy and windy..i culdn't even see whats in front of me while driving ...eventually had to park my car and wait for it to get over...that 120 minutes were something..

Which places have been flooded?

^^ Vikas marg(ITO), Geeta Colony, some parts of vikas puri ...dint see any flooding anywhere else...

^^ Vikas marg(ITO), Geeta Colony, some parts of vikas puri ...dint see any flooding anywhere else...

I saw pictures of flooded Minto Bridge. What about the underpass on the road that connects Mathura Road to Ring Road?
What caused 11 deaths? Did they drown? Were they involveed in an accident? Yaai jukham ho gaya tha?











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I saw pictures of flooded Minto Bridge. What about the underpass on the road that connects Mathura Road to Ring Road?
What caused 11 deaths? Did they drown? Were they involveed in an accident? Yaai jukham ho gaya tha?













/

Humnnn...few died as one part of an under construction house collapsed ...!!!

and 2 deaths were confirmed because of electrocution ...

Media has habbit of mirch masala lagaying to make a masaledaar recipie...trust what you see and not our Chu**ya Media and even bigger Chu**ya reporters..

Hell. I wish I was in Delhi

I calling a friend in delhi and he told me that gurgoan during the floods was basically one huge mud pile.

He also said that all of delhi was full of mud, especially Counnought place due to reconstruction.

Said that the big holes dug for construction have become muddy puddles and that mosquitos were slowly building up in those puddles.

Thats awful! ^^

Hows the renovation Palikaar Bazaar going btw?

The World's 10 Wildest Rides (This is just the experience of 1 person)

http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/07/08/the-worlds-10-wildest-rides/

Delhi's Blueline and Mumbai's local have a mention there :)

I know now the Bluelines are being Phased out and you will not find people Hanging on Windows and Rooftops in Mumbai locals as situation has improved.:lol:

I calling a friend in delhi and he told me that gurgoan during the floods was basically one huge mud pile.

He also said that all of delhi was full of mud, especially Counnought place due to reconstruction.

Said that the big holes dug for construction have become muddy puddles and that mosquitos were slowly building up in those puddles.

Does your friend by any chance work for Delhi Aaj Tak or any of the other teeming Hindi news channels ?

Sorry to dissapoint you but I was in Connaught Place on Tuesday (just hours after the Monday night storm) and Wednesday morning too. There was no waterlogging that I could see and construction is going on as usual. Of course the place is a mess as usual (has been for the last one year now) but nothing that the rains made worse.

I was also around the city on Monday quite a bit and found no signs of waterlogging or muddy pools with mosquitoes. I heard that there was continuing waterlogging at ITO Chungi/Geeta Colony underpass but nothing that restricted traffic. Whenever Delhi gets heavy downpours , the streets do flood but clear out just as fast once the rains stop. This has been the case for the last 40 years that I have lived in Delhi.

Can't comment on Gurgaon tho.

Cov Boy - Last month I was in Pallika Bazaar and they have completely torn down the ceiling of the whole place and already put up a huge network of AC Ducts plus installed new AC machines. I guess a new false ceiling should be in the process of being put up now.

Does your friend by any chance work for Delhi Aaj Tak or any of the other teeming Hindi news channels ?

Sorry to dissapoint you but I was in Connaught Place on Tuesday (just hours after the Monday night storm) and Wednesday morning too. There was no waterlogging that I could see and construction is going on as usual. Of course the place is a mess as usual (has been for the last one year now) but nothing that the rains made worse.

I was also around the city on Monday quite a bit and found no signs of waterlogging or muddy pools with mosquitoes. I heard that there was continuing waterlogging at ITO Chungi/Geeta Colony underpass but nothing that restricted traffic. Whenever Delhi gets heavy downpours , the streets do flood but clear out just as fast once the rains stop. This has been the case for the last 40 years that I have lived in Delhi.

Can't comment on Gurgaon tho.

Cov Boy - Last month I was in Pallika Bazaar and they have completely torn down the ceiling of the whole place and already put up a huge network of AC Ducts plus installed new AC machines. I guess a new false ceiling should be in the process of being put up now.

he just moved there for some work and thats what he told me.....and why would i be disappointed?

and this is what a mainstream indian media is saying about it.

Even VIP areas under water, CP a muddy circus

Wed Jul 14 2010



It is not just the common man who has been hit by Monday’s deluge. At least 12 complaints of water-logging were reported from Lutyens’ Delhi, home to the country’s political brass. Among them was a call from the Parliament House Control Room.

Most complaints were received from Teen Murti Lane, Shahjahan Road and Kidwai Nagar, where MPs, MLAs and bureaucrats reside, between 7 and 10 pm and pertained to water-logging outside houses and on roads.

A New Delhi Municipal Council official said the rain was too intense for the water to be drained out quickly. “It was not a problem of bad drainage. Delhi has a flat topography. It takes some time for water to drain out if the rain is very heavy. This is not the first time that we have had water-logging in the area. Monday’s rain was just too much,” the official said on the condition of anonymity.

The ongoing work in the area is also being blamed for water getting blocked on the roads. At the Safdarjung Road and Teen Murti, for instance, streetscaping is being done in the run up to the Commonwealth. Both the roads have been dug up.

Apart from the VIP areas, the worst-hit zone in New Delhi was Connaught Place commercial hub. “We are receiving complaints even now,” said an official on Tuesday afternoon, 12 hours after the rain had stopped. The reason for the flooding in CP is not hard to fathom. It is the biggest project undertaken by the NDMC for the Commonwealth Games.

At present, the entire zone is dug up to build subways, construct a tunnel and to make better pathways for pedestrians.

On Monday night, many parts of CP were flooded and, in some places, loose mud had sunk under the weight of cars. Thanks to the dugout soil, there was a lot of mud in the area.

By Tuesday afternoon, the water had started subsiding, but the pits were still full. “The rain started in the evening when CP was most crowded. Within minutes there was water everywhere. Shoppers and the shopkeepers were stuck in the rain and what ensued was a massive traffic jam. I reached home at around midnight,” said Jai Kumar Nahata, a shopkeeper.

The NDMC also received 25 complaints of trees falling within its area.


with a picture

http://static.indianexpress.com/m-images/Wed%20Jul%2014%202010,%2001:22%20hrs/M_Id_162434_waterlogging.jpg

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/even-vip-areas-under-water-cp-a-muddy-circus/646126/2

other sources

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/CP-submerged-out-of-bounds-for-traffic/articleshow/6160774.cms




Now i am fully willing to accept that the Indian media is well full of shit. Stories are misreported and hyped up and sensationalised.

I just posted my comments in this thread conveying what my friend told me to again check with the indian posters ,if the indian media as usual is reporting shit.


Kuwar lives in gurgoan so lets see what he has to say on the issue

Well , mainstream print media is only slightly better than the Hindi news Channels. Indian express, HT and TOI write rubbish regularly, too often for comfort. And that Mail Today rag is the worst, sadly coming from the once hallowed India Today Group.

If one wants to be a drain inspector ,then yes, you will definitely find some puddles here and there ( for god's sake Delhi considers 10-15 mm of rains in a day as heavy and it was 60 mm in one hour !!) but to say that CP was a muddy circus at 12 noon on Tuesday is plain lies and that photo of some corner of the middle circle in no ways represents what I saw myself of the entire inner circle and parts of the outer circle and mind you I was on foot !! The middle circle was already muddy before the rains as they are covering up the completed portions of the service tunnel with the excavated soil and wetting the areas to settle the loose soil for eventual tarring. But unlike the reporters, I go to CP every week and I know better.

Still it points to shoddy work and construction site management. Countries like Singapore receive heavy rainfall throughout the year, but you never find mud overflowing from construction sites.

Well , mainstream print media is only slightly better than the Hindi news Channels. Indian express, HT and TOI write rubbish regularly, too often for comfort. And that Mail Today rag is the worst, sadly coming from the once hallowed India Today Group.

If one wants to be a drain inspector ,then yes, you will definitely find some puddles here and there ( for god's sake Delhi considers 10-15 mm of rains in a day as heavy and it was 60 mm in one hour !!) but to say that CP was a muddy circus at 12 noon on Tuesday is plain lies and that photo of some corner of the middle circle in no ways represents what I saw myself of the entire inner circle and parts of the outer circle and mind you I was on foot !! The middle circle was already muddy before the rains as they are covering up the completed portions of the service tunnel with the excavated soil and wetting the areas to settle the loose soil for eventual tarring. But unlike the reporters, I go to CP every week and I know better.

My friend i will take ya word for it. I am fully aware the Indian media(and foreign media) report shit.

I was at CP yesterday...works going on Fine there....

See Day before yesterday High Court applauded the way NDMC is carrying out their projects and on same day our ASSHOLE media criticize the CP renovation work.

Work is ON on the last block at outer circle...hopefully everything will be done in 2 months ...

The Quality of Construction is good..what they are showing is actually a dug up area where the cables are going under ground...now at a construction site when rain pours down you expect to see this...


Ab yeh mat kehna ki India ki mitti hi kharaab hai..baarish mein gili kaise ho gayee..ehhhrr

What they dint show is that the area is properly barricaded and pic was of inside construction area..


God bless our country ....

I was at CP yesterday...works going on Fine there....

See Day before yesterday High Court applauded the way NDMC is carrying out their projects and on same day our ASSHOLE media criticize the CP renovation work.

Work is ON on the last block at outer circle...hopefully everything will be done in 2 months ...

The Quality of Construction is good..what they are showing is actually a dug up area where the cables are going under ground...now at a construction site when rain pours down you expect to see this...


Ab yeh mat kehna ki India ki mitti hi kharaab hai..baarish mein gili kaise ho gayee..ehhhrr

What they dint show is that the area is properly barricaded and pic was of inside construction area..


God bless our country ....

+ 1 I can appreciate criticism if it arises out of genuine concern and affection for Delhi , but the virulence and hateful coverage in the race for TRPs saddens me.

There was this washed up ex-model Nisha Singh who, while accepting that she has lived all her life in Mumbai says that she feels embarassed and finds it disgraceful that Delhi even aspires to call itself a world class city and makes mocking and demeaning comments on Delhites. Why is she even there on Delhi Aaj Tak in a programme titled - GAME YA SHAME ?

Still it points to shoddy work and construction site management. Countries like Singapore receive heavy rainfall throughout the year, but you never find mud overflowing from construction sites.

but singapore is already developed my friend. They aren't dug up at every and each corner of city like Delhi. You do a practicle in ur house today, have some mud and put water in it and see what happens. That's exactly what is happening in Delhi. In singapore what you see is already developed highways and roads, where water can not stand. While if you dug up those highways and roads, it will get wet for sure. Perhaps its different on the construction sites(like building a skyscrapper), In developed countries construction sites generally means building a sky scrapper or some housing projects as they have already developed the highways and roads. So even in delhi if you are building a house, its not creating as much mess as roads do. Yeah now dont say that house is getting wet because of rain.:lol::lol::lol:

+ 1 I can appreciate criticism if it arises out of genuine concern and affection for Delhi , but the virulence and hateful coverage in the race for TRPs saddens me.

There was this washed up ex-model Nisha Singh who, while accepting that she has lived all her life in Mumbai says that she feels embarassed and finds it disgraceful that Delhi even aspires to call itself a world class city and makes mocking and demeaning comments on Delhites. Why is she even there on Delhi Aaj Tak in a programme titled - GAME YA SHAME ?

Arre yaar simple hai, she got paid for her... blah blah!!

+ 1 I can appreciate criticism if it arises out of genuine concern and affection for Delhi , but the virulence and hateful coverage in the race for TRPs saddens me.

There was this washed up ex-model Nisha Singh who, while accepting that she has lived all her life in Mumbai says that she feels embarassed and finds it disgraceful that Delhi even aspires to call itself a world class city and makes mocking and demeaning comments on Delhites. Why is she even there on Delhi Aaj Tak in a programme titled - GAME YA SHAME ?


thank god some1 brought that up....it is so shameful what these media reporters are doing
i mean if they wanted to criticise they shud've done it before we bid for the games....now the CWG's are on and we as Indians shud give our best,and help the govt as much as we can to make the Games a success
i dont see any point in saying "games is a waste of money" or cheap stuff like "game ya shame"
the games are ON....there's no backing out now....so for fuck's sake these guys need to show some optimism

and this is what a mainstream indian media is saying about it.


Now i am fully willing to accept that the Indian media is well full of shit. Stories are misreported and hyped up and sensationalised.

I just posted my comments in this thread conveying what my friend told me to again check with the indian posters ,if the indian media as usual is reporting shit.


Kuwar lives in gurgoan so lets see what he has to say on the issue


i was in Gurgaon on the evening and night of 12th July 2010....when it rained heavily in parts of Delhi....however in Gurgaon sec 23 there was just minor drizzle and showers....the rain stopped that night itself and there has been no rain till now after that

Dilli Aaj Tak showed videos of Dhaula Kuan being submerged in water....the video was of bright DAYTIME....since rain started the night before that(12th July)....its pretty obvious that the video cudn't have been of 12th July itself....so according to the channel that video was of Tuesday 13th July

well on Tuesday i was on my way back home and i had to cross Dhaula Kuan....and u know what....it was just fine....no water logging,no cars drowned,no signs of deep pits or ppl drowning and yelling for help

so yes Ichi....ur absolutely right....INDIAN MEDIA IS SO FULL OF SHIT

i was in Gurgaon on the evening and night of 12th July 2010....when it rained heavily in parts of Delhi....however in Gurgaon sec 23 there was just minor drizzle and showers....the rain stopped that night itself and there has been no rain till now after that

Dilli Aaj Tak showed videos of Dhaula Kuan being submerged in water....the video was of bright DAYTIME....since rain started the night before that(12th July)....its pretty obvious that the video cudn't have been of 12th July itself....so according to the channel that video was of Tuesday 13th July

well on Tuesday i was on my way back home and i had to cross Dhaula Kuan....and u know what....it was just fine....no water logging,no cars drowned,no signs of deep pits or ppl drowning and yelling for help

so yes Ichi....ur absolutely right....INDIAN MEDIA IS SO FULL OF SHIT

So i don't still understand one thing,that they may say it dhaula kuan but how they show the same place in water and you said it was normal...Well is it this way that they are showing someother place and reflecting it to be dhaula kuan?

So i don't still understand one thing,that they may say it dhaula kuan but how they show the same place in water and you said it was normal...Well is it this way that they are showing someother place and reflecting it to be dhaula kuan?

no no....the place in the video was definitely DK....cud be an old video dude....for all u know it cud've been a 2 yr old video
or may be the place got filled up for 15-20 min or so and drained away....i dont consider that as a major problem....but they presented it as if ppl were getting killed

Passengers 'amazed' by Delhi T3

Thursday, 15 July 2010
Passengers say they are surprised at the apparent quality of the new Terminal-3 (T3) at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), India.
T3 received its first travellers when Air India's flight AI-102 from New York landed in the national capital this week.

Many passengers reportedly said they had never seen or expected (to see) such state-of-the-art facilities at an Indian airport terminal.

^^ since i read a similar article in HT today morning i had a hunch that media will do something about this "Airport" too....i mean after all they've taken it upon themselves to Demean Delhi and Govt as much as possible....it was quite hard for them to digest such praises about the new Airport

so in response to this....Dilli Aaj Tak reports "Naye Runway pe Kutta" :bash:

^^ since i read a similar article in HT today morning i had a hunch that media will do something about this "Airport" too....i mean after all they've taken it upon themselves to Demean Delhi and Govt as much as possible....it was quite hard for them to digest such praises about the new Airport

so in response to this....Dilli Aaj Tak reports "Naye Runway pe Kutta" :bash:

we really saw that dog in the video, but it didnt quite showed if the dog was really on runway or outside the airport in some parking area. Anyways acc. to video it was on runway, if its true then it shud be a shame..I hope thats wrong.....And thanks about your reply above.

but singapore is already developed my friend. They aren't dug up at every and each corner of city like Delhi. You do a practicle in ur house today, have some mud and put water in it and see what happens. That's exactly what is happening in Delhi. In singapore what you see is already developed highways and roads, where water can not stand. While if you dug up those highways and roads, it will get wet for sure. Perhaps its different on the construction sites(like building a skyscrapper), In developed countries construction sites generally means building a sky scrapper or some housing projects as they have already developed the highways and roads. So even in delhi if you are building a house, its not creating as much mess as roads do. Yeah now dont say that house is getting wet because of rain.:lol::lol::lol:


In my opinion, all the roads and streets in Delhi should have accessible underground service ducts housing electricity, telephone, water, drainage, internet and piped gas connections. May be it is expensive to do such a project, but once it is completed, it would be an everlasting infrastructure with one time investment.

Being the capital of the nation, New Delhi is the right place to start implementing such a project.

Cheers.

^^ since i read a similar article in HT today morning i had a hunch that media will do something about this "Airport" too....i mean after all they've taken it upon themselves to Demean Delhi and Govt as much as possible....it was quite hard for them to digest such praises about the new Airport

so in response to this....Dilli Aaj Tak reports "Naye Runway pe Kutta" :bash:

And that pathetic Kumar Kunjal on Delhi Aaj Tak , while reporting on the damaged False Ceiling of TT stadium translates it to " KAAM CHALAO CHATT " repeatedly ,with his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets !!:bash:

And that pathetic Kumar Kunjal on Delhi Aaj Tak , while reporting on the damaged False Ceiling of TT stadium translates it to " KAAM CHALAO CHATT " repeatedly ,with his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets !!:bash:

Right??....right!!....i hate that guy....if he dies i wont mind getting jailed for his murder even if i didnt do it

they talked about "Roofs being blown away"....but they never show any real video....they kept showing a guy picking a sheet and trying to put it on the roof....how the f@*k does that show that the roof was "Blown away by the wind"??....most prob he was doin his regular job....just that it was difficult for him because of the wind...

they didn't show any interview of a concerned authority....just random ppl starting a debate on roofs.

they cud've atleast shown a "before and after" photograph of the roof as evidence of their report


and yes...."False Roofing" does NOT mean "Kaam Chalaoo Chhat"!!

we really saw that dog in the video, but it didnt quite showed if the dog was really on runway or outside the airport in some parking area. Anyways acc. to video it was on runway, if its true then it shud be a shame..I hope thats wrong.....And thanks about your reply above.

thats what i meant buddy....most prob its not true....they showed a close up of a dog running around....they cud've atleast shown a wide shot of surrounding areas to show that it is definitely the New Runway....and that its after it got functional and not before that


and u know what the "LATEST" news now is??

"FIRST FLIGHT ON NEW IGI T3 GOT DELAYED DUE TO DOG ON THE RUNWAY"

It wasn't delayed till yesterday morning,when it actually landed....it took took them 24hrs to realize that the flight was delayed??

:bash:

thats what i meant buddy....most prob its not true....they showed a close up of a dog running around....they cud've atleast shown a wide shot of surrounding areas to show that it is definitely the New Runway....and that its after it got functional and not before that


and u know what the "LATEST" news now is??

"FIRST FLIGHT ON NEW IGI T3 GOT DELAYED DUE TO DOG ON THE RUNWAY"

It wasn't delayed till yesterday morning,when it actually landed....it took took them 24hrs to realize that the flight was delayed??

:bash:

Well compleley agree with ya, But dont you think if media sends a false message to public we could take a legal action against them. Is their any rule like that in India? Well their duty is to give honest and true information and they are doing quite the opposite. May be they got paid by the rivals of congress to have a upper hand in next elections. Well after watching some of the movies, its quite a possible scenario..:ohno:

Many of the news reporters keep referring to the new terminal as brand new airport (for example timesnow). Someone needs to tell these tv editorial boards that this is not a brand new airport. Simply a brand new terminal.

I think someone has to control these media trolls who are nothing but confusing, panic creating, unqualified disinformation agents and some of these channels should be subject to a legal action and perhaps even shut down for creating nuisance to the public. Every democratic right in our country is being misused and these media people cannot keep doing this in the name of freedom of speech.

May be a PIL with all the disinformation and unqualified reports should be filed against these media people.

Cheers.

I think someone has to control these media trolls

:lol:

Sun, can you ban these media trolls ?

Last Saturday TOI Bangalore edition, times business 2nd page no. 24.

http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/TOIBG/2010/07/24/24/Img/Pc0240700.jpg
Split of talent pool:
Bangalore 44%
NCR Delhi 21%
Mumbai & Pune 16%
Chennai 10%
Hyderabad 7%
Tier 2-3 cities together: 2%

MNC captives: 22% of IT-BPO industry

Research & Development Captives Estimated To Have Saved $40 Billion For Parent Company In Last 3 Years

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bangalore: The size of the MNC captives sector stands at $11.1 billion,almost 22% of the total IT-BPO industry export revenues,according to a report released by Nasscom,in association with Zinnov Consulting.
The report said India currently boasts of over 750 captives that employ 4 lakh employees. Over 100 captives employ more than 1,000 people.
The report said captives in India are transitioning from being cost centres for their parent companies to centers of excellence,providing higher value and efficiency propositions.The most significant contribution for the captive sector has been the establishment of a design-led engineering services sector.Currently,there are over 500 captives that undertake engineering and design services across industry verticals.Out of these,over 200 engineering R&D captives have been established over the last three years highlighting the R&D and product culture initiated by these captives,which has in turn led to development of affordable products for emerging markets, Nasscom said.
The continuous expansion of services portfolios is also seen to have led to building new skills sets within the sector such as consulting;knowledge based services,research and analytics and end-to-end design.As a result,captives currently account for 50% of total knowledge based revenues from India which has significantly contributed to India emerging as a knowledge hub.
Pari Natarajan,CEO of Zinnov,said R&D centres in India have helped the parent organizations save a cumulative $40 billion over the last three years.To estimate that,Zinnov assumed that the per person cost in India was about $40,000 per annum,versus $150,000-200,000 in the US and Europe;and that Indian professionals were about 70% as productive as their Western counterparts.
Som Mittal,president,Nasscom,said,Texas Instruments set up the first captive centre and completes 25 years in India.Through this journey,captives have followed an evolution path with different business models,service delivery and leveraging India as an innovation hub for emerging economies.However,going forward,it would be important for the parent companies to empower the local management,not only to derive full value,but also to ensure that the captive can exercise sufficient flexibility when required.
Many captives follow similar models and processes as their headquarters which are sometimes sub optimal in the Indian context leading to cost inefficiencies,low productivity and lack of innovation,the report said.The report suggests that global processes must be localized giving more decision making capability to the centre while maintaining global practices.

This data is about only foreign IT/BPO companies' captives(local subsidiaries).
If you add Indian IT/BPO companies picture will be different.

new delhi is improving.but it is far from WORLD CLASS city....you can get away with 100 rs ki hari pati to cops..no fine no warning..poice take hafta from bus and truck drivers,,

HAPPY ONAM to all SSCians

HAPPY ONAM to all SSCians

Happy Onam to you too :)

I don't know why Delhi newspapers keep reporting about mono-rail and all the light rail etc integrated transport service crap... it's been five years since we heard of Mono-rail running in Delhi, haven't seen a pillar come up despite funds having been allocated in budgest. wtf! Can newspapers help us know where the money went and why there is no action instead of giving us dreamy stuff? Not everyone and everything works like the Delhi Metro!

NDTV is showing that delhi is under water. What our citizen journalists say? How bad is situation?

NDTV is showing that delhi is under water. What our citizen journalists say? How bad is situation?

NDTV fucks :bash:... only some part of it that is near yamuna like isbt and all

NDTV is showing that delhi is under water. What our citizen journalists say? How bad is situation?

IR haazir ho !!!

But traffic situation was very bad in Gurgaon, esp on DGE.