Crime Branch to probe Delhi Metro accidents

October 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Now commuters and visitors to the Delhi Metro can take back a toy replica of the metro trains as souvenir of their journey, an official said Wednesday. "From today (Wednesday), visitors to the Metro museum at the Patel Chowk Metro Station can carry a lasting memory back home - a toy metro train will be available for sale at the souvenir shop," Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal said.

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sleuths of the Special Operation Squad from the Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested Sabid Ali, an international drug peddler from the vicinity of a Metro railway station in New Delhi. Ali, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, is an international drug runner and had entered India from Nepal border.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Following a spate of accidents at Delhi Metro construction sites, Delhi Government may initiate legal action against Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), if it observes fault with pending studies on safety of workers at its sites, said Delhi Labour Secretary K S Wahi on Tuesday. "Definitely we are not satisfied.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of a Delhi Metro train derailed near Dwarka station on the Yamuna Bank-Dwarka line Wednesday, metro officials said. All the 39 passengers in the coach escaped unhurt.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Designs of the Delhi Metro will be checked twice before being adopted from now on, its chief E. Sreedharan said Tuesday after a probe panel faulted the design and construction material for an accident that killed six people July 12.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lack of skilled labour may have contributed to the recent accidents at Delhi Metro construction sites that claimed seven lives, a senior government official said here Friday. "The real crisis is that enough number workers with right skills are not available in the construction industry.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - As Delhi Metro faces a tough time with three accidents in the last 10 days, its chief E. Sreedharan Wednesday said that 90 people have died in several accidents related to the construction of the mass transport system over the last one decade in the national capital.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A labourer was crushed to death when a steel beam fell on him at a Delhi Metro construction site in west Delhi Wednesday after six people were killed in two accidents at Metro sites in the last 10 days. Delhi Metro chief E.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy on Monday refuted accusations that the metro rail mishap was a result of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) pushing to complete the rail project ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010 deadline. Speaking in Parliament, Reddy said the Delhi Metro wasn't operating under any pressure to meet the deadline.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Ray Sunday said the government will try to find out the reasons for the collapse of an under-construction bridge of Delhi Metro in the capital which claimed five lives. "Our department will undertake a review and find out the causes.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A four-member committee will probe the collapse of an underconstruction Delhi Metro span that led to the death of five people in south Delhi Sunday. "The four-member committee will inquire into the accident and will submit its report within 10 days," Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief E.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An underconstruction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in south Delhi Sunday, injuring at least 20 people, many of them critically, an official said. The accident took place at around 5 a.m.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - An infuriated mob attacked a police station in New Delhi on Tuesday following reports of a woman being assaulted by the some police personnel. The woman, a slum dweller, alleged that she was raped by the Station House Officer and four others in a police station in southwest Delhi and was threatened with dire consequences if she revealed the incident.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro services were disrupted Saturday morning after a train ran over an unidentified person at the Chawri Bazaar station in what could be a case of suicide, an official said. 'A metro train ran over a person at about 8.15 a.m.

December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - A 23-year-old labourer died Sunday after he fell from a girder at a Delhi Metro construction site, officials said. Delhi Metro spokesman Anuj Dayal identified the victim as Ram Prakash, employed with Freyssinet Pre Stressing Company (FPCC) - a sub-contractor under Gammon India Limited.