Delhi Metro security force being strengthened

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 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro announced Tuesday that it would recover the Rs.105.71 billion (Rs.10,571 crore) spent on its presently operational network by 2011, two years ahead of target. Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) spokesperson Anuj Dayal said the rising footfall of commuters was the reason for the early cost recovery.

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A crane toppled at a Delhi Metro construction site here Saturday injuring two people, police said. The accident, blamed on "mechanical failure", took place at the proposed Saket Metro station in south Delhi.

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A security guard employed by a sub-contractor and posted at an under-construction Delhi Metro station fell from the elevated track and sustained injuries Saturday evening, an official said, adding it was not clear if this was a suicide attempt. The man, identified as Shambhu, was rushed to the Lal Bahadur Shahstri hospital after he fell from the track near Lakshmi Nagar station around 7 p.m., the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of the Delhi Metro derailed near the Yamuna Bank station in east Delhi Sunday morning, an official said. No injuries were reported.

August 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro will run curtailed services on the Independence Day Saturday and no parking facility will be available at stations for commuters till afternoon, a Delhi Metro Road Corporation (DMRC) official said Friday. "The Metro trains will run as per normal timings starting 6.00 a.m.

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 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.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - To provide fool-proof security to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the government has created 3,039 posts in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), parliament was informed Tuesday. In addition to these, 432 CISF personnel are deployed on internal security duty pattern for the security of DMRC.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper was critically injured after he fell on a Delhi metro railtrack and was hit by a train at the Civil Lines metro station in the capital Tuesday. Constable Jaipal Singh fell on the tracks around 8:50 a.m.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A minor fire Tuesday evening at the Pitampura Metro station of Line 1 (Shahdara - Rithala) in Delhi caused disruption in Metro train services, an official said. The fire erupted in an air conditioner in the signal room of the Metro station around 5.40 p.m.

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.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi Metro employee had a miraculous escape Friday night after he was dragged from one station to another with his hand stuck in the closed doors of the train. Satendra Kumar Jaiswal, 23, was facilitating commuters in boarding and deboarding trains at the busy Rajiv Chowk Metro station, when his hand was caught in the closing doors of a train at 7.30 p.m., according to Delhi Metro officials.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An NGO has taken the Delhi Metro to court alleging it had failed to provide drinking water and toilet facilities for commuters. A petition before the Delhi High Court, filed by Voice of India, has said that it had last year sent a representation to the Delhi government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seeking basic facilities in the Metro trains but got no satisfactory reply from them.

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.