write descriptive paragraph in 100-120 words the day i got stuck in delhi metro( your experience of travelling
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Answer: A Delhi Metro train broke down in a tunnel this morning during rush hour. Hundreds of passengers were evacuated at the Central Secretariat station in the heart of the capital. Other trains were affected with lengthy delays. Robin Bansal works for NDTV. This is his account.
At 9 am, almost everyone on the crowded metro train was running against a deadline. I was too as I boarded a yellow line metro at Jahangirpuri. My journey takes 40 minutes every morning on that line. Today, it took me over two hours, much of that spent in a jam-packed train that made a 10 to 15 minute stop at every station; it usually stops for about a minute.
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New Delhi is the second Indian city to receive a metro rail system, although the capital’s network is considerably more high-tech than the one in the eastern city of Kolkata.
Stage one of the New Delhi Metro was officially opened on December 24, 2002, by the then Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, who was also given the honour of buying the system’s first ticket.
Although the first corridor of the Metro is merely 8.3 k.m. long, it has provided people with a fair idea about what they expect from the system. In its entirety in 2021, the system will be 241 k.m. long. Not only will it change the way we travel but also the way we live and where we live. Experts agree that wherever the Metro Rail travels, it will serve as a catalyst of development.
The trains used on the network built by a Japanese- Korean consortium are comparable with those used on the world’s most advanced metro systems.
The real advantage of the system will be seen in congested areas like Shahdara. The system has minimised the distance and congestion of the places. The interminable traffic jams and soaring levels of road rage have been reduced to a great extent. The problems of non-availability of buses, overcharging, and over-crowded, irregular and grimy transport will be no longer experienced after 2005 when the first phase of the project will be completed. The new underground rail system in New Delhi will also help in reducing air pollution.
The system is seen as Delhi’s biggest hope for easing the city’s mammoth congestion problems and clearing the air in one of the world’s most polluted cities. Some four million vehicles, ranging from jam-packed buses to slow-moving bullock carts, cram the city’s streets with thousands of new vehicles joining them every month. Planner estimates that the first phase of the project will carry around two million commuters a day with trains running every three minutes.
Metro is safe: A special Metro police, drawn from the Delhi Police is employed to guard the new mode of transport. The Metro Police Head Quarters are located at the Shastri Park Depot. Closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs), bomb-detecting equipment like special explosive vapour detectors, scanners and metal detectors will help keep a watch on the passengers.