Tata-backed north Delhi discom NDPL and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Thursday announced the signing of a pact wherein USTDA will extend a financial grant of US $ 686,447 to NDPL towards implementation of the smart grid technology in its distribution network of North & North-West Delhi.
According to senior officials, NDPL is one of the first Indian utilities to initiate implementation of smart grid technology. Sunil Wadhwa, managing director of NDPL said: "We welcome the association with USTDA. The smart grid solutions are designed to enhance the efficiency and reliability of power distribution and to increase the ability of consumers to manage and use energy in a more cost-effective and energy- efficient way. It will also enable us to optimize our power line grid planning, operations and maintenance, enabling us to deliver power more efficiently.
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Display water-supply timings on your website: CIC to DJB
The denizens of national capital will be able to know the timings of water supply in their area from March onwards if Delhi Jal Board complies with the orders of Central Information Commission in time-bound manner.
The transparency panel has directed the Board to post timings of water supply on its website by February 28 and keep updating it if their are any changes.
"The Commission directs the PIO to ensure that timings of water supply of all areas are displayed on the website of Delhi Jal Board. If these timings are changed the website is updated accordingly," the directive by the Commission said.
Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi was hearing the plea of one Narender Dutt who did not get details of water supply in his area from the Board and filed an appeal in this regard.
Gandhi held that such information should be displayed as part of mandatory proactive disclosure under section 4 of the RTI Act which deals with important information about functions and duties of the organisations displayed in public medium.
"The Commission directs that these timings are displayed on the website under its Section - 4 compliance before 28 February 2010," he said. link
The transparency panel has directed the Board to post timings of water supply on its website by February 28 and keep updating it if their are any changes.
"The Commission directs the PIO to ensure that timings of water supply of all areas are displayed on the website of Delhi Jal Board. If these timings are changed the website is updated accordingly," the directive by the Commission said.
Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi was hearing the plea of one Narender Dutt who did not get details of water supply in his area from the Board and filed an appeal in this regard.
Gandhi held that such information should be displayed as part of mandatory proactive disclosure under section 4 of the RTI Act which deals with important information about functions and duties of the organisations displayed in public medium.
"The Commission directs that these timings are displayed on the website under its Section - 4 compliance before 28 February 2010," he said. link
First Indian woman skier to South Pole gets Delhi govt award
Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole last year, will be given a Rs 5 lakh award by the Delhi government, an official statement said on Thursday.
"The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs 5 lakh in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said.
"The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.
The decision was taken in a meeting headed by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Delhi-based Dharmashaktu, a 38-year-old mountaineer and outdoor instructor, was part of an all-women expedition that skied for nearly eight-nine hours daily for 40 days, braving chilly winds, sub-zero temperatures, the vast emptiness of Antarctica and carried 80 kg of load on their backs to reach the South Pole Dec 31, 2009.
The cost of her venture was around Rs.10 lakh.
Unable to raise sufficient funds, Dharmshaktu had to take a loan of Rs.5.75 lakh from a bank and borrowed the rest from friends.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth, the team of eight women from Britain, Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand and Singapore were selected for the expedition.
"The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs 5 lakh in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said.
"The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.
The decision was taken in a meeting headed by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Delhi-based Dharmashaktu, a 38-year-old mountaineer and outdoor instructor, was part of an all-women expedition that skied for nearly eight-nine hours daily for 40 days, braving chilly winds, sub-zero temperatures, the vast emptiness of Antarctica and carried 80 kg of load on their backs to reach the South Pole Dec 31, 2009.
The cost of her venture was around Rs.10 lakh.
Unable to raise sufficient funds, Dharmshaktu had to take a loan of Rs.5.75 lakh from a bank and borrowed the rest from friends.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth, the team of eight women from Britain, Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand and Singapore were selected for the expedition.
Monday, 18 January 2010
Road signal-free, so kids going to school just dash
Ever since three new flyovers opened on the Outer Ring Road between Munirka and West End, to make the journey from south Delhi to the airport signal-free, the stretch has become highly accident-prone. At the receiving end of the bad planning are scores of school children who study in about a dozen schools on either side of Outer Ring Road.
The children risk their lives every day as the cross the road, in the absence of a subway, foot-overbridge (FOB) or traffic signal.
Ever since all three new flyovers were made operational in the last months of 2009, the route from IIT to National Highway 8 has become completely signal-free. Speeding vehicles use the route as a quick access from south Delhi to the airport and back. There used to be two traffic signals between the flyovers at Munirka crossing and on Rao Tula Ram Marg, but these were removed when the flyovers were opened.
Turning the stretch into a nightmare for pedestrians. "I feel scared to cross the road. Traffic comes non-stop and all I can do is just run when I see the number of cars becoming a little less,'' said Deepika Sree, a class 8 student of Tagore International School.
Added Mohan Thapa, a Class 7 student of Hope Hall Middle School: "I need to cross the road twice a day to get to my home in D-block, Vasant Vihar. But it's become impossible. I feel like I am going to get hit by a car one of these days as no one stops for us. Even the footpaths are all dug up.''
There are several schools located in the colonies on either side of Outer Ring Road, including Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Upras Vidyalaya, Hope Hall School, Tagore International School, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Delhi Public School RK Puram and Vasant Vihar, Kendriya Vidyalaya. As a result, thousands of school children studying in these schools and who live in the vicinity or use public transport need to cross the main road to get to school and back.
Students can be seen crossing the road in hordes in a feeble attempt to prevent their being run over. "I use the route often and I see small children crossing the main road. But even if I want to, it's unsafe to stop my car because I risk being hit by a speeding car from behind,'' said DS Khurana, a resident of Malviya Nagar.
The government, meanwhile, seems to be dragging its feet on construction of pedestrian facilities. "The matter was discussed at UTTIPEC Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre) and there is a plan to build a foot-overbridge at this point, which has been approved. Construction should start soon. Though the flyovers have been opened for traffic, work is still going on at the stretch,'' said an official.link
Three FOBs were supposed to come up alongwith the flyovers but the tenders were reportedly not awarded in time as officials were unable to finalise locations. The proposals were finalised only in November last year, after the flyovers were opened for traffic.
The children risk their lives every day as the cross the road, in the absence of a subway, foot-overbridge (FOB) or traffic signal.
Ever since all three new flyovers were made operational in the last months of 2009, the route from IIT to National Highway 8 has become completely signal-free. Speeding vehicles use the route as a quick access from south Delhi to the airport and back. There used to be two traffic signals between the flyovers at Munirka crossing and on Rao Tula Ram Marg, but these were removed when the flyovers were opened.
Turning the stretch into a nightmare for pedestrians. "I feel scared to cross the road. Traffic comes non-stop and all I can do is just run when I see the number of cars becoming a little less,'' said Deepika Sree, a class 8 student of Tagore International School.
Added Mohan Thapa, a Class 7 student of Hope Hall Middle School: "I need to cross the road twice a day to get to my home in D-block, Vasant Vihar. But it's become impossible. I feel like I am going to get hit by a car one of these days as no one stops for us. Even the footpaths are all dug up.''
There are several schools located in the colonies on either side of Outer Ring Road, including Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Upras Vidyalaya, Hope Hall School, Tagore International School, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Delhi Public School RK Puram and Vasant Vihar, Kendriya Vidyalaya. As a result, thousands of school children studying in these schools and who live in the vicinity or use public transport need to cross the main road to get to school and back.
Students can be seen crossing the road in hordes in a feeble attempt to prevent their being run over. "I use the route often and I see small children crossing the main road. But even if I want to, it's unsafe to stop my car because I risk being hit by a speeding car from behind,'' said DS Khurana, a resident of Malviya Nagar.
The government, meanwhile, seems to be dragging its feet on construction of pedestrian facilities. "The matter was discussed at UTTIPEC Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre) and there is a plan to build a foot-overbridge at this point, which has been approved. Construction should start soon. Though the flyovers have been opened for traffic, work is still going on at the stretch,'' said an official.link
Three FOBs were supposed to come up alongwith the flyovers but the tenders were reportedly not awarded in time as officials were unable to finalise locations. The proposals were finalised only in November last year, after the flyovers were opened for traffic.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
TV journalist's house burgled at Mayur Vihar
Unidentified men burgled the house of a woman TV journalist in east Delhi and fled with cash and jewellery worth around Rs two lakh, police said today.
The incident was reported from Mayur Vihar Phase III late last night.
The victim works as a producer with a reputed news channel. The incident came to light when she returned home from work and found the locks of her ground floor apartment broken.
Cash and jewellery worth Rs two lakh have been stolen from the house, police said.
She alerted her landlord after which police was informed.
The victim's domestic help was the last person who came to the house yesterday.
A laptop, jewellery and cash were stolen from the apartment. Police is questioning the domestic help and security guards, they said.
A case of burglary has been registered at New Ashok Nagar police station.link
The incident was reported from Mayur Vihar Phase III late last night.
The victim works as a producer with a reputed news channel. The incident came to light when she returned home from work and found the locks of her ground floor apartment broken.
Cash and jewellery worth Rs two lakh have been stolen from the house, police said.
She alerted her landlord after which police was informed.
The victim's domestic help was the last person who came to the house yesterday.
A laptop, jewellery and cash were stolen from the apartment. Police is questioning the domestic help and security guards, they said.
A case of burglary has been registered at New Ashok Nagar police station.link
Nokia Launches its 3G Touchscreen Nokia 5230
The mobile giant Nokia has unveiled yet another touch screen 3G mobile phone, Nokia 5230, at an affordable price. It costs approximately Rs 8500 in India.
The new Nokia 5230 touchscreen possesses a resolution of 360 X 640 pixels supporting full 16M color range. In addition, it is equipped with 3G, touchscreen Candybar, 70 MB Memory and microSD support up-to 16GB.
Also, it comes with a 2 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom with white balance modes, auto exposure and colour tone modes.
Its 33 hours music playback time attributes to one of its key features. The music player of Nokia 5230 supports MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA formats
Nokia 5230 comes preloaded with various applications, which include Voice command/ dial, photo editor, Flash Lite 3.0, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) along with handwriting recognition feature, Email and IM.
Its GPS receiver operating with OVI Maps 3.0 facilitates searching exact location of the desired address, offering you full support wherever your travels may take you.
However, no wi-fi facility adds to its only drawback. link
The new Nokia 5230 touchscreen possesses a resolution of 360 X 640 pixels supporting full 16M color range. In addition, it is equipped with 3G, touchscreen Candybar, 70 MB Memory and microSD support up-to 16GB.
Also, it comes with a 2 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom with white balance modes, auto exposure and colour tone modes.
Its 33 hours music playback time attributes to one of its key features. The music player of Nokia 5230 supports MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA formats
Nokia 5230 comes preloaded with various applications, which include Voice command/ dial, photo editor, Flash Lite 3.0, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) along with handwriting recognition feature, Email and IM.
Its GPS receiver operating with OVI Maps 3.0 facilitates searching exact location of the desired address, offering you full support wherever your travels may take you.
However, no wi-fi facility adds to its only drawback. link
Friday, 15 January 2010
Aussies to bring own security at Commonwealth Games
Jittery about their security in India, the Australian delegation for this year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi will be accompanied by the country's Federal Police.
"Travelling there (in India) is something you are always going to have to be very careful doing. We need to talk through how we are going to bring people in and how we're going to bring athletes out," Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosswhite was quoted as saying in media reports here.
"This will be the first time if they are going into the (Games) village with us. They'll have a couple of people attached to the team, not guarding the team but basically helping with briefings on security, with advice on where athletes should go, what they should wear, that sort of thing," he said.link
"Travelling there (in India) is something you are always going to have to be very careful doing. We need to talk through how we are going to bring people in and how we're going to bring athletes out," Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosswhite was quoted as saying in media reports here.
"This will be the first time if they are going into the (Games) village with us. They'll have a couple of people attached to the team, not guarding the team but basically helping with briefings on security, with advice on where athletes should go, what they should wear, that sort of thing," he said.link
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