Delhi...moving ahead

Visited Delhi recently, after my last visit in April. Its one place in the country where steady progress is seen on most infrastructure projects. It has now become a showcase of good changes in infrastructure and is fast moving towards becoming an international destination. My observations on this covered in an earlier post about Delhi and its tourist sites.

A few more roads and flyovers have been completed since my last visit, the next phase of the Delhi Metro has progressed well (despite the mishap of the under construction section that collapsed a few weeks ago) into NOIDA, Gurgaon, Akshardham and the Airport. The new Delhi airport has taken shape and the new expressways to Gurgaon and Noida are still in good shape! Didn't get to see the progress on the BRT, hope thats going ahead too.

The taxi driver who drove me from the airport to my hotel in NOIDA, was all pride and praise for the developments in infrastructure. "Naksha Badal Diya, aur do saal mein dekho saab, Commonwealth Games tak sub kuch ho jaayega. Metro bhi pura ho jayega". All he was cursing now were the old vehicles that break-down on top of a fly-over and block traffic! Asked him about the BRT, wasn't too happy with lanes being given away for buses, when he drives people around in his car! He takes the Metro everyday and is waiting for its expansion into Gurgaon, NOIDA and the airport.

BTW, the famed shoppers of Delhi were certainly a subdued lot, not much shopping and bargaining this Diwali. Thought only the stock brokers of Mumbai have been affected by the stock-market crash!

Came across another article about the changes in Delhi in today's Rediff edition, Delhi Unlovable? No Way. And here's another on Delhi and its old and new beauties, in concrete and in flesh. Take a dekho...