Bengaluru Metro already a terror target!

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August 26, 2011 / By R. Jayaprakash, DC, Bengaluru.

Sources said the terror threat was revealed by officials from the Union Home Ministry who visited the BMRC office recently with the sketches and photographs seized from the terrorists.

The IT capital, rocked by the 2008 serial bomb blasts is under renewed terror threat with the new target being Namma Metro stations on Reach One, scheduled for a grand opening on September 15, which could see Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in possible attendance.

Terror suspects recently detained in Delhi were found with sketches of the metro stations and the city’s major installations, top sources in the state secretariat told Deccan Chronicle.

Sources said the terror threat was revealed by officials from the Union Home Ministry who visited the BMRC office recently with the sketches and photographs seized from the terrorists.

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Mumbai blasts: Police looks for man who asked for Metro?

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• July 19, 2011 
• DC 
• Mumbai.

Police officers inspect the debris, covered under blue sheets, at the Opera House, one of the three sites of explosions, in Mumbai - PTI.

“Where will I get Metro,” was a question asked by an individual to a shopkeeper in Opera House on July 13.

The police believes this man to be the planter of one of the bombs that rocked Mumbai.

And it is on the basis of a description by this shopkeeper that Mumbai police created the sketch of the planter.

According to the sources, a middle-aged man on Wednesday evening approached a shop owner in Opera House and asked him from where he could board the Metro.

“This indicates that the person was not familiar with Mumbai. Further, it also shows that the person belonged to another city that had a Metro rail system in place,” said a source from the Mumbai police.

“On Thursday, a shopkeeper contacted one of the investigating agencies of Mumbai police and informed us about this person,” said the source, adding that the shopkeeper would have never imagined at that time that such a potentially harmless conversation would have such serious implications.

“The suspect should be either a resident of New Delhi or Kolkata, as these are the only two cities in India to have a functional Metro rail,” said the source.

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MURKY METROS: The other side of Mumbai!

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ANANTHAPRIYA SUBRAMANIAN / The Hindu / July 9, 2011.

Water: A scarce commodity in Mumbai slums. Photo: Rahi Gaikwad.

 In India's financial capital, almost 25,000 children under five die every year due to malnutrition and related illnesses. Whatever happened to the National Urban Health Mission?

The time of the year does not matter here. Monsoon or summer, the plastic cans are waiting for the waterman to arrive in Rafi Nagar, a slum settlement situated in Govandi, in the north-eastern area of Mumbai. In a city where space is at a premium, this settlement sits on top of its refuse. Every day, hundreds of tonnes of Mumbai's leftovers are dumped here. The garbage pile is regularly flattened to make space for the constant demand for shelter. Rafi Nagar is part of Shivaji Nagar, a resettlement colony that hosts the constant stream of migrants flowing into the city. The floors of the makeshift shacks are covered with cardboard sheets to keep the garbage down.

The residents here are mostly migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years. Yet, half the settlement in Rafi Nagar has not been given a legal status despite being promised. Hence the eternal wait for the water truck to arrive. When the water arrives, the wallets empty out. Filling up a 25 litre plastic can costs Rs. 20-25. Considering the average family income here is around Rs.3,000-4,000 a month, a sizeable chunk of it goes to buying precious water. And even then, a family can ill afford to buy 100 litres a day. According to the Mumbai Human Development Report 2009, Mumbaikars on average get 200 litres per capita daily (lpcd) of water, whereas slum residents get less than 90 lpcd.

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