AGRAITES GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO SMALLER BUSES

AGRA 29\05\2010 Small size buses are receiving positive feedback from the people as compared to the tata marco palo ones the mulling increasing their numbers in agra due to lack of space and traffic on the roads.
both kinds of buses are being run in the city under jawahar lal nehru national urban renewable mission (JNNURM) for reforming the condition of public transport in the first phase, the executing agency, uttar pradesh state road transport corporation launched the marco polo buses.
These buses failed to get a good response on various routes like dayalbagh and inner routes of kamala nagar area. According to officials, marco polo was facing problems because of its size while negotiating turns in different localities .small sized buses don t have such problems as they can travel with ease even during peak traffic hours. In the first week of may UPSRTC decided to introduce small sized buses after eight months of bringing in marco polo buses . According to UPSRTC officials, there are around 200 buses proposed for the city under JNNURM . Out of these ,75 buses are small sized ones for routes where marco polo buses are run on compressed natural gas (CNG) based fuel. presently around 18 tata marco polo buses and 20 small sized buses are being run in agra. six buses are being run on a route from inter state buses terminal (ISBT) to balkeshwar and then from bijalighar viawater works crossing. they also go to rajpur chungi and agra cantonment railway station. this system is on the basis of ring road and buses would return on the same route. " while marco polo buses need space travelling on road smaller buses need just half of it. six buses travelled from foundry nagar depot on sunday in the first phase. the number of buses are being increased as staff is being deputed for running the remaining buses after a feedback from the people " said vijay kumar grover assistant regional manager (ARM) of UPSRTC . a resisdent of sanjay nagar (rajpur chungi) ajay kumar gupta said , "earlier no buses could reach my area but with these small sized buses things have changed as they travel daily to my locality".

DAYALBAGH TENSE AFTER LAND DISPUTE

AGRA 29\05\2010 violence erupted in daylbagh area here on thursday when a group of villagers and satsangis clashed over fencing a farm land in the area.
police reached the spot and nabbed about half a dozen satsangis .followings this, a group of satsangis blocked the way of the cops and got their faith mates released .they blamed the circle officer for evoking their tempers by calling them naxalities. police had to go on back foot amid heavy stone pelting many a vehicle, including a police jeep were damaged . there were heated arguments at the gate of prem nagar colony but police chose to let the night pass. all through friday , an uneasy calm prevailed in the area and locals were apprehensive about a repeat of such violent scenses. a meeting between officials of the district administration, superintendent of police, liby r kumar said "satsangais have assured us of handing over those who were taken into custody on thursday night". however, peace continues to elude daylbagh area, which is otherwise known as the hub of satsangis from the radhasoami sect. they have their agricultural fields where their followers work. the farmlands of satsangis are bordered by the lands owned by villagers of villag lalgarhi, sikandarpur among other village.

51YEARS ON ,VILLAGES HAVE VIVID MEMORIES OF PANDITJI

AGRA kela devi was caught in an awkward situation when. US president dwight eisenhower and pandit jawahar lal nehru asked her to remove her. "ghoonghat" kela devi ,then aged 20,was a newly wed "bahu" but now at the age of 70. she is all smile while she recollects the incident .The village laramada where she resides still remembers the first prime minister pandit jawahar lal nehru on his 46th death anniversary that was observed on thursday .
Twelve kilometres from agra city, village laramada at fatehpur sikri block of agra district still cherishes the memories of pandit jawahar lal nehru .who visited here on december 13,1959 along with US president eisenhower both were travelling in an open car and even went to houses of villages to feel a pulse of rural life. kela devi still remembers the visit of leaders to their house .they inaugurated a library and a panchayat ghar which still exists in the village laxman prasad master says. "A huge crowd gathered to listen to the leaders and the offiicials from the intelligence department were posted at the roof tops of the houses .It was not that tough to reach to the leaders then and we managed to meet pandit ji on dais. "Pradhan of village laramada mahaveer singh says,"We were not even born at that time but get to hear so much about the visit .

UDDHYANPURA VILLAGE BECOMES POLITICAL ARENA

AGRA 28\05\2010 After coming under the spotlight following the alleged police action against its locals on may 18 uddhyanpura village cntinues to be in focus,at least for political reasons .
Senior leader of the samajwadi party shivpal singh visited the village on Thursday , a day after the visit of BJP state president surya pratap shahi .shahi during his visit to the village demanded a judicial probe into the may 18 police action against the village folk .Shivpal singh yadav met the affected families and assured them of justice . The samajwadi party workers have already been holding a sit in at tehsil bah. shiv pal reached bah on thursday morning and his party workers encouraged by the presence of their leader held the sub divisional magistrate and the circle officer of bah hostage.The SP workers, who claimed that they have been assured that the station officer jaitpur would be suspended and cases would be registered against errant cops, later released the SDO and the CO.Leader of opposition for the SP in the state assembly ,shivpal singh yadav said,We have been assured that the station officer for jaitpur police station would be registered against the errant policemen. in case these assurances turn out to be hollow promises ,SP  would again resort to aggressive protest in the interest of villages "yadav said" The cops had no authority to enter into the houses when women were also inside .It was due to this misbehaviour that the villages held the police station officer hostage on MAY 17 .he was neither manhandled nor misbehaved with,yet the police chose to retaliate violently to get the SO released.

GIRLS REMAIN ON TOP

AGRA 27\05\2010  ECSTATIC pooja suryavanshi from radha vallabh inter college tops in agra with 89 PC marks .results for uttar pradesh board exams for class 12 were declared on thursday continuing trend ,girls fared better than boys this year as well .
POOJA SURYAVANSHI from AGRA RADHA VALLABH intermediate collage topped the city ,scoring 89 per cent marks for science stream.The pass percentage for class 12 exam for the district improved ,reaching 78.54 percent this year.In all .84,873 students appeared in the board exams in AGRA district. of them 19,679 were boys while 15,194 were girls,POOJA SURYAVANSHI scored 446 out of 500 with science while BHAVNA SHARMA from the same collage stood second in agra ,scoring 444 marks .the third position was shared by swati chahar from RADHA VALLABH intermediate collage and PANKAJ KUMAR from SANTA CLAUSS dhanoli in AGRA district . the district inspector of school office informed that 12,683 students scored first division while 13,190 had second division .around 1,155 students passed with HONOURS ,while 893 students received third division in the district .around 1159 students passed remained absent.

despite scorching hot, more tourists in Taj

Even as the city of taj sizzles unexpectedly in the scorching heat this summer with mercury hovering between 40 and 45 degrees celcious, the monument of love sparkles with another pleasant development.

The number of visitors,including both indian and foreigner, coming to see the Taj Mahalhas increased tremendously this summer. In contract to 33,532 foreigners and 173,847 indian tourists coming in April 2009 as many as 43,116 foreigner and 369013 Indian visited the Taj in april this year.