Roads
Surfaced roads/ 00 sq km: 1690
Road length: 18657 per 1000 km.
Delhi is well connected through a network of national highways.State roadways buses regularly ply from Delhi to various towns and cities.
Detailed roadways inquiries can be made at (91-11)-2523145 and 2520290.
The Delhi Road Department maintains offices at a new facility at 665 Neeb Road. The County Engineer rents a portion of the building and stations trucks and crews there for immediate response to County Roads in the area. In 1994, a new 1,500 ton salt storage facility was built adjacent to the garage.
The Transport Department of Govt. of NCT of Delhi is entrusted with the responsibility of providing an efficient public transportation system, control of vehicular pollution, registration of vehicles in Delhi, issuance of Driving licences, issuance of various permits, collection of road taxes. The department also entrusted in policy-making, co-ordination, implementation, monitoring and regulatory functions of all the Transport related aspects of National Capital Territory of Delhi.
DELHI METRO
Delhi Metro is a world-class metro. To ensure reliability and safety in train operations, it is equipped with the most modern communication and train control system. It has state-of-art air-conditioned coaches. Ticketing and passenger control are through Automatic Fare Collection System, which is introduced in the country for the first time. Travelling in Delhi Metro is a pleasure with trains ultimately available at three minutes frequency. Entries and exits to metro stations are controlled by flap-doors operated by 'smart-cards' and contact less tokens. For convenience of commuters, adequate number of escalators are installed at metro stations.
Unique feature of Delhi Metro is its integration with other modes of public transport, enabling the commuters to conveniently interchange from one mode to another. To increase ridership of Delhi Metro, feeder buses for metro stations are Operating. In short, Delhi Metro is a trendsetter for such systems in other cities of the country and in the South Asian region.
Railway
Delhi is well connected with all the state capitals and international cities in the country through a well laid out railway network. In India, most of the express and mail trains have facilities of air conditioned comfort.
Railway track length /00 sq km: 13.5
Airports
Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is located fifteen miles (twenty-four kilometers) south of the Indian city of Delhi. Used by a large number of international airlines, Indira Gandhi International Airport is a busy and modern two-terminal airport.
Sufdarjung and Palam airports are the two domestic airports present.
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Power
North Delhi Power Limited(NDPL), distributes electricity in the North & North West areas of Delhi. NDPL is a Joint Venture between Tata Power and Govt. of NCT of Delhi as a result of the privatisation of electricity distribution in Delhi on July 1, 2002.
The NDPL area of distribution in Delhi has been organized into the following districts of Delhi.
North Area
City Circle encompassing Moti Nagar (MTN), Keshav Puram (KPM) & Pitampura (PPR) Districts
Town Circle encompassing Civil Lines (CVL), Shakti Nagar (SKN) & Model Town (MDT) Districts
North West Area
Urban Circle encompassing Shalimar Bagh (SMB) & Badli (BDL) Districts,
Metro Circle encompassing Rohini (RHN) & Mangol Puri (MGP) Districts,
Suburban Circle encompassing Bawana (BWN) & Narela (NRL) Districts.
Tata Power in Transmission & Distribution Sector
The Company also has a massive transmission and distribution network spread across Mumbai, comprising of:
- Overhead line network comprising of about 1200 circuit km at voltage levels of 220 kV, 110 kV, 22 kV, and 5 kV
- Distribution network spread over the entire license area in Mumbai and suburbs
- Underground cable network of about 745 kM consisting of cables of voltage levels ranging from 6.6 kV, 11 kV, 22 kV, 33 kV, 110 kV and 220 kV
The companies major transformation facilities comprises of:
- 20 major Receiving Stations situated at various key locations
- Compact and reliable 220 kV Gas Insulated substations (GIS) at four of its receiving stations
- Numerous consumer substations located near consumer load centers
- A new GIS station at Backbay, South Bombay had been commissioned in 2001
Tata Power has succeeded in achieving a low transmission and distribution loss, which has been just 2.17%. Meticulous planning & implementation of energy conservation and system up-gradation measures have achieved this, which competes favorably with international standards.
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GoNCTD) owns 49% shares of NDPL.
Telecom
MTNL, Delhi under the overall charge of the Chief General Manager is responsible for Operation, Maintenance and Development of telecom services in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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