New Delhi, August 14
With the efforts of the Union urban development ministry, the government has decided to extend the Metro line till Bahadurgarh in Haryana during its third phase that is to be completed by 2016.

A senior official of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said the Mundka Metro line would be extended to Bahadurgarh.

Besides, the Metro line of Najafgarh and Shiva Vihar are also part of the third phase project.

The empowered group of ministers on the mass rapid transit system has approved the Phase-III at a length of 103.50 km with four corridors which would be implemented at a cost of Rs 35,242 crore with 40 per cent funding from Japan International Cooperation Agency.

This decision was taken in a meeting held recently that was chaired by urban development minister Kamal Nath. The Delhi Metro has already prepared detailed project reports for connecting Dwarka with Najafgarh and Mundka with Bahadurgarh in Haryana.

An official of the DMRC said the Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor had been proposed to have four stations at a length of 5.5 km and the Mundka-Bahadurgarh line would have six stations at a length of 11 km. The three corridors - Yamuna Vihar-Shiv Vihar, extension of Mundka line to Bahadurgarh and Dwarka-Najafgarh - would be brought before the empowered group of ministers as a supplementary item for approval to be included in Phase-III.

While ACP Uday Kant Choudhary, ACP Kamlesh Kumari and ACP Rajinder Singh Manku, inspector Jai Kishan, ASI Sharda Devi, ASI Fazil Ali Khan and head constable Charan Singh are among those who have been awarded the Police Medal for meritorious service. Others who received medal for meritorious services are inspectors Sanjeev Kumar Tyagi, Karam Chand Negi, Sawai Singh, sub-inspectors Onkar Singh, Karan Singh, Chand Singh, Krishan Swaroop, Yaad Ram Meena, Sohan Pal, Veena Bala, Balraj Singh, ASI Bijender Singh and Balbir Singh. Twenty-six CRPF officers and personnel were presented gallantry awards. Constable Asish Kumar Tiwari was given Shaurya Chakra posthumously. — TNS

Ghaziabad, August 14
Three people were killed and four injured when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tree this morning on national highway 58 in Ghaziabad, the police said.

The incident took place around 5.30 am near HR Institute, involved seven members of a family from Chipyana in Ghaziabad. They were returning from Haridwar, Uttarakhand, in the car.

The car was being driven by Ashok Sharma, 50, who himself was killed.

"Due to long and strenuous night drive of about five hours the driver felt drowsy, due to which he lost control on the vehicle which rammed into a roadside tree," said police circle officer Praveen Ranjan Singh.

Sharma's daughter Monika, 27, and his nephew Karan, 7, also died on the spot.

Sharma's wife Kaushalya Sharma, 48, younger daughter Priyanka, 16, and Monika's son Manan, 6, and another passengers were injured. — IANS

Ghaziabad, August 14
A man has been arrested in Garhmukteshwar here for allegedly killing his sister over property , the police said today.

Maya Prakash was yesterday on charges of killing his sister Satyawati, whose body was recovered near Ganga canal on December 9 last year, they said. The siblings had entered a legal battle over a plot in the area which was gifted to Satyawati by her father.

On December 6, she went to a court hearing but never returned, the police said.—PTI

New Delhi, August 14
Delhi has become a role model in its efforts to spread greenery, said Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit while inaugurating a plantation drive in Kaka Nagar Colony in the NDMC area.

Taking a cue from Delhi’s plantation drive, the other cities have also launched their drives to plant millions of trees.

The enhanced greenery will curb air pollution besides adding to the look and image of the city, the Chief Minister pointed out.

Environment secretary, Govt of Delhi, Keshav Chandra, NDMC chairperson Archana Arora, Kaka Nagar RWA secretary Dr A R Shukla and a large number of schoolchildren were also present on the occasion.