New Delhi, January 17
A delegation of the Delhi BJP will submit evidence of corruption in the Commonwealth Games to the Lieutenant Governor on January 23.

Addressing a joint press conference today, the Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel, senior BJP leader Jagdish Mukhi and ex-president Delhi Vijender Gupta said, "A delegation of BJP leaders will hand over the evidence to the Lieutenant Governor, Najeeb Jung. The BJP will ask the LG to direct the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to take action against former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and others in Delhi government who were involved in various scams in the Commonwealth Games."

A high-level party committee of six experts is being set up to collect and put together the evidence for mishandling and embezzlement of funds by the erstwhile Delhi government.

"The BJP has been compelled to take this step after a U-turn taken by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After taking support from Congress to form his government in Delhi, Kejriwal is singing a different tune. He is saying that he has no proof of corruption in the Commonwealth Games and the BJP should give the proof if it wants action against the corrupt Congress leaders. So we have decided to submit this evidence to the LG," he added.

The Delhi government's share of the CWG bill was a massive Rs 16,560 crore on eight city projects. Both the Shunglu Committee and the CAG have reached the same conclusion after investigating the matter that the Delhi government had overspent and wasted money by creating an artificial crisis of deadlines, said the BJP leaders.

They said the infrastructure developed during the Commonwealth Games is not being maintained. Roads are broken, sign boards have disappeared, stadiums are not being used. The Central Vigilance Commission had submitted a report, but the government took no action.

The BJP will not let Kejriwal sit peacefully. It will launch a movement against the Chief Minister, forcing him to take action against the persons who were involved in the scam, the party leaders said.

New Delhi, January 17
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has taken measures to review its tanker services. The services are being reviewed for any discrepancy between the scheduled delivery and the real delivery, among other points, said a senior DJB official.

"The DJB has also taken measures to review, and if necessary, augment the number of its water hydrants at the filling point locations to maximize operational efficiency by significantly reducing the time taken between two round trips," said the official.

The chief engineers and the superintending engineers of the respective areas have been requested to review all the schedules uploaded on the DJB website and ensure that the tankers are utilized in a fair, transparent and optimum manner, he said.

This move will help the DJB to benchmark high levels of transparency by enabling necessary social audit.

As a result of the measures taken, the number of trips being undertaken by the tankers has gone up substantially.

However, in some areas, the official complained of 'bad-elements' trying to interfere with the working of the water tanker services.

"Yesterday, a mob, led by anti-social elements, targeted and destroyed one mild steel water tanker and damaged another stainless steel one, providing water services to those residents with no permanent water facility. The driver of the tanker was also roughed up by the mob," he said.

The matter was taken up with the police authorities and complaint was lodged.

New Delhi, January 17
Delhi Police today claimed to have busted two inter-state drug syndicates with the arrest of four persons, including two Nigerian nationals, and recovered 5.5 kg heroin valued at Rs 13 crore on the international market.

The first gang was busted by the Special Cell of Delhi Police with the arrest of Tamanna (30) and Mohd Qurban (21), both residents of Bawana.

Three kilograms of heroin, with an approximate value of more than Rs 8 crore, was recovered from the duo.

"There was information about drug trafficking by the syndicate. Specific information was received on Tuesday that a member of the syndicate had gone to Jharkhand to procure a big consignment of heroin and was returning to Delhi on the Malda Express train.

"A team rushed to Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, from where the cops boarded the train and tried to trace the drug trafficker.

"He was apprehended on Wednesday near New Delhi railway station and 2 kg heroin was recovered from his possession. He was identified as Tamanna," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav.

During interrogation, Tamanna disclosed that he had gone to Jharkhand upon the directions of one Qurban to buy heroin from a contact in the Sahebganj district of the state.

Police then managed to trace Qurban who was nabbed with 1 kg heroin.

The duo disclosed that they used to supply drugs to a woman in Sonepat, Haryana, and to another woman at Sadar Bazar here. The said women would sell the heroin in the Bawana and Sadar Bazar area.

The second drug bust, by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, saw two Nigerian nationals, identified as Ifeaneyi (34) and Progress (36), being caught with 2.5 kgs of fine quality heroin, which has an international value of Rs 5 crore.

"ACP KPS Malhotra received an input that Ifeaneyi, who used to supply heroin in wholesale, would be coming near Rithala Metro station to make a delivery to one of his contacts.

"A trap was laid and Ifeaneyi and Progress were caught with 2.5 kg heroin," said AddlCP (Crime), Ravindra Yadav. — PTI

New Delhi, January 17
Foggy conditions today led to disruptions in the schedules of 22 trains, mostly Delhi-bound ones, which were all facing delays. The service of the Poorva Express, which was running 11 hours late, was cancelled for tomorrow.

While the Bhagalpur Garibrath was running 28 hours late, Kaifiyat Express and Northeast Express were behind schedule by 14 and 11 hours, respectively. Premier services like Rajdhani and Shatabdi too, were hit with the Railways being forced to reschedule the departures of the Kanpur Shatabdi and Bhubaneswar Rajdhani.— PTI

New Delhi, January 17
President of South Korea Park Geun-hye, along with Ravidra Singh, Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of India, today inaugurated Korean Handicraft Exhibition and Korean Audio Guide at Red Fort, Delhi.

The event was an initiative to enhance the cultural ties between the two countries. The 11 traditional and nine modern craftsmen have showcased 50 art works in order to share Korea's artistic crafts with India.

The cultural assets and works had been particularly selected by the Craft and Design Korea Foundation. The modernized and industrialized handicraft exhibition stood as a perfect synthesis of two cultures. The event was an effort to look into the cultural roots of both the countries. The exhibition is open till February 16.

"It was the first time that the audio guide was launched in any foreign language, apart from the already existing Hindi and English. Red Fort in itself is an embodiment of culture synthesis. A perfect blend of Persian, European and Indian art invites almost 20,000 visitors daily," said a senior official of the Ministry of Culture.

The Archaeological Survey of India in cooperation with the Korean Cultural Centre, India, came to create a Korean audio guide in order to give a better understanding to Korean tourists.