New Delhi, August 13
Tight security arrangement will be made in and around the national Capital on the occasion of Independence Day celebrations.

According to sources, the entire force of the Delhi Police will be on duty on 15th August. Leave of the personnel and officers has been cancelled. All the borders will be sealed from midnight tomorrow. No vehicle from the borders of Uttar Pardesh and Haryana will be allowed to enter the city.

Security personnel will be deployed at railway stations, ISBTs, airport, important markets and buildings. Security guards will be deployed on rooftops of all the buildings in Lutyens' Delhi and those from Bahadurshah Zafar Marg to Red Fort.

Personnel armed with light machine guns will be deployed on all the road crossings. CCTV cameras have already been installed on the route from the Prime Minister House to Red Fort where the government has made arrangements for 10,000 visitors to listen to the Prime Minister's speech and witness the Independence Day celebrations, the sources said.

Besides, the police have made traffic arrangements to facilitate the movement of VIP vehicles, invitees and general public.

Those vehicles which do not have parking labels for the rehearsal should avoid Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, Subhash Marg, J.L. Nehru Marg and Ring Road between Nizamuddin bridge and ISBT bridge.

New Delhi, August 13
The Delhi government plans the fourth inter-state bus terminal (ISBT) at Dwarka Sector 22, to be built on the lines of airport in order to control the heavy flow of traffic from neighbouring states.

The Transport Department has started looking for an architect to draw up the design of the project.

Aimed at reducing the excess traffic load on internal roads of the city caused by the heavy movement of buses coming from the nearby states like Rajasthan and Haryana, the construction work of the ISBT will be taken up by the Transport Department, said a senior Delhi government official.

The ISBT will cater to the movement of more than 400 buses plying every day between the national Capital and nearby cities like Alwar, Jaipur and Gurgaon.

These buses at present originate from ISBT, Kashmere Gate.

It will be built opposite the Dwarka Sector-21 Metro station that will be connected to the bus terminal.

"The buses coming from Haryana and Rajasthan will be directed to this new ISBT at the Delhi border itself. This will lead to great relief on the main internal roads of the city," he said.

The ISBT will have modern facilities like multi-level car park.

The other three ISBTs are located at Kashmere Gate, Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar. While the one at Kashmere Gate was recently renovated, the department is expected to take up similar renovation work at the terminals in Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar.

"We hope to start work in Sarai Kale Khan soon. An amendment was required in the Master Plan-2021, which is now awaiting clearance from the Ministry of Urban Development. For the Anand Vihar terminal, we will need to rework the plan," he said.

New Delhi, August 13
The Lieutenant Governor (LG), Najeeb Jung, has approved the addition of 245 services of different departments, local and autonomous bodies to the Electronic Service Level Agreement (e-SLA) under the Right of Citizen to Time-Bound Delivery of Services Act, 2011.

Chief Secretary S.K. Srivastava said that earlier 116 services of 23 departments, local and autonomous bodies existed on the list of services.

He said that the new services will be added to the schedule of Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time-Bound Delivery of Services) Act, 2011.

The list of services will be effective from the date of notification and citizens can check the status of their application at the website by entering a unique number, names of the department and the service.

"Citizens are advised to take the number from the counter while submitting the application.

“These services will be delivered in a time-bound manner as the staff have to deliver them within the stipulated time," Shrivastav said.

If there is any delay in delivering services beyond the prescribed period, citizen is entitled to seek compensation at the cost of Rs 10 per day per service.

New Delhi, August 13
Reacting to the questions raised by the founder member and patron of AAP, Shanti Bhushan, on the ability of party chief Arvind Kejriwal, the BJP Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay said that Bhushan took years to realize it, but the BJP and the country were aware of this fact long ago.

Upadhyay said that Kejriwal lacks capacity for political leadership. This was seen by the people when 96 per cent of the Lok Sabha candidates of the AAP forfeited their security deposits, he said. — TNS

New Delhi, August 13
A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour when she was sleeping at her home's terrace in south Delhi last night, a police officer said. The 19-year-old accused, identified as Vedprakash has been arrested.

The girl lived in Aaya Nagar area of Fatehpur Beri.

The accused, who was identified as Vedprakash, lived in rented accommodation in the same building where the victim lives with her family, said the officer.

The incident took place when the parents of the victim, after putting their daughter to sleep, had gone down for some work.

Taking advantage of the situation, the accused reached the terrace and sexually assaulted the victim. He then threatened her with dire consequences and fled the place.

When the parents reached the roof, the girl narrated her ordeal to them following which she was rushed to a nearby hospital from where she was referred to AIIMS trauma centre where her condition is stated to be normal.

The medical examination of the girl confirmed that she was raped following which a case under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, was registered.

The the accused has been arrested, the officer said. Vedprakash is unemployed and was living in the rented accommodation for the past six months, the police officer added. — PTI