New subway for New Delhi. (The Beat).In December 2002 India's second subway system opened for service in New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , one of the world's most traffic-congested cities, with 4 million vehicles. The city's aging bus system has been struggling to meet commuter demand, causing many people to turn to taxis taxis (tăk`sĭs), movement of animals either toward or away from a stimulus, such as light (phototaxis), heat (thermotaxis), chemicals (chemotaxis), gravity (geotaxis), and touch (thigmotaxis). , rickshaws, and private vehicles and further compounding the street overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. and pollution problems. Almost 70% of the city's air pollution is caused by vehicles; although regulations require public transportation providers to use less-polluting fuels such as compressed natural gas Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is a substitute for gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel. It is considered to be an environmentally "clean" alternative to those fuels. It is made by compressing natural gas (which is mainly composed by methane (CH4 , transport unions have defied the laws. Only a 5-mile stretch of the line is currently operational, but the entire 155-mile network is slated for completion by 2021, when officials hope it will reduce the city's air pollution by half. |
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