City Hopes Metro Will Ease Congestion, Pollution
20 September 2002 - 10:00am
Possibly India's largest infrastructure project since the building of New Delhi, the city hopes the new metro will ease traffic congestion and pollution.
"The Indian capital Delhi now has its own metro train as a result of a massive civil engineering project... Residents...are hoping the massive traffic congestion on the roads...will improve dramatically... it is also hoped that the metro will cut pollution in Delhi by around 50%"
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Delhi metro starts trials
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BBC News, October 10, 2005
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