New Delhi Dec 17 PTI Services on the Green Park-Qutub Minar section of the Delhi Metros Yellow Line will be suspended for a few hours on December 19 morning due to a scheduled track maintenance work DMRC officials said on FridayThe Yellow Line connects Samaypur Badli in Delhi to HUDA City Centre in GurugramTo undertake the scheduled track maintenance work at Qutab Minar Metro station of Yellow Line train services on the morning of 19th December 2021 Sunday on this line will be briefly regulated the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC said in a statementTrain services will remain suspended from Green Park to Qutab Minar from the start of revenue services till 7 am Hence three metro stations namely Hauz Khas Malviya Nagar and Saket will be closed till resumption of train services in this section it saidHowever connectivity between Green Park and Qutab Minar stations will be provided through free feeder bus services during this period at a frequency of around 25-30 minutes Passengers are advised to plan their journey accordingly during this period it addedIn the rest of the sections of the Yellow Line ie from Samaypur Badli to Green Park and Qutab Minar to HUDA City Centre train services will continue to remain available as per routine Sunday time table during this period the statement saidTo inform passengers about the same regular announcements will also be made at the stations and inside the trains it saidNormal train services on the entire Yellow Line including Hauz Khas Malviya Nagar and Saket stations will be available from 7 am onwards the officials said PTI KND IJT

Kanpur Nov 26 PTI Tim Southee bowled an incisive morning spell to take five wickets which was then brilliantly complemented by openers Will Young and Tom Latham as New Zealand dominated India to reach 129 for no loss on the second day of the opening Test here on Friday The only highlight for India in an otherwise disappointing day was Shreyas Iyers 105 off 171 balls debut hundred Playing his 80th Test match Southee 569 took his 13th five-wicket haul on an unresponsive track to send India packing for 345 after they started the day at 258 for 4 Young then held centre-stage in his fourth Test appearance as he looked composed and unperturbed during his unbeaten knock of 75 off 180 balls Latham 50 batting off 165 balls the seasoned campaigner survived three on-field decisions two leg before and one caught behind negated by DRS and decided to frustrate the two Indian spinners with a gritty defensive game The Green Park track became better for batting on the second day and the turn that was on offer was minimal The variable bounce wasnt also there for the better part of the 57 overs that they batted Since it was slow turn the Black Caps duo mostly plonked their front-foot and neutralised the turn And when they played on the back-foot there was enough time to manoeuvre on both sides of the wicket Both were able to adjust on the back-foot against Ravindra Jadeja 14-4-28-0 and Ravichandran Ashwin 17-5-38-0 both of whom didnt look threatening on the day Also what made it worse for India was that hardly any delivery kept dangerously low which could have brought the leg-before into the equation The most disappointing of all was Axar Patel 10-1-26-0 whose accuracy on the leg stump line was of little or no value and it was once again proved that without assistance from the track he is not even half the bowler that he is with some help from surface Young in particular got as many as 12 boundaries while Latham helped himself to four hits to the fence While Indian spinners can come back on the third day if the pitch considerably deteriorates but New Zealand would like to take the game deep by getting somewhere close to Indias first innings total and take it from there In the morning Iyer became the 16th Indian cricketer to score a hundred on Test debut but the home sides lower-middle order caved in meekly save Ashwin 38 off 56 balls whose counter-attacking effort took them close to 350 The credit for that went primarily to Southee 274-6-69-5 who was tirelessly bowling an extended spell of more than 10 overs from one end causing extensive damage The seasoned campaigners 13th five-wicket haul came in his 80th Test Resuming on his overnight score of 75 Iyer followed the great Gundappa Vishwanath in reaching the milestone at this ground Ashwin did the bulk of scoring in the morning session as India added only 87 runs losing six wickets in the process Southee was on target with the second new ball first up as he sent back Ravindra Jadeja 50 on his overnight score He used the width of the crease cleverly to trouble Jadeja and got the ball to move from length which was too much for the lower-order players to negotiate Wriddhiman Saha and Axar Patel nicked at those deliveries that moved away at drivable lengths Sensing that he is now batting with the tail as Saha 1 off 12 balls is no longer a batter on whom one can repose his faith Iyer hit a flurry of boundaries but the best shot was a cover drive off Kyle Jamieson 222-6-85-3 which took him to 96 A glide towards wide of third man off Jamieson got him a double and the moment that every batter dreams of His century in India whites which would definitely increase the pressure on his captain for the game Ajinkya Rahane Iyers innings had 13 fours and two sixes which showed that he was always looking at ways to score runs rather than merely surviving He was finally out for 105 when he tried to drive a slower one from Southee but it landed straight in the hands of the cover fielder PTI KHS PM PM

Kanpur Nov 25 PTI Debutant Shreyas Iyer was guts aggression and flair rolled into one during an unbeaten knock of 75 which was nothing short of a baptism by fire as India ended on 258 for four on the first day of the opening Test against New Zealand here on Thursday On a pitch that had variable bounce and didnt offer enough pace off it Iyer put his best foot forward while facing 136 balls hitting seven boundaries and two sixes on his very first day in office in the longest format Coming in at 106 for 3 at the fall of Cheteshwar Pujaras 26 off 88 balls wicket the debutant in another half an hour found his skipper Ajinkya Rahanes 33 off 65 balls promising knock come to a halt as Kyle Jamieson 152-6-47-3 and Tim Southee 164-3-43-1 rocked the middle-order in inspiring post-lunch spells But at 144 for 4 Iyer took charge with senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja 50 batting 100 balls for company as they resurrected the innings at the same time batting with a lot of intent to keep the scoreboard ticking Jadeja scored his 17th Test fifty and did his trademark sword celebrations much to the delight of the crowd One doesnt know if Sunil Gavaskar while presenting the India Cap to Iyer mentioned about a very special player to him Someone who had announced his arrival at this very ground 52 years back in 1969 against Bill Lawrys Australia There are very few in Indian cricket who have received unadulterated love like Gavaskars illustrious brother-in-law Gundappa Viswanath His hundred on debut at this very ground is a part of Indian crickets most warmly recounted folklores They say every blade of grass at Green Park had felt punch in Viswanaths shots and remembers him forever He might not be of Viswanaths class but from Thursday onwards Green Park will also remember Iyer for once again proving the old concrete jungle saying A good player is a good player is a good player Doesnt matter whether one hails from a T20 generation what ultimately matters is sound temperament to succeed at highest level Iyer proved that all those hard yards put in during Ranji Trophy and the 1000 plus runs season that he once had havent gone in vain It did help that he wasnt just looking to survive but score as there were pull shots lap scoops drives down the ground and some imperious cut shots There was Mumbais khadoos schooling in the manner he played Jamieson and Southee with caution The six over long on off left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel while giving him the charge was that of a vintage 50-over batter and the shuffle towards off-stump to play the lap scoop off left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra was straight from the IPL play-book Iyer had it all and it was on display It did help that Patel 21-6-78-0 and off-break bowler William Somerville 24-2-60-0 didnt find any ways to assist the pressure that was time and again created by the two pacers Patel who literally bowls with a half-step-full-jump run-up either pitched too short or gave the ball enough air to give batters the option to either cut him or come down the track to drive him off length Shubman Gill 52 off 93 balls did that with elan before perishing on a day when a hundred was there for the taking and he looked good to reach the landmark before Jamieson exposed the gap between his bat and pad But there was no stopping Iyer who save a strong leg before appeal by Sommerville that turned out to be an Umpires Call was ready to wait for the loose deliveries The 113-run unbroken partnership between Jadeja and Iyer might prove to be the winning one in the final analysis Thats because if Indias batters found it hard to score freely on a two-paced track the Black Caps willow wielders with very little experience of dealing with Ravichandran Ashwin Axar Patel and Jadeja in these conditions will find it doubly difficult If Iyers debut innings was the brightest spot comeback man Gills taking the attack back to the opposition camp in the first session couldnt be seen in isolation either It was a stage that was set by Gill and had Jamieson not bowled a beauty with the old ball he should have completed what was expected to be his maiden Test hundred But more importantly what Gill and Iyer did on the day was to send another warning signal for Pujara and Rahane who are now on borrowed time Rahane was done in by low bounce when he was expecting the ball from a near 7 feet tall Jamieson to rear up With 12 Tests without a big score India might not bat twice Rahanes record is not reading too well for a stand-in skipper Similarly Pujara being stopped from scoring by spinners whom younger players like Gill and Iyer played freely is an indicator that he either has to reinvent himself or there is trouble in waiting PTI KHS PM PM PM

Kanpur Nov 24 PTI The 22-yard strip at Green Park track which will be used for the first Test between India and New Zealand may be devoid of any grass but wont show ready signs of wear and tear insists local curator Shiv Kumar There has been instances when instructions about certain specific types of pitches had come from the team management but Kumar said that this time neither coach Rahul Dravid nor skipper Ajinkya Rahane had any specific demands Neither did we get any instruction from BCCI nor did anyone from the team management contacted me asking for a rank turner I have prepared a pitch keeping guidelines for a good pitch in mind Kumar who has been around for last two decades told PTI Kumar has been in charge of Green Park track for a long time and claimed that they have prepared a track which will last for more than three days There would be some amount of moisture as you expect in the month of November at this part of the world However I can assure you that it is a firm track and wont break down easily Kumar said While the last Test at Kanpur between India and New Zealand in 2016 lasted till fifth day there had been a trend over past few years where the visitors have been presented with rank turners and matches ending inside three days Some of the matches that ended inside three days had a lot to do with how modern batters with T20 temperament approach spinners I am confident that the match wont end inside three days said Kumar PTI KHS KHS SSC SSC

Kanpur Nov 23 PTI Senior India opener KL Rahul was on Tuesday ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand starting Thursday due to an injury Suryakumar Yadav who was a part of Indias Test squad that travelled to England has been added to the side KL Rahul is not playing the first Test a BCCI source told PTI Rahul was missing from the Indian teams customary practice session attended by almost all the players on Tuesday at the Green Park stadium The nature and extent of Rahuls injury could not be confirmed Shubman Gill was seen opening the batting along with Mayank Agarwal during the teams net session as Cheteshwar Pujara the vice captain for the series-opener also batted It is understood that one among Shreyas Iyer or Suryakumar Yadav will make his Test debut and bat in the middle order Shubhman was expected to bat in the middle order but now in the absence of Rahul the youngster will be asked to play in his usual opening slot PTI KHS AT AT

New Delhi Oct 24 PTI A multi-level puzzle parking which can accommodate 56 cars was inaugurated in south Delhis Adhchini village to address parking and traffic issues in the area SDMC officials said on SundayA puzzle parking is an automated system that enables horizontal and vertical movement of parking spots just like a puzzle to park and retrieve cars they saidThe system is adopted at the places where less space is available they saidThe facility was inaugurated by Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta SDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan and SDMC commissioner Gyanesh BhartiAccording to officials of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation the facility will solve the problem of haphazard parking on streets in the areaSDMC Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti said the total area of the parking facility is 46783 square metre and a total of 56 vehicles can be parked at one timeAverage retrieval time for each car will be 150 second while in traditional parking lots it takes nearly 15 minutesThe parking lot has two modules and there are six levels in each module 31 cars can be parked in one module and 25 in the second module Bharti said in a statementHe said there will be no manual interference at this automated multi-level puzzle car parking facility after parking the vehicle at ground level Fire fighting arrangements have also been made at this parking facilitySDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan said the civic body has been working to improve parking system in all four zones Today Sunday it has dedicated automated multi-level puzzle car parking having capacity to accommodate 56 vehicles at one point of time in Adhchini Village The move will facilitate parking users of both rural and urban parts Suryan said in the statementIn November last year the SDMC has inaugurated Delhis first completely automated tower stack parking facility near Green Park metro station This facility can accommodate 156 carsIn total the SDMC has around 119 parking sites under its jurisdiction Out of 119 parking sites 113 are surface parking and six are multi-level The total capacity at these parking sites in SDMC is 37143 vehiclesBesides the civic body is also constructing four different types of multi-level parking facilities in areas such as Greater Kailash-1 and 2 Amar Colony Punjabi Bagh PTI AKM TDS TDS

New Delhi Sep 20 PTI To address parking and traffic woes in south Delhis Adhchini the SDMC will start a multilevel stack parking in the village by October this year civic officials said According to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC officials the facility will solve the problem of haphazard parking on streets in the areaThe capacity of the parking facility is 86 carsThe construction work of the parking facility is almost complete and it will be ready for use in 15-20 days We are hoping to inaugurate it by this month end or latest by October The parking facility will be able to accommodate 86 cars at one time a senior SDMC official told PTIAccording to the SDMC officials stack parking facility allows stacking more than one vehicle in a single parking spot Such stack parking system is generally adopted where less space is available Such parking systems are commonly seen in European countries the official said In November last year the SDMC has inaugurated Delhis first completely automated tower stack parking facility near Green Park metro station This facility can accommodate 156 carsIn total the SDMC has around 119 parking sites in its jurisdiction Out of 119 parking sites 113 are surface parking and six are multilevel Total capacity at these parking sites in the SDMC is 37143 vehiclesBesides the civic body is also constructing four different types of multilevel parking facilities in areas such as Greater Kailash-1 and 2 Amar Colony Punjabi BaghOfficials said that cumulatively these four parking facilities will accommodate 930 cars These four parking facilities will come up in 15 years to two years time from now a SDMC official said PTI AKM KJ