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Nuclear Disaster Looms on Tokyo, Japan
Mar 17th
Crisis escalates as blast blows hole in reactor building and exposes nuclear fuel to atmosphere. The nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating towards Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies.
The crisis appeared to escalate late in the day when the operators of the facility said one of the two blasts had blown a hole in the building housing a reactor, which meant spent nuclear fuel was exposed to the atmosphere.
Fearing the worst, countries & companies have started evacuation. France sounds the Alarm and says Japan isLosing control.
Overheating, meltdown woes mount at reactors. As the radiation steam rises, hopes are falling.
Day 4: Japan Earthquake
Mar 15th
Two days after an explosion at reactor No. 1 in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on Saturday, another one, in reactor No. 3, blew the roof off a building on Monday.
The problems at Fukushima Daiichi could be the most serious involving a nuclear plant since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986
A partial meltdown can occur when radioactive fuel rods, which are normally in water, remain uncovered for too long
The 2 reactors hit by explosions may have already suffered partial meltdowns. Full meltdowns could release catastrophic amounts of radiation.
Contrary to rumours, there was no report of any radiation travelling outside Japan’s territory. The country’s nuclear power watchdog said readings taken soon after the explosion showed no big change in radiation levels around the plant or any damage to the containment vessel.
Day 3 after the Japan Earthquake
Mar 14th
Japan struggled to avert a nuclear disaster and care for millions of people without power or water.
Estimated 10,000 people or more have got killed in this earthquake and tsunami.
Emergency declared at another Nuclear plant, Onagawa, with high radiation levels.
About 200,000 people around plants evacuated. No danger yet of radiation travelling beyond the country.
Japan faces risk of second explosion at Fukushima Nuclear plant, 240km north of Tokyo, where a blast in reactor 1 on Saturday blew away the roof.
Rising heat in all three reactors at the plant has raised fears of overheated fuel rods exploding or melting the container housing the core.
Meltdown of reactor 3 could be more serious as it is fuelled by plutonium and uranium. Other units have only uranium. Workers trying to cool rods with seawater.
Japan, with 54 reactors, is world’s 3rd largest generator of nuclear power.
Japan suffered world’s only Nuclear holocaust in 1945, killing 1.5 to 2.4 lakh people.
Japan Earthquake Catastrophe
Mar 11th
Huge waves swept away building, cars, ships, homes, airports etc. More than 1000 people are missing and 350 people have been already declared dead. Quake which triggered this measured at 8.2 magnitude had struck around 400kms away from the capital Tokyo. The impact had triggered the fire which has already engulfed the oil refineries.
Passengers train & ships with 100′s on board are missing. Tsunami warning is in place for entire pacific region.
Japan has shut down its 5 nuclear plants. No radiation leaks so far. 60,000-70,000 people evacuated to shelters in Sendai city. Fukushima Nuclear Plant is on high alert after one of its reactor showed overheating. USAF deliver coolant to Fukushima to avert the disaster.
Hawaii, Australia & Central America are in line of the Tsunami and are on high alert.
Breaking News: Major fire breaks out in Mumbai slum
Mar 4th
Major fire has broke out around 8.45pm in Mumbai slum. 28 fire tenders are on the spot trying to get control over the spreading fire.
Number of casualities is still uncertain. Slum is reportedly located in Gharibnagar area near Bandra railway station.
5 local trains has been halted due to this fire. The crowd is reportedly very angry because the fire tenders reached late on the spot.
Spot the road the contest
Oct 23rd
Yes. You heard it right. The Delhi roads at some places gone so bad, that one can hardly spot the road.
The West Delhi commuters have been going through a bad phase ever since the roads next to the Janak Sethu (Delhi Cantt) started breaking up three months back. There is a 50 meter stretch on either side of this road where the road appears to be almost like dug up. Vehicles come down to a speed of 5km and struggle to avoid any major holes. It is life threatening to two wheeler riders, but its surprising that in last 3 months there hasn’t any move from the government.
The road at Janak Sethu connects the people from areas like Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Tilak Nagar, Hari Nagar, Paschim Vihar etc to Central and South Delhi.
There has been no move from the Delhi Government officials until now. As usual, they appear to be waiting for a tragedy to happen before taking an action. I wonder if the contest like spot the road, will be able to bring out any winner at all.
India gives a grand opening to CWG 2010 in Delhi
Oct 3rd
The grand display at CWG opening made every Indian proud today. The infrastructure, the people, the organisers and the audience today gave a grand opening to this world class sporting event which would last for next 11 days.
The speaches from the celebrities followed by the performance of Indian’s graced the occassion and gave everyone unforgettable memories which everyone would be taking back home.
The program went along as scheduled:
| 03:00 pm | Entry gates at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium opened. |
| 07:00 pm | Delhi 2010 Opening Ceremony started |
| 07:15 pm | Athletes from the 71 nations of the Commonwealth marched in |
| 08:20 pm | The Queen’s Baton 2010 Delhi arrived |
| 09:00 pm | The Cultural events continued till late night |
Dilli Haat, Pitampura
Oct 3rd
Dilli Haat at Pitampura is a descent place to visit and defintely one good option for the people living in west Delhi. For long time west Delhi was missing somthing like this. At the this time of high prices, a descent place with only Rs 10 per adult entry fee for family man to spend the weekend comes as a blessing for Delhi.
Parking – Good parking with a low fee of Rs 15 for 3 hours. The parking guys are bit tricky, they charge you Rs 20 upfront and tell you to get Rs 5 if you are exiting within 3 hours. The guy at the exit will not return this balance until you ask for it, as he did with us. He made us wait in the side for few minutes when we insisted on getting the balance to check his reaction.
Ticket Counter – Tickets were easily accessible at a low fee of Rs 10 for adults and Rs 5 for kids.
Toilets - Toilets are neat and clean. There are even pay toilets, if someone looking for more luxury experience.
Stalls – Stalls from various craftsmen who have comein from different parts of the country are showcased over here. There are beautiful stalls for Indian crafts and food bazaar.
Review : Movietime, Pacific Mall, Pitampura, Delhi
Oct 3rd
The visit today to Movietime Pitampura gave a mixed taste. The only good thing was that unlike other theatres in Delhi, it doesn’t hit your pocket hard. I visited today to watch the Rajnikanth starrer Robot (ENDHIRAN / ENTHIRAN). As the theatre was not so popular among the movie watchers, which i later figured out why, getting a ticket was very easy as soon as i walked into the counter. A ticket here costed only 300 for two people. The ticket also included a Rs 50 coupon for a free coke & popcorn combo.
Though the Movietime theatre looked neat from inside, the Mall was a mess. With dust, dirt, broken window glass pieces and on top of that the AC doesn’t operate in the Mall area. So one doesn’t have AC until you are allowed to enter the theatre (which is only 10 minutes before the movie starts). I was surprised to see a Mall in such a bad state with not even a single shop operating in a Mall which gets descent crowd during weekends.
When we entered the Audi, the Hall looked promising. Good AC, descent screen size, good sound system and descent seating. There was little bit of foul smell inside the Audi which got fixed when a theatre boy sprayed freshner all around the Audi.
Like the movie and theatre was good only in the first half. Towards the end of the movie, i realised that the AC was switched off half an hour before the show ended. This made it very difficult to sit there until the end of the movie.
The exit from the theatre is horrible. The exit door’s leads to the dirty stair cases which has not been cleaned for ages. There was a huge pile of waste piled up, on the exit staircases. The walk further till the exit on the Mall is shear mess and adds to one’s agony.
Delhi Eye
Sep 29th
Located at Kalindi Kunj, Delhi Eye is the upcoming Delhi’s most happening place. For more details about the Delhi Eye visit the following websites:
http://delhirides.in/
http://delhieye.net/
Delhi Tourism is all set to get this new spot which is expected to become a must visit place for any traveller to Delhi. The Kalindi Kunj Delhi would be hosting the following for the Delhites and the travellers to Delhi:
1. Delhi Eye – India’s highest giant wheel (50 meter)
2. Kids City
3. Water Park – Over 12 different levels of slides
