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= = = elections in the 1980s = = =


= = = elections in the 1970s = = =


= = = elections in the 1960s = = =


= = = elections in the 1950s = = =


= = = elections in the 1940s = = =

general election 1939 / 40 another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940 the political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year the following candidates had been selected
conservative david george brownlow cecil lord burghley
labour samuel bennett

= = = elections in the 1930s = = =


= = = elections in the 1920s = = =


= = = elections in the 1910s = = =

† denotes a candidate endorsed by the coalition government


= bart 's girlfriend =

bart 's girlfriend is the seventh television episode of the simpsons ' sixth season it originally aired on the fox network in the united states on november 6 1994 the plot of the episode follows the secret romance of bart and jessica lovejoy reverend lovejoy 's daughter bart tries to end the romance when he discovers that behind her innocent façade as a preacher 's kid she is an even bigger troublemaker than he is jessica then steals the money from the collection plate leaving bart to take the blame until lisa exposes the truth
the episode was written by jonathan collier and directed by susie dietter former the simpsons ' show runner david mirkin originally came up with the idea of bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was meryl streep guest stars in the episode as jessica lovejoy it features cultural references to films such as planet of the apes and the silence of the lambs since airing the episode has received acclaim from both critics and fans and entertainment weekly named meryl streep 's role as one of the best guest appearances on the simpsons

= = plot = =

bart falls in love with reverend lovejoy 's daughter jessica however when he approaches her she ignores him the next sunday bart decides to attend sunday school to try to convince jessica that he is a good person but she still ignores him frustrated bart goes to the park to play a prank on groundskeeper willie and is punished with detention jessica approaches him to express sympathy and invites him to her house for dinner with her family
during a formal dinner with the lovejoys bart 's crude mannerisms and foul language cause reverend lovejoy to forbid him from ever seeing jessica again however jessica realizes that bart is a bad boy and tells bart that she likes him they begin secretly dating and causing mischief through the town bart quickly realizes that jessica ( an example of the preacher 's kid stereotype ) is even more badly behaved than he is so at the next sunday service he tries to make her see the error of her ways although she seems to agree jessica immediately steals from the collection plate before forcing it back upon the hapless bart the congregation mistakenly believes that bart took the money when they see him with the empty plate bart attempts to explain but they refuse to listen although homer assumes bart is guilty marge is willing to hear him out but bart claims he does not know who did it the following day bart visits jessica at her house and admits that he does not like her after jessica refuses to own up to the crime
upon finding out the truth lisa is determined not to allow her brother to take blame for something he did not do and she tells their congregation that jessica is the guilty party the townspeople then search jessica 's room where the money is found under her bed rev lovejoy refuses to believe that his daughter is guilty until jessica admits to him she did it to gain attention she is punished by being forced to scrub the church steps and bart receives an apology from the congregation at marge 's insistence later bart approaches jessica at church and tells her what he has learned to which jessica responds that she has learned that she can make boys do whatever she wants bart then agrees to finish jessica 's chores as she runs off with another boyfriend however as soon as she leaves he snickers about how bad a job he is going to do on the steps to get back at her

= = production = =

bart 's girlfriend was written by jonathan collier and directed by susie dietter david mirkin who was show runner at the time originally had the idea of bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was mirkin gave the idea to collier to write it with the help of the show 's executive producer james l brooks collier said later that he thought it was a case of brooks coming up with good ideas and him giggling <unk> the idea for the ending of the episode was to have none of the characters learn anything from the experience
matt groening the creator of the simpsons felt that jessica lovejoy was hard to draw in his own style but at the same time make her attractive julie kavner who provides the voice of marge simpson on the show was particularly impressed by the eyes jessica was made the reverend 's daughter to give the impression that she was good at first and then to show that she was rebelling against the righteousness of her family in the scene where bart talks to jessica outside her house her baton playing was in the script but the exact choreography was not dietter liked its incorporation because it gave jessica something else other than bart to pay attention to this was also done in the final scene when jessica scrubs the church steps and plays with the scrub brush
academy award winning actress meryl streep was called in to do the voice of jessica nancy cartwright who provides the voice of bart simpson on the show was a huge fan of streep and she assumed that streep would record her lines individually but all of their recordings were done together streep showed up alone with no entourage at the village recorder in west los angeles at 2 30 pm where she recorded her parts with cartwright streep was continually doing many different versions of her lines mirkin felt she was easy to work with because she was versatile and keen to do a lot of different things and as mirkin expressed it easily evil cartwright said in an interview with the pantagraph that she really wanted streep 's autograph but was afraid to ask for it after the recording session streep tapped cartwright on the shoulder and said her kids were big the simpsons fans and that she would be in big trouble if she did not get cartwright 's autograph
in a take off of john travolta in the 1983 film staying alive bart struts down a street in springfield after he is invited to dinner at the lovejoys just as travolta strutted through times square to the same tune in a joke written by jace richdale who was the co @@ executive producer of the simpsons at the time when homer is musing over bart 's first date he begins to sing sunrise sunset from fiddler on the roof before moving on to cat 's in the cradle and then yes we have no bananas he then begins to weep due to the people in the song having no bananas the joke was reportedly very expensive for the writers to put in because they had to pay thousands of dollars for the rights to use the songs on the show
bart 's girlfriend originally aired on the fox network in the united states on november 6 1994 the episode was selected for release in a 2001 video collection of selected episodes titled the simpsons love springfield style other episodes included in the collection set were it 's a mad mad mad mad marge the two mrs nahasapeemapetilons and i 'm with cupid the episode was included in the simpsons season 6 dvd set which was released on august 16 2005 as the simpsons the complete sixth season

= = cultural references = =

in the beginning of the episode the parents chase the children in a cornfield to eventually round them up for church which parodies a similar scene from the 1968 film planet of the apes where the humans are rounded up by apes after bart is accused of stealing from the church collection plate he is forced to wear a straitjacket in church which is a reference to hannibal lecter 's straight @@ jacket in the silence of the lambs misirlou the theme song of the 1994 film pulp fiction plays during bart and jessica 's date bart calls jessica smart beautiful and a liar and then claims she is so much better than that sarah plain and tall the scene then cuts to a shot of a plain and tall girl named sarah that overhears bart and begins to cry the lovejoy family has a replica of leonardo da vinci 's painting the last supper hanging on the wall in their dining room the sign on the springfield church marquee reads evil women in history from jezebel to janet reno

= = reception = =

in its original american broadcast bart 's girlfriend finished 53rd in the ratings for the week of october 31 to november 6 1994 with a nielsen rating of 9 @@ 6 the episode was the third highest rated show on the fox network that week beaten only by beverly hills 90210 and married with children
since airing the episode has received many positive reviews from fans and television critics warren martyn and adrian wood the authors of the book i can 't believe it 's a bigger and better updated unofficial simpsons guide said poor bart gets picked on very cruelly by jessica in a cleverly drawn study of pre @@ pubescent love we 're very fond of the scene in which bart leaps out of the window at the church after which homer cries he 's heading for the window colin jacobson at dvd movie guide said in a review of the sixth season dvd we don t often see bart in a sympathetic light so shows like this one are fun girlfriend reminds me of season four s new kid on the block since it also featured bart in love though the programs differ since here the girl reciprocates streep does nicely as the bad kid and we get many fine moments in this memorable program tv squad 's adam finley said homer and marge remained in the background for most of this episode with bart and lisa becoming the main focus earlier episodes seemed to focus more on the dynamics between the two siblings and it 's always a nice change of pace when the show examines their love for one another as opposed to constant rivalries lisa really wants to help bart in this episode and it 's actually quite touching
in a 2008 article entertainment weekly named meryl streep 's role as jessica lovejoy as one of the sixteen best guest appearances on the simpsons total film 's nathan ditum ranked streep 's performance as the fifth best guest appearance in the show 's history commenting that she is the perfect mix of beguiling and devilish as reverend lovejoy s rebellious daughter david mirkin told the daily news of los angeles that bart 's girlfriend and homer the great are his favorite episodes of the season mirkin liked the scene where bart is punched by nelson at the playground because bart takes a while to recover which made the scene more realistic nancy cartwright told the chicago tribune that this episode and lisa 's substitute from season two are her two favorite the simpsons episodes


= delhi metro =

the delhi metro is a metro system serving delhi and its satellite cities of faridabad gurgaon noida and ghaziabad in national capital region in india delhi metro is the world 's 12th largest metro system in terms of both length and number of stations the network consists of five colour @@ coded regular lines and the faster airport express line with a total length of 213 kilometres ( 132 mi ) serving 160 stations ( including 6 on airport express line ) the system has a mix of underground at @@ grade and elevated stations using both broad @@ gauge and standard @@ gauge the metro has an average daily ridership of 2 @@ 4 million passengers and as of august 2010 had already carried over 1 @@ 25 billion passengers since its <unk> named second best metro in world
delhi metro rail corporation limited ( dmrc ) a state @@ owned company with equal equity participation from government of india and government of delhi built and operates the delhi metro the delhi metro rail corporation has been certified by the united nations as the first metro rail and rail @@ based system in the world to get carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping in reducing pollution levels in the city by 630 @@ 000 tonnes every year dmrc operates around 2000 trips daily between 05 30 till 00 00 running with a headway varying between 1 2 minutes and 4 10 minutes the trains are usually of four six and eight @@ coach the power output is supplied by 25 @@ kilovolt 50 @@ hertz alternating current through overhead catenary
planning for the metro started in 1984 when the delhi development authority and the urban arts commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi @@ modal transport system for the city delhi metro rail corporation ( dmrc ) was incorporated in may 1995 construction started in 1998 and the first section on the red line opened in 2002 the development of network was divided into phases phase i containing 3 lines was completed by 2006 and phase ii in 2011 phase iii is scheduled for completion by 2016 phase iv has been approved by the delhi government awaiting cabinet approval to be completed by 2020
rapid metrorail gurgaon which opened in 2013 whilst linked to delhi metro by the yellow line is a separate metro system ( with a different owner / operator than the delhi metro ) although tokens and cards from the delhi metro can be used in its network

= = history = =


= = = background = = =

the concept of a mass rapid transit for new delhi first emerged from a traffic and travel characteristics study which was carried out in the city in 1969 over the next several years many official committees by a variety of government departments were commissioned to examine issues related to technology route alignment and governmental jurisdiction in 1984 the delhi development authority and the urban arts commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi @@ modal transport system which would consist of constructing three underground mass rapid transit corridors as well augmenting the city 's existing suburban railway and road transport networks
while extensive technical studies and the raising of finance for the project were in progress the city expanded significantly resulting in a twofold rise in population and a fivefold rise in the number of vehicles between 1981 and 1998 consequently traffic congestion and pollution soared as an increasing number of commuters took to private vehicles with the existing bus system unable to bear the load an attempt at privatising the bus transport system in 1992 merely compounded the problem with inexperienced operators plying poorly maintained noisy and polluting buses on lengthy routes resulting in long waiting times unreliable service extreme overcrowding unqualified drivers speeding and reckless driving to rectify the situation the government of india and the government of delhi jointly set up a company called the delhi metro rail corporation ( dmrc ) on 3 may 1995 with e sreedharan as the managing director

= = = construction = = =

physical construction work on the delhi metro started on 1 october 1998 after the previous problems experienced by the kolkata metro which was badly delayed and 12 times over budget due to political meddling technical problems and bureaucratic delays dmrc is a special purpose organisation vested with great autonomy and powers to execute this gigantic project involving many technical complexities under a difficult urban environment and within a very limited time frame dmrc was given full powers to hire people decide on tenders and control funds the dmrc then consulted the hong kong mtrc on rapid transit operation and construction techniques as a result construction proceeded smoothly except for one major disagreement in 2000 where the ministry of railways forced the system to use broad gauge despite the dmrc 's preference for standard gauge
the first elevated line of the delhi metro was inaugurated by atal bihari vajpayee the prime minister of india on 24 december 2002 & the first underground line was inaugurated by dr manmohan singh on 20 december 2004 and thus it became the second underground rapid transit system in india after the kolkata metro the first underground section of delhi metro was vishwa vidyalaya kashmere gate section which included 4 @@ 5 km tunnel & 4 stations namely vishwa vidyalaya vidhan sabha civil lines & kashmere gate station this project was constructed by kumagai @@ skanska @@ hcc @@ itochu jv or <unk> @@ jv a joint venture between kumagai gumi skanska hindustan construction company & itochu
the first phase of the project was completed in 2006 on budget and almost three years ahead of schedule an achievement described by business week as nothing short of a miracle

= = = construction accidents = = =

on 19 october 2008 a girder launcher and a part of the overhead blue line extension under construction in laxmi nagar east delhi collapsed and fell on passing vehicles underneath workers were using a crane to lift a 400 @@ tonne concrete span of the bridge when the launcher collapsed along with a 34 @@ metre ( 112 ft ) long span of the bridge on top of a <unk> bus killing the driver and a labourer
on 12 july 2009 a section of bridge collapsed while it was being erected at <unk> near east of kailash on the central secretariat badarpur corridor six people died and 15 were injured the following day on 13 july 2009 a crane that was removing the debris collapsed and with a bowling pin effect collapsed two other nearby cranes injuring six on 22 july 2009 worker at ashok park metro station was killed when a steel beam fell on him over a hundred people including 93 workers have died since work on the metro began in 1998

= = network = =

the delhi metro is being built in phases phase i completed 58 stations and 65 @@ 0 km ( 40 @@ 4 mi ) of route length of which 13 @@ 0 km ( 8 @@ 1 mi ) is underground and 52 @@ 1 km ( 32 @@ 4 mi ) surface or elevated the inauguration of the dwarka barakhamba road corridor of the blue line marked the completion of phase i on october 2006 phase ii of the network comprises 124 @@ 6 km ( 77 @@ 4 mi ) of route length and 85 stations and is fully completed with the first section opened in june 2008 and the last line opened in august 2011 phase iii ( 140 km 69 stations ) and phase iv ( 106 km 51 stations ) are planned to be completed by 2016 and 2020 respectively with the network spanning 436 km ( 271 mi ) by then

= = = current routes = = =

as of november 2015 with the completion of phase i phase ii and the beginning of operations on phase iii the delhi metro network comprises five coloured lines ( plus the airport express line ) serving 154 metro stations ( with 6 more stations on the airport express line for a total of 160 ) and operating on a total route length of 213 kilometres ( 132 mi )

= = = = red line = = = =

the red line was first line of the metro to be opened and connects rithala in the west to <unk> garden in the east covering a distance of 25 @@ 09 kilometres ( 15 @@ 59 mi ) it is partly elevated and partly at grade and crosses the yamuna river between kashmere gate and shastri park stations the inauguration of the first stretch between shahdara and tis hazari on 24 december 2002 caused the ticketing system to collapse due to the line being crowded to four times its capacity by citizens eager to have a ride subsequent sections were inaugurated from tis hazari <unk> ( later renamed inderlok ) on 4 october 2003 inderlok rithala on 31 march 2004 and shahdara <unk> garden on 4 june 2008 the red line has two interchange stations the first kashmere gate with the yellow line and the second inderlok with the green <unk> from 24 november 2013 six coach trains will be inducted in a phased manner in red line

= = = = yellow line = = = =

the yellow line was the second line of the metro and was the first underground line to be opened it runs for 49 kilometres ( 30 mi ) from north to south and connects <unk> <unk> with <unk> city centre in gurgaon the northern and southern parts of the line are elevated while the central section passes through some of the most congested parts of delhi is underground the first section between vishwa vidyalaya and kashmere gate ( built by kumagai @@ skanska @@ hcc @@ itochu joint venture ) opened on 20 december 2004 and the subsequent sections of kashmere gate central secretariat opened on 3 july 2005 and vishwa vidyalaya <unk> on 4 february 2009 this line also possesses the country 's deepest metro station ( the second deepest metro station in the world ) at <unk> bazaar situated 30 metres ( 98 ft ) below ground level on 21 june 2010 an additional stretch from qutub minar to <unk> city centre was opened initially operating separately from the main line however chhatarpur station on this line opened on 26 august 2010 due to delay in acquiring the land for constructing the station it was constructed using pre @@ fabricated structures in a record time of nine months and is the only station in the delhi metro network to be made completely of steel the connecting link between central secretariat and qutub minar opened on 3 september 2010 @@ re on 10 november 2015 the line was further extended between <unk> and <unk> <unk> in outer delhi interchanges are available with the red line and kashmere gate isbt at kashmere gate station blue line at rajiv chowk station violet line at central secretariat airport express ( orange ) line at new delhi rapid metrorail gurgaon at <unk> and with the indian railways network at chandni chowk delhi junction railway station and new delhi new delhi railway stations yellow line is the first line of delhi metro which has phased out all four coach trains with six and eight coach configuration the metro museum at patel chowk metro station is a collection of display panels historical photographs and exhibits tracing the genesis of the delhi metro the museum was opened on 1 january 2009

= = = elections in the 1980s = = =

= = = elections in the 1970s = = =

= = = elections in the 1960s = = =

= = = elections in the 1950s = = =

= = = elections in the 1940s = = =

general election 1939 / 40 another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940 the political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year the following candidates had been selected

conservative david george brownlow cecil lord burghley

labour samuel bennett

= = = elections in the 1930s = = =

= = = elections in the 1920s = = =

= = = elections in the 1910s = = =

† denotes a candidate endorsed by the coalition government

= bart 's girlfriend =

bart 's girlfriend is the seventh television episode of the simpsons ' sixth season it originally aired on the fox network in the united states on november 6 1994 the plot of the episode follows the secret romance of bart and jessica lovejoy reverend lovejoy 's daughter bart tries to end the romance when he discovers that behind her innocent façade as a preacher 's kid she is an even bigger troublemaker than he is jessica then steals the money from the collection plate leaving bart to take the blame until lisa exposes the truth

the episode was written by jonathan collier and directed by susie dietter former the simpsons ' show runner david mirkin originally came up with the idea of bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was meryl streep guest stars in the episode as jessica lovejoy it features cultural references to films such as planet of the apes and the silence of the lambs since airing the episode has received acclaim from both critics and fans and entertainment weekly named meryl streep 's role as one of the best guest appearances on the simpsons

= = plot = =

bart falls in love with reverend lovejoy 's daughter jessica however when he approaches her she ignores him the next sunday bart decides to attend sunday school to try to convince jessica that he is a good person but she still ignores him frustrated bart goes to the park to play a prank on groundskeeper willie and is punished with detention jessica approaches him to express sympathy and invites him to her house for dinner with her family

during a formal dinner with the lovejoys bart 's crude mannerisms and foul language cause reverend lovejoy to forbid him from ever seeing jessica again however jessica realizes that bart is a bad boy and tells bart that she likes him they begin secretly dating and causing mischief through the town bart quickly realizes that jessica ( an example of the preacher 's kid stereotype ) is even more badly behaved than he is so at the next sunday service he tries to make her see the error of her ways although she seems to agree jessica immediately steals from the collection plate before forcing it back upon the hapless bart the congregation mistakenly believes that bart took the money when they see him with the empty plate bart attempts to explain but they refuse to listen although homer assumes bart is guilty marge is willing to hear him out but bart claims he does not know who did it the following day bart visits jessica at her house and admits that he does not like her after jessica refuses to own up to the crime

upon finding out the truth lisa is determined not to allow her brother to take blame for something he did not do and she tells their congregation that jessica is the guilty party the townspeople then search jessica 's room where the money is found under her bed rev lovejoy refuses to believe that his daughter is guilty until jessica admits to him she did it to gain attention she is punished by being forced to scrub the church steps and bart receives an apology from the congregation at marge 's insistence later bart approaches jessica at church and tells her what he has learned to which jessica responds that she has learned that she can make boys do whatever she wants bart then agrees to finish jessica 's chores as she runs off with another boyfriend however as soon as she leaves he snickers about how bad a job he is going to do on the steps to get back at her

= = production = =

bart 's girlfriend was written by jonathan collier and directed by susie dietter david mirkin who was show runner at the time originally had the idea of bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was mirkin gave the idea to collier to write it with the help of the show 's executive producer james l brooks collier said later that he thought it was a case of brooks coming up with good ideas and him giggling <unk> the idea for the ending of the episode was to have none of the characters learn anything from the experience

matt groening the creator of the simpsons felt that jessica lovejoy was hard to draw in his own style but at the same time make her attractive julie kavner who provides the voice of marge simpson on the show was particularly impressed by the eyes jessica was made the reverend 's daughter to give the impression that she was good at first and then to show that she was rebelling against the righteousness of her family in the scene where bart talks to jessica outside her house her baton playing was in the script but the exact choreography was not dietter liked its incorporation because it gave jessica something else other than bart to pay attention to this was also done in the final scene when jessica scrubs the church steps and plays with the scrub brush

academy award winning actress meryl streep was called in to do the voice of jessica nancy cartwright who provides the voice of bart simpson on the show was a huge fan of streep and she assumed that streep would record her lines individually but all of their recordings were done together streep showed up alone with no entourage at the village recorder in west los angeles at 2 30 pm where she recorded her parts with cartwright streep was continually doing many different versions of her lines mirkin felt she was easy to work with because she was versatile and keen to do a lot of different things and as mirkin expressed it easily evil cartwright said in an interview with the pantagraph that she really wanted streep 's autograph but was afraid to ask for it after the recording session streep tapped cartwright on the shoulder and said her kids were big the simpsons fans and that she would be in big trouble if she did not get cartwright 's autograph

in a take off of john travolta in the 1983 film staying alive bart struts down a street in springfield after he is invited to dinner at the lovejoys just as travolta strutted through times square to the same tune in a joke written by jace richdale who was the co @@ executive producer of the simpsons at the time when homer is musing over bart 's first date he begins to sing sunrise sunset from fiddler on the roof before moving on to cat 's in the cradle and then yes we have no bananas he then begins to weep due to the people in the song having no bananas the joke was reportedly very expensive for the writers to put in because they had to pay thousands of dollars for the rights to use the songs on the show

bart 's girlfriend originally aired on the fox network in the united states on november 6 1994 the episode was selected for release in a 2001 video collection of selected episodes titled the simpsons love springfield style other episodes included in the collection set were it 's a mad mad mad mad marge the two mrs nahasapeemapetilons and i 'm with cupid the episode was included in the simpsons season 6 dvd set which was released on august 16 2005 as the simpsons the complete sixth season

= = cultural references = =

in the beginning of the episode the parents chase the children in a cornfield to eventually round them up for church which parodies a similar scene from the 1968 film planet of the apes where the humans are rounded up by apes after bart is accused of stealing from the church collection plate he is forced to wear a straitjacket in church which is a reference to hannibal lecter 's straight @@ jacket in the silence of the lambs misirlou the theme song of the 1994 film pulp fiction plays during bart and jessica 's date bart calls jessica smart beautiful and a liar and then claims she is so much better than that sarah plain and tall the scene then cuts to a shot of a plain and tall girl named sarah that overhears bart and begins to cry the lovejoy family has a replica of leonardo da vinci 's painting the last supper hanging on the wall in their dining room the sign on the springfield church marquee reads evil women in history from jezebel to janet reno

= = reception = =

in its original american broadcast bart 's girlfriend finished 53rd in the ratings for the week of october 31 to november 6 1994 with a nielsen rating of 9 @@ 6 the episode was the third highest rated show on the fox network that week beaten only by beverly hills 90210 and married with children

since airing the episode has received many positive reviews from fans and television critics warren martyn and adrian wood the authors of the book i can 't believe it 's a bigger and better updated unofficial simpsons guide said poor bart gets picked on very cruelly by jessica in a cleverly drawn study of pre @@ pubescent love we 're very fond of the scene in which bart leaps out of the window at the church after which homer cries he 's heading for the window colin jacobson at dvd movie guide said in a review of the sixth season dvd we don t often see bart in a sympathetic light so shows like this one are fun girlfriend reminds me of season four s new kid on the block since it also featured bart in love though the programs differ since here the girl reciprocates streep does nicely as the bad kid and we get many fine moments in this memorable program tv squad 's adam finley said homer and marge remained in the background for most of this episode with bart and lisa becoming the main focus earlier episodes seemed to focus more on the dynamics between the two siblings and it 's always a nice change of pace when the show examines their love for one another as opposed to constant rivalries lisa really wants to help bart in this episode and it 's actually quite touching

in a 2008 article entertainment weekly named meryl streep 's role as jessica lovejoy as one of the sixteen best guest appearances on the simpsons total film 's nathan ditum ranked streep 's performance as the fifth best guest appearance in the show 's history commenting that she is the perfect mix of beguiling and devilish as reverend lovejoy s rebellious daughter david mirkin told the daily news of los angeles that bart 's girlfriend and homer the great are his favorite episodes of the season mirkin liked the scene where bart is punched by nelson at the playground because bart takes a while to recover which made the scene more realistic nancy cartwright told the chicago tribune that this episode and lisa 's substitute from season two are her two favorite the simpsons episodes

= delhi metro =

the delhi metro is a metro system serving delhi and its satellite cities of faridabad gurgaon noida and ghaziabad in national capital region in india delhi metro is the world 's 12th largest metro system in terms of both length and number of stations the network consists of five colour @@ coded regular lines and the faster airport express line with a total length of 213 kilometres ( 132 mi ) serving 160 stations ( including 6 on airport express line ) the system has a mix of underground at @@ grade and elevated stations using both broad @@ gauge and standard @@ gauge the metro has an average daily ridership of 2 @@ 4 million passengers and as of august 2010 had already carried over 1 @@ 25 billion passengers since its <unk> named second best metro in world

delhi metro rail corporation limited ( dmrc ) a state @@ owned company with equal equity participation from government of india and government of delhi built and operates the delhi metro the delhi metro rail corporation has been certified by the united nations as the first metro rail and rail @@ based system in the world to get carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping in reducing pollution levels in the city by 630 @@ 000 tonnes every year dmrc operates around 2000 trips daily between 05 30 till 00 00 running with a headway varying between 1 2 minutes and 4 10 minutes the trains are usually of four six and eight @@ coach the power output is supplied by 25 @@ kilovolt 50 @@ hertz alternating current through overhead catenary

planning for the metro started in 1984 when the delhi development authority and the urban arts commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi @@ modal transport system for the city delhi metro rail corporation ( dmrc ) was incorporated in may 1995 construction started in 1998 and the first section on the red line opened in 2002 the development of network was divided into phases phase i containing 3 lines was completed by 2006 and phase ii in 2011 phase iii is scheduled for completion by 2016 phase iv has been approved by the delhi government awaiting cabinet approval to be completed by 2020

rapid metrorail gurgaon which opened in 2013 whilst linked to delhi metro by the yellow line is a separate metro system ( with a different owner / operator than the delhi metro ) although tokens and cards from the delhi metro can be used in its network

= = history = =

= = = background = = =

the concept of a mass rapid transit for new delhi first emerged from a traffic and travel characteristics study which was carried out in the city in 1969 over the next several years many official committees by a variety of government departments were commissioned to examine issues related to technology route alignment and governmental jurisdiction in 1984 the delhi development authority and the urban arts commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi @@ modal transport system which would consist of constructing three underground mass rapid transit corridors as well augmenting the city 's existing suburban railway and road transport networks

while extensive technical studies and the raising of finance for the project were in progress the city expanded significantly resulting in a twofold rise in population and a fivefold rise in the number of vehicles between 1981 and 1998 consequently traffic congestion and pollution soared as an increasing number of commuters took to private vehicles with the existing bus system unable to bear the load an attempt at privatising the bus transport system in 1992 merely compounded the problem with inexperienced operators plying poorly maintained noisy and polluting buses on lengthy routes resulting in long waiting times unreliable service extreme overcrowding unqualified drivers speeding and reckless driving to rectify the situation the government of india and the government of delhi jointly set up a company called the delhi metro rail corporation ( dmrc ) on 3 may 1995 with e sreedharan as the managing director

= = = construction = = =

physical construction work on the delhi metro started on 1 october 1998 after the previous problems experienced by the kolkata metro which was badly delayed and 12 times over budget due to political meddling technical problems and bureaucratic delays dmrc is a special purpose organisation vested with great autonomy and powers to execute this gigantic project involving many technical complexities under a difficult urban environment and within a very limited time frame dmrc was given full powers to hire people decide on tenders and control funds the dmrc then consulted the hong kong mtrc on rapid transit operation and construction techniques as a result construction proceeded smoothly except for one major disagreement in 2000 where the ministry of railways forced the system to use broad gauge despite the dmrc 's preference for standard gauge

the first elevated line of the delhi metro was inaugurated by atal bihari vajpayee the prime minister of india on 24 december 2002 & the first underground line was inaugurated by dr manmohan singh on 20 december 2004 and thus it became the second underground rapid transit system in india after the kolkata metro the first underground section of delhi metro was vishwa vidyalaya kashmere gate section which included 4 @@ 5 km tunnel & 4 stations namely vishwa vidyalaya vidhan sabha civil lines & kashmere gate station this project was constructed by kumagai @@ skanska @@ hcc @@ itochu jv or <unk> @@ jv a joint venture between kumagai gumi skanska hindustan construction company & itochu

the first phase of the project was completed in 2006 on budget and almost three years ahead of schedule an achievement described by business week as nothing short of a miracle

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on 19 october 2008 a girder launcher and a part of the overhead blue line extension under construction in laxmi nagar east delhi collapsed and fell on passing vehicles underneath workers were using a crane to lift a 400 @@ tonne concrete span of the bridge when the launcher collapsed along with a 34 @@ metre ( 112 ft ) long span of the bridge on top of a <unk> bus killing the driver and a labourer

on 12 july 2009 a section of bridge collapsed while it was being erected at <unk> near east of kailash on the central secretariat badarpur corridor six people died and 15 were injured the following day on 13 july 2009 a crane that was removing the debris collapsed and with a bowling pin effect collapsed two other nearby cranes injuring six on 22 july 2009 worker at ashok park metro station was killed when a steel beam fell on him over a hundred people including 93 workers have died since work on the metro began in 1998

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the delhi metro is being built in phases phase i completed 58 stations and 65 @@ 0 km ( 40 @@ 4 mi ) of route length of which 13 @@ 0 km ( 8 @@ 1 mi ) is underground and 52 @@ 1 km ( 32 @@ 4 mi ) surface or elevated the inauguration of the dwarka barakhamba road corridor of the blue line marked the completion of phase i on october 2006 phase ii of the network comprises 124 @@ 6 km ( 77 @@ 4 mi ) of route length and 85 stations and is fully completed with the first section opened in june 2008 and the last line opened in august 2011 phase iii ( 140 km 69 stations ) and phase iv ( 106 km 51 stations ) are planned to be completed by 2016 and 2020 respectively with the network spanning 436 km ( 271 mi ) by then

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as of november 2015 with the completion of phase i phase ii and the beginning of operations on phase iii the delhi metro network comprises five coloured lines ( plus the airport express line ) serving 154 metro stations ( with 6 more stations on the airport express line for a total of 160 ) and operating on a total route length of 213 kilometres ( 132 mi )

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the red line was first line of the metro to be opened and connects rithala in the west to <unk> garden in the east covering a distance of 25 @@ 09 kilometres ( 15 @@ 59 mi ) it is partly elevated and partly at grade and crosses the yamuna river between kashmere gate and shastri park stations the inauguration of the first stretch between shahdara and tis hazari on 24 december 2002 caused the ticketing system to collapse due to the line being crowded to four times its capacity by citizens eager to have a ride subsequent sections were inaugurated from tis hazari <unk> ( later renamed inderlok ) on 4 october 2003 inderlok rithala on 31 march 2004 and shahdara <unk> garden on 4 june 2008 the red line has two interchange stations the first kashmere gate with the yellow line and the second inderlok with the green <unk> from 24 november 2013 six coach trains will be inducted in a phased manner in red line

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the yellow line was the second line of the metro and was the first underground line to be opened it runs for 49 kilometres ( 30 mi ) from north to south and connects <unk> <unk> with <unk> city centre in gurgaon the northern and southern parts of the line are elevated while the central section passes through some of the most congested parts of delhi is underground the first section between vishwa vidyalaya and kashmere gate ( built by kumagai @@ skanska @@ hcc @@ itochu joint venture ) opened on 20 december 2004 and the subsequent sections of kashmere gate central secretariat opened on 3 july 2005 and vishwa vidyalaya <unk> on 4 february 2009 this line also possesses the country 's deepest metro station ( the second deepest metro station in the world ) at <unk> bazaar situated 30 metres ( 98 ft ) below ground level on 21 june 2010 an additional stretch from qutub minar to <unk> city centre was opened initially operating separately from the main line however chhatarpur station on this line opened on 26 august 2010 due to delay in acquiring the land for constructing the station it was constructed using pre @@ fabricated structures in a record time of nine months and is the only station in the delhi metro network to be made completely of steel the connecting link between central secretariat and qutub minar opened on 3 september 2010 @@ re on 10 november 2015 the line was further extended between <unk> and <unk> <unk> in outer delhi interchanges are available with the red line and kashmere gate isbt at kashmere gate station blue line at rajiv chowk station violet line at central secretariat airport express ( orange ) line at new delhi rapid metrorail gurgaon at <unk> and with the indian railways network at chandni chowk delhi junction railway station and new delhi new delhi railway stations yellow line is the first line of delhi metro which has phased out all four coach trains with six and eight coach configuration the metro museum at patel chowk metro station is a collection of display panels historical photographs and exhibits tracing the genesis of the delhi metro the museum was opened on 1 january 2009