Tamil don Varadarajan managed to build a Rs 100-crore empire over two decades. He also set-up a hafta system that kept the cops happy and his name off the police rolls

In the long list of Mumbai's rag-to-riches tales, one story that grabbed the imagination of the masses was that of Varadarajan Muniswami Mudaliar.

Vardha or Vardhabhai, as he was known by his followers, was a Tamilian who had migrated to Mumbai in the early 60s. He began work as a porter at VT station and soon moved on to bootlegging and running matka dens across the city.

Vardha was a contemporary of Haji Mastan and Karim Lala. In fact, Mastan and Vardha were close associates and had immense respect for each other.

The Tamil don controlled areas in Dharavi and Matunga and encouraged goons to grab collector's land in Dharavi-Koliwada area. In his fiefdom, he also protected small-time bootleggers and looked after their marketing and distribution.

Such was his hold over the central suburbs that all petty and small-time gangsters could not survive without taking help from Vardhabhai. Not only did he protect his gang members but also ensured that the policemen in his area were paid regular hafta.

This policy ensured that no cop was willing to take action against Vardha's operations in the area, and it was all good for business.

 
Vardhabhai was an ordinary illicit liquor vendor when he clashed with the police over a dispute in 1960s. In the following 20 years, the Tamil native built and ran a sprawling Rs 100 crore underworld network across the city.

Vardhabhai entered the big league when he made inroads into the docks and began smuggling gold, forming a nexus with the top brass of Bombay Port Trust, Customs and Mumbai police. An internal record indicated that his annual income from smuggling was an estimated Rs 40 crore in 1982.

He also collected around Rs 2 crore from the slumlords in and around Dharavi and Sion-Koliwada. There were other businesses too: bars, prostitution rackets and hotels.

Vardhabhai was probably one of the first underworld figures to realise that his empire would not survive without the support of policemen and politicians.

At least 20 per cent of the police force hob-nobbed with him at some time or the other. Several eminent lawyers were also on his payroll.

It is not surprising that Vardhabhai could easily manage the surrender and release of hundreds of hoodlums loyal to him. "Lakhs of rupees were allocated for fighting court cases," recalls an old timer.

Signs of trouble
All was well for Vardhabhai before the then commissioner of police J F Ribeiro posted erstwhile Deputy Commissioner of Police Y C Pawar in the high pressure Dharavi zone.

 
It took Pawar almost two years before he could crack the don's network and raid the firmly entrenched bases in the Sion-Koliwada area around 1983.

Ribeiro's successor S D Soman continued with the pressure tactic. Relentless raids over a sustained period of time led to the downfall of Vardhabhai and the decimation of his empire.

Vardhabhai used all his clout to ease the pressure on his gang. But by then the police had busted the organised mafia's network in Sion-Koliwada area. Income from illicit liquor dens and slums had also disappeared.

The don was left with little choice but to flee to his hometown.

However, with the Mumbai cops hot on his heels, he surrendered before the authorities on January 5, 1987.

The courts could not hold Vardhabhai for long and he soon regained a firm grip over his network.

He also founded the Bombay Tamilar Peravai, a social organisation for welfare of Tamil settlers in Mumbai.

The Tamil don died in Madras on January 2, 1990. Life came to a standstill in Dharavi, Matunga and Sion Koliwada when his body was flown into the city.

No bloodshed
After the killing of Sabir at the hands of Amirzada, Dawood was desperate to avenge the death of his elder brother.

Dawood visited Rama Naik's hideout at Lal Vite Ki Chawl and offered a Rs 5 lakh supari to kill Amirzada.

The supari was accepted by Rajan Nair alias Bada Rajan at the behest of Naik. Rajan and Rama both owed allegiance to Vardhabhai.

However, when Vardhabhai heard of the supari he could sense the cascading effect it would have on his business.

He called Rajan and said, "You are like my son. Return the money."

This shows Vardhabhai's style of operating. He did not believe in bloodshed, instead he instilled fear in the minds of the rival rather than engaging them in gun battles.
 

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Anti-corruption panel points out glaring errors in projects

As the D-day is nearing, the controversies around the Commonwealth Games are getting bigger and murkier.  First it was the media that pointed out loopholes in the preparations after brief Monsoon showers in Delhi wreaked havoc, then the scathing remarks by former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and now another tragedy that may stall some projects in the Capital.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has pointed out a glaring scam in projects related to the mega sporting event that are being undertaken by various contractors. According to the initial probe by the central corruption watchdog, there has been a scam to the tune of at least Rs 20 crore.

The inquiry, which is being carried out by Chief Technical Examination Wing of the CVC, has named the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Public Works Department (PWD), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and RITES for being involved in corruption.

The cases cited against them range from bidding higher prices for the projects and poor quality of the construction work to awarding contracts to ineligible agencies. "According to the CVC, these agencies have escalated the price of the work on flimsy grounds. In some cases they have demanded more money citing delays in the project etc," said a highly-placed official, requesting anonymity. 

Recently, the commission also collected samples from the construction sites and found glaring faults in civil and engineering aspects.

PWD has emerged as the biggest defaulter with five out of the 14 projects. NDMC, CPWD, DDA and MCD have been held responsible for two projects each. RITES, which is responsible for one project, too, could not escape from the inquiry for its works on the rugby ground at Jamia Millia Islamia University.

The CVC has decided to re-examine all the tenders and procurement related works assigned to all the agencies and sub-contracts. In some cases the agencies have escalated prices by citing factors like transportation cost for labourers but the workers for the entire span of the works were camping at the sites. 
 

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BANGALORE: The bars in the city henceforth have to ensure that girls are employed full time. Besides, they have to introduce uniforms.

The draft order issued by the home department on The Licensing and Controlling of Liquor Houses (Bangalore City) Order 2010 makes it mandatory for the owners to furnish complete details of the girls employed by them as well as a signed consent letter by the girls. City police commissioner Shankar Bidari said police would invite objections for the draft order. After 60 days, a final order would be issued.

Apart from other clearances, the owners must take permission from police. "Since many departments would have conducted spot inspections, we may not repeat them," he said.

London:  The average mobile phone carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a flush handle in a men's toilet, tests have revealed.

One of the phones in the test had such high levels of bacteria that it could have given its owner a serious stomach upset.

The findings from a sample of dozens of phones by Which? magazine suggest 14.7 million of the 63 million mobiles in use in Britain today could be potential health hazards, reports the Daily Mail.

Hygiene expert Jim Francis, who carried out the tests, said, "The levels of potentially harmful bacteria on one mobile were off the scale. That phone needs sterilising

The most unhygienic phone also had 39 times the safe level of enterobacteria, a group of bacteria that live in the lower intestines of humans and animals and include bugs such as salmonella.

It boasted 170 times the acceptable level of faecal coliforms, which are associated with human waste.

Other bacteria including food poisoning bugs e.coli and staphylococcus aureus were found on the phones but at safe levels.

Which? researcher Ceri Stanaway said, "The bugs can end up on your hands which is a breeding ground and be passed back to your phone. They can be transferred back and forth and eventually you could catch something nasty.

"What this shows is how easy it is to come into contact with bacteria. People see toilet flushes as being something dirty to touch but they have less bacteria than phones.

"People need to be mindful of that by observing good hygiene themselves and among others who they pass the phone to when looking at photos, for example."

Which? has previously found that some computer keyboards carry more harmful bacteria than a lavatory seat.
 

Once a popular face on TV and now a known face in the entertainment industry, Prachi Desai will be seen in Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai. We caught up with the pretty lady on her recent visit to Delhi...

Actress Prachi Desai who’s best remembered for her Bollywood debut, Rock On is eagerly waiting for her next release, Ekta Kapoor’s Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai. She will now be seen opposite Emraan Hashmi in this movie that is set exclusively in the Mumbai (or Bombay) of 70s.

Prachi Desai who started her career with TV soap ‘Kasam Se’ doesn’t want to do any TV soaps or reality shows again. She confesses, “I don’t want to go back to the small screen again. It was always a dream for me to be a part of Bollywood and I love every bit of it.” She adds, “I am comfortable with the idea of being a judge on some realty show but, certainly, not a contestant!”

Ask her about her favourite actor/director in the industry and she’s quick to reply, “It has to be Farhan Akhtar! And let me clarify that it is not because we worked together in Rock On but because he is a very organized person. I have loved all his movies, right from Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya to Rock On! And I would also like to mention the name Imtiaz Ali. He’s made two brilliant movies, Jab We Met and Love Aaj Kal.” Prachi also confesses that she’s crazy for Hrithik Roshan. “I desperately want to work opposite him.”

Shooting for ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’ was an experience that she completely enjoyed. “When you have National Award winners like Ajay Devgan and Kangana Ranaut working with you in the same film, and an actor like Emraan as your co-star, what else can you ask for? But then there’s a challenge too. With such star presence, you have to work twice hard to get noticed.” She then adds, “Ajay is a big prankster. He makes fun of everyone and is constantly pulling legs. Apart from Ajay, Salman and Arjun Rampal are the two most mischievous actors in the industry.”

On Kangana, Prachi says, “She and I have shot very few scenes together. She has looked stunning in every shot.” She also reveals about Kangana’s 12 looks and 12 wigs in the movie. worth Rs 20 lacs. Prachi plays a Muslim girl, who is conservative and honest. “It is different from the roles I have played before. It's more intense. The point of reference for my character was Mumtazji of that time,” she states.

Ask her about her intimate scene with Emraan that created ripples in media and she clarifies, “It was the demand of the script and Emraan showed a lot of patience with me. Working with him was a fulfilling experience. He is one of my favoruite co-stars. He made me totally comfortable.” She also feels that Emraan hasn’t got his due from the industry and it’s time his talent is acknowledged. “People sadly talk only about his kissing scenes.”

Prachi also puts all speculations about her reportedly ‘sour’ relations with Ekta Kapoor. “Ekta is like family to me and she is one of my greatest supports. I worked in Rock On because it was made by her cousin Abhishek Kapoor and then Life Partner was offered to me because of Tusshar Kapoor.”

Now Prachi is busy shooting for her next movie, Joker opposite Rajeev Khandelwal

Colombo/ New Delhi, July 28 (PTI)

Retired spin great Muttiah Muralitharan on Wednesday lashed out at his long-time detractor Bishen Singh Bedi, calling the former Indian captain a controversy monger and ordinary bowler who would have been hammered by any batsman if was he playing now. 

Bedi has been an untiring critic of Muralitharan by repeatedly calling the Sri Lankan a "chucker" and asking the ICC to ban the Sri Lankan's "doosra" as it was illegal. Muralitharan, who retired last week after completing 800 Test wickets at Galle against India, made an uncharacteristic attack on Bedi, saying that he was just an ordinary bowler.

Asked about the lack of world-class spinners in India, except for Harbhajan Singh, Muralitharan said Bedi was not in the league B S Chandrasekhar, Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Erapalli Prasanna.

"Bedi, I don't think he does not even come to a contest on that. I saw some (of his) bowling of his playing days. In modern era, if he plays he will get hammered every ball, that is what will happen. So no comparison," the world's most successful spinner told PTI in an interview.

"Prasanna is a good bowler. I have seen his bowling. Venkataraghavan is good. But Bedi does not come under it," he said.

Though without mentioning the constant criticism he got from Bedi, the affable Sri Lankan advised the former Indian captain to refrain from whipping up controversies.

"He (Bedi) is also a controversial person. He has lot of controversies everywhere in the world. And he should think about himself first rather than talking about other people," Muralitharan said.

Asked about Bedi's comments to ban the 'doosra' from international cricket, Muralitharan lampooned the Indian by saying that he has no variations in his bowling and was therefore critical of others.

"He (Bedi) did not have any variation. He just bowled left arm spin and pitch did the variation for him. That is what he bowled," he said. Muralitharan said Anil Kumble was the best spinner India has produced and records speak for themselves.

"You forget the best spinner is Anil Kumble. Not Bedi or Venkataraghavan or any other. I think the best ever spinner produced (in India) is Kumble. No doubt about it and nobody can doubt it. Statistics-wise and on the basis of other things, he is far ahead than other guys", he said.

Muralitharan refused to compare between Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara but said on the basis of statistics, the Indian maestro was far ahead of any batsman.

"Sachin and Lara have been the most consistent batsmen in the world (to face my bowling). I admire them. I have most regards for those two guys and now place Ricky Ponting also in that list.

"I don't know who plays me the better. They are different individuals. Statistics-wise Sachin is heading the pack. You can say Sachin is the best on that basis. But you see the other two players are great players, they are also legends. I think you cannot make comparisons. They play in different conditions and situation," he said.

Muralitharan said he has no regrets in his cricketing career though it was haunted by controversies over his bowling action.

"It (controversy) did not haunt me at all. I went through it and I have done what I wanted to do in my cricketing life. So no regrets. Nothing. I am very happy to retire (from Test cricket)," he said.

He does not agree that players are getting injured due to more volume of cricket now that Twenty20 has become big. "I don't think so. If a player is fit to play he should play every format. The players careers are very short, they enjoy all form of the games. So the three forms of cricket will continue though Test is the ultimate," he said.

Muralitharan said it would be difficult for India to come back into the three-match series against Sri Lanka as they have little chance to win the second Test.

"Sri Lanka is too strong at the moment. They are playing really well and the batsmen are getting lot of runs. It could be difficult to get a result in this match unless Sri Lanka wins. India cannot win this Test match. Unless something unpredictable happens," he said.

He refused to think that the era of Australian domination was over and said they are still a force to reckon in world cricket. "Very difficult to say Australia have declined. They may decline for about a year, six months, five months. Then they can come back. So you can't say they are a bad side. They are a very good side," he said.

"Statistically, they were performing brilliantly during the last  decade. Now they missed players like Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath ... Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer to open. So the youngsters will have to come and fill the void. It took a little bit of time for them," he added.

Murali indeed is a chucker: Bedi

Former India captain Bishen Bedi on Wednesday stuck to his long-held view that now retired Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was a chucker.

Muralitharan on Wednesday described Bedi a controversy monger and an ordinary bowler who would have been thrashed easily by any batsman had he been playing in the modern era. On being asked about his reaction, Bedi said, "I don't want to react. Don't want to comment. I don't want to say anything to be honest. You know my views. I don't want to stoop to his levels. I don't call Murali a chucker. He is a chucker."

Bedi has been a detractor of Muralitharan for a long time and had asked the ICC to ban the Sri Lankan's 'doosra' as it was "illegal". Muralitharan ended his Test career after the first match against India at Galle where he became the first bowler in history of the game to take 800 wickets.

Muralitharan's career was marred by controversies as his action came under scrutiny many a times. 
 

Sachin Tendulkar cracked his 48th Test century to lead a spirited fightback as India recovered from three quick jolts to keep themselves afloat in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

Tendulkar (108 not out) showed great character and temperament to score his first century on Sri Lankan soil in 11 years as he anchored the innings brilliantly to steer the visitors to 382 for for four at close on the third day, still needing 61 runs to avoid the follow on.

Virender Sehwag missed his century by just one run while debutant Suresh Raina was the other notable performer with a sparkling unbeaten 66.

It was a much-improved display by the Indians who made sure that there was no repeat of Galle where the famed batting order had succumbed rather tamely.

Raina was giving Tendulkar company at stumps on a day which saw 287 runs being scored and four wickets falling at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground.

India's first objective will be to avoid the follow and then come as close as possible to Sri Lanka's mammoth first innings total of 642 for four declared.

If India carry on in the same way tomorrow, a draw appears to be the only result possible as the track has shown no signs of breaking up.

After Sehwag provided the early fireworks, it was champion batsman Tendulkar who stole the spotlight with a fine exhibition of strokeplay and application to save the blushes for India who were in a spot of bother at one stage.

Tendulkar made the most of a dropped chance when he was on 29, wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene spilling a simple catch off Dilhara Fernando. But that was the only blemish from the star batsman as he gradually opened up to unleash a flurry of strokes.

The champion batsmen had last scored a century in Sri Lanka in 1999 at the same venue.

Resuming at the overnight score of 95 for no loss in response to Sri Lanka's mammoth 642 for four declared, the Indians got off to a solid start with Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay putting on a 165-run opening partnership.

But the scrip changed dramatically just half an hour before the lunch break with the visitors losing Sehwag (99) Vijay (58) and Rahul Dravid (3) in quick succession with debutant off-spinner Suraj Randiv striking twice.

Sehwag, who resumed at overnight 64, looked set for a big innings but missed out on his 21st Test century by attempting a reckless shot.

Ajantha Mendis gave the second shock to the visitors by trapping the well-set Vijay and Dravid got out in the same fashion off Randiv just two overs before lunch.

Everything was going on well for India until half an hour before the close of morning session with Sehwag and Vijay negotiating the Sri Lankan bowlers with a mix of caution and aggression.

Sehwag went for a big shot dancing down the track off Randiv, who was introduced in the session for the first time, but failed to contact the ball and Prasanna Jayawardene carried out a simple stumping.

Sehwag, who was dropped on 89, made his 99 from 101 balls with the help of 15 fours and along with Vijay raised 165 runs for the opening wicket.

Vijay, who was also looking solid, fell Leg before to a Mendis googly which jabbed back in and the batsman was dead plumb while trying to go on the backfoot.

Dravid, who has not contributed much in this series, was the next batsman to return to the pavilion off a superb Randiv delivery which spun from outside off and skidded to the batsman's pads.

From a comfortable 165 for no loss, the Indians suddenly slumped to 173 for three, raising fears of another batting collapse.

The seasoned duo of Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman then shored up the the innings by batting cautiously against the lankan bowlers on the placid Sinhalese Sports Club ground.

The experienced pair almost batted through the second session but Ajantha Mendis broke the slow 68-run stand by trapping the stylish Hyderabadi 10 minutes before tea break.

Laxman (29) and Tendulkar dug in and went about their business slowly and raised a stand of 68-run to deny the Lankan bowlers any success for almost two hours.

The duo slowed down the proceedings by playing a lot of dot balls and relied on ones and twos to keep the scoreboard moving.

Laxman was lucky as his edges, off spinner Suraj Randiv and paceman Dammika Prasad, fell short of fielders.

Laxman finally got out as he failed to read a Mendis googly and was caught in front of the wicket.

Islamabad:  Reports suggest that none of the nearly 159 people on board have survived this morning's plane crash in Islamabad.  This is Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash.  

The passenger plane, an Airbus A321, operated by private airline AirBlue, was headed from Karachi to Islamabad.  It went up in a haze of flames and white smoke close to 10 am in the heavily-forested Margalla Hills overlooking Islamabad. It was raining heavily in the region this morning and that, along with thick fog and the smoke from the crash made it tough for rescue helicopters to reach the crash site.   Rescue officials had to trek for close to an hour to reach the area.

Through the day, Pakistani media carried conflicting reports on survivors, with some reporting that 45 people were alive.   Rescue officials reported that the plane's debris was spread over a huge area, and that dead bodies- charred beyond recognition -were strewn around the forest.
"I heard a loud bang and then saw smoke rising over the Margalla Hills," said Aman Ali, a schoolboy.

The plane was reportedly ready to land, as scheduled, at 9.30 am when the pilot was told he'd have to wait because of heavy traffic at the Islamabad airport.

Hafiz Khalid Zaheer said he rushed from Islamabad to the crash site as soon as he heard about the tragedy.   "I came running here, and then went away. I had a friend with me, but I do not know where he is now, but thank Allah I was able to leave...dead bodies are strewn all over, as well as people's belongings," he reported. (Pak crash victim: I heard people shouting 'Allah'!)

Pakistani civil aviation officials say the black box of the plane has been recovered.  It will be crucial in explaining why the plane crashed.  Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the aircraft was at 2,600 feet when it was cleared to land. It then rose up to 3,000 feet before disappearing from radar screens, he said."We will need to study the black box to ascertain the exact cause of the crash. The (control) tower did not receive any SOS message or report of a technical problem before the crash," Malik explained.

Authorities declared an emergency in all hospitals in Islamabad.

A 22-year-old US Army intelligence analyst, facing a court-martial, appears to be behind the biggest leak in US military history of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan that also exposed Pakistan's double- game in the war-torn country, including its Taliban links.  

Bradley Manning, who allegedly boasted online that he was going to reveal "the truth" about the war in Afghanistan, is believed to be the main suspect who leaked the information to Wikileaks, the Telegraph reported.

Manning was arrested in Baghdad in May and charged earlier this month with multiple counts of mishandling and leaking classified data, after a computer hacker turned him in, the paper said. Wikileaks, the website known for publishing secret government documents, has exposed Pakistani ISI's links with Afghan insurgents and Taliban, undermining US-led efforts to stabilise the war-torn nation. With over 90,000 US military documents leaked on the website, the expose is considered to be a huge embarrassment for the US.

During online chats with the hacker, a man thought to be Manning said he had passed material relating to Afghanistan to Julian Assange, the founder of the Wikileaks website which leaked more than 92,000 secret documents to select media. Manning, who is currently awaiting a court martial, is widely assumed to have been the man who passed the documents to Assange, though investigators believe he must have had accomplices.

Manning is alleged to be a whistle-blower who used the online name Bradass87 when he contacted a high-profile Californian computer hacker, Adrian Lamo, on May 21, the paper said.

Over the following five days, Bradass87 held a series of online conversations with Lamo, in which he identified himself as "an army intelligence analyst, deployed to eastern Baghdad" with "unprecedented access to classified networks".

He said his job gave him access to two high-security networks: the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, SIPRNET, which carries US diplomatic and military intelligence; and the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System, which includes "top secret" classification.

Bradass87 said the networks had enabled him to see "incredible things, awful things that belong in the public domain and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC almost criminal political backdealings the non- PR version of world events and crises".

He said he had downloaded 260,000 classified or sensitive State Department cables and transmitted them by computer to Wikileaks.

He claimed he copied some of the information on to blank CDs labelled "Lady Gaga" and hummed along to non-existent music while he downloaded secret information.

"I want people to see the truth," he added. "It's open diplomacy it's Climategate with a global scope and breathtaking depth it's beautiful and horrifying. It's public data, it belongs in the public domain." Unknown to Bradass87, Lamo had contacted the US military two days into the online chat, fearing that the leak of information would endanger lives.

On May 25, he met Pentagon officials in a branch of Starbucks and gave them a printout of the online chat. Manning was arrested the next day at US Forward Operating Base Hammer near Baghdad, the Telegraph said.

Manning is also suspected of being behind the leak of a video, distributed by Assange in April, of a 2007 US helicopter strike in Baghdad which killed a dozen people.
Yesterday, Lamo said he had no doubt Manning was behind the vast amount of leaked material from Afghanistan, though he strongly suspected the young analyst from Maryland could not have acted alone.

"It was not my impression that he had the technical expertise to carry out some of these actions," he was quoted as saying. 

New Delhi:  The full-scale commercial operations at the swanky new integrated terminal 3 (T3) of the IGI airport here will begin from Wednesday with all airlines shifting their operations and the Air India flight from New York will be the first to arrive.

"The airlines would shift their operations to T3 from 2 pm onwards. We have chosen Wednesday to shift from T2 to T3, because on this day there are least number of flights between 2 pm and 7.30 pm," Andrew Harrison, Chief Operating Officer, DIAL, said.

Passengers of Air India's flight (AI-102) from JFK New York would be the first to arrive at the world's sixth largest airport, when its commercial operations begin, he said, adding Air India's Jaipur-Delhi-Dubai flight (IC-895) would be the first flight to take-off from here.

AI-102 will arrive at T3 at 1645 hours while IC-895 would depart for Dubai at 1850 hours

On Wednesday, all the international flights would arrive at T2 till 1645 hours, but after the departure of Gulf Air flight (GF-135) to Bahrain at 1805 hours, all the operations at T2 will be shifted to the new terminal.

"Check-in for the first departing flight (IC-895) from T3 would begin from 1450 hours and, all the facilities like food and beverage counters, shops and other facilities would also start functioning from tomorrow itself," Harrison said.

He said that DIAL has put up signages and deployed a battery of volunteers to help and guide the passengers to T3.
Apart from it, DIAL would be running the shuttle services for the passengers between T2 and T3.

He also assured that T3 would provide seamless connectivity to the international and domestic passengers with world class experience, after three full service carriers , Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher  will also shift their domestic operations from August 27.