Seventy-one-year-old mayor said that the buses, with a separate cabin for the driver in the front, used to attract attention and appreciation for prompt service."The fare from Jama Masjid-Qutub Road was 1 anna and till Bara Hindu Rao it was 1. A few decades ago, DTC was taken over by the Delhi government.Trams, which have become a piece of nostalgia in form of postcards and old pictures, were once a lifeline of the city, especially the Walled City, besides the tongas, which exercised good appeal among the masses.

But, I can tell you one thing about those era, people displayed utmost discipline and courtesy in public.Taking a trip down the memory lane, the veteran politician recalled the days when MCD used to run double-decker buses in Delhi. "We are talking of encouraging use of public transport, but people in 1960s to 1980s, used them only. Later, they had also brought in the electric-driven trams running on tyres, instead of rails, but, that did not last much long, and by late 1960s both were phased out," said Mr Arya, a four-term councillor from Rajouri Garden.The erstwhile unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ran its bus services under Delhi Transport Undertaking (DTU), which in 1971 became the Delhi Transport Corporation.

The transport department used to be under the MCD, and besides regular buses, there used to be Suvidha services, which were double-decker buses, and quite popular among people. I have fond memories of travelling in them," Mr Arya said.As the city gears up for road-rationing experiment set to begin on Friday, South Delhi mayor Subhash Arya on Thursday recalled that 50 years ago Delhi residents used to queue to get into a bus, and women and elderly travellers were treated with utmost respect. While boarding buses, they stood single file and inside buses, women, elderly and physically-challenged people were treated very courteously.

It is only when cars became accessible and affordable to people that the charm of buses and trams began to fade," he said.5 annas, and the service was available every three minutes. MCD was trifurcated in 2012 China instant heating electric tap Suppliers into North, South and East Corporations. And, they quite enjoyed travelling in them.Born at Jhelum in Pakistan, Mr Arya came to Delhi as a refugee and grew up travelling in buses and trams, which he says, lost their appeal due to "burgeoning population. Today, people have to be told in buses and Metros to vacate seats, designated for women or others. Some don’t even listen despite being pointed out, and sit shamelessly," he rued