No takers for India's first Maruti 800 car
New Delhi, April 19 (ANI): India's first "people's car", the Maruti 800, is lying
unattended at Green Park in New Delhi. With the death of its owners, the Sikh
couple who instantly rose to fame after they got keys of the car from the then
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, chorus has been growing for its preservation. The
car, which is parked outside the locked house of Harpal Singh and Gulshanbeer Kaur,
has no takers. Singh died in 2010 and his wife, two years later. His two daughters
who live in South Delhi area with their families are not able to maintain the car.
The family members, who are emotionally attached with the car, don't want it to
rust down. They want that the prized trophy should be kept in a museum for the
future generations. Son-in- law of Harpal Singh, Tejinder Ahluwalia, has appealed
to the makers of the car to preserve it.
