India, Dec. 6 -- You begin to rise, a flutter stirring in your stomach born from equal parts impending adventure and the warm surge of air filling the balloon. The gentle gossamer lift has you floating above a landscape you've only glimpsed through the car window while marooned in Ashram traffic. Last week, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena flagged off the trial run of a hot-air balloon ride at Baansera Park. "The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has approval for four venues for hot-air balloon rides along the Yamuna. Initially, the operations will be for about two hours starting 4pm on the weekends," informs a DDA official. And Delhiites are ecstatic! "A hot-air balloon ride should offer a new point of view to appreciate the Delhi landscape. So far, we've only talked about the horrible Ashram traffic and that the Yamuna needs massive cleaning up (laughs). My friends and I are excited to do the ride," says Akshaya G Krishnan, a content writer. However, it seems that the rides are already running into problems before taking flights properly. Today, the Asita venue was expected to run operations; however, according to a source at DDA, the clearance from various government authorities were pending until Friday evening....