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Residents’ pleas for water fail to wash with DLF management
Gurgaon, February 27
After coughing up a fortune for their dream house in the much-hyped DLF City, some of its residents are reeling under acute shortage of potable water.
The affected residents, considered to be among the high-heeled sections of the society, wonder about their plight on the water front in summer as they are at their wits end on the issue even during this time of the year.
Only one water sample in Delhi meets norms
New Delhi, February 27.
Out of the 120 samples of water collected from various areas in Delhi, only one sample met the minimum standards set by EPA (United States’ Environment Protection Agency). Some of the areas like
Rohini, Patparganj, Karol Bagh and Connaught Place are supplied with water containing 1000
pm of total dissolved solids
(TDS) and over 350 ppm hardness.
Shamianas, building materials dot roads
Sonepat, February 27
Come marriage season, roads and streets become private property. People erect shamianas in front of their houses even if the chosen spot is in the middle of the road. Other social functions also make people encroach on the roads, even if temporarily. On top of it is the blatant misuse of public roads and land by private as well as government contractors who dump their building materials on the roads.
Minister suggests ways to improve power sector
Faridabad, February 27
The Principal Secretary to the Union Power Minister, Mr B K Panigrahi has called for improvement in transmission and distribution network to tackle the problem of power shortage in the country.
PHD schemes to improve water supply in Sonepat
Sonepat, February 27
The Public Health Department has completed the construction of the waterworks in Sector 23, a residential colony of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), under the long-term water supply scheme costing Rs 4.10 crore. This is supposed to improve the water supply in areas falling in the west of the railway line in the city.
Cong leader calls for Hooda’s resignation
Rohtak, February 27
Holding the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, responsible for the party’s defeat in the recent by-election at Yamunanagar, a former minister, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, has sought his resignation from the presidentship on moral grounds.
Simian nuisance in Faridabad colonies
Faridabad, February 27
The residents of some of the urban sectors here are in the grip of simian menace. Reports of the terror unleashed by the monkeys have become common, especially from some of the areas. One of the victims has been a five-month-old baby who was bitten by a monkey in Sector 17, residential colony of Huda.
‘Bhoomi pujan’ for ancient temple
Rewari, February 27
Following the accomplishment of the Bhoomi pujan (site worship) ceremony pertaining to the reconstruction of the ancient historical Siddhashwar Mahadev Temple in Jiwali Bazar near Dholia Kuan here on Monday, Mr G L Paul, a noted social worker laid its foundation.
NCR BRIEFS
2,043 cases of power thefts detected
Rohtak, February 27
The Uttar Haryana Bijlee Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has detected 2,043 cases of power thefts in the district during a special drive last month.
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr T. K. Sharma, said that the UHBVN had launched a special drive against consumers involved in stealing power. The department had, in January, checked as many as 34,031 consumers.
- Child killed in mishap
- Labourer buried alive
- Scooterist killed
- Ad hoc employees
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Dharna against house tax
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Wheat diverted
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Thief beaten up
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Two assaulted
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One dies in mishap
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Holy dip
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