New Delhi, June 7
Five Assembly constituencies in Delhi have the lowest gender ratio of registration in electoral rolls, said senior officials of the Delhi State Election Commission.

The constituencies with the lowest ratio are found to be Tughlakabad (640), Sangam Vihar (668), Okhla (671), Chattarpur (700) and Badarpur (708).

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vijay Dev said that the female staff camps have been organized to encourage the gender ratio.

"We have focused on increasing this ratio. In 2012, special camps were organized in schools and colleges where 8.18 lakh registrants were enrolled," said Dev.

The commission has also taken action against 82 employees for non-performance. As many as 13 FIRs were registered for refusing work and involvement in bribery, nine were suspended and the rest issued show cause notice.

Plunging into action in preparation for the Assembly elections, the Election Commission will start the summary revision of rolls on July 1. Around 1,900 locations, including schools and colleges, have been identified for enrolling the names. Volunteers will be nominated as enrolment ambassadors for this mega exercise.

The summary revision is a significant campaign before the Assembly elections for inviting 'claims and objections' by publishing draft rolls which will be displayed at the office of the district election officers, electoral registration officers, voter centres and polling station buildings.

"We have appealed to nationalized political parties to appoint their booth-level agents well in time so that they can positively contribute to the revision process," he said.

Further, in the last 10 months about 55,000 duplicate electors have been removed from the electoral rolls.

An SMS service is also on the way by the CEO office to help people know about their constituencies.

"For the convenience of the citizens, we are developing an 'SMS search' facility for electors. To give shape to this initiative, we have recently corrected about 1.58 lakh duplicate Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers and about 9,000 deficient and incomplete numbers. People may be able to use this facility from July 1 onwards," said Dev. He said that since January 15 this year, another 4.5 lakh electors have been added. Till date, there are 1.12 crore electors in Delhi.

New Delhi, June 7
Keeping in view the ensuing Assembly elections, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Jai Prakash Agarwal has started ‘padyatra’ to woo the electorate.

This is the first step taken by the DPCC president after All-India Congress Committee vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked the partymen to work unitedly to bring the party back into power in Delhi.

Agarwal started padayatra from Chirag Dilli Temple and then went through the Harijan Mohalla before ending at the Dargah.

Agarwal was accompanied by spokesperson for DPCC Jitendra Kumar Kochar, block president Bhrampal Popal, Deepak Bharadwaj and Mahendra Singh.

The DPCC chief started the padayatra after offering prayers at the temple and a chaddar at the dargah. Thousands of Congress workers, carrying flags and banners, accompanied him.

During the yatra he told the gathering that the BJP, ruling all the three municipal corporations in the capital, was involved in corruption. Corruption in the corporations has touched a new high. All the three corporations are in appalling conditions, he said.

The Congress is the party of the poor and the toiling masses while the BJP was the party of rich and powerful people, he said.

The Congress is taking the path of development and progress, and has played a decisive role in the all-round development of Delhi, said the DPCC president.

New Delhi, June 7
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today started a crèche christened 'Aanchal' at its staff quarters in Shastri Park.

The creche was formally inaugurated by Mangu Singh, Managing Director DMRC, in the presence of senior directors of the company.

'Aanchal' will take care of the children in the age group of 2 to 12 years. It has been equipped with modern amenities like air-conditioned rooms, RO water, toys, microwave, double door refrigerator, washing machine, etc.

Set up for the children of Metro employees, this creche has been equipped with CCTV surveillance cameras fitted in all the rooms to monitor the children's movement.

"DMRC has started this facility on an experimental basis for the first time and this facility may be extended to other residential complex," said a spokesperson.

New Delhi, June 7
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today launched 50 advanced Centralised Ambulance Trauma Services (CATS) ambulances equipped with all the necessary appliances, including the life-saving devices and trained paramedics and drivers.

The total number of such ambulances has gone up to 151, out of which 21 are advanced life supporting, 10 are basic life supporting and 121 are patient-transporting ambulances.

Dikshit said that the ambulances can be requisitioned at the time of emergency while making calls on numbers 102 and 1099. The number of such free service ambulances has gone up from 101 to 151.

The ambulances would try to reach the site of emergency within the shortest possible time between seven and eight minutes and provide pre-hospital care at the site of emergency, said the Chief Minister.

"The ambulances would provide quick and safe transport to the patients or victims to the nearest facility. These ambulances will also provide transport to the victims of sexual offences. Each ambulance has TETRA sets with GPS facilities which would help in tracing the position of the ambulances and overcome the causes of delay," she said.

Health Minister AK Walia said that the department has appointed 129 new paramedics and 177 drivers. "The government has decided to further increase the fleet by adding 21 advanced life support, 10 basic life support ambulances during 2013-14," said Dr Walia. This will fulfil the need of patients and victims seeking emergency treatment.

The total number of calls attended during October 2012 to March 2013 was 59,835 which included 10,115 calls related to maternity emergency. Further, 29,735 patients were shifted to the nearest hospitals during October 2012 to March 2013.

New Delhi, June 7
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 70-year-old mother in Madhu Vihar, east Delhi.

According to the police, the accused has been identified as Pawan. A rape case has been registered against him. The incident took place on June 5.

"The accused was in an inebriated state when he raped his mother. The victim was also thrashed by the accused, when she tried to resist him," said a police official.

The police were informed about the incident and a case was registered. Pawan has been sent to judicial custody.

Meanwhile in another incident, a 52-year-old man allegedly attempted to rape a 25-year-old woman on the pretext of providing her a job in the Pandav Nagar area of east Delhi. The incident took place yesterday.

According to the police, the accused has been identified as Vijay. He was arrested following a complaint lodged by the victim.

"In the past, the victim had become acquainted with the accused. She was unemployed and the accused promised to help her in finding a job. He called her to his home to discuss about the job. The victim alleged that when she reached his home, he molested her and when she objected, he tried to rape her," said another police official. The victim escaped and approached the police.