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DSIIDC seeks to cut down 7,000 trees for EWS flats
Mother, three traffickers held for selling baby girl
Mother killed by father, alleges boy
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DU Job Fair Over 700 students offered jobs
Govt schools to get facelift
Countless children lose their innocence every day
Kalyan Samiti grants Rs 57 lakh to NGOs
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DSIIDC seeks to cut down 7,000 trees for EWS flats
New Delhi, June 12 The Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation (DSIIDC), the agency undertaking the project, has sought permission of the department of Forests and Wildlife to cut down around 7,000 trees which are coming under the proposed site of construction. Senior officials of the department said that the permission has not been granted so far and is kept on hold. "We have refused to give permission unless we do an on-site inspection to see the actual situation. We might reduce the number by bringing some changes in the plan," said Dr Suneesh Buxy, Conservator of Forests. He said that the department has scheduled a visit on June 22 for the inspection. The file has been moved to the Deputy Commissioner office in West Delhi. While objecting to the massive cutting down of the trees, the officials said that they had suggested to the DSIIDC to shift their site for construction of houses. "We wanted them to look for some alternative space, but they are insisting on choosing the same land," said Buxy. According to the rules of Forest Act, every tree cut down for any developmental project, it becomes mandatory for the authorities to plant ten trees. Generally, the trees are planted at far-off places on a land usually provided by the Delhi Development Authority, which the officials think would not solve the purpose. "Cutting down trees in a particular part of Delhi and planting them kilometres away will not balance the ecology even if it is ten times in number," explained Buxy. However, the DSIIDC is of the opinion that the trees will be planted around the colony which would enhance the greenery of
the area. The Delhi Government had promised 60,000 houses for the EWS before the Commonwealth Games under Rajiv Rattan Awas Yojna. Of these flats, only 15,000 have been constructed, which have not been allotted either. Another 7,000 were proposed to be built at
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Mother, three traffickers held for selling baby girl
New Delhi, June 12 Her child was born in February," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ravindra Yadav. Besides Khatoon, Tiwari, who belongs to Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, Sumit Sharma (28), a resident of GTB Enclave and Niharika (26) from Chattarpur and a resident of New Usmanpur were also arrested. The police were tipped off that a gang involved in human trafficking would try to sell a baby girl. A person was to come near Vinayak Restaurant in East Jyoti Nagar to strike the deal with the traffickers. "We sent a decoy customer to the accused to settle the deal with the racketeers for Rs 3 lakh. Sharma and Niharika were apprehended and the girl was recovered from them on May 1," said Yadav. Investigators learnt that the infant was procured by Tiwari from northeast Delhi. The police began searching for him, but he kept changing his hideouts. On June 5, Tiwari was arrested. He revealed that he procured the baby from Khatoon. She received Rs 25,000 while the remaining amount was yet to be given to her. On June 6, the police arrested Khatoon at the instance of Tiwari. In May 2012, Tiwari was working as a public relations officer at Kamla Devi Hospital in Loni, Ghaziabad. About four-five years ago, he became acquainted with Sharma, who was running Jeevan Jyoti Nursing Home in Shanti Nagar, Loni. "In April this year, Sharma asked Tiwari to search for a baby, which was to be given to a rich prospective buyer. He gave Tiwari good money for this work," said Yadav. The police are looking at the possibility of the accused's involvement in other similar offences. |
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Mother killed by father, alleges boy
New Delhi, June 12 She worked as a security guard at a shopping mall in Ghazipur. Her husband, Sanjay Kumar, lived with his father at his native place in Bihar's Vaishali district. In his complaint to the police, Tapas has stated that he with his mother and Hrithik had gone to attend a wedding at his native place in Bihar last month. His father met his mother there. Later, his father with another person met his mother to resolve some dispute. "My father arrived in Delhi on June 5 and started living with us. But not a single day passed without heated arguments between them," Tapas told the police. He also claimed that Sanjay broke Devi's mobile phone during an argument with her. Tapas said that after dinner on Sunday, he with Hrithik went on to the roof to sleep, as his parents were engaged in arguments. On Monday morning, when he went downstairs, he found his mother lying in a pool of blood under the bed. Sanjay was absconding. Tapas raised the alarm after which the police were informed. Devi was taken to the Lal Bahadur Shashtri Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to the police. The police said Kanti was hit on her head with a blunt object and possibly died instantly. A murder case has been registered at the Ghazipur police station on the basis of Tapas's statement. |
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DU Job Fair Over 700 students offered jobs
New Delhi, June 12 DUSU president Arun Hooda, said. "More than 700 job seekers have been given offer letters and shortlisted over the two-day event and the maximum recruitment was done by Convergys and ICICI Bank." The two-day event witnessed over 4,000 job seekers walking in to seek better paying jobs with some of the most renowned companies, including private firms and some government organizations, participating in the fair. Among the recruiters was also the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of India that was seen here for the first time. Representatives from the ministry could be seen counselling students about the civil service exams. Delhi Education Minister Kiran Walia complimented the DUSU on organising the fair. She said, "The initiative by DUSU is recommendable. The idea is to increase the job opportunity for students by providing a single platform where they will not only interact with employers but will also get an opportunity to interact with corporate dignitaries. They can have counselling sessions, and other requisite training to excel in a corporate atmosphere." |
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Govt schools to get facelift
New Delhi, June 12 "Under the scheme, the school buildings will
be repaired and upgraded up to the desired standards and the irresponsible and delinquent officials will be taken to task, if they do not fulfil their duty," said Prof Walia. The minister said the Directorate of Education has delegated its power to heads of the schools to incur a sizable
expenditure on the repair and upkeep of the buildings without any delay or on the
pretext of obtaining approval from the higher authorities. She was speaking while she was handing over 20 ceiling fans to the Principal of Government Girls Senior
Secondary School at Begampur for the ease of the students provided on behalf of the State Bank of India under the Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme. Under the scheme, the corporate houses are providing ceiling fans, water purifiers and water coolers and other facilities to the schools. The minister lauded the role of the corporate houses for coming
forward to upgrade the facilities in the schools under the Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme. |
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Countless children lose their innocence every day
New Delhi, June 12 Such an instance is that of an 11-year-old who was abducted from her native village in Assam and sold to a Delhi-based placement agency which engaged her as a domestic help when she was just seven in 2007. Going through her tearful narrative, she was raped and beaten on a number of occasions and what is worse is that even after the assault, her custody was handed over to a ring of traffickers masquerading as an NGO, said child rights activists of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), another NGO on whose tip-off a police team raided the house of the placement agency from where one more minor girl, originally from Bengal, was rescued yesterday. In similar operations, six other girls have been rescued during the last one week following BBA's complaints and undercover investigations. However, more than 100 such girls continue to be missing from Lakhimpur district in Assam, said activists working in the area. Such is the plight that many among them being brought here at an early age even fail to recall the names of their parents and village as it came to light during the raids conducted over the last one week. Nearly 108 children were rescued with the help of BBA from various locations in the city, including houses and industrial units. All this even as the Delhi High Court (DHC) has placed elaborate guidelines for regulating placement agencies to check trafficking of victims in 2010. But in the absence of any comprehensive action, the BBA again approached the court on the same matter in 2011. Following which the Delhi Government assured the DHC in a written submission that it will come up with a specific law for regulating the placement agencies. However, the government is still to finalise the Delhi Private Placement Agencies Bill 2012, said the activists. |
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Kalyan Samiti grants Rs 57 lakh to NGOs
New Delhi, June 12 Similarly, Deen Bandhu Sahayta Samiti was sanctioned Rs 3.50 lakh for setting up a computer centre, Cure International India Trust would get Rs 7.20 lakh to offer support to more children born with club-foot, Guru Nanak Garib Niwas Educational Society was sanctioned Rs 5 lakh for providing free education, meals and vocational training to the poor. Similarly, Shama-e-Ilm
Foundation would get Rs 5 lakh for providing vocational training to children belonging to the marginalized section of the society. "Dastkari Haat Samiti has been sanctioned Rs 7 lakh for its cultural activities during Akshara Exhibition. Bhoomika Creative Centre would get Rs 6 lakh for organizing Narendra Sharma Festival of Dance," said a senior Delhi government official. The Nav Yuvak Lok Kalyan Samiti would get Rs 6.50 lakh for improvement of its Eye Care Centre. People's Right and Social Research Centre would get Rs 3 lakh for providing mobile van for providing helping hand to the poor. |
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