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Rain pains Bandhan celebrators
BJP protests food scheme
Metro services hit on Line 3 due to insulator snag
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Sexually abused minor rescued
Man killed as bus rams into bike
Property dealer shot dead
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Rain pains Bandhan celebrators
New Delhi, August 20 Vehicles moved at a snail's pace in north and south Delhi due to clogged drains that resulted in roads getting waterlogged. Lighting and thunder were reported from some parts of north Delhi. Traffic was badly affected on the Ring Road stretch from Moolchand (south Delhi) to Dhaula Kuan (around 10 km) due to the downpour, said a traffic police officer. Commuters who were rushing to their destinations to celebrate the festival were left high and dry due to the showers. "Traffic jams are the same story every year. It is better to send 'rakhis' by post or online," said Neerja of south Delhi. "It is just a 15-minute ride from the Metro station to my home, but I have been stuck in the traffic for over an hour. The worst is the waterlogged roads which created mess on the roads and the traffic came to standstill throughout the city," said Naresh Kumar of Outram Lines in north Delhi. Since the arrival of monsoon, the Capital has received 650 mm of rainfall, 44 per cent above the average. Yesterday, the maximum temperature was recorded a notch below average at 32.6° C while the minimum temperature was 26.3° C, average for this time of the year. |
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BJP protests food scheme
New Delhi, August 20 Protesting against the Food Security Scheme at Talkatora Stadium, Delhi unit chief of the BJP Vijay Goel said with this scheme, the entitlement of the foodgrain has been reduced as a matter of fact. The party demanded that there should be adequate increase in the entitlement under the scheme so that the poor and lower income groups are not adversely affected. The protestors carried placards and raised slogans about the skyrocketing prices and inflation under the Congress rule. On the occasion, former state president Vijender Gupta, MLAs Jagdish Mukhi, Ramesh Bidhuri, general secretaries Shikha Rai and Jai Prakash were also present. Goel said, "The prices of onion have skyrocketed and they continue to soar notwithstanding the claims of the Congress. Instead of criticizing the BJP for providing onion at affordable prices to the common people, the Chief Minister should sack her Food and Civil Supplies Minister for his performance which has cost the common man dearly. The Chief Minister should stop making hollow claims and do something to bring down the prices of onion." "Why is there no crackdown on hoarders? Why the Congress-led UPA government is continuing with the export of onion?" he asked. |
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Metro services hit on Line 3 due to insulator snag
New Delhi, August 20 "The services were disrupted from 12.40 pm to 2 pm due to a problem in an insulator located on the overhead electrification poles near the RK Ashram Metro station," said Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Corporate Communications executive director Anuj Dayal. It is the second time in five days since August 16 that an insulator has failed on Line 3. "Prima facie, it is a design defect in these insulators," Dayal added. Thousands of commuters were left stranded on the station due to the unprecedented delay. Passengers travelling on the route are also frustrated about frequent recurrence of the snag. To rectify the problem, the DMRC has decided to provide sealant at all the existing insulators as a short-term measure and plans to replace insulators as a permanent solution. "There are about 2,776 insulators falling between the RK Ashram and Dwarka Metro stations which are being attended during the night hours after the closure of the train services," Dayal said. However, the DMRC will be able to replace only 25 insulators per night as the time available to work on such activities is about three to four hours, he said. In urban Mass Rapid Metro operations, overhead electric supply poles are located at a distance of 40 m with two insulators on each overhead electrification mast. Thus, the Metro electrical engineers will have to locate the faulty insulator after checking all the insulators in that particular section. The insulators used in Line 3 are made up of Ethyl Venyl Acetate, which was the prevalent technology when these insulators were installed. However, for the recent Metro corridors, insulators with silicon rubbers have been used, which are much advanced over the earlier technology and the likelihood of such faults occurring on this type of insulators is less. |
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Sexually abused minor rescued
New Delhi, August 20 The victim is a class nine student. She was allegedly kidnapped by her friends on October 29. Her parents reported the matter to the police the next day, but the officers were unable to gather information about the victim. The girl was traced when she made a phone call to her mother on August 2. She informed the police, who traced the number to Darjeeling. "A police team rushed to Darjeeling on August 6 and rescued the girl on August 9. She was brought to Delhi and reunited with her family last week," said a police officer. The team also arrested a woman named Noorjahan on grounds of human trafficking. According to the police, she had paid Rs 8 lakh for the girl. The girl said that after her friends allegedly kidnapped her, they confined her to several locations in Delhi and NCR. They allegedly raped her in these locations. She was sold to a woman in Delhi who was running an interstate prostitution racket. The girl was then sold to Noorjahan, who has a wide network of human trafficking in Delhi, Mumbai and West Bengal. She was planning to sell the girl to a client in Saudi Arabia. A case under section 363 (kidnapping) of the IPC was registered at the Hazrat Nizamuddin police station. |
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Man killed as bus rams into bike
New Delhi, August 20 He had married eight months ago. His family said that he had left his home to purchase a gift for his sister for the Raksha Bandhan
festival. "Ankit was near Roshanara Road Market when a DTC low-floor non-AC bus hit his motorcycle at about 11 pm," a police officer said. He fell down and
sustained serious injuries. He was bleeding profusely while being taken to a nearby hospital. Doctors there declared him dead. Meanwhile, locals who had gathered at the accident site caught the bus driver and informed the police. A case was registered under the relevant
provisions of the Indian Penal Code at the Sabzi Mandi police station. |
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Property dealer shot dead
New Delhi, August 20 According to the police, Jai was on the first floor of the house when two men on a motorcycle came to meet him at about 7.45 pm. When Gupta reached the ground floor of his house, he became involved in an argument with the assailants. The two men allegedly opened indiscriminate firing and fled from the scene of crime. Gupta sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the attack. His son, Manoj, rushed to help him after hearing the commotion. Locals informed the police. Gupta was taken to the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital in Jahangirpuri in a police control room. Doctors there declared him dead. A murder case has been registered at the Rani Bagh police station. The police suspect that the attack was carried out over personal enmity. They are yet to make any arrests. |
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