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Rain Pain
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4,000 traffic cops out till 3 am
Delhi waterlogged till morning
Rain Toll
CM, Mayor apologise
11 die in wall collapse due to rains
Noida Metro work goes on as per schedule
Buy cheaper dals at Delhi govt outlets
Assembly Poll
Electrician, aide in police net for Green Park robbery
They called Tendulkar, Saurav ‘dulhans’
Man charred as car catches fire
Delhi woman commits suicide
Farmer robbed of Rs 10 m
5 arrested for marketing expired drugs
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Rain Pain
New Delhi, July 28 Mayor Kanwar Sain defended the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as he refused to admit that waterlogging was caused due to the civic body’s incapability to desilt drains. He claimed the MCD had already desilted 98 per cent drains that flow into the Yamu na. The Mayor said waterlogging was due to the constructions being carried out by the Delhi Metro and other civic
agencies. This prevents water from flowing to drains, he said.
North and north west Delhi saw waterlogging due to the crack on the western Yamuna canal. Almost every body in the city had a harrowing time last night. Many encountered massive jams and waterlogging and were forced to walk home as public transport, except the Metro, was not operating after 9 p.m. The situation worsened due to power-cuts. The traffic police manually handled the traffic as most traffic lights went off. At many places, office-goers and commuters were stranded for hours — waiting for three-wheelers or buses. Women working in private sector companies were caught unawares as several areas were under knee-deep water. Many cars broke down that slo rther. Three-wheelers were the worst hit. Bipin Das of Lajpat Nagar said water entered his car parked at MCD authorised parking in central Delhi. Some normalcy was restored at IGI Airport this morning. Meanwhile, the MCD started the cleaning exercise this morning. The corporation’s zonal commissioners have been directed to visit the affected sites in their areas and do the needful. The civic body received over 200 complaints of waterlogging, 18 of fallen trees and 15 of building/ structure collapse. It was only in the wee hours today that roads could be cleared of the traffic jams. NH-8 that connects Dhaula Kaun to Gurgaon and Jaipur was the worst hit. Ring Road and Outer Ring Road were choked with vehicles. Sarai Kale Khan and the road turning to Noida were also badly choked. While, the one connecting Faridabad was a nightmarish experience for Inderjit Puri, a resident of NIT Faridabad. He said, “I reached home at around 2 a.m.” The Vasant Kunj-Munirka stretch saw jams for kilometers, which choked the way to airport. Roads leading to India Gate were badly hit. People were seen pushing cars to reach their destinations. Patel Chowk, ITO, Mathura Road, Nizamuddin bridge, AIIMS, Patel Nagar, Khanpur, Lado Sarai, Naraina, Andheria More, South Extension, Ashram, Raja Garden, Najafgarh Road, Jungpura and Saket witnessed heavy waterlogging . Points to note |
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4,000 traffic cops out till 3 am
New Delhi, July 28 “Some of our men were working till 3 in the morning and after taking rest for just few hours were back on duty,” said a senior Delhi traffic police official while recounting last nights ordeal. According to him, the senior most officials from the joint commissioner (traffic) to district DCPs were up instructing and monitoring the situation till late night when the situation improved. The policemen managing the traffic in knee-deep water with pants folded up held the municipal departments responsible for their woes. “We have been trained to manage traffic on road, not water. However, yesterday night was an experience in itself. Thanks to the municipal department, only if they had done their job properly,” said a traffic policeman in lighter vain. His other colleague, however, was not so charitable in his remarks and blamed the whole mess to civic agencies. “Press and public get after the police on slightest mistakes. Nobody catches these thieves sleeping in the MCD and NDMC,” said he.
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Delhi waterlogged till morning
New Delhi, July 28 Traffic lights were not working in several key areas and long power cuts seemed to be the order of the day, the morning after 126 mm of rainfall on Monday evening almost submerged the city and its suburbs. Traffic snarls were seen at places like Dhaula Kaun, Minto Road, Moolchand flyover, where the underpass was still waterlogged, Badarpur and parts of east Delhi connecting Noida and Ghaziabad. Many underpasses were completely waterlogged, resulting in complete chaos on the arterial Ring Road. The flooding of the Moolchand underpass resulted in traffic piling up to Sarai Kale Khan on one side and the Africa Avenue crossing on the other, each about four km away. “I have an important meeting scheduled with foreign delegates and I started an hour early for my office in Noida so that I can reach on time,” said Raj Verma, a manager with an IT company. The rainfall has brought down the minimum temperature by three notches to 23.6 degrees Celsius. The humidity rose to 100 per cent on Tuesday morning. — IANS |
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Rain Toll
New Delhi, July 28 A call was received at around 12:15 am by the fire department that said a house was flooded with water after the rains and the residents were trapped inside. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and after several hours firemen were able to gush out the water from the house. The minor girl was discovered unconscious and rushed to
AIIMS, where she was declared brought dead. In another incident, a 36-year-old man identified as Nadeem was electrocuted in Mori Gate after he came in contact with an electric pole.
Nadeem, a resident of Gupta Colony, came in contact with the pole around 9.20 pm and was rushed to nearby hospital where he died. In another rain-related incident, seven shops were gutted in a fire in INA market in south Delhi due to short-circuit around 4.45 p.m. No one was injured in the accident. Furthermore, in a separate incident, three persons suffered injuries when a wall collapsed in Sangam Vihar due to the heavy downpour. The fire brigade said it was flooded with calls as the city witnessed heavy showers with over 100 denizens approaching with complaints ranging from water logging to short-circuit. |
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CM, Mayor apologise
New Delhi, July 28 Tousands of people were hit as traffic halted on many key roads. “I apologise to the people for the inconvenience. But on the other hand, people should be happy as poor rainfall in the region was a worry for all of us,” said Dikshit She blamed the MCD for the chaos. “They need to tell us what they have done as they are responsible for civic facilities.” But Sain claimed the MDC was prepared for rains but said the Metro work added to the problems
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11 die in wall collapse due to rains
Noida, July 28 The wall is part of the house of a Congress leader in the village. On getting the information about the accident, police force from Noida’s two police stations along with senior police officers reached the site and started rescue and relief work. A number of persons were believed to have been trapped under the debris. |
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Noida Metro work goes on as per schedule
Noida, July 28 Stairs and escalators are being put in place here. After Zamrudpur mishap, the cracks in cantilevers of pillars in Noida section have created misgivings in the mind of Noida public also. It may be recalled that DMRC had earlier fixed a target of June 30 for the Metro run in Noida which was later postponed to September-end. Then DMRC announced that it would start its Noida service by October 1 this year and the work was progressing apace with this target in view. But now, DMRC chief, E. Shreedharan has advanced the trial run to August. Though some engineers on site said that advancing could affect the quality of work. Even now electric poles are being fixed on sick line between Sector-16 and Sector-18, while cable conductors are yet to be fixed in a number of places on the track.
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Buy cheaper dals at Delhi govt outlets
New Delhi, July 28 Sale of pulses from these 80 outlets across Delhi would begin on Wednesday from 9.30 am. The outlets will function till 5 pm on all days of week, she announced. Briefing the media to mark the formal launch of the retail outlets, the Chief Minister said her government was committed to provide relief to the ‘aam
admi’, including housewives. She also appreciated the role of the Delhi dal and besan Mills Association and Delhi Grain Market Association for their approach in giving shape to the open sale of pulses which were being sold in market at higher prices.
Dikshit added that 1 kg of chana dal would be available at Rs 34, moong dal at Rs 58, urad dal at Rs 49 and arhar dal at Rs 75. Anyone can purchase desired quantity of pulses from the outlets and there was no need of ration cards, the CM said. Arrival of
foodgrains, fruits and vegetables in Delhi was being closely monitored and immediate remedial measures were being taken in case any irregularity is noticed. The government would try to control the rising prices of the commodities as soon as possible, said the CM. |
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Assembly
Poll
Faridabad, July 28 Rana today said that the decision to convene the sammelan at Karnal on August 21 was taken at a meeting of the executive committee of the sabha at its office headquarters here, a couple of days ago. Giving details of the meeting of the executive committee, he said that the Karnal assembly will also adopt a resolution urging all the parties to give tickets to members of the Rajput community. According to him, the number of Rajput voters in Haryana is about 10 lakh. The sabha expressed concern that in spite of such a big chunk of the state’s population, there were only four MLAs from the community, three of the Congress and one of the INLD, in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Rana urged the ruling Congress to give at least six tickets to the Rajput community in the coming election. According to him, Mahendragarh, Ateli Mandi, Faridabad, Prithla, among others, are the places where the community will stake claim for ticket from the Congress. The sabha warned that in the coming election, the community will take tough stance by putting up nominees as independents where it constitutes the second largest in terms of vote bank, in case the parties deny them the ticket. The sabha regrets that the community got a raw deal from the Congress, the INLD and the BJP in the last Lok Sabha election. It also demanded, especially from the Congress, to give nomination to one member of the community in the Rajya Sabha from Haryana.
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Electrician, aide in police net for Green Park robbery
New Delhi, July 28 The breakthrough came within 24 hours of the robbery that took place on Sunday night around 10 pm from the office of Macawber Vee Kay Pvt. Ltd., a dealer in ash handling equipment situated at Green Park Extension. The two robbers had opened the locker of the office through the digital code and had decamped with Rs 91 lakh. According to the police, the mastermind of the robbery was an electrician of the company, Satish Gupta (31), who engaged his brother-in-law Virender Gupta (32) and his two associates to do the job. Satish and Virender have been arrested, while their accomplices — Firoz and Shukeen— are absconding. According to HGS Dhaliwal, DCP (south), Satish was always under suspicion because it was clear that somebody who knew the digital code had helped in opening the safe. All employees of the company, including security guard Vinod and Satish, who were present on the spot at the time of the incident, were interrogated. “Several contradictions surfaced during the examination of these two employees. Vinod said he was present inside the kitchen when two persons started hitting him with a rod and Satish was no where around at that time. However, Satish could not satisfactorily reply as to why he did not raise an alarm as he must have got sufficient time when the robbers were engaged with the guard,” said Dhaliwal. Through the accountant of the company Rajiv Aggarwal, the police learnt that there was a strong possibility that Satish might have the knowledge of the digital code of the safe. When interrogated, Satish initially denied his involvement, but later broke down and accepted. He said he had become greedy after he saw huge cash in the electronic safe. “They had involved Shaukeen and Firoz by promising to give them for Rs 3 lakh each. They were given their share after the robbery. Remaining Rs 83 lakh was recovered from Virender Gupta who was arrested from Khoda Colony in Ghaziabad last night,” said DCP Dhaliwal.
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They called Tendulkar, Saurav ‘dulhans’
New Delhi, July 28 Opposing the bail plea of the six Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists, public prosecutor Anita Hooda showed to additional sessions judge Pinki a bunch of emails which revealed the secret code language. The e-mails were allegedly part of communication between terrorists in India and other countries. The decision on the bail plea was not announced today. All six terrorists are behind bars since 2001 for allegedly conspiring to kidnap the cricketers. Their aim, according to the prosecution, was to demand two HuJI operatives — Nasarullah Langrial and Abdul Rahim—then lodged in Indian jails, in lieu of the kidnapped cricketers. Narrating the plot, Anita Hooda said "daadi maa ka ghar" was the code name for India, while "market" was the name used for Bangladesh and "dulhan" referred to the hostages. Hooda read out retrieved texts of e-mails to prove that these accused were all part of the conspiracy and were in constant touch with each other through internet. The next hearing of the case is on August 30.
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Man charred as car catches fire
New Delhi, July 28 “We received a fire call at around 1 a.m. that an Accent car had caught fire. One fire truck was rushed to douse the flames. Two persons were traveling in the car. Of them one is dead while the other is recuperating in a hospital,” said a fire official. The cause of fire is not yet clear. Biker dies in mishap A biker died was killed at Aya Nagar in Mehrauli last night. The victim Saroj Ahmed was on his bike when he hit a Metro crane in Aya Nagar. “The accident took place at around 12 a.m. Saroj was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Center where he was declared brought dead,” said a police official. |
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Delhi woman commits suicide
New Delhi, July 28 “We received a call from hospital. Her husband had brought her there after she hanged herself. We have not recovered any suicide note from Rajiya and statement of her husband is yet to be taken,” said the police. Rajiya had tied the knot with Javed around seven and half years ago and is survived by two daughters. “We are yet studying what IPC should we impose in the matter, as Rajiya did not leave any suicide note and more than seven years have passed after their marriage,” said the police. Meanwhile, Rajiya’s family members told the reporters that Javed used to demand dowry and they had complained against him to the local police a number of times.
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Farmer robbed of Rs 10 m
Greater Noida, July 28 “When their jeep came out of the town, unidentified criminals in an Esteem car overtook and forced their jeep to stop. The assailants opened fire, in which Chhatar Singh’s brother-in-law Vinod sustained injuries,” said a police official. “The criminals raided the jeep and snatched a bag containing Rs 1 crore and fled,” he added. Vinod was later taken to a local hospital where his condition is stated to be stable. “We have registered a case and are trying to nab the criminals,” SP Surendra Verma said. — IANS |
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5 arrested for marketing expired drugs
Noida, July 28 Kunal, Anil, Jahid Ali, Ikramuddin and Abdul Hakim were arrested with the drugs. “They have confessed to have been marketing expired drugs. They sourced these drugs from a factory and used to sell it to dealers,” said a police official.
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