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With bamboo classrooms, space crunch hits DU
Metro prepares for Games rush
Delhi Diary |
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French to Indian languages dictionaries planned
Mission Convergence head gets Stree Shakti Puraskar
3 held for Vasant Kunj factory robbery
Stereos from 20 cars stolen in Gurgaon
Restaurant, huts gutted in Noida
Cab robbed in Noida
Encroached land worth crores freed in Noida
Class X girl goes missing
Song for women
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With bamboo classrooms, space crunch hits DU
New Delhi, March 7 While the admission process for 2010-11 is about to begin in a few months, none of university’s colleges has space to take in extra students who would come in through the increased OBC quota this year. “There were quite a few colleges which were creating extra infrastructure to accommodate the additional rush, but none of the buildings is ready,” said sources in the administration. Sources said many colleges had already passed their deadlines and their college buildings would be ready only by the second semester of the next year. “There is absolutely no space for the hostels, right now the colleges are concentrating on building extra classrooms,” said the sources. Colleges like Hindu and Hans Raj College have been working on building special girls’ hostels on their premises for years. Both these colleges situated on the north campus are now giving an excuse that there was no space to start construction on. “They have been talking about constructing a girls’ hostel for last five years. The process of constructing it has already started and now no one knows where it will go,” said Natasha Narwal, MA student from the college. Ramjas College on the north campus accommodated girl students by vacating one of the boys’ wings in the hostel last year. A similar step was taken by St. Stephen’s College. College buildings like St. Stephen’s and Miranda House have been given a heritage status and so permission has to be sought from the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to introduce any addition to the existing structure. Last year, 7,000 new seats were added to the undergraduate courses and the university administration had to ask the college authorities to construct temporary structures to hold classes in. One doesn’t need to take permission from the MCD to build the bamboo classrooms. So many colleges like Maharaja Agarsen, Gargi College and Sri Venkateswara constructed these classrooms last year. From the coming academic year, total 27 per cent OBC reservation would be implemented in the university where at present, there are some classes with 200 students enrolled in them. Meanwhile, there are reports that money to construct extra infrastructure has already been released by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
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Metro prepares for Games rush
New Delhi, March 7 The stadium Metro station will have five entry and exit structures so that people can access the station easily and extra staircases of much wider width were being provided so that more public can be accommodated easily, said Anuj Dayal, spokesperson, DMRC. The staircase width which is normally 2.4 metres wide will be as wide as 4.25 metres at JLN Stadium Metro station to accommodate the extra rush. There will also be four escalators connecting the concourse with the platform. The station will cater to 4000 passengers per minute in peak time and has been designed to accommodate a total traffic flow of 80,000 persons per hour with a platform area of 1800 square metres. There will be twenty Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) gates instead of eight gates normally provided at most stations. The Operations Department of the DMRC is preparing a special plan and procedure for clearance of commuters who will be coming for the opening and closing ceremony by metro trains, with high frequency of metro trains to ensure very fast clearance at the platform to avoid crowding during the ceremony. Volunteers will be posted by the DMRC to assist passengers at all the important points of the station such as the AFC gates, escalators, platforms and entry and exit points where first time metro users may face difficulty. “A special control room will be established at the station from where public announcements will be controlled and LED signs will be displayed for guidance of passengers,” said Dayal. Railings will be installed for guidance of passengers and extra lighting will be installed inside the station for good visibility. The DMRC will also have special coordination with the Delhi Metro Police and CISF to ensure adequate security for the public. Delhi Metro will provide easy metro connectivity to 10 out of 11 venues of the Commonwealth Games 2010, i.e., Games Village, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi University, Thyagaraj Complex, Siri Fort Sports Complex, National Stadium, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Talkotora Indoor Stadium, Yamuna Sports Complex and R K Tennis Complex.
1 million potted plants for beautification The Delhi government’s forest department today announced to provide one million potted plants at appropriate places during the Commonwealth Games. This was decided at a meeting of the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) that has cleared six projects, including that of plotted plants. The projects are worth Rs 50 crore. The Commonwealth Games is an opportunity for the city which will help the government prepare a beautiful city with modern infrastructure. The area around the Games venues and roads will have a soothing fragrance of colourful flowers during the Games, said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The committee has approved a proposal of the forest department to make available one million potted plants worth Rs 7.5 crore. An amount of Rs 16.56 crore has been sanctioned for improvement of footpaths at various roads under PWD Zone-1. The committee has sanctioned Rs 9.42 crore for modification of various roads under the PWD zone. It has also been decided to upgrade and beautify national highway (NH)-1 road from Sanjay Gandhi Nagar T-point to Wazirabad Chowk with Rs 10.97 crore. An amount of Rs 7.68 crore has been sanctioned for road-marking with thermoplastic paint and street furniture on roads under PWD zone M-1 and M-2.
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Delhi Diary
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 has brought many minority bodies on one platform to oppose certain aspects of the law. At a discussion held recently under the aegis of the Delhi Commission for Minorities, many educationists from different minority groups claimed that the Act would affect the independence of their institutions. The Act will come into force on April 1, 2010. They said the Act in its present form would force them to choose 75 per cent members of the management committee from parents of the students. Also, a certain number of poor students would have to be given admission and provided with free education. Both the conditions would affect them adversely, they said. It is not clear, though, whether they have been able to make their voices heard where it matters the most. Some politician!
A lot of political action is being witnessed these days in East Delhi areas which have a large population of migrants, and one can see many hoardings and posters glorifying the leadership credentials of aspiring politicians of all hues. But one such publicity drive has ended up embarrassing its organisers. Akhil Bhartiya Tyagi Bhumihar Sanstha, which claims to represent these two castes, and its president, S Tyagi, had prominently displayed a banner near Laxmi Nagar Metro station announcing that he has also been a former Lok Sabha contestant (Purv Lok Sabha pratyashee). It was as if that fighting an election for Tyagi was as good as wining it. Local residents say that Tyagi was a butt of jokes for weeks before good sense prevailed on him recently and he made the necessary omission. Hockey
challenged sports fans
When our otherwise cricket-crazy sports fans landed up at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium to watch the crucial World Cup match between India and Australia, they were at a loss for words literally when it came to cheering the Indian team and jeering the rivals. Many young spectators shouted "chauka-chhakka" every time an Indian player got hold of the ball. Some boys wearing "Cricket India" T-shirts shouted "lovely shot" often and had no qualms about giving Aussie players names like Ricky Ponting as they made noises. And then there were some who managed a nap in the middle of this event! Security
blues for Delhiites
So tight, vast and cumbersome is the security ring around hockey players participating in the World Cup and at the National Stadium where the matches are played that Delhiites are wondering how their lives would be when the Commonwealth Games kick off in October on a much larger scale. The National Stadium has been turned into a fortress, with close to 19,000 police officials deployed within a two-mile radius. Armed guards, snipers, sniffer dogs and commandos patrol the area and you will curse yourself if you happen to drive through the almost-jammed roads leading to the venue. The Commonwealth Games will have 17 competition venues spread across Delhi and one wonders how the Delhi government and the organizers would manage to minimize the hardship to the residents. Guard pays for police goof
Akhilesh Sharma, a security guard with a private firm in Ghaziabad, is a much disturbed man these days. The Delhi police directory has mistakenly listed his mobile number under the name of one VS Chandel, who happens to be an SHO of a busy police station. Sharma says he receives numerous calls every day from people ranging from liquor contractors to hotel owners to, at times, police officers. Most of them hang up on him after being told of his identity as if he was the one to blame. His agony increased manifold recently when a body was recovered from the SHO's area. Many journalists cursed him, thinking it was the SHO's trick to hoodwink them. Now he wants to gift his SIM to Chandel to buy peace. (Contributed by Syed Ali Ahmed, Kumar Rakesh, Akhila Singh, Himani Chandel, Sandeep Yadav) |
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French to Indian languages dictionaries planned
New Delhi, March 7 A five-day workshop of scholars in these Indian languages, who also teach French across the country, has been convened from tomorrow on the campus. Monique Slodzian, French professor at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, which is the only university in France teaching Indian languages there, will deliver the keynote address. The speaker, Slodzian also taught Russian, Translation and Terminology, a specialised field of translation practices, and created a Centre of Multilingual Engineering. As part of the workshop, she will deliver lectures on ‘Lexicography: Art and Profession’, ‘Terminology, Exploring History and Changes’, ‘Terminology today: Problematics and Practices’, ‘WordNet, a thesaurus for English language, a semantic model for all languages’ and ‘Multilingualism, A New Vision for Traditional Applications’. Three veteran academics in foreign language mechanics and linguistics, Sangeeta S. Thakral and JNU’s former rector Kapil Kapoor, Professor of English and Linguistics and Jagannathan, former IGNOU linguist attached to the School of Humanities (SOH) will also join Slodzian to develop the lexicography in the above languages.
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Mission Convergence head gets Stree Shakti Puraskar
New Delhi, March 7 The Stree Shakti Puraskar is given by the union government to women for their exceptional work in the field of women’s empowerment. Rashmi Singh has devoted most of her time to women’s causes since she had joined civil services. Her name was nominated for the award by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and chief secretary Rakesh Mehta. |
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3 held for Vasant Kunj factory robbery
New Delhi, March 7 On February 25, a case was registered in the Vasant Kunj police station that on the intervening night of February 24 and 25, three armed person came and forcibly broke open the factory gate at Ghitorini and looted 38 cartons of dispensing valve. The complainant told the police that three persons who were armed with knives attacked the factory in the wee hours. They overpowered the guards and tied them. After tying them, they looted 38 cartons of dispensing valves and fled. A team was constituted to investigate the case and on March 3, a trap was laid and the police apprehended one person identified as Miraz. On sustained interrogation, he disclosed that he used to purchase goods at cheaper rate. On his information, looted goods worth Rs 10 lakh were recovered. Subsequently, a raid was conducted at village Ghitorini where the other three persons – Amit, Rohit and Sunny were nabbed, said deputy commissioner of police (south district) H G S Dhaliwal. Investigation of the case is in progress and efforts are being made to apprehend other persons and effect further recoveries, the official added. |
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Stereos from 20 cars stolen in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 7 “There is no eyewitness as the residents got to know about the thefts on Sunday morning when the cleaner come to clean the cars. He informed the residents and people checked their cars. The thieves had cut the window glass and stolen stereos from almost 20 cars parked outside,” said a senior police officer today. Residents blamed lack of security in the area for the incident. They claimed that last year too such cases were reported. The residents complained that there is hardly any patrolling by police in the area. “The guard of the colony has not returned after Holi vacation and that might have prompted the thieves to target this area,” said Mukesh Jain, a resident of sector 15. “We all parked our vehicles in front of our houses but now the cars are not safe even there. Anyone can enter the colony and no one will ask you,” said Rajat Kumar, another resident of the area. — IANS
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Restaurant, huts gutted in Noida
Noida, March 7 According to Sector-2 fire station officer Abhay Bhan, a major fire broke out in the resto-bar on the first floor of the club after midnight Saturday. As the restaurant was closed, the fire was not detected. “Since the restaurant was full of heavy furnishings, which were inflammable, the fire spread quickly and gutted the entire 400 sq metre space,” he said. “As the building was air-conditioned, and hence airtight, the flames could not find passage outside and were only spotted by guards much later when they saw the flames through the window,” Bhan said. The fire office was informed about the blaze around 5.15 a.m. Four fire engines were immediately rushed to the spot and it took them about an hour to bring the fire under control, Bhan said, adding no one was injured in the accident. In the second fire, a woman and two children were injured when fire gutted makeshift shanties in the Sector 63 area. According to an official at Sector 58 fire station, about a dozen huts were destroyed when one of them caught fire due to a burning candle around 1 a.m. The fire quickly spread to other dwellings, destroying them. The injured woman and children were taken to the district hospital. Their condition was reported to be serious, the official said.—IANS
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Cab robbed in Noida
Noida, March 7 On the complaint of car owner Sanjiv Kumar Sharma, a robbery case was registered at Sector 58 police station today, said Ambesh Tyagi, deputy superintendent of police. |
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Encroached land worth crores freed in Noida
Noida, March 7 The value of land is worth crores of rupees. Authority secretary R.S.Chahar said, “One Sushil Kumar and another person had constructed pucca structures at the authority land. Land was meant for development of market like Super Bazaar. The authority had constructed the boundary wall.” “Without the connivance of the authority officials, such construction cannot be constructed. We are inquiring the matter and identifying the staff involved. Strict action will be taken against him,” said Chahar. |
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Class X girl goes missing
Noida/New Delhi, March 7 Manish Kumar, resident of Z block Sector 12, said, “My daughter Madhu had gone to take examination at Central School Sector 24 on Friday. Till late last night, she did not return home. We searched her at all possible locations, but she could not be traced. I have lodged a missing person report at Sector 24 police station.” Sector 24 SHO, Babu Ram, said, “It appears some boy has enticed her into elopement. Her friends informed that she had taken the examination and saw her last going home from examination centre. We have launched a hunt for her.” A minor fire broke out at the Chawri Bazaar branch of the Punjab National Bank around 4:30 early this morning. Seven fire brigades were rushed to the spots, which took control over the spot by 5:20 am. The police told that no one was injured, however some important files and furniture got destroyed. Prima facie,shortcircuit to be the reason of the fire.— TNS |
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