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Platform change triggers stampede
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Negligence case filed against unknown persons
Metro upgrades cooling system
Hydraulic equipment to tackle fire in high-rises
Hotel Row: Singhal gets an earful from CM
Experts decontaminate Mayapuri
Teachers beaten for trying to
meet VC: DUTA
Docs advise pre-marriage testing for thalassaemia
Nizamuddin set to be a cultural hub of Delhi
Foreign couple held with
Rs 2-cr cocaine
Vehicle thieves led by armyman held
Two flats robbed
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Platform change triggers stampede
New Delhi, May 16 A two-year-old child named Sonam, was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital with head injury. She is fine and under observation for the next 24-48 hours. As per the LNJP authorities, a 35-year-old woman (Soni), a resident of Uttar Pradesh and a 10-year-old boy, yet to be identified, were brought dead to the hospital. “The kin of the deceased woman have been informed and her body has been sent for postmortem. The identity of the boy is yet to be ascertained,” said Dr Ajay Behl, the chief casualty medical officer and the head of the accident medicine of Lok Nayak. Around the same time, Sonam, whose father and uncle are at RML since the incident, was admitted to RML. “The child was disoriented when she was brought to us. She had head injury and so a CT scan was conducted, which came out to be normal. But, she would be kept under observation for another 24-48 hours,” said Dr T S Siddhu, the medical superintendent of RML. It is learnt that the child’s mother is one among those admitted to LNJP Hospital from where all were discharged around 8:15 pm. Dr Behl said that most of the patients have suffered soft tissue injuries around calf, ankle and X-rays were done which ruled out any possibility of fracture. Among those injured, five—Kanchan (30), Meenal (26), Anil Rai (30) Vimal Kumar (30) were from Bihar, two—Rekha (24) and Ravi Kumar (30) from UP and one Ashok Jha from Jharkhand. Amidst fingers being pointed out at the Railway’s mismanagement, in the evening a team headed by the Railway chairman S S Khurana visited the patients in the main casualty and said the tragedy was caused as passengers started running here and there.
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Negligence case filed against unknown persons
New Delhi, May 16 The case has been registered under sections 304 A (causing death due to negligence) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act that endangers lives of others) of IPC, a senior police official said. “We have registered the case against unknown persons,” a senior police official said. The case has been registered with the New Delhi police station. The police officials have kept the belongings of people recovered after the stampede as unclaimed. “People can come and claim their belongings which would be handed out to them,” said a police official. A 35-year-old woman and a young boy were killed and eight persons injured in a stampede triggered by a last-minute change in platforms for two trains at New Delhi Railway Station. The stampede occurred around 2:45 pm after an announcement was made about the change of platforms for the Delhi-Muzaffarpur Sapt Kranti Express and the Delhi-Bhagalpur Vikramsila Express. |
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mind their P’s and Q’s The Delhi government recently organised camps in Gurgaon for DTC’s drivers and conductors so that they could mind their P’s and Q’s during the Commonwealth Games. They were also taught basics of the English language as thousands of foreigners are expected to descend on the Capital to watch the mega event. Though auto drivers were not part of this exercise in manners, the government plans to start a personality building course for them as well. Officials say the huge task of teaching polite behaviour to Delhi’s infamously rude drivers and conductors is likely to be given to a private company. It will be a huge success, beamed an official connected with the exercise. A vacation of different kind for DU teachers
The stormy Academic Council meeting, which had gone for over 12 hours on Friday, ‘ended’ on a bizarre note. Vice-chancellor Deepak
Pental, who faced flak for radiation disaster, “ended” the meeting in a huff after midnight, but 16 elected members of the council accused him of not following the procedure. So, in their eyes, the meeting was not over yet. They spent the night at the meeting venue and the next day too, sleeping on the couches and gorging on the food supplied by DU Teachers’ Association, which has been bitterly opposing
Pental. Their claim that the AC meeting was not over might have few takers, but many of them seem to be enjoying their symbolic protests. The teachers had been busy for weeks organizing and taking part in protests concerning a host of issues and they also had to discharge their academic responsibilities. “Just too tired. It’s a sort of vacation,” an AC member said when asked when they plan to come out.
Recorder goes
mute in court
The prosecution was caught in a cleft stick the other day in Tis Hazari courts when a tape recorder, which had some incriminating evidence against underworld down Abu Salem, refused to play. Cops and media personnel were equally curious to hear Salem’s threatening baritone as the packed room court turned silent. And silent it remained until the judge wondered what was this ‘tamasha’ all
about. Rajat Nagarath, who is the complainant in this case, was most jittery as the technician fumbled with the recorder. The woman magistrate pulled up the prosecution as a thin smile appeared on Salem’s face. No sooner did she start wondering if she would have do adjourn the court so that the prosecution could get its recorder right than the damn thing began playing out, much to everyone’s relief. Special communities find a friend in art
Art has emerged as a way of respectful living for many communities, who are treated with contempt by the mainstream society members due to prejudices and unfounded beliefs widespread among us. Sexual workers, trans-genders, men-having-sex-with-men
(MSM), injecting drug users are those who are often denied the basic human rights promised to everybody by laws. Courtesy the power of art, these individuals, who have pledged support to “Art for Living” – not to be confused with NGO “Art of Living” – have got a platform to vent their feelings. Centre for Human Progress launched the exercise last week to what it calls explore art as a medium of empowerment against HIV/AIDS. Many of them created “Great Wall of Art”, a 130-ft-long and 5-ft-wide canvas filled with strokes on themes surrounding sexual rights of marginalised communities. The canvas is expected to find a place in an exhibition during the Commonwealth Games and is slated to travel to
Noida, Mumbai, Kolkata among other cities before World AIDS Day. (Contributed by Syed Ali Ahmed, Akhila Singh, Rashi
Agarwal, Ananya Panda) |
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Metro upgrades cooling system
New Delhi, May 16 “In view of the high temperatures in Delhi, the AC units of the Metro trains have been designed to function even when the outside temperature ranges between 48 and 58 degree Celsius for long durations,” the spokesman said. Besides, the air-conditioning system at the underground Metro stations will maintain a 27-degree Celsius ambient temperature, the official said. The AC units are computer-controlled and in case of any defect or malfunctioning in any one unit, it will be possible for other AC units to provide back-up flow of cold air. The train operators will be able to maintain the temperature levels in the coach and can adjust the temperature depending upon requirement. The AC units are equipped with self-diagnostic software to detect any fault, officials said. The AC units of each Metro train are checked on a daily basis before the trains leave the maintenance depot. The mercury has been shooting up since last week and on May 13, it touched 44.4 degree Celsius, breaking a four-year record for May. On April 22, when the temperature was well above the 40-degree mark, a record 10.90 lakh people travelled by Metro trains. Chief to join work today Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, who recently had a bypass heart surgery at Apollo Hhospital following a heart attack, will resume work from tomorrow. Sreedharan, 77, will attend the usual Monday meetings at Metro Bhawan after a month. “He is joining tomorrow after taking rest for over a month. He is perfectly fine now,” DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal said. Sreedharan underwent the surgery on April 9, a day after he suffered a heart attack. He was discharged fromhospital on April 15
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Hydraulic equipment to tackle fire in high-rises
Noida, May 16 Noida Authority chairman Mohinder Singh presented the keys of a hydraulic platform to SSP A.K. Singh who heads the fire department also. The hydraulic platform has been procured at Rs 3.75 crore. This platform will also perform a key role in Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr and Meerut districts, it is understood. This is reported to be the most modern platform of its kind. The platform will continue working even if its computer stops working. At a special function in Noida stadium, the chairman said the Noida skyline is changing. As multi-storeyed buildings are coming up, this new equipment will answer the purpose in case of a serious fire. SSP A.K. Singh said with the commissioning of this platform, a longstanding demand of the district police has been met. Director Vikram Mehta of the hydraulic company “Lift Make”, said the lift could take the firemen up to 32 metres or 100 ft and a weight up to 500 kg could be brought down in this lift. If takes this platform just two to five minutes to climb up to 100 ft. Fire officer A.K. Pandya said the machine will be tested twice a week and the staff of fire department will also be trained to use it properly.
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Hotel Row: Singhal gets an earful from CM
New Delhi, May 16 The minister allegedly started harassing the staff of the hotel after its officials insisted on checking his car when he had gone there to attend a function on Wednesday. Sources said that following the incident, inspectors from various departments, including Food Adulteration Department and Electrical, Labour and Health Department went to the hotel to check its compliance with government rules. They also lifted food samples and carried checking of electrical fittings, fire preparedness and implementation of labour laws. When Dikshit came to know about the inspections, she summoned the minister to her office and reprimanded him for allegedly harassing the hotel staff. The minister was not available for the comment even after repeated attempts. However, a spokesman of the minister said that when he had shown his identity card to them, they should have taken care of the minister.
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Experts decontaminate Mayapuri
New Delhi, May 16 On Saturday, residents of Mayapuri were called for a meeting and after which the national radiation regulatory body decided to initiate reexamination and decontamination of the area where last month radioactive sources in the form of Co-60 pencils were found. Due to radiation exposure one person succumbed while eight others were admitted to hospital with significant burn injuries. So, the attention of the government has shifted to the area again even though it had given a clean-chit to the scrapyard where the leak was actually due to a radioactive gamma cell auctioned as scrap by Delhi University’s chemistry department two months ago. |
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Teachers beaten for trying to
meet VC: DUTA
New Delhi, May 16 The Academic Council members have been on a sit-in outside the office of vice-chancellor Deepak Pental since May 13 against the ‘unilateral imposition’ of semester-based syllabi in undergraduate courses of the science department. Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) representatives today claimed that they were beaten by the security guards when they tried to meet Pental. “The members, including DUTA’s vice-president and treasurer were beaten up. We have bruises on our bodies,” DUTA president Aditya Narayan Misra told The Tribune. “We are not against the semester system per se, but we do not want it to be implemented in a hurry, and that is what is being done by the university administration. We are against the manner in which it is being imposed, and this will lead to chaos,” said Prof J Khuntia, member, AC. In a special meeting on Thursday, the AC had approved the courses to be implemented from session 2010-2011, but members say the decision was imposed by the vice-chancellor. The agitation started soon after the Academic Council meeting on May 13 during which Pental refused a debate on the revised syllabi of 12 courses and got it approved without any discussion, the members said. The vice-chancellor issued an appeal on Friday asking the agitating members to withdraw their protest. However, the Academic Council members have refused to end their stir. |
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Docs advise pre-marriage testing for thalassaemia
New Delhi, May 16 The only way is prevention that is by detecting thalassaemia minor, also called as carrier having trait of thalassaemia (TM1), especially before marriages, recommend doctors. In-charge of thalassaemia department of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, paediatrician Dr V K. Khanna, said, “Making screening of people for thalassaemia minor mandatory would be helpful in preventing births of thalassaemia majors as there is a high-risk that the trait would pass on to the baby.” Recommending screening of thalassaemia carriers before as well as after marriage, during early pregnancy, Dr Khanna explained, “Thalassaemia being an inherited disorder, the expecting mother could pass on the gene to embryo. Hence, if the pregnant woman is found to be a thalassaemia minor, status of the partner should also be checked and in case the husband is also found to be a minor, an immediate ante-natal detection has to be done on the growing foetus.” The probability of the newborn becoming a thalassaemia major increases if the parents are minors and it is 25 per cent likely that the infant may turn out to be a thalassaemic major. Once born, TM2 require blood every two-four weeks depending on the consumption of the infused cells followed by chelation therapy to remove the excess iron, which otherwise accumulates in vital parts, like heart, liver, spleen, endocrine glands and gonads, leading to hypogonadism, thyroidgonadism, gastro-intestinal toxiciy, nausea. etc. “For TM2, repeated blood transfusion along with chelation therapy, which may have side-effects, becomes the only stay throughout life and the process is very expensive and traumatic. Hence, once the growing child is detected of having the trait, we do not allow the pregnancy to continue,” stated Dr Khanna. Though, permanent cure through bone marrow transplant is possible, it is difficult to identify a match. Moreover, as the surgery, available at very few government facilities, calls for an exorbitant amount of Rs 7-10 lakh in a private set-up that not all can afford. Thus, to arrest the incidence of thalassaemia, awareness has to be generated among people even in cities like Delhi, which has over 2,500 thalassaemia children. “Our society is largely uneducated and hence people fear to go for test. Everyone should know that a thalassaemia minor is just like any other normal person and it does not affect his or her quality of life,” stressed Dr Khanna. Interestingly, among the 40 million thalassaemia carriers in India, five per cent are prevalent in the general population and the rest in Punjabis, Sindhis, Gujaratis, Bengalis, Lohanas and Saraswats . |
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Nizamuddin set to be a cultural hub of Delhi
New Delhi, May 16 Authorities claim that even the restoration work on the Humayun’s Tomb is speeding up and should be complete before the Commonwealth Games. As per the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the urban renewal project of the area is being jointly looked after by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), MCD and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Humayun’s Tomb
Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) is hopeful that the renovation work at the tomb will be complete before the Commonwealth Games. “Restoration of the stone paving on the lower plinth required the manual lifting of 12,000 square meters of stone blocks. Currently, the work for retiling the tomb’s first floor is being undertaken. We have already completed most of the work on the dome,” said one of the architects at the tomb. Sunder Nursery
The 70-acre Sunder Nursery stands on the Mughal-era Grand Trunk Road. A detailed plan has been chalked out for developing it into a world-class nursery-cum-park. The primary aim is to restore all the 11 monuments that are inside the nursery. These include the reconstruction of the 16th century Sundarwala Mahal’s portions and the restoration of the unprotected 18th century Mughal-era garden pavilion. “A large part of the Sundarwala Mahal has been reconstructed. It took a lot of time and precision, but the work will soon be wrapped up. Renovation is ongoing at the Sundarwala Burj, Lakkarwala Burj and a couple of other monuments,” said Ratish Nanda, project head, AKTC. Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
The plan included conservation of monuments and rehabilitation of open spaces in the basti. “Towards the eastern edge of the basti, Chaunstah Khamba and the tomb of Mirza Ghalib are being restored. One of the MCD primary schools has been refurbished. Even the MCD polyclinic in the basti has been upgraded. A pathology laboratory has been set up,” said an MCD spokesperson. “To improve sanitation, public toilets have already been set up in the area. The renovation of the basti will include upgradation of streets, parks and even houses of the residents in the basti,” the spokesperson added. |
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Foreign couple held with
Rs 2-cr cocaine
New Delhi, May 16 Acting on a tip-off, Narcotics Control Bureau apprehended Laya Emilyn Mananquil who hails from the Philippines, from Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday when she arrived here from Dubai.
Mananquil was flying to Delhi in Emirates Airlines EK-510 flight from Dubai and had allegedly concealed the contraband in her baggage, airport officials confirmed. On her disclosures, the police arrested Choka who is a Nigerian national from the Nawada area in the Capital.
Recently, several similar cases have been witnessed by NCB. Earlier on May 8, NCB had arrested a Mali national from the airport allegedly with 5.1 kgs of heroin with a street value of around Rs 5.2 crore. Abdoulaye Coulibaly was apprehended by NCB with help from CISF and DIAL officials while he was about to board a Spicejet flight to Hyderabad from the Capital.
Officials recovered 5.160 kgs of heroin of south-west Asian origin from him.
During interrogation, officials claimed, Coulibaly told them that he was a carrier for drugs and supposed to smuggle the consignment out of India to Lome, Togo.
In another case on May 10, NCB arrested a Nepali citizen Dilip Shresta from Connaught Place allegedly with 20 kgs of hashish worth Rs 2 crore. The contraband was destined for a foreign country and supposed to have been smuggled out through carrier. Similarly, the Bureau also arrested an Indian woman named Prescilla allegedly with 450 gms of heroin, priced about Rs 50 lakh, in a separate case on Monday.
NCB officials said she was arrested from Munirka while booking the parcel containing heroin to the Netherlands. |
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Vehicle thieves led by armyman held
Ghaziabad, May 16 Lt. Colonel M.P. Singh, who retired from the Army about 18 months ago, was running the gang for about a decade, the police said. While one person was arrested, his three accomplices, including the retired army officer, managed to evade arrest. A police sub-inspector has been suspended for dereliction of duty. The police seized 11 luxury cars along with fake documents from the possession of the arrested man. The arrested man has been identified as Nagad Narayan, alias Ram Singh, a resident of Afaur Tola in Bihar. Narayan confessed that he prepared forged documents for the stolen vehicles. The other two accomplices have been identified as Raj Kumar, a resident of Marchhiya in Bihar, and Sanjay, , a resident of Patna. -- IANS |
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Two flats robbed
Noida, May 16 The owners had gone out for four hours when the thieves strucks. Bandits broke into the house of Punit Gupta who had gone out at 12 noon. When he came back at 2 pm, the padlock was broken. The thieves had taken away jewellery worth over Rs 2 lakh. In Sector-40, Gunjan Gupta had a party at home till late at night on May 14. Next morning on May 15, he went out with his family for a few hours. When he came back, they find the steel almirah lock broken and two diamond rings, earrings and other items of gold jewellery were missing. |
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Imagine a Delhi Transport Corporation conductor wishing you a “great day ahead” as you disembark at your stop. The joy of such a humungous surprise will most certainly keep you in good humour for many days ahead! But don’t be incredulous as you may hear such greetings on a DTC bus soon.
Located in the heart of the Capital, the Nizamuddin area that has been ignored for all these years is set to emerge as one of the most well-kept cultural spots in the Capital outside the walled city.
