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CM seeks Rs 1,000 cr relief
More villages affected in Fatehabad
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Authorities to blame for floods: CPM
Storm hits Hisar, two dead
Fratricide
Rathore Case
Molestation Case
Lynching: HC seeks
report on trial
Death in Sewer
Youth on parole shot at
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CM seeks Rs 1,000 cr relief
Sirsa, July 13 Hooda, who reached Sirsa by a helicopter from Delhi a little after noon, was taken to Farwai Kalan and Nejadela Kalan villages on the Barnala road. The villages have experienced the worst floods and have almost been evacuated as the gushing waters have started rushing into the inhabited areas. Talking to mediapersons before boarding his chopper for his onward journey to Tohana and an aerial survey of Sirsa and Fatehabad villages, Hooda said the state government had prepared rough estimates of the losses and sought a relief of Rs 1,000 crore from the Central Government on its basis. He said both UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had assured of all help for the flood-affected people in the state. He said he was in constant touch with the Centre and a Central Government team would visit the flood-affected districts in a day or two. The Chief Minister said the floods had affected crops in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts. Hooda said the relief operations were under way in all flood-affected areas and claimed that there was no complaint of any kind from anywhere. “The government has made elaborate arrangements for the supply of drinking water, fodder, food, cooking gas and kerosene in the flood-affected areas,” Hooda said. Hooda assured villagers, who met him at Farwai and Nejadela, that compensation would be provided to all farmers who had suffered losses in these floods. Later, Hooda visited Himmatpura and Kudni villages of Fatehabad and expressed his government’s full sympathy and support to the farmers. He also had an on-the-spot assessment of the problem at the Chandpura siphon, the Rangoi Nullah and the Joiya stream that have caused havoc in the district. Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera and MP Ashok Tanwar accompanied Hooda during his visit to the flood-affected villages.
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More villages affected in Fatehabad
Panipat, July 13 However, the rainfall along with strong winds did throw the life out of gear as a number of trees and electricity poles in various parts of the district got uprooted affecting the smooth flow of traffic and disrupting power supplies in several areas of the district. Traffic on the Panipat-Gohana road remained disrupted till late in the night. A team of forest officials rushed to the site at 11 pm and got these removed following which the traffic movement was restored. Meanwhile, 3-4 feet of water got collected in some of the low-lying areas of the city that even entered houses. The preparedness of the district administration to deal with such a situation was checked when a number of water pumps were pressed into action to drain out the water. Alarmed by the situation faced in Ambala and Kurukshetra areas, senior officials of the district, civil as well as the police administration remained on their toes throughout the night with Deputy Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya monitoring the situation. He said a close watch was kept on the waters flowing into the Yamuna river from the catchment areas that could have flooded the whole region. The rail traffic on the Ambala-Delhi track also got affected with over a dozen trains delayed for over four hours. At least three trees fell on the platform at the station. Some areas in Samalkha, Israna and Sanoli segments and on the NH-1 got submerged and rescues measures were initiated in these areas. The situation had normalised in most these areas till the filing of the report. The DC said special teams of forest officials, power utility officials and the officials of the National Highway Authority of India were constituted to deal with any eventuality. On the directions issued by the administration, the Red Cross Society provided eatables to locals, who got caught in traffic
jams.
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Authorities to blame for floods: CPM
Rohtak, July 13 It was wrong to indulge in blame game for political reasons as the calamity had occurred mainly on account of poor management of machinery. Secretary of the Haryana CPM claimed here today that the floods were neither the result of excessive rain, nor any other natural factor but due to the lack of preventive measures by the authorities. He said the party disapproved of the manner in which the ruling leadership in Haryana and Punjab were indulging in an unsavoury blame game at a time when the grievances of the people needed to be addressed on priority. The CPM report said more than 60 villages in Kaithal and certain colonies on Kurukshetra had been affected, causing massive damage to the standing kharif crop. The team found houses on the periphery of villages damaged. It expressed concern at the inadequate relief measures. Fearing the outbreak of diseases with the waters receding, the party demanded a major sanitation drive, including fumigation. |
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Storm hits Hisar, two dead
Hisar, July 13 He had gone there to get a flat tyre of his car repaired. As high-velocity winds began lashing the area, he tried to seek shelter inside the showroom, but the wall and the hoarding fell on him before he could reach there. He was rushed to a private hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. In a similar incident, Chameli, a housewife, was killed when the roof of the stairwell of her house collapsed on her at Kanoh village near here. She died on the spot. The high-intensity thunderstorm uprooted electricity poles and large trees. Traffic on the Hisar-Sirsa, Hisar-Delhi, Hisar-Chandigarh and Hisar-Rajgarh national highways was blocked due to fallen trees and poles. Power supply was totally disrupted and most areas remained without power till early this morning. In many areas, the supply had not been restored till noon. The high-velocity winds, accompanied by heavy rain, extensively damaged several buildings as hoardings were uprooted and banners torn to shreds. The corrugated sheet roofs of several godowns were also blown away. Bus and train services were also hit. The highways were cleared this morning after which normal traffic on the roads resumed. |
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Fratricide
Hisar, July 13 His son is studying at a school in Mussoorie, while his daughter is a student of the local Delhi Public School. Sanjiv’s father was an employee of a cooperative bank. He died several years ago. Sanjiv’s younger brother Ankur, now in jail, was absorbed in the same bank after the death of his father in service on compassionate grounds. Neighbours of the Suras say Ankur has always been short-tempered. He roamed around with his licensed pistol. They said he did not think twice before waving his pistol at anyone at the slightest provocation. The two brothers are reported to have had a normal cordial relationship till a few months ago when they developed differences over property matters. However, nobody could ever imagine these differences could lead to murder. The Suras belong to Bughana village near here. They own agricultural land there. Sanjiv’s elder sister is married. Now, there is no one to look after the land. Neighbours said Sanjiv’s aged mother would find it extremely hard to manage the land though this income would now be her sole source of income. The story does not end here. The widow also faces the prospects of looking after younger son Ankur’s family also. At the moment Ankur’s wife and children are with his in-laws in Bhiwani district. With no income left now, these family members could also be looking forward to agricultural income from family-owned land in their village. |
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Rathore Case
Chandigarh, July 13 As the former top cop’s appeal against conviction and 18-month sentence awarded in the Ruchika molestation case came up for hearing before Justice Jitendra Chauhan this afternoon, his wife-cum-counsel Abha Rathore asserted in the open court that evil intentions would have made Rathore call Ruchika to the tennis association office in the evening, when it was calm and secluded. Elaborating, she said Rathore would not have called her to the office in an under-construction house at noon when the labour was working. He would have called her when the labour had left. At that time, even the coach and others would have been at the tennis centre and not in the office. Refuting the prosecution theory of Rathore sending Ruchika’s friend-cum-eyewitness Aradhana to call the coach before molesting her, Abha Rathore said it was highly improbable that the top cop would have wanted another eyewitness there in case he had wicked intentions. She added that in a two kanal house it would not have taken Aradhana more than half a minute to fetch the coach. Even the location was not congenial, she said, adding that it was an open garage with glass windows. “Which sane person would catch hold of a minor’s hand under these circumstances? she questioned. Abha said the prosecution had attempted to show it was a premeditated act by claiming Rathore had visited Ruchika’s house a day before the incident asking her father SC Girhotra to send her to the office at noon the next day. She said the claim was based on Girhotra’s uncorroborated statement. Abha said Ruchika’s brother Ashu, or the servant present at the house, was not examined. Even the investigating officer had said so in the cross-examination. She added that Rathore was not required to go to Ruchika’s house. Being the tennis association chief, he could have simply sent a peon for summoning trainee Ruchika. She added that Rathore had an unblemished record, before winding up the arguments for the day. |
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Molestation Case
Chandigarh, July 13 The Yamunanagar police had booked Ahlawat on June 8 under Sections 354, 323 and 506 of the IPC on the complaint of a local woman lawyer, Arvinder
Kaur. She had alleged that the cop molested her in May 2002 when she approached him with a complaint on a matrimonial
dispute. Ahlawat moved the high court contending that the alleged offence was of 2002, while complaint was made for the first time on July 4, 2008. He had also pleaded that all the offences were time barred in view of Section 468 of the
CrPC. |
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Lynching: HC seeks
report on trial
Chandigarh, July 13 As the case came up for hearing before the Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal, the organisation through chairman Navkiran Singh also sought initiation of contempt of court proceedings against khap panchayat members involved in assaulting warrant officer appointed by the high court on Ved Pal’s plea. A case was registered in Jind after Ved Pal was killed, and the warrant officer had to face the panchayat’s wrath. The police, during a previous hearing, had told the court that the warrant officer, appointed by the high court on Ved Pal’s habeas corpus petition for the recovery of his “wife” Sonia, “apprehending danger and seeing the aggressiveness of the situation” attempted to scale the wall, just to save himself from the mob. |
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DC’s office vandalised
Hisar, July 13 Even as she was talking to Deputy Commissioner Yudhbir Singh Khyalia, her supporters outside began smashing windowpanes. They tried to barge in the office, but were stopped by the office employees. The police arrived there immediately and controlled the mob. As many as 10 persons were taken into custody and six more are wanted by the police in this regard. |
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Death in Sewer
Faridabad, July 13 The in charge of the Sector 55 police station, Dalbir Singh, said the two employees were at large. According to him, the police visited their
residences a number of times, but could not find them there. The two employees, an SDO and a Junior Engineer of
HUDA, had been booked under Section 304 (A) of the IPC. The accident had occurred on Sunday when the child fell into an open sewer while going to a vegetable market in Sector 55, leading to his death. The HUDA Employees Union took up the case with the authorities, saying that it was a “lamp hole” which was dug up by a house owner in the sector to connect the sewer line of his house to the main drain. The child fell into the “lamp hole”. According to the union, the owner of the house had been asked several times to cover the hole, but he did not pay heed. The police today summoned the Executive Engineer and other officials of HUDA to the police station regarding the incident. |
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Youth on parole shot at
Jind, July 13 Two youths on a motorcycle waylaid Rakesh Kumar of Patel Nagar here and opened fire. He was taken to hospital by residents who rushed to his aid on hearing the gun shots. Rakesh, along with four of his family members, including his elder brother, had been arrested in connection with the death of his sister-in-law (wife of his brother). The latter died after allegedly consuming
poison about 45 days ago at her in-laws house here. Her kin alleged she was murdered for dowry. The police does not rule out the hand of the family of the deceased in the attack. |
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