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Shock and anger as petrol price up by Rs 7.50
Open days begin at DU on May 26
Sale of Bhagidari Atta to be revived
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Cop found dead at training centre
Lack of grid discipline leads to power cuts: CM
Technical glitch defers restart of BRT
High areas hit by water crisis
CM defends pvt entities in water sector
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Shock and anger as petrol price up by Rs 7.50
New Delhi, May 23 "No one loses anything except the common man. We are the ones who bear the brunt every single time the price of the fuel goes up. We feel cheated. This hike will affect our daily budgets. Car owners can opt for CNG, but what about the two-wheelers? Now, driving a bike will be costlier than driving a car," said Bhairav Nath, a sales executive from Srinivaspuri. Dr Raju Vaishya, a senior orthopedic surgeon at Apollo Hospital, said, "It is quite absurd. The petrol price had been continuously increasing for almost two years now. The hike will lead to an increase in the prices of other household items." "I saw a huge crowd outside the Trilok Puri petrol station on my way back from work. This increase is going to affect the middle class very badly. I will have to re-budget my monthly expenses. A hike of Rs 7.50 at once is unbearable for any working class person. The government should have assessed the impact of the hike on public, especially the middle class," said 56-year-old Elizabeth Philipose from Mayur Vihar. Vijendra Singh, a petrol pump owner in Gurgaon, said, "The roads are already jammed because of the drivers trying to get to petrol pumps. There are still five hours till midnight and if this trend continues, several petrol pumps will empty their stocks in the next two to three hours. There is a huge rush everywhere." Ajay Banal, general secretary, Federation of All-India Petroleum Traders, said, "Contrary to the popular notion, we condemn this hike. The government is almost scaring away petrol users. People are drifting more and more towards diesel and CNG options. Over the last year, the petrol sale has come down by 18 per cent in the Capital and the diesel sale has jumped up by 22 per cent. The petrol traders lose commission when a petrol costumer turns to diesel. This is a bad move for the economy and the transport scenario in the country in general." Criticising the hike, general secretary of the Delhi unit of the CPI Amarjeet Kaur, said, "It is condemnable. The government blames the de-regulation of petrol prices for the hike, saying that it has nothing to do with the decision. But this is not acceptable. With the hike in petrol price, transport charges will increase tremendously and there will be a cascading effect on the prices of other things as well. The government should give subsidies to the common man," said BJP Delhi Pradesh president Vijender Gupta said the steep hike was against the interest of the people and should be withdrawn immediately. "This week, the inflation has increased sharply and the value of rupee has gone down to Rs 56 per dollar. Due to this, traders are incurring heavy losses. In such a situation, an increase in the price of petrol will further fuel price rise. Sixty per cent of the people in Delhi and the country are not getting sufficient food. Due to the increase in the price of petrol, the prices of essential communities will also increase by about 30 per cent, which will directly affect the common man," he said. |
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Open days begin at DU on May 26
New Delhi, May 23 The university is all set to begin the open days on May 26, wherein aspirants, along with their parents, will be given details on various courses and their queries will be answered. Admission committees for the reserved categories as well as those with special needs will also be part of the process. The open days will continue for a week's span and end on June 2, just two days before when the university will start the registration process. At the North Campus, the open days will be conducted at the Conference Centre (Opposite Botany Department) on May 26, 27 and 31 and June 1 and 2 from 9.30 am to 1 pm. At the South Campus, the sessions will take place at SP Jain Centre (Opposite Arts Faculty, South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg) on May 28, 29 and 30 from 9.30 am to 1 pm. "The counselling sessions will be addressed by some of the heads of department, principals of various colleges and subject experts. The trained student counsellors will give a 40-minute multimedia presentation. They will also be available to guide the aspirants. This presentation will cover various queries pertaining to courses, reservations and eligibility criteria," said JM Khurana, dean student welfare, Delhi University.
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Sale of Bhagidari Atta to be revived
New Delhi, May 23 Dikshit requested the minister to make available more than 8000 MT wheat to the city government to revive the sale of the atta which used to be sold in a 10 kg bag at the rate of Rs 139 through 400 outlets of Kendriya Bhandar, NCCF and NAFED. Thomas agreed to make available the required quantity of wheat. The government would soon announce a date to start the sale of he atta. Dikshit also discussed the status of the availability of other food items, including rice. Thomas also agreed to make available the required quantity of rice. Bhagidari Atta is likely to be sold through 400 outlets and 70 mobile vans. The government is also making efforts to open more branches of Kendriya Bhandar. It is proposed to open more than 300 new branches of Kendriya Bhandar at places where the citizens could step in to buy essential items. |
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Cop found dead at training centre
New Delhi, May 23 This is the third case in the month that the PTC has seen the death of a policeman. A police officer said head constable, Vishram Meena, posted in the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) may have accidentally fallen from the terrace of the three-storey barrack, where he stayed with men from different departments of the Delhi police. "His mates in the barrack had alleged that they noticed that he was drunk, before the incident occurred," said the officer associated with the case. Vishram's family, however, assert that he could not have accidentally fallen from the terrace, but was murdered. His body was taken to the AIIMS mortuary where an autopsy was conducted this afternoon. Vishram's nephew Rakesh Meena said that his uncle was murdered. "There is a deep wound on the left side of his chest, which seems to have been made by a sharp object. There are also injuries at the back of his head, legs and face. We (Vishram's relatives) don't believe that he accidentally fell off or could have committed suicide, because he never suffered bouts of depression," Rakesh Meena told reporters. A policeman staying at the PTC said, "When I woke up this morning for my duty, one of my batch-mates told me that a head constable was found dead. Vishram was staying on the second floor of his barracks."
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Lack of grid discipline leads to power cuts: CM
New Delhi, May 23 She said that she would write to the Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, requesting him to ensure strict compliance of grid discipline by the states. While stressing the need for urgent repair of faulty transformers, the Chief Minister exhorted BSES to procure mobile transformers which are already being deployed by the NDPL under its jurisdiction. The discoms have been instructed to submit daily reports on power supply and outages to the Power Department of the city government. The principal secretary (Power) has been instructed to closely monitor the situation. |
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Technical glitch defers restart of BRT
New Delhi, May 23 Due to the on-going digging work of Metro Phase-III, the optical fibre cable has got damaged in the area of Bahadur Shah Zaffar Marg. This has interrupted data flow essential for the operation of the Intelligent Signaling System (ISS) on the BRT corridor. The ISS works on SCOOT with the nerve centre at OCC Kashmere Gate for which this communication is essential. Work is on to restore the cables so as to have the system running smoothly again, said a spokesperson for the Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit System. |
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High areas hit by water crisis
New Delhi, May 23 In such areas, while the DJB provides water to those localities which have provisions of storing water at ground level, others are left to look for ways on their own. Nearly 30 families putting up at Sant Nagar, situated on elevated land in South Delhi, are dependent on private water tankers with each having a capacity of 6,000 ml costing Rs 2,500 to 3,000. The residents of the area said that given the irregular water supply for two-three years from the DJB's Nehru Place reservoir, hiring private tankers had dented their pockets. They have made several complaints in this regard with the latest on May 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21. "We have brought the problem to the notice of the DJB authorities several times, but all our concerns have fallen on deaf ears," said Vinod Bansal spokesperson for the Sant Nagar Peyjal Sangharsh Samiti. "When occasionally we are lucky to have the water supply, it is contaminated with sewage and unfit for drinking. Moreover, there is no fix timing of water supply," added another resident. In addition, improper distribution of water is another major issue, said Bansal. Many other areas like D and E Block of East of Kailash, Garhi, Prakash Mohalla, etc., have been reeling in acute water shortage for several months, worsened due to the soaring summer when frequent disruption in electricity makes it worse, said the residents. They said that most of the times calls made to the DJB's centralised complaint cell goes unanswered and if luck favours, the ready reply is "we are here to forward your complaint to JE and it is he to decide what to do or not to do." "Now anger of residents here has reached a high and if nothing comes within a week, we're going to move the high court," Bansal said, while reminding about the Chief Minister's much-hailed Citizen's Charter, which mandates time-bound redressal of complaints. A South zone DJB official said, "The water supply has improved in the last few days except due to occasional power cuts. We had not received any complaint in the past few days; we get to know this through you. In areas, like Garhi and localities of East of Kailash, we send water tankers. However, in areas like Sant Nagar, where there are multi-storey buildings and no facility of water storage on ground, options are limited." |
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CM defends pvt entities in water sector
New Delhi, May 23 She said although private entities are being involved in select areas, all the assets will remain with the Delhi Jal Board. The Chief Minister said that the government had decided to involve private sector in Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Nangloi areas in PPP mode. Newly appointed chief executive officer of DJB, Debashree Mukherjee, said that piped water would be made available to customers in the Nangloi area round the clock. |
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The hike in the petrol price by Rs 7.50 per litre, the steepest in the last decade, has shocked the common man.
