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2 firemen among 5 hurt in Nai Sarak fire
School building collapse: NDMC orders probe
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Govt denies allegations of favouring pvt firm
Three held for human trafficking
Man crushed to death by tempo
E-cabs on their way to Delhi roads
Water crisis in South, Central Delhi
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2 firemen among 5 hurt in Nai Sarak fire
New Delhi, June 9 The fire services had to press 18 fire tenders into service to control the fire. Firefighters also managed to rescue three people who were caught inside the house and rushed them to Lok Nayak Hospital, where they are undergoing treatment. The incident took place when a woman lit a matchstick in her kitchen around 4.30 am today. "The blaze immediately engulfed the entire house due to which the woman and two of her relatives were trapped inside," a police official said. "The situation in the house was brought under control by 6 am. “The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained," a fire official said, adding that two of their men also suffered injuries in the incident. In another incident, a major fire broke out at a transport godown at Sadar Bazar in north Delhi. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a short-circuiting in the electrical system, but it is yet to be ascertained. According to the fire department, the blaze started at the basement of the multi-storey building around 4.45 am today. Around 28 fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the situation was brought under control after eight hours. No casualties were reported, but goods and property worth lakhs of rupees were gutted. |
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School building collapse: NDMC orders probe
New Delhi, June 9 Though no one was injured in the incident, which took place in
Pitampura, the NDMC asked its officials to investigate the matter to book the guilty. "Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain
the reasons for collapse of the old school building structure adjacent to a multi-level car parking site," said a senior official of
the NDMC. "Heavy machinery, including 'Proclaine', to level and consolidate the earth has already
been put into service," he said. North Delhi Mayor Mira Aggarwal and Commissioner PK Gupta visited the site today. "They ordered an inquiry to ascertain the reasons for the incident. Ravi Dass, engineer
in-chief of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, has been entrusted the work of inquiry. He would submit the interim report in three days and complete the report in 10 days," said a spokesperson of the NDMC. It is learnt that due
to leakage, water accumulated under the earth which got softened resulting in its shifting. It also dismantled the
structure erected to support the earth and the concrete walls of the building of the school,
it said. The softening and shifting resulted in collapse of the part of
the old MCD school building, it said. "Teams have been deputed to control
the situation and check further loss. Seven pumps have been installed to dewater the area. Concrete waste and
debris dumping also started to fill up the area," the spokesperson said. |
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Govt denies allegations of favouring pvt firm
New Delhi, June 9 The complaint said that the state government had extended unwarranted favours to a private company by the way of awarding it a contract of automated inspection and certification (I&C) lanes. Making a statement justifying the award of contract, officials of the state government said that the contract had been awarded to the M/S Environmental Systems Products Inc (ESP), Mumbai, with the approval of the Council of Ministers after following the laid procedure. They said that the project which was executed at a cost of Rs 2.48 crore by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune, has awarded the work to ESP through open bidding. The work was handed over to the transport department of the government by the ARAI after its completion. "But after the expiry of the warranty period of two years provided by the company, the department found it difficult to maintain and operate the lanes and therefore manual inspections of the vehicles had to be reverted to the old ones. Meanwhile, the ARAI was entrusted with the work of constructing the third I&C Lane, which again got the work executed through the same company," said a senior official. Clarifying the agreement of the contract, the official said, "For the third lane, we entrusted the operation and maintenance of the three lanes to the ESP itself for the automated inspection of the commercial vehicles for five years at the rate prescribed under the rules through an agreement valid up to February 2013. “The agreement was signed by the then commissioner of transport after obtaining the necessary approval of the government," he said. |
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Three held for human trafficking
New Delhi, June 9 The accused Kamla, Jeet Ram, 54, and Rajbir, 32, were held after a complaint that a 42-year-old woman, a home nurse, had been missing from Mangolpuri since April 20. During Kamla's interrogation, a pathetic story of human trafficking came to light, said B S Jaiswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer). "Kamla told the police that on April 20, she and a man named Vijay had asked the nurse Guddi (name changed) to accompany them to work at a house in Haryana's Palwal district for two days. Guddi agreed to accompany them and went to Palwal, where they stayed at Jeet's house. However, on April 21, Jeet sold Guddi for Rs 30,000 to Rajbir," he said. Kamla was arrested and a raid was conducted at Rajbir's house in Rajapur village of Uttar Pradesh. "Guddi was rescued from the house and Rajbir arrested," Jaiswal added. Guddi told the police that Rajbir, who works in Ghaziabad, used to rape her and keep her locked in the house. "Jeet was arrested from his house in Palwal on Saturday, but Vijay is still absconding. Further interrogation is on," Jaiswal said. |
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Man crushed to death by tempo
New Delhi, June 9 The tempo driver, Jitender, who hails from Bihar's Nalanda district, was overpowered by the locals and handed over to the police. "Rajeshwar was crossing Satbadi Road near Chhattarpur village when the accident took place around 6 am on Friday. He was crushed under the rear wheels of the tempo," a police official said. After receiving information about the incident, the police reached the spot and took him to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where Rajeshwar was declared brought dead upon arrival. A case of rash driving and causing death by negligence has been registered against the driver under sections 279 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Mehrauli police station. The police has also seized the tempo. |
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E-cabs on their way to Delhi roads
New Delhi, June 9 For the cabs, which are 100 per cent smoke and noise-free, BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) will provide an e-charging network. As per an agreement between BYPL and HBL Power System Ltd, the supplier of the rickshaws, the former will provide the e-charging infrastructure for Pedi Cabs at nominal charges. The cab has been designed and promoted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI). "With increasing fuel prices, electric vehicles are getting popular. We can contain air pollution by introducing electric and hybrid powered vehicles for short distance transportation," said Amrik Singh Sandhu, business head, HBL. |
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Water crisis in South, Central Delhi
New Delhi, June 9 Delhi Jal Board officials said work on the restoration of the pipeline near Madhuban Chowk was going on, but it will take almost three days to complete the process. "It will take around 72 hours to restore the line," said a senior DJB official. The pipeline broke down after an under-construction multi-storey parking facility, being built by the municipal corporation, fell over it. |
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