New Delhi, June 18
Even as the power demand in the city dipped to 4,802 MW, many areas faced errant power supply in the scorching heat today which saw a humidity of 74 per cent.

Due to technical problems, the major power transmission lines tripped today which caused several hours power cuts in various areas like Mayur Vihar, Kondli, Ghazipur.

The residents of south and west Delhi also have to reel from power cuts, said officials of the discoms. The two transmissions, a 220 KV line in the Bamnauli area and another line at Lodhi road had tripped last afternoon, triggering power cuts in some areas. Also, the Badarpur Thermal Power Ltd (BTPS), Noida-Ghaziabad line, had also tripped after a conductor got damaged.

The power cuts made the life difficult for the people in the sweltering heat as the maximum temperature today was recorded at 37.2° C.

The power demand is less than Friday's peak of 5,265 MW, but still considerably high, said power officials. Due to the searing heat, the power demand went up, but yesterday being a Sunday, all offices and commercial establishments were closed, so the demand was not that high, said the official.

However, the weather officials have predicted a thundery development for tomorrow, while maintaining that the temperature will continue to rise at 41° C.

New Delhi, June 18
Instead of managing the distribution of water properly, the Delhi government held Haryana responsible for the water crisis in the national Capital, said the BJP.

Delhi unit chief of the BJP, Vijendra Gupta said the Haryana government claimed that it supplied the full share of Delhi, but the city government accused it of failing to supply sufficient water.

During the last ten years, the population of Delhi has increased immensely, but the government has done nothing for the additional supply of water and power, Gupta said.

He said that Delhi's present requirement is to the tune of 1150 MGD of water while the state government manages to arrange 850 MGD from all its sources. Of this, 50 per cent goes waste due to leakage.

The pipelines laid by the DJB leak at various points. The pipes burst time and again and 50 per cent of water is wasted due to leakage.

The DJB and the water mafia are responsible for this wastage to a great extent. Water is stolen in the midway. Many people are earning crores of rupees by selling the stolen water through tankers. The Delhi government has not taken any steps to prevent this leakage during the last 14 years, Gupta said. 

New Delhi, June 18
With the government all set to implement the Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010 after state assemblies adopt it this monsoon session, doctors of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have expressed reservations against the enforcement of the Act in its current form.

The contentious Act will lead to the closure of single- doctor clinics and small establishments and ruin the prospects of young doctors, expressed a gathering of doctors from Delhi and NCR demonstrating in the national capital today.

Importantly, with the Act coming into force, the health sector, which is a state subject till now, will come under the jurisdiction of the Centre, said the president of the Heart Care Foundation Dr KK Aggarwal.

According to the doctors, the most objectionable clause in the new Act is that every medical establishment, right from single-doctor clinics to small set-ups or hospitals, will have to stabilise an emergency patient and if any lacuna is found in the treatment, they will have to cough up penalties ranging from Rs 10,000 to 5 lakh.

"The medical emergency stabilisation point is just a way to harass medical professionals. If a doctor at a small establishment is not experienced enough to handle an emergency case, the golden hour of the patient may be lost. Further, the Act also entails that a multi-member team, including non-medical members, can barge into the clinics for a random inspection," said Dr Harish Gupta, the president of the Delhi Medical Association (DMA).

Apart from this, the proposed National Council for Human Resources in Health (NCHRH) Bill-2011 will hamper medical education as the umbrella Bill will finish the autonomy of individual councils, including the alternate systems of medicine.

"The power will shift into the hands of non-medical people, with a deputy commissioner having the authority to interfere over medical issues. This will push up the treatment cost. The Bill is just an attempt to gain control of the health sector, with the powers remaining in the hands of the government nominees and not the elected persons of the fraternity. The action taken by this national commission will not be challengeable in any court of law," doctors stressed.

According to the senior vice-president of the DMA Dr AK Israni, in Delhi alone, the proposed Act will put the future of more than one lakh doctors from all forms of medicine in jeopardy, apart from affecting more than 20 lakh healthcare personnel associated with the medical establishments. 

New Delhi, June 18
Three unidentified motorcycle-borne men shot at two persons, both brothers, and snatched their bag that contained Rs 8 lakh at Bhajanpura in northeast Delhi today.

According to sources, the victims are identified as Pankaj (39) and Jitender (30). They were shot at by the assailants when they resisted them. The incident occurred at 12.30 pm.

Sources said that the two brothers were rushed to the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital. Pankaj had sustained a wound when a shot was fired at him. Jitender allegedly sustained three bullet injuries in his left arm, stomach and neck and is undergoing treatment.

The victims are residents of Yamuna Vihar in East Delhi and work as distributors with the Vodafone company.

Sources alleged that they were travelling on a motorcycle and were heading towards the Bank of Baroda located near their residence when the incident occurred. The two brothers were going to deposit the cash in the bank.

According to sources, the accused overtook the victim's motorcycle and fired four bullets when the brothers tried to resist their snatching bid. The police suspects that the accused may have been following their victims.

Sources said that investigators believe that the assailants were aware that the brothers were carrying cash. They had done a reconnaissance of the area. The police suspects that the incident was a planned attack.

The police has reportedly recovered the victims' another bag that contained some documents and cash from the site of the incident.

New Delhi, June 18
Three persons, including two juveniles, have been arrested for allegedly committing a dacoity at a residence in Model Town yesterday. One of the accused, Arun Chopal, alias Arun Kumar (34), would sell the booty and lend the money to the needy in his village at Madhubani in Bihar at high rates of interest.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest) Romil Baaniya said Chopal was allegedly involved in two earlier cases of robbery at Model Town and Paschim Vihar. Two accused Suraj and Shatrughan were absconding.

Today at 5 am, the police during a routine vehicle checking stopped an auto-rickshaw with three passengers sitting inside it but they ran away. Later, the police arrested them.

Rs 1,68,800, one RADO wrist watch, one diamond ring, one gold stone ring and nine big precious stones were seized from them.

During interrogation, Chopal said that he and his associate Shatrughan committed a dacoity at a residence in E-block of Model Town. They had allegedly conspired with domestic help Suraj and the two juveniles. They burgled the house when owner of the house Suresh Kumar Gupta was out of the city with his family.

They robbed one of Gupta's relatives, who stopped them entering the house, of his belongings at a knife-point. They also stole Gupta's Honda Jazz car. They divided the booty amongst themselves and parked the car at the GTB Nagar Metro station. The same day, both Suraj and Shatrughan left for their hometown in Bihar. Chopal is married and has two children.