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Police constable killed in accident
Ten houses, two shops gutted in fire
Cash, jewellery worth Rs 50 lakh looted from 2 houses
9-year-old girl molested by guard
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Jal board prepares summer action plan
Metro train smart cards can soon be used in DTC buses
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Police constable killed in accident
New Delhi, April 22 He had joined the Delhi Police in 1990. He was posted at the Mianwali police station in West Delhi since September 2011. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. The police have arrested the car driver, Naveen (32), after they became aware of the registration number of the car. According to the police, Meena was travelling on his motorcycle and was headed to his home at the police quarters in Sector 16B, Dwarka, about 11 pm yesterday. When he arrived near the Nawada Metro station, a car taking a left turn at a high speed allegedly hit his motorcycle. The police were informed about the accident by a passerby. Meena was admitted to a private hospital in Janakpuri, West Delhi, where he died. The police found the car's number plate on the road, where the accident took place. They arrested Naveen by using the number plate. Naveen lives at Subhash Place, Uttam Nagar, and
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Ten houses, two shops gutted in fire
New Delhi, April 22 Eight fire-tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire in which three motorcycles were also damaged. "The fire started with a series of blasts in five cylinders at a shop in the Lal Chowk area of Govindpuri. The flames soon engulfed the surrounding shops and houses," said a fire official. "We received a call at 9.20 pm about the incident after which eight fire-tenders were rushed to the spot which doused the blaze within 40 minutes, he said.
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Cash, jewellery worth Rs 50 lakh looted from 2 houses
New Delhi, April 22 The first incident took place yesterday at a house where the working couple had left for their offices while an elderly woman had gone to temple to offer prayers. "When the elderly woman returned around 3 pm, she saw the door lock broken and house ransacked. As per the complainant, Rs 1 lakh and jewellery worth around Rs 29 lakh were stolen from the house," said a police officer. The police have recovered CCTV camera footage from the area which showed "the robbers entering the house around 11 am and exiting 15 minutes later with a bag in hand", the officer said. The second incident took place in the house of Kanak Sharma who had been out of town since April 18. He had gone to attend a family function in UP. Thieves decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh from his house. "The incident came to light when Sharma's neighbour called him up in the morning to inform that the lock of the house was broken. When Sharma returned home he found cash and jewellery stolen," the officer said. In the first case, the robbers have been identified with the help of the CCTV camera footage.
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9-year-old girl molested by guard
New Delhi, April 22 The guard was arrested yesterday. A police officer privy to the details of the case and who spoke to The Tribune did not reveal the name of the accused, to protect the identity of the victim. The incident took place on Saturday. "The accused had made the girl sit on his lap
and he touched her inappropriately. She felt uncomfortable. When she returned to her home she complained to her parents, who raised the issue with the school's principal. The principal then informed the police," said the officer. The police have registered a case under Sexual Harassment of the Child (Section 11) - three years and fine (Section 12) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, at the Safdarjung Enclave police station. The accused has been arrested. "We have not come across a similar incident involving the accused," said the officer. The accused has been working in the school for the past five months. |
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LG inspects facilities at GTB hospital
New Delhi, April 22 We need to mainstream the element of care in our hospitals right from the moment the patient walks in until the patient leaves the hospital premises." The LG said this during a visit to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital to review the medical facilities, etc. He said, "While there is an increasing pressure on existing facilities, hospitals must augment their infrastructure and services keeping their future needs in view. This must be part of the planning process." He directed the Medical Superintendent of the hospital to improve the services in the OPD registration and pharmacy counters so as to reduce the waiting time at these counters. The LG also instructed the Additional Commissioner of Police (Northeast) present at the meeting, to immediately address the issues related to parking, traffic regulation, security, menace of touts, etc., in consultation with the hospital staff. Last week the LG had visited LNJP hospital to review healthcare facilities. Jung said, "The capital city of Delhi must be equipped with the best of medical facilities and these must trickle down to the neediest. We owe it to the people." During the LG's visit, a presentation on transforming GTB into a model hospital was made by the Medical Superintendent of the hospital who highlighted the challenges that needed to be addressed like a large number of patients that the hospital caters to, space constraints, up-gradation of facilities, need for traffic regulation, management of information system, human resources, etc. The GTB hospital has a daily OPD footfall of 4,500 patients. The LG had convened a meeting on March 6 at Raj Niwas to review the functioning of the hospitals in Delhi, where he had
constituted a committee under the chairpersonship of Secretaries of Finance, Health and PWD as
members, who were directed to adopt the LNJP and GTB Hospitals and transform them into model hospitals. |
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Jal board prepares summer action plan
New Delhi, April 22 The DJB has also paid special attention to improve efficiencies of its water tanker services by optimizing the tanker filling capacity at each filling point location. It plans to increase the number of trips to more than 5,000 trips per day in the peak summer as compared to 4,100 trips per day last summer. This is being done to meet the requirement on account of the rise in demand of both planned and unplanned areas. For improving water tanker services, the DJB has constructed 23 additional filling point hydrants and 145 tanker filling hydrants resulting in marked improvement in the tanker filling efficiency. In order to improve the monitoring of the movement of the tankers, the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) has developed an efficient monitoring mechanism for the DJB. The schedule of the tankers is uploaded on the DJB's website to make the tanker delivery service more transparent and efficient. The DJB maintains 24 water emergency control rooms situated at strategic locations to cover all parts of the city. These control rooms work round-the-clock. The board has also nominated nodal officers for these control rooms for effective supervision and monitoring of the water emergencies in order to efficiently address the public complaints. The Enforcement Department of the DJB will also carry out regular surprise checks, both at the control rooms as well as the consumer end in order to verify the timely redressal of complaints. The board has also held meetings with the power discoms in order to secure regular power supply to all DJB water facilities such as the water treatment plants and major underground reservoir and pumping stations. The DJB has also reviewed the stock position of consumables such as disinfectants, spare pumps and motors for all the plants and pumping stations. In order to ensure adequate surveillance of quality of water being supplied to the residents of Delhi, the DJB has upgraded all of its 12 water testing laboratories, including six zonal labs, to carryout intensive checks of its water samples at the plants and the consumer end too, ensuring that the water supplied is potable and meets prescribed drinking water standards. |
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Metro train smart cards can soon be used in DTC buses
New Delhi, April 22 According to transport department officials software used in the ticketing process will be changed or will be made specially equipped so that it can accept the Metro smart cards. The transport department started working on the process as a part of which a system will be put in place to allow people to recharge the cards in other utility stores based on their bar codes. — PTI |
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