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500 jhuggis gutted, thousands left homeless
Missing boy found murdered
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DMRC to hold online survey on customer satisfaction
AIIMS students to raise funds for orphans education
Shopkeeper shot at by councillor
CRPF inspector shot at
Lord Swraj Paul gives lecture on industry, education Govt to file FIRs against unregistered e-rickshaw dealers
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500 jhuggis gutted, thousands left homeless
New Delhi, April 25 Eight persons injured in the fire were given medical treatment. The Delhi Fire Service sent 40 fire tenders to the slum. Hundreds of other jhuggis in a nearby area were safe because a high wall separated them from the burning slum. While the victims claimed that the fire started at around 7:30 am and alleged that the fire tenders arrived only after much was burnt, the fire department said it received a call at 8:30 am and succeeded in dousing the flames by about 10:40 am. While the authorities are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire, the victims claimed that it began when a woman was cooking on a gas stove in one of the huts. The fire spread to the other huts, causing the explosions in several cylinders. "Due to the blasts, we had to run to save our lives rather than attempt to douse the flames," said Alam Sheikh, a victim. Like Sheikh, other men living at the slum, work as scrap dealers. The women do odd jobs, including working as maids at posh colonies in Vasant Kunj. Officials claimed that most of the residents of the slum were out of their houses at work, which helped in reducing the number of injured people and preventing casualties. Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung visited the slum at Masoodpur in the Vasant Kunj area in the morning and inspected the relief and rescue operations. He gave directions to the Deputy Commissioner and other officials present at the site to provide an immediate relief to the people. He also directed that ex gratia payment be made to those affected and they be rehabilitated at the earliest. The Deputy Commissioner informed the LG that 15 ambulances were rushed to the slum. The eight injured persons have been admitted to different hospitals. "The LG directed the Deputy Commissioner to set up medical camps at the site and provide immediate medical attention," said a senior Delhi government official. Jung also directed the officials to arrange for adequate drinking water and food packets for the victims. "The Deputy Commissioner assured the Lieutenant Governor that water tankers from the Delhi Jal Board and food packets were being arranged and they would be setting up temporary night shelters to accommodate those affected. By the afternoon, 10 water tankers, an MCD health team and a team of doctors from Fortis were present at the site," explained the official. Two more incidents of fire were also reported though there was no casualty. Fire broke out in a dry-cleaning shop in central Delhi's Bengali Market in the wee hours today. The blaze spread to nine neighbouring shops in which goods worth lakhs were gutted. According to Delhi Fire Services, the blaze started at around 4 am and was extinguished by around 6 am with the help of 15 fire tenders. Another blaze was reported at the canteen of Safdarjung Hospital at 2 pm and four fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames. |
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Missing boy found murdered
New Delhi, April 25 The investigations have revealed that Vasu was probably murdered at about 12 am today and his body dumped on the Gokalpuri road. The killer had suffocated the boy by covering his nose and mouth. The police suspect that the culprit might have used his hands to kill the boy as there are visible injury marks on his nose and lips. "At about 7 pm on Thursday, Vasu's family had complained to the police that he went missing. We tried searching for the boy, but could not find him and this morning, a passerby on the Gokalpuri road informed us about the body lying there," said a police officer, privy to the details of the case. The police have not identified the suspects in the case. On the other hand, Vasu's uncle, Jai Mittal, alleged that Vasu's family with their neighbours had reached the New Usmanpur Police Station in northeast Delhi at about 7 pm on Thursday, but the police didn't cooperate. "At 5 pm on Thursday, Vasu went to play and did not return home in Brahmpuri. We searched for him for more than an hour. Our neighbours helped us. When we couldn't find him, we went to the police station where we filed a missing complaint and the police assured us that they would start searching for him. We continued our search after we left the police station and at around 1.30 am, we again went to the police station to plead with them. There were four policemen, out of which only one was sent to find Vasu," alleged Jai. The police, however, denied the allegations and said that they had been searching for Vasu since the complaint was registered. The police informed Vasu's family about his body, which was sent for a postmortem. He was later cremated. |
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DMRC to hold online survey on customer satisfaction
New Delhi, April 25 "This particular survey will be unique in nature as, similar customer satisfaction surveys will also be simultaneously conducted by many other Metro systems across the world. The two main organizations of Metro systems globally, CoMET and NOVA (of which DMRC is a member), have come together to conduct this survey," said DMRC spokesperson. "The DMRC requests the commuters to actively participate in this survey so that a proper feedback about the functioning of the system can be received," he said. After the completion of this almost month-long survey, these organizations will compare the results and share the feedback received globally so that better services can be provided to the Metro commuters worldwide. The online survey will take only three to five minutes to be completed and will consist of mostly close ended questions with options. The aspects which will be covered are - overall satisfaction, availability, accessibility, ease of use, information prior to travel, information during travel, reliability, customer care, comfort, crowding, security, information prior to and during travel, etc. The respondents will also be able to exit the survey whenever they wish. "This will be the first time when the DMRC will conduct an online survey. Another customer satisfaction survey was conducted last year by the DMRC during which responses were collected from the commuters at the stations," he said. Based on the responses, a slew of changes were introduced to the system related to aspects such as availability of drinking water, improvement in quality of smart cards and tokens, toilet facility, parking arrangements, facilities for the differently abled, elderly, etc., added the official. |
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AIIMS students to raise funds for orphans education
New Delhi, April 25 On display would be equipment from various departments, microscopic projector views and specimens of the human organs both pathological and anatomical during the two-day exhibition at Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium in AIIMS beginning tomorrow. The exhibition is a part of an undergraduate initiative towards social service for sponsoring the education of some orphans. "We are organising the exhibition with the help of the dean and faculty of various departments to raise funds for our organisation 'Parivartan'. We hope to register it in one or two months," said programme co-ordinator Vishnu Koneru. He said students from various schools such as branches of DPS, Modern School, Springdales, Air Force Bal Bharati School and different branches of Kendriya Vidyalayas would be visiting the exhibition by paying a nominal fee of Rs 150. MBBS undergraduates will also hold a seminar to guide students on how to prepare for admission to AIIMS. The Director of AIIMS will be inaugurating the exhibition tomorrow. |
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Shopkeeper shot at by councillor
New Delhi, April 25 The councillor has been identified as Pushpraj. He allegedly got into an argument with his neighbour, Vinod Kumar. According to the police, Vinod, who owns a shop in Prem Nagar which supplies construction material, is often approached by clients who travel in large trucks. The trucks arrive at Prem Nagar for picking up building material during the night. "Last night, the accused whose house is near the victim's shop saw a few trucks passing by which agitated him. The accused brought his pistol from his house and went to the victim's shop. The victim asked him why he had arrived at the shop at such a late hour and that too in an angry mood. Without uttering a word, the councillor shot at the victim and fled the spot," said a police officer, privy to the details of the case. The victim was injured in his thigh and taken to a city hospital. He is stated to be out of danger. The police have registered a case of attempt to murder at the Aman Vihar police station. The accused is at large. |
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CRPF inspector shot at
New Delhi, April 25 The police said that the assailants probably came on a motorcycle and fled after firing two shots at Vikas. He was bleeding profusely. Some passersby heard the gunshots and rushed him to the AIIMS Trauma Centre in south Delhi, where his condition is stable. Vikas has given a statement to the police in which he has accused his in-laws for allegedly trying to kill him. His relations with his wife were strained and they were living separately for the past several months. The police questioned Vikas's brother-in-law and father-in-law in regard to the incident, but no progress could be made until late evening. The police have registered a case under the IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) read with 34 (common intention) and the Arms Act at the RK Puram Police Station against unidentified persons. |
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