New Delhi, June 29
In order to improve security in prisons at Tihar, District Jail Rohini and Mandoli Jail Complex, the Delhi government has decided to upgrade the alarm systems.

The state government will install full-body scanners, baggage scanner machines, multizone door frame metal detector, deep-search detector, hand-held metal detectors and FG1 security poles.

"These new hi-tech equipment will be provided in the jails so that the smuggling of prohibited items like surgical blades, tobacco, narcotics, knives, mobile phones, etc., can be stopped," said a senior government official.

These security devices have been requisitioned under the Action Plan-2014-15 submitted to the Secretary (Home), Delhi government, by the office of the Director General, Prisons, Tihar.

The document says that the security equipment is needed to curb smuggling of prohibited items. The authorities are facing security problems as a number of inmates are engaged in smuggling of prohibited items like cell phone, blades, knife, narcotics, etc.

"For the purpose, there is urgent need of installation of at least two body scanners. The approximate cost of the machines is Rs 600 lakh," he said.

The jail authorities have also required X-ray baggage scanner machines for checking bags of prisoners.

The action for procuring these machines has been initiated and they will be obtained soon.

The jail authorities also requisitioned multizone door frame metal detector for detecting smuggling of prohibited items apart from frisking and searching.

"Deep search metal detectors are also required in the jails for searching prohibited items," he said.

The jail authorities have also requisitioned the setting up of hand-held metal detectors which are required in the jails for checking the inmates apart from fixing security poles.

New Delhi, June 29
The owner of a plot located near the building which collapsed at Inderlok in north Delhi yesterday, killing 10 people, including five children, has been arrested for illegal construction, a police officer said today.

The accused has been identified as Javed (45). According to the police, he owned a building adjacent to the one, which collapsed yesterday.

"About two months ago, Javed had demolished the building he owned. He started constructing on the plot. Due to the construction, the adjacent building became weak and collapsed," said Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North District).

Sources said that Javed was allegedly carrying out illegal construction.

Based on the statement of Abdul Rashid, who owned the collapsed building and is also one of the injured, a case was registered at the Sarai Rohilla police station against three persons under Sections 304-A (causing death by negligence) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code. The other accused was employed by Javed as a contractor.

Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung is monitoring the situation and is in touch with senior North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) officials. "Almost all the houses in the locality have been built illegally. The collapsed building was occupied by 14 people belonging to four families who were residing on different floors," said an NDMC official.

New Delhi, June 29
A day after a building collapsed in Inderlok leaving 10 people dead, the Commissioner of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation today ordered an extensive survey of all old buildings in its areas to identify those which are dangerous.

The 50-year-old dilapidated four-storeyed building, which collapsed yesterday in Tulsi Nagar, was under the Karol Bagh Zone of the corporation.

In a damage control mode after the incident, NDMC Commissioner Praveen Gupta today convened a meeting of additional commissioners, deputy commissioners of all the six zones and senior engineers of the civic body.

"The commissioner directed the officials to conduct an extensive survey of old buildings and identify dangerous ones among them," NDMC Public Relations Officer Yogendra Singh Mann said.

Mann said, the commissioner further directed them to issue "eviction notices" to the owners of those buildings, which are found "sensitive for 
habitation".

Ten people including three women and five children were killed and two others injured when the 50-year-old dilapidated four-storeyed building collapsed in the congested area in north Delhi.

An assistant engineer and a junior engineer of NDMC's Karol Bagh zone were suspended and an inquiry has been ordered into the incident in Inderlok area.

Recently, three persons were killed and 12 others injured when a three-storey under-construction building collapsed in Sadar Bazar area.

With two collapse incidents in north Delhi in the last one month, and unauthorised constructions being considered as a major cause for such tragedies, Gupta also asked the officials to be wary of such violations.

Gupta also directed them to be more alert towards unauthorised constructions and to give "stop construction notices" immediately if unauthorised constructions were noticed in its (NDMC) areas, Mann said.

The commissioner also warned that any kind of dereliction would not be tolerated in this regard, it said.

In its pre-monsoon survey for the first four months of the year, the NDMC had found 140 buildings in north Delhi as dangerous.

A total of 144 buildings were identified as dangerous for the period, with Sadar Paharganj zone alone accounting for 137 such structures, according to the survey report recently released by the NDMC.

The survey report for the May-June month is still due and it should be out sometime next month, officials said. — PTI 

New Delhi, June 29
A drive to make the toilets accessible to the girl students on the school premises has been started by the Education department.

"In 1,007 government schools, around 24,548 toilet seats are available for the use of students. In this scenario, the real challenge is not the number, but the lack of maintenance of toilets. The blockage in toilets makes them useless for students whereas lack of sanitation facilities becomes a stumbling block for the effective spread of education," said a senior official of the department.

In order to deal with the poor conditions of toilets, the department has set up a time limit of three working days to unblock and unlock all the toilets and make them functional by carrying out the necessary repairs.

Keeping this in view, the Education department has issued directions to all the heads of schools.

"Due to improper maintenance and blockage in toilets, girl students have to face acute problems. They are forced to make use of unhygienic and unsafe places. In such circumstances, most girl students prefer not to go to the toilet at all which hampers their concentration in the classroom," said the official.

It is expected that when the government schools are reopened after the summer vacation, girl students will witness fully functional toilets.

New Delhi, June 29
The Revenue department has prepared e-refund software for e-stamping which will be launched soon to help people get their refund of e-stamping fast, said Dharampal, the Divisional Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary (Revenue).

He said that all the e-stamp papers purchased by the public for different purposes from Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL) are not used for some reasons. An applicant may now apply for refund against his e-stamp paper.

Dharampal said that in this software, dealing assistant will enter the details of e-stamp paper for refund along with personal information of the applicant such as name, mobile, address, account details.

The SDM concerned will then verify the details of e-stamp paper online on SHCIL Module. The bill will be generated and sent for refund to be made in the account details provided by the applicant.

"The Delhi government has taken a major step forward in the direction of modern system and launched e-stamping last year," he said .

New Delhi, June 29
The Delhi government has received an overwhelming response to the new online registration facility extended to the applicants for admission to its various Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for the new academic session of 2014.

Around 35,000 candidates have made online applications till today for the 8,518 seats of engineering and non-engineering stream in the ITIs. Out of these candidates, 5,500 are from SC category, 3,400 from OBC and 151 from ST category.

"It is important to note that a total number of 3,200 female candidates have applied for all streams of ITIs whereas 3,800 students have applied from outside of Delhi," said a senior government official.

It is for the first time, the Department of Training and Technical Education of the Delhi government has conducted online admission for ITIs. The process of registration was started from June 16 and will be continued to June 30.

The candidates can get themselves registered at the official website of ITI and after registration get verify their certificates at any government ITI by paying non-refundable registration fee of Rs 200.

The verification process was opened on Saturdays and Sundays also for the benefit of the candidates. The online admission process will be completed in three rounds of counselling. The fresh academic session will start from August 1 as per the guidelines issued by the Directorate General of Employment and Training.

"The online admission process has been started with a vision to save environment by ensuring minimal use of paper. The process is witnessing an overwhelming response from the public as the candidates can register from the comforts at their home and verify their documents at a time suitable to them," the official said.

New Delhi, June 29
They come from far and wide seeking relief and succour at the country's premier medical institution, but scores of outstation patients at AIIMS find themselves fighting the heat and humidity during daytime and spending nights on pavements even as hospital officials say that they are unable to provide shelter to them all.

Many outstation patients who fail to get admission at the hospital are forced to spend days waiting their turn outside AIIMS.

Nizakat Khan, a 28-year-old cancer patient from Madhya Pradesh who is undergoing chemotherapy following an operation, says that along with the family members accompanying she has been spending days in the Metro station subway and nights on roadside pavements.

"It's too hot to sit in the sun during the day . At night, neither the hospital guards nor those at the Metro station allow us to stay inside their premises, so we sleep on the pavement along with many others," said Nizakat.—PTI