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India’s roads to be safer, greener under new NHAI plans
Quick response ambulances to be stationed every 50 kms; compressed natural gas fuel stations proposed as part of wayside amenities
Vikas Dhoot A greener drive is also Haryana, Gujarat and Maha- National Highways ac- specialised vehicles, hospit- city limits as well and more
Somesh Jha likely for road users. Trucks rashtra. counted for 35% of total als and emergency response stations will help us achieve
JD(U) joins NDA, may get
NEW DELHI running on CNG will be able deaths on Indian roads and service providers, among that goal,” Mr. Kumar added.
berths in Union Cabinet
Driving down India’s Na- to hit the highways without First phase in December 29% of the total number of others, by the end of this “The move could enable
PATNA
tional Highways could be a worrying about their fuel “Every year, around 1.5 lakh persons injured in road acci- month. cars and trucks with green
The Nitish Kumar-led Janata
much safer experience by tank’s range. people die on Indian roads. dents in 2015, as per official energy to travel beyond city
Dal (United) on Saturday
the end of this year, with the Compressed Natural Gas We want to target saving statistics. Green fuel limits. We have requested
passed a resolution at its
National Highways Authority (CNG) fuel stations will come lives in the golden hour (the The NHAI has also mooted our [Road, Transport and
national executive committee SUNDAY SPECIAL
of India (NHAI) set to roll out up with wayside amenities first hour after an accident). the inclusion of CNG fuel sta- Highways] Ministry to take
meeting to formally join the
an ‘incident management on highways as part of a pro- The first phase, which will tions in the wayside amenit- this up further with the Min-
BJP-led National Democratic
system’. posal now under discussion NHAI Chairman Deepak be rolled out in December “Within 15 minutes of re- ies coming up along all high- istry of Petroleum and Nat-
Alliance (NDA).
Under this, ambulances between the Ministries of Kumar. PIB this year, will target the Na- ceiving a call, an ambulance ways. CNG-powered trucks ural Gas,” he said.
NEWS APAGE 10 will be stationed every 50 Road Transport and High- * tional Highways in seven should reach the spot,” Mr. or buses need a top-up after The NHAI Chairman met
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kilometres to be able to re- ways, as well as Petroleum lives within the ‘golden States and later on, we will Kumar said. every 100 km, whereas CNG Indraprastha Gas Limited
spond to any mishap within and Natural Gas. hour’ will be placed every implement this on all high- The NHAI plans to invite cars can travel up to 200 km Managing Director E.S. Ran-
15 minutes of it being repor- Alarger four-bedded am- 100 km in seven States to be- way stretches,” NHAI Chair- bids for running the ambu- before a refill is needed. ganathan on Thursday.
ted on a national accident bulance with medical recov- gin with: Tamil Nadu, Delhi, man Deepak Kumar told The lance service on highways “We want CNG-run
helpline. ery systems that can save Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Hindu. from manufacturers of such vehicles to travel outside the CONTINUED ON APAGE 10
23 dead, over 400 injured as AIADMK factions Asola case: all
four accused
hint at merger
Utkal Express derails in U.P.
INSIDE arrested
SECTION 1 Special Correspondent would happen “shortly,” Mr. Ashok Kumar
CHENNAI/TIRUVARUR
5Ws — Explainer NDRF teams deployed at the accident site near Muzaffarnagar Panneerselvam was more Faridabad
CACCpCCaCCgCCeC C1C2CC After the much-anticipated specific, and said it would All four accused in the
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Science & Technology At least 23 persons were three were third AC coaches AIADMK (Amma) and AI- on the terms for the merger after they surrendered be-
CACCpCCaCCgCCeC C1C4CC killed and around 400 in- and the rest were sleeper ADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi as the OPS camp leaders fore the police.
jured when 14 coaches of the coaches. Amma) — hit a roadblock on could not reach a con- Deputy Commissioner
Being
Apage 15 Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express Friday, Tamil Nadu Chief sensus, despite a marathon of Police, New Industrial
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Non-Fiction ing at Khatauli, near Muzaf- Senior Railway Ministry offi- iswami and his predecessor hours. one of the accused, Sachin,
CACCpCCaCCgCCeC C1C6CC farnagar, Uttar Pradesh po- cials present on the spot told O. Panneerselvam on Sat- The OPS camp has said 30, had surrendered on
lice officials said. The Hinduthat “though the urday said the reunion will that for the merger to hap- Friday and the rest did so
SECTION 2 It was 5.46 p.m. on Sat- investigation is yet to be con- take place in a day or two. pen, Mr. Panneerselvam has on Saturday.
Despatches urday when the Haridwar- cluded but preliminary Speaking in one voice, to be made party chief. “We The other three have
CACCpCCaCCgCCeC C5CCC bound train derailed imme- Off track: The mangled coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal probe suggests that the though at separate venues, are very clear that Mr. Pan- been identified as Pramod,
diately after it crossed the Express at Khatauli, near Muzaffarnagar, on Saturday. *PTI driver of the Kalinga Express the two leaders said negoti- neerselvam should be the Deepak and Harish.
Khatauli station. had applied sudden brakes ations for the merger were party chief,” said an AI- All four are residents of
SECTION 2 A14 PAGES National Disaster Re- rise as several passengers jured. Rescue operations as he found repair works go- going on smoothly. ADMK veteran, who parti- Anangpur village in
SUNDAY MAGAZINE A8 PAGES sponse Force (NDRF) per- were still trapped in the have slowed down after ing on the track which led to While Mr. Palaniswami cipated in the marathon Faridabad.
LITERARY REVIEW A4 PAGES sonnel told The Hindu that wreckage. Officials said 100 darkness. The Railway Min- the accident. told mediapersons in meeting.
CLASSIFIEDS APAGES 6 & 7 the number of dead could persons were seriously in- istry is yet to comment on CONTINUED ON APAGE 10 Tiruvarur that the merger CONTINUED ON APAGE 10 DETAILS ON APAGE 3
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Lack of basic amenities pinches DDA flat residents
IN BRIEF
In Rohini, people complain about poor roads, dearth of medical and transport facilities, and negligible maintenance work
Shinjini Ghosh
NEW DELHI <> There are open
The Delhi Development Au- drains in front of
thority (DDA) has extended my house.
Stones hurled at the last date of application Construction
Tiwari in Bawana for its 2017 housing scheme
debris has been
NEW DELHI till September 11 following
lying around for a
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari poor response from the pub-
has alleged that he was lic. The Hindu visited some of long time now.
hurdled stones and a piece of the DDA complexes in Rohini Even the parks
wood at a public meeting in for a reality check. have turned into
Bawana on Saturday. Deputy Most of the people living jungles
Commissioner of Police in these flats complained
Sultana
(Rohini) Rishi Pal confirmed about the lack of basic amen- Resident of DDA LIG flat,
that they had received a ities, poor conveyance and Sector 29, Rohini
complaint from a BJP worker negligible maintenance
in the matter and action work. operational for the last two
would be taken after The Janta flats in Sector 4, months. Even though the
verification of the Rohini, which are almost counsellor was informed, no
allegations. “The event was four kilometres away from measures have been taken to
recorded in cameras. The the main road, bore a deser- fix them,” said Shubham
footage will be scanned,” he ted look. Bharadwaj, a member of the
said. STAFF REPORTER The residents said only a residents’ welfare
handful of the few hundred association.
flats were occupied. The residents also com-
Water supply hit in plained about the lack of
south, west Delhi Waterlogged roads proper transport facilities.
NEW DELHI Lakshmi, who has been stay- “People living here need
Water supply in large parts of ing there for the last one to have their own transport.
south and west Delhi was year, said, “The living condi- Else, they will have walk for
affected on Saturday due to a tions here are not suitable. around three kilometres be-
reduction in the raw water The biggest problem is the fore they can avail a bus.
supply from Haryana via the access to the main road. The Even the Rithala metro sta-
carrier-lined channel and the intermediary lane is a long tion is quite a distance away,”
Delhi sub-branch of the stretch and it becomes diffi- said Mr. Bharadwaj.
Western Yamuna Canal.The cult to use it at night. The
DJB said water would be condition of the road is also Poor response
available at low pressure in poor and it gets easily water- This year, the DDA has put
these areas on Sunday as logged during monsoon.” up around 12,000 flats for
well. STAFF REPORTER Talking about the other sale, of which 384 are janta
basic amenities, the mother flats, 404 middle-income
of two said, “In spite of hav- group (MIG) flats and 87
Labourer killed in ing a park in front of my Reality check: (From left to right) A DDA LIG apartment complex in Sector 29, Rohini; the poor condition of a park on the high-income group (HIG)
accident in Noida house, my children have dif- premises; garbage strewn outside the flats. *SANDEEP SAXENA flats. The remaining 11,197
NOIDA ficulty in using it as it is in a flats are the one-bedroom
Aworker was killed after he poor shape. Safety is also an “Conveyance is a huge available for us,” said Kiran, pite there being provisions into jungles now. What is the similar problems. lower income group (LIG)
allegedly fell from a height at issue as there are no guards problem here. At times when who has been living there for for the same. point of taking these flats if flats.
an under-construction metro present.” we are lucky, we get a lift the last four years. we are not provided with a No streetlights Officials said the authority
site in Sector 34 here on from someone. Else, we She added there was also Open drains liveable environment?” said “The streetlights here have had received just about
Saturday. Gaya Prasad was Appeal to govt need to walk almost for three no medical facility available “There are open drains in Sultana, another resident. been operational for a few 8,000 applications so far.
working at the site when the Residents of the LIG flats in kilometres before we find in the vicinity. front of my house. Construc- Even residents of the HIG months now. Till date, no Earlier, the last date for sub-
incident happened. He was Sector 29, Rohini, com- proper means of transport. Residents also alleged that tion debris has been lying complex in Sector 29, Ro- one has come to fix them. mitting the applications for
admitted to a hospital where plained about lack of trans- We request the government no lift had not been installed around for a long time now. hini, which looked visibly Additionally, around 80 but- the draw of lots was August
he later died. PTI port facilities. to at least make bus services in any of the buildings des- Even the parks have turned clean, complained about tons in the lift have not been 11.
Rain brings relief to city AAP cheated Bawana Rashtrapati Bhavan, NDMC
residents, claims BJP
to produce their own honey
Maximum temperature drops four notches below normal
Party blames CM for stalling growth 200 bee boxes set up at President’s Estate with help of KVIC
Staff Reporter Manoj Tiwari and MP Udit Staff Reporter
New Delhi Raj held eight meetings on NEW DELHI
The Bharatiya Janata Party Friday and Saturday. Ad- Marking World Honey Bee
(BJP) on Saturday asked dressing residents, they said Day on Saturday,
voters in north-west Delhi’s that the AAP had “nothing Rashtrapati Bhavan and the
Bawana Assembly constitu- to tell the people” except New Delhi Municipal Coun-
ency to “teach Arvind Kejri- tales of “fraud, betrayal and cil (NDMC) announced their
wal a lesson” by supporting forgery”, whereas the BJP own sweet plans to produce
its candidate Ved Prakash in was being guided by Prime honey.
the upcoming by-poll. Minister Narendra Modi’s President Ram Nath
Addressing two public vision of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Kovind visited the apiary set
meetings in the area, Union Vikas’. up at the President’s Estate
Minister Sanjeev Balyan said with the aid of the Khadi and
the people of Bawana felt ‘Seeped in corruption’ Village Industries Commis-
“cheated” by the Aam “The AAP has given to the sion (KVIC) to promote the
Aadmi Party (AAP) govern- people of Delhi atrocities by Honey Mission on Saturday,
ment even as the rest of Somnath Bharti and according to a statement Sweet beginning:President Ram Nath Kovind visits the apiary
Delhi was “witnessing Sandeep Kumar, the corrup- from Rashtrapati Bhavan. at the President's Estate on Saturday. *SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
development”. tion of Mr. Kejriwal, the for- Currently, 200 bee boxes
gery of Jitender Tomar and have been installed to pro- Meenakshi Lekhi distribut- honey this year and that
Cooling down: Youngsters enjoy the rain at the Red Fort on Saturday. *SANDEEP SAXENA ‘Tales of forgery’ the hawala of Satyendar duce high-quality honey, ing 15gm packs of honey to honey would be distributed
“The people of Bawana have Jain. The BJP, on the other wax and pollen, said the about 1,000 NDMC school to 10,000 school students to
Press Trust of India ded 23.6 mm, 19.4 mm, 4.4 this time of the year. been voting for either the hand, has given citizens statement. students at an event near promote it.
New Delhi mm and 2 mm rainfall, re- The humidity oscillated Congress or the AAP for the schemes like Beti Bachao- The number of boxes will Gole Market.
Rain lashed the Capital on spectively, said a MeT de- between 100% and 62%. last two decades. But both Beti Padhao and Pradhan be increased to 500, in a bid According to an NDMC Hub of production
Saturday, bringing the partment official. The MeT has forecast these parties have betrayed Mantri Mudra Yojana, a to not only produce honey statement, Ms. Lekhi high- With Lutyens’ Delhi being
much-needed respite from overcast skies along with the them. Ved Prakash resigned sense of security, and cor- but also boost flora and lighted the importance of among the greenest parts of
hot conditions even as traffic Thunderstorm today possibility of thunderstorm from the AAP and joined the ruption-free governance,” fauna since the bees will honey, for its medicinal use the Capital, NDMC chairper-
came to a standstill in some The maximum temperature and rain in some areas on BJP because Bawana was Mr. Tiwari said. help in pollination. in Ayurveda as well as a son Naresh Kumar said that
areas of the city. plunged to settle at 29.6 de- Sunday. neglected and in this by- The time, Mr. Tiwari ad- source of income for farm- it would ideal for promoting
The Safdarjung observat- grees Celsius, four notches “The maximum and min- election, he is our candidate ded, had come to “teach the Honey distributed ers and others. honey production. H
ory received 26 mm rainfall below the season’s average, imum temperatures are and is before the people of AAP a lesson” and “free The NDMC also launched its The chairperson of KVIC, e added that bee boxes
till 5.30 p.m., while areas while the minimum temper- likely to hover at 33 and 25 Bawana to win their confid- Bawana” from “the arrogant own Honey Mission on Sat- Vinay Kumar Saxena, said would be set up in all NDMC
under Palam, Lodhi Road, ature was recorded at 26 de- degrees Celsius, respect- ence again,” Dr. Balyan said. and dishonest gang of Mr. urday, with NDMC member the commission would pro- parks and nurseries with the
Ridge and Ayanagar recor- grees Celsius, normal for ively,” the weatherman said. Delhi BJP president Kejriwal”. and New Delhi MP duce 15 lakh tonnes of help of KVIC.
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PWD uses garbage to construct road at Bhalswa landfill
of pvt schools: Gupta
First-of-its-kind initiative aimed at waste management; officials stress need for more such projects at other dumpyards in city
LOP says govt did not follow HC orders
Jatin Anand answer to the re-utilisation and graded stone layer of 150
New Delhi of land which is part of mm was laid to prevent the Staff Reporter “I would like to remind
The Public Works similar sites such as Okhla geogrid from coming in New Delhi the Delhi government that
Department (PWD) has and Ghazipur. It was contact with the landfill and The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as president of the Delhi Ab-
taken a small step towards constructed a year ago and agraded stone layer of 150 government must attach hibhavak Mahasangh, I had
the possible replacement of studied for possible mm was laid yet again before bank accounts of private started a movement against
ever-mounting piles of trash maintenance issues related concrete was laid. schools to ensure refund of the illogical raise of fee by
at Delhi’s sprawling landfill to deterioration, but no such excess fee charged by them private schools in the name
sites with a public resource problems arose,” a senior Boon for residents in the name of implement- of implementing the 6thPay
that everyone can use: government official claimed. According to the official, the ing the 6thPay Commission, Commission. I had also filed
roads. stretch was constructed at a Leader of the Opposition apetition in the Delhi High
Asmall section of the Techniques used cost of ₹1.75 crore. Vijender Gupta demanded Court against the unjust in-
Bhalswa landfill site, which The main highlight of the Departmental estimates on Saturday. crease in fee,” Mr. Gupta
is spread over 21 acres and modest stretch is the posit that similar roads could On Friday, Chief Minister said.
receives about 2,700 tonnes utilisation of geogrids in its be constructed at a cost of Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy
of garbage every day, construction. The said ₹3.14 crore per kilometre in Chief Minister Manish Siso- L-G go-ahead
recently saw the successful technique sees the use of future. dia had addressed a press The Rohini legislator further
implementation of a year- polymer grills to create the “Currently, garbage conference to clarify that said that it was on the basis
long pilot project underlined base of a particular structure management is a daily the government would take of his petition that the High
by the construction of a Nagar parallel to Outer Ring one have failed. however, Lieutenant- followed by common challenge for the authorities over the management of Court had ruled against
300-metre-long waste-to- Road. In November 2016, PWD Governor Anil Baijal had construction methods. due to space constraints. As 449 private schools “only as private schools.
concrete model road on a Minister Satyendar Jain had pitched for the use of solid In this case, the landfill and when the necessary alast resort”. Meanwhile, L-G Anil
part of the landfill. Mounting problem announced that the Delhi waste from Delhi's landfills in area was cut up to 2.25 approvals for the Baijal has given his go-ahead
The stretch is part of a Delhi generates an estimated government intended to the construction of metres below the proposed construction of such roads at ‘Crocodile tears’ to the Delhi government to
longer road which measures 5,000 metric tonnes of ensure that 50% to 60% of highways. road, following which landfill sites are obtained, Mr.Gupta, however, termed issue a show-cause notice to
around 8 kilometres and garbage daily. But previous the waste at landfills was “It is the first stretch of its geogrids were used to this could very well be a the statement as “nothing 449 private schools, asking
runs between Wazirabad and efforts to make waste-to- used for the construction of kind to be constructed on a stabilise the landfill. A layer boon for motorists as well as but shedding of crocodile them to explain why they
Sanjay Gandhi Transport concrete roads such as this roads. Earlier this year, landfill and might be the of sand measuring 200 mm residents,” the official said. tears”. should not be taken over.
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Asola attack: all four 16-year-old boy jumps
off building, injured
accused arrested
Staff Reporter
He has undergone three
NEW DELHI
operations in three days and
A 16-year-old Class XI stu- is not fit for statement. The
dent jumped off the fourth police have seized his gad-
They surrendered before police; identification parade soon
floor of his residential build- gets to find the reason for
ing in north-west Delhi’s his alleged suicide attempt.
Ashok Kumar Ashok Vihar on Wednesday “After a local inquiry and
FARIDABAD afternoon in an alleged at- talking to his parents, it
All four men accused of as- tempt to commit suicide. seems he was upset because
saulting a group of students Severely injured, he is un- of a recent school change,”
at the Asola Wildlife Sanctu- dergoing treatment at Sir said DCP (North West)
ary in Faridabad were arres- Ganga Ram Hospital. Milind Mahadeo Dumbere.
ted on Saturday after they
surrendered before the
police.
Deputy Commissioner of
Police, New Industrial Town-
ship, Astha Modi said one of
the accused, Sachin, 30, had
surrendered before the po-
lice on Friday and the rest Picnic horror:The incident happened when the students were
surrendered on Saturday returning from Asola wildlife sanctuary. *SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
evening. Sachin was pro-
duced before the court and tack on a female student and gister their complaint and
sent to judicial custody, she her six male friends by a also made remarks on wo-
added. mob at Asola Wildlife Sanc- man's clothes and character.
tuary on August 14. The stu-
All Faridabad residents dent and her friends were Cop suspended
The rest three have been returning from a picnic at Sub-Inspector Suresh Ku-
identified as Pramod, the Bharadwaj Lake, located mar, posted at Surajkund
Deepak and Harish. All four inside the sanctuary, when a police station, was suspen-
are residents of Anangpur group of eight-nine men al- ded on Thursday for refus-
village in Faridabad, said Ms. legedly attacked them. The ing to register the complaint
Modi. She, however, refused men even threatened to of the victims.
to reveal further details rape the woman. The investigation into the
about the four as their Test Later, when the students case has now been handed
Identification Parade was went to police in Faridabad, over to an Assistant Com-
yet to be conducted. the officer at Surajkund po- missioner of Police-rank
The case pertains to an at- lice station refused to re- officer.
Woman, daughter found
dead in train at Shahdara
Victims residents of Bulandshahr; police suspect murder
Hemani Bhandari
NEW DELHI
A45-year-old woman and her
26-year-old daughter were
found dead in two separate
compartments of Mahananda
Express which was parked at
ayard near Shahdara Railway
station on Friday morning.
The police suspect it’s a case
of murder. The bodies have
been sent for post mortem.
The police received a call
around 8 a.m informing them Crime scene? The bodies were found inside a train near
of the bodies. On reaching Shahdara railway station. *SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
the spot the police recovered
a note from the bodies that complaint said the deceased birth. Then they had a son. I
had their names and address. had left home on Wednesday found out about her mental
The women were identi- evening and not returned. condition during her preg-
fied as Mayawati and her Mayawati, a widow, had nancy,” he claimed.
daughter Nishu, residents of been living with her daughter About the relationship
Yakubpur village in Uttar Pra- at her in-laws’ house for the between Pushpender and his
desh’s Bulandshahr. last few years. wife, Mr. Ashok said he had
never seen them fight.
No injury marks ‘Mentally unstable’ “Theek hi tha rishta. Koi
“There were no injury marks Pushpender’s relative Jai alias pareshani nai thi. (They was
on the bodies, but Nishu had Ashok told The Hindu that no trouble between the two
foam coming out of her the two women had on a few of them),” he said.
nose,” said Deputy Commis- occassions left home without Suspecting murder, the po-
sioner of Police (Railways) informing anyone, which is lice are now probing how the
Parwaiz Ahmed. The bodies why the family didn’t register women reached Delhi and
were sent to Guru Teg Ba- acomplaint immediately. later the yard, which is nearly
hadur Hospital for post “Mayawati has left unan- 3.5 km away from the railway
mortem scheduled for nounced thrice before and station’s platform.
Sunday. Nishu has also left once, but “Inquiry by Sub-Divisional
The deceased Nishu’s hus- they always came back,” he Magistrate is being conduc-
band Pushpender, a driver by said. Mr. Ashok also claimed ted because the woman died
profession, filed a missing the two were mentally within seven years of mar-
complaint at Salempur police challenged. riage. A case will be re-
station on Friday morning. “Nishu and Pushpender gistered under relevant sec-
He was informed of the got married nearly six years tions after the report is
death a few hours later. The ago. Their first child died at received,” said Mr. Ahmed.
Women’s family allege
murder by husband
Claim Nishu was harassed by in-laws
Hemani Bhandari and assaulted her.
NEW DELHI
Sitting on the platform of Last visit
Shahdara railway station, re- “Pushpender’s character
latives of Mayawati and has often come under ques-
Nishu, who were found tion. His father and elder
dead on a train, alleged that brother had inappropriately
the two have been touched Nishu in the past
murdered by the daughter’s which is why it was decided
husband and in-laws to grab that Maya will stay with
property which was in May- her,” he alleged.
awati’s name in her village Nishu’s relatives said she
Palkheda. had last visited Palkheda on
June 10 with her husband.
Land issue “She came with him and
The relatives also alleged told us that she needs
that Nishu was harassed and ₹50,000 for Pushpender’s
tortured by her in-laws. business. We told her we
“We are sure they were don’t have the money at the
murdered and dumped on moment but that we’ll ar-
the train. Pushpender and range something in a few
his family was after Maya’s days,” said Mr. Singh.
five bigha land. They
wanted her to sell it and give Relative denies claims
them the money but she The relatives also said Mr.
wouldn’t do it because she Pushpender never informed
wouldn’t be left with any- them that the two women
thing,” alleged Pawan Singh, had gone missing and they
Nishu’s paternal uncle. got to know on Saturday
He added that the land is- morning when the police
sue was heard by the pan- visited their village.
chayat a year-and-a-half ago, Denying all statements
where it was decided that made by Mr. Singh, Mr.
the land will not be sold and Pushpender’s relative Jai
no one from the village will alias Ashok said.
buy it. “They’re lying. They
Mr. Singh also alleged haven’t checked on the two
that Nishu’s in-laws abused women in so many years”.
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IN BRIEF Jaypee home buyers take to the streets Woman set on
fire, in-laws held
Say they feel ‘betrayed’ after delay in possession; demand govt intervention
Kin allege dowry torture on 24-year-old
EPCMA for using green Staff Reporter
fuel to minimise pollution NEW DELHI
GURUGRAM A 24-year-old woman was
To minimise air pollution in set on fire allegedly by her
Gurugram, the Environmental husband and in-laws on Fri-
Pollution Control and day for not fulling their
Monitoring Authority (EPCMA) dowry demands. Three
is looking at making available members from the in-laws’
24x7 power to industrial units family, including the hus-
in the city to reduce their band, have been arrested.
dependence on diesel Victim Parvinder Kaur
generators. Chairman, EPCMA, was allegedly set ablaze on Gurcharan Singh and
Bhure Lal said he has directed Friday when she went to her Parvinder Kaur.
authorities to examine matrimonial home in west
industrial units in the city that Delhi’s Vikaspuri. She was their demands but when we
are operating on diesel immediately rushed to Saf- refused this time, they got
generators and to prepare a darjung Hospital where she angry and ousted my sister
plan for use of green fuel succumbed to her injuries from the house 15 days ago.
energy. PTI on Saturday. She was living with us since
In her statement to the then,” he alleged.
police and magistrate in the
Demolition drive carried hospital, Parvinder said that Love marriage
out in Gurugram Up in arms:Home buyers stage a protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday. *V. SUDERSHAN her husband Gurcharan When the police reached
GURUGRAM Singh, her father-in-law the spot, they smelt ker-
Ateam of the enforcement Shinjini Ghosh against the Jaypee Group, the important that the corporate senior citizens who had Rawel Singh (62), brother- osene and found burnt
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wing of the District Town and protesters also criticised both veil is lifted as both JAL and booked flats thinking they in-law Prabhjot Singh (25) clothes, a broken matchbox,
Planning Department in Braving heavy showers, hun- the Centre as well as the Yogi JIL are ultimately the same will have a roof over their and mother in-law were two match sticks, a pair of
Gurugram on Saturday dreds of home buyers who Adityanath government. company.” heads post retirement. Now ready with kerosene and sandals, a broken fan, a bed
demolished unauthorised had invested in the Wish Expressing discontent they are left without any fall matchbox when she went to sheet and three buckets.
constructions in Bhondsi Town project — being de- ‘Creating confusion’ over the Jaypee group’s ac- back mechanisms,” said the house to pick up her “We had earlier re-
village here on the basis of veloped by the Jaypee Group Accusing the Jaypee Group of tions, Debashis Chakraborty, Aashish Panchal. four-year-old son’s clothes. gistered a case under Sec-
complaints received form — protested against the “creating confusion” another buyer who had Demanding a representa- tions 307 (attempt to
common people through builder in the Capital on Sat- amongst the buyers, Mr. booked a flat in 2012 said, “It tion in the committee of cred- Mother-in-law missing murder) and 34 (common
'CM Window', an online portal urday. The aggrieved buyers Varun added, “Both is a big monetary loss for us. itors, Mr. Pamchal added, “Three of them (Gurcharan, intention). Now, Section 302
for grievances. According to demonstrated at Jantar Jayprakash Associates Lim- We definitely feel betrayed by “The law is flawed. All the big Rawel, Prabhjot) have been (punishment for murder)
an official, around 25 under- Mantar demanding immedi- ited (JAL) and Jaypee Infrat- the Jaypee Group. After hav- lendors and financial institu- arrested in connection with has also been added,” said
construction buildings, 130 ate action, including the gov- ech Limited (JIL) are equally ing paid ₹60 lakh, I do not tions are included in the com- the case. The mother-in-law, Mr Kumar.
other structures and 70 ernment’s intervention, in responsible as the provi- think I deserve this. We are mittee but there is no scope however, is absconding. All The family said that
boundary walls were the matter. sional allotment letter has hoping that the buyer’s in- for the buyers’ representa- the three were present in Parvinder and Gurcharan
demolished. PTI “We want possession of been provided by JAL with JIL terests will be protected by tion. Buyers are put under the house when the incident had a love marriage in 2012
our homes. If not Jaypee, being the conforming party. whatever decision is taken by the category of unsecured happened,” said Deputy and the relationship
there should at least be some So there is no question of the the National Company Law creditors despite having in- Commissioner of Police between the two was better
Three drug peddlers kind of assistance from either responsibility lying with one Tribunal (NCLT).” vested the maximum and (West) Vijay Kumar. in the first year. “Dowry de-
arrested in Noida Mr. Narendra Modi or Mr. of the two branches.” having the highest stakes.” According to Parvinder’s mands increased after the
NOIDA Yogi Adityanath,” said Varun, Mohona Lal, another ‘Law is flawed’ Aseries of protests erup- brother Amandeep Singh, son was born. The in-laws
The police have arrested two one of the buyers who had buyer, said: “We have inves- “We have waited for almost ted after the Allahabad Bench the in-laws would ask for would abuse, beat and har-
women and a man for booked a flat in 2010 and has ted all our savings in the pro- over a decade. Now we are of NCLT admitted an insolv- dowry in cash every now ass her. We intervened
allegedly possessing banned lost close to ₹50 lakh in the ject. The parent company has not only losing property but ency plea from the bank and then, and the most re- many times and mostly gave
substances in separate raids in project. been siphoning off our also all our hard earned which had given a loan to the cent demand for ₹10lakh. them what they asked for,”
Noida. According to SP (City) Apart from raising slogans money to other accounts. It is money. There are a lot of builders. “We have been fulfilling said Mr. Amandeep.
Arun Kumar Singh, a police
team arrested one Danjay
Gupta, from Noida Sector 20 AAP blames BJP for Rani Jhansi project delay
on Friday night and seized
over 200 grams of heroin
from him. Acting on a tip-off,
Party says ‘corruption’ in civic bodies stalled completion of the grade separator
another police team arrested
the two women from Noida
Phase II and seized about 800 Staff Reporter 1998 — AAP leader Dilip Referring to one of the
NEW DELHI
grams of ganja from them, the Pandey said that the High causes for the delay given by
officer said. PTI The Aam Aadmi Party on Court had also asked to fix a the BJP-ruled corporation,
Saturday hit out at the BJP, date of completion. Mr. Pandey said that the ap-
which has ruled the muni- provals for the project
Baby dies cipal corporation since Missed deadlines should have been taken
2007, for the delay in the He said that the Railways prior to its start.
hours after completion of the Rani had already paid for girders Talking about the Delhi
Jhansi Road grade separator AAP leaders Ashutosh, that had not been used yet government’s own delayed
birth, probe project, saying it was cor- Saurabh Bhardwaj and Dilip and the civic body was now Signature Bridge project,
ruption that led to the Pandey at a press conference. trying to speed up the work which was started by the
launched budget increasing from ₹70 *SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA to avoid questions. Sheila Dikshit government,
crore to ₹700 crore. He added that it was be- Mr. Pandey said the ad-
handled by the North Delhi cause of corruption in the ministrative problems being
Staff Reporter Conceived in 1998 Municipal Corporation and municipality that the project faced by the AAP govern-
NEW DELHI Speaking about the project was conceived by the Muni- has repeatedly missed ment was the reason for the
A medico-legal case has — which is now being cipal Corporation of Delhi in deadlines. delay.
been registered and a po-
lice investigation has been
initiated into the death of a Be considerate to elderly:
baby girl hours after her
birth at the city govern-
ment’s Rao Tula Ram Me-
freedom fighter to AIIMS
morial Hospital.
The Medical Superin-
tendent of the Hospital,
Sangeeta Basu, said: “The
baby was born at 2.05 p.m.
Writes to PM asking for special provision for senior citizens
on August 14 and she died
around 4 a.m. on August
15. She was perfectly Bindu Shajan Perappadan “I am not able to walk or AIIMS. “The hospital should
healthy, had a normal birth NEW DELHI use the staircase for visiting consider giving us some pri-
and weighed 3kg. She was Freedom fighter Rajendra different departments on ority in consulting the OPDs
put in the post-natal ward, Prasad Singh (90) suffers different floors. My condi- and other associated works.
along with her mother. If a from a number of old-age re- tion has deteriorated to an The check-up facilities/OPD
child has any problem, we lated health issues and be- extend that I need immedi- should be made available at
keep him or her in a nurs- cause of the lack of special- ate treatment. But this re- ground floor only,’’ he said.
ery. The child was per- ised treatment in his native mains out of bounds simply Rajendra Prasad Singh
fectly healthy and hence place has to come to Delhi’s because I am unable to isn’t alone in this concern as
kept in the normal ward.” All India Institute of Medical reach many departments on another senior citizen from
Doctors in the hospital Sciences (AIIMS) for treat- time because of the huge Vasant Kunj, Sukul M. Bagai,
did not rule out foul play. ment very often. crowd in the hospital. Old said she faces the same
This was the couple’s However, once here, he people deserve some re- problem. “Geriatric Medi-
second daughter. faces the hurdle of not just spect and consideration,’’ cine OPD location is not at
“The child suckled navigating through the ever- said Rajendra Prasad Singh, all elderly friendly and the
around 1 a.m. on August 15 increasing hospital crowd in his letter addressed to hospital administration
and, that is a very healthy but also reaching the check- Prime Minister Narendra should consider reviewing
sign. We are awaiting the up and OPD facilities which Modi. it. It’s a painful process to
forensic report to know as are not available on the In his letter, he has asked struggle through the maze to
to what really happened,” ground floor or in a single that a special provision be avail OPD and physiother-
said Dr. Basu. area. made for freedom fighters at apy services.”
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Sewer deaths: Mumbai police bust insurance policy racket, eight arrested from Noida
compensation
Special Correspondent Kaptan Singh Chauhan According to Crime Branch ruary 2017 conned him into tions, and the police, using used in Goa, a police team Noida address.
cheques Mumbai (26), Anil Singh Rajawat (24), officials, the matter came to paying a total of ₹22 lakh in the cell phone number used rushed there and visited On August 16, a Crime
The Mumbai police have ar- Rajnath Singh Chauhan (19), their notice after a Malad res- several installments, prom- by the accused and the de- more than 150 hotels and res- Branch team followed him to
given to kin rested eight people for al- Ashish Kumar Gupta (30), ident registered a complaint ising high returns on his “in- tails of the bank accounts in taurants within a 1.5 km the call centre in Noida and
legedly running a call centre Harish Goswami (28), Raja in February this year. vestment”. which the complainant had stretch to get clues about the arrested him and others.
racket where they conned alias Anil Tiwari (20), Upen- The complainant said that deposited the money, started owner of the mobile. The gang had cheated sev-
Press Trust of India people into paying them dra Bhadoria (23) and Rinku he had received a call from a Alot of leg work trying to identify the accused. They got Kaptan Singh’s eral persons using the same
New Delhi money by claiming to sell in- Solanki (24) were arrested supposed insurance agent The matter was handed over After finding out that the name from a hotel where he modus operandi, police said.
The Delhi government has surance policies. from Noida in Uttar Pradesh. who, from April 2015 to Feb- to the Unit XI for investiga- mobile had been recently had checked in, and his Further probe is on.
handed over compensation
cheque of ₹10 lakh each to
the families of the three
sanitation workers who had
died while cleaning a sewer
pipe in Lajpat Nagar, an of-
ficial said on Saturday.
Earlier this month, Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal
had announced the com-
pensation after meeting the
family members of the vic-
tims: Joginder (32), Annu
(28) and Mohan (25).
“On the CM’s direction,
the compensation cheques
have been given to the fam-
ilies,” said a senior govern-
ment official. The CM had
also announced a job to a
member of the families of
the deceased.
Mr. Kejriwal had also said
that a high-level panel
would be set up to prevent
such incidents. The three
workers died allegedly after
inhaling toxic gas while
cleaning a sewer line in La-
jpat Nagar on July 16.
3.2 kg-tumour
removed from
Russian man
Press Trust of India
New Delhi
A 3.2 kg-tumour was re-
moved from the chest cav-
ity of a 39-year-old Russian
man in a “highly risky” sur-
gery here, hospital author-
ities have said.
“Emil was suffering for
the past five years from
breathlessness, following
which he underwent a
series of comprehensive
medical check-ups, which
revealed that the tumour
was gradually growing in
his chest cavity,” an official
of the Fortis Hospital at
Vasant Kunj said. The pa-
tient was admitted on July
31, operated on August 1
and discharged on Aug. 8.
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IN BRIEF Vote for development: Naidu Yeddyurappa ₹8 crore in
banned
moves High Court
notes seized
Rebuts Jagan’s charges even as YSRCP chief calls for mandate against misrule
Questions legality of FIR against him
M.V. Subramanyam Cash seized Special Correspondent
KURNOOL ALAPPUZHA
Moderate crowd for Strongly rebutting the from YSRCP Special Correspondent The Kerala police confis-
Sabarimala rituals charges levelled against him Bengaluru cated demonetised cur-
PATHANAMTHITTA by YSR Congress Party pres- leader Bharatiya Janata Party rency notes of higher de-
The Ayyappa temple at ident Y.S. Jagan Mohan leader and former nominations from two cars
Sabarimala witnessed Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Chief Minister on the National Highway at
moderate crowd on the third Chief Minister N. Chandrab- Special Correspondent B.S. Yeddyurappa on Sat- Kayamkulam on Saturday.
day of the five-day Chingom abu Naidu called upon the KURNOOL urday moved the High Court The currency runs to the
puja on Saturday. The rituals people of Nandyal on Sat- The Kurnool police raided questioning the legality of tune of about ₹8 crore, a
began with the chief priest urday to vote for develop- the house of YSR Congress the first information report senior police officer said.
performing the ‘ashtadravya ment and good governance. Party leader Dastagiri filed against him. Five persons, all residents
Ganapati homam‘ followed “Use your vote as a Reddy at Pulakur in The FIR was based on a B.S. Yeddyurappa of Palakkad, have been ar-
by ‘ashtabhishekom’, weapon to defeat Mr. Jagan, Banaganapalle mandal of complaint filed by the State’s rested.
‘ushapuja’ and ‘laksharchana’. who is speaking at will, utter- Kurnool district on Sat- Anti-Corruption Bureau not completed within a five- The police stumbled
The temple will be closed ing lies and turning a blind Fervent appeal: Chandrababu Naidu atop his campaign urday and seized ₹40.40 (ACB) that he had allegedly year period, as per the law. upon the cache during
after the ‘athazhapuja’ on eye to development, and YS- vehicle in Nandyal town on Saturday. *U. SUBRAMANYAM lakh from him. misused his official position Also, a Division Bench on patrolling.The police were
Monday. RCP candidate Silpa Mohan The police said the as Chief Minister to illegally April 28, 2017, had upheld investigating the where-
Reddy, who grabbed lands pro quocases against Jagan Chief Minister N. Chandrab- money was seized on the denotify land. The land was the order of the single judge abouts of a third car, which
‘Blue Whale’ link to allotted to Dalits by the gov- and former Karnataka Minis- abu Naidu. suspicion that it was meant acquired for the Dr. Shiv- in setting aside the land was said to have sped away
suicide to be probed ernment,” Mr. Naidu said ter Gali Janardhan Reddy Accusing Mr. Naidu of for distribution among arama Karanth Layout pro- acquisition. from the spot.
PALAKKAD during his road show in had been incorporated as rarely speaking the truth, he voters. posed by the Bangalore De- The FIR, he claimed, was Exchange of old cur-
The Kerala police will Nandyal town. case study examples in crim- reiterated his charge that the The police also raided velopment Authority. registered as a result of a rency notes had reportedly
investigate the death of a The Chief Minister asser- inal law. If such leaders Chief Minister failed to fulfil the houses of Jagadeeswar political conspiracy and ven- been taking place at cer-
20-year-old, purported to ted that Mr. Jagan’s intem- gained power, corruption the promises made by him Reddy, Adi Reddy and ‘Political conspiracy’ detta as the ACB directly tain places such as
have committed suicide, in perate remarks to “shoot would become the order of since 2014. Linga Reddy, relatives of It has been contended in the came under the Department Palakkad.
the wake of the suspicion him down in the middle of the day, he alleged. Addressing a meeting YSRC party candidate Silpa petition that the notification of Personnel and Adminis- The seized notes were
raised by his mother that her the road, hang him and strip with the Arya Vysya com- Mohan Reddy, and the for acquiring the land was is- trative Reforms, headed by said to have been ex-
son could have been a victim him” made him angry and ‘CM rarely speaks truth’ munity, he alleged that the house of Arya Vysya leader sued on December 31, 2008. none other than the Chief changed from people after
of the online game ‘Blue sad, but he was bearing The YSR Congress Party government was adopting in- Neraveti Satyanarayana on A single judge of the High Minister. He alleged that the striking deals illegally. A
Whale Challenge’. Kulathinkal them for the sake of the president, meanwhile, timidatory tactics against YS- Friday midnight in Nandyal Court on November 26, bureau was being used cache of demonetised cur-
Ashiqwas found hanging in people. called upon the people to RCP activists and town. But they reportedly 2014, had quashed the noti- against leaders of Opposi- rency was seized at Cher-
his house on March 30. Mr. Naidu said the quid vote against the misrule of sympathisers. found no cash. fication as acquisition was tion parties. thala a month ago.
‘Surrogate’ is the Big liquor shops play waiting game Man sets woman
biological mother ablaze, ends life
Small outlets in Bengaluru have moved after Supreme Court ban
K.C. Deepika government’s proposal as
Woman, husband booked for cheating Bengaluru the apex court had neither He had stalked her for a few months
Some are serving coffee in- reviewed nor modified its
Rohit P.S. embryo was implanted. The stead of liquor, some just verdict. Special Correspondent Hari had allegedly been
HYDERABAD woman and her husbandal- food. But with little hope of VISAKHAPATNAM stalking the victim for the
A woman, who claimed to leged that the commission- relief in the near future, 834 Huge investment A 20-year-old woman was last few months. She had re-
be a surrogate and alleged ing couple had abandoned of the 2,900 establishments But not everyone is willing to allegedly burnt alive by a fused to talk to him.
that she was abandoned by her because they had dis- affected by the Supreme give up hope. The big man at T. Nagarapalem area
the couple who commis- covered that the foetus was Court ban on serving liquor names, especially in prime under the Bheemunipatnam Dies on the spot
sioned the surrogacy, has female. within 500 metres of high- areas such as Brigade Road, police station limits here on Inspector of Bheemili police
turned out to be the biolo- During the investigation, ways have chosen to shift said they were not ready to Saturday. The accused fled station G. Bala Surya Rao
gical mother of the child. the authorities were not elsewhere. give up their prime space un- the spot and allegedly com- said the incident took place
The woman, 21-year-old able to verify the woman’s According to Excise De- Wait and watch:Big shops are not ready to give up prime space til there was a conclusion to mitted suicide by jumping in around 12.25 p.m. on Sat-
Venkatamma, gave birth at claims.“A DNA test revealed partment officials, 76 estab- until there is a conclusion to the matter. *K. MURALI KUMAR the matter. “People have front of a train near Viz- urday when the girl and her
Petlaburj government hos- that the woman and her lishments in Bengaluru have spent a huge amount on the ianagaram town. brother, P. Upendra, were at
pital to a girl on July 20. The husband, who she claimed shifted, with the highest said Rajendra Prasad, Addi- the Centre not entertaining decor,” said the owner of a The victim was identified home.
hospital staff were told by was estranged from her for number of licence shift re- tional Commissioner of Ex- the State’s proposal to deno- popular pub in central as Potnuru Roopa, 20, a Hari entered Roopa's
her husband, Lakshman, about a year before birth, quests coming from the cise (Indian-Made Liquor). tify the National Highways Bengaluru. second-year B.Sc. student of house with a can of ker-
that his wife was a surrog- are the biological parents of north. “As many as 31 estab- About a month-and-a-half passing through Bengaluru. Excise Department offi- a private college. The ac- osene, allegedly poured it
ate. The woman’s medical the newborn,” an official lishments in north after the ban kicked in, op- The Ministry of Road cials too said only smaller cused, P. Hari Santosh, 30, on her and set her ablaze.
documents also suggested said. The police have Bengaluru have shifted, 28 in timism has faded for the Transport and Highways re- wine shops, which had not was a worker in a sofa repair Upendra sustained burn in-
surrogacy but did not booked the woman and her south Bengaluru, eight in the nearly 3,000 liquor-vending cently said it was not in a po- invested too much on interi- shop in the T. Nagarapalem juries while trying to save
clearly mention where the husband for cheating. west, and nine in the east,” outlets in Karnataka, with sition to consider the State ors, had shifted. area. her. Roopa died on the spot.
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IN BRIEF Reappointment of Gujarat
police officers criticised
Duo rewarded for illegal actions, says Congress leader
Haj process completed
ahead of schedule: Naqvi Special Correspondent
MUMBAI New Delhi
The Centre has completed Days after the Supreme Court
the Haj 2017 process ahead forced two senior Gujarat po-
of schedule to ensure the lice officers to step down from
best facilities for pilgrims, their official position for a
Union Minister Mukhtar “questionable track record”,
Abbas Naqvi said here on the Congress was scathing in
Saturday, after flagging off its criticism against the Gujarat
the first batch of 300 government for promoting
pilgrims from Mumbai. PTI “tainted officers.”
On Thursday, two senior
50 tumours removed Gujarat police officers, N.K.
from uterus Amin and Tarun Barot,
ITANAGAR stepped down after the Su-
Ateam of doctors here have preme Court ordered them to
successfully removed 50 do so following a plea by
tumours from the uterus of a former IPS officer Rahul The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered police officers Tarun
woman who had been Sharma. In his petition, Mr Barot (left) and N.K. Amin to step down from their posts.
suffering from heavy and Sharma said the appointments
painful menstrual cycle for violated the Supreme Court’s Amin was serving as the Su- Without mentioning
several years. The surgery guidelines and “the doctrine perintendent of Police (SP) of names, Mr. Singhvi al-
was done at the Rama Krishna of public trust.” Tapi district while Mr. Barot leged that the two officers
Mission Hospital here. Both the officers are not was re-inducted last October were “rewarded for obey-
only named as accused in the as Deputy Superintendent of ing instructions of higher
KCR gets Agriculture alleged fake encounter cases Police with Western Railways ups.”
Leadership Award of Sohrabuddin and Ishrat Ja- at Vadodara. “Even after spending
HYDERABAD han but were also arrested. seven years in jail, there
Telangana Chief Minister K. While Mr. Amin has been dis- ‘Special Gujarat model’ was no departmental pro-
Chandrasekhar Rao has been charged of all charges by a spe- “The State government didn’t ceeding against them. On
selected for the Agriculture cial CBI court in the Sohrabud- have anyone else to fill up the contrary, they were re-
Leadership Award-2017 given din case, the trial in the Ishrat these vacancies except these warded for doing illegal
by the Indian Council of Food Jahan case is not yet over. two gentlemen. Isn’t this a things. Their appointment
and Agriculture in recognition However, the Gujarat gov- case of a special Gujarat also shows that there was
of his government’s “schemes ernment had appointed the model?” Congress leader Ab- neither any fear nor re-
that created far-reaching two officials “on contract” last hishek Manu Singhvi said at a spect for law,” Mr. Singhvi
impact in the rural sector.” year after their retirement. Mr. party briefing on Saturday. said.
Kiran Bedi plays cop Flood situation grim in Bihar ‘₹3 cr. to be spent on
again, polices streets Vamsadhara-affected’
With another 34 deaths, toll rises to 153; Assam & West Bengal get a breather
Staff Reporter each of the 1,582 families
SRIKAKULAM that did not want to accept
Puducherry Lt. Governor rides pillion
Staff Reporter Srikakulam District Col- the sites offered by the gov-
Kolkata lector K. Dhanunjaya Reddy ernment. Further, the gov-
Rajesh B. Nair With 34 more lives lost in the on Saturday said the Andh- ernment paid ₹5 lakh to
PUDUCHERRY past 24 hours, the toll in Bi- hra Pradesh government each of 3,231 youngsters un-
Lieutenant Governor Kiran har floods increased to 153 would spend ₹3 crore to im- der the youth package.
Bedi on Friday slipped back on Saturday. Large parts of prove civic infrastructure in
into her role of a policewo- 17 districts in the State re- the colonies constructed for ‘Many compensated’
man by riding pillion with a mained submerged with the those displaced by the Vam- “Many villagers who took
staff member on a midnight number of people affected sadhara reservoir project. payments of up to ₹1.33 lakh
motorbike inspection of the crossing one crore. “Maximum benefits” had per acre are still cultivating
streets of Puducherry. According to the Bihar dis- been provided to the dis- lands in Hiramandalam
Ms. Bedi said she was aster management depart- placed persons to ensure though the lands belong to
checking measures for wo- ment, 1,08,195 people in early completion of the pro- the government. Is it correct
men’s safety. Her head Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi 1,688 panchayats under 156 ject that would cater to the to do cultivation after taking
covered with a dupatta, she riding pillion during a night blocks had been affected by irrigation needs of 2.5 lakh compensation 10 years ago?
rode by the city’s Anna Salai inspection in Puducherry on the floods. acres in the district, Mr. The villagers who got com-
and New Bus Stand without Friday. *SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT More than 60 lakh people Reddy told the media here pensation for the structures
being noticed. were affected in Kishanganj, while referring to the issue too are not moving to the
Much to the chagrin of She said the tour indic- Araria, Purnea, Katihar, East that caused tension in many new colonies. Moreover,
the ruling establishment, ated the need for ensuring and West Champaran dis- To safety:NDRF personnel rescue flood-hit people from villages in Katihar district of Bihar villages of Hiramandalam. they are participating in the
Ms. Bedi has been undertak- police presence as a strong tricts. So far the highest on Saturday. *SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Mr. Reddy said the gov- agitations along with those
ing field visits and, occa- measure of crime preven- number of deaths had been ernment paid ₹5 lakh to with genuine grievances.”
sionally, surprise inspec- tion. reported from the Araria dis- tion Department to restore Management Authority, Municipal area were still
tions. She is known to cycle Her surprise inspection trict where 30 people had the road from Kisanganj to 68,014 people were lodged waterlogged.
during weekends to become evoked mixed response. lost their lives. The toll in Araria via Bahadurganj. in 328 relief camps as on Fri-
acquainted with problems, “There is nothing wrong West Champaran was 23, Sit- The situation in both As- day. The floods had so far af- Missing children
mostly civic in nature, since in an administrator taking a amarhi 13, and 11 each in sam and West Bengal how- fected 22,11,265 people. The Meanwhile, the West Bengal
she took over as the Lieuten- proactive role. It will cer- Kisanganj, East Champaran ever improved with the num- number of affected districts Commission for Protection
ant Governor of the Union tainly put the cops on their and Supual. Casualties had ber of districts affected had come down from 20 to of Child Rights sought a re-
Territory. toes. After all, women’s also been reported in coming down in both the 16 on Saturday. port on children who went
“The night round was safety is of paramount im- Madhubani and Katihar States. Three more deaths In West Bengal, the situ- missing in the flood-affected
done incognito, as a pillion portance,” said Onirban where eight and seven were reported in Assam tak- ation improved in Uttar districts from the DMs con-
rider, to personally check Dutta, a medical practi- people had lost their lives. ing the toll in the second Dinajpur. According to the cerned and submit it within
how secure it was for wo- tioner residing at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish phase to 63. In the first District Magistrate (DM) Aye- 15 days. It instructed the
men at night to be on the Vaithikuppam. Kumar held a review meet- phase of floods, which had sha Rani, at least 50,000 DMs of Dakshin Dinajpur, Ut-
road. It seemed safe. But In response to criticism ing along with senior offi- affected the State from May people were staying in about tar Dinajpur, Malda, Jalpai-
there was not a single cop for not wearing a helmet, cials and issued orders for to July, 84 people had lost 400 relief camps set up in guri, Coochbehar,
anywhere spotted, unless Ms. Bedi said she had intensive airdropping of food their lives. the district. Alipurduar and Hooghly to
they too were in disguise,” chosen not to wear one as packets in Kursakanta, The deaths in Assam took In Malda, large swathes of set up a “working group”
she said in a WhatsApp mes- she “wanted to appear vul- Palasi, Sikti and Jokihaat in place in the Dhubri (1), Mori- Ratua I, Harishchandrapur I with the related panchayats,
sage. nerable and wanted to see Araria and the Sugauli area gaon (1) and Golaghat (1) dis- and II, Gazole, Chanchal II, block development officers
how we women driving a in East Champaran. He also tricts. According to the As- Bamongola blocks as well as and district police officials to
Preventive measure bike were looked at.” directed the Road Construc- sam State Disaster Englishbazar and Old Malda “closely monitor” the cases.
Tribunal dismisses plea that ‘Men also victims of
witch-hunt in Odisha’
stray cattle caused accident
DGP plea to make law gender-neutral
Special Correspondent came rushing from the left that there was no negligence
New Delhi side of the road. He tried to on the part of the driver as Staff Reporter <> Going by the trend,
Dismissing the plea that the save the cow by turning the the speed of the car was BHUBANESWAR we expect the
accident had occurred due car to the right, and in the within limits. The Crime branch of the
registration of 120
to a stray cow suddenly com- process hit the divider and Dismissing its contention, Odisha police has proposed
cases this year
ing in the way on a highway, turned turtle, causing the the Presiding Officer of the that the State government
a Motor Accident Claims death of Ramesh Lal, who Tribunal said: “A careful also recognise men as vic- Bijay Sharma
Tribunal has awarded Rs. was sitting on the back seat driver would have never tims of witch-branding viol- Special Director General of Police
18.4 lakh as compensation to along with other passengers. done what the driver of the ence under the Odisha Pre- with female members,” said
the wife of a deceased. The accident had oc- car in the present matter vention of Witch-Hunting Mr. Sharma.
The driver of the vehicle, curred on a highway in Pa- did. So it can be safely con- (OPWH) Act.
in his evidence, said that tiala in Punjab in 2015. cluded that the accident had “We have sent a proposal Rise in cases
when he was driving his car Opposing the claim peti- occurred due to rash and to government to expand After the OPWH Act came
within the speed limit of 80- tion, the counsel for the in- negligent driving of the the definition of witch or into existence in 2014, there
90 kmph, a cow suddenly surance company contented vehicle by the driver.” similar nomenclatures to in- has been a sharp rise in the
clude any person and not to number of cases registered
limit it to women alone,” in police stations across the
said Bijay Sharma, Special State. In 2014, only two
Lack of toilet becomes ground Director General of Police cases were registered due to
(Crime Branch) addressing a lack of awareness about the
seminar here on Saturday. new Act.
for divorce in Rajasthan
As per definitions in In 2015, 58 cases were re-
OPWH Act, witch-hunting gistered which went up to
means an act of omission, 83 in 2016 — an increase of
Press Trust of India Kumar Sharma said a toilet husband was working as a commission or conduct on 83%. In 2017 till by June, 59
Jaipur was necessary at home and labourer. the part of anyone in identi- cases have already been re-
Afamily court in going to defecate in the Her counsel, Rajesh fying or defaming a woman gistered under the OPWH
Rajasthan’s Bhilwara open was “disgraceful” for Sharma, said the woman as witch or harassing and Act. “Going by the trend, we
district has granted divorce society and a “torture” to got married in 2011 and harming a woman mentally expect the registration of
to a woman on the ground women. filed the divorce petition in or physically or damaging 120 cases this year,” said Mr.
that there was no toilet in The woman, in her 20s, 2015. her property. Sharma.
the house, holding that it “contended that her Women in villages had to “Limitation of our legisla- Keonjhar district with 49
amounted to “cruelty”. husband was cruel to her, wait for dark to go out to tion has been to treat cases is being dubbed the
While passing the there was no separate room relieve themselves and had witches as gender-specific, hotbed of the witch-brand-
judgment on Friday, family for the couple in the house to bear physical pain, the whereas in rural areas even ing violence followed by
court judge Rajendra and no toilet”. The court said. males suffer persecution in- Nabarangpur where 42
dividually or in association cases have been registered.
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India’s position on
FROM PAGE ONE Video shows troops trading
Doklam clear: BJP
India’s roads to be
kicks, punches in Ladakh
safer, greener
We have put across our views: Shah
The NHAI Chairman dis- transition of vehicles at toll Press Trust of India <> After the cross-LoC Visuals show it was Chinese soldiers who started pushing around India’s men
cussed the prospects of set- gates. Bhopal
surgical strikes last
ting up such stations within On Thursday, NHAI an- BJP president Amit Shah
year, the world’s
100-200 km of each other. nounced that all toll plazas said here on Saturday that Special Correspondent Raveesh Kumar confirmed
On the face of it, the idea will have electronic toll col- the Union government had perception about NEW DELHI the incident, but did not
looks feasible, the IGL MD is lection facility with at least already made its position India has changed Avideo grab of the August 15 speak about stone-throwing
learnt to have indicated. one lane dedicated to clear on the border standoff Amit Shah skirmish between Indian or the fight. “We feel that
vehicles with electronic tag with China in Doklam. BJP president and Chinese troops by the such incidents are not in the
Better amenities device, known as FASTags, To a query on the stan- Pangong lake in Ladakh interests of either side. We
“The focus in the highways beginning September 1. doff in the Sikkim sector, he Centre is tackling the Kash- shows the incident was a sig- should maintain peace and
authority all this time has It also said all toll plaza said, “(External Affairs Min- mir issue with all serious- nificant showdown, in- tranquillity,” Mr. Kumar said.
been building highways, we planes will be RFID [Radio- ister) Sushma Swarajji has ness and “good results” volving fisticuffs and Ameeting of the Brigade
want to assign as much pri- frequency identification] already clarified (the Indian) have been visible in the last stone-throwing. Commanders of both sides
ority to spruce up highway tags-enabled by October 31. position in Parliament. We two-three months, Mr. Shah Lt-General Prakash Khat- was held in the Chushul sec-
operations,” the NHAI chief Till Friday, 15,000 people have put across our views said. “The BJP government och (retd.), one of the first to tor in Leh on Wednesday,
said. have already downloaded and we are talking.” is effectively tackling the make the video public, told and the two sides agreed to
He added that the author- the mobile application for After the cross-LoC sur- Kashmir issue and good res- The Hindu that the visuals maintain peace and tranquil-
ity has proposed the cre- purchase and recharge of gical strikes in September ults have come in the last clearly showed that it was lity in the area.
ation of a new highways op- FASTags and 5,000 com- last year, the world’s per- two-three months. The gov- the Chinese who started to
erations division to focus on muters have purchased ception about India has ernment is dealing with sep- push around Indian soldiers, Rawat to visit
aspects related to roadside FASTags online that will be changed, Mr. Shah said. aratists and terrorists in all and they also started throw- Army Chief General Bipin
amenities, highway safety delivered to them within 24- “For the first time after seriousness. I think we are ing stones. “They started it Rawat will undertake a
and security, and smooth 48 hours. Independence, our valiant on the right track,” Mr. Shah all; our chaps only respon- three-day visit to the Ladakh
soldiers entered the said. ded,” he said. A new low: Indian and Chinese troops engage in fisticuffs at region over the weekend.
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir The BJP chief’s com- The video, shot from a the Pangong Tse lake in Ladakh earlier this week. One soldier Army sources said Gen.
Despite delay, AIADMK (PoK) and taught the terror- ments come against the smartphone, shows an ugly is seen fallen on the ground. *VIDEO GRAB Rawat will review the secur-
ists a lesson. They avenged backdrop of a number of brawl and captures the ity scenario, including the
the death of our brave sol- terrorists being killed by se- frayed nerves along the bor- few dozen soldiers from seconds later another soldier latest incident along the dis-
factions hint at merger
diers,” he added. curity forces in Jammu and der at a time when the stan- both sides jostling, and then is on the ground, hit by a puted border, during his
Kashmir in the last few doff between the two sides it soon breaks down into stone thrown by a rival sol- visit starting on Sunday.
India’s stature months. in Doklam has continued for kicking, punching and dier. The skirmish started Lt. Gen. Katoch said the
At the meeting, a few select the jailed interim general Under the leadership of Mr. Shah arrived here for the third month. stone-throwing. around 6 a.m. on August 15, Modi government’s policy
leaders told Mr. Pan- secretary V.K. Sasikala, sim- Prime Minister Narendra meetings with the BJP work- Some Army sources, how- with the two sides coming was clear and well articu-
neerselvam that he should ilar to the resolution passed Modi, India’s stature has ers and office-bearers, be- ever, insisted that it was not Ugly brawl face to face by the lake, and lated. “This is not 1962. A re-
head the party as the people to remove Mr. Dinakaran grown in the comity of na- sides participating in vari- very unusual for the two The video clearly shows at lasted until 9 a.m. spectable solution is mutu-
may not accept their fight from the post of deputy gen- tions, the newly elected Ra- ous programmes as part of sides to engage in fisticuffs. least one of the soldiers kick- On Friday, External Affairs ally acceptable withdrawal,”
against the Sasikala family eral secretary,” P. Palaniap- jya Sabha MP said. The his 110-day nationwide tour. The video begins with a ing down another. A few Ministry spokesperson he said.
otherwise. pan, a former Minister and a
It was also decided not to staunch supporter of Mr.
take up the offer of the Dhinakaran told The Hindu. J&K HC sets Open Kargil to outside Venezuela lauds India’s
deputy chief minister as the
rebel leaders felt it would be ‘Change the driver’ aside Public
hands-off approach
a demotion for Mr. Pan- “If we find that the driver of
world, says Mehbooba
neerselvam who has served the bus is not good... we will Safety Act
as chief minister thrice, said have to change the driver.
the leader. This is essential in the in-
U.S. should follow New Delhi: envoy
The OPS camp leaders terests of passengers,” he Special Correspondent
are not sure how the ruling said. It was Sasikala who Srinagar
‘J&K can reclaim its status of gateway to Central Asia’
faction led by Chief Minister chose Mr. Palaniswami as Setting aside controversial Kallol Bhattacherjee
Edappadi K. Palaniswami the chief minister before she Public Safety Act (PSA) NEW DELHI
would unseat the interim was jailed in Bengaluru. against a detainee, the Peerzada Ashiq Referring to Prime Minis- The world would be a safer
Srinagar
general secretary V.K. Dismissing the talk of Jammu and Kashmir High ter Narendra’s Modi’s re- place if the U.S. emulates In-
Sasikala, serving a jail term desertions from his camp, Court on Saturday under- Chief Minister Mehbooba marks on Kashmir in his In- dia’s policy of non-interfer-
after being convicted in the the former Minister, claimed lined that the “rhetorical Mufti on Saturday called for dependence Day speech, Ms. ence in the affairs of other
Disproportionate Assets that all those legislators, incantation of the words opening up of the Kargil re- Mufti said, “I saw reflection countries, says Venezuelan
case but are firm in their numbering over 20, sup- ‘goonda’ or ‘prejudicial to gion “to the outside world of [former Prime Minister Ambassador to India Au-
stand that their leader porting Mr. Dhinakaran maintenance of public or- as a gateway to Central Atal Bihari] Mr. Vajpayee in gusto Montiel.
should hold the party reins. “were still with us.” der’ cannot be sufficient Asia”. Mr. Modi. We hope Modiji In an interview to The
The Panneerselvam camp justification to invoke the “Opening cross-Line of will come with a sound Hindu, Mr. Montiel ob-
bargained for the PWD port- ‘Political legacy’ draconian powers of pre- Control (LoC) routes can ini- policy on Kashmir. After the served that India had main- Augusto Montiel
folio also, but might be will- O. Panneerselvam, who met ventive detention”. tiate a process of trade in end of the Kargil war, Mr. Va- tained an independent posi-
ing to settle with Housing his senior colleagues in the Justice Ramalingam Sud- the region by virtue of jpayee initiated a peace pro- tion on the ongoing various members of the U.N.
and Finance, sources said. morning, explained that the hakar and Justice M.K. which J&K can reclaim its Mehbooba Mufti cess with Pakistan.” disturbances in Venezuela However, India has main-
reasons behind the merger Hanjura set aside the PSA status of a gateway to the She hoped Mr. Modi and has avoided pressure tained a cautious position
TTV group threat were to see to it that the order of District Magis- Central Asia,” said Ms. Ms. Mufti said throwing open would walk on the path of from the U.S. on the issue and is yet to cri-
Meanwhile, T.T.V. Dh- party of M.G. trate, Shopian, and direc- Mufti, who is on a tour of strategic routes such as Kar- Mr. Vajpayee and “initiate a “We respect India’s ticise either of the parties in
inakaran, the sidelined Ramachandran and Jayala- ted the release of Tariq the cold desert region of gil-Skardu and Turtuk- new phase of peace process stance of non-interference the crisis.
deputy general secretary, lithaa, be “protected” and Ahmad Ganai alias Kargil. Referring to the Khaplu roads “will help in between the two countries in internal matters of devel- The envoy said the Non-
met his supporters, includ- the political legacy of the Maqdam. “Agenda of the Alliance”, the peace process”. and in Kashmir”. oping nations and would Aligned Movement, of
ing former Ministers and departed leaders be carried wish the U.S. to emulate this which Venezuela is the cur-
MLAs, at his home here on on. Later in the day, he told position; we believe the rent chair, have been sup-
Saturday. reporters at the Chennai air- Army accused of attacking policeman world would be a safer and portive of the government
“We will have to remove port that the government more stable place,” he said. of Mr. Maduro.
Mr. Palaniswami from the led by Mr. Palaniswami “A strong nation like India The previous NAM sum-
post of Chief Minister if the would not “collapse because makes its decisions based mit was hosted last year in
party takes a stand against of us”. on other countries’ opin- Venezuela where the Indian
This is the second incident in which Army is accused of beating up policemen
ions. In June, when the U.S. delegation was led by the
Ambassador to the U.N. then Vice-President, Hamid
23 dead as Utkal Special Correspondent a police station in threatened to leave the U.N. Ansari. He said the support
Srinagar Ganderbal. Human Rights Council if it of NAM will be visible in the
Apoliceman was injured in did not sanction Venezuela, U.N. session in September-
Express derails
an alleged scuffle with Army PDP worker shot dead India was one of the 57 October.
men in Kupwara district of Meanwhile, suspected milit- countries that cosigned a Venezuela has been one
Kashmir on Friday evening. ants shot dead a Peoples statement of support for of the main energy suppliers
Two National Disaster Re- Meanwhile Chief Minister A Munshi-rank official, Democratic Party worker at Venezuela.” to India from the western
sponse Force (NDRF) teams, Yogi Adityanath and Railway Shabir Ahmad, was beaten Anantnag’s Dailgam area on Venezuela has been fa- hemisphere and there are
comprising 45 personnel Minister Suresh Prabhu an- up allegedly by soldiers fol- Saturday. cing unrest since March obvious concerns that in-
each, and two canines have nounced an ex-gratia of ₹3.5 lowing his intervention dur- A police official said the when the government of stability in the country
been mobilised to the acci- lakh for kin of dead, ₹ ing a search of vehicles in victim, Muhammad Isaaq president Nicolas Maduro could affect India’s energy
dent site from their base in 50,000 for the seriously in- the area. Parray, was shot in the head faced protests from the Op- needs.
Ghaziabad. jured and ₹25,000 for those Police sources said Mr. by suspected militants who position following his at- However the envoy dis-
with minor injuries. Mr Ahmad tried to whisk away a barged into his house. “He tempts at constitutional re- counted the possibility and
Anti-terrorist squad Adtiyanath has announced civilian who was held up by In action: Army jawans during a cordon and search operation in was declared dead in the forms. said, “The industrial and oil
An accident alert has been ₹2 lakh for the families of soldiers of 41 Rashtriya Rifles Shopian district on Saturday. *NISSAR AHMAD hospital,” said the police. sectors are completely nor-
issued to all the hospitals in the deceased and ₹ 50,000 near the Deputy Commis- The Army on Saturday Cautious stand mal; just a few months ago
Meerut and the National for those injured. sioner’s office in Kupwara. commuter and the Munshi ably,” Senior Superintendent morning sealed nine villages The subsequent crisis has ONGC inaugurated a high-
Capital Region Uttar Pra- “The policeman inter- had gone there to get his of Police, Kupwara, Sham- for a search operation in seen clashes almost every pressure water pump as
desh anti-terrorist squad PM condolence vened following misbeha- vehicle released. However, sher Singh said. Shopian. “However, no ar- day. On August 17, clashes part of a multimillion dollar
has reached the site too on Prime Minister Narendra viour of the soldiers with the the Army didn’t release the This is the second such in- rests were made in the oper- between government deal signed in November
the instructions of state Modi expressed extreme local people,” the police vehicle which resulted in a cident since July 21, when ation that was called off in guards and convicts in a last year.”
ADG (law and order) Anand pain over the accident. sources said. “The Army had minor altercation. The mat- the Army was accused of the afternoon,” said the prison claimed 37 lives and For full interview, logon
Kumar. seized the vehicle of a local ter was later resolved amic- beating up policemen inside police. drew strong comments from to: http://bit.ly/montielint
A different govt. will be Chouhan will Janata Dal (U) joins NDA, may
in office in 2022: Cong.
remain CM: Shah
get berths in Union Cabinet
Party takes a dig at Rajnath Singh
‘Will not obe shifted to the Centre’
Asian News International
Rebel leader Sharad Yadav holds parallel meeting, attacks Nitish Kumar
New Delhi Press Trust of India ure of both is till 2019.”
The Congress on Saturday Bhopal He said Madhya Pradesh
made a pointed attack at Amid speculation that Shiv- had registered an impress- Amarnath Tewary utive meeting, chaired by (U)?” he asked, addressing meeting of party leaders, Mr.
Home Minister Rajnath raj Singh Chouhan could be ive growth rate under Mr. Patna party president and Chief journalists after the meeting. Tyagi, who used to be a close
Singh over his statement shifted to the Centre before Chouhan’s leadership, espe- The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Minister Nitish Kumar, ap- He also asserted that it confidante of Mr. Sharad Ya-
that the answer to Kashmir the Assembly elections in cially in the agriculture sec- Dal (United) on Saturday proved a resolution to be- was the Bihar unit’s decision dav, said the party “would
and terrorism will be found Madhya Pradesh, BJP pres- tor. The State had pro- passed a resolution at its na- come part of the NDA,” prin- to walk out of the grand alli- wait till August 27, the day of
by 2022, citing that the as- ident Amit Shah said here gressed in all spheres, the tional executive committee cipal general secretary and ance government and join the RJD’s rally here, before
sertion will come true, but on Saturday that the tenure BJP chief said, adding there meeting to formally join the JD(U) Rajya Sabha member hands with the BJP to form initiating any action against
under a different of the Madhya Pradesh was a good coordination BJP-led National Democratic K.C. Tyagi said, denying that an NDA government in Bi- Mr. Sharad Yadav.”
government. Rajnath Singh Chief Minister was “till between the government Alliance (NDA). there was any split in the har.
Congress leader Manish 2019”. and the party, and central As a part of the NDA, the party following the differ- Veiled attack
Tiwari said, “I agree with surgency will be found be- welfare schemes were being JD(U) is expected to get one ences between Mr. Kumar Approval of executive At a parallel ‘Jan Adalat’
the Home Minister, but the fore 2022. ‘Developed state’ run with a great efficiency. or two berths in the Union and Mr. Sharad Yadav. “BJP president Amit Shah, meeting, Mr. Sharad Yadav
only difficulty is that Mr. Rajnath said that the “Chouhan has done remark- Cabinet. during a recent meeting with launched a thinly veiled at-
someone else will be in country is facing problems able work in M.P. Under his ‘No tradition’ At a parallel meeting, the ‘All MLAs present’ our party president Nitish tack on Mr. Kumar. “I
power by 2022. He should of terrorism, naxalism, leadership, Madhya Pra- Mr. Shah said his party has rebel Sharad Yadav-led fac- “The meeting was attended Kumar, had urged him to formed the party but some
remember that the term of Kashmir problem and desh, once a laggard, has not set any rule disallowing tion of the party launched an by all 71 party MLAs, 30 bring the JD(U) into the NDA. people are asking me to get
this government ends in northeast insurgency, but a become a developed state,” its members to contest elec- attack on Mr. Kumar for MLCs, presidents of 16 of the The national executive com- out of my home. I went to at-
2019.” solution to these problems Mr. Shah told media tions after they turn 75. breaking away from the 19 State units, and all office- mittee approved it, and now tend the JD(U)’s national ex-
Earlier on Friday, Home will be found before 2022 as persons. “There is no rule or tradi- grand alliance with the Con- bearers of the party commit- we have become part of the ecutive committee meeting
Minister Rajnath Singh had the Prime Minister Naren- Asked how long Mr. tion in the BJP to forbid gress and the Rashtriya tees appointed earlier by Mr. NDA,” Mr. Tyagi said. but they didn’t allow me to
said that the solution to the dra Modi-led government Chouhan and State BJP chief leaders to contest polls after Janata Dal (RJD) and joining Kumar with the consent of Asked whether the JD(U) participate. They told me
Kashmir problem, terror- has pledged to make a ‘New Nand Kumar Chauhan will they attain the age of 75,” hands with the BJP. Mr. Sharad Yadav. So how would act against Mr. Sharad that I don’t belong to the
ism, naxalism, northeast in- India’ by 2022. continue, he said, “The ten- Mr. Shah said. “The JD(U) national exec- can there be a split in the JD Yadav for holding a separate party,” he said.
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Death is the only certainty here, rest is just chance
Nearly 20 lives are lost every day at the hospital in Gorakhpur, where a recent night played havoc with hopes of the young, leaving parents with no sense of closure
Damini Nath Rahul visits families of
GORAKHPUR
For one family, it is the first
day of school that their five-
year-old girl was looking for- Gorakhpur victims
ward to, but will never see;
for another, it is the celebra-
tion planned for the new-
born twins conceived after
Terms the hospital incident a ‘government-made tragedy’
eight years of trying, but
cancelled as they never
came home. Omar Rashid Amnesty calls for
Over a week after oxygen LUCKNOW
supply ran out in Baba Congress vice-president
Raghav Das Medical College Rahul Gandhi on Friday vis- impartial probe
(BRD) here on August 10 and ited the homes of families,
11, families of the children whose children had died at
who died in the neonatal the BRD Medical College Staff Reporter AII’s programme dir-
and paediatrics intensive Hospital last week, and New Delhi ector Asmita Basu said,
care units and the encephal- termed the hospital incid- Authorities must ensure “The death of 70 children
itis ward that day have no ent a “government-made thorough, independent in a five-day period in a
answers; only stories of lives tragedy” and advised Chief and impartial investigation government hospital is
cut short and hopes dashed. Minister Yogi Adityanath to into the deaths of 70 chil- nconscionable.The govern-
Atotal of 567, 668 and 587 stop trying to “cover up” dren at Gorakhpur’s BRD ment has an obligation to
children died in the hospital the deaths, which he Medical College, Amnesty ensure that investigations
in the month of August in claimed were clearly due to International India (AII) are carried out in an im-
2014, 2015 and 2016, re- lack of oxygen supply. said on Saturday. partial manner,” she said.
spectively, which means 18 Responding to Mr
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to 21 dead children a day. Adityanath’s statement on
not making Gorakhpur a tion [in the hospital incid- families of the victims in
Paying no heed Ensuring supply:A hospital employee checks newly arrived oxygen cylinders at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College ‘picnic spot’ Mr. Gandhi ent] There is no empathy Baghagada and Belwar vil-
Given the high prevalence of Hospital in Gorakhpur on August 12. *AP said, “If he has even a little from his end. To question lages in Rural Gorakhpur.
Acute Encephalitis Syn- bit of decency and honour” why Rahulji visited —
drome (AES) in the region four-year-old son, Deepak, says. The only lesson that he us do this five times for cially when she was admit- he “would have resigned” Rahulji has come to share Cleanliness drive
during the monsoon, several was one of the “first to die” learnt was never to go back about an hour each that day, ted to school, says her as Chief Minister given the and ease the pain of the Mr. Adityanath started the
doctors that The Hindu on August 10, when the oxy- to this hospital. When his 17- in between liquid oxygen,” grandfather, Ilahi. “magnitude of the tragedy.” poor —shows his chotapan cleanliness drive by gar-
spoke to said that most of gen supply ran out. month-old son Dibakar fell Mr. Zahid says. In the Belipar area, Anara (pettiness) and ghabrahat landing a statue of B. R.
the children brought in Deepak had started ill after Deepak’s passing, Around 6 p.m., he com- Devi rues the fact her twin ‘National tragedy’ (unease),” Mr. Babbar said. Ambedkar before sweeping
could not have been saved. vomiting and was getting Mr. Nishad decided to bor- plained to the doctors that grandchildren, a boy and a “It is not only an incident in Mr. Gandhi visited the the streets of Andhiyari
But the fact remains that the seizures, which is sympto- row ₹2,000 from his in-laws Kushi’s body had become girl, born on August 2 at an- Uttar Pradesh, rather it is a homes of Brahmdev Yadav Bagh mohalla, a Dalit busty,
authorities, including the matic of AES, on August 9, and take him to a private cold. But he was told that other government hospital, national tragedy Things in Baghagada village, with a broom.
suspended Principal, Rajeev when his father rushed him hospital. He is doing better the treatment was on. At 10 never got a chance to come don't work like this. Modiji Nitesh Shukla in Malanv Mr. Adityanath said that
Mishra, did not respond to to “medical”, as the institute now, he says. p.m., the doctors told the home. speaks about new India. We and Rama Shankar in there was a need to run a
repeated reminders from is referred to locally. Mr. family that Kushi had died. After eight years of trying don't want this kind of new Basoli Khurd, and ex- campaign against Enceph-
the oxygen supplier, Pushpa Nishad says that since the Death of a girl The death certificate given and spending on expensive India. We want a new India pressed condolences for alitis focusing on providing
Sales, to clear pending pay- U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Mohammed Zahid, a resid- to the family cites “cardi- fertility treatment, the chil- where the poor can take the loss of their children clean drinking water and
ments. If the bills were not Adityanath was visiting the ent of Bichhiya in Gorakh- orespiratoryfailure” as the dren were born “normal”, his/her child for treatment and listened to their griev- eradicating open defeca-
cleared, it had warned, the hospital that day, the doc- pur, lost his five-year-old cause of death. she says, but soon de- and they don’t die," Mr. ances. tion.
supply might be stopped. tors did not pay attention to daughter Kushi, who had “She was looking forward veloped complications due Gandhi told presspersons. On August 14, Samajwadi The government had
The company for its part his son for about four hours. respiratory problems as a to starting school. She to low birth weight and res- Congress leader Raj Bab- Party president Akhilesh conducted a vaccination
has claimed that it did not “Then they put a pipe [for result of AES, on August 11 at wanted to study in the piratory problems. They bar, who was part of the Yadav had also visited the drive of 93 lakh children
cut supply despite outstand- oxygen] but I don’t know BRD. private English-medium were referred to BRD on Au- Congress team that visited from 38 districts in the
<> If he [CM] has even
ing bills. As the government whether it was working. We “She was fine till 6 a.m. school where her brother gust 3. Gorakhpur along with Mr. state, he said.
a little bit of
probes the matter, families later heard that the oxygen when the oxygen was on. studies. We were going to Doctors say the crisis has Gandhi, targeted the CMfor The government has is-
left devastated are strug- was stopped. This shows the After 6 a.m. and till 5 p.m., get her admitted soon,” says been given a political colour his comments, saying that decency and sued a deadline of Decem-
gling to make sense of their irresponsibility of the hos- the staff removed the oxy- Mr. Zahid. Kushi was not her as the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha he was “insulting his posi- honour, he would ber 31 to make Gorakhpur
loss. Bahadur Nishad, a res- pital. I hope this happens to gen pipe and gave us an “real name”. seat, which Yogi Adityanath tion by talking in an undig- have resigned open-defecation free and
ident of Gulhariya in them, I hope they under- AMBU bag. They told us to The family was thinking represents, will be vacated nified manner.” October 2, 2018 for the en-
Rahul Gandhi
Gorakhpur district, says his stand what they did,” he keep pumping. They made of what to name her offi- by him soon. “He did not take any ac- Congress vice-president tire State.
IN BRIEF Jaitley sends a strong Police try to BJP invokes last king of Tripura
rescue cows,
message to defaulters face mob ire Syed Sajjad Ali in Tripura in the February cessors were always targeted
AGARTALA 2018 Assembly election in by the CPI(M). People were
The Bharatiya Janata Party the State. misled through a sustained
Press Trust of India (BJP) on Saturday invoked The party celebrated the campaign to show the royals
Godhra Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore 110th birth anniversary of in a bad light, and hold them
‘Debtors have to service their debt, that’s the only way’
Apolice team was on Sat- Manikya Bahadur, the last the king, known as a vision- responsible for all the prob-
AI cabin crew member urday attacked by a mob of ruler of the erstwhile ary who endeavoured to de- lems in the State,” the BJP’s
held for smuggling ganja SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT over 100 persons here princely state of Tripura, in velop the hilly and land- State president Biplab Ku-
NEW DELHI Mumbai when it tried to rescue a its appeal to dislodge the locked State before he died mar Deb asserted at a func-
Acabin crew member of Sending a strong signal to large number of cows Communist Party of India- at an early age of 39. tion organised at the party
national carrier Air India was bank defaulters, Union Fin- which were allegedly being Marxist (CPI-M) government “The king and his prede- headquarters here.
arrested by customs officers ance Minister Arun Jaitley taken for slaughter.
for allegedly trying to said here on Saturday they The police lobbed 18
smuggle ganja by hiding it in had to make sure that the rounds of teargas shells
the meal service cart of a debt was serviced. after the mob attacked
flight. The officers seized “I think one thing is very them, Godhra Deputy SP V.
nearly 2 kg of ganja from the clear here that the old re- K. Nai said. “When the po-
cart of the Air India flight gime by which the creditor lice reached the ground
from Chennai on July 19, would get tired chasing the where the cattle were kept,
according to a release. A debtor to have some recov- they were attacked by the
cabin crew member was ery is over,” Mr. Jaitley said at Talking tough:Arun Jaitley and Urjit Patel at a conference on mob with stones. To dis-
arrested, it said. PTI a seminar organised by the insolvency and bankruptcy in Mumbai. *VIVEK BENDRE perse the crowd, the police
CII on insolvency and bank- team lobbed 18 teargas
Scuffle in civic body over ruptcy. ection from the RBI. These ture of the National Com- shells. Nobody was hurt,”
singing ‘Vande Mataram’ 12 constitute 25% of the sys- pany Law Tribunal (NCLT). he said.
AURANGABAD Insolvency proceeding tem NPA and each of them “I think now that the law On information that the
Ascuffle broke out during a “If a debtor has to survive, has an exposure of ₹5,000 has been put in place, the cattle were brought here
general body meeting of the he has to service his debt or crores or more. competent authority, the for slaughtering, the police
Aurangabad Municipal he has to make way for The Minister said the new NCLT has been constituted, carried out a combing op-
Corporation, ruled by the Shiv somebody else. This is the Insolvency and Bankruptcy we are taking special effort eration, and found a large
Sena-BJP combine, on only correct way by which Code (IBC), 2016 was neces- to make sure the infrastruc- number of cattle tied at a
Saturday after two AIMIM businesses will be done and sitated by the failure of the ture is there and is also place. When they tried to
corporators allegedly refused this message has to go loud debt recovery tribunals to ef- strengthened,” he said. take them into custody, the
to stand up when ‘Vande and clear to all,” he said. fectively perform their duty He said it was important officers were attacked, Mr.
Mataram’ was played. The Banks have started insolv- after the initial success. to stick to the timeline for Nai said. “We seized 49
Mayor suspended the two ency proceeding against sev- He said the government resolving stress. “Speed cattle from the spot and
corporators.AIMIM legislator eral defaulters including the was taking special measures really will help in effective took them to a cow shel-
Imtiyaz Jaleel, however, top 12 ones, following a dir- to strengthen the infrastruc- implementation,” he added. ter,” he said.
described the entire episode
as a “drama staged by the
ruling alliance”.PTI Further probe into Sunanda’s death
Relief for Punjab CM in
Ludhiana city project
CHANDIGARH Forensic team to visit her suite in a private five-star hotel again
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau
on Saturday filed a closure
report in the alleged multi- Special correspondent report filed by the investiga-
crore Ludhiana City Centre New Delhi tion agency [Delhi Police], it
scam case at a court in The Delhi Police on Saturday has not been able to reach a
Ludhiana, in which Punjab informed a court here that a definitive conclusion regard-
Chief Minister Captain forensic team would once ing the cause of death of the
Amarinder Singh among again visit the suite of the victim, and for this Leela
others was an accused. The private five-star hotel where Hotel cannot be made to suf-
bureau had filed an FIR Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of fer any more,’’ the court had
against Mr. Singh in 2007. senior Congress leader said. While ordering de-seal-
Shashi Tharoor, was found ing of the suite, the court
Youth burnt to death by dead on January 17, 2014. had said that the probe
family of ‘lover’: police The probe agency made agency would be at liberty to
PHAGWARA the submission before Met- A file photo of Shashi Tharoor and his deceased wife Sunanda visit the suite before filing of
Ayouth, who succumbed to ropolitan Magistrate Dhar- Pushkar. *AFP the compliance report on
his burn injuries at a hospital, mender Singh while seeking unlocking it. It had also per-
alleged in his dying more time to de-seal the The court later allowed investigating officer of the mitted the police to take out
declaration that he was suite as directed by the the police plea seeking one case to unlock it within four the articles lying inside the
kidnapped, beaten badly and court. more opportunity for filing a weeks. suite with due care for the
then set on fire by his lover’s The police further said compliance report regarding purpose of investigation.
family even as they claimed that it had written to the the de-sealing of the suite. It Relief to hotel The court hotel manage-
that he set himself ablaze management of the hotel directed the probe agency to The court had observed that ment has sought de-sealing
outside their house near that a Central Forensic Sci- file the compliance report on the hotel could not be put to of suite no. 345, submitting
Phagwara in Punjab, police ence Laboratory (CFSL) September 4. unending hardship due to that due to its locking up the
said. Amir Malik, 34, team would visit the suite on The court had on July 21 laxity on the part of the hotel had suffered a loss of
sustained 80% burns, and September 1 for further ordered de-sealing of the police. over ₹50 lakh in the past
died on Friday night. PTI examination. suite with a direction to the “According to the status three years.
CM AND-NDE
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THE HINDU
12 WHO WHAT WHY WHEN WHERE
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WHO From 2002 to 2015, Hansda Sowvendra ever, several Santhali groups, mostly the about need and hunger, desperation proceedings. Parliamentary Affairs Min- 2016, the Madras High Court, in a 160-
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Shekhar gathered stories about his Christians, want the old language to be and utter poverty; her plight is a dis- ister Saryu Roy said the government page judgment, declared that self-ap-
people, the Santhals of Jharkhand, for written in the Roman script. A tussle tressing read. Mr. Shekhar, a Santhal was looking to slap a case on the writer pointed censors cannot decide what we
his collection The Adivasi will not Dance. has been going on for the wider accept- himself, became one of his invisible under Section 295 of the IPC, which read and see. The Bench, headed by
It was published in 2015 to critical ac- ance of Ol-Chiki, and Mr. Shekhar seems characters while writing the stories. pertains to injuring or defiling a place of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, said it
Hansda claim; just as his novel The Mysterious to be caught in the crossfire. Incident- Also in the collection is the story about worship and carries a jail sentence of up was the duty of the authorities to ensure
Ailment of Rupi Baskey,which won him ally, the article he posted on his social atroupe master Mangal Murmu, who to two years. freedom of expression and not give in to
the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Purashkar media page was a year old, but the im- wants to stop being a “toy” and demands of the mob in the name of pre-
Sowvendra
the same year. Last Friday, August 11, pact is being felt now. The trial against refuses to dance for the visit- Have other writers serving law and order. Concluding that
the Jharkhand government banned The Mr. Shekhar first started on social me- ing President; a prostitute suffered too? there was nothing obscene in the novel,
Adivasi will not Dance saying it had dia, with a group of Adivasis calling his who dares to fall in love; Over the past two years it- it also drew on the argument that eroti-
Shekhar,
shown Santhal women “in a bad light.” writing about Adivasi women nothing and the torture of a mother self, many writers, film- cism is not unknown in Indian artistic
The next day, it suspended the 34-year- but “porn.” They soon called for his and widow, Baso-Jhi, after makers and poets have felt tradition. It is not yet clear if the
fighting a ban old writer, a medical officer at a district ouster from Jharkhand, organised people in the village think the rage of the moral police Jharkhand book ban is also headed to
health centre 400 km from the capital protest marches and burnt his effigy, she is a witch. all over the country. In the court.
Ranchi, and asked him to explain his prompting the government — after the 2015, Tamil writer Perumal
actions. Opposition too rallied against the writer What’s the government Murugan announced his What happens next?
—to ban the book. saying? literary “death” after con- Academics, artists and writers, many
Why the drastic move? After the issue was dis- servative groups sought a with roots in Jharkhand, have written
The drastic move by the government What is the offending story? cussed in the Assembly ban on his novel One Part Wo- petitions against the ban. As for Mr.
two years after the book’s publication One of the stories that appears to have last week, Chief Min- man, written in 2010, say- Shekhar, he says he is “fighting the ban
comes as a surprise. Protests against irked the protesters and the Jharkhand ister Raghubar Das ing it was prurient. In by writing even more stories, articles
portrayal of Adivasis in the book coin- government is November is for Migra- directed the his case too, the and translations because my supporters
cidentally began to build up after Mr. tion,which appears in The Adivasi will Chief Secretary protest came years want me to write even more, and fear-
Shekhar posted on his Facebook ac- not Dance. A brutal, raw, harsh look at to confiscate later, and by people lessly.” So, what lies ahead? “My writing
count an article about Ol-Chiki, the the lives of ordinary people, it tells the copies of the who may not have and, hopefully, my job,” he quips.
standard script accepted by the govern- story of a Santhal girl who sells her body book and actually read the
ment of India to write Santhali. How- for ₹50 and two cold bread pakoras. It’s start legal book. On July 5, SUDIPTA DATTA
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WHAT acy movement considers symbols of the Southern states to remove Confederate Confederate icons remain. Contrarily, be considered a rebel who tried to
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Confederacy, including the Confederate symbols from public offices and spaces. the Confederate flag and statues of Con- break the Union down.
flag, statues of generals and heroes, On June 22, 2015, South Carolina’s federate generals are viewed by some
monuments, city seals, the names of erstwhile Governor Nikki Haley took white Southerners as an “emblem of What next? There have been at
streets, parks and schools, and official down the Confederate flag at the State their heritage and regional pride.” The least 100 attempts at
The lowdown state holidays to be endorsements of the House. After that episode the anti-Con- crux of the argument is whether the leg- the state and local levels to remove or
country’s troubling history of racist op- federacy movement again jumped into acy of the Confederate movement, in alter symbols of the Confederacy, ac-
pression of African-Americans. The fourth gear last weekend when white terms of its martial conquests and cording to the Southern Poverty Law
on the anti- movement argues that persistent racial supremacist protesters descended upon struggle for secession from the Union, Center, despite which at least 1,503 such
disparities in the U.S. today imply that Charlottesville, Virginia, in a rally can be viewed in isolation from the symbols still stand, including 718 monu-
the country is yet to experience recon- against the city’s plan to take down a premise of legalised slavery, although ments and statues; 109 public schools;
Confederacy
ciliation between these two ethnicities statue of Confederate General Robert E. the latter was the cornerstone of the 80 counties and cities; nine official holi-
and move past its violent 19th and 20th Lee. Following several days of violent plantation economy, which was in turn days in six states; and 10 U.S. military
movement century history of slavery and segrega- clashes between white nationalists, anti- the backbone of the Southern states. It bases. The authority to remove a Con-
tion respectively. Confederates and other protesters, ten- certainly has not helped bolster the case federate symbol varies depending on
sions soared when U.S. President Don- for 21st century Confederate pride that the specific symbol and the public space
What is it? The United States’ anti- How did it The most recent ald Trump waded into the debate by the Confederate flag was used extens- it occupies, as well as the state laws ap-
Confederacy move- come about? wave of the anti-Con- tweeting that it was “foolish” to take ively by the Ku Klux Klan. Setting aside plicable. In many cases removal was au-
ment refers to the sustained campaign federacy movement is down Confederate statues. overt white supremacy claims, one ar- thorised by Governors, Mayors, City
to remove symbols of the Confederacy, rooted in the June 17, 2015 murder of gument against the removal of Confed- Councillors, County Commissioners, or
aself-declared nation of 11 states that se- nine African-American churchgoers in Why does it Racial discrimina- erate icons is that there is a distinction private persons in the case of private
ceded from the Union around 1861. The Charleston, South Carolina, by white su- matter? tion in the U.S. today, between retaining the statues of men property. Many more Confederate sym-
Confederacy, all of whose constituents premacist Dylann Roof. In the immedi- manifested in, for ex- such as George Washington on the one bols slated for removal have become
had legalised slavery, was dissolved in ate aftermath of the murders, photo- ample, deadly encounters between law hand – a founding father of the U.S. who vectors of protest on both sides. The de-
1865 after Confederate forces sur- graphs of Roof with the Confederate flag enforcement and unarmed African- may be considered flawed if measured bate will continue.
rendered to the Union army in the were discovered, leading to enormous Americans, raises serious questions on the yardstick of modern sensibilities
American Civil War. The anti-Confeder- pressure on political leaders across about the emotional impact of letting –and those of Robert E. Lee, who may NARAYAN LAKSHMAN
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WHY What happened in July? regions that damaged the crop and shelf-life are prone to price fluctuation would help in better supply and availab-
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*July saw a rise in inflation at the hindered transport as well, onion prices and hence require better infrastructure ility of the produce.
wholesale level to 1.88% from 0.9% in have seen a rise on account of low sup- for marketing.
June, with the spiralling tomato prices, ply from the southern States. Economists like Prof. M.S. Sidhu at What about the supply chain?
along with other food items, contribut- The fluctuation in vegetable prices, Punjab Agricultural University believe *The mismanagement in the supply
are vegetable ing significantly to this rise. Tomatoes which is commonly referred to as ‘sea- that improved transport and upgraded chain is another reason for the huge gap
saw a sharp inflation of over 209.5% in sonal,’ is associated with the economics storage infrastructure will keep a check in prices that growers sell perishable ag-
July against contraction of 29.4% in of demand and supply. The Centre on price volatility. India’s cold storage ricultural commodities for and what the
prices
June, according to data from the Centre maintains that seasonal fluctuations in capacity at present is nearly 3.5 crore consumer pays. Creation of co-operat-
for Monitoring Indian Economy. Brinjal market arrivals have hit supplies. The tonnes, which is short by 30-40 lakh ive groups and societies are probably an
registered a rise in inflation to 21.1% in other reasons for the fall in supply are tonnes, and it needs to be increased. Be- alternative that could assist in minim-
soaring?
July, from June’s contraction of 3.1%. adverse weather conditions and imper- other hand, wants to maximise profits. sides, cold storages need to be up- ising the marketing channel. They can
The prices of tomato, onion and potato fections in marketing channels. How- Striking a balance among these stake- graded, equipping them to store fruit work in tandem across the States and
have increased in recent months owing ever, the clash of interests between the holders could possibly address the issue and vegetables at right temperatures so supply vegetables from ‘surplus’ regions
to disparity between demand and sup- consumer, the producer and the of price fluctuation to some extent. Ve- that they stay fresh. to places where the produce is in de-
ply on account of a drop in production middlemen is a key factor that policy- getable producers, especially small Also, the high cost of transport needs mand.
because of unfavourable weather, a rise makers must urgently address. landholders, depend on intermediaries to be addressed. In the case of perish- Most farmers in India have small
in transport costs, seasonality and sup- to sell their produce. As vegetables find able vegetables, the government could landholdings. Nearly 85% farmers are
ply chain constraints. Where is the problem? their way to the market, the cost of consider promoting low-cost refriger- ‘small,’ who have less than 2 hectares.
*For years, the consumer, the produ- packaging, grading, transporting and ated trucks and weigh the option of Cultivation has become unviable for
Why is supply low? cer (farmer) and the middleman have fees, besides the margins of the middle- freight subsidy. these small farmers, but through co-
*While the rise in the retail prices of to- had a clash of interest when it comes to men, are some of the elements that de- According to an estimate, there are operative groups and societies even a
mato is being associated with low sup- agricultural commodities. While the termine the final price the consumer 7,000-8,000 refrigerated trucks plying small quantity of crop produced by the
ply from key growing States, including consumer wants to buy a commodity at has to bear. in India, mostly transporting pharma- farmer can be marketed. This will stabil-
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar the lowest price, the producer (farmer) ceuticals and dairy products. Transport ise prices and benefit consumers.
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and desires to sell the produce at the max- Will better storage help? of perishable vegetables in refrigerated
Karnataka following heavy rain in a few imum price. The middleman, on the *Agricultural commodities with a short trucks could be one of the options that VIKAS VASUDEVA
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WHEN Catalonia carnage:In one of the worst
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acts of jihadi terrorism since the Madrid
bombings of 2004, a van crashed into a
crowd in the Las Ramblas district of
Barcelona, killing 13 people and
17 wounding more than 80 on Thursday.
The worrying factor is that it doesn't
appear to be a “lone wolf,” hit-and-run
August 2017 attack — there were two other incidents,
north and south of Barcelona, prompting
the police to think a wider cell must have
been at work. The Islamic State (IS)
claimed responsibility, saying it was “a
response to calls for targeting coalition
states.” But Spain had reduced its role in
the campaign against the IS and other
groups; it withdrew most of its troops
from Afghanistan in 2015 and is not part
of the air raid against the IS in Iraq and
Syria. Catalonia has Spain’s largest
Muslim population, and anti-terror
probes have been in focus. King Felipe VI
of Spain and Spanish Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy attended a remembrance
at Catalonia Square for the victims,
comprising citizens from at least 34
countries around the world. *AP & GETTY
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WHERE ing from encephalitis died at the hos- he said, blaming the spread of the dis- officials said they had released the pay-
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pital. The maximum deaths of 23 chil- ease on “unhygienic lifestyle and ment. And, so the blame game contin-
dren happened between August 10 and uncleanliness.” ued till the hospital began to count the
11. Gorakhpur District Magistrate Rajeev dead — 30 children in just 24 hours on
Rautela told the media that 30 children How could it have been averted? August 10 and 11.
had died at the hospital due to disrup- It is not clear how the deaths could have
In U.P.’s tion in oxygen supply. been averted if the supply of oxygen had Have some steps been taken?
Government officials and the Minis- been maintained. The supplier, Pushpa Dr. Mishra was transferred, though he
ters visiting the hospital, however, im- Sales, had been asking the hospital as said he resigned from his post taking
Gorakhpur,
mediately denied there was any short- well as medical officials to “ensure pay- moral responsibility. Dr. Kafeel Khan,
age of oxygen supply and said many of ment of dues, which had gone up to in-charge of the paediatrics and enceph-
the deaths were due to “other medical over ₹55 lakh, so that it could continue alitis wards, was also shifted for “negli-
tragedy
reasons.” to supply oxygen to the hospital.” The gence.” A high-power committee has
On August 13, Chief Minister Yogi firm had also warned the authorities been set up under the Chief Secretary to
and after Adityanath, who had been representing that due to non-payment of dues “it probe the incident.
Over 60 children died between August 7 Gorakhpur in Parliament for a long would be unable to supply oxygen and After the incident, the supply of oxy-
and 11 at the Baba Raghav Das Medical time, visited the hospital with Union the entire responsibility for the lack of gen was restored and a three-member
College, a referral hospital in Gorakh- Health Minister J.P. Nadda and reiter- oxygen would fall upon the medical col- team of doctors from the Centre arrived
pur of eastern Uttar Pradesh, amid al- ated that the deaths were not because of lege.” Pushpa Sales also questioned why to “support the staff in tackling AES.” All
legations that supply of oxygen to the shortage of oxygen. only 50-60 oxygen cylinders were avail- the damp and grubby spaces in the hos-
neo-natal and encephalitis wards was able at the hospital on August 10 and 11 pital were cleaned up. However, as one
cut over unpaid bills. A Central probe Why so many encephalitis deaths? killer disease since 1978. Mr. Adityanath when the norm is to have 350-400 filled young doctor explained, “it’s an over-
team rejected the allegation but it is still Gorakhpur has a long history of chil- had raised the issue in Parliament sev- cylinders at any given point of time. The burdened hospital...to minimise deaths
not clear how so many children died. dren dying of Acute Encephalitis Syn- eral times. “We’ve managed to tame JE college principal, R.K. Mishra, more doctors, infrastructure and sup-
drome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis to a large extent but are yet not success- countered that he had been requesting porting staff will be needed.”
What happened? (JE). According to an estimate, over ful in tackling AES... My fight against Health Department officials for funds,
On August 11, 30 children largely suffer- 25,000 children have died due to this AES in Gorakhpur is two decades old,” but to no avail. However, government AMARNATH TEWARY
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