The Hindu : Around the City

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Mar 26, 2004

New Delhi

New Delhi

Around the City

Cloudy day

NEW DELHI MARCH 25. The Capital is likely to receive some respite from the heat with the weather department forecasting a cloudy sky on Friday. The Met department has forecast a partly cloudy, with the maximum and minimum temperature in the city likely to be around 35 and 19 degrees Celsius.

The maximum and minimum temperature recorded at Safdarjung on Thursday was 34.6 and 17.3 degrees Celsius, while Palam recorded a maximum of 36.2 and a minimum 17.0 degree Celsius respectively. The maximum humidity recorded was 59 per cent at Safdarjung and 62 per cent at Palam while the minimum was 10 and 14 per cent respectively.

Slums removed

NEW DELHI MARCH 25. Amid heavy police presence, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today removed more than 1,000 jhuggis from the Kanchanpuri slums at Yamuna Pushta, which had witnessed violence and rioting on Wednesday.

Senior MCD officials said they had to hire bulldozers from Noida today as the owners of bulldozers in Delhi refused to rent out their machines fearing violence. "Seventy per cent of the Kanchanpuri slums was cleared today. The rest would be removed on Friday," officials said.

After Kanchanpuri, officials said the slum clusters in Indira Colony would be removed followed by Dhapa Colony in Vasant Vihar.

Nabbed

NEW DELHI MARCH 25. An alleged bootlegger, who had escaped the police net after his supporters pelted the police team with stones Ashok Vihar in North-West Delhi on March 19, has been arrested by the North-West Delhi police. His brother has also been arrested.

According to the police, Naresh, an Excise Act accused, was arrested by a police team comprising two sub-inspectors, one assistant sub-inspector, two head constables and a constable on March 19. At his instance, the police went to arrest another accused, Sewa Ram, at Swarn Park in Ashok Vihar. Naresh allegedly used to supply the illicit liquor to Sewa Ram. However, before the team could lay their hands on the second accused, a group of Swarn Park residents began pelting the police team with stones. In the melee, Sewa Ram and his brother, Chhattar Pal, managed to escape. Three persons were arrested on the spot.

Following further investigations, Sewa Ram and Chhattar Pal were arrested on Wednesday.

Booked

NEW DELHI MARCH 25. Seven persons were arrested by the West Delhi police on charges of running a betting racket during the match between India and Pakistan on Wednesday.

According to the police, a raid was conducted following a tip-off at Jaidev Park in Punjabi Bagh and seven persons were arrested. Those arrested have been identified as Parveen and Ajay, both residents of Jaidev Park, Rajesh, a resident of Fateh Nagar, Arun Goyal and Raman, both resident of Vikaspuri, Sandeep Gambiar, a resident of Raja Garden and Anuj, a resident of Moti Nagar.

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