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Monday, May 10, 2004

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Around The City

A hot day ahead

NEW DELHI MAY 9. Though the weatherman has forecast a cloudy sky for Monday, the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 39 degrees Celsius. There is also a possibility of rain or thundershowers in some parts of the city accompanied by squalls during the day.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung on Sunday were 40.0 degrees Celsius and 25.5 degrees Celsius respectively.

At Palam, the maximum and minimum temperatures stood at 41.2 degrees Celsius and 27.3 degrees Celsius respectively.

The maximum and minimum humidity at Safdarjung was 68 and 24 per cent respectively, and at Palam it was 58 and 23 per cent respectively.

Govt. move flayed

New Delhi May 9. The Delhi BJP chief, Harshvardhan, today demanded that the Sheila Dikshit government withdraw its recent "anti-people" order empowering the private distribution companies BSES and NDPL to enter, inspect, break open and search any place, seize and remove any domestic appliance or office equipment.

Officers of these companies can also examine or seize any account book or document.

This step of the Delhi Government taken under Section 135 of the Electricity Act of the Delhi Government is anti-people and illogical, he said in a letter to the Chief Minister here.

Dr. Harshvardhan warned her that his party will launch a strong movement against this step of the government if it was not withdrawn immediately.

The Congress Government had already imposed heavy tax on house owners, corruption and inefficiency was rampant in the Delhi Jal Board resulting in a virtual water famine, and electricity was also sought to be made out of the reach of the common man, he added.

Four held with illegal arms

New Delhi May 9. The Delhi police have arrested four persons and recovered illegal arms from them in a special drive in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

Kishori alias Raja and Salim were apprehended from near the Nathu Colony in North-East Delhi, police said. A .315 bore country-made pistol and live cartridge was recovered from Kishori, they said adding Saleem was carrying a button activated knife.

In another instance, one Raju Pahari was nabbed from near Mandoli and button knife recovered from him, the police said.

The sleuths also claimed to have arrested one Abdul Zahid from the New Usmanpur area and recovered a country-made pistol and live cartridge from their possession.

Compensation awarded

New Delhi May 9. A city court has awarded Rs. 68,000 compensation to a rickshaw puller, six months after he fractured his leg when a negligent scooter driver run over him in East Delhi.

"The complainant (Shamsher) has established that he sustained grievous injury due to rash and negligent driving of scooter driven and owned by Yad Ram," MACT Judge Naipal Singh said awarding the amount to Shamsher. The court ordered that the money be paid along with an interest of 6 per cent.

Shamsher, 40, met with the mishap on October 13 last year near Seelampur, said his counsel Lokesh Kumar.

Near a traffic signal, Ram's scooter rammed him from behind and sped off after running over his left leg, Shamsher alleged.

However, a passerby noted down the scooter number and brought it to the notice of the police.

Perusing the medical evidence which confirmed injuries suffered by Shamsher and the statement of an eyewitness, the court asked Yad Ram to compensate the victim for injuries suffered due to his negligence and rash driving.

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