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Mayor urges police to act against casino nuisance

Friday, 20 September 2013 05:04 administrator
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The Hindu              20.09.2013

Mayor urges police to act against casino nuisance

Special Correspondent

Furtado writes to DGP that citizens are being troubled by inebriated staff

Mayor of City Corporation of Panaji (CCP) Surendra Furtado early this week wrote to Director General of Police (DGP) Kishan Kumar bringing to his notice that citizens of Panaji in certain areas have been complaining to him about nuisance faced from some staff and clients leaving casinos in the early hours in an inebriated condition.

The Mayor’s letter said citizens of Panaji along the D.B. Bandodkar road in the area from the Captain of Ports to the Santa Monica jetty, exit points of offshore casinos and along that stretch of road have complained that groups of boys and girls who are casino clients and staff, some of them in a state of inebriation, have been causing nuisance after midnight until the early hours of the morning.

The Mayor asserted that this is a very serious issue and needs to be addressed promptly.

“Many are seen moving about with beer bottles and cans drinking and disturbing the peace and tranquillity which affect the inhabitants of the area. Many a time broken beer and other liquor bottles as also crushed beer cans are seen strewn along and on the road. Casino clients are supposed to be dropped at the Casino entrance and picked up on leaving the Casino and not allowed to loiter about on the road,” Mr. Furtado said in his letter to the DGP.

Raising several pertinent questions, the Mayor’ letter said that according to the excise rules, bars all over are supposed to stop serving liquor at 11 p.m.

How is it that this rule is not applicable to those who frequent the Casinos?

As, it is consumption of alcohol in a public place is an offence under the Indian Penal Code.

In the interest of maintaining law and order in Panaji, the Mayor requested the DGP to forthwith deploy police personnel and to round up groups of Casino clients and staff if they are found to be disturbing the peace during the wee hours of the night and causing a nuisance to the residents of the area.

When contacted for his reaction, Mr. Kishan Kumar told The Hindu on Thursday that he had just received the letter and he would ensure that all that can be done under the law is done.

Mayor asserts that this is a serious issue and needs to be addressed.

 

BWSSB to HC: will provide tankers to areas with contaminated borewells

Thursday, 19 September 2013 05:26 administrator
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The Hindu               19.09.2013

BWSSB to HC: will provide tankers to areas with contaminated borewells

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The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) on Wednesday told the Karnataka High Court that it would supply potable water through tankers in areas where borewell water was found to be unfit for consumption.

The BWSSB gave this information to a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.H. Waghela and Justice B.V. Nagarathna while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) petition initiated by the court based on newspaper reports on contaminated drinking water in many parts of the city.

Water in 169 borewells in 110 villages (that were now part of the BBMP) was found to be unsuitable for drinking following tests conducted by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) recently. As short-term arrangement, the BWSSB counsel said that water would be supplied using tankers with a 6000-litre capacity in these areas.

Chlorination

“We have 30 tankers and will supply water twice or thrice a day. In the meanwhile, we will undertake chlorination exercise in other borewells,” the counsel added.

The BWSSB also told the court that at least 10 thousand million cubic (tmc) feet of water, in addition to an existing 19 tmc ft of water, is required to supply drinking water from the Cauvery project to these areas and a detailed project report in this regard had been submitted to the State government. The court will hear the petition again on November 7.

 

Metro rail: GVMC has funds for obtaining DPRs

Wednesday, 18 September 2013 05:26 administrator
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The Hindu             18.09.2013

Metro rail: GVMC has funds for obtaining DPRs

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With the Andhra Pradesh Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (APUFIDC) sanctioning funds for taking up a detailed study on the metro rail project for the city, the GVMC now has the required Rs.1.6 crore for getting the detailed project report ready.

Half the amount, Rs.80 lakh, has been sanctioned by the Central government.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and AAREE are in the run for preparation of the detailed project reports (DPRs). The State government will decide the agency.

It is estimated that a km of metro rail project costs Rs.220 crore.

“In the city, the DPRs will be prepared for a 20-km stretch mostly on the road on which buses are plying now,” Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana said.

Mr. Satyanarayana said the issue of deciding the agency would be finalised by the State government by the end of the month.

Now, even smaller cities such as Bhopal and Kochi, with a population of around 17 lakh, have been sanctioned metro rail. The population of the GVMC, after merger of Bheemunipatnam and Anakapalle, is estimated to be 19 lakh.

Getting metro rail sanctioned is cited as one of the major reasons for merger in spite of their being away from the city, posing problems in administering them.

The entire metro rail project will be funded by the Central government.

 
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