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Four CCL workers killed, 11 injured in wall collapse
Four workers of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) were killed and 11 injured when the wall of a resting shed fell on them in Hazaribagh district today, police said. The incident occurred when the workers of CCL's Tapin coal mining project were taking rest under the shed after their afternoon meal. A coal operating machine hit the wall of the shed and it fell on the workers, burying them under the debris, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Composite Control Room) Sahdeo Sau said. Teams from the police and the CCL reached the spot and started rescue operations. Four bodies were recovered from the debris and sent to Hazaribagh for post-mortem, he said, adding the injured were shifted to hospital. Those killed were identified as Amrit Munda, Kaila Ganjhu, Somar Munda and Mithun Mahato, the police said. A case of negligence was registered against the driver of the coal operating machine, the police said.
Over Rs 8,000 lakh sanctioned for fire-fighting equipment in state-run hospitals: TN govt to HC
A sum of Rs 8,958.25 lakh has been sanctioned by the Tamil Nadu government to provide fire-fighting equipment to government hospitals in the state, the Madras High Court was informed. This was stated in a counter-affidavit by the state health secretary on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking to make mandatory ramps from the top-most floor to the ground floor of hospitals for easy rescue of patients in case of a fire. The first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice PT Asha on Friday adjourned a PIL by Jawahar Shanmgum to July 30. When the matter came up, a counter affidavit was filed to give details on the fire fighting arrangements that were made in 34 government medical college hospitals and institutions at a cost of Rs 3,703.42 lakh. The affidavit said the facility would also be introduced in the Institute of Child Health and Hospital, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Government Hospital for Women and Children, all in Chennai, at a .
Rains in UP delay Modi's return to New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return to the national capital after his address to farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Saturday was delayed by over 30 minutes due to heavy rains and inclement weather, an official said.
Traffic crawls in many parts of the city due to waterlogging caused by rain
Heavy rain lashed the national capital region this evening, causing traffic congestion at several places. The Delhi Traffic Police was constantly updating Delhiites about the traffic situation across the national capital. Waterlogging was reported on GT Karnal Road from Singhu Border to Azadpur near Jahangirpuri and Adarsh Nagar metro station. Situation was no different on the NH-9 near Ghazipur Murga Mandi. Due to heavy rains, waterlogging was reported at Hathi Khana Chowk, Sadar Bazaar. Areas from Nangloi to Bahadurgarh near Mundka metro station and Rajdhani Park metro station was also waterlogged.
Eight injured as two-storey building collapses in Pune
Eight persons, including four children, were injured after a two-storey residential building in Keshavnagar area in Mundhwa here collapsed around noon today, police said. While four of the victims are members of the building owners' family, the others are members of two tenant families, police said. "The building was around 30 years old. Located near a nullah, it was already in a precarious condition and incessant rains might have worsened its condition, leading to its collapse around noon," a police officer said. The fire brigade officials rushed to the spot and rescued all those trapped under the debris, including the four children, he said. According to him, the building was owned by Kailas Bhandwalkar, who is also among the eight injured. "Besides Bhandwalkar himself, three members of his family, including a girl child sustained injuries. Two families of tenants were living in the building and four of them, including three children, were injured in the incident," ...
Remains of 1968 aircraft crash victim recovered
A mountaineering expedition has located the wreckage and mortal remains of a victim who, along with 98 army personnel and four crew members, was killed in an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft crash in Himachal Pradesh's icy terrain 50 years ago, officials said on Saturday.
Odisha CM reviews rain situation; 2 killed in wall collapse
Heavy rain continued to lash parts of Odisha for the second day today, prompting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to order relief measures in the affected areas of the state. At least two people were killed in Raygada district of Odisha this morning when a wall collapsed on them due to the rainfall, official sources said. The incident comes a day after seven people were killed by lightning strikes in Mayurbhanj and Balasore. The low pressure-induced rain has led to a flood-like situation in Malkangiri and Kalahandi districts, sources in the special relief commissioner's (SRC) office said, adding that people in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and the holy town of Puri were grappling with waterlogging problems since yesterday. Patnaik, who took stock of the situation this morning, asked the district collectors to move people from the flooded areas, if required, as the state "maintains a policy of zero casualty". He also directed the authorities of Urban Development Department to ensure that the ...
Heavy rains lash Odisha, throw life out of gear
Heavy rainfall triggered by a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has thrown normal life out of gear in several parts of Odisha.
Efforts underway to ensure strike does not affect supplies: U'khand govt
With the countrywide indefinite strike by commercial transporters entering its second day, the Uttarakhand government today stepped up efforts to ensure it does not affect essential supplies to hill areas of the state. On the directions of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the commissioners of Garhwal and Kumaon regions and all the district magistrates have been asked to keep an eye on the situation and take precautionary measures to ensure that supplies of essential items are not affected by the strike, Additional Chief Secretary Om Prakash said. Commercial motor transport vehicles are considered the lifeline of the hills and their going off the roads for a long time may affect supplies to remote hill areas. The situation may turn worse in view of vulnerability of hill areas to natural disasters during monsoon. Member of the national working committee of All India Motor Transport Congress Anusuiya Prasad Uniyal claimed that around 70000 transporters of Uttarakhand have joined the
Kerala rains: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju promises more aid
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today promised more central assistance to Kerala to deal with "unprecedented rains and floods", a day after Rs 80 crore were sanctioned to the state as initial aid. A central government's inter-ministerial team headed by a joint secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs will be sent to Kerala to assess the quantum of damages and losses occurred in various sectors due to the rains and floods, he said. Officers from the Niti Ayog and various ministries including Finance, Agriculture, Health and Road Transport will be part of the team, Rijiju said while visiting flood affected areas in Kottayam. The Union minister of state for home held discussions with Kerala PWD Minister G Sudhakaran, Agriculture Minister Sunil Kumar and state government officers headed by Chief Secretary Tom Jose after visiting flood hit areas of Alappuzha district. "The Centre and the state will work together to provide relief to the people affected by the calamity," he said. The state ...
Kerala Floods: Centre sanctions Rs 80 crore
The centre has sanctioned Rs. 80 crore to Kerala for the relief and rehabilitation of people in the flood affected areas of the state.The central government team, headed by Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju and Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam on Saturday visited the flood-affected districts of Kottayam and Alappuzha."The government had sanctioned aid of Rs. 80 crore yesterday," the delegation told the reporters.Continuous and heavy downpour has crippled the daily life in several districts of the southern state.Rijiju informed that the central and state governments are eraching out to the flood victyims in the state."Our Central team along with Kerala State team is on the way by boats to visit Alappuzha, Komalapuram, Zero Jetty Gruel Centre, Kuppapuram flood relief camps to meet to people," tweeted Rijiju.Incessant rains have continued to batter parts of the state since the end of May, the onset of annual monsoon season.
Central team visits Kerala's rain-struck areas, announces compensation
A team led by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju toured various flood-hit districts of Kerala on Saturday and announced compensation of Rs 4 lakh for each of the deceased from the heavy rains that had hit the state over the past two weeks.
Air India flight makes priority landing following technical
A Chennai-bound Air India flight from Mumbai carrying 111 passengers besides crew made a priority landing at the international airport here today following some technical problem, an airport official said. The official said an alert was sounded before the aircraft landed under 'local standby' protocol. The term local standby refers to sounding an alert to fire and rescue services to tackle any untoward incidents upon the arrival of an aircraft which is landing in emergency conditions. "We got a request from the pilot asking us to be on local standby as the flight was approaching the airport. We alerted the (fire and rescue) services to be ready. Soon after it landed, the passengers alighted and the plane was towed away to a bay," he said. Later, the snag was rectified and the plane resumed its journey to Delhi, he said. However, the Air India officials were not available for a comment.
Aircraft develops snag while landing, passengers safe
An aircraft which arrived here this morning from Mumbai, developed a snag before landing, and its pilot sought the airport to be on 'local standby.' The flight carrying 111 passengers developed a snag while landing and sought the airport here to be on 'local standby', an airport official told PTI. Local standby refers to sounding an alert to the fire and rescue services, if any untoward incidents develop upon the arrival of the aircraft. "We got a request from the pilot asking us to be on local standby as the flight was approaching the airport. We alerted the (fire and rescue) services to be ready. Soon after it landed, the passengers alighted and the plane was towed away to a bay," he said. Later, the snag was rectified and the plane resumed its journey to Delhi, he said. However, the airlines' officials were not available for a comment.
Downpour disrupts life in Chandigarh
A heavy downpour on Saturday afternoon disrupted normal life in several areas of Chandigarh with roads inundated and traffic snarls occurring at several places.
Kerala flood fury: Many areas waterlogged, political squabbles begin
Amid flood fury in Kerala's worst-affected districts of Kottayam and Alappuzha, political sqaubbles have broken out with the Congress-led opposition slamming the Pinarayi Vijayan government for failing to respond to the grim situation.
Mentally-challenged man run over by train in JK's Udhampur
In the third such incident this week, a 67-year-old mentally-challenged man died after being hit by a train in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said today. Prem Chand, a resident of Sunal village, was crossing the railway tracks near Udhampur railway station when he was hit by a train yesterday, the Government Railway Police official said. He said the body was handed over to his family after legal formalities. Chand was the third person to lost his life after being hit by a train in Jammu region since Wednesday. Two women, including a resident of Chhattisgarh, died in similar accidents in Samba and Jammu districts on July 18 and 19.
At least 10 dead in Vietnam floods
At least 10 people have died after floods spurred by Typhoon rains struck central and northern Vietnam, authorities said today. The southeast Asian country is prone to monsoon storms and floods, which frequently claim hundreds of lives every year. Typhoon Son Tinh -- the third tropical storm to hit Vietnam since the start of the year -- made landfall Wednesday night, damaging infrastructure and crops through Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces. Heavy rains have continued in the wake of the typhoon, unleashing floods and landslides across vast areas of the country, including in the capital Hanoi. According to a latest online report by the disaster office, at least 10 people have been confirmed dead and another 11 are missing in the mountainous northern provinces of Yen Bai and Thanh Hoa. About 4,000 houses have been damaged and tens of thousands of hectares of crops destroyed, the office said, warning of more heavy rains to come. State media ran images of floods in remote areas where ...
1968 plane crash victim's body found in H-P glacier
After a span of 50 years, the body of a 1968 Indian Air Force (IAF) plane crash victim was found in Himachal Pradesh's Dhaka glacier base camp. A mountaineering expedition recovered the body on July 1.On 7 February 1968, an aircraft AN-12 of the Indian Air Force was flying from Chandigarh to Leh with 102 personnel on board. Due to bad weather, the pilot decided to turn back while approaching Leh.Suddenly the aircraft went missing. It later crashed in the Lahaul valley in Himachal. In 2003, the remnants of the plane were recovered in the Dhaka glacier during an expedition.On July 1, the mountaineering team which was on a cleanliness drive on Chandrabhaga-13 peak, came across the body. The team also found some more parts of the aircraft. The cleanliness drive was organised by Indian Mountaineering Foundation.
Death toll in U'khand's Tehri accident rises to 16
The death toll in Uttarkhand's Tehri district accident, where a bus rolled down a 250-metre deep gorge, has risen to 16, officials said today. Ashraf Ali (35) and Manoj Yadav (28), both hailing from Bettiah in Bihar's West Champaran district, succumbed to their injures at the AIIMS hospital, office of the Medical Superintendent, AIIMS, Rishikesh said. Ali died late last night, while Yadav succumbed to his injuries this morning, it said. They were among the 11 injured persons who were admitted to the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, it said. Fourteen persons, including two women, were killed and 17 others injured when a roadways bus had fallen into a gorge on the Chamba-Uttarkashi highway in the district on July 19.