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NHAI toll plazas to have Highway Nest, food & beverage kiosks
Toll plazas run by NHAI will soon have kiosks selling drinking water, tea/coffee, and packaged food for the convenience of highways users, the government today said. "Termed as Highway Nest, these kiosks are under construction on both up-side and down-side at all 372 NHAI run toll plazas," Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement. These kiosks are being built on 10mx20m paved platforms about 200-250 metres from the toll plaza, it said, adding that toilet facilities including that for the physically challenged are also available at these sites. "Two Highway Nests have been inaugurated - one at Narayanpura toll plaza on NH-76 on Udaipur-Chittorgarh-Kota route under Regional Office, Jaipur and another at Hyderabad- Vijaywada section of NH-65, Korlapahad toll plazas at km 118.250 (TP-2) under RO Hyderabad," the statement said. Efforts are being made to have the Highway Nest in place on all the remaining toll plazas by the end of March 2018, it added.
Wagon spare manufacturing unit gutted in city
A fire broke out in a private wagon spare manufacturing unit near Bondel Gate in the southern part of the metropolis, Fire Brigade officials said. The fire spread fast and engulfed the entire factory on Picnic Garden Road, creating panic among the local people. The blaze was spotted shortly after 4 pm and eight fire tenders brought the situation under control within an hour, the officials said. There was no casualty in the incident, police said. Cause of the fire and the extent of damages were yet to be ascertained.
China calls deadly tanker collision 'unprecedented'
A Chinese official says the explosion and sinking of an Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea was without precedent, creating enormous difficulties for rescue and recovery efforts. Transport ministry official Zhi Guanglu today said the sinking of the Sanchi after a Jan. 6 collision with a grain freighter was a first for a tanker carrying natural gas condensate. The disaster cost the lives of the tanker's crew of 30 Iranians and 2 Bangladeshis, only three of whose bodies were recovered. The cause is under investigation. Cleanup efforts continue and China's State Oceanic Administration said it had detected an oil slick in the area that appeared to contain heavy bunker oil from the Sanchi's fuel tanks that could pose a serious threat to the marine environment.
Avalanche warning for some places in J-K
A low danger avalanche warning was issued today for some avalanche-prone areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) issued low danger avalanche warning for the areas above 2,500 m altitude valid for the next 24 hours starting at 5 pm. A SASE advisory said low danger avalanche warning exists for avalanche-prone areas in Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora districts of Jammu and Kashmir. "People are advised not to venture in avalanche-prone slopes/areas during the warning period. People are advised to keep cleaning snow from roof top of houses/temporary shelters to avoid any sudden collapse," it said.
Fire breaks out in Thane's Girija Heights
A fire broke out in the Girija Heights building in Maharashtra's Thane on Friday.Fire brigade and other emergency services have rushed to the spot.Earlier in the day, a fire officer was injured while dousing the flames on the fourth floor of the Navrang Studio in Mumbai's Lower Parel.About 12 firefighting vehicles were engaged in bringing the fire under control, said official sources.This incident comes less than a month after the massive Kamala Mills compound fire on December 29, 2017, in which 14 people were killed and 12 suffered critical injuries.Further details are awaited.
MACT awards over Rs 14L compensation to kin of accident victim
A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded around Rs 15 lakh to the parents of a 24- year-old woman who was killed in a road mishap involving a Delhi Transport Corporation bus six years ago in north Delhi. MACT presiding officer Vidya Prakash directed United India Insurance Company limited, insurer of the offending bus, to pay Rs 14,97,000 to north-west Delhi resident Tarang Sharma's parents. "It is held that the petitioners (parents) have been able to prove on the basis of preponderance of probabilities that Tarang Sharma had sustained fatal injuries in road accident which took place on October 4, 2012,... due to rash and negligent driving of the DTC bus," the tribunal said. According to the complaint, on October 4, 2012, Sharma was riding pillion on a motorcycle being driven by her cousin and when they reached Katewara village in Narela here, when a DTC bus, being driven in rash and negligent manner, came and hit the motorcycle. As a result of collision, ...
Shops selling puja material torched near temple
Unidentified miscreants set fire to eight shops located behind the famous Naaroshankar temple here in the early hours, police said. All eight shops, which sold puja material, were completely gutted, but no casualties were reported, said Dinesh Bardekar, in-charge of Panchvati police station. After security guards of the temple alerted the fire brigade, fire tenders were sent to the spot to douse the blaze. Further probe in on.
Give info on Train Protection Warning System: CIC to DSIR
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) to provide information on delay in the implementation of the Train Protection Warning System (TPWS). Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu also issued a show cause notice to the Central Public Information Officer of DSIR, B N Sarkar, for not responding to an RTI application seeking information about the TPWS despite a senior DSIR official asking him to do so. Acharyulu directed Sarkar to provide information on reasons for delay, expected date of completion of the project, and additional expenditure. He asked Sarkar why he should not be penalised for not responding to the RTI application of Astitva, who had sought details of the TPWS project submitted by the Central Electronics Limited (CEL) to prevent rail accidents, under the Science and Technology plan in 2013. Taking note of an audit report the applicant added with his appeal to the Commission, ...
China launches two remote sensing satellites
China launched two high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites into a preset orbit on Friday.
Andhra CM directs officials to complete 18 lakh houses by March 2019
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday directed the officials to complete building around 18 lakh houses under the housing scheme by March 2019.While interacting with the district collectors on the second day of a conference, the chief minister said, "By March 2019, 18 lakh houses must be completed at any cost; the government has spent Rs 15, 000 crores for it."The Chief Minister also asked the officials to issue new ration cards to 1.20 lakhs people by March.He also asked them to ensure that the government scheme reaches the real beneficiaries in the state.As per the official information, around two lakh houses were allotted in 2016-17 under NTR Rural Housing.Out of the houses allotted in 2017-18, 1.88 lakh houses have been accorded administrative sanctions and only 29,334 houses have been completed. Under NTR Rural Housing (Gramin), 72,885 houses have been allotted and 18,219 have been completed.Under all the schemes in NTR Housing, 2.5 lakh houses will be ...
Zimbabwe politician, wife killed in US helicopter crash
Leading Zimbabwe opposition politician Roy Bennett has been killed with his wife in a helicopter crash in New Mexico state of the US, authorities said.
Nine dead as huge storms batter Europe
Nine people including two firefighters were killed as violent gales battered northern Europe, snapping air and train links. Germany halted all long-distance rail traffic for at least a day, while numerous domestic flights were scrapped as hurricane-force winds lashed the country. The storm claimed six lives in Germany, including two firefighters deployed in emergency operations and two truck drivers whose vehicles were blown over by the gales. Another driver died when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed in to a truck. A 59-year-old camper was killed instantly when a tree fell on him in North Rhine-Westphalia state, German police said, as wind speeds reached a high of 203 kilometres an hour (126 mph) at the Brocken -- the highest peak of northern Germany. The storm, named Friederike, also ripped the roof off a school in the eastern state of Thueringia while children were still in the building. Authorities said no one was hurt there. In the Bavarian alps, the strong
Odisha institute to train people on rescuing disaster victims
Odisha government would establish an institute for training people on how to rescue victims of natural disasters such as tsunamis, cyclones and floods. The State Institute of Disaster Management (SIDM), to be set up at Gothapatna here, will also conduct research activities related to disaster management, an officer of the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) said. Personnel of the fire brigade, the police, civil defence and volunteers who are engaged in rescue operations in the event of natural disasters would be given training at SIDM, said OSDMA Commissioner-cum-Secretary and Managing Director, B P Sethi. The decision to set up the institute was taken at the Governing Body meeting of OSDMA yesterday, under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary A P Padhi. Odisha has been a victim of several natural disasters during the course of the last few decades, including the Super Cyclone of 1999. Another project, the Early Warning Dissemination System, is almost in ..
Fire at Navrang Studio in Mumbai's Lower Parel, fireman hurt
A major fire broke out at Navrang Studio inside Todi Mill Compound in south Mumbai's Lower Parel early today, leaving a fireman injured, a senior fire brigade official said. Part of the studio, which was shut years ago, was gutted in the blaze. The building, in which the studio is located is dilapidated and unoccupied, the official said. "At 1 am, our firemen received a call about the blaze in Todi Mill Compound in Lower Parel. The fire brigade jawans reached the spot by 1.17 am with eight fire engines and water tankers," chief of the Fire Brigade P S Rahangdale told PTI. The flames were doused within a few hours, he said. "The fire was confined to Navrang Studio located on the fourth floor of an industrial complex, which is quite old, dilapidated and unoccupied," Rahangdale added. He said one of the firemen received minor injuries in the incident during fire-fighting. The studio is just a few hundred metres away from the Kamala Mills compound, where a massive blaze on ...
1 injured in Mumbai's Navrang studio fire
A fire officer was injured while dousing the flames on the fourth floor of the Navrang Studio in Mumbai's Lower Parel on Friday.About 12 firefighting vehicles were engaged in bringing the fire under control, said official sources."This building has not been functional for nearly 20 years now. The fire broke out on the fourth floor of the building. Operations are still underway," Deputy Chief Fire Officer R Chaudhary told reporters here.While the cause of the fire that broke out late last night is not yet known, it is said that the condition of the building is poor, and can collapse at any time.This incident comes less than a month after around 14 people were killed and 12 suffered critical injuries in the massive Kamala Mills compound fire, which is in the same locality, on December 29, 2017.Further details are awaited.
Residents evacuated after tanker carrying ammonia gas turns turtle in Goa
Dozens of residents of Chicalim village in Goa, near the Dabolim International Airport, were evacuated from their homes by disaster response officials, after a tanker carrying ammonia gas met with an accident and turned turtle, causing gas leakage.
Two people hospitalised after ammonia gas leak in Goa
Two women were hospitalised after a tanker carrying ammonia overturned on the nearby highway connecting Vasco City to Panaji early Friday morning.According to Police sources, a tanker carrying Ammonia gas and proceeding towards Zuari Industries at Zuarinagar fell into a roadside ditch and overturned near SAG ground at around 2.45 am.There have been no serious casualties except for the hospitalisation of the two old women from a flat.
Goa village evacuated after ammonia gas tanker leak
Hundreds of residents in Goa's Chicalim village were today evacuated from their homes after a tanker carrying ammonia overturned on the nearby Vasco City- Panji highway in the wee hours. "The tanker carrying ammonia overturned at around 2.45 a.m. and the gas started leaking from it. Police, Fire, and Emergency Services were directed to raise an alarm and evacuate the entire area," Deputy Collector Mahadev Arondekar told PTI. The disaster response mechanism was pressed into action and people were asked to vacate their houses as the gas had spread around the entire area of Chicalim which is located on the highway, a few kilometers away from State Airport. The highway crossing through Chicalim village was also blocked and the traffic diverted through other roads, said Arondekar. Nearly 300 houses are located in the area where the incident took place.
Avalanche warning issued for select areas of J-K
Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) has issued a low-danger avalanche warning for some avalanche-prone areas of Jammu and Kashmir.As per the institution, the avalanche warning has been issued for areas above 2500 metre altitude and will be valid for the next 24 hours.The warning has been issued for areas in Bandipora, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir.The SASE has advised people in these regions to avoid venturing into avalanche prone slopes during the warning period.Earlier in the month, as many as 11 people were killed after the Tangdhar avalanche hit the Kupwara-Tangdhar road in the state.Meanwhile, two persons, including a child and a 46-year-old, were pulled out alive, and rushed to the Kupwara District Hospital, from where they were shifted to Srinagar for further treatment.
Fire breaks out in Mumbai's Navrang Studio
A fire broke out in the late hours of Thursday night at the Navrang studio here in Lower Parel area.As soon as reports of the fire were conveyed to the fire brigade, around 12 vehicles arrived at the spot and began operations to douse the flame."This building has not been functional for nearly 20 years now. The fire broke out in the fourth floor of the building. Operations are still underway," Deputy Chief Fire Officer R Chaudhary told reporters here.While the cause of fire remains unknown, it is said that the condition of the building is poor, and can collapse at any time.This incident comes less than a month after around 14 people were killed and 12 suffered critical injuries in the massive fire that broke out at the Kamala Mills compound in the same locality here in the wee hours of December 29, 2017.No casualties have been reported from the studio complex.Further details are awaited.