New Delhi, July 12th: The metro bridge under construction collapsed in Jamrudpur of southeast Delhi early Sunday morning. Six persons including five laborers and site engineer were killed and more than 15 other laborers injured in the incident. Owning “moral responsibility” for the incident, the DMRC chief, Mr. E. Sreedharan submitted his resignation to the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Shila Dikshit, who rejected resignation.
The tragedy occurred nearly eight months after a similar incident on Vikas Marg in East Delhi which claimed two lives. A probe has been ordered by the DMRC and Delhi government. The Center too, is likely to initiate an inquiry. Talking to a news channel from Hyderabad, the Union urban development minister, Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy described Mr. Sreedharan as architect of the DMRC.
The Delhi government announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of those who died and Rs 2 lakh for each injured person. Mr. Seedharan flew back from Bengaluru to New Delhi on Saturday morning and rushed to site. He later announced his resignation. He said that a four member committee has been constituted to probe the incident and further action would be taken.
Hyderabad, July 12th: The Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy, decided to allot more seats under the management quota in professional colleges in the state. This is meant to pacify college managements whose demand for a fee hike was rejected by the government. The MCA, MBA, Pharmacy and B.Ed ...
Hyderabad, July 12th: Online counseling for Eamcet engineering admissions has worried many students and parents, especially those who are not very tech savvy. Though the students have hundreds of options in terms of colleges and courses, the officials have given time of only three days to make a ch...
Kakinada, July 12th: A helpline service is being set up to monitor SC, ST atrocity cases at the collectorate in East Godavari district. In addition to this the district administration will regularly monitor assistance being extended over the issue with active participation of both revenue and polic...
Rajahmundry, July 11th: With the rise in Godavari water level the tourism department has given green signal to tour boat operations from Sunday. The operations were suspended 10 days ago due to an alarming fall in the water level in the river. The authority notices the rise in water level to seven ...
Hyderabad, July 13th: The SSC Board will put an end to the marks system and likely to introduce grades system from this academic year 2009-10. The board will also do away with the term “fail” while awarding certificates. The officials propose to replace the term “fail” wit...
Hyderabad, July 13th: Eight more swine flu cases were identified in the city on Monday taking the total number of flu victims to 31. Of the eight cases, seven are interlinked and are said to be a case of “cluster swine flu”. Sources said a 28 year old software professional with HINI vir...
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