Fire at TN power plant, no loss of life, says official
Tuticorin (PTI): A fire erupted in two units of the Tuticorin Thermal Power Plant here late on Saturday and a large part of it has been put down and there was no loss of life, a top district official said on Sunday.
The fire erupted in cables in Units 1,2 and has been contained from spreading to two more nearby units, District Collector K Elambahavath told reporters.
"Ten fire tenders have been pressed into service and the blaze has been put down. There is still smoke from some interior places and paths are being created by the power plant engineers for the Fire and Rescue Services personnel to reach them and completely douse it," he told reporters after reviewing the situation.
Power generation has been shut down in units 1 and 2 but it has not been affected in units 3,4, he added.
Deputy Director, Fire Services was overseeing the fire-fighting operations with a number of personnel involved in the job, he added.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
