Fire breaks out at BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad's official residence in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): A fire broke out at the official residence of BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Mother Teresa Crescent Marg here on Wednesday morning, an official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said.
There were no casualties in the incident. It was not immediately known if the Patna Sahib MP was home at the time of the incident.
A call regarding the fire at Prasad's residence was received around 8.05 am. The fire broke out in some furniture kept in one of the rooms of the house, the DFS official said.
Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control by 8.35 am. No one was injured in the incident, he said.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
Delhi Police's Forensics Team was also at the spot.
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Formulate model SOP for trekking safety in Karnataka: Minister Khandre tells officials
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre has instructed authorities to formulate a standard operating procedure (SOP) for trekking safety, intended to serve as a national model.
The Minister issued the instruction in writing to the chief wildlife warden in the wake of the disappearance of a woman from Kerala in the dense Tadiandamol forest, and the search for a minor girl in Chandradrona hills, his office said in a release on Thursday.
Like the ‘e-Gastu’ app already developed by the Forest Department and the ‘MStripes’ app used in tiger reserves, if a similar kind of app is temporarily installed on the mobile phones of trekkers during the trek, it will be easier to track those who go astray, hence the Forest Minister has directed to take steps to develop the app and provide group insurance to trekkers, it said.
In addition, Khandre has suggested that nature guides should be equipped with wireless communication sets and they should be held accountable for safety and coordination of trekking groups under their supervision, it added.
