Heavy object suspected to have fallen from IAF aircraft damages house in Shivpuri district
Shivpuri (MP), Apr 25 (PTI): A heavy metal object suspected to have fallen from an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft caused severe damage to a house in Pichhore town of Madhya Pradesh on Friday but nobody was injured in the incident, police said.
An unidentified heavy object fell on the roof of the house belonging to Manoj Sagar, a teacher, around 11 am, eye witnesses said.
Two rooms in the house were completely damaged and debris fell on the car parked nearby, officials said.
Sagar was having food inside the house with his children and his wife was in the kitchen when the roof burst open with a loud explosion and an 8 to 10 feet deep pit was formed in the courtyard, they added.
Vibrations caused by the explosion were felt in neighbouring houses too, officials said.
Police rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area.
"A heavy metal object fell from the sky from an Air Force jet on the house of Manoj Sagar...due to which two outer rooms have been damaged. There were four members in the house, all are safe. Police and administration team is on the spot," said Shivpuri district Superintendent of Police Aman Singh Rathor in a social media post.
The incident was being investigated in coordination with the Air Force and other agencies, he added.
Sub Divisional Officer of Police Prashant Sharma, however, said where the object came from can be ascertained only after a probe.
It appeared to be "extremely solid" and had burn marks, he said. "The Gwalior airbase (of the IAF) has been contacted. Only after an expert team arrives from there, it can be confirmed what this object is and where it fell from," Sharma said.
Unidentified heavy metallic object fell on a house in Pichhore town of MP's Shivpuri district, badly damaging the terrace and 2 rooms of the house. The woman in the house suffered abrasion injury, but her husband and 2 kids are safe. @santwana99 @NewIndianXpress @jayanthjacob pic.twitter.com/i4upaO9XlY
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Several organisations oppose proposal of changing Mount Abu's name
Jaipur, May 6 (PTI): Protests against a proposal to change the name of Mount Abu to 'Aburaj Teerth' and banning non-vegetarian food and alcohol in Rajasthan’s only hill station are mounting with locals saying it will severely impact the town's economy.
A letter from the department of local self government to the nagar parishad commissioner on April 25 had sought a "factual comment" of the commissioner regarding renaming Mount Abu as 'Aburaj Teerth' and prohibiting meat and liquor consumption in the open.
Looking at the religious significance of Mount Abu, a proposal to change the name to 'Aburaj Teerth' was passed in the board meeting of the Nagar Parishad in October last year. The proposal was sent to the state government, where it is pending.
After this, several MLAs of the ruling party wrote letters to Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma to change Mount Abu's name due to its religious significance and ban liquor and meat consumption in the open.
Local businessmen argue that Mount Abu is known worldwide by this name and changing the name will create confusion. Moreover, prohibiting non-veg food and liquor consumption will drastically reduce the number of tourists, they argued.
Twenty-three organisations, including Mount Abu Hotel Association, Laghu Vyapar Sangh, Sindhi Seva Samaj, Valmiki Samaj, Muslim Auquaf Committee, and Nakki Lake Vyapar Sansthan, handed over a memorandum, addressed to the chief minister to Sub Divisional Officer Dr Anshu Priya on Monday.
The SDM said that the proposal is pending at the state government level.
Saurabh Gangadia, secretary of Mount Abu Hotel Association, said that nearly five to six thousand tourists visit Mount Abu daily, and most of them come from neighbouring Gujarat, which is a dry state.
"The entire economy of Mount Abu is run on tourism activities and such a move to declare Mount Abu a 'Teerth' and prohibiting liquor and meat will destroy the economy," he said.
He claimed that nearly 15000 people were directly or indirectly associated with tourism-related activities in Mount Abu and if the number of tourists drops, it will have a negative impact on their livelihood.
"With a sharp decline in tourists, there will be an increase in unemployment and migration and business units will shut down," Dinesh Mali, secretary of Street Vendors Committee, said.
"There is absolutely no need to change the name and take such steps which have the potential of causing great harm to the economy and its people," he added.
The local business stakeholders said that the name 'Mount Abu' is internationally established and it features in global travel books, Google Maps, Wikipedia, tourism portals, travel advisories, foreign tour packages, international directories and academic texts.
According to the tourism department, the history of Mount Abu can be traced back to the Puranas. Known as "Arbudaranya" or "the forest of Arbhuda" in the Puranic Age, Mount Abu is described to have served as a retreat for sage Vashistha.
A popular mythological story associated with Mount Abu mentions a serpent named Arbhuda, who had saved the life of Nandi, Lord Shiva's mount, here.
