Over 1.7 lakh people staying in relief camps in Gaja-hit Nagai
Nagapattinam, Dec 4 : More than 1.77 lakh people, including 29,000 children, are staying in 252 relief camps in cyclone-Gaja hit areas of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu Handlooms Minister O S Manian said Tuesday.
Relief works have been taken up on a war footing in the district, he said.
"A total of 2.32 lakh trees had been uprooted in the cyclonic storm and we have cleared 1.99 lakh trees. Of the 46,000 electric poles that were damaged, 28,600 poles have been re-erected. Over 440 transformers have been replaced," the minister said.
"About 6,200 personnel of the electricity department are working on power restoration works," he said.
More than 12,000 workers from other departments such as PWD, agriculture, horticulture, local administration, animal husbandry and health departments were engaged in relief works in the district, Manian said.
Rural development minister SP Velumani, senior IAS officers J Radhakrishnan and Gagandeep Singh Bedi were among those present at the review meeting.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
