Periyottu : Aged couple commits suicide
Suspected to be depressed over ill-health
Uppinangadi: An aged couple committed suicide by consuming poison at Periyottu in Barya village in Belthangady taluk on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Sanjeeva Poojary (60) and his wife Sita (57).
They have reportedly consumed poison inside the room. Sanjeeva Poojary died on the spot, while Sita breathed her last on the way to hospital. It is said that Sanjeeva Poojary has been suffering from Asthma and heart related problems for some time. Because of his ill-health, he could not go to labour work, the only source of their livelihood. Meanwhile, his wife was also suffering from sickness. It is suspected that the couple might have committed suicide desperate over their health problems.
The couple has three children- two daughters and one son. All the three were married. Son Janardhana Poojary and his wife are with his parents. When the incident happened, Janardhana wife Mohini was at home. “Father-in-law was not feeling well due to which he used to stay inside the room. Some time, mother-in-law was also staying with him. Today afternoon also, both of them were inside the room. After some time, I heard sound and moaning from the room. When I tried to open the door, it was locked from inside. I climbed up the loft and saw them bewildering in the room. I shouted and asked the neighbours and broke open the door. By the time, father--in-law passed away and mother-in-law was in serious condition”, she said.
Uppinangadi SI Nandakumar visited the village and inspected. Police registered a case.
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Mumbai Metro lines 9 and 2B open for commuters
Mumbai (PTI): Commercial operations on the first phases of Mumbai Metro corridors 9 and 2B began on Wednesday morning, a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the mass-transit routes, officials said.
While the Metro 9 marks the first direct connectivity between a suburb in Mumbai and a part of Thane city in the metropolitan region, the Line 2B will provide the first metro connectivity on the Harbour Line in Mumbai.
The 5.6-km elevated Phase 1 stretch of Metro Line 9 comprises four stations -- Dahisar East, Pandurangwadi, Miragaon and Kashigaon. The 5.53-km Phase 1 of Metro Line 2B has five stations, including Deshbhakt N G Acharya Udyan (Diamond Garden), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk, Deonar, Mankhurd and Maharashtra Nagar–Mandale.
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According to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Line 9 is expected to cut travel time between Mira-Bhayandar in Thane district and Mumbai to around 30 minutes from the current one to two hours. Built at Rs 6,607 crore, it will eventually provide seamless connectivity to south Mumbai through interlinking with other lines.
With the addition of the two new lines, Mumbai’s operational Metro network has expanded to six corridors, including Line 1 (Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova), Line 2A (Andheri West-Dahisar East), Line 7 (Dahisar East-Andheri East) and the underground Line 3 (Colaba-Bandra Kurla Complex-SEEPZ).
As per MMRDA, the revised timetable for Line 2A and Line 7 came into effect on Wednesday, aimed at improving frequency, predictability and overall commuter experience.
It said that with the inauguration of Line 9, Metro Line 2A will now operate as a standalone corridor between Andheri West and Dahisar East, with services from 5.50 am till around 11 pm and a peak frequency of about six minutes.
The integrated Line 7-9 corridor (Gundavali to Kashigaon), spanning 19.79 km, will operate from 5.50 am to 11 pm, with a peak frequency of under six minutes and 276 services on weekdays.
Metro Line 2B (Phase 1) services commenced at 6 am and will run till around 10.30 pm at intervals of approximately nine-and-a-half minutes, operating 209 services daily, according to officials.
MMRDA said the integration of Line 7 with Line 9 enables direct connectivity from Andheri East to Mira-Bhayandar, while Lines 2A and 7 will function as separate corridors.
A seamless interchange facility at Dahisar station will allow passengers to switch between Lines 2A and 7 without exiting the “paid” (ticketed) area.
