Five-year old boy dies of fever at flood relief camp in Belgaum; family blames authorities
Belgaum: A five-year old boy on Monday night died in one of the flood relief camps in Surebaan of Ramadurga Taluk in Belgaum District due to fever.
The deceased infant has been identified as Abdul Saab Mullanawar (5), a resident of Dodda Hampiholi village. According to the reports his family had been staying at the APMC flood relief camp from last one month as their house had collapsed due to heavy rain. Abdul was suffering from high fever and his parents blamed the authorities alleging that they did not respond on time to save their child.
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa announced a compensation of five lakh rupees to the boy’s family.
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Over half a dozen passenger trains cancelled for three days due to elephant movements
Jamshedpur (PTI): Over half a dozen passenger trains will remain cancelled for three days from December 22 under the Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway due to the movement of elephants, a railway statement said on Sunday.
The Memu train services will remain cancelled between December 22 to 24, a South Eastern Railway statement said.
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Movement of a herd of elephants has been noticed near rail tracks between Chakradharpur (Jharkhand's Singhbhum)-Jharsuguda (Odisha) section of the division, especially Bandamuna during night, said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Chakradharpur division of S E Railway, Aditya Choudhary.
The train services are being slowed down, causing traffic congestion and subsequently delaying train movements, he said.
The trains which will remain cancelled due to elephant movements in the section include 68025/68026(Ckp-Rou-Ckp), 68043/68044 (Tata-Rou-Tata), 18175/18176(Hte-Jsg-Hte), 68029/68030 (Rou-Jsg-Rou), 58151/58152 (Brmp-Bxf-Brmp) PASS, 68125/68126 (Tata-Bbn-Tata) MEMU, 68019/68020 (Tata-Gua-Tata) Memu, 68010/68009/68006 (Ckp-Tata-Kgp-Ckp) Memu, it added.
