Hunsur CMC officer fined Rs 25,000 for not giving CCTV camera footage to RTI activist
Hunsur: The Karnataka Information Commission has fined a City Municipal Council officer here Rs 25,000 for not handing the CCTV camera footage of the Municipality office to an applicant, in violation of the instructions of the Commission.
J B Obaidullah, an RTI activist of the Hunsur Muslim Block, had asked on February 3, 2022 for footage of the CCTV camera at the CMC office, under the provisions of the RTI Act. The activist had also paid the requisite fees to get access to the footage.
The Municipality, however, responded on October 21, 2022 that there was no backup of the CCTV camera footage asked for by the activist.
Obaidullah complained to the Commission about the failure of the CMC to hand him the footage. Also, while the Commission has ordered that applicants be given the information asked for within 30 days of the submission of application, the CMC had not fulfilled the demand of the applicant for more than 300 days. Instead, the Municipality had merely responded that the footage was unavailable.
The Commission, considering this a violation of the RTI Act, has fined the City Municipality officer, Chandru, Rs 25,000.
State Information Commissioner H C Sathyan has ordered the officer to pay the fine in one instalment and return within deadline the fees collected from the applicant for the CCTV camera footage. The officer has also been instructed to submit a report on the matter to the Commission.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
