Workers clean drainage with bare hand: Allegation
Inhuman act caught at BBMP premise?
Bengaluru,Oct.12: Even after Supreme court's ban on manual scavenging, the practice is still rampant in many parts of the country. But the BBMP which is boasting of adopting strict rules against manual scavenging remained a mute spectator on Friday evening as two workers were seen cleaning the drainage with bare hands.
The officers of BBMP and water authority say that they have created awareness among the safai workers about the manual scavenging.But on Friday workers were seen cleaning the sewage at BBMP premise where thousands of people, officers and representatives commute everyday.
The contractors have not given any equipments to these workers and were left to clean the sewage bare handed.
Ban on Manual scavenging and rehabilitation committee member C.N Anand has filed a case against the ill act at Safai Karmachari commission and urged the authority to take strict action against the guilty officers.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
