2-hour rain, 20-km jam: Gurugram gridlocked; Opposition blames BJP
Gurugram: Gurugram was left paralysed on Monday evening after just two to three hours of heavy rainfall triggered massive waterlogging and a traffic jam stretching nearly 20 kilometres. Commuters reported being stuck on highways and arterial roads for five to six hours.
Opposition leaders seized on the chaos to target the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government in Haryana, accusing it of poor planning and neglect despite being in power for over a decade.
Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala posted a video of the gridlock, remarking, “2 hours of rain = 20 KMs of Gurgaon Jam! As CM Nayab Saini only flies in the state helicopter and doesn’t travel on the road, this is a helicopter shot of the highway. So much for crores spent on drainage and traffic management.”
Congress MP Kumari Selja said the scenes of stranded commuters reflected the “incapability and failed planning” of the BJP government. Former MP Deepender Singh Hooda claimed the Congress had built Gurugram, but the BJP had “destroyed it” over the last 11 years.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also weighed in, calling Gurugram “a double engine sarkar with double the failure track record.”
Responding to the criticism, the Haryana BJP said the downpour had broken a 36-year rainfall record and described the situation as a “natural calamity.” It maintained that the government had made “all arrangements” to tackle waterlogging and assured that assistance was being provided to affected areas.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
