Chaotic scenes at new Assam Congress chief's felicitation
Guwahati (PTI): Chaotic scenes prevailed at a party welcome programme of new Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday, forcing the felicitation ceremony to be suspended for some time as organisers expressed apprehension that the wooden dais could cave in.
Gogoi took over as the new party chief from outgoing president Bhupen Kumar Borah at the party's state headquarters Rajiv Bhawan earlier in the day.
He had sought blessings at the Kamakhya temple prior to it.
Along with the three newly appointed working presidents, Gogoi attended a programme at Manabendra Sarma Complex in Dispur area later in the day.
With around 2,000 party members present at the programme, chaotic scenes prevailed as people jostled to greet Gogoi as he walked towards the platform.
More chaos played out as party leaders, workers and various frontal organisation members came forward to felicitate the new leadership as well as other senior leaders on the platform.
With around 300 people on the wooden platform, built for a limited capacity, organisers had to suspend the felicitation programme twice.
"We request the extra people to get off the stage otherwise it will cave it," senior leaders urged over the announcement system multiple times.
Gogoi himself and other leaders intervened to streamline the felicitation programme.
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Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Mumbai (PTI): An empty double-decker electric bus was gutted in a fire during servicing at a BEST depot in Mumbai's Kurla area on Sunday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.
The blaze broke out inside the Kurla BEST bus depot near Kanakia Building at 4.14 pm, according to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
The parked bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, officials added.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has hired 50 electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility in its fleet of around 2,700 buses.
