Efforts on to recover bodies from drains in Delhi, police tells HC
New Delhi: The police told the Delhi High Court Friday that efforts were on to recover bodies from drains in northeast Delhi where riots over the amended citizenship law have left at least 44 people dead and over 200 injured.
The submission by Delhi Police was made before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar after senior advocate A S Chandhiok told the court that drains there were full of bodies and sought directions to clear them.
Chandhiok's oral plea was made during hearing of multiple pleas related to violence in northeast Delhi and including the ones seeking filing of FIRs against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and Kapil Mishra for allegedly making hate speeches.
In response to the oral plea, Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra, appearing for the police, said steps have been taken by the law and order agency along with the Jal Board and irrigation department to clear the bodies from the drains in north east district of the national capital.
Several bodies, believed to be riot causalities, have been recovered from the drains in Shiv Vihar and other violence-hit areas, and have been kept at RML Hospital.
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Heatwave scorches Odisha, Jharsuguda reels under 43.6 degrees C
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Heatwave conditions scorched Odisha on Tuesday, with the IMD forecasting that hot and humid conditions would continue in parts of the state.
The IMD’s Bhubaneswar centre said Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts were likely to experience hot and humid conditions on April 22.
It also predicted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds in parts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada and Koraput, among others.
On Tuesday, 18 places across Odisha recorded maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or above. The industrial town of Jharsuguda was the hottest in the state at 43.6 degrees Celsius.
Sambalpur and Titlagarh recorded 42.5 degrees Celsius each, followed by Hirakud at 42.4 degrees, Bolangir at 42.2 degrees and Angul at 42.1 degrees.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded 37.9 degrees Celsius and 38.8 degrees Celsius, respectively, with relative humidity levels remaining above 70 per cent.
Meanwhile, the state government directed all district education officers to conduct a Summer Learning Programme for students till class 8 in government schools during the summer vacation.
Officials said students would be given practice assignments along with audio-visual learning content.
Subject-wise assignment sheets have been prepared, while related digital material will be shared through school parents' WhatsApp groups using a chatbot system, they said.
