Fire at shoe showroom in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, no casualty
New Delhi (PTI): A massive fire broke out in footwear showroom in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area on Saturday morning, leading to major traffic jams near the area, a Delhi Fire Services official said.
No casualty has been reported in the incident, the official said.
The call regarding the fire was received at 11.17 am on Saturday, he said, adding that six fire tenders were rushed to the spot when a black smoke was seen billowing out of the Bata shoe showroom.
The firefighting operations is still ongoing and the area has been cordoned off.
"We are just following protocol in case of the building collapses. We have cordoned off the area so that no one can be injured," the DFS official said, adding that firefighters are also making sure that the blaze doesn't spread to other buildings.
Further, commuters also experienced traffic snarls in the area due to the ongoing operations by the firefighters.
A long stretch of traffic jams for three kilometres was seen near the area, a commuter said.
A senior police officer said that as they got to know about the fire, teams from various police stations were rushed to the spot.
"Police teams are working with the firefighters. Our teams are trying to maintain law and order in the area. Traffic police have diverted the vehicles so that the fire engines can reach the spot," the police officer said.
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Karnataka: Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre unveils plan for scientific disposal of plastic bottles
Bengaluru: In a bid to address the mounting plastic waste problem, Eshwar B. Khandre, Minister for Forests, Ecology, and Environment, has directed the additional chief secretary of the department to formulate regulations that will require packaged water bottle manufacturers to take responsibility for the scientific disposal of plastic bottles.
As part of the proposed plan, Khandre has suggested introducing a minimum price for each water bottle, which would be refunded when the bottle is returned to any establishment selling packaged water, as reported by Deccan Herald on Monday.
Under this initiative, when a person buys a new water bottle, the minimum price for each returned bottle would be discounted from the bill for the new one.
The goal is to ensure that empty bottles are returned to the shops where they were purchased, preventing them from being discarded in public spaces or ending up in the environment. Under the plan, these establishments would then return the empty bottles to manufacturers, who would be responsible for the scientific disposal of the plastic.
Khandre emphasised that the proposed regulations are aimed at tackling plastic pollution more effectively. Although the central government has already banned the manufacture, storage, sale, and use of certain single-use plastics, and the state government has enacted similar regulations, plastic waste continues to be a significant environmental challenge.
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