Hyderabad seer banished for 6 months
Hyderabad, July 11 : Hyderabad Police on Wednesday banished a Hindu religious leader from the city for six months for allegedly making provocative statements against other communities.
Sri Peetham Swami Paripoornananda, who was under house arrest for the last two days, was picked up by police early on Wednesday and was taken out of the city.
Sources said he would be dropped at his ashram in Kakinada town in Andhra Pradesh.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar issued the order under Telangana Prevention of Anti-Social and Hazardous Activities Act, 1980.
The move came two days after Telangana Police banished film critic Kathi Mahesh from Hyderabad for six months for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus through his alleged derogatory comments on Lord Ram and Sita.
The same day police had placed Swami Paripoornanda, who was staying at a real-estate businessman's house in posh Jubliee Hills, under house arrest as he had planned to launch a 'Darmika Chaitanya Yatra' to protest against Mahesh's comments.
The seer had announced the three-day yatra from the Shiva Temple in Bodduppal on the outskirts of Hyderabad to Yadadri.
Several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including former Union Minister and MP Bandaru Dattatreya and local legislator Chintala Ramachandra Reddy, had called on him on Tuesday.
Leaders of BJP, Vishva Hindu Parishad and other organisations had taken exception to the police action.
Police said the Swami, who started an organisation 'Rashtriya Hindu Sena' in November 2017, made provocative remarks at several meetings in Telangana.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
