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New Delhi: Congress MP Manickam Tagore submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, proposing the formation of a specialized committee to investigate water leaks in the new Parliament building. This action follows Tagore's sharing of a video purportedly showing rainwater leakage inside the Parliament lobby, allegedly caused by heavy rainfall.

 

In his notice, Tagore emphasized the need to examine the building's weather resilience, particularly in the path used by the President of India. He proposed that the committee, composed of MPs from all parties, should thoroughly inspect the building, identify the causes of the leaks, evaluate the design and materials used, and recommend necessary repairs. The committee would also be tasked with establishing a maintenance protocol and ensuring transparency by publicly sharing its findings.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav expressed concern over the situation, suggesting that the old Parliament building was superior to the new one, which he noted cost billions of rupees to construct. Yadav questioned whether the recurring water leaks in new constructions under the BJP government were part of a deliberate design flaw.

 

After heavy rains in Delhi, various areas across the city were flooded, and even the country's Parliament was not spared. The unprecedented downpour led to significant water accumulation in numerous parts of the capital, highlighting the city's vulnerability to intense weather conditions. 

 

The incident comes as Delhi recorded significant rainfall, with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) reporting 147.5 mm of rainfall in certain areas from July 31 to August 1. The IMD has forecast light to moderate rainfall for Delhi-NCR on Thursday.

The monsoon session of Parliament, which began on July 22, continues, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah scheduled to introduce a bill to amend the Disaster Management Act, 2005. Additionally, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a statutory resolution related to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The session is set to conclude on August 12.

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Gaborone (Botswana) (PTI): Amoj Jacob and Ragul Kumar got injured during the men's 4x400m and 4x100 races respectively as India ended their World Athletics Relays campaign in disappointment on the second day of competitions here on Sunday.

The Indian camp had high hopes of making the 2027 World Championships in the men's 4x400m relay but the team did not finish (DNF) the race as Jacob suffered cramps and pulled out of the race after taking the baton from the first leg runner Dharamveer Choudhary. Rajesh Ramesh and Vishal TK were to run in the third and fourth legs.

Those teams which could not qualify for the 2027 Beijing World Championships by reaching the final round of each of the six relay events on Saturday were given another chance in the second qualification round on Sunday.

The top two teams in each of the two heats (in all six relay events) booked the Beijing ticket on Sunday.

India will now have to try and qualify for the World Championships through the Top Lists of the World Athletics, which is a long and tedious process.

In the men's 4x100m race, third leg runner Ragul Kumar fell down the track after failing to hand over the baton inside the exchange zone to fourth leg runner Gurindervir Singh, which clearly showed the lack of coordination among the runners.

Harsh Santosh Raut and Animesh Kujur ran the first two legs.

The Indian quartet was disqualified and Kumar was seen being taken away from the Field of Play with the help of the volunteers.

It was a comedy of errors in the case of the women's 4x100m race, which saw the baton being dropped during an exchange between first leg runner Tamanna and second runner Nithya Gandhe, though the Indians finished the race in 53.09 seconds.

Gandhe started running quite a distance, but after realising that the baton was not in her hand, she turned and ran back to pick it up.

The only silver-lining for the Indian contingent was the national record time in the mixed 4x100m relay race, though the quartet of Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha SS finished sixth in heat number two with a time of 41.35 seconds, bettering the previous national mark of 42.30 seconds set in March in Chandigarh.

The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Theerthesh P Shetty, Kumari Saloni, Nihal William and Rashdeep Kaur ended at fifth in heat number one with a time of 3 minutes and 19.40 seconds.

On Saturday, all the five Indian relay teams had failed to make it to the respective final rounds and thus missed out on the 2027 World Championships berths.

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