Farmer dies in elephant attack in Sullia
Sullia, Apr 8: A 85-year old farmer was killed in an attack by an elephant in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.
Sources said Shivaram Gowda was attending to problems in the pipeline that brings water to his plantation from inside the forest region when the elephant attacked him at Kalmakaru in Sullia taluk on Wednesday evening.
He suffered serious injuries on his leg after he was trampled by the animal.
Though Gowda was taken to a private hospital in Sullia, his life could not be saved, the sources said.
Forest officials visited the hospital and collected details of the incident from relatives.
Local people said they had noticed an elephant herd near the area on Wednesday evening.
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CPWD prohibits photography, video recording at Central Vista construction site
New Delhi, May 13: Amid criticism over the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, the Central Public Works Department has prohibited photography and video recording at the construction site near India Gate.
Sign boards have come up at the redevelopment site of the Central Vista Avenue, which read: 'No photography', 'No video recording'.
An official in the CPWD, which is executing the project, did not comment on this when contacted.
The government has been facing criticism from the opposition for executing the Central Vista Redevelopment Project amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
The redevelopment of the Central Vista, the nation's power corridor, envisages a new Parliament building, a common central secretariat, revamping of the 3-km Rajpath from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, new Prime Minister's residence and office, and a new Vice President Enclave.
Last week, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri had attacked the Congress for criticising the government over the project, saying the party's discourse is "bizarre" as its leaders themselves had supported the idea when the UPA was in power.
