Humane act of cops gets public appreciation
Ujire, June 12: It was horrible experience for the motorists and passengers on the Charmadi Ghat road today. As the road was blocked due to landslide, the hundreds of vehicles stuck on the road without any alternative route.
But the passengers and motorists, mainly aged and children, found it difficult to spend time in the vehicles without water and food for hours. Noticing their plight, the police personnel of the Dakshina Kannada police helped the passengers and motorists with drinking water and biscuits and exhibited their humanity. This humane act of the police personnel attracted widespread appreciation.
Because of the heavy rainfall, landslides were occurred blocking the entire road at second and third curve of the ghat section. This situation has forced the vehicles to stop on the road without any option. Responding quickly, the police allowed the traffic movement in an alternative route. But the police had tough time to clear the vehicles standing in queues.
As the children, aged and diabetes patients in the vehicles were suffering without drinking water and food, the police supplied drinking water and biscuits to them.
One way traffic
Now, the police have taken steps to remove the mud from one side of the road and allowed the traffic movement. Shortly, remaining mud would also be removed and ensure two way traffic, said Dakshina Kannada SP Ravikanthe Gowda.
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Ruskin Bond hospitalised in Dehradun due to leg problem
Dehradun (PTI): Author Ruskin Bond has been admitted to a hospital in Dehradun due to a leg problem, a close friend of the writer said here on Sunday.
After visiting Bond at the hospital, well-known Dehradun-based publisher Upendra Arora said the elderly author was unable to walk properly, following which he was admitted to a private hospital here on Saturday.
The 91-year-old Bond, a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, lives in the Landour area of Mussoorie.
Arora said Bond is undergoing physiotherapy under medical supervision and is expected to be discharged from the hospital in two to three days.
"There is nothing serious," he said.
Bond has written more than 500 short stories, essays and novels, of which 69 books are for children.
He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.
