Major fire breaks out at dumping yard near Pachanady
Mangaluru, Jan 24: Ahuge piles of garbage was burnt when a major fire broke out at the Pacchanadi dumping yard on Wednesday afternoon. Though the firemen quickly arrived at the spot and started to douse the blaze, the fire came under control only by Thursday morning.
The fire was initially spotted on the right side of the Pacchanadi dumping yard at around 2 pm on Wednesday. Later, the blaze kept spreading due to strong winds. The fire caused a thick blanket of smoke.
Later, four to five fire tenders rushed to the spot and attempted to douse the blaze. But they could not control the fire till evening. Besides, private water tankers too joined the cause. With all these efforts, the flames were brought to control by this morning. However, thick smoke is still visible in the vicinity.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
