NHAI told to close potholes on Shiradi Ghat road by January 15: Dakshina Kannada DC
Mangaluru: Deputy Commissioner Ravikumar M R has said that officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) were instructed to close the potholes on the Shiradi Ghat road to support easy movement of traffic.
Addressing a press meet at the Press Club in the city on Friday, he said, “The officials have also been told to clear the stretch of trees and electricity poles, for the purpose.”
He told the reporters, “The NHAI had been asked to close the potholes on the Shiradi Ghat road by November 20, but the officials of the Authority had called it virtually impossible to complete the work by the given date.”
The deputy commissioner added, “The deadline for the NHAI to close the potholes on the road, therefore, has been extended till January 15.”
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Gujarat: Woman taluka panchayat member attacked over 'affair', hair chopped off; one held
Tapi, Oct 20: A woman taluka panchayat member was thrashed and her hair chopped off by a group of people over an alleged affair in Gujarat’s Tapi district following which police arrested one person, an official said on Sunday.
Urmila Gamit of Songadh taluka panchayat was attacked by a woman and three men and beaten with a hockey stick on Saturday evening. The assaulters also cut her hair, said the official from Songadh police station.
The woman was targeted in a public place when she was going home on a two-wheeler with her daughter, the police official said. One of the attackers, identified as Sobhna Gamit, accused Urmila of having illicit relations with her husband.
The men who accompanied Sobhna, including her son, hit Urmila with a hockey stick, causing a fracture in her left arm and injuries in her waist and head, the police said. They also snatched her gold pendant and fled, the police said.
Urmila was taken to a local hospital. On her complaint, police registered an FIR and arrested one accused, the official added.
