No water scarcity issues in Mangaluru this year, MCC officials assures after visiting Thumbay dam
Mangaluru: Amidst the pressure of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the city limits, Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor and other senior officials visited the Thumbay Dam and took stock of the water as the summer season has hit the Coastal Karnataka.
Mayor Divakar Pandeshwar, Corporation Commissioner Shanadi Ajith Kumar Hegde, MCC Deputy Commissioner Dr. Santosh Kumar, Naresh Shenoy and other officials visited the dam on Thursday morning.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati after the visit, Commissioner Shanady Ajith Kumar Hegde asserted that the dam currently had storage of water at six meter level and that it will be sufficient for city’s usage for next fifty days. He added that currently water rationing was stopped and that it will not be done this summer.
He also added that despite several commercial activities not in operation due to lockdown due to the spread of coronavirus the demand for the supply of water has not been affected and that it has remain same.
Mayor Dinakar Pandeshwar also added that there will be no water scarcity in the city like the previous year wherein the administration had to resort to water rationing to supply water to the residents in the city. He added that if the monsoon arrives in time or before June, the city is unlikely to face water scarcity as there was sufficient water for city’s use in the dam currently.
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Bus helper held for stealing USD 1,600 from Iranian woman's purse in Delhi; money recovered
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a bus helper and recovered USD 1,600 that was allegedly stolen from the purse of an Iranian woman who had forgotten it on a private bus at ISBT Kashmere Gate, an official said on Sunday.
The incident came to light on December 15, when a complaint was lodged at the ISBT Kashmere Gate police post by Dr Ali Akbar Shah, a professor at Delhi University and a resident of Mukherjee Nagar, the police said.
He informed police that his guest, Fareshteh Sayanjali, an Iranian national, had arrived in India on December 13 and was staying at his residence, they said.
The woman had travelled to Uttarakhand's Rishikesh and was returning to Delhi on December 15 in a bus. While de-boarding at ISBT Kashmere Gate around 1.45 pm, she inadvertently left her purse on the bus seat, the police officer said.
After some time, she received a phone call from the bus operator informing her that the purse had been found in the vehicle. However, when the purse was handed back to her, she discovered that USD 1,600 in cash kept inside was missing," the officer added.
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Based on Dr Shah's statement, an FIR was registered at Kashmere Gate police station on December 16, and an investigation was taken up, police said.
During the investigation, the team questioned the driver and conductor of the bus in which the woman had travelled, police said.
During questioning, the conductor told police that Monish, the bus helper, found the purse lying abandoned on a seat and handed it over to him, police said.
Monish initially attempted to mislead the investigators, but later confessed to stealing the US dollars from the purse, police said
Following his disclosure, Monish was arrested on December 17 and recovered the entire stolen amount, police said.
The accused, Monish, 26, is a resident of Jahangirpuri in north Delhi.
He has studied up to Class 10 and has been working as a helper with the private bus service for the past year, they said.
