Puttur police file case against Arun Kumar Puthila supporters for rally without permission
Puttur: The Town Police officials have registered a case against the supporters of Arun Kumar Puthila under charge of causing public disturbance, as they staged a victory rally without permission on the main road of Puttur town after results of gram panchayat by-elections in the taluk were declared.
The results of the by-elections to the Aryapu and Nidpalli Gram Panchayats were declared on Wednesday. Subrahmanya Balyaya, the candidate of the Puthila Parivara, a group of Puthila supporters, had won the by-elections to the Aryapu GP while the candidate fielded by Puthila Parivara had lost the bypoll in Nidpalli by a narrow margin.
The members of the Puthila Parivara took out their rally from outside the Puttur Taluk Panchayat office, where the counting to the bypolls was held, till the office of the Puthila Parivara, traversing the main road of Puttur town. A disc jockey (DJ) was also hired to participate in the victory rally, all of which was held without prior permission of the police.
The Town Police officers have filed the case against the group for staging the rally sans permit and causing a disturbance on the streets of the town.
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GRAP-III restrictions in Delhi as air quality remains 'severe' for third consecutive day
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi woke up to GRAP Stage III restrictions on Friday, as the city's air quality remained in the 'severe' category for the third consecutive day, prompting strict measures to curb pollution levels.
According to the Sameer aap , the Air Quality Index at 9 am was recorded in the 'severe' category (400 to 500), with a reading of 411.
The CAQM imposed GRAP Stage III as the national capital recorded the worst pollution levels in the country, with the air quality remaining in the 'severe' category for two consecutive days.
Prior to entering the 'severe' category, Delhi's air quality had been in the 'very poor ' range for 14 consecutive days.
It directed the authorities in Delhi-NCR to invoke curbs under stage III of the anti-pollution plan with immediate effect.
Curbs under Stage III include a ban on non-essential construction and demolition, closure of stone crushers and mining activities in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
Under the Stage-IV restrictions of GRAP, all inter-state buses from NCR states 'except electric vehicles, CNG vehicles and BS-VI diesel buses' will be prohibited from entering Delhi, alongside a stringent ban on construction and demolition activities, suspension of mining-related activities, consideration of shifting to online classes for students up to Class V and daily water sprinkling on major roads.
Meanwhile, out of 39 monitoring stations in Delhi, a total of 27 stations recorded air quality in the 'severe' category, with readings above 400.
These stations include Alipur, Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Aya Nagar, Bawana, CRRI Mathura Road, IGI Airport, ITO, Jahangirpuri, Mandir Marg, Mundka, Najafgarh, Nehru Nagar, North Campus, Okhla Phase 2, Patparganj, Punjabi Bagh, Pusa, RK Puram, Rohini, and several others.
The city recorded its lowest minimum temperature (night time temperature) of the season at 15.6 degree Celsius, 2.6 notches above normal, according to the weather department.
The night time temperature on Thursday was recorded at 16.1°C, the second highest of the season so far. A thick veil of fog blanketed the city, reducing visibility at Safdarjung to 400 meters at 7 am on Friday.
Humidity was recorded at 98 per cent at 8:30 am.
The weather department has forecast very dense fog for the day, with the maximum temperature expected to settle at 29 degrees Celsius.
Additionally, Delhi's air quality has been recorded as the worst in the country for the past two days.
