Toll in Hejamadi service road: Bus drivers resort to lightning protest
Padubidri, September 2: Drivers of service buses opposed the toll gate set up for the Hejamadi old MBC road and resorted to lightning protest for two hours obstructing the vehicular movement on the road here on Sunday.
Navayug Company has started collecting toll fee near Hejamadi Bastipadu stadium on national highway 66. In order to avoid the toll fee, majority of vehicles are plying on old MBC road. Knowing this, the company has again started to collect toll fee on service road near Hejamadi Guddeangadi. It started to collect the toll fee on Saturday. But on Sunday morning, all service bus drivers and other vehicles stopped their vehicles near toll gate suddenly and staged protest which lasts for more than two hours. This has caused inconvenience to the passengers.
Later, the police rushed to the spot and held discussions with the company to allow the service buses free for two days. It was also decided to hold discussion after two days.
Locals protest
Later, local residents gathered on the spot and opposed the toll fee collection on old BMC road. Without giving any prior information and preparation, the company has started collecting fee. This has caused inconvenience to the local residents. Without meeting the demands of the gram panchayat, the company has suddenly started collecting the fee which is not fair. The Deputy Commissioner would hold a meeting in the end of the month. Till then, the company should restrain from collecting fee, they demanded.
As the company started collecting fee at Hejamadi national highway, the number of vehicles plying on the service road has increased causing damage to the road and a bridge. So, it was a nice decision to construct toll plaza, opined others.
As the local buses, school buses and goods vehicles come to Hejamadi, the toll plaza would be a burden for them. So, those vehicles should be given relaxation from toll fee, demand some others.
Hejamadi service road is belonging to PWD and the Navayug company has no right to collect toll fee on that road, said agitators.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
