Chikmagaluru: Under trial attempts suicide
He was jailed for beheading his wife
Chikmagaluru, December 25: An under trial who was jailed for beheading his wife alleging illicit affair, tried to commit suicide in the jail on Tuesday.
Under trial Sathish is the person. He has tied his neck with his woolen sweater, and his genital and testicles with the thread of the sweater and tried to hang himself in his cell on Tuesday morning.
On hearing his scream jail staff rushed to the spot and rescued him. Later, he was rushed to a hospital in Hassan in tight police security and then, he was shifted to Nimhans for further treatment, it is said.
On September 9 Sathish had allegedly beheaded his wife when she was with another man in Ajjampura police station limits. Later, with the severed head in his hand, he surrendered at the police station. The case is in the court and Sathish is spending days behind bars at Chikmagaluru city jail for the last four months.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
