Panel smells rat in banning traffic movement on Shiradi Ghat
Sakaleshpura, August 24: Protect Shiradi Ghat Action Committee president Sanjith Shetty smelt the rat in the decision of closing traffic movement on Shiradi Ghats making small incidents as big one.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Shetty said that there were few landslides and cracks on the Shiradi Ghats due to heavy rains and the mud covered on the road could be removed in a few hours and cracks could be closed. But colluding with the contractors, the elected representatives and the officials have planned to loot money in the name of repair works. There was no need to close the vehicular movement on the road for such a small work. They demanded Rs 6 crore for repairing the road and said that they would require five months to do it and thus, conspired to loot the money, he alleged.
In order to loot the public money, some officials and elected representatives joined hands together. So, the Hassan and Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioners should verify the spots and see to it that there should not be any misuse of money. If the repair work was not completed by September first week and open for traffic movement, the Committee would stage protest against this decision, he warned.
Railway Passengers Welfare Forum president Narayana Alva said that Shiradi road was the only route to link Bengaluru and Mangaluru. But it was closed with ulterior motive. The train service which was started because of the forums continuous efforts was also closed due to landslide. As a result, people were finding it difficult to take people who required medical treatment to Mangaluru. In fact, vehicular movement on Charmadi ghat was also critical. When this was the situation, the authorities should not mislead the people and it was condemnable. Traffic movement should start immediately. Otherwise, they would force them to protest, he warned.
Malnad Welfare Forum convener Kishore Shiradi, Yathish Kumar Gundya, Kumar and others were present.
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Explosion near CRPF School in Delhi caused by lit cigarette butts: Report
New Delhi: The investigation team that probed the explosion that took place outside the CRPF School in the Prashant Vihar area of the city on October 20 morning has reportedly not found any terror force behind the blast.
The investigation team, consisting of Delhi Police and staff members from central agencies, has stated in its report that cigarette butts thrown by a local resident might have come in contact with industrial waste and have caused the explosion. Circumstantial evidence does not show the incident to have a terror angle to it, reports The Indian Express.
The Delhi Police, the city bomb squad and the fire brigade had rushed to the spot following the explosion, which was initially believed to have been caused by a crude bomb. The forensic experts who inspected the spot hinted at the presence of potassium chlorate, hydrogen peroxide and some electrical wires there. The school wall had been damaged and the windows of a car nearby had shattered in the explosion.
The investigation team scanned the CCTV camera footage and zeroed in on around 10 people questioned. A senior police officer said that a North Delhi-based businessman from Prashant Vihar was found to be present at the spot around five minutes before the explosion, as he had come there on Sunday morning to walk his dog. The CCTV footage showed him smoking and, after questioning him, the team concluded that he had left lit cigarette butts before leaving the spot, the officer added.
The spot where the explosion took place is learned to have been usually used for dumping garbage and also has a public urinal.
An officer has said that the Delhi Police had consulted forensic and technical experts of the National Security Guard regarding the things found on the explosion site but are yet to get the report. The officer added that they have found no detonator so far.
