Archive for September, 2006
September 25th, 2006
Kanpur, September 25, 2006: A girl was killed and five other persons were injured in two separate road mishaps in the district on Monday, police said.
A schoolgirl was crushed to death by a truck in Cantonment police circle area, police said.
The girl was crossing the GT Road when the mishap took place, they said adding, she died on the spot while the truck driver managed to escape.
In another accident, five persons were injured when a speeding truck collided with a tempo-taxi in Bidhanu police circle area, police said.
The injured have been admitted to a hospital in Kanpur.
Source:http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1805920,000900010004.htm
September 24th, 2006
Pratapgarh (UP), Sept 04: Ten persons, including a security guard and driver of former MP Ratna Singh, were killed and 14 injured in separate accidents in Pratapgarh and Barabanki districts on Monday.
The jeep carrying the security guards of Ratna Singh, who was travelling in another vehicle, dashed into a roadside tree while trying to overtake a truck on Kalakanker-Allahabad road near Manikapur area, police said.
While the security guard and driver of the former MP died on the spot, six seriously injured were admitted to hospital, police said.
In Barabanki, four persons travelling in a mini truck were killed and six others seriously injured when the vehicle fell into a canal after hitting a tree in Rasauli area, Superintendent of Police S B Sheredkar said.
In another accident, four persons were killed and two injured when their car collided with a truck in Asandra police station area, the SP said, adding the injured were referred to the Lucknow Medical College Hospital.
Source:
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=320229&sid=REG
September 21st, 2006
KOLKATA: Wednesday, 1:15 pm, Rani Rashmoni Avenue. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee arrives to address a students’ gathering.
Hours before that, hundreds of small lorries carrying SFI supporters from the districts choked the entire S N Banerjee Road. And hundreds marched on the parallel road — Lenin Sarani — choking traffic. Rewind to 2004.
After Justice Amitava Lala ruled that rallies would be banned in the city on weekdays, the state submitted to Calcutta HC a plan to restrict rallies and gatherings on weekdays and ensure that rallyists stick to one side of the road, allowing traffic to move.
The state also said police have been asked to ban rallies on Lenin Sarani, Chowringhee, Strand Road, Ho Chi Minh Sarani and Esplanade East.
On Wednesday, Lenin Sarani got choked. On Wednesday, students walked in a double row under police escort on S N Banerjee Road, instead of in a single file.
On Wednesday — a working day — it was the CM himself who addressed the rally, and it was his government which had told the court that it would appeal to all political parties to avoid gatherings on weekdays.
On Thursday — another weekday — CPM’s labour wing, Citu, will again bring traffic to a halt with its rally — though, mercifully, it is not a big one. If you were caught in a jam for hours, don’t expect an apology from SFI.
“We did nothing wrong. Rani Rashmoni Avenue or its neighbourhood has been a place for anti-imperialist protests since long. We didn’t come here in a day.
This gathering is the culmination of a month-long campaign that began with gatherings at the block level. We also submitted a memorandum to the CM signed by lakhs of students. We didn’t bring all of them today,” a student leader said.
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2011886.cms
September 20th, 2006
Bangalore: Increasing unplanned mixed land use (MLU) is leading Bangalore to a chaotic city. The tug-of-war between the residential and the commercial is not new and citizens of Bangalore have learnt to live with the problem.
Just like Vasant Vihar, the posh south Delhi colony, in Koramangala area of Bangalore too, shops, schools and software companies have co-existed for many years.
But mixed land use is in fact not provided for in the Karnataka Town Planning Act.
“Actually Karnataka Town Planning act does not provide any mixed land use, there is no such classification for MLU zone as provided in the act or in the rules. It is only some activities which are on small scale and are required for those residential areas that are being permitted under special circumstances,” says Karnataka Town Planning Organisation Member S C Kari Gowda.
Mixed land use has also brought problems to the residents of Koramangala. And despite a couple of demolition drives to bring down illegal structures, the problem is far from over.
“After becoming commercial it’s become noisy and there are too many traffic jams. Kids can’t sleep at night,” says Latha, a resident of Koramangala.
Urban planners however are in favour of mixed land use. But it needs to be done in a planned manner. Planners say every colony must have a neighbourhood centre serving as a mini Central Business District.
“From the city planning perspective, MLU has its advantages and disadvantages…the disadvantage can be mitigated through regulatory activity and stronger enforcement. MLU is a very good advantage for Indian cities,” says Urban Planner Gopiprasad.
Indiranagar area was meant to be purely residential, but because there was no provision for a neighbourhood centre, commercial establishments sprung up haphazardly. As a result – a perfect example of what unplanned mixed land use can do – the 100ft road there can’t be used as a road any more.
Source:http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mixed-land-use-adds-to-blore-chaos/21991-3.html
September 20th, 2006
New Delhi, Sept. 20 (PTI): Widespread incidents of violence marked the traders’ bandh against the sealing drive in the capital today as protestors indulged in stone-pelting and blocked traffic at major intersections of the city.
In Seelampur in Northeast Delhi, at least 30 policemen, including Deputy Commissioner of Police Devesh Shrivastva, were injured as they faced heavy stone-pelting from hundreds of traders. The protestors damaged his vehicle as also others’.
Police resorted to teargassing in various places such as Seelampur, Bhajanpura, New Ashok Nagar and Khajuri Khas to bring the agitating traders under control.
Over hundred protestors have been detained across the capital.
Traffic was blocked in several areas, including Vikas Marg near Preet Vihar, Rohini, Jail Road, Madhuban Chowk, Palam-Dabri road, Ashram, Chirag Delhi and South Extension.
Agitating traders also pelted stones at DTC buses at many places, including Dabri, Janakpuri and Wazirabad.
Incidents of stone-pelting were also reported from New Ashok Nagar, Khajuri Khas, Shakarpur, Madhuban Chowk, Mayur Vihar, Lakshmi Nagar, Ashram, Mayapuri, Dabri and Dwarka.
Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan along with a number of party activists was detained as he protested against the sealing drive in East Delhi.
Additional police personnel as well as Rapid Action Force (RAF) have been deployed at several places, senior police officials said.
According to the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), more than seven lakh traders of Delhi downed their shutters in response to the bandh call given by it and the strike was supported by more than 500 trade bodies.
“The trade bandh has caused a business loss to about Rs 200 crore and a revenue loss to about Rs 15 crore for Delhi Goverment today,” said CAIT general secretary Praveen Khandelwal.
Wholesale markets as well as retail outlets in Connaught Place, Chandni Chowk, Kamla Nagar, Karol Bagh, Sadar Bazar, South Extension, Greater Kailash, Green Park, Shahdara, Rohini and other places were closed, he said.
The traders have also decided to hold a `Mahapanchayat’ on September 24 on the issue of sealing.
BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal and Swadeshi Jagran Manch have announced their support to the bandh called by traders.
Source:http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/218200609201532.htm
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