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  • Delhi Water Shortage: Atishi Urges Delhi Police Commissioner To Protect Major Pipelines |

    New Delhi: As Delhi is suffering from a water crisis, AAP leader and Delhi  Minister Atishi Marlena wrote a letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and urged him to deploy the police personnel across the major pipelines of the national capital to protect it from miscreants.

    In the letter to the commissioner, She requested police personnel to patrol and protect major pipelines for the next 15 days.

    “To stop miscreants or people with ulterior motives from tampering with water pipelines which have now become Delhi’s lifelines. At this juncture, any foul play and sabotage will worsen the already difficult water shortage being faced by the people of Delhi,” said in the letter, ANI reported.

    She said that the Delhi Jal Board has patrolling teams for the main water distribution network which carries raw water to the Water Treatment Plants (WTPs).

    Atishi added that the ground patrolling team found damaged water supply pipelines in places like South Delhi Rising Mains which carries water from Sonia Vihar WTP to South Delhi. 

    “This was near the DTL substation in Garhi Medhu. Our patrolling team found that several large 375 mm bolts and one 12-inch bolt had been cut from the pipeline, causing the leakage- The fact that several large bolts had been cut seems to indicate foul play and sabotage,” she said in a letter.

    Atishi further mentioned that the maintenance team worked for six hours to fix the leakage issue, worsening the water shortage in South Delhi.

    “Our maintenance team worked for six hours continuously and repaired the leakage, but this meant that we had to stop pumping water for 6 hours and 20 MGD of water was not pumped during this time. As a consequence, a further 25 per cent of water shortage will be experienced in South Delhi,” the letter read.

  • Delhi Records 52.3 Degrees Temperature, Highest Ever So Far; Check Weather Update |

    Delhi Weather Update: Delhi today registered a temperature of 52.3 degrees celsius, the highest ever in the history of the national capital. The record temperature was registered at Delhi’s Mungeshpur. Amid the red alert and heatwave warning, Delhi’s power load has also surged to a record high. 

    Delhi’s peak power demand clocked 8302 MW, the highest ever in the history of the city. Delhi’s peak power demand had clocked 8000 MW on May 22. According to DISCOM officials, Delhi’s power demand has breached 7000 MW in the last 12 days.

    The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heat wave to severe heat wave conditions at most places over Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, and at many places over Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

    Amid the heatwave, the Delhi Government issued an advisory regarding the usage of water. The Aam Aadmi Party government said that it has issued instructions to the CEO of the Delhi Jal Board to stop the wastage of water and ordered the formation of 200 teams to prevent the wastage of water across the city. “Car washing, overflowing of water tanks and use of domestic water connections for commercial purposes or at construction sites will be considered as a waste of water. Instructions were issued to impose a fine of Rs 2,000 on those wasting water,” said AAP.

    On the other hand, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena issued an advisory ordering people to allow labourers to get 3 hours off between 12 noon and 3pm.  

  • ‘PM Modi’s Office Plotting Attack Against Arvind Kejriwal’: AAP’s Sanjay Singh Levels Shocking Allegations On BJP |

    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has made serious allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Narendra Modi government. In a press conference on Monday, Singh alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched by the PMO to attack Arvind Kejriwal. Sanjay Singh said that the BJP has tried to attack Arvind Kejriwal many times. Now he is being openly threatened. Threats of attacks are being made at Patel Nagar metro station and Rajiv Chowk metro station. It is being run by the BJP and the PMO. Modi ji’s level of hatred for Delhi CM has gone so far that he can go to any extent. “If anything happens to Kejriwal, BJP and PMO are responsible.”

    “I want to tell the government, the administration and the Election Commission that if anything happens to Kejriwal, the BJP and the PMO will be directly responsible for it. “Patel Nagar is a photo of the Metro. The threat is written by a person named Ankit Goyal. If you read its language, it is the same language that the BJP speaks. Threats are being written to attack Arvind Kejriwal at Patel Nagar metro station and inside the metro. A similar threat has been written on the Rajiv Chowk Metro.

    बड़ा खुलासा! भाजपा CM @ArvindKejriwal पर हमले की योजना बना रही है l Important Press Conference l LIVE https://t.co/5pO23PX4U9
    — AAP (@AamAadmiParty) May 20, 2024

    “On behalf of all party MPs and MLAs, we are also writing to the Election Commission and will also seek an appointment with them. This is the language of the BJP. The Election Commission should take cognizance of this matter and take immediate action,” he said.

  • ‘So Proud Of NDMC…’: Danish Envoy Hours After Calling Out Trash-Ridden New Delhi Lane In Viral Video |

    Denmark’s envoy to India Freddy Svane said on Wednesday that he is pleased with the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) official’s quick responce after he posted a video highlighting a trash-filled service lane near the Danish and Greek embassies in New Delhi. “This is the service lane; I posted a video a few hours ago to demonstrate that it can be a mess, but it only requires human intervention. And here we have the NDMC heroes who listened to this, not complaining, just . Why should we leave such a beautiful lane for a service lane full of trash? And now these great people have taken action, which is fantastic. “I am so proud that the NDMC took action in minutes,” news agency ANI quoted Svane as saying.

    “We will not file complaints because that is not the issue. It’s not about pointing at someone. This is about using your human nature to point out an issue that affects all of us. This is about individual action, which is extremely important. So we are not filing complaints. I’m not complaining about x, y, or z, but I am very proud and grateful that the NDMC acted quickly,” he added while speaking to ANI.

    Freddy Svane, the Danish envoy to India, issued an urgent call for action on Wednesday in response to the deteriorating state of cleanliness near New Delhi embassies.

    Standing near his embassy in what should have been a service lane, the envoy pointed to trash strewn about, lamented the unsanitary conditions, and urged authorities to prioritise action over rhetoric. After he posted the video, the NDMC quickly took charge of the situation and launched a cleanliness drive near the embassies and service lane.

    In the video obtained by ANI, a JCB and sanitation workers are seen cleaning up the area and collecting garbage. Envoy also highlighted the officials’ prompt response after he posted a video, stating that he posted the video because he was saddened by the unclean area as a result of human misbehaviour.
     

  • Arvind Kejriwal Arrest LIVE Updates: Delhi CM Withdraws SC Plea, To Contest ED Custody First |

    Arvind Kejriwal Arrest LIVE Updates: The Supreme Court, with a panel of three judges, is set to consider Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s appeal against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate over a money laundering case tied to the Delhi excise policy. Kejriwal’s counsel, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, urgently requested a hearing before a bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. The CJI directed Singhvi to present his plea to a bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Singhvi promptly approached Justice Khanna’s court and presented the case. Justice Khanna announced that a three-judge bench would soon convene to hear Kejriwal’s plea. Following his arrest by the ED, Kejriwal appealed to the Supreme Court late on Thursday which has been withdrawn today. His attorney informed the Supreme Court that they will challenge the remand proceedings in the trial court before presenting another plea to the apex court.

    Following the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged liquor policy scandal, tensions have escalated, with his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announcing nationwide protests outside BJP offices on Friday. The Delhi CM will be produced before the PMLA court today around 2.30 pm. As part of security arrangements, the police have closed all roads leading to the AAP headquarters, currently allowing no cars and only pedestrians on the road. The AAP has summoned all its office-bearers, ministers and councillors to the office headquarters. 

    Follow Live Updates On Delhi Chief Minister’s Arrest:

    12.33 pm: On ED arresting Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Social activist Anna Hazare told ANI, “I am very upset that Arvind Kejriwal, who used to work with me, raise his voice against liquor, is now making liquor policies. His arrest is because of his own deeds…”

    12.31 pm: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal pulls back his plea against arrest by the Enforcement Directorate from the Supreme Court. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Arvind Kejriwal, informs the Supreme Court that Kejriwal is withdrawing the petition due to its clash with the remand.

    12.06 pm: DMK leaders and supporters rally in Chennai to oppose the Enforcement Directorate’s detention of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Dayanidhi Maran, a DMK leader, denounces Kejriwal’s arrest during the party’s demonstration backing him. 

    12.03 pm: According to Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Kejriwal was aware of the corruption involved in formulating and executing the excise policy, as evidenced by the imprisonment of his former Deputy Manish Sisodia and party MP Sanjay Singh. Sachdeva added, “He himself skipped nine Enforcement Directorate summonses. He will now have to answer the ED because he was involved in corruption that is why he has been arrested.” 

    Sachdeva likened AAP’s protest against Kejriwal’s arrest to the proverb “Chor Machaye Shor” (the culprit makes a lot of noise to cover up the crime), labeling it as “shameless.” 

    11.40 am: “We will state before the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal should be allowed to meet his lawyer and family and also allowed to carry out his official work. Kejriwal’s family has been put under house arrest,” AAP Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj says after his detention.

    #WATCH | AAP Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj detained by police at ITO in Delhi, during the party protest against arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal

    “…We will state before the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal should be allowed to meet his lawyer and family and also allowed to… pic.twitter.com/spScHX44Qi
    — ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2024

    11.20 am: Several AAP workers, including minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi Marlena 
    detained during their protest at ITO against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest.

  • Cold Wave Turns Deadly: Six Die Of Coal Brazier Fumes In 2 Separate Incidents In Delhi |

    New Delhi: Six people, including two children and four members of a family, lost their lives after allegedly inhaling poisonous gases from coal braziers in their rooms in two different incidents in Delhi on Sunday, news agency PTI reported. The incidents occurred as the city witnessed its coldest day of the winter, with the minimum temperature dipping to 3.5 degrees Celsius. The first incident took place in Alipur area in outer north Delhi, where a family of four was found dead in their room. The victims were identified as Rakesh (40), a water tanker driver, his wife Lalita (38), and their sons Piyush (8) and Sunny (7).

    The police said that they received a PCR call around 7 am, informing them about an unconscious person at Khera Kalan village in Delhi. When the police reached the spot, they found that the door of the room was locked from inside. They broke the glass window and opened the door, only to find four people lying unconscious inside. They were taken to the hospital, where they were declared dead.

    The police said that a coal brazier (angithi) was found in the room and it appeared that the family died due to suffocation. The police have initiated further investigation and proceedings under section 174 of the CrPC.

    The second incident happened in Inderpuri area of west Delhi, where two men from Nepal were found dead in their rented room. The deceased were Ram Bahadur (57), a driver, and Abhishek (22), a domestic help.

    The police said that they received a call at 8.30 am, saying that two people were not opening their door. The police found that the door was locked from inside and they forced it open. They found two men unconscious in the room and rushed them to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

    The police said that a coal brazier with burnt residue was found in the room, which had only one window that was closed. There were no signs of injury on the bodies. The police have started further investigation and proceedings under section 174 CrPC.

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  • Cold Wave: Delhi Shivers Under Dense Fog, Traffic, Flights Disrupted |

    New Delhi: Delhi experienced a foggy and freezing Sunday morning, affecting the movement of traffic and flights in the city. The mercury dipped to 7 degrees Celsius in RK Puram Area in the wee hours of the day. Many people, especially the homeless, sought shelter in the night camps run by the government, where they were provided with blankets, beds, hot water, and food. The night camps are meant to help the homeless survive the harsh winter conditions.

    The city had witnessed its first cold wave day of the season on Friday, as per the India Meterological Department (IMD). A cold wave day is declared when the minimum temperature drops below 4 degrees Celsius. The IMD also issued a warning for the travellers amid the severe cold and fog.

    It tweeted from its X handle, “Very dense fog layer extends over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, North Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Passengers on highways need to drive extremely carefully and only with fog lights.” It further advised, “Journeys need to be halted until fog reduction by morning especially on expressways. Very Dense fog reporting over Amritsar, Chandigarh, Patiala, Ambala, Ganganagar, Palam, Safdarjung, Lucknow with visibility 0 meter since 0230 hrs IST of today.”

    The IMD said that the fog situation is likely to continue in some parts of northwest India for the next three to four days, especially in the morning hours. The Delhi Police also appealed to the motorists to drive safely in the low visibility conditions.

    It posted from its official X handle, “The Meteorological Department, Delhi, has forecast dense to very dense fog on January 14, 2024, and dense fog on January 15 & 16, 2024. We appeal to all to drive carefully in the fog.” The thick fog also affected the flight operations in the city, causing delays in several flights. Officials said that Vistara’s Delhi-to-Pune flight was delayed by more than an hour due to the fog.

  • ‘Conspiracy To Arrest Me, Summons Illegal’: Arvind Kejriwal Says Ready For Legal Battle Against ED |

    New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday refused to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor scam case, calling the summons “false” and “illegal”. He also accused the BJP-led central government of using the ED and other agencies to harass and intimidate him and his party leaders ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said that he has explained to the ED why their summons is illegal and that he will not obey an unlawful order. He said that his biggest strength and asset is his honesty and that he has always fought for the country.

    “In the last two years, all the agencies of BJP have conducted many raids but not a single penny was found. If there is corruption then where is the money? AAP leaders are kept in jail in such fake cases. Now BJP wants to arrest me. My biggest strength and asset is my honesty,” he said.

    He also questioned the timing of the notice, saying that the BJP wants to stop him from campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections. He said that he had cooperated with the CBI when they had called him eight months ago, but now the ED is trying to implicate him in a 31-year-old case.

    “My lawyers told me that the summons was illegal, I wrote the question and sent it to ED. Should I obey an unlawful summon? If a legal summons comes, I will comply with it. Why am I being called just before the Lok Sabha elections? Eight months ago I was called by CBI, I went and gave all the answers. Today they want to stop me from campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections,” he added.

    Kejriwal also alleged that the BJP is using the ED to lure opposition leaders into joining their party and that they are targeting honest leaders like Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Vijay Nair. He appealed to the people to support him in his fight against the BJP’s “politics of hatred and vendetta”.

    “Today, opposition leaders are being included in the BJP through ED. Whoever joins his party, all his matters get resolved. Today honest leaders like Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Vijay Nair have been put in jail. I have always fought for the country. Every breath of mine is for the country. We have to save the country together. I am fighting against them with all my heart, I need your support,” he said.

    The ED had issued a third summons to Kejriwal on December 22 last year, asking him to appear before the agency on January 3. The summons was in relation to a case registered by the ED in 2019 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against some liquor companies and government officials for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 1,000 crore to the Delhi government by evading excise duty.

    Kejriwal, in his reply to the ED, had expressed his readiness to cooperate with the investigation but declined to appear on the summoned date, calling the notice “illegal”. He had also questioned the agency for not responding to his earlier replies when the summons was sent to him and he had raised certain queries on the nature of the agency’s investigation.

    In his written reply to the ED, the Delhi CM had said “As a premier investigating agency the non-disclosure and non-response approach adopted by you cannot sustain the test of law, equity or justice. Your obstinacy is tantamount to assuming the role of judge, jury and executioner at the same time which is not acceptable in our country governed by the rule of law.”

    “In these circumstances, I urge you to respond to my earlier response and clarify the position so as to enable me to understand the real intent, ambit, nature, sweep and scope of the purported inquiry/investigation for which I am being called” he had added in his response.

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