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‘Is money more critical than life’ asks Gadkari while justifying amended Motor Vehicles Act

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (File photo: Nation Next)
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (File photo: Nation Next)

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari defended traffic cops act of charging hefty challans for traffic rules violations after the revised Motor Vehicles Act in the country. Gadkari asserted, I’m sensitive to this issue. You ask the family members who?ve lost their close ones in road accidents. Around 65% of the road accidents victims fall in the age bracket of 18 to 35 years. Ask their families how they feel; I’m also an accident victim. The amendment is a well thought step, which was carried out with consent from almost all political parties whether Congress, Trinamool or TRS.

Gadkari today during an event in Nagpur said that intelligent traffic system doesn’t discriminate between violators of law – whether it’s a cabinet minister, chief minister, bureaucrat or a journalist. He asserted that hefty fines for traffic rule violations are aimed at curbing road accidents, which would in turn ensure safety of people on roads.

He also stressed that there should be no fear of hefty challans if someone is abiding by the law. The union minister said that the revised act was a much-need one as people had taken traffic laws very lightly and there wasn’t any fear or respect of law.

?Why is this fear of challans if one is following traffic rules. People should rather be happy that India’s roads would become safer like abroad where people strictly abide by traffic norms. Is human life not precious, Gadkari told PTI.

Also read: Odisha truck driver fined highest challan of Rs 86,500; pays Rs 70,000 hours after negotiation

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1st COVID-19 case in Ramdaspeth crops up near Cabinet Minister Vijay Wadettiwars residence

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For the first time, a resident of Ramdaspeth tested positive for Coronavirus on Saturday. The patient, who is said to be residing in an apartment near Cabinet Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation in the Maha Vikas Aghadi and senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwars residence (behind Tuli Imperial), is said to be a middle-aged woman. 

The patient is reportedly connected to a resident from Mominpura. However, nothing concrete as of now can be said about the same. More details are awaited.

Also read: Nagpur: 91 test positive in 24 hours making COVID-19 tally rise to 1266

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Nagpur: 91 test positive in 24 hours making COVID-19 tally rise to 1266

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Nagpur COVID-19 tally as on June 20 rose to 1266 after 91 people tested positive for the virus in past 24 hours. Out of the total 91, while 69 patients belonged to Naik Talao/Bangladesh, 11 from Shantinagar, four from Lashkaribagh, three from Ganeshpeth, one from Uppalwadi, one from Ramdaspeth, one from Mehendibagh and one belonged to Mominpura.

Out of the total, 823 have been cured and over 333 are currently being treated upon.

Also read: NMC Chief Tukaram Mundhe storms out of meeting after Corporator calls him blot on Saint Tukaram

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Nagpur man discovers 4-month-old foetus in gutter; cops suspect illegal abortion

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In yet another shocking incident, a resident named Rahul Tumane discovered a 4-month-old foetus lying in an abandoned condition behind his house (near plot number 13, behind Kajal Bar and Restaurant area) in Pardi inside a gutter. 

Police inspector Sunil Chavan told Nation Next that a four-month-old foetus, wrapped in a cloth, was found lying inside a gutter near a house on Thursday night in Pardi. Chavan also informed that the foetus was sent for an autopsy to Mayo Hospital and the reports are awaited. Police have suspected the possibility of abandonment after an illegal abortion. 

A case has been registered under Section 318 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of a dead body) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the basis of a complained filed by Tumane. 

Also read: Nagpur: Zone 5 Police team seize four trucks carrying illegally mined sand

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