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MMRCL grants relief to shopkeepers at Sitabuldi affected by the ongoing Nagpur Metro Rail construction
Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) yesterday granted relief to the shopkeepers and traders at Munje Square and Sitabuldi by announcing that two meters of space will be made available for passing of two-wheelers between Munje Square and Anand Talkies Square.
The announcement came against the backdrop of protest by shopkeepers and traders at Munje Chowk and Sitabuldi who complained that because roads were blocked for the construction of Sitabuldi Interchange Metro station, their day-to-day business was heavily hampered.
Mahesh Kumar Agrawal, Director (Project) and S Sivamathan, Director (Project Finance) addressing members of the press said that road dividers at a few places will be broken so that people can come out of the lanes at Modi No 1, 2 and 3 and Hanuman Gali at Sitabuldi.
However, this road will remain open only for two to three months for two-wheelers after which it will be completely closed. Traffic marshals appointed by MMRCL will not allow four-wheelers to enter this road during this period.
Mahesh Kumar Agrawal added, While construction of Sitabuldi station would take two years, MMRCL will remove the barricades within one year. Thereafter, we will provide free parking at Morris College ground. Shop owners and customers will have to park their vehicles and go to Sitabuldi.”
Informing on the money being used in the project S Sivamathan added MMRCL required Rs 1,100 crores in 2016-17 and this requirement was fulfilled. If Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is not able to pay its share of Rs 73 crores in the coming year, MMRCL would seek an additional grant from state government as the agency needs Rs 2,700 crores in 2017-18 for the Metro project.”
The Sitabuldi station work, wherein a L shaped building will be constructed, is likely to be completed in the next two years. The building will be consists of four floors, wherein first floor will have concourse for Metro Rail, second floor will have a platform for East-West corridor and third floor will have a platform for the North-South corridor. The top floor will be having a Operational Control Centre (OCC) for the metro rail network from where power supply, metro rail signals, CCTV controls and all operational setups will be managed.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified
Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
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