T’puram: A Rs 157.5-crore sewerage project aimed at bringing a dedicated sewerage network to Attukal and adjoining parts of the capital is facing a funding and execution logjam, putting a major infrastructure upgrade for areas without a comprehensive sewerage system at risk. The delay could also leave roads excavated for pipeline laying unrepaired for longer…
Nagpur: A seven-day delay in initiating action against the Gujarat-based contractor held responsible for a woman’s electrocution in Auliya Nagar has drawn sharp criticism from the Opposition in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).Leader of Opposition and local corporator Sanjay Mahakalkar alleged that the contractor was being shielded by NMC brass despite a departmental inquiry blaming…
Nagpur: Following a week of sustained reporting by TOI since July 2, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday initiated its first punitive action in the electrocution death of 60-year-old Afroz Begum Azim Khan by slapping a Rs 5-lakh penalty on Gujarat-based M/s Das Infrastructure Pvt Ltd — the contractor accused of damaging an underground…
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) electrical department’s report has left the ‘heart attack’ theory in tatters and left three departments — NMC, Nagpur police, and GMCH forensics — red-faced as their attempt to shield a Gujarat-based contractor stands exposed in the death of a 60-year-old woman, Afroz Begum, who fell in an electrified water-filled…
Live cable at Auliya Nagar where woman was electrocuted Nagpur: A video that surfaced after the death of 60-year-old Afroz Begum Azim Khan has raised serious questions over police claim that she died of a heart attack, with fresh evidence pointing towards electrocution by a damaged live cable. Adding weight to the electrocution theory, a…
Nagpur: More than 72 hours after a 60-year-old woman, Afroz Begum Azim Khan, was electrocuted after stepping into a live cable in a water-filled ditch at Auliyanagar near Taj Bagh on Wednesday night, Sakkardara police failed to follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in an electrocution death for fixing accountability before registering an offence. “The…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao alleged large-scale corruption in the education sector, reckless borrowing, excessive spending on projects, and policies that are hurting farmers, students, employees and the common people. He said that the postponement of school reopening was linked to a massive scam in the education department.During an informal chat with the media…
