Ambulance rams into canter, 2 dead
Noida: In a cruel twist of fate, two persons of a family died and two others were injured on early Friday morning when an ambulance they were travelling in rammed into a stationary canter. The family was chaperoning their relative’s body to their native place in Aligarh from a private hospital in Gurgaon. The incident took place at 5 in the morning. The dead have been identified as Harpal (40) and Jagat Prakash (40) while the injured have been identified as Hari Singh and Ravikant. A senior police official said that that Jagatpal, who hails from Pratapgarh in Aligarh, had died during the course of treatment in a hospital in Gurgaon and his relatives were carrying his body to perform the last rites. “The ambulance, in which they were travelling in, rammed into a canter. The incident took place around 75-km from the zero point on Yamuna Expressway,” police said.
Medical trainee electrocuted by live wire
New Delhi: A 20-year-old youth lost his life after he touched a livewire in Outer Delhi’s Jain Nagar area. The incident took place on Thursday night when the victim had gone to attend a phone call. later the family kept his body on Kanjhawala-Rohini Road and blocked traffic demanding action against the discoms. According to police, the incident took place around 10.30 pm when the victim, identified as Rajat Sharma, was home. Rajat worked as a medical trainee at lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (lNJP). Rajat had gone to the terrace to field a phone call. On the terrace, he came in contact with the livewire and was electrocuted. The family members heard his screams and rushed to save him. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Police handed Rajat’s body to his family after an autopsy. Pained and angry over the death of a young boy, irate locals blocked Kanjhawala-Rohini Road for over two hours. Traffic came to a standstill as both sides were blocked. They demanded penal action against TPDDl and blamed the discom for Rajat’s freak death.
SDMC launches gripe app for redressal
New Delhi: Residents of South Delhi will now be able to lodge complaints about various civic issues using smartphones with the municipal corporation launching an initiative to ensure hassle-free redressal of grievances. Standing Committee chairman of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Satish Upadhyay said the new grievance redressal system has been conceptualised to offer the citizens best possible response to their problems. He said people will have to download the application SDMC Third Eye from Google Play store and then they can send their grievances in the form of recorded videos, pictures and text messages to the municipal corporation. “If garbage has not been lifted by MCD staff in an area or the roads are in bad shape, people can click pictures and send it to us. The department concerned will then take immediate action,” Upadhyay, who was recently appointed the Delhi BJP president, said. The SDMC will also place complaint registration boxes in various areas and offices so that people can file their complaint about any issue, including on corruption and irregularities.
This ‘PoochO’ barks less, wags more
New Delhi: Now you can use your smartphone to hire an autorickshaw in the national Capital with a new app PoochO, launched by lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Friday. Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) has developed PoochO, which will allow users to locate autos fitted with GPS nearest to them and then call its driver, whose numbers are registered with DIMTS, on their mobile phone and book a trip. However, only three-wheelers which are equipped with GPS meters will be available under the scheme. The app also sends location details to the auto driver, calculation of estimated fare for a trip, finding out the estimated travel distance, getting information on the estimated travel time, getting traffic updates of one’s route and using Google Maps to check out alternative routes. For now, PoochO can be downloaded only on Android phones from the Google Play store. A user has to ensure that they have enabled GPS before launching the app. They can then locate an auto nearest to them through maps. launching PoochO at his Secretariat, Jung said that it would be very useful, especially to women travellers at night. Jung also said that users can provide feedback on their travels through the app itself. “PoochO users can also calculate estimated fare for their trip and even track the auto to check if it is coming towards them or not after calling its driver. This app will soon be available on iOS,” SN Sahai, managing director, DIMTS, said.