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    A little rain andcity traffic lights

    go on the blinkSubhendu Ray subhendu.ray@hin-

    dustantimes.com

    NEW DELHI: Forevery millimetre

    of rain the Capitalreceives, i tseems, thereis a traffic sig-nal that goes

    kaput.A total of 123

    signals wentout on Saturday

    when the Capitalreceived a record123.4mm of rain,

    causing trafficjams on sever-al arterial roads

    in south andcentral Delhi.

    The recur-ring problemo f s i g n a l s

    that stop work-ing with just a smallamount of rain had

    prompted thetraffic policeto change the

    signal operatorlast year. Butthe issue per-

    sisted, leading

    them to realise that the troublewas with the signal posts. Theyare now in the process of replac-ing them with advanced ones.

    These signal posts havebecome very old and need tobe changed. We have alreadyreplaced around 100 old ones onC-Hexagon and in Dwarka, said

    Anil Shukla, additional commis-sioner of police (traffic). Some ofthe posts on NH8 and NH24 alsoneed to be replaced, the police said.

    The traffic police are also inthe process of erecting 45 signalsand 30 blinkers at new locations.

    CONG BULLIESSHUT DOWNMUMBAI EATERYHT Correspondent [email protected]

    MUMBAI: Youth Congress workersforced a Mumbai restaurant todown shutters on Monday afterthey found its cash memos toocheeky for their taste.

    A footnote on bills issued byAditi restaurant in Parel read:As per UPA eating money (2G,Coal, CWG scam) is a necessityand eating food in a A/c restau-rant is a luxury.

    Gujarat CM Narendra Moditermed the incident Height ofintolerance on Twitter.

    CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

    >> MODI ON TWITTER, P10

    shortstories

    SALARY UP TOR5L?TAX FILING A MUSTNEW DELHI: Filing incometax returns has now

    become mandatory for sal-aried individuals earningup to R5 lakh annually,Central Board of DirectTaxes said on Tuesday.The deadline for filingreturns is July 31. P23

    Ex-CJI Kabir rubbishesallegation of biasNEW DELHI: Former ChiefJustice of India Altamas

    Kabir has hit back at newsreports accusing him ofstalling the elevation ofGujarat chief justiceBhaskar Bhattacharya tothe Supreme Court. P10

    SC dismisses Dutts curativepetition in blasts caseNEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday dis-missed actor Sanjay Duttscurative petition againsthis conviction in the 1993Mumbai blasts case. It washis last legal option againstthe five-year jail termhanded to him. P10

    Awards for HT in civic,environment reportingNEW DELHI: HTs Delhi Metroteam on Tuesday won thecivic journalism award, insti-tuted by the RamnathGoenka Memorial Found-ation, for its CWG coverage.Shalini Singh was feted forenvironmental reporting. P2

    also in ht today

    hteducationAs DU colleges open, a guide to

    things you can do on campus

    ht FAST FACTSYamuna Pollution >>P4

    Goods & Services Tax >>P25

    A N H T I N I T I A T I V

    WAKEUPINDIA

    stopacid

    attacks

    Im part of nobodys life.Annu Mukherjee wasblinded in an acid attackby a female colleague >> P11

    3dayweatherWEDNESDAY FORECAST:Short spells of rain inDelhi and NCR. The skywill remain cloudy.

    HIGH

    Wednesday

    34C26C

    34C27C

    33C27C

    Thursday Friday

    LOW

    India weather report P6

    inside P2>> CAG to audit drain system

    >> HC to hear waterlogging plea

    PAKISTAN BUSTSTERRORIST PLOTTO KILL SHARIFImtiaz Ahmad [email protected]

    ISLAMABAD: A terrorist plot totarget Pakistan Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif at his residencein Lahore has been foiled byPakistani security agencies.

    Of the eight arrested, onewas Sharifs neighbour whoseproperty was to be used as a

    base to carry out the attack,planned for later this month.

    Pakistan daily ExpressTribune said the plot to attackSharif at his farmhouse inRaiwind was unearthed by ateam probing the abduction of

    Ali Haider Gilani, son of formerpremier Yousaf Raza Gilani,

    who was kidnapped duringelection campaign in May.

    The team tracked down aNorth Waziristan-based militantgroup belonging to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, whose com-manders Matiur Rehman andMuhammad Yasin have beeninvolved in suicide attacks on for-mer President Pervez Musharrafand former PM Shaukat Aziz.

    Modi visa talk hots up,65 MPs write to ObamaYashwant Raj [email protected]

    WASHINGTON:The United Statesis coming under increasingpressure from within and out-side the country to reverse itsdecision on denying a visa toGujarat chief ministerNarendra Modi.

    BJP president RajnathSingh, who is currently in theUS, has said he plans to raisethe issue with lawmakers dur-ing his meetings with senatorson the Capitol Hill.

    Republican House represen-tatives Aaron Schock, CathyMcMorris Rodgers andCynthia Lummis also recently

    visit ed Modi, promis ing towork on his visa.

    But Modi has his detractors.Letters written in Novemberand December 2012 by 65Indian MPs asking USPresident Barack Obama tocontinue to deny Modi a visa

    were re-sent last Sunday.And the head of the US

    Commission on InternationalReligious Freedom (USIRF),Katrina Lantos, recently said:There is significant evidencelinking him to the violence(2002 Gujarat riots)and forthis reason, a visa would not beappropriate.

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    >> SHOTGUN FOR ADVANI, P10

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    In Bollywood first, Ranbir Kapoors Besharamtrailer to make exclusive debut for orphans

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    SIGNALLING TROUBLE

    123.4mmRainfall on Saturday

    123 Signalsthat went outthat day

    100 Estimateof old signalposts policehave replaced

    WAR OF WORDS Shameless attempt at a cover-up, says BJPHT Correspondents [email protected]

    PATNA/NEW DELHI: Bihar chiefminister Nitish Kumar blameda BJP and RJD conspiracy forthe mid-day meal tragedy buthis party chief Sharad Yadav

    said a conclusion could only bedrawn after the submission ofthe probe report.

    The Masrakh and BodhGaya incidents have shown thatthe BJP and RJD have joinedhands. More such incidents cantake place, Kumar said at ameeting of Janata Dal (United)MPs, legislators and leaders inPatna on Monday.

    I do not know what chief

    minister Nitish Kumar and edu-cation minister PK Shahi havesaid. One can reach a conclusionon the Chapra episode only afterthe probe is over, JD (U) chiefSharad Yadav said on Tuesday.

    In a sudden development,Rajya Sabha MP ShivanandTiwary, considered close to theCM, was removed as the JD (U)

    spokesman, leaving KC Tyagi,known to be close to Yadav, asthe sole national spokesman.When reached for comments,Tiwary said he didnt know ofthe decision.

    On July 16, 23 schoolchil-dren died after eating lunch ata primary school in Masrakhin Chapra district. Autopsies

    revealed that the children diedof insecticide poisoning.

    The CM said the BJP wantedto derive political mileage after itfailed to sell its hardline agenda.

    The BJP was quick to hitback. The fact is Nitish Kumaris shamelessly trying to cover itunder a conspiracy theory, hold-

    ing the politicalparties in Biharresponsible for mid-day meal deathsgeneral secretaryRajiv Pratap Rudysaid.

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    Nitish smells BJP-RJD nexus inmeal tragedy, Sharad dismissive

    Far away from thegloom and concernsover the state ofIndias economy,Bihar clocked 14.48%growth in 2012-13.

    In 2011-12 also, Biharwas among the top

    five states with 13.1%growth. >> P10

    The Supreme Court may allowthe transfer of the fodderscam case against LaluPrasad for its final hearing toa new judge in Jharkhand.The RJD chief requested thetop court that CBI judge PKSingh be replaced as he was

    related to a minister in theBihar government. >> P10

    SC may allow new judge tohear Lalu fodder scam case

    Bihar bucks trend,grows at 14.5%

    ( )

    Masrakh (mid-day meal tragedy) andBodh Gaya incidents have shown thatthe BJP and RJD have joined hands.More such incidents can take place.

    N I T I S H K U M A R

    Bihar chief minister

    Moushumi Das [email protected]

    NEW DELHI: A senior woman andchild development ministryofficial slit her wrist in herShastri Bhawan office onTuesday after a turbulentmeeting with her boss, WCDsecretary Nita Chowdhury.

    Rugmini Parmar, the minis-trys economic adviser, was takento RML hospital by colleaguesand later discharged after first-aid as the cut wasnt deep.

    The Indian EconomicServices officer was reportedlypulled up by Chowdhury over

    work pending in her departmentat the meeting. She put up withit, sources said, adding that oth-ers present were quiet too.

    But after the meeting, Parmar who works in the womens

    bureau that drafts key legisla-tion, right from preventing sex-ual abuse at the workplace to the

    dowry prohibition law wentto her room and slit her wrist.

    She was later foundbleeding by her personalsecretary.

    Parmar, an officialsaid, had soughtand received atransfer from theministry and wasexpected to leave

    by next week.Sources said this

    wasnt the first timeshe and other offi-cials in the ministry had felt humiliated

    by Ch ow dh ur ysacerbic remarks.

    The secretary, a UPcadre IAS officer, didnot respond to callsand texts to hermobile. Parmar,too, was notavailable forcomment. A man

    who answer ed herphone said she didnt

    want to speak onthe incident.

    Agencies [email protected]

    LONDON:The duke andduchess of Cambridge and

    their baby boy spent theirfirst full day as a family onTuesday inside a Londonhospital, thanking stafffor their care but making

    well-wishers wait for a firstglimpse of the royal heir.

    As celebratory lights, gunsalutes and other tributes

    were unleashed, Williamsaid, We could not be happi-er. He thanked St Marys

    Hospital staff for the tre-mendous care the three of ushave received. One of thedoctors present at the royal

    birth was Sunit Godambe,

    who grew up in Mumbai.As the Kensington Palace

    office announced Kate hadgiven birth to the 8 pound, 6ounce (3.8kg) baby at 4.24pmMonday (local time), animpromptu party broke outin front of the hospital.

    CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

    >> THE WAIT ENDS, P17

    COMMENT: THE FUTURE, P12

    HT CITY: BIG FANFARE

    The newborn Prince ofCambridge sleeps in hismothers arms as she posesoutside St Marys Hospital. AP

    DRAMA Found bleeding after fierymeeting with boss; is recovering

    Pulled up,WCD officialslits her wrist

    Britain welcomes its Little Prince

    ROYAL CELEBRATION

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    Sen should focus on work: BJPAccusing Amartya Sen of bias in opposingNarendra Modi as prime minister, the BJP saidhe should concentrate on his work. >> P10

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    02 HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI

    WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013

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    ACTION The central auditor will take stock of the citys drainage system and flood control measures

    D E L H I S M O N S O O N M I S E R Y

    CAG steps in to rid Delhiof waterlogging problemHT Correspondent [email protected]

    NEW DELHI: The Comptroller andAuditor General of India (CAG)Shashi Kant Sharma has orderedan audit of all flood control mea-sures and the citys drainagesystem.

    The order comes on the heelsof heavy rain crippling vehicularmovement in the Capital, damag-ing roads, flooding residentialcolonies as well as the swankyTerminal 3 of the Indira GandhiInternational Airport. The CAGhas ordered the audit for theperiod ending March 2013 on a

    priority basis.The audit report will, interalia, cover various schemes

    being implemented by the Delhigovernment for flood controland effective drainage system.The audit will seek informa-tion on internal control frame-

    work in the government to dealwith the situations arising outof flooding and waterlogging,official sources said.

    The audit will cover thesurvey conducted by the gov-ernment to identify vulnerableareas and corrective actiontaken. It will also cover theresponse mechanism devised

    by the government to meet

    unforeseen situations arisingout of waterlogging.

    The audit will examine thesteps taken for coordinationamong various departmentssuch as the municipal corpo-rations, flood control depart-ment, the New Delhi MunicipalCounci l , Publ ic WorksDepartment and the Delhi JalBoard. It will also take stock ofthe governments plan of actionto face such eventualities.

    The audit body will examinehow the city responds to the

    warnings of the meteorologicaldepartment.

    Standard operating proce-dures adopted by the govern-ment and the mechanism forinforming/alerting the publicabout any impending flood or

    waterlogging challenges willbe examined.

    Waterlogging during monsoon is an annual phenomenon in Delhi, yet no concrete measures have been put in place to rectify the problem. Allcivic agencies do is either make tall claims or indulge in blame game. VIRENDRA SINGH GOSAIN/HT PHOTO

    HC to hear plea on waterloggingHarish V Nair [email protected]

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi High courtwill on Wednesday examine thesteps taken by the civic agen-cies in the Capital to implementits orders issued many yearsago to address the problem of

    waterlogging.The issue was raised before

    the court by president of theNGO Nyaya Bhoomi Col. BBSharan. He told the court that

    waterlogging and traffic snarlson the Capitals roads duringthe recent rain proved that thegovernment, the three munici-pal corporations, NDMC and thePWD had not implemented the

    courts orders issued since 2005.The government had submit-

    ted before the court last yearthat a team led by IIT professor

    AK Gos ain will examine theCapitals waterlogging problemand prepare a master plan toprovide a long-term solution.

    A bench of acting chief justiceBD Ahmed and justice VibhuBakhru posted the matter forhearing on Wednesday.

    The court had directed allcivic agencies to ensure thatdrains were cleared of silt beforethe monsoon.

    Seeking a short- and long-term road map to deal withthe menace, it had asked thetraffic police to ensure the

    smooth functioning of traf-fic lights during the rain andalso deployment of addition-al traffic police personnel.Two other PILs have soughtsteps to address the problemof waterlogging in Delhi.

    One of the petitions claimedthe civic agencies did noth-ing significant after 1998to clean the drains. It sub-mitted a list of 41 waterlog-ging-prone areas in the city.The petition said MintoRoad, Ashram Chowk, SouthExtension Part-I, MathuraRoad, ISBT Kashmere Gate,RTR Marg near Moti Bagh fly-over, Dhaula Kuan underpassare waterlogged every year.

    Swamy moves SC, verdict inminors case may get deferredHT Correspondent [email protected]

    NEW DELHI: The verdict on aminors involvement in theDecember 16 gang rape mayget deferred as the SupremeCourt on Tuesday agreed tohear a plea by Janata Party

    president Subramanian Swamyfor a fresh interpretation of theterm juvenile.

    A b ench headed by C hiefJustice P Sathasivam admittedthe plea for hearing on July 31.The juvenile justice board (JJB),

    which had been hearing the caseagainst the minors involvementin the rape, had fixed July 25 topronounce its verdict.

    When Swamy said his peti-tion would become infructuousas the board was scheduled topronounce the judgment onThursday, the CJI told him toinform the JJB about his peti-tion in the apex court. Informthe board that we are seized ofthe matter, it said.

    In his petition, Swamy hasasked to consider the men-tal and intellectual maturityinstead of age limit of 18 yearsfor offenders involved in grue-some crimes. He said thestraightjacket interpretationof the term juvenile in the pres-ent law was in violation of theUnited Nations Convention forthe Rights of the Child (UNCRC)and Beijing Rules.

    The UNCRC and BeijingRules say the presumption ofthe age of criminal responsi-

    bility be fixed while bearingin mind the mental and intel-lectual maturity of offender,Swamy said.

    Processions and VIPmovement hit trafficin central DelhiHT Correspondent [email protected]

    NEW DELHI: Traffic movement incentral Delhi on Tuesday wasthrown out of gear due to reli-

    gious processions and restric-tions imposed for the visit ofUS vice-president Joe Biden.

    Vehicular movement wasslow on Sardar Patel Marg,

    which connects west and northDelhi with central Delhi. Traffic

    was also affected on As hokaRoad, Baba Kharak Singh Road,GPO, Kali Bari Marg, TalkatoraStadium, Connaught PlaceOuter Circle, Windsor Placeand Janpath.

    The traffic jam on centralDelhi roads was mainly dueto the celebration of the birthanniversary of Guru HarkishanSahib. A large number of devo-tees started assembling atGurdwara Rakhabganj and

    Gurudwara Bangla Sahib sincemorning, which resulted in con-gestion on some roads, said

    Anil Shukla, additional commis-sioner of police (traffic).

    The movement of Biden,

    who is in Del hi, adde d tothe chaos on SP Marg,said a traffic police officer.The traffic police on Mondayevening had issued advisories onFacebook, asking commuters toavoid Baba Kharak Singh Marg,

    Ashoka Road and Pt Pant Marg.However, no diversion was

    imposed.Many commuters com-

    plained about the lack ofproper directions on alterna-tive routes and the absence ofpolicemen to manage traffic.It took me over two hoursto reach Barakhamba fromGurgaon as vehicles crawled onSP Marg around 10.30 am, saidSandeep Sharma, a commuter.

    W I N N I N G L A U R E L S

    Hindustan Times journalistswin Ramnath Goenka award

    HT [email protected]

    NEW DELHI: Tuesday eveningsaw the finest in Indian jour-nalism being honoured fortheir commitment, courageand enterprise at the sixthRamnath Goenka Excellencein Journalism Awards.

    Twenty-nine print and broad-cast journalists in 17 categories,selected by a 10-member jury,received the awards that werehanded over by Chief Justice ofIndia P Sathasivam at a functionheld in New Delhi on Tuesday.

    Hindustan Times DelhiMetro team won the PrakashKardaley Memorial Award forCivic Journalism instituted bythe Ramnath Goenka MemorialFoundation. The team got theaward for its coverage of theCommonwealth Games in 2010.In exclusive reports and specialfull-page series, HT focused not

    just on preparation delays butalso how the lack of planningand the pressure to meet dead-lines left a big question mark on

    what would otherwise be theGames lasting infrastructurallegacy.

    Shalini Singh, principal corre-spondent with the features team

    of Hindustan Times, won theRamnath Goenka award in theenvironment reporting categoryfor her in-depth report on min-ing and the presence of tigers

    in Goa in 2010. These storieswere among those researchedas a fellow of Centre for ScienceEnvironment.

    Harinder Baweja won theaward in the investigativereporting category for her spe-cial reports in Headlines Today.Baweja works with HindustanTimes at present.

    Josy Joseph of The Times ofIndia won the Ramnath GoenkaJournalist of the Year award(print), while Ravish Kumar ofNDTV India won the Journalistof the Year award (broadcast).

    Among the other winners in

    the print section were MehboobJeelani of The Caravan forreporting from Jammu andKashmir and the North-east;

    Atul Chaurasia of Tehelka for

    excellence in Hindi Journalism;and Shivani Naik of IndianExpress for excellence in sports

    journal ism. Manu Pubby ofIndian Express got the awardfor on-the-spot reporting.

    Suanshu Khurana of IndianExpress won the award forexcellence in film and television

    journalism. Some of the win-ners from the broadcast section

    were Mufti Islah of CNN-IBN forexcellence in reporting from J&Kand the North-east; UmashankarSingh of NDTV India for excel-lence in Hindi Journalism;and Latha Venkatesh of CNBC

    TV18 for business and economicjournalism.Veteran jour nalis t Inder

    Malhotra received the lifetimeachievement award.

    HTs Delhi Metro team won the Prakash Kardaley Memorial Award for Civic Journalism.

    CJI P Sathasivam giving the Ramnath Goenka Award for environ-ment reporting to HTs Shalini Singh. VIRENDRA SINGH GOSAIN/HT PHOTOS

    Property transfer by powerof attorney wont be that easyHT Correspondent [email protected]

    NEW DELHI: Despite a go-aheadfrom the government, transfer-ring property using the generalpower of attorney (GPA) is notgoing to be easy in the Capital. Aday after the revenue departmentof the Delhi government cameout with a circular allowing GPAtransfer, experts said nothing hadchanged on the ground.

    A sub-registrar who did notwant to come on record saidthe new circular did not allow aGPA-holder to execute a GPA infavour of another person.

    The circular clearly saysthat only a sale-deed holder(title owner of a property)can execute a GPA in favourof a home-buyer. This doesntchange the earlier position. Itis just that the revenue depart-

    ment has reframed the para-graphs of the earlier circular,a revenue department officialsaid, requesting anonymity.

    There is absolutely nochange in the prevailing situ-ation. The seller who holds theproperty on a GPA will first haveto get the sale deed registered in

    his name and only then he cantransfer it to another person,a sub-registrar told HT.

    There have been severalinquiries since morning asking

    whether transfer of propertyfrom one GPA holder to anotherGPA holder is now possible.We have told everyone that itis still not allowed, he added.Recently, the Delhi HighCourt had struck down aninternal circular of the stategovernment issued in April

    2012, restricting propertytransactions through GPA.The latest circular states:There is nothing in the existingprovisions of law that prevents

    a registered property owner...from executing general powerof attorney in favour of hisfamily or relatives or person oftrust to manage his property.There was no ban on transferof property from one familymember to another on GPA,an official said.

    T R A F F I C W O E S

    Rape accusedin robbery trialNEW DELHI: The trial in arobbery case involvingthe December 16 gangrape accused started on

    Tuesday.The court, which had

    on July 15 framed chargesof kidnapping and dacoityagainst the four accused,recorded the statementsof two prosecution wit-nesses and listed the mat-ter for further evidence onJuly 30.

    The court had put ontrial accused AkshayKumar Singh, Mukesh,Pawan Gupta and VinaySharma for robbing acarpenter, Ram Adhar,on the same bus on whichthey later gang-raped a23-year-old woman. PTI

    UNRAVELLING THE GPA MYSTERY

    What is GPA?

    A General Power of Attorneyis given by a property ownerto a person to manage his/her property. However, thetitle or the ownership ofthe property remainswith the owner.

    Can a property owner (titleowner) execute a GPA now?

    Yes, he can. But the ownershipwill continue to remain withthe original owner.

    Can GPA holder sell/transfer/execute another GPA?

    No, he cannot. He will firsthave to get the title of theproperty in his name.

    What happens to properties inregularised colonies?

    Transactions there have takenplace on the basis of Irrevo-cable General Power of Attor-ney. They dont get any relieffrom this circular as the IGPAholder will first have to get thetitle of the property registeredin his name to execute the IGPAor GPA or the sale deed infavour of a second party.

    THE AUDIT REPORT WILLCOVER SCHEMES BEINGIMPLEMENTED BY THEDELHI GOVERNMENT FORFLOOD CONTROL ANDEFFECTIVE DRAINAGESYSTEM AND ONFRAMEWORK TO HANDLESUCH SITUATIONS

    ( )The straightjacket

    interpretation of theterm juvenile is in

    violation of the UNCRCand Beijing rules.

    S W A M Y S P L E A

    Three days after filmmakers death inGreen Park, civic agency takes actionHT [email protected]

    NEW DELHI:Three days after a film-maker was electrocuted in GreenPark, the south Delhi municipalcorporation removed air-con-ditioner compressors and anelectric signboard from the spot

    where the incident took place.Naked wires hanging out of the

    AC compressors and the sign-board, which were in contact withan iron gate, had claimed the li feof Anand Bhaskar Morla duringSaturday afternoons downpour.

    The civic body officials alsodemolished a concrete platformthat was constructed around atree under which the electricequipment was installed.

    Kamlesh Bansal and her sonDhruv Dhawan Bansal, whoowned a jewellery shop andsome of the equipment, claimedthat no prior notice was given tothem to remove the signboard orcompressors.

    They had been arrested onMonday and later released on

    bail. Their shop is located in thesame building Morla visited onSaturday when he came in con-tact with an iron gate and waselectrocuted.

    I dont deny the fact thatcurrent was flowing in theiron gate. But it I am sure thatit was not because of our ACcompressors, said Kamlesh.South Delhi municipal commis-sioner Manish Gupta described

    the three-day delay in removingthe equipment as procedural.

    Meanwhile, Morlas familydemanded corrective measures

    by the agencies concerned sothat such incidents do not recur.Our loss cannot be compen-sated. Being a responsiblecitizen, Anand had a keen civicsense, said Anands mother

    Amreshwari.Talking to HT, she said her

    family now wants the civic agen-cies and police to take immediateaction and see to it that no suchtragedy recurs.

    Anand, who did his four-yearcinematography course fromParis, was electrocuted whenhe had gone with his family to a

    bank branch.

    ( It is shocking how a chief minister, instead of taking correctiveaction, can ask the residents to pray to God for theirwaterlogging woes. VIJAY GOEL, Delhi BJP chief

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