Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma on Saturday directed Public Works Department officials to complete all tasks without excuses, stressing that improving the department's image was now mandatory.
The deceased, identified as Subhabrata Ghosh Chowdhury, 32, had previously worked at wire agency ANI and was most recently employed at a public relations (PR) firm, they added.
A 25-year-old labourer tragically lost his life after being electrocuted during a thunderstorm in the early hours of Friday at an under-construction plot in Green Park Main, South Delhi.
In a step towards giving a boost to the national capital's public transport system, 400 state-of-the-art electric buses were flagged off on Friday under the Delhi Electric Vehicle Interconnector (DEVI) scheme from the Kushak Nala depot.
Senior BJP leader and party spokesperson Randhir Sharma, citing public dissatisfaction over the functioning of the government, demanded the resignation of CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
The official informed that a short circuit might have caused the fire and damage to property is being ascertained.
The scenario is disconcerting to say the least as the State crossed the 1,000 mark for the second day in row and logged as many as 1,897 new cases were diagnosed, 56% rise than the previous day’s 1,216 tally.
The major highlight of this year’s bird count was the rare sighting of an uncommon Mongolian Gull and increase in numbers of sightings of Greater Flamingo at Nalabana bird sanctuary of the brackish water lake.
The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the seizure of around 30 leopard skins in the last two years. Of the seizures, the STF alone has accounted for the seizure of 24 skins.
The occupancy rate is only 2 to 5%, informed Jain adding that in Delhi, 531 coronavirus-infected patients have been admitted to hospitals.
