c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I MONDAY I 8 FEBRUARY 2021 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 38 Established 1938 | 20 PAGES | `6.00 WEATHER Max: 30OC Min: 16.2OC RH: 30% 150+ feared dead in glacier burst Rainfall: Nil Forecast: Partly cloudy. 7 bodies found, 16 rescued, 125 missing after floods in Uttarakhand Misty morning. Max/Min temp. 30/15 ºC DC CORRESPONDENTS NEW DELHI, FEB. 7 COVID-19 About 150 labourers work- ing at a power project in Tapovan-Reni in Uttar- C UNT Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao talks to senior TRS akhand are feared dead CASES DEATHS leader K. Keshava Rao in Hyderabad during the party’s while several people are executive committee meeting on Sunday. missing after a glacier (+11,673) (+86) burst in Chamoli region triggered flash floods 1,08,38,843 1,55,114 downstream. Uttarakhand chief minis- STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS I am fit to be CM ter Trivendra Singh Rawat said the bodies of seven (+150) (+2) persons have been recov- ered while 125 are missing. TS: 2,95,581 1,610 for next 10 years, The ITBP personnel have so far managed to rescue (+73) (+0) 16 persons trapped in a tunnel while efforts are on AP: 8,88,423 7,159 KCR tells TRS to rescue others trapped in another tunnel. CASES AROUND THE WORLD L. VENKAT RAM I have no health or The flash floods have REDDY I DC age-related issues. I also caused damage to live- 10,65,08,151 HYDERABAD, FEB. 7 stock and properties, the am perfectly fine. I can serve exact assessment of which as CM for 10 more years. Avalanche after a glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district causing a massive flood in the DEATHS Chief Minister and TRS is yet to be made. Dhauli Ganga river on Sunday. — PTI supremo K. Chandra- Why would I quit now? Why Uttarakhand DGP Ashok 23,23,815 shekar Rao on Sunday are you talking about CM Kumar said the glacier has now reached Srinagar gratia relief of Rs 2 lakhs Uttarakhand. India stands The glacial burst led to COUNTRIES, finally put to rest months change constantly in public burst took place at about (in Uttarakhand) dam, each from PMNRF for the with Uttarakhand and the the rise of water levels in AREAS WITH 219 of speculation about him and creating confusion? 10.45 am on Sunday, caus- where it is stable now. The next of kin of those who nation prays for every- river Rishiganga, which CASES stepping down from the ing flash floods in the state has in 2013 witnessed lost their lives and Rs one’s safety there. Have washed away the — K. CHANDRASHEKAR RAO worldometers.info/ Chief Minister’s post to upper regions. He said a similar disaster leading 50,000 would be given to been continuously speak- Rishiganga small hydro coronavirus pave for his son, minister Chief Minister downstream areas were to the loss of several lives. those seriously injured. ing to senior authorities project of 13.2 MW near and party working presi- alerted immediately and Expressing grief over the Earlier in the day, he and getting updates on Raini village. dent K.T. Rama Rao to GHMC elections in villages along the river loss of life, Prime Minister tweeted: “(I) Am constant- NDRF deployment, rescue ASTROGUIDE rise to the chair. December last. Rao had, vacated in time to save Narendra Modi said the ly monitoring the unfortu- work and relief opera- ■ Page 2: No danger of Chandrashekar Rao during his public address life. He added the water Centre had approved ex- nate situation in tions.” flooding: Officials Sarvari; Uttarayana made it clear that he had during the GHMC polls Tithi: Pushya Bahula Dwadasi till no plans to quit the CM’s thundered that he would 3.20 am (Tuesday) post, reiterating that he organise a public meeting Star: Mula till 3.21 pm was in the pink of health of all anti-BJP parties of MODI: BENGAL Varjyam: 1.49 pm to 3.21 pm; to “continue as CM, for at the country in Hyderabad, 12.40 am to 2.14 am (Tuesday) least the next 10 years.” but has subsequently tak- Durmuhurtam: 12.53 pm to Rao warned party lead- en a U-turn on the issue. IS VICTIM OF 1.38 pm; 3.09 pm to 3.55 pm ers not to talk or debate Rao, while addressing Rahukalam: 7.30 am to 9 am about the “CM change leaders at the party state NIRMAMATA HIJRI CALENDAR issue” either in public or executive on Sunday, Jamadi- ul- Akhir 25,1442 AH in private, else they have repeatedly warned of RAJIB CHOWDHURI “severe action” against KOLKATA, FEB. 7 PRAYERS to “face severe conse- quences”. He asked them leaders, including MLAs Fajar: 5.44 am not to indulge in such and MPs, if they “openly Kickstarting the BJP’s Zohar: 12.40 pm speculations, which are air views” and “irrespon- poll campaign in for Asar: 4.38 pm totally unwarranted and sibly deviating from party the forthcoming West Maghrib: 6.20 pm harm the interests of the line,” apparently refer- Bengal Assembly elec- Isha: 7.29 pm party. ring to the recent contro- tions, Prime Minister SUNSET TODAY 6.14 PM Rao, however, main- versies relating to MLAs Narendra Modi on tained complete silence Challa Dharma Reddy, Sunday lashed out at SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.45 AM on the relations of TRS Rasamayi Balakishna and the Chief Minister MOONRISE TOMORROW 3.39 AM with the BJP in the back- others, who created a flut- Mamata Banerjee. He MOONSET TODAY 2.59 PM drop of heated debate in ter with remarks against argued that the people political circles that the reservations for Dalits, have been the victim of TRS boss had suddenly the Ayodhya Ram temple “Nirmamata” though COUNTER POINT turned soft towards the and describing the TRS as the TMC supremo has BJP after meeting Prime a “limited company”. “Mamata” in her Minister Narendra Modi name. and Union home minister ■ Page 5: Major initiative ■ Report on Page 6 Amit Shah, soon after the for SCs soon, says CM TIKAIT: NO GHAR AP HC lifts SEC’s WAPSI TILL LAWS ARE REPEALED SANJAY KAW | DC restraining order NEW DELHI, FEB. 7 N. VAMSI SRINIVAS I DC with differences between A kisan mahapanchay- HYDERABAD, FEB. 7 and mutual accusations at in Haryana’s Char- by the SEC and the Y.S. khi Dadri, attended by The Andhra Pradesh High Jagan Mohan Reddy gov- UP BKU leader Rakesh Court on Sunday set aside ernment between whom, Tikait, on Sunday the State Election Commi- the court pointed out, passed a resolution INSIDE ssion’s order confining “there is no love lost.” seeking repeal of the ■ CITY... PAGE 2 panchayat raj minister P. Passing an interim three farm laws. Ramachandra Reddy to order in a House motion, Asserting the agita- Lockdown saw surge in his home. moved by the minister tion against the farm power theft cases But the court restrained and state government, laws was a people’s ■ the minister from inter- Justice D.V.S.S. Somay- movement that will not CITY... PAGE 3 acting with the media till ajulu brought to the fore fail, Mr Tikait said No leopard in airport all phases of the gram the overstepping of their there will be no “ghar vicinity: Officials panchayat polls are over respective jurisdictions wapsi” till the farmers’ on February 21. by both the minister and demands are met. ■ CITY... PAGE 5 The High court came up the SEC. He lauded the role of TPCC to press for Rahul with the “via media solu- the caste councils and tion” to remedy a sur- ■ Page 2: Judge points to their leaders for sup- as Cong chief charged ground situation, minister’s language porting the stir. HEALTH | HOPES 4 districts also reported zero cases on Saturday No Covid in N’pet for a week DC CORRESPONDENT tricts in the state, four – area, reported 25 fresh According to the state HYDERABAD, FEB. 7 Wanaparthy, Kamareddy, cases, the neighbouring health department, the Jangaon and Jayshankar- Ranga Reddy district, a part state, as on Saturday, had Narayanpet in Telangana Bhupalpally — also report- of which also falls under 1,939 active Covid-19 cases. state became the first dis- ed zero Covid-19 cases on the GHMC limits, had 10 Of these, 808 patients were trict to report zero Saturday. cases. either in home or institu- Coronvirus cases for a Only two districts have Overall, the state recorded tional isolation. week. recorded new Covid-19 150 fresh cases of Covid-19, A total of 34,805 tests were The state health depart- cases in double digits on along with two more deaths conducted on Saturday and ment reported that the dis- Saturday. from the disease, taking the the results of 1,061 tests trict had no new cases on While Hyderabad district, total cases as on were awaited, it said adding Saturday, February 6, for a clubbed together with the Saturday to 2,95,581 and that of all samples tested, a seventh day in a row. rest of Greater Hyderabad fatalities to 1,610 from the bulk of 30,939 were done in Of the remaining 32 dis- Municipal Corporation disease. government labs. CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | MONDAY | 8 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 2 Cancer awareness rally Actress Malvika Sharma and oncologist Dr Vijay Anand Reddy flag off super car cancer awareness rally at Necklace road on Sunday.