THE TIMES OF , * TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017 TIMES CITY 3 Rain raises reservoirs from 1% to 4% of capacity in 2 months ‘Vet varsity gave TIMES NEWS NETWORK AP is released when it has of water per year. Metrowa- June. Currently, the four re- pression over the Bay of Metrowater storage of at least 13 thou- ter officials are depending on servoirs contain 0.4tmcft, Bengal.” Chennai: For the first time authorities are sand million cubic feet a bountiful northeast monso- compared to 2tmcft last year. The city received nearly since May, water levels in the depending on a (TMC). on this year to tide over the The city reservoirs pri- 3cm rainfall on Sunday while HC false details to city’s four reservoirs have Currently, the Kandaleru prevailing water crisis. marily depend on the northe- the reservoirs located on the shown a marked improve- bountiful northeast reservoir holds only 4tmcft. Currently, Metrowater ast monsoon for inflow. city outskirts recorded rain- ment. The combined level of monsoon this year In comparison, the level in supplies only about 400 mil- NE monsoon brings the fall in excess of 10cm. Poondi the four reservoirs — at to tide over the Kandaleru reservoir was lion litres per day (MLD). Un- city 60% of its annual rain- reservoir recorded 13.5cm, appoint asst profs’ Chembarambakkam, Red 22tmcft. til January, Metrowater was fall. Weather blogger Prade- reservoir Hills, Cholavaram and Poon- prevailing The AP government had supplying 830 MLD. ep John said, “For the reser- 11.7cm, Redhills reservoir Ram.Sundaram the selection process that is di — increased from 1% to 4% water crisis released only 1tmcft last year, The southwest monsoon voirs to fill up, we will requi- 12.7cm and Chembarambak- @timesgroup.com subjudice, the counsel for the of capacity in two months. while this year, 3tmcft has be- (June – September) has so far re widespread rainfall that kam reservoir 4.7cm. university referred to a diffe- Metrowater has begun en supplied so far. brought the state 30% excess covers all catchment areas. Since June, the city recei- Chennai: Veteri- rent writ petition filed by the drawing water from the re- seems unlikely this year. Ac- As per a 1981interstate ag- rainfall, and 15% excess rain- Widespread rainfall occurs ved 51cm rainfall. By compa- nary and Animal Sciences Uni- same petitioner (Ganesan) on servoirs for supply in the city. cording to a Metrowater offi- reement, the neighbouring fall to the city. only during the northeast rison, the catchment areas of versity (Tanuvas) has appoin- recruitment of university offi- But supply of Krishna river cial, Krishna water stored in state must supply the city 12 The four reservoirs have monsoon through formation the Red Hills reservoir recor- ted assistant professors even cers and disposed this August, water from Andhra Pradesh the Kandaleru reservoir in thousand million cubic feet received steady inflow since of a low pressure area or a de- ded 75cm rainfall. as a case in this connection is it was found. pending before the Madras “A case which was in no high court by allegedly sub- way connected to the assistant NEWS DIGEST mitting ‘false’ and ‘mislea- professor selection process Woman ding’ facts to the Madurai was cited as the reason for de- bench of the court, confidenti- lay. By this, learned counsel of Speeding car Two new subways soon on al documents available with Tanuvas misguided the co- from Odisha TOI reveal. urt,” Ganesan told TOI. runs over man Serious objections were ra- The Madurai bench direc- killed, hunt ised over recent appointments ted Tanuvas to publish results A pedestrian died when a based on a judgment of the Ma- of recruitment for three posts speeding car ran over him busy -airport stretch durai bench of the court as the in food sciences before Septem- in Taramani on Sunday L R Shankar on for son ber 15. Accordingly, Gnanapra- night. The victim, identified FRAUDULENT gasam and D Raghu were appo- as Muthu, 36, was on the SR Will Close LC 14 TIMES NEWS NETWORK RECRUITMENT inted assistant professors in 100 Feet Road when he College of Food and Diary came in the path of two Chennai: Police have laun- presented candidates were ter- Technology, Chennai. speeding cars. Guindy Rly Gates To ched a hunt for four people, med ‘unsuitable’ and 'inexperi- Documents with TOI sug- traffic investigation police including the son of a 45-ye- enced’ for post of assistant pro- gest objections were raised registered a case of death Build Links St Thomas Mount ar-old woman from Odisha, fessor. over their appointment. Sour- due to negligence and Station who was found murdered at In May, P I Ganesan, former ces say a dissent note was alre- lauched a hunt for the TIMES NEWS NETWORK her house near Thiruvallur director of the Centre for Ani- ady recorded against their se- driver. Chennai Theni Hwy on Sunday. Police are yet to mal Sciences of Tanuvas, app- lection as they allegedly lacked Chennai: Southern Railway ascertain the name of the roached the qualification and experience Vehicle catches fire in will construct two subways — deceased. to declare the selection process in the field as per Indian Coun- : A car which one pedestrian-only facility; Police said Susairaj of for recruiting 49 assistant pro- cil for Agricultural Research was parked in front of a the other for two-wheelers — Thirupandhiyur village fessors (including 3 in food sci- norms. private company in Ambat- between Guindy and Meenam- ACCIDENT-PRONE ZONES: Greater Chennai Corporation recently had brought the victim, her ences) null and void as the pro- ‘False’ details irrelevant to tur caught fire on Sunday bakkam railway stations to re- granted approval to the shutting down of the two level crossings, LC14 son Sundar, and four others cess was ‘bogus’ and ‘fraudu- the case presented by counsel night. Police said the car place level crossings (LCs) on and LC18, (right) LC14 will make way for a pedestrian subway, while a from Odisha for construc- lent’. The case is pending. for the university compelled mysteriously caught on fire the busy stretch. vehicular subway will replace LC18 tion work, and accomoda- One of the 49 candidates, the Madurai bench of the Mad- and fire and rescue ser- Railways officials pressed ted them in a house in the lo- A Gnanapragasam, filed a writ ras high court to rule in favour vices personnel rushed to ahead with the plan after Grea- Traffic jams were frequent drinking water main and International cality. They are said to have petition with the Madurai of the petitioner (Gnanapraga- Air Cargo the spot and doused the ter Chennai Corporation re- at both spots due to a sharp rise storm water drains run alongs- LC 18 consumed liquor when a bench against the university, sam), read the internal com- blaze. The Ambattur Indus- cently granted approval to the in vehicular density over a de- ide the road,” an official said. Department fight broke out among seeking a direction to publish munication to the university trial Estate police have shutting down of the two level cade, till the St Thomas Mount “During the 2015 floods, the them. In a fit of rage, one of the results for three posts in registrar on September 15. So- registered a case and are crossings, LC14 and LC18. and subways level crossing helped me get ho- the cost of the projects. them is suspected to have food sciences. urces added that following the investigating. LC14, which connects Vela- opened. But people with two- me when all nearby subways — The corporation special of- beaten the woman to death Instead of submitting deta- objection, the duo were posted chery Road and City Link Road wheelers still prefer to cross at Meenambakkam, Pazhavan- ficer’s council, which granted with a stone. Hearing the ils about the writ petition on in Hosur. 28-year-old man dies: A near the Maduvinkarai flyover, the level crossings instead of thangal, Thillai Ganga Nagar project approval, noted that So- woman’s cries residents in 28-year-old man died after will make way for a pedestrian using the subways (or the Ma- and St Thomas Mount — were uthern Railway had approa- the locality alerted the poli- he consumed food at a subway. The two-wheeler vehi- duvinkarai flyover) as that in- flooded,” said re- ched the civic body in Decem- ce, who found her dead. hotel in on cular subway will replace volves a detour of 500m. sident G Murugesan, who ri- ber 2016 but confusion over the Her body was sent for a Sunday night. Police said D LC18, which connects GST Ro- The corporation’s engine- des a motorcycle. permit-granting authority postmortem. Police have Judge turns mirror Tulasiraman and his friends ad (via the Airport Authority ers in April led a team with The railways still needs caused a delay. “The superin- launched a search for her had dinner at the hotel and staff quarters) and College Ro- Metrowater, TNEB and Sout- approval from Airports Autho- tending engineer (bridges and son and the others. when they came out of the ad in . hern Railway representatives rity of India to go ahead with roads) thought it was under the on court; takes a place, Tulasiraman fainted. Railways and corporation on a joint inspection of the sites the subway at LC18, because it ambit of the district collector,” He was rushed to the officials decided to close the le- to evaluate the feasibility of the will require a parcel of land the council document said. government vel crossings on the recom- projects. The team found that from the AAI housing quarters The Kancheepuram collec- Two men die hospital but died on the dig at his colleague mendation of the teh- the soil at LC14 was not condu- to complete the structure. tor clarified that the projects re- way. sildar, who identified the cive for a subway slope. “Metro- Southern Railway did not quired approval from the local while rescuing TIMES NEWS NETWORK administrative slip they are cal- stretch as accident-prone. water’s 600mm sewerage line, a respond to queries by TOI on body. led to join the bench answering Four men arrested for Chennai: Taking a dig at a judge the same,” he added. theft: The police arrested goat from well who referred a case to a larger The issue pertains to a deci- four men on Sunday night Chennai: Two men who went bench who later penned the sion of a single judge dated Au- after catching them steal- Police chief orders to rescue a goat from an aban- judgment as part of the bench, gust 27, 2016 holding that peti- ing pulses and cereals from 38 held at Marina doned well at a village near Justice C T Selvam of the Mad- tions seeking directions to regis- a godown near Gummidipoondi, 50km from ras high court has wondered ter cases under Section 482 of main road. The accused here, on Monday, died after in- whether such a verdict delivered CrCPC were not maintainable. Suresh, Balaji, Dinesh and for protesting Gauri crackdown on haling noxious gases. They by one who had made the refe- As for disposal of criminal Karthik had broken into a were identified as Raghu- rence would be proper, even if it cases at the admission stage it- godown and were carting nathan, 48, a truck driver and may be right. self, Justice Selvam said, “While the sacks in an autor- Balraj, 48, a farmer. A prelimi- “We find judges making refe- huge pendency of cases would ickshaw when they were Lankesh’s death businessmen-cops nary postmortem report said rences on decisions they are not justify a push for early disposal, stopped by the police who the men died of asphyxiation in agreement with, and then it would not justify a rush there- were on patrol. All four TIMES NEWS NETWORK [email protected] Around 6pm, the two men adorning the larger benches sit- fore as this institution can ill-af- have been remanded in A confidential report were returning home when ting upon the reference. If this is ford to sacrifice quality at the al- judicial custody. Chennai: A group of 38 stu- Chennai: Men in khaki ha- submitted before the they heard a goat bleating not bad enough, we find the judg- ter of quantity. Many a senior co- dents, activists and academici- ving parallel businesses may from the well. Raghunathan ment on the reference delivered unsel has expressed misgivings Robbers make away ans were arrested on Monday soon be a thing of the past with top brass of the city first went in and when he by the one making the reference. over criminal appeals being dis- with gold, gadgets: near the Gandhi statue at Ma- the Chennai city police com- police said that at least didn’t return, Balraj entered. The decisions might even be missed at the stage of admis- Miscreants broke into a rina Beach when they tried to missioner asking officials to four dozen personnel After 15 minutes, a villag- right, but is it proper,” said Justi- sion. Many inform that petitions house in and protest the murder of journa- prepare a list of cops engaged from the rank of police er at the spot peeped in and ce Selvam. “It is for the individu- seeking suspension of sentence made away with three list Gauri Lankesh. The pro- in other occupations such as saw the men lying uncon- al judges making the reference pending appeal are not even ta- soverigns of gold jewellery, tests, organised by civil society real estate, cab agencies and ea- constable to assistant scious. They threw a chicken to recuse themselves when by an ken up for consideration.” a laptop, an iPad and silver groups under Forum Against teries. Departmental action commissioner of police inside which also fell uncon- articles on Sunday. Police The Killing of Gauri Lankesh, will soon be initiated against are involved in other scious. said Suresh, 29, an employ- were conducted in 60 cities and police personnel involved in Around 8 30 pm, fire and ee of a private company towns across 16 states inclu- A protestor at the other businesses. businesses rescue services personnel ar- had gone for a wedding. ding Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, being taken away by the police A confidential report sub- rived and retrieved the bod- When he returned home on Maharashtra, Gujarat and on Monday mitted before the top brass of ut with businessmen and cri- ies. The Pathirivedu police Sunday night, he found the Punjab on Gandhi Jayanthi. the city police said that at least minals, leading to violations, moved the bodies to the gov- front door broken and the Gauri Lankesh was shot Writer and DMK member four dozen police personnel said a retired police officer S ernment hospital for post- gold and silver articles dead by three assailants outsi- Manushyaputhiran, who was from the rank of police cons- Aravindan. “Police personnel mortem. TNN missing. de her home in Bengaluru on part of the group, condemned table to assistant commissio- can have long stints if they are September 5. the police action, terming it ner of police are directly or in- in special units as they need ti- Electoral rolls to be On Monday morning, ne- “undemocratic”. Manushya- directly involved in other busi- me to develop informers in the- released today: Draft arly 50 protestors from various puthiran was arrested when nesses. The report said, “Many ir respective beats. But police Steps under electoral rolls for 2018 will parts of the state gathered at he attempted to stage a sit-in police inspectors have enga- personnel in law and order and be released at the office of the Marina Beach promenade protest. Manushyaputhiran ged blood relatives to run fast crime should be shuffled every way to conserve the corporation commis- to garland the statue of Mahat- said, “When we asked the poli- food franchises in the city.”Ear- three years,” he said. sioner and district election ma Gandhi and raise slogans ce why we were being arrested, lier, many police personnel ow- Recalling an incident at the forests: Minister officer D Karthikeyan at demanding a judicial probe in- we were told that they did not ned auto rickshaws to ply in anti-vice squad, the officer said Ripon Buildings at 11am on to the murder of Lankesh. A have to answer to us.” the city. Now, Several police some police head constables TIMES NEWS NETWORK October 3. huge posse of policemen, who Theatre activist A Mangai personnel have bought cars turned a blind eye to prostitu- were deployed at the statue on said, “Protests against the kil- and enrolled drivers with lea- tion centres after collecting Chennai: The government PVR and Inox to remain account of Gandhi Jayanthi, ling of Lankesh were held all ding cab agencies and a few of- bribes a few years ago. After is taking measures to pro- shut today: Multiplex arrested the protestors. across the country but there ficials in the rank of assistant the issue came to light, the enti- tect forests and wildlife in chains PVR Cinemas and Law college student M was no interference by police commissioner of police are al- re unit was immediately repla- the state, said forest mini- Inox in the city will be shut Shreela, who was arrested, sa- elsewhere.” The protestors rai- so involved in the real estate ced with new police personnel. ster Dindigul C Srinivasan on Tuesday as the Multiplex id, “We were going to garland sed banners that carried slo- business, said the report. The police top brass have during the inauguration of Association of India has Gandhiji’s statue and sing gans such as ‘Those Who Kil- The report also noted that asked officers for a list of per- the Wildlife Week celebra- called for a strike to oppose songs as a form of protest.” Po- led Gandhi Killed Gauri’. at least 15 police personnel sonnel serving in the same po- tions on Monday. double taxation on movie lice booked 38 persons and lod- “Fascism is spreading in with the roving squad of the ci- lice station, sub-division or Srinivasan said the fo- tickets. The state govern- ged them in a marriage hall in different ways. Tamil Nadu ty police in the Secretariat ha- range for more than three ye- rest department has initia- ment recently announced for six hours. They has developed an undemocra- ve been serving for 6-10 years ars. A senior police officer said, ted efforts to extend the fo- 10% entertainment tax on were let off in the evening. A si- tic political culture which is a now at the same police station. “ Long-standing police person- rest cover in the state. Since movie tickets in addition to milar protest was held at fertile ground for Hindutva Serving in the same police nel in the same positions will 2011-12, the department has the existing 28% Goods and Thanjavur but no arrests were movements to take root,” said station for many years would be shunted out of the zone to planted 3.3 crore saplings Services Tax (GST). reported. writer V Geetha. help cops strengthen their clo- other places.” across the state under the Massive Tree Planting pro- gramme. In the current fi- scal, 69 lakh saplings will be planted at a cost of Rs 65.85 Loyola veterans get together, soak in the past crore, he said. With financial assistan- [email protected] our friends, started grouping like a kid from one corner to ce to the tune of Rs 686 crore During the customary together to discuss our fading another shaking hands with from the Japan Internatio- Chennai: Generations met October 2 get together at memories of our college days. every visitor who came his nal Cooperation Agency (JI- and mingled seamlessly at Lo- Earlier we used to meet often at way. His hostelmate Ravi, who CA), the department is imp- yola’s alumni congress this ye- the Loyola College, about different locations, but not- runs a canteen in the Loyola lementing the Tamil Nadu ar. Giggles and anecdotes filled 1,000 alumni from as far hing like meeting on the cam- College, said, “I eagerly wait Biodiversity and Greening the air during the customary as 1964-66 batch shared pus itself. As we worked with for this moment for all 364 days Project (TBGP), he said, ad- October 2 get together, when their memories, and went the college management and ayear.” ding that a proposal for Rs about 1,000 alumni from as far decided to meet every October During Monday’s pro- 99.97 crore has been prepa- as 1964-66 batch shared their around the college 2, more and more people star- gramme, an endowment lectu- red for the programme in memories. campus ted coming down to the colle- re in memory of Shyam Kotha- the current financial year. Since several ‘boys’ had ge,” said Venus. ri, former president of Loyola Chief wildlife warden now turned senior citizens, the sported a white shirt with the ber of old students visiting the Chennai city police com- Alumni Association (LAA), and head of the forest force college had arranged a golf Loyola logo , and went to his campus on October 2 keeps in- missioner A K Viswanathan, was delivered. Chief executive P C Tyagi lamented that de- cart to take the youths of yore classroom. He occupied the se- creasing. We thank the organi- who was also an alumnus of officer of Doha Bank in Qatar spite rigorous punishments and their family members on a at which used to be his during sers for coming out with such a 1982-1984 batch said, “It’s a won- R Seetharaman participated and strict laws, poaching mini-safari around the college his college days while his novel idea of inviting all past derful day for me, as I could me- in the meeting. Sudhakar said, continued in the state. Ho- campus. granddaughter watched on. students of Loyola College on et all my long-lost friends and “It has become a business me- wever, measures taken by Afamily of an 1964-66 batch Another 1982-1984 batch this day.” hostellers who had stayed with et, too, for many of our friends. the forest department ensu- student, Gerald, hailing from student, Thirupathi Raja, who “Everything is ours, and me during college days.” This congress has helped me to red that the population of ti- Dharmapuri, came for the reu- works as a manager in the Sta- everything is not ours,” said a Businessman Sudhakar meet people from different gers and elephants has in- nion programme with his te Bank of India, Besant Na- 1982-84 alumnus Venus, a busi- Jayaraj, also a batch mate of portfolios, and employed creased considerably, he granddaughter and wife. He gar, said, “Every year, the num- nessperson. “We, along with Viswanathan, walked and ran across the sphere.” said.