c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I SATURDAY I 17 APRIL 2021 WEATHER WORLD 11 SPORTS 12 TABLOID Max: 36.8OC | | Min: 24.1OC US Senate puts off Sunrisers to take on Pawan tests RH: 26% Rain: Nil Vanita’s nomination Mumbai Indians today Covid-19 positive Forecast: Cloudy sky. moderate rain likely. deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 106 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `6.00 Max/Min temp. 38/25ºC ASTROGUIDE Plava; Uttarayana State running out of beds for Nagarjunasagar Tithi: Chaitra Shuddha Panchami till 8.30 pm Star: Mrigashira till 2.31 am (Sunday) Varjyam: 5.54 am to 7.42 am Covid patients, warn officials goes to poll today Durmuhurtam: 6.02 am to 7.42 am Rahukalam: 9 am to 10.30 am Gandhi Hosp, out of ICU beds, to send away all other patients TRS has edge; Congress fights to win bastion HIJRI CALENDAR BALU PULIPAKA I DC DC CORRESPONDENT Ramzan 4,1442 AH HYDERABAD, APRIL 16 HYDERABAD, APRIL 16 PRAYERS Fajar: 4.57 am Poll notice for 7 civic Telangana state is fast The stage is set for the Zohar: 12.26 pm running out of beds for bypoll to the Nagarjuna- Asar: 4.38 pm Covid-19 patients. The sagar Assembly constit- Maghrib: 6.38 pm deteriorating situation on uency, with voting slated bodies shocks Oppn Isha: 7.47 pm Friday was such that the on Saturday from 7 am to 7 L. VENKAT ● SUNSET TODAY 6.32 PM health department threw pm. Stakes are high for all The filing of nomina- up its hands and ordered three major parties, the RAM REDDY I DC tions commenced on SUNRISE TOMORROW 5.58 AM immediate conversion of TRS, the Congress and the HYDERABAD, APRIL 16 MOONRISE TODAY 9.28 AM Friday and the last day Gandhi Hospital into a BJP, though the chances for nominations is MOONSET TODAY 11 PM Covid-19 treatment-only are clearly not equal on The TRS is far ahead of its centre. The hospital, polling eve. rivals both in terms of Sunday, April 18. With RAMZAN TIMINGS which the government The TRS, which managed campaigning and announ- just two days left, the IFTAR: 6.38 PM (TODAY) always claimed has eno- to put the brakes on the cement of candidates for Opposition parties are SEHRI: 4.33 AM (TOMORROW) ugh beds to treat Covid-19 BJP’s winning march by the upcoming elections to running helter skelter. patients, on Friday ran wresting a Legislative Cou- the municipal corpora- out of them, particularly ncil seat from the saffron tions of Warangal and tions is Sunday, April 18. those on which patients party and retaining anoth- Khammam and five munic- With just two days left, the can be provided with ven- er seat recently, is keen to ipalitie — Siddipet, Jadch- Opposition parties are run- tilator or CPAP (continu- continue its winning stre- erla, Kothur, Atchampet ning helter skelter. The ous positive airway pres- ak and retain the Nagarju- and Nakrekal — on April TRS, well-prepared, is con- COUNTER POINT sure) support. nasagar seat. It is hoping 30. fident of making a clean The health department that Nomula Bhagat, son of While the TRS has final- sweep in the municipal issued orders on Friday deceased MLA Nomula Na- ised its candidates and polls yet again as it had directing the Gandhi Hos- rasimhaiah, will make his released on Friday the first done in the 2019 civic polls. pital authorities to imme- legislative debut shortly. list for these elections, the The Telangana State diately stop all services The Congress is making Opposition parties are Election Commission issu- except Covid-19 care. all the efforts to regain its struggling to identify its ing the election notifica- From Saturday, the hospi- lost bastion, Nagarjuna- candidates to take on the tion along with the poll tal will stop all its outpa- A display board atop the Gandhi Hospital’s name board suggests 960 out of 1,000 beds sagar, from where its can- TRS. This is due to the sud- schedule on Thursday vir- tient services and begin didate K. Jana Reddy creat- den release of election noti- tually shocked the Opposi- with oxygen supply were vacant, while 369 beds out of 500 in ICU were available on shifting non-Covid-19 ed a record by winning fications, which meant tion parties. The list of patients after stabilising Friday morning. However, by the evening, the hospital authorities declared that beds seven times. The party has they did not get adequate reserved wards was also all critically ill patients in with ventolators and CPAP machines were full. — DEEPAK DESHPANDE received good response time to plan things. released alongside. various departments to from the people during its The filing of nominations other state-run hospitals. campaign, in which sever- commenced on Friday and ■ Page 4: Oppn had no clue As on Thursday evening, al leaders participated, but the last day for nomina- on ward reservation TS had, according to the is waiting for actual voting state health department, PM takes stock of oxygen, to figure out if it can man- 10,279 Covid-19 patients age a win. of 41 candidates in the fray. security personnel, com- admitted to various gov- The BJP, whose Mission Two EVMs will be used in prising three companies of ernment and private hos- 2023 received a jolt with each polling booth to Central Armed Police pitals. This number does vaccine output to be hiked the defeat in MLC polls. accommodate the 41 candi- Forces, numbering 290, TS not take into account the has fielded a lightweight, dates. There are 8,151 Special Police 12th SHORT TAKES Covid-19 patients admit- VINEETA PANDEY | DC jected use in the coming 15 istration of permits to Dr P. Ravi Kumar. it is postal ballot votes, of Battalion numbering 50. ted to hospitals in the NEW DELHI, APRIL 16 days across 12 high-bur- enable easier movement. aiming to repeat the feat of which 1,433 votes have Webcasting will be done state on Friday as the den states — Maharash- Cylinder filling plants the Dubbak Assembly already been posted. from 210 polling booths Monsoon to be department releases its As the daily fresh Covid- tra, Madhya Pradesh, will also be permitted to bypoll, where it wrested a The Election Commis- while 130 micro observers, official data only a day 19 cases went over 2.17 Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, operate for 24 hours, with seat from the TRS and set a sion has made wearing of 44 sector officers and 44 normal, says IMD later. The total beds avail- lakhs and the death toll Delhi, Chhattisgarh, the necessary safeguards. narrative of being the only masks mandatory for all route officers were New Delhi: The South- able for Covid-19 patients, reached 1,185, Prime Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil The government is allow- viable alternative in voters and polling staff in appointed to monitor the west monsoon, which both in the government Minister Narendra Modi Nadu, Punjab, Haryana ing industrial cylinders to Telangana state. the 346 polling booths. The polling process. Covid brings 75 per cent of and the private sector, on Friday chaired a com- and Rajasthan. be used for medical oxy- As many as 2,20,196 vot- EC has made elaborate patients will be allowed to rainfall to India, is expec- according to the bulletin prehensive review meet- The PM was informed gen after due purging. ers, comprising 1,09,128 security arrangements for vote after 6 pm. The count- ted to be normal this for Thursday, incidentally ing to ensure adequate that 4,880 MT, 5,619 MT Similarly, nitrogen and male and 1,11,068 female the smooth conduct of the ing of votes will take place year, IMD said on Friday. is 27,775. The rush for medical grade oxygen sup- and 6,593 MT have been argon tankers will be voters, will decide the fate election by deploying 2,390 on May 2. The Long Period Ave- admissions was such that ply in the country. allocated to these 12 states automatically allowed to rage will be 98 per cent the 249 ICU beds for Covid- The meeting took place a for meeting their project- be converted to oxygen with an error margin of 19 patients in Gandhi Hos- day after India decided to ed demand as on April 20, tankers to overcome the plus and minus 5 per pital, which the health import 50,000 metric April 25 and April 30 potential shortage of cent, said earth sciences department said were ava- tonnes of medical oxygen respectively. tankers. secretary M. Rajeevan. ilable as on Thursday 8 to reduce the shortage of The PM urged officials to The Centre has also pm, were filled up by supplies. Union minister ensure seamless and free decided to double the pro- ■ Full report on Page 9 afternoon with a stream of Prakash Javadekar, movement of tankers car- duction of indigenously- Covid-19 hit people arriv- meanwhile, tested posi- rying oxygen throughout made Covaxin by May- ing at the hospital. tive on Friday. the country. The govern- June and nearly 10 crore The PM reviewed in ment has exempted all Covaxin doses will be pro- SC norms for ■ Page 3: Health infra in TS detail the current oxygen inter-state movement of duced per month by cheque bounce is overwhelmed: Officials supply situation and pro- oxygen tankers from reg- September. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday came out with a slew of directions to BSY TESTS POSITIVE ICSE POSTPONES EXAMS BOOKIES BET ON COVID ensure speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases and asked the Centre to amend FOR COVID-19 AGAIN FOR CLASS 10 AND 12 LOCKDOWN IN STATE laws to ensure clubbing of Bengaluru, April 16: Karnataka DC CORRESPONDENT NAVEEN KUMAR | DC trials in cases which are Chief Minister B.S.