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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I MONDAY I 14 OCTOBER 2019 WEATHER Max: 31.9OC WORLD TABLOID Min: 21.6OC RH: 83% France, Germany suspend arms to Caught in Rain: 0.2mm 9 Turkey; Erdogan unfazed the Web Forecast: Cloudy sky. Rains are likely. deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Max/Min temp. 32/21ºC Vol. 82 No. 284 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `4.00 ASTROGUIDE Vikari; Dakshinayana Tithi: Ashwayuja Bahula Padyami till 4.20 am (Tuesday) Star: Revati till 10.18 am RTC strike singes KCR Varjyam: Nil Durmuhurtam: 12.25 pm to 1.11 pm and 2.45 pm to 3.31 pm Rahukalam: 7.30 am to 9 am HIJRI CALENDAR Forty new electric buses benefit buddy Megha Reddy Safar 14,1437 AH PRAYERS DC CORRESPONDENT Central government in the already made several alle- took over the company. What sweetened the deal a state government propos- Mr Reddy’s family mem- Fajar: 5.08 am HYDERABAD, OCT. 13 form of a subsidy. The gations that the real inten- Trinity Infraventures used was an assurance by the al to the Centre under a bers, who are directors in Zohar: 12.12 pm remaining amount is paid tion of a crackdown agai- to be owned by ‘Goldstone’ state government that it scheme called the Faster MEIL, into the Trinity An ongoing income-tax for by the state govern- nst the strike and firing Prasad, prime accused in would offer a contract for Adoption and Manufactu- board. They include Mr Asar: 4.18 pm search has unearthed a ment. In the case of over 48,000 employees was the Miyapur land scam. purchasing electric buses ring of Electric Vehicles Pamireddy Pitchi Reddy Maghrib: 6.01 pm link between Megha Olectra, that subsidy has because of the TRS govern- Mr Prasad also promotes to MEIL-Olectra (FAME) in India, Phase II. (whole-time director at Isha: 7.10 pm Krishna Reddy, a close not gone to the TSRTC, but ment desire to privatise the Goldstone Power. With Greentech Ltd on behalf of Under this, 334 electric MEIL), Mr Rama Reddy SUNSET TODAY 5.55 PM acquaintance of Chief to Olectra Greentech, whi- the RTC and hand over its the takeover of Trinity the TSRTC. Olectra buses were to be pur- Pamireddy and other rela- Minister K Chandrasekhar ch is owned by Mr Reddy’s assets to companies close Infraventures, Reddy’s Greentech Ltd is a manu- chased, of which 309 are tives, as non-promoter me- SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.09 AM Rao, and Olectra firm, Megha Engineering to its top leadership, that MEIL secured a 50 per cent facturer of electric buses for the Greater Hyderabad mbers of the Trinity board. MOONRISE TOMORROW 6.29 PM Greentech, a company that and Infrastructures Ltd this exclusive dealing con- stake in an associated com- and autos, and its plant is Zone and the rest for A source close to the MOONSET TODAY 6.21 AM has been chosen to supply (MEIL), which has so far firms such fears. pany, Goldstone Infratech, located at Jedcherla in the Warangal as part of the Goldstone Prasad family electric buses to the state. conveniently pocketed an The income-tax search whose name was subseque- erstwhile Mahbubnagar Smart Cities mission. said that besides MEIL, Olectra Greentech has amount of `40 crore. revealed that on August 10, ntly changed to Olectra district. I-T sleuths recovered doc- which had 50 per cent COUNTER POINT supplied 40 electric buses. It is interesting in the 2018, MEIL bought one Greentech, after MEIL ent- In the first phase of the uments which show MEIL share in Olectra, the Each bus costs close to `2 backdrop of the ongoing crore equity shares of ered the picture, according deal, MEIL-Olectra sup- taking a 50 per cent control Prasad family had 38 per crore, out of which `1 RTC strike, when the Trinity Infraventures, for to documents accessed by plied 40 buses. The buses in Olectra Greentech Ltd. cent share, while the rest crore comes from the Opposition parties have a sum of `650 crore, and Deccan Chronicle. were purchased following It also showed the entry of was with the public. 2 RTC staffers end In memory of the fallen lives, turn martyrs Driver succumbs; Conductor hangs himself JAYENDRA CHAITHANYA T. | DC HYDERABAD, OCT. 13 ANOTHER RTC DRIVER TRIES Ganguly set to An RTC conductor in the TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN STATE be BCCI chief city committed suicide hours after an RTC driver ANUDEEP Mr Bathini Ravi, poured Mumbai: In a dramatic turn succumbed to his self- CEREMILLA | DC petrol on himself and of events, former Indian immolation attempt at a WARANGAL, OCT. 13 attempted suicide. cricket team captain Sourav city hospital on Sunday Police and other Ganguly emerged as con- While D. Srinvas Reddy An RTC employee attem- employees who were pre- sensus candidate to be died at the DRDO Apollo pted to commit suicide in sent snatched away the BCCI’s new president after Hospital, TSRTC employee Narsampet on Sunday, petrol can from him and Brijesh Patel appeared to B. Surender Goud commit- the third such case in the stopped him from putting have grabbed the coveted ted suicide in the evening. last two days. The strik- a match to himself. Police post. Union home minister The 48-year-old was work- ing TSRTC employees threw water on him and Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah ing with the Ranigunj were conducting vanta shifted him to a hospital. will be the new secretary Depot-2. varpu at Narsampet in Mr Ravi is a native of while Arun Dhumal will be Quoting from his family Warangal Rural district. Nallabelli and works out the new treasurer. Monday members, a Kulsumpura All of a sudden, a driver, of the Narsampet depot. is the last day to file nomi- police official said Goud nation for BCCI posts. — PTI had borrowed money to construct a house. The Reddy had died earlier on hospital on Saturday that ■ Full report on Page 15 salaries of RTC staff have Sunday. He had doused the sacrifice of his life was TSRTC employees participate in a candlelight rally to pay homage to deceased RTC bus driver Srinivas Reddy at the not been paid this month, himself with petrol and set for the betterment of strik- martyrs memorial at Ramnagar in Hyderabad on Sunday. — DEEPAK DESHPANDE and Goud’s EMI cheque himself on fire in support ing RTC employees. bounced. of the ongoing strike. Srinivas Reddy’s suicide Lunar ice may be Depressed by this and His dying declaration attempt left him with the prospect of being sack- was recorded by a magis- about 90 per cent burns. OPP. BLAMES KCR, of recent origin ed from the RTC, Goud trate. In it, he said he took He was rushed to a private Boston: Some ice deposits committed suicide, the the extreme step due to the hospital in Khammam and GHMC drivers join RTC CALLS TO JOIN found on the moon’s south officer said. He committed government’s decision to was later shifted to Apollo pole may be much more suicide by hanging. His dismiss striking RTC staff. DRDO Hospital in the city. recent than previous esti- family members noticed Srinivas Reddy, of As word spread of his OCT. 19 STRIKE mates that they are all bil- him and shifted him to Vastavai in Krishna dis- death, hundreds of strik- duty to earn more money lions of years old, according Mythri Hospital where he trict of Andhra Pradesh, ing RTC employees rushed IREDDY SRINIVAS to a study that may boost was declared brought lived with his family in to Kanchanbagh to pay MADDY DEEKSHITH | DC ABOUT 50 PER CENT It’s believed that drivers REDDY | DC the already growing inter- dead. His body is being Khammam and was a dri- their respects, and tension HYDERABAD, OCT. 13 are lured by the RTC’s HYDERABAD, OCT. 13 est in exploring this part of shifted to the Osmania ver with the Khammam prevailed at the hospital. of the drivers have daily wages. As a result, the lunar surface. Resear- General Hospital for post- RTC. After attempting sui- The TSRTC strike has evaded duty the past piles of garbage have piled TS Congress working chers noted that counting mortem. cide, Srinivas Reddy repo- ■ Page 7: Cops blocked RTC been tough on the Greater three days. It’s up at all transfer stations. president and MP A. the number of smaller RTC driver Srinivas rtedly said at a Khammam protesters’ entry Hyderabad Municipal Even GHMC commission- Revanth Reddy alleged craters formed inside the Corporation (GHMC). believed that er D.S. Lokesh Kumar not- that Chief Minister K. larger ones helped the sci- Drivers in its transporta- drivers are lured by iced this at Imliban trans- Chandrasekhar Rao’s entists date the craters. tion wing were reluctant the RTC’s daily wages. fer station during a sur- uncompromising behav- to attend duty as they pre- As a result, piles of prise inspection on Satur- iour resulted in RTC dri- ■ Full report on Page 9 fer moonlighting at for day. He asked officials to ver D. Srinivas Reddy’s CM may skip Huzurnagar private buses under RTC, garbage have piled up clear it immediately. death. He invited mem- which pay `2,000 per at all transfer stations. However, matters were bers of the students’ Prasad takes S.A. ISHAQUI | DC face and insist that the Party working president eight-hour day. This worse on Sunday as the unions, the revenue HYDERABAD, OCT.