) 8) .# 9$ # 9$ 9 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' $/! 1234 /",/,0 ./'% $*+,#+ '- +7)+7+0&A+ 6;&;!';7;6-0)'?7;0 )0!+"):;7 !+":;7+&&6730 7+&&?+4+3"&+"-+!@+6-3"4 !+"+40!0"6;" &+" 6 %/0 + <== >+ 0 +$$ 5 61578129137 ! "$% !& ! &' "0 )0&53 purchase of motor vehicles in " ! #$ the name of any person. Total O he chairman of the number of registered vehicles TSupreme court-appointed in Delhi has crossed over 1.45 & Environment Pollution crore. Between April 1, 2017, ' (Prevention and Control) and March 31, 2018, as many ) " Authority (EPCA), Bhure Lal, as 7,20,519 vehicles were reg- # has tossed up an alarming sug- istered in Delhi. Of these, gestion to deal with the appre- 4,76,691 are two-wheelers. As hension that air pollution the per data, total 6,61,494 vehicles "0 )0&53 gram on Delhi Pollution national Capital could further were registered in 2015 and Control Committee (DPCC) !"#$%" ) worsen. Ban plying of all pri- 6,93,159 vehicles in 2016. elhi is facing “health air quality index. $ vate vehicles! The Supreme Court- Demergency” as air pollu- An AQI between 0 and Bhure Lal’s remark has sent appointed EPCA had informed tion plunged to “severe” on 50 is considered “good”, 51 $ shock waves. If his suggestion the apex court on Monday that Tuesday. In an advisory, the and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 is implemented at any stage, it commercial vehicles like trucks Centre-run System of Air and 200 “moderate”, 201 and could lead to a complete shut- and taxis were the major source Quality Forecasting And 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very down of Delhi as people are of pollution in the national Research (SAFAR) asked poor”, and 401 and 500 & largely depended on their own Capital and that there was a Delhiites not to rely on dust “severe”. ' &('P vehicles for commuting. Delhi need to control their operation. masks for protection. The advisory has sug- *!"#* +,! has more vehicles as compared “Out of all the vehicles, heavy The overall Air Quality gested elderly and children to to Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai commercial ones like trucks Index (AQI) was 442 for PM confine themseves to homes - and Bangaluru combined. and other commercial vehicles 10 and 240 for PM 2.5 in as pollution may cause res- Emerging from the such as taxis are the major pol- Delhi. Dwarka recorded piratory issues. SAFAR . Supreme Court, Bhure Lal on luting source, with very high “abnormally high” level with warned against outdoor !/ Tuesday said that the Graded ' $ ! #$($ carbon monoxide and nitrogen AQI 1,078 micro cubic per activity. $ Action Response Plan (GRAP) % )$ P + ' #$ $ oxide emissions,” it said. $ will be implemented from ++ + + , - % “There is a western dis- . # November 1, and if air pollu- turbance approaching Delhi tion continued to worsen, pri- Bhure Lal added. Detailed pro- Interestingly, public trans- ation is as dire in the cluster and the combination of vate vehicles will be stopped in visions of the rule, if applied, port system of the Capital is services, managed by the Delhi increased moisture makes it ' Delhi. have not been made known yet. crippled due to ongoing strike Integrated Multi-Modal Transit likely that the air quality will '+!$-!$ 0 + The GRAP is an emer- Reacting to Bhure Lal’s by DTC bus drivers and con- System (DIMTS) as 40 of its dip significantly. This means ! 2 gency plan designed to take statement, majority of people ductors and shortage of buses. 147 routes are served by just that there is an urgent need to urgent remedial action when said that there will be a com- The city needs 11,000 buses - one to five buses each. take action against existing air quality deteriorates. plete shutdown in Delhi if the it has only 5,429 buses. Of the Together, they take more trips factors leading to air pollution,” - “Let us hope Delhi air pol- Government stops using pri- 464 routes in Delhi, buses don’t than the Delhi Metro. said officials adding the pol- lution situation doesn’t deteri- vate vehicles. “The exchequer run on five while on 75 routes, Approximately seven lakh lutants at lower levels are not 3 orate or else will have to stop will incur hundreds of crores only one bus operates. Nearly vehicles are being registered in able to disperse due to the light plying of private vehicles, only loss in even one day of shut- half (230) routes have one to a year in Delhi and the law does winds and smog can be easily ' $ + + ' ! 4 # public transport will be used,” down,” they said. five buses operating. The situ- not prescribe any limit for seen. #$ % ! $- + !" )+"0 +)+ and he tried to shoot it. #$"$ % ! Suddenly Maoists started n probably the first ever case spraying bullets on him and ! !'+3 Iof direct attack on the media, the police team,” Vivekanand Maoists ambushed a three- Sinha, IG Bastar, told ore than ten years after a "0 )0&53 team members and senior member DD crew, killing cam- reporters. Ma massive explosion officers would be implicated in eraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu, Shocked and terrified claimed six lives and left 101 BI Deputy SP AK Bassi, the the same,” the plea said. and two policemen — Dheeraj Kumar, one of the DD others injured in Malegaon in Cformer probe officer in the “The manner of transfer Constable Mangal Ram and crew members, shared the north Maharashtra, a special alleged corruption case against showed vindictiveness Assistant Sub-Inspector Rudra nerve-chilling story with court here on Tuesday framed Special Director Rakesh because the fact that the name Pratap Singh — who were part reporters in Dantewada after charges against Lt Col Prasad Asthana, has claimed that he of Asthana and Joint Director of the team escorting the the incident and said, “There Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi was being subjected to intim- Sai Manohar were cropping national broadcaster journalists were blasts and gunshots all Pragya Singh Thakur and five idation and veiled threats by up in the false statement of in Dantewada on Tuesday. around for 45-50 minutes at other accused under the the present Investigating )& %0) Sana. The applicant herein is Two other policemen, who Aranpur forests while I was Unlawful Activities Prevention Officer and made a “scapegoat being subjected to intimida- were part of the squad provid- lying on thickly forested turf.” Act (UAPA) and various other and victimised” for discharging added that allegations against tion and veiled threats by the ing security to the journalists Chhattisgarh Chief sections of the IPC for their his duties of filing the FIR per- Asthana are “grave”. present Investigating Officer,” were critically injured in the 45- Minister Raman Singh strong- alleged involvement in the taining to corruption case A Bench of CJI Ranjan it said. 50 minutes gunbattle that % + $- ' $+ $ %#& ly condemned the killing of 2008 blasts. against Asthana. Gogoi and Justices UU Lalit The plea claimed that ensued the Naxal ambush. policemen and DD camera- With the framing of Bassi moved the Supreme and KM Joseph said, “The Manohar was handpicked The incident has created opment stories of sprawling attacked. The DD crew under man and described it “a well- charges against the seven Court on Tuesday against his court will look into urgent list- because as soon Asthana outrage and intellectuals in Bastar”, the epicentre of police protection wanted to planned attempt to block accused, decks have now been transfer to Andaman and ing of the plea” after advocate became interim chief of CBI poll-bound Chhattisgarh Maoism in India since late cover a report of a brand new development and scare people cleared for the start of the 2008 Nicobar Islands. In his plea, Sunil Fernandes sought listing in December 2016, he hand- termed the killing of the young 1980s. road being constructed in the who want to report develop- Malegaon blasts case. The trial Bassi alleged that his transfer of the petition on November 2. ed over the Policy Division to cameraman “a move to scare “This is unfortunate that Maoist pocket. The camera- ment stories of troubled areas will begin on November 2. on October 24 is “mala fide and “Bassi bears a reasonable the Junior Joint Director the media from covering devel- media has been directly man spotted a Maoist banner of Bastar.” Detailed report on P7 derails a sensitive probe” and apprehension that he and his Manohar. '( ! 65+")34+75 Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) being in force, the ven as the ongoing road- employees have been on strike Eways employees’ unions since October 16. strike entered its 15th day on The government staffers Tuesday, sources said that the across various departments in government is likely to engage the state also began a two-day in fresh round of talks with the strike on Tuesday to express roadways employees to end solidarity with agitating state the deadlock, roadways workers, The protestors have so far The employees’ union lead- remained adamant on their ers on Tuesday claimed that demands while the State their strike had affected normal Government is also not budg- life heavily, a claim which is ing on its stand. rebuffed by the Haryana The roadways employees Government. have been protesting since “Lakhs of employees from October 16 against the State various departments have gone Government's decision to run on a two-day strike starting 700 private buses. The employ- Tuesday. Employees of various ! #$ %#& ees unions had on Monday state departments, boards, cor- announced to extend their porations, municipalities and "0 )0&53 strike till November 2. panchayat raj institutions have The stir by the public trans- gone on strike, which has badly mid growing rift between the RBI and the Modi port employees has been the affecting the work,” said AGovernment, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday longest in the state's history.