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Haryana Human Rights Commission seeks report over ‘non-functional’ CCTV cameras in Panchkula

Haryana Human Rights Commission seeks report over ‘non-functional’ CCTV cameras in Panchkula

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Chandigarh, The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report pertaining to a large number of CCTV cameras installed by the Municipal Corporation, Panchkula being “non-functional” and called for a report from the concerned officials in the matter. Haryana Human Rights Commission seeks report over ‘non-functional’ CCTV cameras in Panchkula In its order issued on Tuesday, the HHRC has expressed serious concern over the issue. According to the news report, out of a total of 473 CCTV cameras installed by the Municipal Corporation, Panchkula, nearly 200 cameras are currently non-functional, constituting a substantial portion of the surveillance infrastructure. Despite repeated concerns raised by the traffic police for timely repair and maintenance, the issue persists, indicating administrative delay. As a result, there has been a significant decline in traffic challans issued through electronic surveillance, the report said. The HHRC, comprising Chairperson Justice Lalit Batra and Members Kuldip Jain and Deep Bhatia, has taken a serious view of the matter. In its order, the Commission observed that non-functionality of such a large …

Ludhiana: Seechewal flays officials over non-functional Haibowal ETP

Ludhiana: Seechewal flays officials over non-functional Haibowal ETP

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Raising serious concern over pollution in the Buddha Nullah, Rajya Sabha MP and environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal has criticised the functioning of civic agencies after the Haibowal Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) remained non-operational for the past 25 days and a temporary treatment system near the Tajpur Dairy Complex collapsed. Officials informed him that the plant had been facing repeated breakdowns due to excessive inflow of dung. (HT Photo) Seechewal, who has been leading a cleanliness drive of the Buddha Nullah through ‘kar seva’, said administrative lapses were undermining efforts to restore the polluted waterbody. He alleged that unchecked discharge of untreated waste was continuing despite ongoing clean-up initiatives. Seechewal said people in Rajasthan and the Malwa region depend on the Sutlej river for drinking water, making it crucial to control pollution at its source. He claimed that dairy units and dyeing industries in Ludhiana were releasing untreated and toxic waste into the Buddha Nullah without adequate monitoring. During his second inspection this month, Seechewal expressed displeasure over the Haibowal ETP plant remaining shut and …

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh admits new Rajkot hospital non-functional without lifts and AC | Chandigarh News

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh admits new Rajkot hospital non-functional without lifts and AC | Chandigarh News

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In a piquant situation during Question Hour in the ongoing budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday, Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh admitted that a newly constructed maternity hospital in Raikot was not functioning because it had no lifts, air conditioning, and a medical gas pipeline system. Hearing the minister’s reply, even Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan could not resist commenting on the state of affairs and asked the minister to ensure that the hospital was functional at the soonest. The health minister was replying to a question asked by Hakam Singh Thekedar, AAP MLA representing the Raikot constituency. He had asked whether it was true that the construction of the maternity hospital at Raikot had been completed, but the installation of AC and lift facilities still remained incomplete. In his reply, Dr Balbir Singh said it was correct that the work on the 30-bedded Mother and Child Hospital at Raikot was complete. “However, due to scarcity of funds, the works related to the installation of AC, Lift and Medical Gas Pipeline System could …

Bike’s non-functional headlight, stray dog chase leads to man’s death in Delhi

Bike’s non-functional headlight, stray dog chase leads to man’s death in Delhi

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New Delhi, A late-night search for a drunk relative turned tragic in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur Pushta area when a 20-year-old man died after his motorcycle, with a non-functional headlight, crashed into a ditch while being chased by a pack of stray dogs. Bike’s non-functional headlight, stray dog chase leads to man’s death in Delhi Tushar Kumar , a compounder at a pharmacy, died while his friend Sudhakar Singh , a pharmacist, who was riding pillion on the motorcycle, sustained injuries when their motorcycle fell into a ditch after they were chased by a pack of stray dogs on January 10, police said. “It was around 10 pm, when we started looking for my maternal uncle’s son Uddham, who had left his house in a drunken condition following a dispute,” Singh told PTI. As Uddham frequently visited Madanpur area, we launched our search from there, he said, adding that while returning through a colony, the bike’s headlight was not working and visibility was poor, a pack of stray dogs surrounded our vehicle. For a better visibility, …

Number of non-functional CCTV cameras negligible, no blind spot: DMRC says women safety survey has ‘misleading’ figures | Delhi News

Number of non-functional CCTV cameras negligible, no blind spot: DMRC says women safety survey has ‘misleading’ figures | Delhi News

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has clarified that even when some CCTV cameras inside its trains are under maintenance, the covered area mostly does not have any blind spot, with other cameras working. The DMRC issued the clarification in response to a study based on data obtained under RTI Act that stated that 300-500 CCTV cameras inside Delhi Metro trains were found to be non-functional every year between 2020 and 2024. “Even in the case of such CCTVs under maintenance, the area mostly remains free from any blind spot due to wide coverage available through adjacent CCTVs. This is due to efficacy of this robust mechanism that no major cases of any untowardly incident have been reported in all these years,” DMRC said. The spokesperson for the DMRC said that “misleading inferences” were drawn by the study, the findings of which were reported by The Indian Express. “… it (300-500) is an annual figure — which means on any given day, the number of CCTVs under maintenance are just one or two from a …