People in Delhi-NCR experienced a reprieve from the oppressive heat because of the torrential rains that fell in the early hours of Saturday. Since the rains, many parts of Delhi have been submerged in water, which has caused the roadways to flood. People are having difficulty moving as a result.
According to reports, the Delhi-Jaipur highway is currently experiencing major traffic jams because of water logging caused by recent rain.
Sukesh Chandrashekhar, a convicted conman, has sent a new letter to the Delhi Local Government alleging Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and previous Health Minister Satyendar Jain of breaking the law in order to give medical contracts to a for-profit company called Metropolis Laboratory and Pathology Centers.
He claimed that the private company gave the AAP Rs 13 crore for the Goa elections.
“Kejriwal’s government in Delhi has given a private company, Metropolis Laboratory and Pathology Centers, a number of medical contracts to process blood and other biosamples from several hospitals run by the Delhi government, primarily for all inmates of the Delhi Jail. This application/complaint was filed because, according to Satyender Jain’s instructions, my staff collected a payment of Rs 13 crores in three installments from Metropolis Labs’ Mumbai office during the most recent Goa elections.
Chandrashekhar has also said that during one of their FaceTime conversations, Jain and Kejriwal mentioned that the Metropolis director was a close buddy and that he was providing money because they had assisted the business. He also allegedly said that the money needed to be gathered from Mumbai and transported to Goa and Bengaluru.
The conman offered to produce the FaceTime and WhatsApp chats of the aforementioned transactions of 13 crores that were received and collected from Metropolis Labs’ Mumbai office, pleading with the ED and CBI to check into the situation.
In the Bawana industrial district of Narela, the capital of Delhi, a facility that makes chemicals caught fire. Firefighters are still on the scene and working to control the fire with 30 vehicles.
The news reports that a chemical factory in the Bawana area experienced a fire last night. The fire department provided information, stating that there are 30 tenders in total on the scene to put out the fire. During the operation being performed to contain the fire, 6 firefighters sustained injuries. To contain the fire, attempts are now being made.
According to the information received, all injured have been admitted to Maharishi Valmiki Hospital. As of yet, no cause has been identified for the fire.
A big blow has been dealt to the opposition coalition in INDIA by the BJP-led NDA government’s passing of the Delhi Service Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The bill received 131 votes in support and 102 votes in opposition.
There was a lot of commotion on Monday (August 7) during the discussion of this bill. Both sides launched blistering criticisms at one another. The Rajya Sabha will also pass this law, according to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
According to Amit Shah, the PM Modi-led administration will return in 2024 with a majority. He had asserted that INDIA would soon leave the opposition alliance. After the measure is enacted, Arvind Kejriwal will leave the opposition alliance. The opposition alliance is perceived to have suffered a significant setback with the Rajya Sabha’s passage of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill-2023.
On Monday, a fire broke out at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, the country’s capital. This occurrence occurred at 11:55 a.m. As soon as the fire department received word of the fire, eight vehicles were on the scene and are attempting to extinguish it.
The fire in the AIIMS building has been controlled after much effort. According to reports, there was a fire in AIIMS’s emergency ward. In addition, there was a fire in the endoscopy section.
According to media reports, the fire that broke out above the emergency ward has been extinguished. Patients were removed from the ward. However, it is a source of relief that no casualties have been reported thus far.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) division in Delhi is undergoing changes. Kapil Mishra has been named the BJP’s state vice president in Delhi by Delhi State President Virendra Sachdeva. The new squad was just revealed by the Delhi BJP.
Former Karawal Nagar representative and Delhi Legislative Assembly member Kapil Mishra. Mishra served as an AAP lawmaker in Delhi. Joined BJP after leaving AAP. He defeated BJP candidate and four-time MLA Mohan Singh Bisht in the Karawal Nagar constituency in the 2015 Delhi elections by a margin of 44,431 votes while running on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket.
The Lok Sabha, the nation’s lower house of Parliament, was scheduled to hear the Delhi Service Bill today. However, the Lok Sabha was called off due to a significant commotion, and the Delhi Services Ordinance Bill will now be introduced tomorrow, on Tuesday.
This bill was supposed to be introduced today, which is Monday. Additionally, all of the preparations in this regard were finished. The MPs received a copy of this bill a day earlier, on Sunday. Due to the adjournment of the House on Monday, the bill could not be introduced. Regarding this measure, the Aam Aadmi Party has already begun to register protests. This bill will therefore be presented to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The Delhi government was ordered by the Supreme Court on Monday to pay Rs 415 crore for the ‘Regional Rapid Transport System’ (RRTS) within two months.
If the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led government could spend Rs 1,000 crore on advertisements in the previous three years, obviously infrastructure projects could be funded, a bench of Justices SK Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia noted.
The Delhi government had previously stated that it was unable to provide funding for the RRTS initiative, and as a result, the Supreme Court ordered it to document the amount of money it had spent on advertising over the previous three years.
Delhi Floods: Delhi’s Yamuna River‘s water level is constantly rising, and as a result, the nearby roadways and other public and private facilities have been inundated. In addition to this, the residents who live close to the river are having a really difficult time. People are being transported to safer locations after several areas have been evacuated.
There is a risk of ongoing flooding in Delhi as a result of the Yamuna River’s rising water level. On Thursday, the Yamuna’s water level was at the danger mark, which was 208.65 meters. The river’s water level peaked in 1978 at 207.49 meters.
Due to the rise in Yamuna River’s water level, all Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools would be closed through July 16.
According to officials, the main cause of the flood-like conditions in some areas of the city is the release of water from the Hathini Kund dam combined with severe rainfall in Delhi and the neighboring districts.
In North India, heavy rains over the past three days have claimed the lives of more than 37 people. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan are expected to experience additional severe rains, according to the meteorological department.
Yamuna water levels in Delhi, which on Monday above the danger threshold of 205.33 meters, rose to 206.24 meters Tuesday morning. Due to Haryana’s release of more than one lakh cubic seconds of water into the river from the Hathinikund dam, Delhi is currently in serious danger of flooding.
Authorities have begun evacuating residents of flood-prone low-lying areas. They are being relocated to community centers and aid camps located throughout the city.
