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6 Wagons Of Goods Train Derail In Rohtak

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

As many as six wagons of a goods train derailed near Samargopalpur village in Rohtak on Sunday morning.

The train was heading towards Suratgarh from Delhi via Rohtak.
“At around 6:45 am in Rohtak district 6 wagons of a goods train derailed from the track. We are assessing to know what has actually happened. The train was moving from Delhi to Suratgarh in Rajasthan. We have started the work to remove wagons,” D Garg, DRM, North Railway.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

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J-K: Army Airlifts Pregnant Woman From Snow-Covered Tangdhar

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

The Indian Army personnel, in a nightlong operation on Sunday, airlifted a pregnant woman from snow-covered Tangdhar in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

An official said that the lady was admitted to a sub-district hospital in Tangdhar on Saturday evening but later developed severe complications due to which she needed to be shifted for advanced treatment to mainland Kupwara.
According to an official statement, the personnel then arranged a chopper for the lady and airlifted her to mainland Kupwara at the direction of its Deputy Commissioner, Sagar.

The army personnel then added that the lady’s evacuation turned painstaking as there was difficulty in making the helicopter land. Still, due to the combined efforts of the Indian Army and Kupwara district administration, it continued and the woman was airlifted to Kupwara this morning.

Earlier on Thursday, the personnel of the Indian Army’s Chinar corps had rescued a pregnant woman, who was in severe pain, from a remote Jammu and Kashmir village on the Line of Control (LoC) amid heavy snowfall.

The soldiers walked several kilometers through snowfall on Wednesday evening to reach the woman and bring her to a hospital, an official statement said.

A vehicle was promptly arranged to evacuate the patient to PHC, Boniyar, they said.

On Tuesday as well, the army personnel evacuated another pregnant woman in a distressed situation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Buniyar. (ANI)

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M’rashtra: 2L Devotees Participate On Final Day Of Vivekananda Janmotsav

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

Around two lakh devotees participated in the last day ‘Yatra Mahotsav’ which concluded on Sunday in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district. The Yatra was organized on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary on January 12.

More than 500 quintals of Mahaprasad on hundreds of tractors were distributed among these devotees.

More than 4,000 men and women volunteered for the Yatra Mahotsav to make all arrangements and organize the grand ceremony.

Swami Vivekananda Ashram also popular as Hiwara Ashram in Buldana district organizes this 53 years old tradition of celebrating the Vivekananda Janmotsav event every year which is attended by more than lakhs of devotees of Swami Vivekananda. (ANI)

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US: 19 Dead, Several Without Power As Storm Hits Flooded California

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

As the storm in California continues to wreak havoc in California, it has already claimed 19 lives and as many as 400,000 had been without power at some point during the downpour, The Hill reported.

Heavy rains in California have caused more than a dozen deaths and widespread destruction, however, the wet weather is expected to persist for more days according to meteorologists.
California has had tremendous rain and snow over the last few weeks, causing power disruptions and forcing people to evacuate or shelter in place, according to The Hill.

Thousands of California residents have been told to leave their homes as heavy rains caused flooding in various parts of the state, The New York Times reported. Relentless storms over the last 11 days have left no part of the state untouched, flooding towns from north to south and loading inland mountains with snow.

Recently, it was reported that a warming climate will increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North Atlantic, potentially creating more and stronger hurricanes, according to simulations using a high-resolution, global climate model.

“Unfortunately, it’s not great news for people living in coastal regions,” said Christina Patricola, an Iowa State University assistant professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, an affiliate of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and a study leader. “Atlantic hurricane seasons will become even more active in the future, and hurricanes will be even more intense.”

The research team ran climate simulations using the Department of Energy’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model and found that tropical cyclone frequency could increase 66 per cent during active North Atlantic hurricane seasons by the end of this century. (Those seasons are typically characterized by La Nina conditions — unusually cool surface water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean — and the positive phase of the Atlantic Meridional Mode — warmer surface temperatures in the northern tropical Atlantic Ocean).

The projected number of tropical cyclones could increase by 34 per cent during inactive North Atlantic hurricane seasons. Inactive seasons generally occur during El Nino conditions with warmer surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and the negative phase of the Atlantic Meridional Mode with cooler surface temperatures in the northern tropical Atlantic Ocean. (ANI)

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Modi’s Roadshow: Roads Closed, Traffic Diversions

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in the national capital on Monday.

“Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is organizing a road show having mass public participation on Sansad Marg from Patel Chowk to Sansad Marg-Jai Singh Road Junction on January 16 from 3 pm onwards. Prime Minister of India will grace the said road show with his presence. Special Traffic arrangements will be in place to ensure smooth traffic management in the vicinity of the roadshow route,” said Delhi Police in a statement.
The traffic advisory said Ashoka Road (Windsor Place to Jai Singh Road GPO Both Carriageways), Sansad Marg, Tolstoy Road (Janpath to Sansad Marg), Rafi Marg (Rail Bhawan to Sansad Marg), Jantar Mantar Road, Imtiaz Khan Marg and Bangla Sahib Lane will remain closed on January 16 from 2:30 pm to 5 pm.

Delhi Police further informed that Baba Kharak Singh Road, Outer Circle Connaught Place, Park Street/Shankar Road, Minto Road, Mandir Marg, Barakhamba Road, Panchkuain Road, Raisina Road, Tolstoy Road, Janpath, Firozeshah Road, Rafi Marg, Rani Jhansi Road, DBG Road, Chelmsford Road, Bhai Veer Singh Marg, DDU Marg, Ranjit Singh flyover, Talkatora Road and Pandit Pant Marg are expected to experience a heavy volume of traffic during the roadshow.

Traffic will be diverted at Gol Dak Khana, Gurdwara Rakab Ganj, Windsor, Rail Bhawan, Outer CC-Sansad Marg Junction, Raisina Road-Jantar Mantar Road Junction, Janpath-Tolstoy Road Junction and Tolstoy road KG Marg junctions.

Delhi Police advised people to avoid the above-mentioned roads, stretches and areas the roadshow will cover. (ANI)

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Nepal Crash: 16 Bodies Recovered, PM Prachanda ‘Deeply Saddened’

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

A total of 16 bodies were recovered from the site of the crash of a passenger aircraft in Nepal’s Pokhara, the spokesperson of Nepal Army confirmed on Sunday.

The aircraft which crashed on the runway at the Pokhara airport in Nepal had 68 passengers on board had 53 Nepali, 5 Indians, 4 Russians, 1 Irish, 2 Koreans, 1 person from Argentina and a French national in the aircraft, the Airport authority said.
The aircraft had two infants as well.

Prime Minister of Nepal condoled the loss of lives in the plane crash and said that he is saddened by the tragic accident of Yeti Airlines ANC ATR 72, which was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with passengers.

Taking to Twitter, the office of the Prime Minister of Nepal tweeted, “I am deeply saddened by the tragic accident of Yeti Airlines ANC ATR 72, which was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with passengers. I sincerely appeal to the security personnel, all agencies of the Nepal government and the general public to start an effective rescue.”

In order to take an update on the situation following the crash, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ reached the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

To look into the situation, PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday called an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers following an aircraft crash in Pokhara. The Prime Minister directed Home Ministry, security personnel and all the government agencies to carry out immediate rescue and relief operations, Kathmandu Post reported.

Moreover, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also condoled the loss of lives in the plane crash in Nepal’s Pokhara on Sunday, in which 72 people were on board.

“The loss of lives in a tragic plane crash in Nepal is extremely unfortunate. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the bereaved. Om Shanti,” tweeted Scindia.

The plane, a 72-seater passenger aircraft, reportedly crashed on the runway at Pokhara Airport in Nepal while landing. The airport is closed for the time being and rescue operations are underway.

Kathmandu Post quoted a spokesperson of Yeti Airlines Sudarshan Bartaula as saying that the ATR 72 Yeti airlines aircraft crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport.

Images and videos of the crash posted on social media platforms showed plumes of smoke billowing out of the crash site.

A deadly aircrash took place in Nepal in May last year in which 4 Indians died. A Tara Air’s 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft crashed in Kowang village of the Mustang district hours after it went missing in the mountainous district after taking off from Pokhara city.

Mustang is one of the mountainous and fifth-largest districts of the Himalayan nation, which hosts the pilgrimage to Muktinath Temple. The district, also known as ‘Land beyond the Himalayas’, is located in the Kali Gandaki valley of the Himalayan region of Western Nepal.

Mustang (from the Tibetan Muntan meaning ‘fertile plain’ the traditional region is largely dry and arid. The world’s deepest gorge that goes down three miles vertically between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountains runs through this district.

Following the crash, an emergency mock drill on a plane crash rescue operation has been conducted at Tribhuwan International Airport in the Nepali capital Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the rule of The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), every internationally recognized airport should conduct a ‘full-scale emergency exercise’ every two years. (ANI)

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BSP To Celebrate Mayawati’s B’day As ‘Jankalyankari Diwas’

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

The Bahujan Samaj Party will celebrate party chief Mayawati’s 67th birthday on January 15 as Jankalyankari Diwas, the party informed on Sunday.

Mayawati will release the 18th edition of her work – “A Travelogue of My Struggle-ridden Life and BSP Movement” in a programme organized in the party state unit office located in Mall Avenue, Lucknow.
“Dedicated to Bahujan mission, leader of social change, our role model, National President of BSP, our source of inspiration, our guide Respected Mayawati ji Happy birthday,” tweeted Bahujan Samaj Party.

The party has released a series of songs by Sonu Nigam, Kailash Kher, Udit Narayan, Javed Ali and Prince in the run-up to the birthday celebration, acclaiming her as a fighter for the rights of the deprived community. (ANI)

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Mercury Dips To -4.7° In several Parts Of Rajasthan

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

The entire North Indian belt continued to reel under an intense cold wave on Sunday, with several areas of Rajasthan recording temperatures below freezing point.

Shishram Dhaka, the Zonal Director of research at Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Fatehpur-Shekhawati said that -4.7 degree celsius temperature was recorded at Fatehpur-Shekhawati.
“For the last two days, the temperature in areas like Sikar, Churu, and Jhunjhunu is going down to minus with a nerve-freezing cold,” he added.

As per the data received from the Zonal Director, the temperature recorded on January 15 was -4.7 degrees followed by January 14 recording -3.5 degrees, and January 13 recording 7.5 degrees Celsius.

“People’s life has been affected by the harsh winter. Snow has started accumulating in the fields. We are trying to avoid the cold, people are resorting to bonfires in the morning,” a local resident said.

The locals further added that farmers have started worrying about the damage that will be caused to the mustard crop due to the freezing snow. While wheat and other crops are expected to get benefits.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan’s hill station, Mount Abu was covered with snow sheet with temperatures dropping to the lowest breaking old records for winter. The temperature was recorded here at -4 degrees Celsius. 4 to 5 inches ‘of thick snow was seen in the area.

Last year the minimum temperature of Mount Abu was -2 degree Celsius.

As per satellite imagery and available visibility data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a layer of fog extended from Punjab and adjoining northwest Rajasthan to Bihar across Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Meanwhile, Delhi’s Safdarjung recorded a minimum temperature of 5.6 degrees Celsius around 6.10 am.

According to the Meteorological department, the visibility in Palam was recorded at 200 meters at 6.10 am.

As per India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, dense to very dense fog was observed over parts of Punjab, Northwest Rajasthan, Jammu division, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tripura.

“Dense/Very Dense Fog layer (in the white patch) extends from Punjab to Bihar across Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh,” tweeted the India Meteorological Department.

Meanwhile, IMD has issued an orange alert for dense fog and chilly conditions in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana on Sunday and Monday. (ANI)

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We Want To Conduct Geophysical Survey Of Joshimath: Disaster Management

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

The Disaster Management department is aiming towards conducting the geophysical survey at 10 spots throughout the Joshimath to get better survey results.

“The drainage department has opened tender for drainage plan, and we will take note of where the work has reached,” Ranjit Kumar Sinha, Secretary of Disaster Management said while addressing a press conference on Saturday.
“In the cabinet, it was decided that we will work towards the Toe Erosion. We were directed to get a timeline from the officials, and then start work towards shifting the people,” he added.

He said four companies have bid for the drainage contract, and the company with the required technical capabilities will be shortlisted.

“Cracks do occur on the houses in hill areas. But, if huge cracks are coming up, then proper action must be taken. We have also directed the same to the authorities,” he said.

Geologist Dr Sarkar also addressed the press conference and said that they want to carry out the geophysical survey in the whole of Joshimath.

“The geophysical survey has already started. The collected data will then go for interpretation. It will take some time, as soils have to dig and then sent to laboratories. We want this survey to take place at 10 spots in the whole of Joshimath so that we get better results,” he added.

Joshimath, also known as Jyotirmath, is a city and a municipal board in Chamoli District in Uttarakhand. Located at the height of 6150 feet (1875 m), it is a gateway to several Himalayan mountain climbing expeditions, trekking trails, and pilgrim centres like Badrinath.

Life in the hill town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand has been disrupted in the last few days as residents took to the streets to demand action for the cracks that have developed in their houses.

Earlier on Saturday, sources informed that several houses at Singhdhar in the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand collapsed in the midnight hours of January 2 and 3. However, no lives were lost in these incidents.

In view of the land subsidence incident in Joshimath, the state Cabinet on Friday approved an amount of Rs 45 crore as relief for the affected families.

The Cabinet also cleared a proposal to waive the electricity bill of all those affected for six months starting from November 2022, besides approving a proposal for providing employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to two members of each of the affected families. (ANI)

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Karnataka: Jailed Gangster Made Threatening Calls To Gadkari’s Ofz

By LokMarg 15th January 2023

In a major breakthrough in the case related to threat calls received at Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s office, Nagpur Police on Saturday traced the caller.

The caller has been identified as Jayesh Kantha, a jailed gangster, serving imprisonment in Belagavi jail, who made threatening calls to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s office from inside the jail, police said.
“Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was being threatened from jail. the caller is a notorious gangster and murder accused Jayesh Kantha, who is imprisoned in Karnataka’s Belagavi jail. He threatened Gadkari’s office by using the phone illegally inside the jail, Nagpur Commissioner of Police said, adding that a team of Nagpur Police has left for Belagavi for further probe.

The jail administration has recovered, a diary from the accused, which has been seized.

Nagpur Police have asked for production remand for the accused.

The office of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Maharashtra received threat calls on Saturday, the Nagpur Police said.

In response to the alleged threat calls, the Nagpur Police later beefed up the security around Union minister Nitin Gadkari.

According to the police, the office received three calls at 11.25 am, 11.32 am, and 12.32 pm at the landline number of Gadkari’s office from the BSNL network-registered number. The call records are being obtained, it added.

“There were three phone calls. The details are being found, and our crime branch will work on the CDR (Call Detail Record). An analysis is underway and the existing security has been increased. The security at the venue of the program of minister Gadkari has also beefed up,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rahul Madane, Nagpur said on Saturday. (ANI)

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