Four persons on Sunday died of severe diarrhoea and vomiting caused by consumption of contaminated water from the groundwater well in a village in Ahmedabad district. More than 50 patients are under treatment for diarrhoea and vomiting in the village where groundwater well got contaminated two days back.
According to tehsildar DR Patel, well is the main source of drinking water in the village and due to heavy rain, rainwater from the surrounding areas got leaked into the well which led to contaminated of groundwater of the well.
He said the well has been sealed and water supply through tanker has been arranged for villagers.
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Bhopal: ’96 order might be challenged
New Delhi : Government is likely to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court in the next few days seeking to set aside the 1996 apex court judgement watering down the criminal charges against Bhopal Gas tragedy accused.
Sources in the law ministry said Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati has been asked to personally draft the petition and file it by the end of this month.
The 1996 judgement had diluted criminal charges against the accused by applying Section 304(A) of the IPC (causing death by negligence) instead of the more stringent Section 304 (2) — culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
—PTI
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CII: Indian industry is back on track
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
Indian industry is back on track. A survey by CII found that India’s manufacturing sector maintained the growth momentum during the first quarter, April-June 2010. However, a survey by another industry chamber Ficci warned that too frequent hikes in policy rates by RBI could derail this growth momentum. Mr B. Muthuraman, vice president CII and chairman, CII Associations’ Council said that the industry can do even better provided a more conducive environment for the industry is created.
The survey revealed that out of 110 sectors covered, 30 sectors have registered excellent growth rate.
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DGCA for checks on Dhruv copters
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
The DGCA has proposed certain checks on the civil variants of the Dhruv helicopters manufactured by the Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. before these aircraft are operated. The DGCA has observed from an earlier incident where a Dhruv chopper force-landed that “loss of power and collective control was observed during the flight” and that the “preliminary examination revealed that the connecting rod assembly—-collective eye end was found broken”.
The DGCA stated that “since an unsafe condition has been identified that is likely to exist ... on other aircraft of the same type design,” an air worthiness directive was being issued.