QBengaluru: Pink Seats for Women in BMTC Buses & More
A roundup of all the important headlines from Bengaluru.
1. Retd BEL Staffer, Wife Found Murdered at Home
A former employee of BEL and his wife were found murdered at their house in east Bengaluru on Tuesday night, police said.
Govindan (65) and Sarojamma (60), of 2nd Cross, Ashwathnagar, HAL, are suspected to have been murdered two days ago. Their highly decomposed bodies were discovered around 8:45 pm.
Neighbours called the police after foul smell emanated from the house. "Our men went there and found the highly decomposed bodies lying on the ground," Abdul Ahad, DCP (Whitefield), told DH. There were massive injuries all over the bodies. The killers must have forcibly entered the house which they went on to ransack. Police suspect the couple was murdered for gain. "Jewellery and cash are missing," he added.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
2. Coming Soon: Pink Seats for Women in BMTC Buses
Women passengers travelling in BMTC buses will no longer need to argue with men travelling in seats reserved for them.
The BMTC has decided to change the colour of seats reserved for women to pink. The move comes in the wake of increasing complaints against men travelling in seats meant for women passengers.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, transport minister HM Revanna said all new buses will have women-only seats in pink. "We will extend the initiative to the remaining buses in a phased manner," he said.
(Source: Times of India)
3. 74 Flights Delayed, 5 Diverted as Fog Envelops B'luru Airport
Five flights were diverted to Chennai and 74 took-off late as dense fog affected visibility early on Tuesday morning.
This is the first time so many flights were disrupted this winter, an official at the Kempegowda International Airport said.
According to the India Meteorological Department, visibility dropped to 150 metres, making it difficult for aircraft to take off and land. Five international flights were diverted to Chennai. Cars and taxis lined up to pick up and drop passengers, causing a traffic jam. Passengers had to wait at least an additional hour to board their flights.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
4. Tamil Nadu Woman Came to City to Kill Herself: Police
Police suspect that a 36-year-old homemaker who leapt to her death from the terrace of a nine-story hotel building in Marathahalli had come to the city only to kill herself.
Valliamai V, a resident of Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu, did not leave a suicide note. Her personal effects included a few paint brushes.
On Tuesday, Valliamai's husband Veerappan, a realtor in Karaikudi, and her father told the police that she was chronically depressed and was taking a high dose of anti-depressants. "She tried killing herself twice, but her family saved her," a senior police officer said. "She could've probably decided to come here with the intention of committing suicide."
(Source: Deccan Herald)
5. Master Plan-2031: BDA's Land Use Plan Just Doesn't Add Up
A careful scrutiny of the Draft Revised Master Plan–2031 shows that the Existing Land Use (ELU) data is riddled with cartographic errors, which are likely derail the land use policy of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).
To add to the confusion, the master plan’s Proposed Land Use (PLU) makes projections that do not add up, with no explanation for how the figures were arrived at. Many attempts by The Hindu to get clarifications from BDA officials over the last three days failed.
Citizens and experts studying their Local Planning District maps have pointed out the cartographic errors. “Just in a walking-distance radius of my house in Langford Town, at least eight roads have not been shown in the ELU maps. If this plan is approved as it is, properties can gobble up these roads. Several parks have also not been shown,” said V. Ravichandar, a member of the BBMP Restructuring Committee.
(Source: The Hindu)
6. Bengalurean steals 21 TV sets in 18 days
Such was Vasudev Nanaiah's penchant for stealing TV seats from budget lodges that when he was caught for the offence and released on bail in October, he went right back to it. He stole 21 TV sets in the next 18 days from lodges in Tirupati, Puttaparthi, Shivamogga and Bhadravathi, among other places, before he was caught a second time.
Bengaluru City police are wracking their brains over the sheer scale of TV robberies that Nanaiah, who belongs to Madikeri and resides in T Dasarahalli in north Bengaluru, may have pulled off over a dozen years he admitted to have been "active".
Police sources said he may have walked away with more than a thousand TV sets. Tamil Nadu police had recovered 50 sets from Nanaiah in August after he had gone on a robbery spree in their state, and walked away with 70 sets in Andhra Pradesh in June and July.
(Source: The Times of India)
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