QMumbai: Vinta Nanda Records Statement; Metro 7 Delayed
All the city news you should read today.
1. #MeToo: Oshiwara Cops Record Vinta Nanda’s Statement
Filmmaker and writer Vinta Nanda, who had accused actor Alok Nath of sexual harassing her 19 years ago, on Friday recorded her statement at the Oshiwara police station.
“She had earlier submitted a written application. The statement is part of understanding her complaint in detail. She reached the police station around 11:30 am and the exercise lasted around six hours,” said a police officer from Oshiwara police station. No FIR has been registered.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
2. Metro 7 Set to Miss 2019 Deadline
Metro 7 that will connect Dahisar (East) and Andheri (East) is set to miss its December 2019 deadline owing to delay in finalising contracts for the supply of rolling stock. With Metro 2A (Dahisar-D N Nagar) set to be thrown open for the public in 2020, both lines in the western suburbs will be functional in 2020, said officials in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
When work began on the Metro 7, the MMRDA had announced that it would be completed by December 2019. Currently, 70 per cent of the civil work for Metro 7 is complete and civil work on Metro 2A is also at a similar stage. The MMRDA said civil work on both corridors will be completed by the end of 2018.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. Three Sanitation Workers Die Cleaning Dombivli Manhole
Three sanitation workers died inside a manhole in Dombivli on Friday. The deceased are Devidas Panjge, 36, Mahadev Zope, 38, and Ghanshyam Khori, 40.
They were contract labourers employed by a private contractor hired to maintain a sewer line by the Dombivli division of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). Senior police inspector S Sawant of Tilaknagar police station said, “We are yet to register a case. We will take the family members’ statement and then lodge the case.”
(Source: Hindustan Times)
4. Acquiring Land for Bullet Train Project May Get Delayed, Says Piyush Goyal
The December 2018 deadline to acquire land for the Japan-backed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is likely to be extended by one or two months, hinted Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal. Speaking at The Economist India Summit in Mumbai, Goyal said, “We are hoping to complete it (land acquisition) by the end of this calendar year, or maybe one or two months beyond that.”
However, the minister assured that this will not affect the deadline decided for completion of the project — set for 2022.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
5. CSMT Will Soon Return to Its 1888 Avatar
Rail workers and artisans at Mumbai CSMT this week completed crafting and framing of doors of the UNESCO-listed station to the original 19th century specifications of legendary architect Frederick William Stevens. The World Heritage Site is in the middle of one of its biggest restoration projects and is getting back its bells and whistles. The idea is to restore the building to its original glory, as completed by Stevens in 1888.
(Source: Mid-day)
6. City Court Order on Vijay Mallya’s Plea Against ED Likely on Oct 30
A city court is likely to pass its orders on October 30 on a plea filed by businessman Vijay Mallya, seeking a stay on the proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to declare him a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO). The special court heard extensive arguments on Friday from Mallya’s lawyer as well as the ED counsel before reserving its order for October 30.
The ED has sought that Mallya, who is currently in the UK, be declared an FEO and his properties be confiscated and brought under the control of the Union government as per provisions of the new FEO Act.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
7. Seven Men Arrested for Murder of Youth at Reay Road Station
Seven men were arrested on Thursday by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for allegedly stabbing a youth to death at Reay Road railway station three days ago. The attackers were tracked down after the crime was captured on CCTV cameras.
The deceased, Maifuzul Mohammad Yunus Shaikh, alias Cartoon (21), was found lying in a pool of blood at the entrance to the station at 11.15 pm on Tuesday. The police said that he had been stabbed multiple times in the chest and back and died on the spot.
(Source: The Indian Express)
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