1. Fire Safety Rules: 312 Civic School Buildings In Mumbai Unsafe
As many as 312 buildings that house civic schools in the city are not fire safety-compliant, according to a fire brigade report submitted to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last week. The report also stated that while the civic body had ordered the audit of all 442 buildings in the city, which house 1,187 schools, only 319 have been inspected so far and 123 are yet to be audited.
Moreover, the report for seven of the 319 schools audited is yet to be submitted.
Source: Hindustan Times
2. 23 Threaten Suicide Outside Mantralaya, Detained: Marine Drive Police
The Marine Drive police on Saturday detained 23 people for allegedly threatening to commit suicide outside Mantralaya.
Police said of the 23, 22 people were teachers employed with different unaided schools in Jalgaon, Aurangabad and Gondia districts.
According to police, the incident took place on Saturday morning, when the Republic Day programme was going on.
Source: The Indian Express
3. Trespassing Behind Most Local Train Fatalities In Mumbai Last Year
Of the 2,981 deaths on Mumbai’s suburban railway network last year, 1,619 cases were of people hit by trains while crossing tracks, Government Railway Police (GRP) data revealed.
This was followed by 711 people falling to their deaths from running trains.
According to the data, most deaths owing to trespassing — 218 — were at Kalyan railway station, followed by Thane, Kurla and Borivli stations.
Source: Hindustan Times
4. Bullet Train Project: MMRDA Grounds Set To Be Closed For 5 Years
Political parties may find it difficult to find adequate locations for large rallies during campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections later this year, with the MMRDA grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) set to be closed for five years starting March.
The large ground in BKC will be closed owing to construction work for the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train corridor, whose Mumbai terminal is to be located in BKC. Sources from the National High Speed Rail Corridor Limited (NHSRCL) said that by the second week of March, primary work on the project will start in BKC, requiring the grounds to be closed for public.
Source: The Indian Express
5. Pay compensation to men tortured on false rioting charges, MSHRC orders Home dept
Ruling that the Maharashtra Police misused its powers and tortured five men imprisoned on false charges of rioting, the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) directed the state’s additional chief secretary (Home) to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to five Jalna residents. It further directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to initiate a departmental inquiry in the matter.
In his complaint, Irfan Rehman Khan (27), a tailor based in Baid Pura, Jalna, claimed that on the eve of Holi, on March 23, 2016, there was communal violence near a mosque following which a complaint was filed with the Sadar Bazaar police. The complaint alleged that a few men threw colour powder on people coming out of the local mosque after offering prayers.
Source: The Indian Express
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