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BMC warning for monsoons
Fearing a landslide and threat to life and destruction, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC has issued a warning to hutment dwellers living in the vicinity of G-South ward to take shelter elsewhere this monsoons.
Warnings have also been sounded in Siddharth Nagar, Prem Nagar, Worli Hill reservoir, Shivaji Nagar, Shri Krishna Nagar, Amar Nagar, Anand Nagar, Jarimari Nagar, Maya Nagar, Achanak Nagar and slums behind the Maratha Press. These hutments are precariously perched on vulnerable hilly areas, and during heavy rains and flooding, chances of land-slides are high.The BMC has stated that the civic administration will not be responsible for failure on the part of hutment-dwellers to shift.
4 extra coaches to Ujjain
The three main line EMU rakes operating as M-17/18 8211; 19/20 -21/22 8211; 81/82 8211; 83/84 8211; 85/86 in Vadodara-Godhra-Dahod-Ratlam-Nagda-Ujjain circuit will be augmented by four coaches each with effect from June 1, 1998. This will help ease thecongestion to a considerable extent, a press release said.
Yoga for policemen
Film star Anupam Kher, joint commissioner of police, administration, T K Choudhary, and social activist Meena Mutha were present when Swami Niranjan Nanda Saraswati addressed an audience of 280 people including policemen on Friday, to reduce stress through Pranayam and Nidrayog. The speech was followed by a demonstration of both the yogasanas. Kher said: 8220;Yoga should not be done as a duty or an obligation. Do it out of love and respect for yourself.8221; Later, he added that Mumbai is perennially gripped with tension and panic. 8220;If a police officer gets time to smile, that itself is a major incentive,8221; Kher said.
