Suicide bid: Two kids drown, woman rescued ..

talkandhra — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:47:55 +0000

HYDERABAD: Lake Police rescued a 25-year-old housewife who tried to commit suicide by jumping into Hussainsagar along with her two children on Monday night. Sadly, by the time police got information about the children they had drowned.

The woman was identified as Sweta Agarwal, wife of Vijay Agarwal, a software engineer from Chilkalguda. Sweta had married Vijay in 2006 and the couple has two children, Khushi Agarwal, 5, and Tanush Agarwal, 3.

According to the police, Sweta was being harassed by her husband and in-laws over petty issues like cooking and cleaning. Unable to face the daily harassment, Sweta along with her two children walked out of her home on Monday afternoon without informing anyone.

As Sweta and their two children remained untraceable till late in the evening, Vijay lodged a complaint with police and a missing case was registered at the Chilkalguda police station on Monday night.

At about 11.30pm on Monday, Lake Police Station constable Venkatesh and Shankar, a home guard, noticed a woman screaming for help near Sanjeevaiah Park . The two jumped into the water and pulled out Sweta, who was struggling to keep her head above the water.

Sweta did not inform the police personnel that her two children had already drowned. After collecting basic information about her, police handed her over to the family.

When grilled by the family members about the whereabouts of the children, Sweta told them that the children had followed her into the water and they had drowned. Shocked family members informed police and on Tuesday, bodies of Khushi and Tanush were fished out from the lake by expert swimmers.

“After leaving the house, Sweta went to Necklace Road and waited near the road-side of Sanjeevaiah Park with her children. Later in the night, she tried to commit suicide. According to her, she asked her children to remain on the bank, but after she entered the water, they too followed her and drowned before she could reach them,” Chilkalguda inspector B Anjaiah said.

Based on a complaint lodged by Sweta, police have registered a case under section 498-A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Vijay and his family members. Sweta was booked under section 309 (attempt to commit suicide).

CM Kiran Kumar Reddy Launches Metro Works

talkandhra — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:59:57 +0000

The Hyderabad Metro Rail project will be dedicated to the nation in December next year, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said on Sunday.

Inaugurating the work to set up launching girders on to the Metro rail pillars, Mr Reddy said the trials of the first phase of the Rs.16,375 crore project would begin in June 2014.

He formally started the hydraulic cranes for launching girders on the Metro pillars for the 72-km elevated rail project.Later, addressing a public meeting at Uppal to mark the completion of two years in office, he said the prestigious Metro system on three high density corridors would carry 15 lakh people every day.

He said the government was making all efforts to complete the project on schedule. “Even if there is a delay of one day on the part of the government, we will have to pay a penalty of Rs.32 lakh and if the L&T delays commissioning of the project by one day, they will have to pay Rs.64 lakh,” he said.

Mr Reddy said the Metro project was a part of his government’s efforts to make Hyderabad a world-class city. He also unveiled a plaque, signalling the launch of the project.Though the works started a few months ago and pillars on a stretch of five km were already erected, no formal stone-laying function was organised.

Vivek B. Gadgil, chief executive and managing director of L&T Metro Rail, said earlier this month that the entire project with 66 elevated Metro stations will be operational by July 2017. He said the trials would begin by the end of 2014 with the commissioning of the first stage of the project expected in 2015.

The works entered a crucial phase on Sunday with the launching works on girders.

N.V.S. Reddy, managing director of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, said the box type iron launching girder of about 34 metres and weighing 300 tonnes will be lifted using two hydraulic cranes of up to 150 tonnes each and erected on top of the two pillars. The works will be undertaken during night.

He said the entire stretch of metro rail via duct would be implemented in precast segmental construction method to minimise the inconvenience to road user.

It is described as the world’s largest metro project under the public-private partnership.

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Suicide bid: Two kids drown, woman rescued ..

CM Kiran Kumar Reddy Launches Metro Works