New Delhi Mar 29 PTI A thick blanket of smoke engulfed east Delhis Ghazipur dumping yard as a fire that broke out on Monday continued to rage on in some pockets even after 23 hoursFour fire tenders are working at the spot an official of the fire department saidChief Fire officer Atul Garg told PTI that the firefighting operations are still underway and it might take a few more hours to complete the cooling processNo casualty has been reported they saidAccording to the fire department the call about the fire at Ghazipurs Khatta was received at 230 pm on MondayAccording to data shared by the fire department a total of four such incidents at landfill sites -- two each at Bhalswa and Tughlakabad -- took place till Sunday this year Last year during the same period a total of 16 fire incidents -- 12 at Bhalswa and four at Ghazipur -- took placeIn 2020 a total of 15 such incidents were reported and 37 were reported in 2019 the data statedEast Delhi Municipal Corporations EDMC standing committee chairman Beer Singh Panwar had earlier said the fire was caused due to high temperature as plastic is one of the major components of the legacy waste and methane keeps getting generatedHe had said the EDMC has deployed 22 bulldozers to help douse the fire PTI ABU NIT TDS TDS

Nagpur Jan 24 PTI A farmer who was struggling to repay loans allegedly committed suicide in Nagpur district of Maharashtra a police official said on MondayAccording to the police the body of the farmer Hemanta Pandhari Tajne was found floating in a farm well at Khangaon village on Sunday afternoonThe 29-year-old jumped into the well situated in an agricultural field of his father The body was fished out and sent for postmortem the official saidThe agriculturist and his father were unable to repay a loan of Rs 1 lakh availed from a nationalized bank due to poor farm yields he saidTajne had also borrowed money from some persons and was unable to repay them the official saidThe police have registered a case of accidental death PTI COR RSY RSY

New Delhi Oct 23 PTI Amid a spike in cases of dengue in the national capital Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that Delhi was now close to winning the battle against the vector-borne diseaseHe encouraged all city residents to participate actively in the10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute campaign on Sunday to combat denguePeople of Delhi have decided that they would only rest after driving away dengue from the city he saidDelhi is now very close to winning the battle against dengue Like previous weeks this Sunday too at 10 am let us all spend 10 minutes inspecting our homes and surrounding areas for any sign of stagnant water If you do find such water drain it replace it or cover with a small layer of oil Together let us all make Delhi dengue-free he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Chief Ministers OfficeThe chief ministers assertion comes amid a surge in dengue cases in the last two weeks and the first death due to it was reported on MondayAccording to a civic report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday one death due to dengue and a total of 723denguecases have been recorded this season till October 16 which is the highest case count since 2018 for the same periodOf the total number of dengue cases recorded in Delhi this year 382 have been reported this month till October 16 which amount to nearly 52 per cent of the cumulative casesKejriwal said that like last year this time too the Delhi government is running the 10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute anti-dengue campaign All ministers MLAs and officers of the Delhi government are also taking part in the campaign and cleaning the water accumulated in their homes every Sunday he addedAlong with this all the citizens living in Delhi are being made aware on changing of water in coolers pots every week by joining the campaign he saidWe all have to work together to stop mosquito-breeding We all have to do this for 10 weeks and defeat dengue Kejriwal saidThe maximum number of dengue cases are reported every year between September 1 and November 15 the chief minister saidDengue mosquitoes breed only in clear water The mosquito lays larvae on clear water which turn into mosquitoes within 8-10 days If that water is changed before eight days and larvae removed then mosquitoes will not be generated he added A total of 1072 cases and one death was logged in the entire year in 2020In2015 the city had witnessed a massive outbreak of dengue when the number of dengue cases reported has crossed 10600 in October itself making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996 PTIKND KJ

New Delhi Oct 18 PTI Around 7066 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in the month of September 544 per cent higher than 6701 lakh who travelled in August the countrys aviation regulator said on MondayAccording to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA 5007 lakh people 3113 lakh people 2115 lakh people and 5725 lakh people had travelled within the country by air in July June May and April respectivelyThe sudden drop in domestic air traffic in May was due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that had badly hit the country and its aviation sectorWhile IndiGo carried 3969 lakh passengers in September with a 562 per cent share of the domestic market SpiceJet flew 602 lakh passengers accounting for a 85 per cent share of the market according to the data shared by DGCAAir India Go First previously known as GoAir Vistara and AirAsia India carried 853 lakh 58 lakh 612 lakh and 413 lakh passengers respectively in September the data showedThe occupancy rate for the six major airlines in September was between 637 per cent and 788 per cent it statedThe occupancy rate for SpiceJet was 788 per cent in September the DGCA noted The occupancy rates for IndiGo Vistara Go First Air India and AirAsia India were 736 per cent 724 per cent 741 per cent 637 per cent and 68 per cent respectively it addedThe aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the pandemicIndia resumed domestic passenger flights on May 25 last year after a gap of two months due to the coronavirus pandemicThe DGCA data mentioned that in September 2021 IndiGo had the best on-time performance of 955 per cent at four metro airports -- Bengaluru Delhi Hyderabad and MumbaiAirAsia India and Go First were at the second and third positions in relation to on-time performance at the aforementioned four airports in August with 951 per cent and 944 per cent on-time performance respectively the DGCA saidAll airlines in India have opted for cost-reducing measures such as pay cuts leave without pay and layoffs in order to tide over the coronavirus-induced crisis PTI DSP SRY