FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms QUALITY AT VALUE FREE PRESS VOL. XXXX NO. 352 | INDORE | TUESDAY | MAY 28, 2024 | PAGES 14 r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026; `3 r RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in - EDIT SHREYA'S JOURNEY TO IPL VICTORY MAN-MADE TRAGEDIES HAVE TO STOP SPORTS WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE DECODING BO FORMULAS 40.60c. 25.60c Sunrise : 05.48 Sunset : 06.58 CINEMA Indore's dust-free success: CASES OF RESPIRATORY illness go down by 50% in three years, doctors pat IMC’s back for retaining cleanest city tag As per the record of Health Department’s noncommunicable diseases wing, cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have nosedived from 278 in 2021-22 to 150 in 2023-24. Similarly, childhood asthma cases have also decreased significantly, from 904 to 488 during the same period, i.e. by 46.02%. “Indeed cases of respiratory illness have declined by at least 20%. CONTD. ON P7 RAGINEE CHAUREY Indore Indore, the cleanest city in India for seven consecutive years, has seen a remarkable decline in respiratory illnesses, attributing it to rigorous cleanliness initiatives. Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) focus on making Indore ‘dustfree’ has resulted in nearly 50% reduction in cases of respiratory illness among adults and kids, in three years. AIMING TO GO ‘DUST FREE’ Next time if you witness a yellow vehicle running on the edges of road sweeping and cleaning with water, thank the waste management system of the city. The vehicles maintain over a stretch of 700 km in the city ensuring that the city is dirt free. PRITHVIPUR HOTTEST AT 48.7 C; 0 MERCURY ABOVE 45 IN 16 DISTS RED ALERT O BHOPAL SIZZLES AT 44.8 DEG OUR STAFF REPORTER City.bhopal@fpj.co.in Mercury soared to 48.7 degrees Celsius on Monday at Prithvipur in Niwari district. It is the highest day temperature recorded in the state in the current season. In the past, Bhind had recorded 48.7 degrees Celsius on May 13, 2022, May 14, 2022 and May 20, 2022. Meanwhile, the state grappled with intense heat wave in the last 24 hours. RED ALERT for severe heat wave was issued in districts like Rajgarh, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Datia, Bhind, PLACES Prithvipur Datia Guna Khajuraho Ashok Nagar Damoh Rajgarh Sagar Sehore Gwalior Shivpuri Shajapur Nowgong Tikamgarh Katni Khandwa Dewas Bhopal Khargone Shahdol Satna Raisen Jabalpur Umaria TEMP 48.7 47.4 47.2 47.2 47.1 47.0 46.8 46.7 46.7 46.7 46.0 45.9 45.8 45.5 45.2 45.1 44.9 44.8 44.8 44.8 44.7 44.6 44.5 44.2 Rewa Ujjain Neemuch Narsinghpur Malajhkhand Chhindwara Ratlam Sidhi 44.2 43.8 43.6 43.4 43.3 43.2 43.0 43.0 Morena, Sheopurkalan, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Niwari and Shajapur. ORANGE ALERT for intense heat wave was issued for Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Khandwa, Khargone, Alirajpur, Dhar, Jhabua, Dewas, Agar-Malwa, Damoh and Bhopal. YELLOW ALERT for moderate heat wave was issued for districts like Burhanpur, Badwani, Rewa, Mauganj, Satna, Katni, Jabalpur, Katni, Narsinghpur, Panna, Maihar and Umaria. Bhopal recorded day temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius and night temperature of 32.7 degrees Celsius. Indore recorded 41.9 degrees and 29.0 degrees Celsius as day and night temperatures respectively . AND THEY SAID Cleanliness drive by IMC has incubated idea of dust free city significantly decreasing respiratory illness. The cleanliness drive has proven to be a contributing factor in falling cases. Percentage of allergy-related asthma cases has dropped remarkably DR SALIL BHARGAVA, PROFESSOR RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE We have witnessed a significant decrease in the number of incoming patients Kejriwal seeks extension of interim bail by a week NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sought extension of his interim bail by seven days from the Supreme Court to undergo a host of medical tests, including a PET-CT scan in view of his "sudden and unexplained weight loss, coupled with high ketone levels", which are indicatives of kidney, serious cardiac ailments and even cancer. Kejriwal, in his plea filed on May 26, said he will surrender back to jail on June 9, instead of June 2, the scheduled date for his return to prison. "The appellant prays for an extension of his interim bail by a week, during which the Appellant can get the prescribed tests done and obtain results of the same. The Appellant will get all these tests done in the working week from June 3 (Monday) to June 7 (Friday) and then surrender on the weekend, i.e. June 9," the fresh plea, according to the sources, said. for respiratory illness. The work done by the civic body in the past years will be nurtured and a positive impact will be noted in the coming decade.” DR RAVI DOSI, PULMONOLOGIST IMC efforts have contributed greatly in reducing respiratory diseases in the city. Observational analysis proves that the number of patients turning in for treatment of asthma has also declined over the last few years.” AKHILESH UPADHYAY, HEALTH OFFICER, IMC Five nursing colleges of city sealed for being ‘unsuitable’ OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore Under the MP Nursing Colleges scam, on the instruction of the state government district administration sealed 5 nursing colleges of the city on Monday . These nursing colleges were found to be ‘unsuitable’ in the probe conducted by the CBI. At the end of the action of sealing of 5 colleges, Collector Asheesh Singh informed here on Monday evening that the action took place on the instruction of the state government. Collector Singh said that the CBI is carrying out the investigation of this case and in this regard the correspondence is being done between the agency and the state government. The care of affected students, who are passing through the examination, will be done as per instruction of the state District administration seals a nursing college on Monday following orders from the state government government. Earlier in the day under the leadership of , SDM Omnarayan Badkul along with the help of officers of the Health Department, 5 nursing colleges including Rai Academy Nursing College, Jagadguru Dattatray College of Nursing, Varma Union Nursing College, Hritunjay School of Nursing and Devi Ahilya Nursing College & Associated Hospital, were sealed by officers of the administration. It may be pointed out that in the probe conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as many as 26 nursing colleges in Indore were found suitable, five unsuitable and two with deficiencies. In its report submitted to Madhya Pradesh High Court, the CBI had mentioned that they found 169 suitable, 72 deficient and 66 unsuitable colleges in the state over which the court also issued the chart of 306 colleges where the CBI had conducted inquiry and categorised colleges in ‘suitable’, ‘deficient’ and ‘unsuitable’ categories. CONTD. ON P7 Cyclone Mamata Jabalpur admin cracks down on 11 On Pak support for pvt schools for exploitative practices RaGa, Kejriwal, PM brewing? NEWS BRIEF Undertrial throws slipper at magistrate JAIPUR: An undertrial prisoner who was taken to a local court for hearing in a case on Monday hurled his slipper at the magistrate inside the courtroom in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, police said. Tenure of top defence scientist extended NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday extended the tenure of Defence Research and Development Organisation chief Samir V Kamat by one year, a Personnel Ministry order said. No govt job for terrorists' kin: Shah NEW DELHI: Sending a tough message, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that no family member of any terrorist nor close relatives of stone pelters will get government jobs in Jammu and Kashmir. 13 Indians lured into illegal work rescued LAOS: Thirteen Indians, who were lured into illegal work in Laos, have been rescued and are being sent back home, the Indian embassy in the Southeast Asian country said on Sunday. Last month, 17 Indian workers were rescued in Laos and were repatriated. Telangana woman dies in road accident in US HYDERABAD: A 25-yearold woman from Telangana was killed after being hit by a car in the US's Florida state, her family said on Monday. Guntipalli Sowmya died after she was hit by a speeding car. Will skip key INDIA bloc meeting on June 1; Is Mamata hoping to leverage her position depending on how fickle are the LS results? ORDERS REFUND OF OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in ROBIN ROY & ARITRA SINGHA KOLKATA A mercurial Mamata, who has a penchant for playing political cards close to her chest, has decided to skip the I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting on June one. Political observers see this as nothing less than a ‘brewing political cyclone’ that will hit the coast once the EVMs have pronounced their verdict on June 4. This essentially means that Mamata will be conspicuous by her absence at a meeting where all other alliance partners will be present. The meeting has been convened by none other than Mallikarjun Kharge and is expected to take stock of the political variables involved in the run-up to the declaration of results. Mamata has cited the last phase of elections in the state as well as the need to battle the aftereffects of cyclone Remal as the reasons for playing truant. The decision has been conveyed to the block, sources said. However, political observers are wondering whether Mamata is positioning herself, hoping to leverage her position depending on how fickle the results are. BJP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Shamik Bhattacharya said the CM’s political acumen cannot be questioned. “CM Banerjee understands politics inside out and is acutely aware that BJP is romping home with a massive mandate,” he said. CPI (M) leader Sujan Chakraborty called Mamata’s decision a “clear indication of the setting between PM Modi and Didi.” A lot will, of course, depend on the numbers Mamata has in West Bengal and how precarious the calculus is at the Centre. More important, which side is more inclined to bend backwards to accommodate her interests. CONTD. ON P7 Jabalpur district administration cracked its whip against 11 private schools for minting money by pressurizing parents in the name of fee hike, sale of text books, introducing new books every year, stationary, buying books from a particular shop etc. These schools also minted money by pushing fake and duplicate ISBN books. FIR was registered done against 80 people (29 repeated). Twenty including five prin, cipals, have been arrested. The administration has ordered the schools to re- HAVE NO FAITH IN GUJARAT GOVT: HC WRONGDOING n They made fast money by increasing the weight of school bag. They increased weight to 993.63 kg against every class’s fixed cumulative bag weight of 431 kg n They introduced new books without any reason or rhyme for huge commission. Out of 1,907 text books, 1,223 were new. n They also usurped huge commission through cheap, fake and duplicate ISBN text books. Out of the 1,833 text books, 1,629 (88.87%) were fake ISBN books n The book margin was 60% (Rs 3.47 crore) and stationary margin was 50% (Rs 65L) ACTION The administration has ordered the schools to return fee of Rs 81.30 crore to parents and also slapped a fine of Rs 22 lakh on them. FIR registered against 80 people. Twenty, including five principals, arrested. turn fee of Rs 81.30 crore to parents and also slapped a fine of Rs 22 lakh on them. Jabalpur Collector Deepak Saxena said that schools were not uploading annual report on the portal, thus hiding their income and expenditure. He said schools used various kinds of tactics to mint the money . CONTD. ON P7 AHMEDABAD whether the civic body sat over the fire safety orders passed earlier on a PIL for 18 months. The HC was hearing a suo motu PIL on the TRP game zone fire tragedy which occurred on May 25. A day earlier, the HC termed the incident a prima facie "man-made disaster". The bench asked whether the civic body had turned a blind eye to such a big structure coming up in its vicinity after its lawyer The Gujarat High Court on Monday said it does not have faith in the state machinery "which gets into action only after innocent lives are lost", as it pulled up the Rajkot civic body over the purported lapses in functioning of the game zone facility where a massive fire killed 27 persons. A special bench of Justices Biren Vaishnav and Devan Desai asked Is it King of Clay’s swansong in Paris? HARIDEV PUSHPARAJ / Mumbai He lorded over the hallowed Roland Garros clay court for a better part of his career with aplomb, but all good things, as they say, come to an end. Or so it seems, with Rafael Nadal. The ‘King of Clay’ and 22times Grand Slam champion was sent crashing out of the French Open in his first round match by Germany’s Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. The defeat is seen by many as Nadal’s swansong at the French Open, which he has clinched a record 14 times, having been an absolute master on one of the trickiest surfaces. Nadal’s loss to the fourth seeded Zverev brings the curtains down on one of the longest love affairs in Grand Slam tennis. The Spaniard from Mallorca has an astounding 112-4 record at the prestigious tournament and some of Nadal’s biggest rival like the legendary Novak Djokovic, fellow Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, a wellknown Nadal super fan, were in attendance. With the Paris Olympics fast approaching later this year, Nadal was hoping to feature for Spain perhaps one last time and grace the Court Philippe-Chatrier to regale and enthral his ardent Parisian fans. The Spanish icon was struggling with an injury sustained after the 2023 Australian Open and had lost out in action for most of the last season. If Nadal indeed officially announces this appearance as his last at the French Open, the annual slugfest of the best of the best for The Musketeers Cup would never be the same, leaving a huge void that will be hard to fill. talks of probe NEW DELHI: The ostensible support for Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from a Pakistani leader drew a sharp response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said it was a "very serious matter and calls for an investigation". In an interview with IANS, he, however, added, “I don’t think I should comment on such topics from the position I am in, but I can understand your concern.” Over the weekend, as Delhi voted, former Pakistan minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain -- who recently shared a video of Rahul Gandhi and praised him -found an opportunity to praise Arvind Kejriwal also, only to be met with a rebuff. Asked about the matter, POLICE CHIEF SHIFTED Rajkot police chief Raju Bhargava has been transferred days after a horrific fire at a gaming zone in the city killed 28 people, including nine children. He has not been given a new post at this time. He will be replaced by Brajesh Kumar Jha, the Special Commissioner of Police from Ahmedabad. submitted that the TRP Game Zone had not asked for requisite permissions. CONTD. ON P7 I don’t know why only a few people are liked by those who have enmity with us, why there are only a few people in whose support voices are raised from there PM Modi said, “I don’t know why only a few people are liked by those who have enmity with us, why there are only a few people in whose support voices are raised from there”. P6 Principal entities blacklisted in crackdown on SMS scammers NEW DELHI In a major crackdown on SMS scammers, the government has blacklisted 'principal entities' behind SMS headers that were used to send over 10,000 fraudulent messages over the past three months, according to an official release. The Department of Telecom (DoT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has taken decisive action to protect citizens from potential SMS fraud through the Sanchar Saathi initiative, it said. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Union Home Ministry gave information about the misuse of eight SMS headers for sending fraudulent communications for committing cybercrime.