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Curbs Extended For 2 Wks, With Some Easing
In Red Zones Too, Offices
Can Function, Domestic
Help May Be Allowed
Bharti.Jain@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Two days before
the scheduled end of the na-
tional lockdown, the Centre
on Friday extended it by
another two weeks, but with
significant easing of curbs
Aarogya app to be
must for all in offices
T he Union home ministry
guidelines issued on Fri-
day said use of Aarogya Setu
app would be mandatory for
all employees, both private
and public, while resuming
work in office. It would be
the responsibility of the he-
ad of the organisation to en-
sure compliance. P 6
intended to reopen the count-
ry and restart economic acti-
vity even in the red zones, lea-
ving only containment areas
under strict restrictions.
The movement of indivi-
duals for “non-essential” ac-
tivities has been prohibited
between 7pm and 7am, and
senior citizens, persons with
co-morbidities (health con-
ditions) and children below
Minorities panel
chief booked
for sedition
D elhi Minorities Commis-
sion chief Zafarul Islam
Khan was on Friday booked
for sedition and promoting
enmity on grounds of religi-
on for one of his Twitter
posts on April 28. An FIR was
lodged. Police will soon call
him to join the probe. The ac-
count was operated by Khan
himself. The complaint alle-
ged his intention was to cau-
se disharmony and create a
rift in society. P 4
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Green nod to
new Parl house
A n environment ministry
panel has recommended
granting green clearance to
a new Parliament building.
Congress slammed the gove-
rnment for going ahead with
the project amid Covid cris-
is, saying it showed the Cen-
tre’s “warped, distorted and
absurd priorities”. P 4
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8 henceforth, all dues
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10 years are to stay at home
except for health purposes.
This can allow domestic help
and other local workers to
work during the day though
states are expected to further
clarify the rules in this re-
gard. Private offices (at 33%
staff strength) will be able to
function even in red zones.
The norms set the fram-
ework for states, which can
increase restrictions but can-
not dilute them. The norms
allow near-normalcy in gre-
en zones, now designated as
areas with no fresh cases for
21days, with the movement of
taxis, autos and rickshaws.
The same applies to orange
zones where no cases have be-
FULL COVERAGE: P 2-12
en detected for a fortnight but
such movement is prohibited
in red zones. Buses will also
be allowed to operate at 50%
capacity in green zones. In
red zones, private four-whee-
lers with maximum two pas-
sengers in the back are per-
mitted but for two-wheelers,
no pillion riders are allowed.
E-comm curbs eased, P 5
Delhi turns all
‘red’ as two
orange zones
reclassified
DurgeshNandan.Jha
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The number of
districts termed “red zones”
in Delhi has risen from nine
to all 11. This means the enti-
re city is now in the red zone,
as the two districts that had
the orange tag till Tuesday
have been brought under the
strictest colour code.
6.5km of police
barricades in city
A lmost 9,500 barricades
are being used across
the city at police pickets and
to demarcate containment
zones. If lined up end to end,
these would span 6.5km.
Moreover, another 8,000 ha-
ve been ordered. Police sta-
tions have been told to keep
80-100 barricades free. P 2
Senior officials said the
districts were earlier desig-
nated red, orange or green
based on the cases reported
and the doubling rate. North
West and South West Delhi
had fared better on both co-
unts and had been kept in the
orange category.
However, under the new
system that considers the ex-
tent of testing and surveil-
lance feedback in addition to
the number of cases and do-
ubling rate, these districts
have also become red zones.
‘No herd immunity’, P 3
For 42 days, 65-yr-old has slept in ambulance,
says will go home ‘once Covid-19 war is over’
Pankul.Sharma
@timesgroup.com
Bareilly: This Ramzan is diff-
erent for 65-year-old Babu
Bharti. His wife, Bilkis, isn’t
preparing hot sewai for iftaar
and his three children haven’t
asked for new clothes. In fact,
Bharti, who drives an ambu-
lance in UP’s Sambhal district,
hasn’t seen his family in 42 da-
ys. Since March 23, the driver
has been doing rounds of con-
tainment zones and hotspots
and has now made the emer-
gency vehicle his home.
“I sleep in the ambulance, I
shower when I find a tubewell
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LOCKDOWN LITE: LIQUOR, CIGARETTE SALES TO RESUME
IN RED ZONES: (Outside
Hotspots, Containment Zones)
➤ No taxis and Uber in red zones
but private vehicles with two
passengers in back seat allowed. For
two-wheelers no pillion
➤ Private offices like architects,
lawyers and IT firms allowed to
function with 33% staffing on any
given day, with remaining people
working from home
➤ Rules can permit domestic help,
local workers for non-essential
activities between 7am and 7pm
subject to states framing regulations
➤ Paan and liquor shops to be open
with social distancing, and not more
than 5 customers at a time. Bars and
restaurants remain shut
➤ Print & electronic media, IT &
IT-enabled services, data & call
centres, cold storage & warehousing
services, pvt security & facility
mgmt services, and services
provided by self-employed persons,
except for barbers
➤ Industrial establishments in
urban areas, SEZs, EOUs, industrial
estates and industrial townships
In Centre’s new list, 18% dists still in red
zone, but 43% in green & 39% orange
Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Of the 733 dis-
tricts across the country, 130
— or 17.7% — are now classifi-
ed red zones, 284 (that’s
38.7%) are orange, and 319
(43.5%) green, after the Cent-
re on Friday tweaked their de-
finition as a precursor to the
third phase of the lockdown
starting May 4.
However, all major cities,
including Delhi, Mumbai,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Benga-
luru and Kolkata, continue to
be in the red zone.
The rule for a district to
now qualify as a green zone
has been eased: If there are
no confirmed cases till date
or no case reported in the last
21 days, as opposed to 28 days
under the old classification.
The districts were earlier
designated as hotspots or red
zones, orange zones and gre-
en zones primarily based on
the cumulative cases repor-
ted and the doubling rate.
Zonal classification, P 5
May 1 mayhem: Record 2,333 cases
in a day, over 1,000 in Maha alone
DurgeshNandan.Jha
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Covid-19 cases in
India grew by the highest
number yet on Friday when as
many as 2,333 cases were detec-
ted across the country, led by
an explosion of infections in
Maharashtra, which reported
a record 1,003 new cases in a
single day with Mumbai alone
accounting for 741.
The number of cases re-
ported on Friday was 27% hig-
her than the previous single-
day peak of 1,840, recorded on
Tuesday, and represented a
6.7% growth in infections in a
day. The country now has re-
corded 37,200 Covid cases and
Babu Bharti ferries suspected patients to UP’s Sambhal hospital
in a field. Arrangements for
my food are made by the hospi-
tal where I work. I have deci-
with access control can open
➤ Mfg units of essential goods,
including drugs, pharma, med
devices, their raw material &
intermediates; prodn units which
require continuous process, and
their supply chain; manufacturing
of IT hardware; jute industry
with staggered shifts and social
distancing; and manufacturing units
of packaging material
➤ Construction activities in urban
areas where workers are available
on site, and construction of
renewable energy projects
➤ Standalone shops, neighbourhood
shops and shops in residential
complexes can open in urban areas;
e-commerce only for essential goods
➤ All govt offices shall function
with senior officers of level of
deputy secy and above at full
strength, and the remaining staff
attending up to 33%
➤ Defence & security services,
health & family welfare, police,
prisons, home guards, civil defence,
fire & emergency services, disaster
management & related services,
NIC, customs, FCI, NCC, NYK and
municipal services shall function
DELHI, BENGAL, MAHARASHTRA
TOP IN SHARE OF RED ZONES
THE THREE ZONES
Green Zones (319):
Districts with either zero
confirmed cases till date;
or, no confirmed case in
the last 21 days
Red Zones
(130): Defined
by taking into
account the total
number of active
cases, doubling rate
of confirmed cases,
extent of testing and
surveillance feedback
from districts
Orange Zones (284):
Districts which are neither
defined as Red nor Green
5 states Guj, UP & Raj
have more have over 2,000
than 30% of cases each but less
their districts
in Red Zone
than 30% districts
in Red Zone
COVID COUNT ZOOMS PAST 37,000
Top 5 In New Cases (Total)
Maharashtra
Gujarat 326 (4,721)
Delhi 223 (3,738)
Tamil Nadu 203 (2,526)
Uttar Pradesh 116 (2,327)
0 new cases in Kerala,
1st after lockdown
1,222 deaths, with the toll ri-
sing by 68 on Friday, accor-
ding to reports from states.
Tamil Nadu too saw its hig-
hest rise in cases, with 203 ad-
ded to go home only once we
win the battle against corona-
virus,” Bharti said on Friday.
without any restrictions; delivery of
public services shall be ensured and
necessary staff deployed
➤ All industrial and construction
activities in rural areas, including
MNREGA works, food-processing
units and brick-kilns
➤ In rural areas, all shops, except
in shopping malls are permitted
➤ All health services (including
Ayush) to remain functional
➤ All agriculture, animal
husbandry, and plantation
activities allowed
➤ Banks, NBFCs, insurance &
capital market activities, and
credit co-op societies. Operation of
homes for children, senior citizens,
destitutes, women & widows and
operation of anganwadi allowed
➤ Public utilities like water,
power, telecom, internet, waste
management; courier & postal
services to function
➤ Districts with large non-
municipal areas will have more
relaxed norms for such localities
➤ No flights till May 17, possibility
of limited start after that
Among larger states
and UTs, all of Delhi’s
districts are in the
Red Zone
West Bengal
and Maharashtra
come next with the
highest proportion of
districts in Red Zone
Among big states,
Chhattisgarh, Assam,
Odisha and Jharkhand
have more than 50%
districts in Green Zone
Total Cases
1,008 (11,506) 37,200
Friday’s Cases
2,333
Total Deaths
1,222
Deaths On Fri
68
ded on Friday, while Gujarat
(326) and Delhi (223) continued
to report high numbers.
Recovery cases 26%, P 6
Dr Neeraj Sharma, in-
charge of the rapid action te-
am against Covid-19 in Samb-
hal, said Bharti was part of
the team since the outbreak
in the district. “We have bro-
ught nearly 1,100 suspected
Covid-19 patients for tests at
the district hospital and at le-
ast 700 of them were ferried
by Bharti. His dedication is
unparalleled. He is ready
with his ambulance at any ti-
me of the day and night.”
Bharti works on contract
with the district hospital for
Rs 17,000 a month.
‘Have a duty’, P 6
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WHAT IS PROHIBITED IN
RED ZONES,
Five spl trains ferrying
OUTSIDE THE
CONTAINMENT ZONE stranded people, more
➤ Plying of cycle rickshaws
and auto rickshaws; running
of taxis and cab aggregators;
intra-district and inter-district
to run in coming wks
plying of buses; barber shops, Dipak Dash & Bharti Jain TNN
spas and salons BULK TICKETS
New Delhi: A day after the
WHAT REMAINS Centre said buses will be used ➤ State govts identify
SHUT IRRESPECTIVE to take migrant workers to passengers, inform Rlys;
OF ZONES tickets issued in bulk
their home states, the Indian
➤ People brought to stns in
➤ Air travel, rail, Metro and Railways also started six
inter-state movement by road ‘Shramik Special’ trains to buses, medically checked &
transport workers, students
➤ Running of schools, given masks, sanitizer
colleges, and other edu and and tourists following a go-
➤ Only 54 passengers in 1
training/ coaching institutions; ahead from the home mini-
➤ Hospitality services, stry. With many states appro-
sleeper coach; RPF ensures
social distancing in trains
including hotels, restaurants;
places of large public
gatherings such as cinema
aching the railways, the spe-
cial trains will be a regular fe-
ature in the coming weeks.
FIRST 6 SHRAMIK SPECIALS
Lingampalli to Hatia, Aluva
halls, malls, gymnasiums, Late Friday night, there
to Bhubaneswar, Nashik to
sports complexes were reports that the Nas-
Bhopal, Jaipur to Patna,
➤ Social, political, cultural hik-Lucknow special train
and other kinds of gatherings;
Kota to Hatia, Nashik to
was being rescheduled. Lucknow (rescheduled)
religious places/ places of The trains will be able to
worship for public
facilitate movement of a lar- MHA guidelines prescribe,
MORE COVERAGE P 5 ger number of people in less we will run special trains on-
time than would have been ly when we are approached by
the case if only buses were state governments. Several
allowed. Hours after the first
train left Lingampalli in Te-
langana, the home ministry
issued revised guidelines
states are discussing with our
zonal offices. We are ready to
run more trains complying
with the norms,” a railway
permitting trains for inter-
state transport of stranded
people amid the lockdown.
ministry official said.
Almost all trains that star-
ted on Friday had 24 coaches
Railway ministry offici- each and transported around
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als said a few more trains will
be run from point-to-point in
1,000-1,200 passengers.
the next couple of days. “As ‘Only for those...’ P 5
Flypasts for
corona warriors ‘Secret’ midnight train
on Sunday
T he armed forces will Sun-
day conduct flypasts acro-
from Hyderabad puts
ss India, illuminate warships,
undertake band displays and
use copters to shower petals on
migrant return on track
hospitals to express gratitude
PTI
Mahesh Buddi & Gaurav Pandey
to all “corona warriors”, from
doctors and nurses to police- Hyderabad/Ranchi: In a
men and sanitation workers. hush-hush midnight exercise
Fighter jets and transport meant to avoid a Bandra-like
situation, 1,225 migrant wor-
2 Armymen killed in Pak
kers from Jharkhand were
shelling in Kashmir, P 7
picked up from a camp near
aircraft of the IAF will con- IIT-Hyderabad on Thursday
duct flypasts as part of the and put on a train home at the
“special activities”, said chi- crack of dawn on Friday,
ef of defence staff Gen Bipin kick-starting what turned Migrants on board a train to
Rawat on Friday. out to be a coordinated cen-
But the move invited some tral initiative to ferry stran-
Bhubaneswar from Kochi
criticism from many veterans, ded people back to their nati-
who said it was “a needless ve places by point-to-point 215 +ve in Punjab
drama” detracting the armed
forces from their task of pro-
“Shramik Special” trains.
Other than Jharkhand after return from
tecting the frontiers and main-
taining operational readiness.
CM Hemant Soren, his Te-
langana counterpart
Chandrasekhar Rao, DGP
K
Nanded shrine
Zero automobile
sales in April
Mahender Reddy and chief
secretary Somesh Kumar, no-
body had advance informa-
M aharashtra on Friday se-
aled the areas around
Nanded’s Takht Hazoor Sa-
tion about the train that left hib after 215 pilgrims, who
T he Indian auto industry
had nil sales in April beca-
use of the lockdown. Compa-
for Hatia from Hyderabad.
Even the travellers didn’t
know till they reached Ling-
had visited the shrine, tested
positive on their return to
Punjab. However, the gurd-
nies say there has been loss of
production and “sales oppor-
ampalli station. In a similar
secret op, Maharashtra
waras in the complex remain
open. Punjab health minister
tunity worth thousands of cro- sent 341 migrants from B S Sidhu sent a letter to Ma-
res”. They feel the going will be Nashik to Bhopal by train harashtra expressing disple-
tough as “livelihood takes pre- and plans another one to asure that the pilgrims were
cedence over large-ticket bu- Lucknow on Saturday. not tested, and merely scree-
ys” and people will be wary of ned, before they had set out on
malls and dealerships. P 11 Paid railways `5L, P 5 their return journey. P 6
‘Won’t return to Delhi ICMR cap too
high? Calls to
once I reach home’ cut test price
Pankhuri.Yadav
Sanjay Sekhri
@timesgroup.com Rema.Nagarajan
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: For 47-year-old
Asha Devi, who sold tea in
Preet Vihar and earned four W ith many states manag-
ing to bring down the
times what she did in her vil-
lage in Bihar, the shift to Del-
hi was almost a dream come
cost of RT-PCR tests for Co-
vid-19 to half the Rs 4,500 cei-
ling fixed by Indian Council
true. Until the lockdown bu- for Medical Research (IC-
rst the bubble. Today, she frets
about the need to return to
MR), the cries to revise the
price have become louder.
Purnea, having spent the past
month in an undignified exis-
Asha Devi has been at Yamuna The fact that some priva-
te labs are offering package
Sports Complex for a month
tence at the Yamuna Sports
Complex shelter for migrant
workers with her large fami- Don’t leave: BSY &
deals of 50 or more tests, in-
cluding the Covid-19 test, for
just Rs 5,000 has buttressed
ly: a brother, two daughters, the argument that the ICMR
six children, a pregnant sis- KCR to migrants cap may be too generous.
ter and a brother-in-law.
“I won’t return to Delhi
once I reach home. I don’t care
F earing a shortage of la-
bour once economic activ-
ities resume, Karnataka CM
In many states, as the
number of Covid-19 tests be-
ing done in private labs has
about the extra money,” said B S Yediyurappa and his Te- gone up, governments have
the woman, who has been sep- langana counterpart K Chan- announced reimbursement
arated from her youngest so- drashekar Rao have appealed rate they pay private labs for
ns, aged 6 and 7, all this while. to thousands of migrant samples sent to them.
workers stranded in the two
Missing migrants, P 2 states not to go back home. P 5 ICMR request, P 6
2 TIMES CITY | LOCKDOWN-DAY 38 THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020

Photo: Anindya Chattopadhyay

COMBATING COVID-19 Petrol pump HELPING

About
250
attendants HAND migrant shelter
Housing for
1,167 61 2,510 PHONE SUPPORT wearing homes
close to
Discharged Dead Active cases protective suits 7,000
For an ambulance buy vegetables people
from a vendor
Helpline on Lodhi Road
Delhi govt
102 has doubled
quantity of free
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11 districts 7291000093, 7291000094,
PDS to
under 7291000078, 7291000071
Over 30 lakh additional 71 lakh 10kg
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wheat, rice and pulses beneficiaries linked
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3,738 Containment zones as they have access to ambulances since the lockdown ration cards
Total cases 97

9,500 barricades — 6.5km long if lined up — keep Delhi on leash
Somreet.Bhattacharya
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Almost 9,500 bar-
ricades are being used across
Delhi at police pickets and to
demarcate the containment zo-
nes. If lined up end to end, the-
se would span 6.5 kilometres.
And what is more, that is still
not enough. To meet the largest
ever demand for the familiar
yellow roadblocks, the cops ha-
ve ordered 8,000 new ones.
To enforce the lockdown,
Delhi Police has set up 809
pickets that together use
3,200 barricades. The others
have been used to block the
entry and exits in the conta-
inment zones. Each police
station has been instructed to
keep 80-100 barricades free
for quick deployment whene-
ver such a need arises.
The standard Delhi Police
barricade with a netted
structure is employed at the
pickets. “These older barri-
ers are heavy and cumberso-
me to move and ideal for
blocking the roads,” explai-
ned a police officer. Each of
these metallic roadblocks is
1.5 metres in length and half a
dozen of them effectively cre-
ate a blockade to the entrance
of any colony’s main road
Anindya Chattopadhyay
The newer ones are better
designed. The two sides of
this type have different
aspects. The side facing the
containment zone resembles
a plain and slippery sheet,
while the opposite face has
provisions for policemen to
stand on it to interact with
the people on the other side.
“We are using the ergono-
mically structured newer
barricades to block contain-
ment zone roads because
they leave no gaps for anyone
to pass through. Each barri-
IT’S ALL YELLOW: Police have set up 809 pickets that use 3,200 cade has a groove on the in-
barricades. The others have been used to block the entry and exits in ner side that fits into a corre-
the containment zones to keep movement restricted sponding groove on another.
AN OFFICER SAYS
We are using the
ergonomically
structured newer
barricades to block
containment zone
roads because they
leave no gaps for
anyone to pass
Once joined and secured with
hooks, the barricades create
a wall that cannot be brea-
ched. There is also the provi-
sion of using ropes to bind se-
veral barricades together,”
revealed a police officer man-
ning a checkpost near a con-
tainment zone in south Delhi.
A senior cop disclosed
that Delhi Police had a mixed
inventory of nearly 11,000
barricades, both of the old
and new types, all of which
have been deployed during
the lockdown.
Apart from the 9,500 used
intrinsically for the lock-
down enforcement, the rest of
the barriers have been put up
at the usual high security are-
as to manage the movement
of vehicles and people.
Police officers say that
approximately 1000 barrica-
des are also put up at hospi-
tals for managing the entry
and exit of patients.
All barricades have been
fitted with reflectors and the
Delhi Police logo to caution
people about the police’s pre-
sence. Not only are these bar-
ricades effective in halting
traffic, but they are now being
used to promote Delhi Poli-
ce’s “Dil ki Police” campaign.
“We found these metal struc-
ture to be ideal for putting up
posters and information ma-
terial during the lockdown,” a
police officer said. “So, besi-
des road blocking, they have
numerous other uses too.”

Govt readies Missing migrants may stall economic rebirth

for two-way T
 Continued from P1
he 40 lakh migrant
workers in the city, like
Devi, are desperate to
elsewhere too I just want to re-
join my family stuck in our
village,” said the plumber
who earned around Rs 6,000
every month in northeast Del-
ing with my family,” Vishal
said earnestly.
We would rather be with
our families than work here,
agreed Deepak and his broth-
tory in outer Delhi. The three
of us came to Delhi from Bi-
har, but I now realise how
comfortable it is to be with
the family,” said Deepak.
wasn’t enough for their
needs, but they stayed on in
Delhi. The lockdown made
them realise how precarious
their existence was. “We will
A PWD OFFICIAL SAYS
Like everyone else, the
migrant workers

migration
be back in their home villag-
es. And worryingly, the asser-
tions of the distressed people
never ever to return to the
city worries experts about
how an economic revival can
12 Nodal Officers To Check be achieved without them.
Delhi government made ar-
rangements for their stay and
Unregulated Movement fooding, but the migrants have
been chafing to return home to
hi. “We did set out for home in
March but police stopped us
brought to the shelter home.”
Like many others, he said
he earned more money sew-
ing suits in the capital then
he could have in Bihar, but
the “calmness that my home-
town offers goes way beyond
everything”. He is in such fi-
nancial straits that he has no
ers. They were making do
with life in the open under-
neath the Akshardham flyov-
er till last month before they
were relocated to a shelter
home. “I worked in a tile fac-
The thought of trying to
go home daunted many. Nee-
lam and her husband, who
migrated from UP’s Banda
district, earned Rs 4,000 as la-
bourers in Nangloi. This
Sanjay Sekhri
work in our field in the vil- deserve the comfort of
lage. When things normalise, their families. It is
we may still think of return- important to let them
ing,” said Neelam.- go, and yet if they don’t
Migrants frightened by
return whenever
the lockdown and wishing
construction activities
not to return to the cities
could hamper economic re-
vival. “If construction work
resume, we will have
huge losses and unmet
resumes after the lockdown
is lifted, what would be the
deadlines on our hands

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@timesgroup.com It is likely that trains will iarity. Their relief at the Centre and so resorts to giving mis- labourers?” asked builder Gi- “My contractor gives me a
be used for ferrying people to announcing special provisions sed calls to relatives hoping tanshu Lalwani. “Of course, I place to stay and three meals
New Delhi: With reverse mig- states like Odisha, Bihar, for their transport home can- they will call back. “Better understand they have their per day. He is making sure that
ration becoming a possibility, Jharkhand and West Bengal. not be imagined. Hemesh Ku- late than never, I am ready to concerns, but I hope some so- all needs of my family and me
Delhi government on Friday Principal secretary (social mar, who works in a garment leave," Kumar declared. lution is found for this prob- are met, so why go back?”
appointed 12 nodal officers, di- welfare) PK Gupta was appoin- factory in Jahangirpuri, decid- At the government shel- lem.” An official of the Pub- asked Nandan Singh. Another
rected police to check unregu- ted the state nodal officer and ed against joining a group that ter, Kumar sleeps next to Vish- lic Works Department was worker said he would rather
lated movement of migrant special commissioner Muktesh was planning to walk all the al. As he slipped out a photo similarly worried and cited stay in Delhi and earn more
workers, and created an online Chander the nodal officer for way to Bihar. “Yes, I was desper- from under his pillow, Vishal several construction projects money working double shift to
application system on which Delhi Police. Ten bureaucrats ate but I have two little daugh- said, “I have lived alone in Del- that were languishing. “Like compensate for the losses of
people could apply for being have been appointed nodal offi- ters,” he said. “So, I didn’t resist hi for two years and I suffer everyone else, the migrant the past two months. “Since
moved to their hometowns. Pe- cers for different states and as- when I was brought to the from depression. My family works deserve the comfort of everyone is gone, it automati-
ople can apply on delhi.gov.in ked to extend all assistance to workers’ shelter home. But if kept calling me back home their families. It is important cally means the workload of
and ddma.delhigovt.nic.in. Gupta and Chander so that mig- the government facilitates our but I thought I could manage to let them go, and yet if they those staying behind will in-
The authorities are already rant workers, pilgrims, tourists, return, I will go home never to things until health deteriorat- don’t return whenever con- crease. But this also means we
conducting a survey among students and other people can travel back to Delhi, at least not ed to such an extent I decided struction activities resume, will be paid for overtime. I
around 16,000 people living in be sent to their respective states. in the near future.” to go back,” he said. But then we will have huge losses and think this is my only chance to
506 government shelter homes An order was issued as- Maheshridi, who came to came the lockdown. “The Rs unmet deadlines on our make extra money,” said con-
to identify those who want to re- king for cooperation with the Delhi from UP, echoed the sen- 6,000 I made as a construction hands,” the official said. struction worker Keshav.
turn to their home- nodal officers of timent. “I don’t care what I worker will never give me the RARING TO GO BACK: Many migrants who have been living at the A few migrants, however, (With inputs from
towns. A sources sa- other states for the earned here. I can get a job peace that I will get from be- Yamuna Sports Complex are waiting to return home prefer staying on in Delhi. Sakshi Chand)
id many of the mig-
1 6 k movement of stran-

45 buses leave for Kota to get 800 students First patient

rant workers, who ded people. While
belong to Uttar Pra- Madhup Vyas has
desh, Bihar, Jhark- PEOPLE BEING been appointed the
hand, West Bengal,
Odisha and other
COVERED BY
SURVEY TO FIND
THOSE WHO WANT
nodal officer for Ut-
trakhand, Hima- to get plasma
states, want to go chal Pradesh, Goa, Sidhartha Roy, Alok KN Mishra
List hospitals where patients stranded tom of Covid-19 — first before dents will reach Delhi and me-
back to their native
places. The Union
TO GO HOME Jammu & Kashmir,
Ladakh, Dadra &
& Shradha Chettri TNN
outside AIIMS can get treatment: HC
the boarding at Kota by the
accompanying doctors and
et their parents tomorrow.”
Sharka Uruz, a medical
therapy in city
ministry of home affairs has al- Nagar Haveli and Daman &
lowed interstate travel of mig- Diu, Nikhil Kumar has been
rant workers and others by ro- given the charge of Madhya
New Delhi: Around 800 stu-
dents from Delhi who have
got stranded in Kota due to D elhi high court on Friday asked the Centre and the AAP
government to “place on record the list of hospitals” where
then again after reaching
Delhi,” the official said.
“Those found symptomatic
aspirant stuck in Kota, said, “I
have packed my stuff and am
eagerly waiting to get home.
discharged
ad and special trains. Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. the nationwide lockdown are patients stranded outside AIIMS could receive free treatment for will be treated as per the pro- Though we have not been told TIMES NEWS NETWORK
In the wake of intelligence The other nodal officers in- finally coming home. On Fri- ailments other than the novel coronavirus. The court’s direction tocol of the Union health mi- when buses will pick us up but
inputs that some anti-social clude Amit Singla for Aruna- day night, Delhi government came on a PIL seeking free medical treatment for over 100 outstation nistry,” he added. I am just relieved now,” said New Delhi: The first Covid-19
elements may try to provoke chal Pradesh, Assam, Mani- sent 45 private buses to the patients outside AIIMS hospital, which allegedly stopped treating The students stranded in Uruz, a resident of east Delhi. positive patient who received
migrant workers to violate pur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Na- Rajasthan town to bring them after Covid-19 outbreak. Delhi government told the bench that Kota, an entrance coaching The news also delighted plasma therapy in a Delhi go-
lockdown measures in a bid to galand, Tripura and Sikkim; them back to the capital. the issue of providing accommodation to these patients was the hub for aspiring engineers Khushi, who is from south vernment hospital has been
travel to their homes, the go- Garima Gupta for Punjab, Ha- Around 11pm, the buses responsibility of DUSIB, following which the court made the board a and doctors, have been stor- Delhi. “I can finally go home discharged after recovery. The
vernment has asked police to ryana and Chandigarh; DN left Kashmere Gate ISBT party in the case. AIIMS in its submission told the bench that its main ming social media asking Del- and eat proper food. Due to patient was in ICU when the
put up adequate pickets at sen- Singh for Uttar Pradesh; and with a team of social welfare, facility was not exclusive to Covid-19 patients, and the hospital hi government to bring them tension, I couldn’t even study. therapy was administered,
sitive places, seal the borders Udit Prakash Rai for Gujarat, health, transport and reve- continues to treat those with other ailments too. TNN back after some other states I hope the buses reach soon.” which showed positive results.
and maintain a strict vigil Rajasthan and Maharashtra. nue officials. “The team in- Piyal Bhattacharjee started similar exercises. Shyam Lal Gola, presi- Chief minister Arvind Kej-
across the city. The govern- Azimul Haque has been as- cludes nine welfare officers, On Thursday, chief mini- dent of All India Luxury Bus riwal on Friday said the testing
ment doesn’t want a repeat of ked to coordinate with Jhark- a team of doctors, transport ster Arvind Kejriwal anno- Union, said they provided rate in Delhi had increased, and
what occurred at Anand Vihar hand, SB Shashank with Bihar department inspectors and unced that the government buses as soon as Delhi go- 2,300 tests per 1 million people
ISBT a few days after the lock- and C Uday Kumar with Andh- revenue officials. They will was trying to bring them vernment contacted them. were being conducted, as aga-
down was enforced in March. ra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kera- ensure that social distancing back. On Saturday, he “We are ready to do so again if inst the national average of 500.
Chief minister Arvind Kej- la, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, is maintained throughout said, “Many students study- required. It was, however, This makes it appear that
riwal is in talks with other sta- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the journey and the students ing in Kota have been waiting difficult to arrange two dri- the number of cases is increa-
tes on the status of migrant wor- Lakshadweep and Puducher- reach Delhi safely,” a govern- to come back to their city. But vers and a helper for each bus sing. “Common perception will
kers. “I have been getting calls ry. Arun Mishra will cater to ment official said. we could not take any action as many of them had left for be that there is a sudden and ste-
and messages asking how peo- West Bengal and Odisha. The buses are expected to without the Centre’s appro- home,” he added. ady rise in the number of infec-
ple from Uttar Pradesh, Jhark- Compared with other sta- reach Kota, 520km from Del- val. As the Centre has given The government official ted cases. However, we have de-
hand and Bihar will travel to tes and Union Territories, peo- hi, by 10am on Saturday. The its nod, around 40 private bu- said the team had the stu- cided to increase testing to mo-
their native places. We are regu- ple live in greater numbers in buses have been already sani- ses will leave for Kota.” dents’ details and would try nitor those who have been infec-
larly communicating with the Delhi because it is the national tised but the process will be Urging the students to qua- to pick them from their resi- ted and then treating the
state governments and the final capital. The authorities have repeated before the students rantine themselves for the dences. “We will also try to patients. This will also ensure
plan will be shared soon,” he ad- been asked to maintain social are picked up, he added. next 14 days for the safety of drop them close to their ho- that the infection doesn’t spre-
ded. The CM urged people to be distancing during the move- “The students will be their family, the chief mini- mes but no final decision has ad,” the chief minister said.
patient and stay at home for the- ment of the stranded people. screened twice for any symp- ON A MISSION: The buses are expected to reach Kota by 10am ster said, “I am glad that stu- been taken,” he added. The death ratio in the city is
also less compared with other

With all districts in ‘red’, nothing much changes for city

Atul.Mathur@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Centre may
have offered some relaxation
to the public while extending
the national lockdown for anot-
her two weeks, Delhi, however,
is not likely to benefit much.
Senior Delhi government
officials said that all 11 dis-
tricts in the capital continue
to be hotspots or red zones
where most public activities
will remain suspended till
the next order, which is ex-
pected at the end of the third
phase of the lockdown.
“We are studying the revi-
sed order of the ministry of
home affairs (MHA). Since
all 11 districts of Delhi have
been categorised as red, we
have very limited scope to
permit any relaxation. We
NOWHERE TO GO: Liquor and paan shops, public transport, para
transit, spas and salon will continue to remain closed in Delhi
will come out with a detailed
plan for the city by Saturday
or Sunday,” said a senior offi-
AP
cial requesting anonymity.
Liquor and paan shops,
public transport, para trans-
it, spas and salon will conti-
nue to remain closed in Del-
hi, said officials.
Though Delhi govern-
ment is categorising its conta-
inment areas as red, orange
and green depending on the
number of days since the last
Covid-positive case emerged
in the area, officials said no
activity will be permitted
even if the area is sealed and
declared green as it will conti-
nue to be in the red district.
There are seven broad sec-
tors where certain activities
are permitted with conditional
restrictions even in districts
states, he added.
Referring to plasma thera-
py, Kejriwal said, “The results
are not final, these are just ba-
sed on trials. Initial results
categorised as red zones, some bility of giving any relaxation teams to put the project in pla- are satisfactory and we hope
of them — such as opening of in this sector was minimal. ce,” said an official. “Back-end that this technique can be tre-
standalone shops selling es- Sources, however, said that activities such as issuance of ated as a sustainable solution
sential and non-essential com- the government may allow so- certificates and disposing of for the future.”
modities in neighbourhood me of its offices to open from pending applications can also Indicating that Delhi is lik-
and rural areas and e-commer- next week. According to the be started.” ely to try the therapy again, he
ce activities of es- Friday’s order, all Delhi can also allow re- said, “A few statements by the
sential items — is government offi- sumption of construction ac- Union government led people to
already in place.
Though
Centre has allowed
the 3 3% ces with 100% staff
strength of deputy
secretary and abo-
tivities in sites where workers
are already present. This re-
laxation, allowed by the MHA
believe that plasma therapy will
be halted in Delhi. The Centre
said only the states that have be-
opening of private STAFF STRENGTH ve and 33% below in April itself, has not yet been en permitted should conduct
offices with 33% LIMIT FOR PVT them can function. implemented in Delhi. the trials.” Health minister Sa-
staff strength, offi- SECTOR TO “The government The MHA had issued a revi- tyendar Jain earlier said Delhi
cials said the go- START WORK may decide to ask sed set of guidelines giving so- had the approval for this trial.
vernment is likely officials of some me relaxation in the lockdown Around 1,100 people who
to take a decision in key departments to to allow economic activities in have recovered have been con-
this regard on Saturday. Howe- start reporting to work soon. certain areas while extending tacted for blood donation and
ver, considering the topograp- Some departments have alrea- the lockdown in mid-April, the almost everybody is ready to
hy and dense population of the dy started working on sche- Delhi government had decided donate their plasma, Kejriwal
capital, officials said the possi- mes and policies and will need to maintain the status quo. said on Friday.
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Atul.Mathur@timesgroup.com single Covid-19 case in the last few dents,” chief minister Ar- red zones and downscale it efforts to rein in the pandemic
S outh Delhi Municipal

New Delhi: If the number of Co-

vid-19 cases do not see a sudden
days and may soon be de-sealed by
the district administration.
On Friday, the government de-
vind Kejriwal tweeted.
The district admini-
stration in Delhi seal a re-
9 7 to orange and then green if
no new case is reported for
21and 28 days respectively.
and advised field officials to deli-
neate containment zones proper-
ly to ensure their effective mana-
turns orange in Ggn
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Corporation has donated Rs 1
crore to the PMCARES Fund on
Thursday. The corporation
surge, there will be a drop in the contained Mayurdhwaj apart- sidential block and decla- RED ZONES However, from the point gement. He also advised narro- employees voluntarily
number of containment zones in ment in east Delhi after keeping it re it as a containment zone WITH of giving relaxation in lock- wing down of containment zones Gurgaon: The city has moved, unexpectedly for contributed the money to the
the capital in the next few days. sealed for 28 days. Previously, if there are three Covid-19 5.25 LAKH down, these areas will be into micro-containment zones its administrators, from the red to the orange zo- fund by giving up one-day salary
On Friday, the number of Mansara and Vardhman apart- cases in the area. In some PEOPLE considered as red, orange or for effective management and de- ne, which makes it eligible for resumption of cer- and dearness allowance. Mayor
containment zones in Delhi rea- ments in east Delhi and a block in instances, the areas were green zones depending on velop an action plan to convert tain economic activities and services like autos Sunita kangra has also written a
ched 97 — housing about 5.25 East of Kailash, southeast distric,t sealed based on suspicions. the total number of cases in red zones to orange to green. and app-based cabs. But other than permissions to letter to Union home minister in
lakh population — with no new were also de-sealed. “Four weeks The area remains sealed or the respective districts. All 11 dis- In the next few days, neighbour- some categories of shops and factories to reopen, this regard. TNN
addition and de-sealing of one after being sealed under Opera- contained for 28 days if no fresh tricts in the capital on Friday were hoods such as Hauz Rani in south officials said the curbs are likely to continue as
such area in east Delhi. tion SHIELD, Mayurdhwaj case is reported there. Following categorised as red zones and the Delhi, Model Town’s Police Colony they have been while the city has been in ‘red’.
According to officials, there apartment in east delhi is being orders from lieutenant governor normal restrictions will continue. in north and Gali no 9 Pandav Nagar The number of Covid-19 cases has been on the ri- AAP MLA, kin
are several containment zones in
Delhi which have not reported a
de-contained. Congratulations
to the health team and all resi-
Anil Baijal, the government deci- Baijal, on Friday, directed all
ded to call containment areas as stakeholders for scaling up their
in east may also be de-sealed with no
new cases in the last few days.
se in the city, and the results of about 350 samples are
still awaited, making it difficult for the state govern-
test positive
ment to take a decision on easing of curbs in the city.
A n Aam Aadmi Party MLA

‘With no herd immunity,

There is also the feeling that an increase in Covid ca- tested positive for Covid-19
ses could see the city slip back into the red zone on Friday, prompting the
Delhi Red, Haryana has most UTTAR PRADESH when the next review happens. This has added to the authorities to start screening his
of NCR’s orange zones dilemma on easing some of the red zone curbs. family members and trace his

Red Zone Districts that

have the highest incidence
Karnal

Panipat
Shamli

Muzaffarnagar
sudden easing of curbs The administration on Friday ordered the ope-
ning of around 1,300 shops and 500-odd factories in
areas that are not in containment zones in an effort to
contacts. A family member of
the MLA has also tested positive.
All those who have tested
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have not reported a single
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zone. Though the Centre’s list recommends easing
of curbs in areas not in the red zone, it is the state
positive have been put
on treatment. TNN

case in last 14 days

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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020

Govt retracts order

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DOUBTS Retd judge to assess riot damage asking docs to show
WRITE To Prepare A List Of Man who pointed Minorities panel chief
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TO US Recovery To Be Made gun at cop charged booked for sedition
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New Delhi: With many health professionals

lockdown, TOI invites its readers to send their TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK Somreet.Bhattacharya@timesgroup.com in the national capital testing positive for no-
queries at www.toilockdownfaqs.com vel coronavirus, Delhi government on Fri-
New Delhi: After a representation made by New Delhi: Delhi Police Crime Branch has fi- New Delhi: Delhi Minorities Commission chi- day asked the medical directors of its hospi-
We will seek answers from the police and relevant Delhi Police, the government has appointed re- led a chargesheet against Shahrukh Pathan, ef Zafarul Islam Khan was on Friday booked tals to seek written explanation from such
authorities. We request you to keep your questions brief. tired high court judge Justice SN Gaur as the the 23-year-old who was photographed while for sedition and promoting enmity on grounds health workers how they got infected.
You may also email your queries to lockdownfaqs@timesgroup.com claims commissioner to assess the damage pointing a pistol at an unarmed cop during the of religion for his Twitter post that led to an In an order, which was later put in abey-
caused to public and private property during riots in February. uproar on social media. The case is being pro- ance following public outrage, the state he-
Answers by Delhi Police spokesperson additional the riots that took place in northeast Delhi This is the first chargesheet filed by police bed by Delhi Police Cyber Cell, which will soon alth secretary said the health workers should
commissioner Mandeep Singh Randhawa in February. in the northeast Delhi riots case. Police have fi- send him summons to join the probe. explain how they got infected despite wea-
The retired judge will prepare a list led over 750 FIRs and chargesheets will be filed The FIR was registered on a complaint ring the required protective gear, maintai-
L CKDOWN Q Schools have started online of claims to be recovered from the rioters. In for important cases in the coming weeks, offi- by a south Delhi resident at ACP Safdarjung of- ning safe distance and following precautions
? FAQS classes. To help my child with studies, I the absence of a legislation, damages will be as- cials said. fice. The complaint alleged prescribed for healthcare workers.
need to get my laptop from my office in east sessed as per a court directive. Once the In the chargesheet, police that on April 28 Khan had The May 1 order said it is reported that
Delhi. I stay in north Delhi. Am I allowed to do so? -Nidish Jain liability is fixed, it will be shared with the per- have added sections of rio- made a provocative post that many doctors, nurses, paramedics and other
Yes, you can apply for a pass and go. petrators of the crime as well as the organisers ting and unlawful assembly intended to cause disharmo- staff in non-Covid hospitals are either get-
of the event. A report will be submitted to to the original FIR lodged un- ny and create a rift in society. ting infected or reported as a contact of infec-
Q I run a small electrical shop. Delhi govt has allowed shops Delhi high court, which will determine der offences like attempted It added that considering the ted persons.
selling fans to open now. So, do we straightaway go and open recovery of the damage amount after hearing murder and attacking on-du- sensitive environment in the “Medical directors are indiscriminately
our shop or do we need to get an e-pass? -Baljit Singh the parties concerned. ty policemen. country, the comments sending them in quarantine either in hotels
You can open your shop. If there’s an issue, inform your local The appointment order also stated that an Pathan had allegedly fired made by Khan were “delibe- or their homes for 14 days. This practice is
DCP. You can take a pass to commute. assessor may be appointed to assist the claims at head constable Deepak Dahiya and others on rate and seditious with malicious intent to causing an unnecessary shortage of doctors
commissioner. The duration of the commis- February 24. He was arrested by Narcotics Cell further hurt sentiments”. and staff in hospitals,” it stated.
Q I am a medical student. Before the lockdown, I had come to sion will initially be for a period of six months. of Crime Branch on March 3 and is in jail at pre- A screenshot of Khan’s social media post The order directed the medical director of
However, it might be extended, if required, af- sent. He was the first person to be arrested in the was also attached with the complaint. hospitals to constitute a team of doctors to
visit my aunt and got stuck. DU is conducting online exams and
ter consulting Delhi Police. riots case. Police had seized his weapon, a 7.62 ca- In the post, Khan had allegedly praised fugitive ascertain whether a person declared a con-
I don’t have any books. I need to go back to my home in Nangloi.
On December 25, TOI was the first to report libre pistol. Zakir Naik claiming that he was a “respected tact comes under the central government’s
Can I get a pass? Also, can my aunt drop me back? -Bhoransh
that Delhi Police was considering recovery of The 350-page chargesheet was filed against household name in the Arab and Muslim parameters to be declared as the contact of a
You can apply for a movement pass.
damage to property on the lines of UP Police. Pathan in Karkardooma Court on Friday. world”. The account from which the positive patient.
Police had identified and arrested more The cops have also charged Pathan’s asso- provocative post was allegedly made was found However, later in the evening, another or-
Q Ours is a construction company engaged in building of electrical
than 1,000 people who had damaged private and ciate Kaleem Ahmad from Kairana, UP, as he to be operated by Khan himself. Moreover, he der was issued by the health secretary sta-
substations. We want to move a batch of construction workers from public property during the riots. Sources said was found to have harboured him when he was had signed off as chairman of Delhi Minoriti- ting that the previous order regarding shor-
one location to another. Do we need to get a pass and can we use a the municipal bodies have been asked to give a absconding. Pathan’s aide, Ishtiyaq Malik, es Commission. tage of staff in non-Covid-19 hospitals due to
car for three workers to commute? -CPE Pvt Ltd list of the extent of the damage done to the pri- who was with him at the spot during the riots, Meanwhile, Khan on Friday apologised cla- infections of doctors and staff was being
You can apply for a movement pass vate and public properties. Two special investi- has also been charged. iming that the post made by him earlier this we- kept in abeyance till further orders.
Q Though liquor shops gation teams were formed to probe the riots According to the chargesheet, Pathan fled ek was “ill-timed and insensitive” in view of More than 200 health professionals from
are closed, people are Q My daughter has been undergoing and asked to register FIRs so that the extent of from the spot after the incident and slept in his the country facing a medical emergency due to non-Covid facilities across the national capi-
going to the residence homeopathy treatment for the damage could be established. car at a parking lot in Connaught Place. the novel coronavirus outbreak. tal have tested positive for novel coronavirus.
of shop owners for their past five years for a skin ailment.
supplies in Rohini’s Are homeopathy clinics allowed to
Sector IV. Is this
allowed? –Gupta
Please give
operate now? Does she need a pass
to collect her medicines? -Yogendran
Please check if your clinic
Green nod to new Parliament plan Staff crunch continues
specific details
on our helpline
or 112
is open and then you can
go to get medicines on the
basis of your prescription.
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New Delhi: Paving the way for

RIDERS TO THE PROJECT
Photo: PTI
as borders stay closed
➤ Subject to outcome of ➤ Provide 4,500 sqm under exceed 210 KLD
anew Parliament building, the Paras.Singh@timesgroup.com kers from the public health de-
Special Leave Petition in SC landscaping in new building ➤ STP to treat waste water;
expert appraisal committee partment aren’t unaffected eit-
➤ No cutting of trees, ➤ Approvals from DPCC, zero discharge of treated water

N corpn teachers to
(EAC) of the environment mi- New Delhi: With the rest of the her. SDMC’s 230 DBCs, involved
nistry has recommended transplantation only in compliance with local into municipal drain national capital region tighte- in disinfecting premises with
granting green clearance to ‘absolutely necessary’ cases building bylaws ➤ Detailed traffic ning the interstate movement handheld pumps, were absent
the project with some condi- ➤ Plantation of at least 1 tree ➤ Fresh water requirement management plan to norms, Delhi — with its all 11dis- on Friday while around 200 fi-

get a month’s pay tions, the main one being the

outcome of a pending case in
the Supreme Court.
per 80 sqm from NDMC not to be drawn tricts in the red zone — is batt-
ling to gather the daily workfor-
ce required to implement the an-
eld workers were also missing.
The Centre needs to interve-
ne in resolving the situation as
Vibha.Sharma@timesgroup.com we have to work together to Congress criticised the go- ti-novel coronavirus drive. sanitation efforts in the conta-
fight the pandemic. We give as- vernment for pushing ahead While senior municipal of- inment zones will also be affec-
New Delhi: A day after North surance that we all are raising with the project amid the novel ficials admitted that the opera- ted, said an official.
Delhi Municipal Corporation your demands at every plat- coronavirus crisis, saying it tions had been impacted to an SDMC has arranged for
school teachers announced form,” tweeted Jai Prakash, showed the Centre’s “warped, extent, they refused to com- temporary shelters and anno-
that they would go on mass lea- standing committee chairman. distorted and completely ab- ment on the new restrictions unced reimbursement for in-
ve on Monday to protest non-pa- East corporation officials, surd priorities”. imposed by the Haryana dis- terstate workers to stay in Del-
yment of salary for three too, spoke to the teachers in the- After going through the re- tricts, including Gurgaon, Fari- hi. Following the incentives an-
months, the civic agency has ir jurisdiction on Friday, to con- sponse from the Central Public dabad and Sonipat, and the Noi- nounced on Wednesday, a slight
decided to take a loan and dis- sider their demands for no de- Works Department (CPWD), da and Ghaziabad authorities improvement in attendance
burse a month’s salary. duction in travel allowance. the EAC said, “Based on the in- in Uttar Pradesh. was noticed with 1,129 public
Following a meeting on Fri- The teachers also want that formation and clarifications ding of the EAC meeting that came at a time when the go- tilators to fight Covid-19 with The civic bodies were alrea- health field workers reporting
day, north corporation commis- they should not be marked ab- provided by the proponent vis- took place between April 22 vernment had frozen dearness the amount planned to spend dy managing with a curtailed for duty on Friday against 1,036
sioner Varsha Joshi tweeted: sent on days they could not re- a-vis mitigation measures for and 24, the CPWD rejected con- allowance of central govern- for the project. “It shows the workforce as close to 10% of the on Wednesday.
“Giving one-month salary to ach schools due to the lock- likely environmental impacts cerns over the government ta- ment employees and suspen- warped, distorted and comple- staff — who are above 55 years An official of North Delhi
municipal teachers after ta- down. proposed by the proponent, the king up the project ded MPLADS for tely absurd priorities of this or have any pre-existing serio- Municipal Corporation said 15-
king a loan in view of the diffi- Teachers of schools in so- EAC appraised environmental during the Covid-19 two years. The par- government. Bang in the us ailment — have been sent on 20% of its employees were ab-
culties they are facing. Hoping
our troubles will end soon. Try-
ing hard for the same.”
uth and east corporations had
also announced to join the
north corporation teachers in
aspects of the project and re-
commended for grant of envi-
ronmental clearance with fol-
emergency.
The Central Vis-
ta Committee, hea-
9 2 2
ty attacked the go-
vernment alleging
it has “misplaced
middle of Covid-19, they are
fast-tracking, hot-footing the
project,” he said.
leave on the health ground sin-
ce the outbreak of Covid-19.
A senior South Delhi Muni-
sent on Friday. The corporation
has six zones and around 10% of
its 50,000 workers are also not
While the salaries are ex- the mass leave. lowing specific conditions.” ded by a CPWD CRORE RUPEES priorities” and “ill- Calling the project the go- cipal Corporation (SDMC) offi- working due to the age issue.
pected to be credited in the emp- Later on Friday, the tea- Besides the outcome of the functionary, also ga- SANCTIONED FOR conceived goals”. It vernment’s “hobby horse” and cial said the attendance of staff A deputy commissioner clai-
loyees’ accounts early next we- chers associations decided to petition in the SC, the EAC has ve “no objection” to BUILDING THE said when the na- the proposed buildings as had progressively gone down med that while some workers
ek, deliberative wing also assu- wait for another week and post- listed conditions including no the new Parliament NEW PARLIAMENT tion is fighting the “Modi-mahals”, Singhvi said, in the past few days. While 5,228 were indeed facing problems at
red the teachers association of poned the mass leave decision. cutting of trees, strict adhe- while suggesting pandemic the go- “It is the intention to leave in a sanitation workers were absent borders, they were some habitu-
arranging the remaining two “We will wait for next week and rence to management of const- that the features of vernment wants to personal manner your own on Tuesday and 5,351 on Wed- al offenders too. “We have no me-
months’ salary by next week. then take further decision,” sa- ruction waste and enough pro- the new building should be “in go ahead with the project. stamp, by littering the green nesday, the number jumped to chanism to check if a grievance
“I request the teachers to id Kuldeep Khatri, president of vision for green space for the sync” with the existing one. Party functionary Abhis- verdant landscape of Rajpath 6,913 on Thursday. is genuine. We are managing the
cancel their mass leave deci- Shikshak Nyay Manch Nagar Rs 922 crore project. Congress, however, was not hek Manu Singhvi said with new buildings in the na- Domestic mosquito bree- situation by utilising the avai-
sion at this crucial time when Nigam. According to the procee- impressed and said the move the country can get 15 lakh ven- me of modernisation.” ding checkers and field wor- lable manpower,” he added.

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you or touch you but tion told students that the “It is difficult for the uni- the lockdown was announced, the free ries and shops dealing in non-essenti- said a source.
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Curbs on e-commerce firms States won’t be allowed to relax
eased in green, orange zones zonal classification of districts
Bharti.Jain@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: As part of the
easing of restrictions for the
third phase of the lockdown
from May 4, e-commerce
firms can start delivering
non-essential items in orange
and green zones but not in red
zones, which will rule out sev-
eral cities. The revised guide-
lines have a relatively small
negative list though officials
explained that this is subject
to change, keeping in view
how the coronavirus infec-
tion progresses.
A limited number of ac-
tivities remain prohibited
throughout the country, irre-
spective of zones. These in-
clude travel by air, rail, Metro
and inter-state movement by
road, running of educational
institutions and coaching
centres, hospitality services,
including hotels and restau-
rants, places of large public
gatherings like cinema halls,
malls, gymnasiums, sports
complexes as well as social,
religious, political, cultural
and other gatherings.
Movement by air, rail and
road has been allowed for se-
lect purposes. In a major relief
for states that have been
slammed by excise losses,
there is no prohibition on the
sale of liquor and tobacco
products. The consumption of
liquor, paan, gutka or tobacco
in public places will, however,
continue to be banned. As per
the norms, wearing a face cov-
er will be compulsory and use
of the Aarogya Setu app is
mandatory for both public
Alcohol shops to
open, but with
distancing norms
New Delhi: Shops selling li-
quor, paan, gutka and tobacco
will have to ensure minimum
six feet distance (‘do gaj ki
doori’) from each other and al-
so make sure that not more
than five people are present at
one time at the shop, accord-
ing to the ‘national directives
for Covid-19 management’.
The home ministry on Fri-
day allowed all standalone
shops, neighbourhood shops
and shops in residential com-
plexes to remain open in ur-
ban areas without any distinc-
tion of essential and non-es-
sential. All shops in rural ar-
eas, except in malls, are also
permitted to remain open, the
guidelines said. TNN
Pandemic helps
‘bookie’ Chawla
secure bail
New Delhi: Alleged bookie
Sanjeev Chawla, extradited
from the UK earlier this year
in connection with a match-
fixing scandal, will walk out
on bail after spending over
two months in Tihar Jail, re-
ports Aamir Khan.
Granting him relief on
April 30, Judge Ashutosh Ku-
mar highlighted in his order
that the Covid-19 pandemic
unlikely to end before one or
two years, as per the WHO,
and “no cricket match was
thrown or lost pursuant to the
alleged match-fixing.”
“Accused is ordered to be
released on bail by furnishing
a personal bond in the sum of
Rs 2 lakh with two sureties,”
the court said. TNN
Full report on www.toi.in
Lobbyist Talwar
given bail in
laundering case
New Delhi: Corporate lobby-
ist Deepak Talwar was on Fri-
day granted bail by a special
court in a laundering case relat-
ed to receiving foreign funding
illegally, reports Aamir Khan.
Special CBI judge Ajay Ku-
mar Kuhar, hearing the bail
plea through video conferenc-
ing, granted relief to Talwar on
acondition that he will intimate
the investigating officer before
leaving Delhi and not leave the
country without prior permis-
sion of the court. The bail was
granted on a personal bond of
Rs 5 lakh and one surety bond
of like amount. “I am of the
view that further custody of the
accused will not serve any pur-
pose,” the judge observed. TNN
Full report on www.toi.in
WHAT IS OPEN & WHAT IS NOT
ORANGE ZONES
➤ In addition to activities
permitted in Red Zone, taxis
and cab aggregators will be
permitted with 1 driver and
2 passengers only
➤ Inter-district movement
of individuals and vehicles
will be allowed for permitted
activities only
➤ All goods traffic to be
permitted, regardless of zones.
No state/UT shall stop movement
of cargo for cross land-border
trade under treaties with
neighbouring countries
RULES THAT
HAVE TO BE
FOLLOWED STRICTLY
➤ Wearing of face mask
compulsory in public places
➤ Use of Aarogya Setu app
mandatory for employees both
in public and private sector.
Responsibility of the head of
the organisation to ensure 100%
compliance among employees
and private sector employees.
In red zones, service pro-
viders, including domestic
helps and drivers, can travel
to households for work be-
tween 7am and 7pm though
not to and from containment
zones. Barber shops, spas and
salons will remain closed in
red zones, though they can
operate in green and orange
zones. Industrial establish-
ments like SEZs and EOUs,
manufacturing of essential
goods and IT hardware can
resume in urban areas of red
zones. All industrial activ-
Spl trains only for those
identified by states: Govt
Continued from P 1
A
bout 54 passengers are
allowed in a sleeper
coach in place of the
normal provision to accom-
modate 72 passengers. “This
is being done to maintain so-
cial distancing,” the official
said. In some cases, coaches
were earmarked by destina-
tions on the route. For exam-
ple, the train from Kota to
Ranchi had coaches marked
as Palamu, Ramgarh and
Gumla. This was done to en-
sure only those passengers
destined for a particular sta-
tion were in the specified
coach and deboarded ac-
cording to schedule.
As per MHA guidelines,
the railways has designated
nodal officers for coordinat-
ing with states. “These
trains are being run only for
nominated people identified
by the state governments.
Bulk tickets are provided to
the state and hence there is
no sale of tickets for individ-
uals. We will allow only
those passengers who are
transported by the state gov-
ernment,” the official said.
The respective state gov-
ernments will pay the ticket
price of a sleeper class and
another Rs 50 per passenger.
Don’t leave, BSY & KCR
govts appeal to migrants
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bengaluru/Hyderabad:
With lakhs of migrant
workers stranded in vari-
ous places raring to go back
home, many states are star-
ing at a labour crisis when
economic activity resumes
and are urging guest work-
ers to stay put.
“We intend to resume ec-
onomic activities soon. We
have appealed to employers
to protect workers’ interest
and pay their salaries. It is
my sincere request to all the
migrant workers to stay back
and co-operate with us,” Kar-
nataka chief minister BS Ye-
diyurappa said on Friday.
Alarm bells are ringing in
Hyderabad too. The Telanga-
na government has instruct-
ed district collectors to iden-
tify workers and try to con-
vince them that work would
start soon. State chief secre-
tary Somesh Kumar said a
majority of the workers pre-
ferred to stay back as indus-
tries in rural areas were set to
restart operations.
Full report on www.toi.in
TIMES NATION
➤ Four wheeler vehicles will
have maximum two passengers
besides the driver and pillion
riding will be allowed on
two-wheelers
GREEN ZONES
➤ All activities are permitted
except the limited number of
activities which are prohibited
throughout the country,
irrespective of the zone
➤ Buses can operate with up
to 50% seating capacity and
bus depots can operate with
up to 50% capacity
➤ Shops selling liquor, gutka,
tobacco to ensure six feet
distance from each other and
that not more than 5 persons are
present at one time at the shop
WORKPLACES
➤ Wearing of face cover
compulsory, adequate stocks
to be made available. Frequent
sanitisation, social distancing,
thermal screening
ities may resume in rural ar-
eas. Only in-situ construc-
tion will be permitted in ur-
ban areas falling in red zones
(outside containment zones)
but all construction activities
in rural areas. Markets and
marketplaces will remain
shut in urban areas of red
zones. In rural areas, only
malls will remain closed.
Even in red zones, print
and electronic media, IT and
IT-enabled services, data and
call centres, cold storage and
warehousing services, pri-
vate security and facility
HOMEBOUND: Migrant workers wait to take a special train from Nashik
Portable ration
cards in 17 states
F ive more states, including
UP, Bihar, Punjab and
Himachal Pradesh, have
joined the ‘One Nation-One
Ration Card’ platform, making
ration card portability
available in 17 states and
UTs.This will bring huge relief
to nearly 60 crore poor, who
can now get subsidised grains
at fair price shops anywhere
in these states. TNN
The fare includes compli-
mentary meals and drinking
water during the journey.
Passengers nominated
by state governments will
be screened at departure
Telangana govt paid railways
`5 lakh for special train
Continued from P 1
T
he home ministry’s an-
nouncement that the
railways had been al-
lowed to operate special
trains on request from states
came long after the first one
had crossed into Maharash-
tra from the Telangana bor-
der. Sources said a police
team had segregated the se-
lected travellers from a pool
of 2,500 migrant workers and
herded them into 56 buses
that took them to the station.
They were all medically
screened before they left.
As the buses started leav-
ing the camp at Kandi, most
workers thought they were
being taken to Jharkhand by
road. “We did not tell them
about the train. Our aim was
to ensure that news didn’t
leak through social media.
There are thousands of mi-
grant workers in labour
camps close to the station,”
* THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI | SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020
Ensure 24X7 supply
as biz restarts, PM
tells power ministry
P M Modi on Friday asked
the power ministry to
ensure uninterrupted supply
and initiate measures to
maintain the sanctity of
contracts and enhance
sustainability in the sector as
the country moves to restart
economic activities.
During a meeting to take
stock of the pandemic’s impact
on the sector, a government
statement said the PM sought
further reforms to improve the
viability of discoms, including
rationalisation of tariffs, timely
release of subsidies and
improved governance. Some of
these issues are being
addressed through the
Electricity Act of 2020, the draft
of which is being discussed
among stakeholders. TNN
Full report on www.toi.in
management services and
services provided by self-em-
ployed people, except bar-
bers, can operate. In orange
zones, taxis and cab aggrega-
tors with a driver and two
passengers can ply. No inter-
district or intra-district ply-
ing of buses is permitted.
However inter-district move-
ment of individuals and ve-
hicles will be allowed for per-
mitted activities. In green
zones, all activities apart
from those prohibited across
all zones are allowed.
Full report on www.toi.in
Shantanu Das
No regular trains
till May 17
T he railways on Friday
announced cancellation of
all regular passenger trains till
May 17 as the lockdown has
been extended. Officials said
tickets already issued will
stand cancelled and those who
booked them will be refunded.
They clarified that special
trains to transport stranded
persons, which started on
Friday, will continue. TNN
points and allowed to pro-
ceed if found asymptomat-
ic. On arrival, they will be
kept in home quarantine,
unless they require institu-
tional surveillance.
an official said. The Telanga-
na government paid over Rs
5 lakh to the railways for the
special train.
Another trainload of mi-
grants is headed to Bhopal
from Nashik in Maharash-
tra. In this case too, none of
the travellers knew until
noon on Friday that they
would be evacuated. In Kera-
la, a third special train carry-
ing 1,140 “guest workers”
from Odisha was to leave for
Bhubaneswar late on Friday.
The fourth special train on
Friday left Jaipur for Patna
with students, migrant
workers and other people
stuck in Rajasthan. All the
states have made arrange-
ments to screen the arriving
passengers.
(With inputs from Ra-
mendra Singh in Bhopal,
Hemanta Pradhan in Bhu-
baneswar & Kumod Verma
& Faryal Rumi in Patna)
Full report on www.toi.in
DIDI GOVT CALLS CENTRE’S LIST ERRONEOUS,
SAYS BENGAL HAS FOUR RED ZONES, NOT TEN
Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com
RED ZONES: ASSAM BEST-PLACED, DELHI WORST OFF
New Delhi: Since the recov-
ery rate has gone up, districts
are now being designated
Red Zone (%) Orange Zone (%) Green Zone (%) Case Rate
across various zones on a
Delhi 100 3,515 5.8
broad-based criteria, the
West Bengal 43.5 21.7 34.8 795 6.4
health ministry explained
while reclassifying the differ-
ent zones. “This classifica-
tion is multi-factorial and
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
10,498
1,463
7.3
6.3
takes into consideration the Tamil Nadu 2,323 4.7
incidence of cases, doubling
Gujarat 4,395 7.6
rate, extent of testing and sur-
veillance feedback,” health Uttar Pradesh 2,281 5.2
secretary Preeti Sudan wrote
Rajasthan 2,584 4.0
to chief secretaries of states.
Telangana 1,039 0.8
Till April 30, there were 129
districts in the red zone, 297 in Madhya Pradesh 2,719 5.6
orange and 307 in the green Kerala 497 1.5
zone. The government’s new
assessment shows that 12 new Punjab 357 3.7
districts have qualified as Bihar 426 13.5
green zone while the number of
Odisha 143 6.8
districts in the red zone has re-
mained largely unchanged; Karnataka 576 3.2
those identified as orange
zones with no new cases in 14
Haryana 9.1 81.8 9.1 313 2.0
Jharkhand 111 10.6
days have reduced from 297 to
284, primarily because many Chhattisgarh 40 1.5
have moved to the green zone.
The list comes along with Assam 42 2.2
fresh guidelines for monitor- 0 50 100
ing containment and buffer
zones with stricter measures
like house-to-house surveil- New guidelines on use of PPEs while treating non-Covid patients
lance and enhanced testing,
apart from considering the ac-
tual number of cases and their
A mid rising concerns over healthcare workers getting infected with coronavirus even while providing
treatment to non-Covid patients, the Centre on Friday issued guidelines on rational use of PPEs by the
health personnel working in non-Covid treatment areas. Health personnel working in a high-risk area, such
doubling time. The health min- as the emergency department or those managing patients with severe acute respiratory infection in the
istry has written to all states ambulance, should garb themselves in the full complement of PPE - N-95 mask, coverall, goggles, nitrile
asking them to demarcate the examination gloves and shoe cover, according to the revised guidelines. Besides, the health ministry said
containment zones and restrict those working in moderate risk-environment such as dental chamber, check-up clinic, ICU, labour room,
movement. “The containment operation theatre and labs should wear a triple-layer medical mask, face shield and latex gloves . TNN
zone is the core area and the
buffer zone is the area beyond lance,” health ministry joint al classification of districts. While Tamil Nadu has 12, Del-
the containment zone. The secretary Lav Agarwal said. According to the Centre’s hi’s all 11districts are in the red
containment zone will re- While the list will be re- list, UP has the highest number zone. Bengal has 10, whereas
quire stricter measures like vised every week, states will of districts in the red zone — 19, Andhra and Bihar have five red
house-to-house surveil- not be allowed to relax the zon- followed by Maharashtra at 14. zone districts each in the .
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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020

Punjab blames Maha Recovery cases hit 26%, offer a ray of hope
for +ve pilgrims, latter Domestic production of  Continued from P 1 rus’ toll in the state to 28.
Four persons died due to

says it’s ‘not our fault’ M

aharashtra recorded Covid-19 in Rajasthan taking

med devices ramped up the maximum 26 Co-

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chandigarh/Mumbai/Au-
rangabad: The complexities
involved in evacuating thou-
sands of migrants across
state borders are beginning
to sink in.
Maharashtra on Friday
sealed areas around Nanded’s
Takht Hazoor Sahib after Pun-
jab saw a huge spike in cases
with 215 pilgrims, who had vis-
ited the shrine, testing positive
on their return. The gurdwa-
ras in the complex remain
open. A Maharashtra official
said, “We are examining the
residents around the gurdwa-
ra. We expect the results will
available on Saturday,” he said.
The Punjab government,
however, is unhappy that pil-
grims who returned were not
tested in Maharashtra and
were just screened before they
set out on their journey. Punjab
health minister Balbir Singh
Sidhu on Thursday shot off a
letter to Maharashtra express-
ing displeasure on this count.
Sidhu, in the letter, lodged
a protest that the Maharash-
tra health authority had not
vid-related deaths on
Friday, taking its total toll to
the total toll to 62. As many as
82 others tested positive in the
state. Rajasthan now has 2666
PTI
485, followed by Gujarat (22), positive cases of the disease. Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com Similarly, production of
Madhya Pradesh (8) and Ra- Bihar recorded 41 new Co- PPEs has been ramped up
jasthan (4). Delhi, Uttar Pra- vid-19 cases, taking total cases New Delhi: Amid rising de- from around 3,300 per day in
desh and Andhra Pradesh re- in the state to 466 and one more mand for medical equipment March to 1.86 lakh per day
corded two Covid-19 deaths death due to the disease. Two to deal with increasing num- now. Against a projected de-
each while one death each persons from Ranchi tested ber of Covid-19 cases, the Cen- mand of 2.2 crore PPEs, re-
was reported from Tamil Na- positive for Covid-19 on Friday, tre on Friday said it has quired by healthcare workers
du and Bihar. taking Jharkhand’s tally to ramped up domestic produc- over the next three months,
On the brighter side, the 113. Of these, 91are active case, tion to ensure sufficient sup- 1.42 crore units will be manu-
number of persons who have while two patients have died plies of ventilators, oxygen factured domestically.
recovered from the disease and 20 have recovered. cylinders, personal protection P D Vaghela, department
till date reached 9,709 which THANK YOU, WARRIORS: Residents and volunteers shower flower UP recorded its youngest equipment (PPEs), masks and of pharmaceuticals secretary,
is 26% of all positive cases. petals on police personnel and health workers in Bengaluru on Friday coronavirus death on Friday RT-PCR testing kits. who also heads an Empowered
Postmen on their way to work in The 1,008 new coronavirus when a 15-year-old girl suc- The government said the Group formed to ensure medi-
Prayagraj on Friday cases reported on Friday was ed 22 fresh deaths on Friday, Delhi, the third worst-hit cumbed to the infection. Her projected demand for ventila- cal supplies during the Covid
a massive leap for Maharash- taking the state’s toll to 236. state, added 223 cases and two death took the state’s toll to 43. tors in hospitals to combat the crisis said that there were
testing every person, irre- tra, by far the worst-affected Ahmedabad recorded 16 or deaths to its due to Covid count. With 116 new cases, UP tally Covid-19 outbreak is 75,000. To many challenges to reach up
spective of the state they be- state. Its previous single-day 73% of the 22 deaths. All 11 districts in the capital touched 2,328 on Friday. meet this, it has placed orders to this level. “But we took the
long to, he further said. high was 811, of which Mum- It was also the third consec- have been declared red zones. In J&K, the government for 60,884 ventilators, of which challenge as an opportunity to
Maharashtra has counter- bai accounted for 602, record- utive day where the state tally In Tamil Nadu, a 98-year- said, 25 new positive cases 59,884 will be supplied by do- create supply chains and
ed the charge saying, “Each ed in April 25. of positive cases was above 300. old man, who was under treat- were recorded, taking the to- mestic manufacturers — ac- ramp up domestic manufac-
and every pilgrim was medi- Gujarat remains second Gujarat’s total count of Co- ment in the state capital, died tal tally of positive cases in counting for over 98% of the turing capacity,” he said.
cally examined before board- most affected state. It record- vid-19 cases is 4721. due to Covid-19, taking the vi- the Union territory to 639. total order placed so far. Full report on www.toi.in
ing, all of them were asympto-
matic. However, when they re-
ached Punjab, many tested pos-
itive. It appears that they
ICMR had requested Can’t go home, Aarogya Setu app must for all
caught the infection en route to
Punjab, since their vehicles have a duty to
passed though some of the hot
spots in Madhya Pradesh, par-
ticularly Indore and Khar-
pvt labs to test for free do, says driver employees who resume work
gone,” the official said. About  Continued from P 1 of kits and reagents to bear, TIMES NEWS NETWORK
4,000 Punjab pilgrims were they couldn’t do it for free. of ambulance Activists write to PMO against app use

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conducted tests of Punjab res- stranded in Nanded due to the owever, for those get- A leading player in the di- New Delhi: Amid a debate ver 35 organisations, including labour unions and 75
idents who had been stuck lockdown and were accommo- ting tested in hospi- agnostics market, Thyro- over the practicality of mak- individuals working on digital rights, have sent a letter to
there for about 40 days. dated in Sachkhand Saheb and tals and for those pay- care, has been advertising ing it mandatory for public the PMO on May Day opposing mandatory use of Aarogya Setu.
“Had they informed us Langar Saheb Gurdwaras. ing for the test themselves in packages like Safe Surgery and private sector employ- The signatories include Amnesty India, Common Cause, Digital
about this, we would have tak- The Maharashtra official a lab, the cost is Rs 4,500, the Profile, Safe Pregnancy Pro- ees to download the Aarogya Empowerment Foundation, among others, reports
en our medical team there to said nearly 300 pilgrims had al- ceiling fixed by the ICMR. The file, Safe IVF Profile and Safe Setu app, sources said the Anam Ajmal. As India extended its lockdown by another two
conduct their tests before so clandestinely left for Punjab Central Government Health Dialysis Profile, each of law empowers authorities to weeks, guidelines issued by the home ministry, which virtually
bringing them back,” said Sid- in private buses from Nanded. Scheme and a similar scheme which claims to do between seek full compliance. made the app mandatory, heightened the concerns. The order
hu. The Punjab government is Full report on www.toi.in for the Delhi government em- 50 and 53 tests, including the Home ministry guide- mentions local authorities shall “ensure 100% coverage of
ployees also continue to ob- RT-PCR test for Covid-19, for ‘I sleep in the ambulance, I shower lines issued on Friday said Aarogya Setu app” among residents of containment zones,
Government of Punjab serve the Rs 4,500 price ceil- just Rs 4,999. During the de- when I find a tubewell. I have use of the app would be man- which would be defined by district administrations. “The app
National Health Mission ing. Though the ICMR had ap- bate on pricing when labs decided to go home only once we datory for all employees, deviates from international best practices for contact tracing
Deparbnent of Health and Family Welfare , Punjab pealed to private labs to test were criticised for charging win the battle against Covid-19,’ both private and public, and apps and fails to comply with data protection standards,” the
Prayas Building , 5th Floor , Sector48-13 , Chandigarh for free when announcing the the full ceiling price, Thyro- says 65-year-old Babu Bharti added that it would be the re- letter states. It adds that the app has no or little provisions for
Tel. No. 0172-2688438 price ceiling and giving ap- care had put out detailed cal- sponsibility of the head of consent, data minimisation, transparency and algorithimic
proval to private labs to do Co- culations in public domain  Continued from P 1 the organisation to ensure accountability.
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specified date and time will be considered and fk- MW 2 1,05 20 41T0 04 CO a,1 age doesn’t scare him. deteriorated on Friday The health department said that the prospect of the
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sanitise the ambulance every fied as Dharamveer, was a other six migrant labourers ber of domestic flights be-
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boarding the vehicle,” he said. members of the group that SHO Pravesh Singh said, gan to wind down the curbs.
Mfxar4:zff 2 0; e1 decided to rest near an un- “Health officials have quar- Delhi Airport in a tweet
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when it suddenly started to the group. We have informed per government mandate, all
Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration rain on Thursday night. the victim’s family in Bihar.” domestic and international
5th floor , Krishna Enclave , Gorantla , Guntur. On Friday morning, Full report on www.toi.in schedule flight operations
Under the Present Emergency for Control and prevention of Covid 19 - the will continue to remain sus-
Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration ,Andhra Pradesh invites SO UTHERN RAILWAY pended till 11.59 pm (IST) of
May 17…”.
Tender No.: ELCORE-OHE-EPC-8- Re Closing DatelTime: 16.07.2020 11:00 proposals for Personal Protective Equipment - Gumboots , Goggles , Gloves &
TENDER DOCUMENT Sprayers. Full details are available at https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.i n/.
TENDER NOTICE
Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer , Southern Railway. Divisional Office . Salem-636055
Full report on www.toi.in
CAO/RE acting for and on behalf of the President of India invites E-Tenders against Tender No. ELCORE-
OHE-EPC-8-Re , Closing Date /Time 16 /07/2020 11:00 Hrs. Bidders will be able to submit their ori ginal / RFP Document Download -Start date and time: 01-05-2020 , 01.00 PM for and on behalf of the President of India invites ONLINE tenders for the under
mentioned works as per tender notice g iven in our e-tender portal www.ireps.gov.in
revised bids upto closing date and time only. Manual offers are not allowed against this tender and any such Submission of Proposals - Last date & time: 15-05-2020, 3.00 PM. The Tenderer ( s) I Contractor (s) Intending to apply for e-tender for Mechanical Branch n
manual offer received shall be i gnored. Contractors are allowed to make payments against this tendertowards
tender document cost and earnest Money only through only payment modes available on ( REPS portal like
Net Banking , Debit Card , Credit Card etc. Manual payments through Demand Draft . Bankers Cheque , Deposit
For enquiry regarding RFP - Email: msection@cdma .gov. in,
Ph: 7993317003 sd/- Vijay Kumar G.Srkr, IAS
Salem Division, need to get enroled in the e-tender portal www.ireps.gov in and only
onlinelender will be accepted. The cost of tender form and EMD need to be done through
Prices shoot up,
online payment only. Tenders received without valid EMD shall be rejec ted. Any other
Receipts , FOR etc. are notallowed.
1. NITHEADER
R.O.No:25PP/CUADVT/1/2020.21;Dt:01.05.2020 Commissioner & Director
mode of submission of cost of tender form and EMD wit not be accepted . All documents
to support fulfillment of technical eligibility criteria and financial eligibility criter ia and any
but hooch sees
other document required to be submitted should be scanned and uploaded along wth
Name of Work
EPC TENDER: Request for Proposal For Electrification of Railway Lines of the various
sections of Northern Railway Total RKM/T KM 880.04/ 1024 .30 On Engineering,
Procurement & Construction (EPC) Mode.(Bid/Package No. EPC-08).
the tender. It is the responsibility of Tenderer(s) / Contractor(s) to obtain Digital Signat, re
certificates for participating a-tendering,
record sale
W
SL No Description Description ith the Covid-19 lock-
Biddin g Type EPC (Single Stage) down leading to clo-

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1 Tender Notice Number and date SA-M-02-2020 dated 30.04,2020

nviaa
Tender T e Open Bidding System Two Packet System sure of bars and li-
2 Name of work
Tender Closing Date Time 16/07/2020, 11:00 Date , Time of Uploading Tender 30.04.2020 , 13:56 _ quor shops, several states
ET SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMEN T
Pre-Bid Required Yes Pre-Bid Query Date Time 18 .05.2020 11:00 have recorded a spike in li-
FACILITY (AUTOMATIC ORGANIC WASTE COMPOSTER WITH MATERIAL RECOV LRY
Advertised Value (Rs .) T 5 , 77,58 ,96 , 392. 73 Tendering Section OHE FACILITY)AT COIMBATORE , ERODE & METTUPALAYAM RAILWAY STATIONS. quor smuggling and sale and
Bidding Sty le Single Rate for Tender Bidding Unit Rs. E - TENDER NOTICE 3 Esti mate Value Z 1,06,54 ,320/- manufacture of hooch. Po-
Earnest Money (Rs.) T 2 ,00,00,000.00 Validity of Offer (Days) 180
E-Tenders are invited from firms/contractors registered with lice are on their toes as sei-
4 Earnest Money Z 2,03.300/-
UPLC Lucknow for the following jobs against which bids can be zures of consignments of
Tender Doc . Cost (Rs.) T 0.00 Period of Completion 900 Days
uploaded and same shall be opened/downloaded as per 5 Cost of Tender Form Z 5,600/- country-made alcohol and
Contract Type Works Contract Category Expenditure schedule mentioned. The details and conditions of all tenders 6 Tender Closing date and Time 29.05.2020 at 14.00 His smuggled IMFL have in-
Are Joint Venture (JV) are available on NOIDA Authority ' s official website:
Bidding Start Date 02.07.2020 Yes 7 Web address http://www ,ireps ,gov ,in creased in the recent past.
I Firms allowed to bid www.noidaauthorityonline.com & https:// etender.up.nic.in.
I
Complete details of the above tenders are given on the e-porta l ' www.ireps ,gov. in "
In Uttarakhand’s Hari-
Ranking Order for Bids Lowest to Hi g hest Expenditure Type Capital (Works) Please ensure to see these websites for any changes/ For Details of bid submission , please refer website portal "www.ireps .gov in" dwar and adjoining districts
Docs . Receipt Confirmation Required Website :- www.ireps . gov.int amendments & corrigendum etc. of UP manufacturers are do-
For Details about scope of work , approximate value of tender , cost of tender form
(A)1. 12/GM(K)/SM -WC-6/ET /2019-20, Name of Work:- D/o EMD , location and other documents, please refer website portal "www .ireps.gov .in " ing brisk business, selling a
The online bids for tenders floated through the above portal are required to he litre for up to Rs 400, double
Village Sarfabad (C/o C.C. road , drain, culvert and P/f digitaly signed.
Jal in Back of Yadu Public School's gate from Sector-120 the usual rate. TNN
Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer , Full report on www.toi.in
toTantoo Village Side) Noida, Cost- f 213.19 Lacs Salem- 636 005
No.REIUMB /Civil/12021E-T CORRIGENDU M Dated: 29/04/2020 2. 01/NOIDA/ GM(K)/SM -WC-9/ ET/2020 -21, Name of
Work:- D/o Sector-124 (C/o Balance Service road &
Office of Superintending Engineer
The f o l l o w i n g le n d e r s are s c h e d ul ed to be closed on the date as i n d i c a t e d a g a i n s t each b e l o w , a r e f u r t h e r
postponed due to national lockdown. drain of 45.00m wide road in Sector-94 & 124) Noida,
S App . Existing Date Revised date Cost - Z 252.86 Lacs 31 Circle, P.W.D., Pithoragarh
Tender No. & Tender Title
N. Cost of closing of closing 3. 03/NOIDA / GM(K)/SM -WC-9/ET /2020 -21, Name of National Competitive Bidding (E-tendering)
1. RE/U M B/Civil/Gr -287B/002/267 : Construction of s o r v c o and res de ntial ( 11.05 .2020 28.05.2020 Work :- Strengthening of road (P/L DBM and BC on Letter No 1447/62M 03/2020 Date 30.04.2020
buildings . misc./other alied w orks at Firozpur Cantt . (Gr-287-B ) in ciw 847.56 at 12.00 at 12.00 45 .00m wide road between Sector-124 & 125) Noida, Short Term Tender Notice
Railway Electrification of Bhatinda - Firozpur Cantt section . Lakh hrs. hrs. Cost - ? 184.74 Lacs The Superintending Engineer 311 Circle , Public Works Department
2. RE/UMB/ Civil/Gr -287B/03/268 : Construction of service and residential t 05.05 .2020 28.05 .2020 4. 04/NOIDA/ GM(K)/SM -WC-9/ ET/2020-21. Name of Pithoragarh invites tender through E-Tendering (Single Bid System) on behalf
buldings . Misc./other allied works in Bhatinda- Ferozpur Cantt. Jalandhar -
947.39 at 12 00 . at 12.00 Work:- M/o roads (M/o Central Verge on 45.00m of Hon 'ble Governor of Utt arakhand for following works. All other information
City and Lohian Khas-Nakodar - Phillaur and Nakodar-Jalandhar City Lakh hrs. hrs.
wide read between Sector-132 & 128) Noida, Cost - will be available form date 05.05.2020 & onward on website httpJ/www.u ktenders.
sections of Northern Ra l w ay in connection with Railway Electrification .
Z 1 04. 13 Lacs
gov.iin
3. RE/UMB/CtviVGr -248-7-260- R2 : Constructi on of staff quarters at Chandausi , t 04.05 2020 . .
21 05.2020
5. 05/NOIDA/ GM(K)/SM -WC-9/ ET/2020 -21. Name of
SI. Name of work Earnest Cost of Validity Period of Contractor 's
Construction of Cable Huts including misc. and other allied work on Moradabad - 156.30 at 12.00 at 12.00 No. Money Tender of Comp letion category of
Work:- D/o Sector-168 (D/o Service road Parallel
-
Chandausi-Bareilly, Chandausi Harduag anj and Gajraula Muazzampur - Lakh hrs. hrs.
to 45. 00m wide road in the Golden Palm cut to
(in Lac) (in Rs.) Tender registration
Narain section of Nort hern Ra lway in connection with Railway Electrification 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Village Chhaproli cut Sector-168 side) Noida , Cost -
4. RE/UMB/Civil/Gr-337-001 -269 : Const ruct ion of service and residential T 06.05.2020 Thesamework Renewal work of Category
Z 73.70 Lacs
buildings , Misc & other allied works in Suratgarh - Sri Gangs Nagar- 1 587 .75 at 12.00 tender , bearing Pithoragarh Jhulaghat 'B' or Above
Hanumangarh Incl. Sarupsar-Anupgarh (Group- 337) & Hisser - Lakh hrs. neN T,NORE&M8 6. 06/NOIDA/ GM(K)/SM -WC-9/ ET/2020-21. Name of motor road from Km. 2.40 5000.00 120 06 for Road
Suratpura sections (Group-338) of North Western Railway in c/w This Tender (i.e. /CIviIGr337.001 Work :- Strengthening of road (Resurfacing of 30.00m 1 2 , 3 , 9 and 10 by +18% Days Month works in any
Railway Electrification . RE/ UMB/ Civil/Gr - -270 has been p- wide road along Yamuna Pusta front of FH-01 Sector- SDBC in District GST State Govt./
337-001-269 ) is loaded onwww. 133 to Near Pusta cut front of Nagli Wazidpur) Pithoragarh under Govt. of
being cancelled Ireps.gov.in one Noida,Cost - ? 340.55 Lacs financial year 2020-21 India/Govt.
will be closed on Which can be uploaded by date 20.05.2020 upto 5.00 PM. undertakin g .
28.052020 at Pre-qualification shall be opened/downloaded on date Renewal work of Cha- Category
12.00 hrs . 21.05.2020 at 11.00 AM. ndak Chhera Digtoli 'B' and Above
All other forms & conditions may be soon and downloaded from Railway websito i.e . www .ireps.go
y. in. Further interested
General Manager motor road from Km. 2.54 5000.00 120 06 for Road
NOIDA 2 1.00 to 4.00 by SDBC +18% Days Month works in any
people may kindl y keep on checking this web site regularly for further postoonement modf ication , it any.
Dy. Chief Engineer, and Km 6.00 to 10.00 GST State Govt./
No. PR /318/2020 Rly . E l e c t r i f i c a t i o n / A m b a la C a n t t . by P.C. in District Govt. of
R.D. Adv Fo r & on b e h a l f of t h e P r es i den t of In d i a ) Pithoragarh under India/Govt.
"Serving Customers with a Smile" financial year 2020-21 undertaking
THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI *
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020
Now, PMLA case
in irrigation scam
during Ajit tenure
Mumbai: The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) has registered a case of
money laundering in the Vidarb-
ha Irrigation Development Cor-
poration (VIDC) scam under the
Prevention of Money Laundering
Act. For some months, the ED was
examining documents and FIRs
registered in the scam by the ACB,
reports Vijay V Singh.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau
(ACB) had investigated Maha-
rashtra deputy chief minister
Ajit Pawar in the scam but gave
him a clean chit last year.
Pawar was not named an ac-
cused in the ACB cases but the agen-
cy had investigated him as he was
the water resources minister when
the bulk of the scam occurred.
Full report on www.toi.in
Palghar probe: File
report in 4 weeks,
SC tells Maha cops
New Delhi: The Supreme Court
on Friday asked Maharashtra po-
lice to furnish a report within
four weeks detailing the status of
investigation into the lynching of
two ‘sadhus’ of Juna Akhara
along with their 30-year-old driv-
er by a mob at Palghar on April 16
despite lockdown being in force,
reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.
A bench of Justices Ashok
Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna
asked PIL petitioner Shashank
Shekhar Jha to give a copy of his
petition to Maharashtra’s stand-
ing counsel. Jha has sought a
probe headed by a retired SC
judge or by an SIT constituted by
the SC into the lynching.
Full report on www.toi.in
QM77M.T.M71777-1
CORRIGN EDUM
In reference to Tender no. Work / 623/5/ 1
Tender Dated : 21.04 .2020 Published on
28 .041020, The following points should
be read as follows: For Sr. no.5 the similar
type of work is not applicable. For Sr. no.
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PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
The E x e c u t i v e Engineer ,
Bhawarna Division , HPPWD
Bhawarna on behalf of Governor of
Himachal Pradesh , invites the item
rate bids , in electronic tendering
system from the elig ible class of
contractors reg istered with
HP.PWD for the works as detailed
in the table :-
Sr. No. :- 1. Name of work :- C/o
Thakurdawara Ram Nagar
Rajehar Tea Estate Godown Shiv
Nagar Colony Radha Krishan
Mandir Himalya via Tea Factory
Saloh road Km. 0/0 to 9/840 (SH:
Formation cutting , Passing
Places , Rlwalls , Cross Drainage,
Providing & lay ing GSB , P/ L
WBM-11, WBM -III, C.C. payment ,
Tarring work , Side drain ,
Parapets and road Furniture).
( Under NABARD -RIDF-XXV).
E s t i m a t e d C o s t :- R s .
2,91 ,72 ,590/- Start ing date for
downloading Bid :- 08/05/2020
Earnest Money :- Rs. 3,24 ,3001-
Deadline for Submission of Bid:-
22/05/2020
Sr. No. :- 2. Name of work :- C/o
link road Saprul to Harizan Basti
Sanooh via Govt. Senior Sec.
School Sanooh Km 0/00 to 1/605.
(SH: Formation cutting , Passing
Places, R/walls , Cross Drainage ,
Providing & lay ing GSB , P/L
WBM- 11, WBM-III, Tarring work ,
Side drain , Parapets and road
Furniture ). (Under NABARD-
RIDF-XXV). Estimated Cost:- Rs.
48 ,13 ,868/- Start ing date for
downloading Bid :- 08/0512020
Earnest Money :- Rs . 75,200/ -
Deadline for Submission of Bid:-
22/05/2020
Sr. No. :- 3. Name of work
Chlran to Thirak via Village Devi
Tilla Km. 0100 to 10/ 150 ilc Bridge
over Bathu Khad at RD 1/665.
(SH: Construction of 30 mtrs.
Box Girder Bridge, Formation
cutting , Passing Places , C/o
Protection work , Cross
Drainage , Providing & laying
GSB , P/ L WBM -11 , WBM -III ,
Interlocking Paver Block , Tarring
work , Side drain , Parapets and
r o a d F u r n i t u r e ). ( U n d e r
NABARD-RIDF-XXV). Estimated
Cost :- Rs. 5,00,41,877/- Start ing
date for downloading Bid :-
08/05/2020 Earnest Money :- Rs.
5 , 00 , 0 0 0 / - D e a d l i n e f o r
Submission of Bid :- 22/0512020
The bidders are advised to
note other details of tenders from
the department website
www.hptenders.gov.in.
Executive Engineer
HPPWD Division Bhawama
Pin-176083 , Tel:01894-247777
e-mail: eepwd -bhaw -hp@gov.in
on behalf of Governor of H.P
HIM SUCHANAAVAM JAN
SAMPARK
Advt No U14 7 +01;Jb2 ULU
TIMES NATION 7
Relief for Uddhav, Maha legislative council polls on May 21 2 armymen killed, 2 injured in Pak shelling in north Kashmir
New Delhi: The Election Commis-
sion on Friday announced biennial
before the May 27 deadline to re-
main in his post.
Constitutional norms require
a minister (including PM and CM)
Srinagar: Two of four Indian Ar-
my soldiers, who were injured in
have been identified as Havaldar
Gokaran Singh and Naik Shankar
tan over the killing of an Indian
national in unprovoked firing
election to nine legislative council
seats in Maharashtra, with polling
As for other elections currently
on hold on account the Covid-19 cri-
who is not a member of either
House of Parliament/legislature
cross-border Pakistani shelling in
the Uri sector of north Kashmir’s
S P Coy, the two injured are Haval-
dar Narayan Singh and Naik Pra-
by Pakistani forces, official
sources said.
to be held on May 21. The schedule of sis — including biennial polls to 18 at the time of assuming office, to Baramulla district earlier in the deep Bhat, official sources said. A young man was killed and an-
the elections, deferred earlier due to Rajya Sabha seats as well elections be elected within the next six day, succumbed to their injuries in Four civilians were also in- other injured when Pakistan vio-
the lockdown, will allow chief min- to legislative council seats in Bihar, months. Uddhav’s six-month dead- a military hospital late on Friday jured in the Pakistani shelling. lated the ceasefire and resorted to
ister Uddhav Thackeray to become UP and Telangana — the EC said it line will expire on May 27. TNN evening, reports Saleem Pandit. Earlier in the day, India had mortar shelling along the LoC in
a member of the state legislature would take a review next week. Full report on www.toi.in While the two deceased soldiers registered a protest with Pakis- Poonch district on Thursday.
U.P.R.V.U.N.L. E-Tender Notice. CTPS , HTPS, Kasimpur . Esti- 8 , 68 ,000.00, Tender Cost Rs. Submission of e-Bid (Technical impur. 18- Tender No. ET-04/ Tender document Rs- 700.00 + ler can participate in this ten-
E-Tenders are invited for the mated cost: Rs. 14 , 72 ,808.00 , 15000.00 + 2700.00 (18% & Financial) at e-procurement O&MC-IV/EMD-I/Hdj , 'CT.P.S./ 126.00 (GST) = As, 826,00 Op- der. 26. E-Tender No. : ET- 11/
followings supp l y/works items Earnest Money: As. 30,000.00 GST) Rs. 17700.00. Extended website http://etender.up.nic.in 2020-21 " Maintaining , filling & ening date of tender are as MMC/EPD/DTPS/2020, Name
in two parts. Part-I shall contain onl y, Tender Cost: Rs. 1738,00 Last date and time for submis- : 18.05,2020 upto 14:00 Hrs., Removal of H2 gas in Gene- below:-Due date of Submission of Supply: Supply of Pneumatic
Tender Cost/Earnest money Opening date of tender are as sion of e-bid on date 15.05. Due date of depositing Tender rator #7 HIPS , Kasimpur " as of e-Bid (Technical & Financial) Actuators for O/H of Unit No. 8
and other necessary docu- below: - "Due date of submis- 2020 up to 02:00 Hrs. Exten- Cost through RTGS (in the per scope of work, for the peri- at e-procurement website http: of 'D' TPS , Kasimpur . Estima-
m e n t s as per pre-qualifying sion of a-Bid (Technical & ded E-bid opening on date/time HTPS account) & Earnest od of one year" Estimated Cost //etender.up.nic.in: 10.06.2020 ted cost: As. 91140.00 Earnest
conditions and Part-11 will con- Financial) at e-procurement (Part -1) 16.05.2020 at 04:00 Money through RTGS (in the As, 2,52,528.00 Earnest Mo- up to 14:00 Hrs. , Due date of money: Rs. 1800.00 , Tender
tain price bid as per bill of website http://etender.up.nic.in Hrs of later. Time of completion HTPS account)/B.G.: 18.052020 ney: As. 5, 100.00 Cost of ten- depositing Tender Cost & Ear- cost: As. 500.00 + 90.00
quantity. Tender specification is 11,06.2020 up to 12:00 hrs , 09 month. Superintending En- up to 14:00 Hrs., Due date of der document: Rs. 300.00 + nest Money in the HTPS ace- (GST), e-Bid online submission
may be downloaded from the due date of submission of hard gineer , Operation and Mainten- submission of hard copy of all Rs. 54.00 (GST) = As. 354.00 ount through RTGS/B.G. up-to extended End Date : 27.05.
ance Circle-I , 'D'TPS , HTPS ,
website (http://etender .up. nic, copy of all the requisite docu- the requisite documents in the Opening date of tender are as maximum on dated: 10.06. 2020 Tender shall be opened
in) and other specification ments with tender cost & Kasimpur- 9. E-Tender Notice office of undersigned: 20.05. below:-Due date of Submission 2020 up to 14:00 Hrs. due date on extended date : 29,05.2020
details can be seen on Nigam earnest money in the office of No. T-22/AHD/'D'TPS/HTPS/ 2020 , Tender Opening Date: of e-Bid (Technical & Financial) of submission of hard copy of (Part - 1) & 05.06.2020 (Part -II )
website www-uprvunl .org The undersigned: 12.06.2020 up to 2019-20, Name of work: Bal- Part-I 20.05.2020 at 16:00 Hrs, at e-procurement website http: all the requisite documents in Eligibility Conditions: Only re-
contractors have to submit the 12:00 hrs , Part -I of the Tender ance Supply, Erection , Commi- Note: (1) The details for sub- // etender.up. nic .in: 04.06, 2020 the office of undersigned maxi- puted M a n u f a c t u r e r s / their
hard copy before the schedule s h a l l be opened on date ssioning and Testing Works of mission of bids are available up to 14:00 Hrs. , Due date of m u m on dated: 12.06.2020 , Aut horized Dealer can partici-
date/time in the concern office 12 .06.2020 at 16:00 hrs." Note: Mechanical System of Ash w-e-f . 23-03.2020 at 17:00 Hrs. depositing Tender Cost thro- Tender opening date , Part -A: pate in this tender. 27. E-
in sealed envelope containing (1) The details for submission Water Recirculation System of in the bid document uploaded ugh RTGS (in the HTPS Acc- 12,06,2020 at 16:00 Hrs, Note: Tender
details of the tender mentioned of bids are available w.e.f. 2x250 MW Units of HTPS , on the e-procurement website: ount) & Earnest Money through (1) The details for submission EPD/DTPS/2020 , Name of
No. : ET-12/MMC/
on the envelope. Superinten- 29,04.2020 at 12:00 Hrs. K a s i m p u r , Aligarh for a period http://etender.up.nic.in (2) The RTGS (in the HTPS Account)/ of bids will be available on e- Supply: Supply of Limit switch
ding Engineer , Operation &
Maintenance Circle-IV , Hdj. 'D'
onwards in the bid document
uploaded on the e-procure-
of Six Months, Estimated cost bidders are required to be reg-
of Work: Rs. 83,64,000.00, istered with U.P. Electronics
BG up to dated: 04.06.2020 up
to 14:00 Hrs. due date of sub-
procurement website : http://
for Overhauling of Unit No. 8 &
etender.up.nic.in w.e.f. 18:00
g of 'D' TPS , Kasimpur. Esti-
T. P. S., Kasimpur . 1. Tender
No. ET-01/O&MC-IV/EMD-111/
ment website: http:// etender.
up.nic.in. (2) The bidders are
Earnest Money: As. 1,68,000- Corporation , Ashok Marg, Luc-
00, Tender Cost: Rs. 1180.00 know by depositing requisite
mission of hard copy of all the
requisite documents in the
Hrs. dated:- 04.05.2020. (2)
mated cost: Rs. 912392.00,
The bidders are required to be
Earnest money: As. 18000.00,
Hdj- C TPS/2020.21, Name of required to be registered with (1000.00 + 180.00 GST), Ex- fees for participation in the e- office of undersigned maximum registered with U.P. Electronics
Tender cost: Rs. 500.00 +
tended Dates of Tender are as tendering. The bidder must on dated: 06.06,2020 . Tender Corporation , Ashok Marg, Luc-
Work : Round the clock opera- U,P. Electronics Corporation ,
90.00 (GST), a-Bid online sub-
tion of 6.9/1 1 KV Sub-station & Ashok Marg, Lucknow by de- below:- Due date of Submiss- also be registered with their opening date, Part-A: 06.06. know by depositing requisite
m i ss ion extende d End Date :
cleaning of its panels in 'B'TPS positing requisite fees for par- ion of e-Bid (Technical & Fin- Digital Signature Certificate 2020 at 16:00 Hrs. Note: (1) fees for participation in the e-
p
27,05.d020 Te nder shall be
including holiday and Sundays " . ticipation in the e-tendering- ancial) at e-procurement web- (DSC) in the e-bidding system , The details for submission of Tendering. The bidder must
29ene ne2 on extended ended date .
Time Period: 12 Month. Esti- The bidder must also be regis - site https:// etender.up.nic.in : after that the bidder can partic- bids will be available on e-pro- also be registered with their
ipate in bid submission activity, curement website: http:// eten Digital Signature Certificate 29.05.2020 (Part -I) & 05.06.
mated cost: Rs. 6.61 Lac. tered with their Digital Signat- 25,05.2020 upto 14:00 Hrs. ,
Earnest Money: Rs. 13228,00 , ure Certificate (DSC) in the e- Due date of depositing Tender 13. E-Tender Notice No . ET- der. up.nic. in w.e.f. 18:00 Hrs. (DSC) in the e-bidding system , 2020 (Part -II) Eligibility Condi-
Cost of tender document: Rs, bidding system , after that the Cost & Earnes t Money in the 35/BMD-I/DTPS/O&MC- 11/1 9- dated: - 01-05.2020. (2) The bi- after that the bidder can partic- t i ons : O nly re p ute d Manufact-
700.00 + Rs . 126.00 (GST) = bidder can participate in bid HTPS account through RTGS 20 , "G. D. Test of ESP during dders are required to be regis- ipate in bid submission activity. urers / their Authorized Dealer
,
Rs. 826 .00, Date of opening submission activity - Superin- up-to maximum on dated: overhauling of Unit # 9 & 8, tered with U.P. Electronics Cor- 23. E-Tender Notice No. STET- can participate in this tender
Part-I 10.06.2020 at 16:00 Hrs. tending Engineer , Operation & 25,05,2020 up to 14:00 Hrs, , 2x250MW , HTPS , Kasimpur " poration , Ashok Marg, Luck- 59/O &MC-IV/DTPS/EMD- II / 28. E-Tender No. : ET-13/
Last date and time for submis- Maintenance Circle-IV , DIPS , Tender opening date , Part -I : for a period of one year" under now by depositing requisite DT .P.S./2019- 20, "Supply of MMC/EPD/DTPS/2020, Name
sion of e-bid 08.06.2020 up to HTPP , Kasimpur . 5. E-Tender 27,05, 2020 at 16:00 Hrs. Note: BMD-I 'D' TPS , H a r d u a g a n j fees for participation in the e- Fire resistant materials and of Supply: Supply of Industrial
14:00 Hrs. Last date and time Notice No, : ET-56/O&MC- (1) The details for submission Thermal Power Station " Esti- Tendering. The bidder must Closing & Sealing of all open- Air Conditioner for O&M & O/H
for submission of Hard Copy IV/DTPS/EMD -I/DTPS/2019 - of bids will be on the e-procure- mated Cost Rs- 8, 14,000-00, also be registered with their ings /Cable entry Passages by of Unit No. 8 of 'D' TPS , Kas-
10-06-2020. 2. E-Tender No. 20 , Name of Work: Testing of ment w ebsi t e: https://etender. Earnest Money Rs. 16,300.00 , Digital Signature Certificate Fire proof Cable penetrations impur . Estimated cost: Rs.
ET-60/O&MC-IV/D/TPS/EMD- Generator Transformers Sta- up.nic.in. (2) The bidders are Cost of Tender document Rs, (DSC) in the e-bidding system , res i stant mater i als of Zero & 7 , 90 , 000 .00 Earnest money:
II/C/TPS/2019-20, N a m e of tion Transformers and Unit required to be registered with 800 .00 + 144.00 (GST) = Rs , after that the bidder can partic- 8.5 mtr Cable galleries, Unit 8 Rs. 15000.00 , Tender cost: As,
work : of "Shifting of Motors/ Auxiliary Transformers , Light- U .P , El ectronics Corporation , 944 .00 Extended da t e tender ipate in bid submission activity. & 9 2x250 MW at Harduaganj 500.00 + 90.00 (GST), e-Bid
Rotors/Stators & replacement ning Arrester and Current Tra- Ashok Marg, Lucknow by de- are as below :-Due date of Sub- Superintending Engineer , MMC , 'D' Thermal Power Station , online submission extended
of bearings of various motors & nsformers of 220 KV Switch- positing requisite fees for par- mission of e-Bid (Technical & HTPS, Kasimpur (Aligarh). 19. Kasimpur , Aligarh for the peri- End Date : 27.05.2020 Tender
Laying, Dressing, Tagging, yard at EMD-I , DTPS , Kasim- ticipation in the e-Tendering. Financial) at e-procurement Tender No. & Name of Divi- od of Two Months " Estimated shall be opened on extended
making end Termination , mak- pur., Estimated Cost: As. 4.98 The bidder must also be regis- website http://etender.up.nic. in sion: ET-27/MMC/EPD/CTPS/ Cost Rs. 92 ,971 .00, Earnest date : 29.05.2020 (Part-1) &
ing straight through joint & Lac , Earnest Money: Rs. tered with their Digital Signat- : 18.05.2020 upto 14:00 Hrs. , HTPS/2020 , Name of Supply: Money As , 1,859.00 Cost of 05.06.2020 (Part -II) Eligibility
removal of old cable , of Unit 10 ,000.00 only, Tender Cost: ure Cert ificate (DSC) in the e- Due date of depositing Tender Suppl y, Installation & Commi- Tender document Rs. 100.00 + Conditions: Only reputed Ma-
No.-7 "C" T.P.S. , H.T. P.S. , Rs, 590 .00 Extended Due date bidding system. After that the Cost through RTGS (in the ssioning of Solar Street Light 18,00 (GST) = As. 118.00 Op- n u f a c t u r e r s / t h e i r Authorized
Kasimpur " as per scope of of Submission of a-Bid (Tech- bidder can participate in bid HTPS account) & Earnest under CSR Program Estimated ening date of tender are as Dealer can participate in this
work" , for the period of one nical & Financial) at e-procure- submission activity. Superin- Money through RTGS (in the cost: As 13,49 ,440.00 , Earnest below:-Extended due date of tender. 29. E-Tender No. : ET-
year , Estimated cost As. ment website http:// etender . tending Engineer , Coal Hand- HTPSaccount)B.G. : 18.05,2020 money: As, 27000 .00, Tender Submission of a-Bid (Technical 14/MMC/EPD/DTPS/2020 ,
04 ,56,487.00 , Rs. 9 , 130.00 , up. nic. in:16.05.2020 upto 14:00 ling Circle, Kasimpur (Aligarh): up to 14:00 Hrs., Due date of cost: Rs 1534.00 , Extended & Financial) at e-procurement Name of Supply: Supply of
T e n d e r cost As . 500.00 + Hrs., Extended Due date of 10. Tender No. ET-02/CHC/ submission of hard copy of all Last Date of submission of E- website http://etender.up,nic.in spares of Ash Handling System
90 .00 (GST) = 590 .00, Exten- Submission of Hard Copy of all CHD 'C'TPS/HTPS/2020-21 , the requisite documents in the bid: 27.05.2020, Tender shall : 13.05.2020 up to 14:00 Hrs, , for O&M & Overhauling of Unit
ded date of Opening of tender the requisite documents with "Day to Day/Routine mainte- office of undersigned: 20.05, be opened on Extended date: Extended due date of deposit- No. 8 of DTPS Kasimpur ,
are as below:- Due date of sub- Tender Cost & Earnest Money, nance of Railway Track (New & 2020 , Tender Opening Date: 28 , 05, 2020 (Part-1), 29.05.2020 ing Tender Cost & Earnest Estimated cost: As. 8,33, 000.
mission of e-Bid (Technical & in the office of Undersigned: Old plant both) of Harduaganj Part-I 20.05.2020 at 16:00 Hrs , (Part-11) E-Tender ID 2020_ Money in the HTPS account 00 Earnest money: As. 15600.
Financial) at e-procurement 18.05.2020 up to 14:00 Hrs . Thermal Power Station , Kasim- Note: (1) The details for sub- RVUNL _432418_ 1 Eligibility through RTGSB.G. up-to max- 00 , Tender cost: As. 1000 .00 +
website http://etender.up.nic, Tender shall be opened on pur from interchange point at mission of bids are available Conditions: Only manufactur- imum on dated : 13.05.2020 up 180 .00 (GST), e-Bid online
in: 14.05.2020 upto 14-00 Hrs-, Extended Date Part -1: 18.05. Harduaganj Rl y. Station to w.e.f. 23.03.2020 at 17:00 Hrs, ers/their authorized dealers/ to 14:00 Hrs. Extended due submission End Date : 27.05,
Due date of depositing Tender 2020 at 16:00 Hrs. and Part II: inside plant of 1x120 MW and in the bid document uploaded Experienced Supplier can par- date of submission of hard 2020 Tender shall be opened
Cost through RTGS (in the shall be intimated later. Note: 2x250 MW CHP" . Estimated on the e-procurement website: ticipate in this tender. 20 . copy of all the requisite docu- on date : 29,05.2020 (Part-1) &
cost Rs. 20.16 Lacs approx . http://etender, up.nic.in (2) The Tender No. & Name of Divi - ments in the office of under- 05.06.2020 (Part-11 ) Eligibilit y
Money through RTGS (in the of bids are available in the bid Earnest Money As. 40306 .00 , bidders are required to be reg- sion: ET-38/MMC/EPD/CTPS/ signed maximum on dated: Conditions: Only reputed Ma-
HTPS Account)/BG upto dated: document uploaded on the e- Cost of tender document Rs. istered with U.P, Electronics HTPS/2020, Name of Supply: 15.05.2020 , Tender opening nufacturers / their Authorized
2000.00 + As. 360.00 (GST) = Corporation, Ashok Marg, Luc- Procurement of bulk medicines extended date, Part-A: 15.05. Dealer/experienced suppliers
Due date of submission of etender.up.nic,in (2) The bid- Rs. 2360.00 Last date of E-bid know by depositing requisite for project hospital of HIPS , 2020 at 16:00 Hrs. Note:- (1) can part icipate in this tender .
Hard Copy of all the requisite ders are required to be regis- Submission 02-06-2020 up to fees for participation in the e- Kasimpur Estimated cost: Rs. The details for submission of
d o c u m e n t s in the office of tered with U. P . Electronics 13:00 Hrs. , Date of Hard Copy t e n d e r i n g . The bidder must 1435000.00 , Earnest money: bids will be available on e-pro- MMC/EPD/DTPS/2020, Name
undersigned maximum on Corporation , Ashok Marg, Luc- Submission date 03-06-2020 also be registered with their As. 28000.00, Tender cost: As. curement website: http://eten of Suppl y: Suppl y of spares of
dated: 16.05.2020 , Tender op- know by depositing requisite up to 13:00 Hrs. and Dated of Digital Signature Certificate 1652.00 , Start Date of submis- der .up. nic, in Tender ID No. Ash slurry Pump for O&M of
e n i n g date 16.05.2020 at 16-00 fees for participation in the e- opening Part-I 04-06-2020 at (DSC) in the e-bidding system , sion of e-bid: 01.05.2020 Last 2020_ RVUNL_442352_ 1 w .e.f. Ash Handling Plant DIPS
,
Hrs. Note: (1) The details for T e n d e r i n g . The bidder must 16:00 Hrs. Note:- (1) The de- after that the bidder can partic- Date of submission of e-bid: 18:00 Hrs. dated:- 03.03.2020. Kasimpur . Estimated cost: As ,
submission of bids will be avail- also be registered with their tails for submission of bids will ipate in bid submission activity, 27.05.2020 Tender shall be (2) The bidders are required to 16, 19,000.00 Earn est money:
able on e-procurement web- Digital Signature Certificate be available on e-procurement Superintending Engineer , Elec- opened on date: 28-05-2020. be registered with U.P. Elec- Rs. 32400.00 , Tender cost: As,
site: http://etender.up.nic.in (DSC) in the e-bidding system , website: htt p://etender.up.nic- tricity Civil Maintenance Circle , (Part-I), 29.05.2020 (Part-II) tronics Corporation , Ashok 1600.00 + 288.00 (GST), e-Bid
w-e-f- 18.00 Hrs- dated 03.03. after that the bidder can partic- in w.e,f, dated:- 29.04.2020 at Kasimpur. 14. E-Tender No. Eligibility Conditions: (1) for Marg, Lucknow by depositing
online submission extended
2020. (2) The bidders are ipate in bid submission activity . 10:00 Hrs. (2) The bidders are 68/ECMC/ECMD-I/HTPS/2019- BOQ SI No 01 to 146 manufac- requisite fees for participation
End Date : 27.05.2020 Tender
required to be registered with Superintending Engineer, Ope- required to be registered with 20, Name of work: Construc- turers which are specified/ in the e-Tendering. The bidder
shall be opened on extended
U. P. Electronics Corporation , ration & Maintenance Circle-I , U .P , Electronics Corporation , tion of 03 Nos. modular toilet enlisted in UPRVUNL , Luck- must also be registered with
date : 29.05.2020 (Part -1) &
Ashok Marg, Lucknow by de- DIPS , HTPS , Kasimpur. 6. E- Ashok Marg , Lucknow by de- (with 04 Nos. cabin) including now approved list against O.M their Digital Signature Certifi-
No, 99/H.R, (04)/UNL/2018-38 cate (DSC) in the e-bidding 05.06, 2020 (Par t -II ) Eligibilit y
positing requisite fees for par- Tender Notice No.: ET-03/ positing requisite fees for par- septic tank at different location
Conditions: Onlyy reputed Ma-
in the e-Tendering. CAMD/DTPS/HTPS/2020-21. ticipation in the e-Tendering. with in Aligarh District , Uttar HR (04)/2004 (TC-04) dated system , after that the bidder
The bidder must also be regis- Name of work: Complete Clea- The bidder must also be regis- Pradesh Estimated cost Rs. 29 .01 .2018 or their authorized can part icipate in bid submis- nnufacturers/ their
tered with their Digital Signa- ning of fire trench , Removal of tered with their Digital Signa- 05.93 Lac, Earnest money Rs. dealer/distributors/stockiest. sion activity. Superintending Dealer can participate in this
ture Certificate (DSC) in the e- ash , soil, scrap, garbage from ture Cert ificate (DSC) in the e- 12 ,000.00 , Tender cost Rs. (2) for BOQ SI No. 147 to 164- Engineer , Operation & Main- tender. 31. E-Tender No. : ET-
29/MMC/EPD/'D'TPS/2020
bidding system , after that the fire trench and Disposal of soil , bidding system , after that the 600.00 + 108.00 GST (Present Tenderer should be manufac- tenance Circle- 1, DIPS , HTP S,
bidder can part icipate in bid ash , scrap and Garbage to bidder can part icipate in bid Rate is 18% ) = As. 708.00, Ex- ture/ authorized dealer/ stocki- Kasimpur . 24. E-Tender Notice Name of Supply: Supply of
R .C. feeder belt for O&M of
submission activity. 3. Tender d u m p yard of 2x250 MW , submission activity. Superin- tended date and time for sub- est/ reputed experienced sup- No. ET-12/O&MC-I/OG&CD/
No, ET-61/O&MC-IV/ EMD-I/ DTPS , HTPS. Estimated Cost: tending Engineer , Operation mission of e.bid (http://eten plier part icipate in this tender . DTPS/HTPS/2019 -20 , (Tender DTPS , HTPS , Kasimpur. Esti-
Hdj, 'C' T .P ,SJ2019-20 , "Tes- Rs . 2 , 49 , 161 .00/-. Earnest an d Main t enance Circle-II , 'D' der.up.nic.in) 26-5.2020 upto Superintending Engineer , Ope- Id: 2020_ R V U N L _430054_ 1) mated cost: As. 2.45 Lac ,
ting of ICT-1T , ICT-2T, 9T , Money: As. 5000.00/- only. TPS , Kasimpur. 11. E-Tender 14.00 Hrs. , Extended Opening ration & Maintenance Circle-IV , Name of Work: "Repairing/ Earnest money: As. 4900.00,
1 OT , R- 1 , R-2 at Harduaganj T e n d e r Cost: As. 354-00/- Notice No. ET-33/BMD-I/DT date/time (Part- 1) 27.5.2020 at 'D'TPS , Kasimpur , 21. E-Ten- R e c o n d i t i o n i n g of spares of T e n d e r cost: As. 500.00 +
TPS , Kasimpur ," as per scope (With GST) Period of Work: 01 PS/O&MC-11/19-20, "Overhau- 16.00 Hrs. or later . Time of der Notice No. ET-02/O&MC- Raw water pumps/Ash water 90-00 (GST) e-Bid online sub-
of work , for the period of one Year. Due date of Submission ling of APH , Seal trough , Completion 04 Month . 15. E- I V / D T P S / E M D - I I / D T . P .S./ pump of Water Treatment plant mission extended End Date :
year " Estimated Cost Rs, of e-Bid (Technical & Financial) repairing of SCAPH system Tender No. 69 /ECMC/ECMD- 2020-21 , "Routine mainte - of DTPS , HTPS , Kasimpur. " 27,05.2020 Tender shall be
3,60,000.00 Earnest Money: at e-procurement website http: etc- of Unit # 9, of 2x250 MW , II/HTPS/2019-20 , Name of nance and House keeping of Estimated Cost: Rs. 1,74,790. opened on extended date :
Rs. 7 , 200.00 Cost of tender //etender.up.nic.in : 08/06/2020 HTPS" for a period of one work: Construction of new Public Address System of unit 00 (Rs. One Lakh Seventy 29.05.2020 (Part-1) & 05.06.
document: Rs. 400.00 + Rs. upto 14:00 Hrs., Due date of year" under BMD-I'D` TPS, Har- drain and renovation of old 8&9 and BOP area 2x250 MW Four Thousand Seven Hun- 2020 (Part-II) Eligibilit y Condi-
72.00 (GST) = As. 472.00 Submission of Hard Copy of all duaganj Thermal Power Sta- drains under CSR in village (Excluding CHD), Harduaganj dred Ninety only) , Earnest tions: Only reputed Manufac-
Opening date of tender are as the requisite documents with tion " Estimated Cost Rs. 20 ,23, Chhota Jawan , Aligarh (U .P.) 'D' Thermal Power Station , Money: Rs. 3500.00 (Rs. Three turers / their Authorized Dealer
below:- Now Extended due Tender Cost & Earnest Money, 000 .00, Earnest Money Rs. Estimated cost As. 58.80 Lac , Kasimpur , Aligarh for the peri- Thousand Five Hundred Onl y), can participate in this tender.
date of Submission of e-Bid in the office of Undersigned: 40,500.00, Cost of Tender doc- Earnest money Rs. 1,18,000. od of One Year" Estimated Tender Cost: Rs. 236.00, Ex- 32 . E-Tender No. : ET-30/
(Technical & Financial) at e- 09/06/2020 up to 14:00 Hrs- ument Rs. 2 ,000.00 + 360.00 00 , Tender cost As. 6000.00 + Cost As. 5,68 ,305.00, Earnest tended due date of Submission MMC/EPD/DTPS/2020 , Name
procurement website http:// Tender shall be opened on (GST) = As. 2 ,360.00 Exten- 1080.00 GST (Present Rate is Money Rs. 11 ,366.00 Cost of of e-Bid (Technical & Financial) of Supply: Supply of miscella-
etender.up.nic.in: 18.05.2020 Date Part-A: 09/06/2020 at ded date tender are as below:- 18%) = As. 7080.00 , Extended Tender document As. 600.00 + at e-procurement website neous electrical material of
up to 14:00 Hrs. , Due date of 16 :00 Hrs. and Part-B: Shall be Due date of Submission of e- date and time for submission of 108.00 (GST) = Rs. 708.00 Op- http://etender.up.nic.in : 20.05. EOT Cranes & Hoists for 'D'
depositing Tender Cost thro- intimate later . Note: (1) The Bid (Technical & Financial) at a-bid (http://etender.up.nic.in) ening date of tender are as 2020 upto 14:00 Hrs. , Exten- TPS , Kasimpur. Estimated
ugh RIGS (in the HTPS Acc- details for submission of bids e-procurement website http:// 26-5.2020 upto 14-00 Hrs., Ex- below:-Due date of Submission ded due date of Submission of cost: As. 5,70,860.00 Earnest
ount) & Earnest Money through are available in the bid docu- etender.up.nic.in : 18.05.2020 tended Opening date/time of e-Bid (Technical & Financial) Hard Copy of all the requisite money: As. 11000.00 , Tender
RTGS (in the HTPS Account)/ ment uploaded on the e-pro- upto 14:00 Hrs. , Due date of (Part-1) 27.5.2020 at 16,00 at e - p r o c u r e m e n t website documents with Tender Cost & cost: Rs. 500.00 + 90.00
BG up to dated: 18.05.2020 up curement website: htt p://eten depositing Tender Cost thro- Hrs . or later . Time of Comple- http://etender.up.nic.in : 06.06 . Earnest Money, in the office of (GST), e-Bid online submission
to 14:00 Hrs. Extended due der .up. nic.in (2) The bidders ugh RTGS (in the HTPS acc- tion 06 Month- Superintending 2020 up to 14:00 Hrs-, Due Undersigned: 22.05.2020 up to extended End Date : 27.05,
date of submission of hard are required to be registered ount) & Earnest Money through Engineer , Electricit y Civil Main- date of depositing Tender Cost 14:00 Hrs. Tender shall be 2020 Tender shall be opened
copy of all the requisite docu- with U.P. Electronics Corpora- RTGS (in the HTPS account)/ tenance Circle , Kasimpur. 16. & Earnest Money in the HTPS opened on Extended date: on date : 29.05.2020 (Part -1) &
ments in the office of under- tion, Ashok Marg, Lucknow by B.G.: 18.05.2020 up to 14:00 Tender No. 01/ECMC/ECMD- account through RTGS/B .G. Part-A: 22.05.2020 at 16:00 05 .06.2020 (Part-11) Eligibility
signed maximum on dated: depositing requisite fees for Hrs, , Due date of submission of II/HTPS/2020-21 , Name of up-to maximum on dated: Hrs. and Part-B: shall be inti- Conditions: Only reputed Ma-
20,05.2020. Tender opening participation in the e-Tender- hard copy of all the requisite work- "Misc. Civil work (M&R) 06.06.2020 up to 14:00 Hrs. mated later. Note: (1) The de- nufacturers / their Authorized
date , Part-I : 20.05.2020 at ing. The bidder must also be documents in the office of work of VIP Guest house & due date of submission of hard tails for submission of bids are Dealer/experienced suppliers
16:00 Hrs . Note: (1) The details registered with their Digital undersigned: 20.05.2020, Ten- Field hostel of New colony at copy of all the requisite docu- available in the bid document can participate in this tender.
for submission of bids will be Signature Certificate (DSC) in der Opening Date: Part-I Harduaganj Thermal Power ments in the office of under- uploaded on the e-procure- 33. E-Tender No. : ET-137/
already available (ID No. the e-bidding system , after that 20,05,2020 at 16:00 Hrs, Note: Station UPRVUNL , Kasimpur signed maximum on dated: ment website: http://etender. MMC/EPD/DTPS/2019, Name
2020_ RVUNL _442618_ 1) on the bidder can part icipate in bid (1) The details for submission Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh" . Esti- 08.06 ,2020 , Tender opening up.nic.in (2) The bidders are of Supply: Supply of Generator
e-procurement website: http:// submission activity . Superin- of bids are available w.e.f. mated cost 14.62 Lac, Earnest date, Part-A: 08.06.2020 at required to be registered with Transformer as Insurance
etender.up.nic.in w ,e.f. 18:00 tending Engineer , ECCC , Kas- 23.03.2020 at 17:00 Hrs. in the money 30,000.00, E-Tender 16:00 Hrs. Note: (1) The details U.P, Electronics Corporation , Spare for Harduaganj 'D'TPS ,
Hrs. dated: - 02.03 .2020 . (2) impur. 7. E-Tender No. 06/ bid document uploaded on the cost Rs. 1500.00 + 270 GST for submission of bids will be Ashok Marg, Lucknow b y de- Kasimpur. Estimated cost: Rs.
The bidders are required to be ECCC/ECCD -III/HTPS/2019- e-procurement website: http:// ( 18%) = Rs. 1770.00, Tender available on e-procurement positing requisite fees for par- 12.58 Crore Earnest money:
registered with U.P. Electronics 20 , Name of work "Fire Figh- etender.up.nic.in (2) The bid- date Last date and time for website: http://etender .up, nic . ticipation in the e-Tendering.
Rs. 13-00 Lac, Tender cost: Rs.
Corporation , Ashok Marg, Luc- ting system installation work ders are required to be regis- submission of a-bid (http:// eten in w.e.f. 18:00 Hrs. dated:- The bidder must also be regis- 1000-00 + 180.00 (GST), e-Bid
know by depositing requisite around multistory towers and tered with U.P. Electronics Cor- der.up.nic.in) 11.06.2020 up to 04.05.2020. (2) The bidders tered with their Digital Sig- online submission extended
fees for participation in the e- officer 's club in New Colony poration , Ashok Marg, Luck- 14:00 Hrs., e-bid Opening are required to be registered nature Certificate (DSC) in the End Date : 27.05 ,2020 Tender
Tendering. The bidder must Harduaganj Thermal Power now by depositing requisite date/time (Part-1) 12.06,2020 at with U. P. Electronics Corpo- e-bidding system , after that the
shall be opened on extended
also be registered with t h e i r Station , Kasimpur (Aligarh)" , fees for participation in the e- 16:00 Hrs. or la te r. Time of ration , Ashok Marg, Lucknow b i d d e r can part icipate in bid
Digital Signature Certificate Estimated Cost As. 41 , 73, tendering. The bidder must Completion- 12 Month , 17, by depositing requisite fees for submission activity. Super- date : 29.05.2020 (Part-I) &
participation in the e-Tender- intending Engineer , MMC , Har- 05.06.2020 (Part - 11) Eligibility
(DSC) in the e-bidding system , 777,00 , Earnest Money Rs. also be registered with their Tender No. 02/ECMC/ECMD-
after that the bidder can part ic- 84 , 000.00 , Ten d er C ost A s. Digital Signature Certificate II/HTPS/2020-21 , N a m e of ing. The bidder mus t also be d u a g a n j 'D' TPS , K a s i m p u r Conditions: Only reputed Ma-
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8 TIMES EVOKE THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020

‘Nature is a child’s first window into

wonder — it enriches children for life’
S
ometimes, being simple seems so diffi-
cult. And yet, we begin life in simplicity,
in a garden of discovery where nature is
our friend and guide. With its generous boun-
ty, nature ensures wonderment lights up our
simplicity — we thus gasp in delight when
we sight a tiny seasonal bird’s flamboyant
beauty. Watch in amazement a marching row
of ants, purposeful and orderly. Gaze, fasci-
nated, at the iridescent wings of a butterfly
shining on a bud. Learn to hear the croak of
The acclaimed writer Richard Louv has authored iconic works on the world of children and nature, in which our lives are as immersed in nature as
in technology — this includes a new kind of city
including ‘Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder’ and ‘The Nature that incorporates nature into every building and
Principle’. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, Louv explained his vision of a future where every block. That requires futuristic thinking.
And the future will belong to the nature-smart
children can enjoy the wonders of nature — with the intellectual power of technology: — individuals, families, business and political
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leaders who develop a deeper understanding of
How did you first notice the ‘nature deficit disorder’ lying while offering benefits like growing conserva- the transformative power of the natural world,
impacting children? tion values. The Children & Nature Network has and balance the virtual with the real.
While researching for my 1990 book ‘Child- compiled a large body of research studies on this Getty Images

a frog before rain, the hum of a busy bee, the
murmuring of leaves on a swaying tree.
It is in nature that we discover multiple
forms of life — and learn how we humans
can live in harmony with them. But it is this
simple discovery that we lose as our lives
grow more complex. As we step away from
childhood — and from nature — we develop
a distance from such fundamental learning
and joy. A vacuum develops within us and we
seek increasingly complicated fulfilments for
it. We find ourselves consuming voraciously,
travelling frenetically, pursuing goods and
experiences which even involve the destruc-
tion of our childhood friend — nature.
Yet, in the world’s current situation, an
important chance is being held out to us. To
rediscover a childlike simplicity, centred
around respecting nature, its boundaries
and its diversity. There is no greater truth
today than the fact that we need to create a
new world, determined not by greed but by
sustainability and simplicity. We must uti-
lise this breach to emerge more akin to our
childhood selves, for whom a walk on a hill
was a vibrant thrill, a voyage into a whole
new universe of flowers and plants.
There is nothing naïve in celebrating,
or emulating, a child’s bond with nature.
It is far wiser than, in mistaken ‘maturity’,
to wreck ecosystems, pollute habitats,
plunder Earth’s species, rampage its
reserves — and destroy the only home we
will ever have. Times Evoke’s global ex-
perts thereby present vignettes of nature
and its wondrous relationship with chil-
dren. We hope this will help you recall your
own inner child. And envision the world
anew, for other children.
hood’s Future’, I interviewed nearly 3,000 chil-
dren and parents in urban, suburban and rural
areas. I later extended that research to other
countries as well. In classrooms and homes, the
topic of children’s relationships with nature
surfaced. I couldn’t help but notice the increas-
ing divide between the young and the natural
world, and the social, spiritual, psychological
and environmental implications of this change.
A body of scientific evidence
emerged. In ‘Last Child In The
Woods’, I report on studies that
show us the benefits — biological,
cognitive and spiritual — when we
give the gift of nature to our chil-
dren. ‘Nature-deficit disorder’ is a
term I devised to describe the
human costs of alienation from
nature. Among them are a diminished use of the
senses, attention difficulties and higher rates of
physical and emotional illnesses. This is a social
disorder — it shapes adults, communities and
the future of our stewardship of nature.
Human beings have been moving their ac-
tivities indoors since the invention of agricul-
ture and later, the Industrial Revolution and
urbanisation. Much of society no longer sees
time spent in the natural world and independent,
imaginary play as “enrichment”. Technology
now dominates almost every aspect of our lives.
Technology itself is not the enemy — but our
lack of balance is lethal.
Why is a bond with nature so crucial for children?
Well, for children, nature is one of the first
windows into wonder — and for many children,
that window is in danger of closing. The human
spirit is inseparable from the natural world. As the
eco-theologian Thomas Berry wrote, “A degraded
at: www.childrenandnature.org/documents/C118/
Time spent in nature can be an enormous
help, especially for kids and adults who are
stressed by circumstances beyond their control.
Given growing urbanisation though, how can we cre-
ate new pathways for children to access nature?
Well, if we’re going to imagine a future, why
not imagine a movement — what I call a ‘New
Nature Movement’ — that includes but also goes
beyond traditional environmentalism? A first step
here might be to convene policy makers, educators,
landscape architects, urban designers and other Eurasian Golden Oriole
professionals to plan the best approaches to re-
The Oriolus oriolus flies to north and west
nature a city. The common purpose — a reunion
India every summer. Travelling all the way
between humans and nature that enhances human
from Africa and Europe, the bird, just 20 cm
and economic potential. These professionals can
in size, sports a stunning yellow and black
write a health prescription for a city that evolves
plumage which makes it stand out. This
into a rebuilding plan which makes practical sense.
famously shy passerine bird’s name derives
They might consider how to establish an urban
from the Latin word ‘aureolus’ or ‘golden’
forest, for instance, or encourage urban wildlife.
They can develop policies for cleaner public trans-
port, green walls, green schoolyards, etc. Cities can
become engines of biodiversity. As the designer Please tell us about your Children & Nature Network?
A CHILD’S-EYE VIEW: Nature gives children great William McDonough would suggest, communities Well, in 2006, several good folks and I co-found-
insights and empathy for life should be created that not only reduce our carbon ed the Children & Nature Network (C&NN) to
footprints but create wetlands and other wildlife support people and organisations working to
habitat will produce degraded humans.” habitats — even in densely populated cities. reconnect children with nature. C&NN offers the
Research indicates that experiences in the natu- I do believe it’s not time to go back but to go largest database of research on this topic; it also
ral world offer great benefits to psychological and forward to nature. Let children know this is brings people from around the world together.
physical health, and the ability to learn. Studies multitasking — to live simultaneously in both the At our recent annual gathering, in Vancouver,
suggest that time in nature can help children build digital and the physical world, using computers to over 900 people from 25 countries (including
confidence and calmness and reduce symptoms of maximise our powers to process intellectual data, India) attended. C&NN’s initiatives and global
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). and natural environments to ignite our senses and programs, which also include India, are at: www.
Schools with natural play spaces accelerate our ability to learn and feel. childrenandnature.org/initiatives/
and nature learning areas appear The future of our nature con- Significantly, the movement to reconnect
to help children do better aca- nection isn’t anti-urban or children to nature is only growing. I feel this is
demically. Nature can also be a anti-technology. We need one of the few issues that brings people togeth-
buffer to child obesity and bul- Researchers in the UK found to imagine a future er, across all divides.
children playing outside for just
about four hours a week — in
comparison, their parents had spent

‘Children respond cognitively to nature, over 8.2 hours a week outdoors

Earth’s most complex information system’

Gail F Melson is Professor Emerita, the Department of Human Development
and Family Studies, Purdue University. Speaking to Times Evoke, the acclaimed
developmental psychologist and columnist at Psychology Today, discussed how
nature and its multiple species shape a child’s understanding of its own self:
Why are children’s relationships with ani-
mals and nature so important?
Animals and the natural world are
important both in childhood and as a
foundation for development in life. The
natural world is the most complex sys-
tem on the planet — much more
complex than any human-constructed
machine or environment. And children
thrive cognitively by processing com-
plex information.
Just as important, children respond
emotionally to the intricacy and beau-
ty of nature, which gives a sense of
wonder. This is built into the evolution-
ary structure of humans who, as ani-
mals themselves, co-evolved with other
life forms in an interdependent web of
living things. In sum, children’s
connections with animals, and more
broadly, all life forms, affect them in all
domains of their development — cogni-
tive, social, emotional and moral.
What can adults learn from children’s won-
der at nature?
Adults could benefit from recapturing
the feeling of wonder that children ex-
perience when encountering some-
thing new and beautiful. We adults can
become overwhelmed, especially now,
with anxiety. Wonder puts us in the
moment and away from anxiety, if only
for a short time. In that sense, recaptur-
ing a sense of wonder is an important
therapeutic tool for everyone.
How do animals help children develop what
is termed ‘Theory of Mind’?
Children gradually develop ideas about
the workings of other minds — they
come to understand what must be going
on in another person’s mind in order to
predict that person’s behaviour. This can
be challenging, especially when the cog-
nitive processes in another person’s
mind are different from the child’s —
minutes a day on outdoor
Kahn of the University
activity — while spending
of Washington, for in-
stance, found that chil-
being relatively motionless front of a screen
dren living in inner-city
Houston, Texas, a very in-
dustrialised and polluted
area, showed high levels of
here, animals pose excellent opportuni- environmental concern — this
ties to develop theory of mind since their should give us hope.
perceptions and mental processes, by At the same time though, Kahn
definition, are different from those of suggested that growing up in environ-
humans. In this way, animals challenge mentally damaged areas may also lead
a child to imaginatively put himself or to what he calls “environmental amne-
herself into the “paws” of another being sia” — this refers to the perception that
quite different from oneself. the environment one grows up in is
a “normal” one, since the person has
Given these findings, does a weaker bond no direct experience with the envi-
with nature then lead to a disregard for it? ronmental losses that occurred be-
Well, interestingly, research suggests fore that person was born.
that children who live in nature-impov-
erished environments still have sensitiv- Were you close to nature and animals
ity to and concern for environmental while growing up?
damage. A series of studies by Peter I grew up with a dog, Trixie, an im-
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grew up by the Atlantic Ocean, in New
England, Massachusetts, USA. I spent
most of my childhood in the natural
world of the sea, exploring the rocky
Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater
coast, collecting shells and rocks, ob-
The Merops persicus, about 30 cm in serving sea creatures and swimming.
size, flies from Africa to north and As an adult, the natural world that
southwest India in the summer. Its seems most like home to me is the
name derives from ‘Merops’, ancient ocean. As a result, I live now by the
Greek for ‘bee-eater’. But the elegant Atlantic Ocean on Cape Cod. Everyday,
bird with vivid, elongated tail feathers I walk along the beach or swim. I’m
actually prefers the Indian dragonfly
grateful that, as of now, this is still per-
mitted by the “sheltering in place”
orders of our area.
American researchers Surveys find the
found children aged average American
between 10 to 16 years child spends upto
spend just about 12.6 seven minutes in
play outdoors —
and over seven
about 10.4 waking hours hours a day in
In the UK, researchers
found 64% children
played outside less than
once a week, 28% hadn’t
been on a country walk in
a year and 20% had never
climbed a tree
Another UK study found
83% children between five
and 16 years couldn’t identify
a bumblebee while over 80%
couldn’t recognise common
trees, plants and flowers
Numerous studies show
children spending time
learning about nature creates
‘attention restoration’ or the
rejuvenation of the brain
from cognitive and sensory
overloads. This actually
improves a child’s learning
and reduces stress levels
The current pause
thereby offers a huge
learning opportunity —
experts suggest a range
The advantages of ways by which, despite
of children
outdoor restrictions,
understanding children can familiarise
nature are
themselves far better
enormous — a with nature now. These
child develops
include virtual access
better physical offered by arboretums,
health, more bird reserves, marine
attentiveness, sanctuaries and nature
confidence and parks, apps offering
exuberance interactive nature
activities like virtual
reality hill trails and
Antarctic expeditions,
online knowledge
groups discussing
ecosystems, species
conservation, recycling,
etc., and learning
As children learn activities, from
more about nature, they making a bird feeder
also pass on the advantage or a carbon meter
— a North Carolina State to a wind turbine
University study has found
ecologically informed
children between 10 to 14
years in age increase their
parents’ level of concern
about the environment and
climate change, inspiring
‘green behaviour’
Research: Harvard Medical School, Scientific American,
The Guardian, Pew Research Centre, World Economic Forum

‘I grew up in a city. But drawing made me love nature’s mystery’ Courtesy: Vivian Mineker Courtesy: Vivian Mineker

Vivian Mineker is an illustrator whose delicate, glowing artworks Yellow Woods Turquoise Trees
on nature and children have found acclaim. Having drawn for
Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ and other books, the Slovenia-
based artist writes in Times Evoke about how, despite growing up
in a bustling metropolis, she grew to love nature’s quiet magic:

I
grew up in a big city where access to nature
was very limited. Except for a few parks and
the zoo, I had little personal interaction with
nature — outside of the books I read and the
animations I watched. They invoked a deep fas-
cination towards nature in me. As a small child,
I loved nature. It represented a place where any-
thing was possible. I imagined creatures and
stories that happened in the forest or under the
sea. In my mind, nature is still where everything
leaves in an afternoon breeze, observing the
texture of different trees in the forest, or watch-
ing a beautiful sunset, there are countless joyous
moments that only an appreciation of nature
could bring to me.
Traditional fine art is generally created for
an adult audience though. It isn’t very child-
friendly. But it’s very important to have art on
nature for children now, considering the climate
Courtesy: Vivian Mineker

magical takes place. So, once I started creating

Birdie Times Evoke is delighted to begin
children’s books myself, the theme of nature
‘Evoke Inspire’, a unique forum for
came without a second thought.
young readers to express their ideas
I think all children should grow up with the
in articles on the environment and
space to imagine nature’s magic. There are end- I N S P I R E
global existential issues. Write to us at:
less wonders hidden in nature. And that’s one of
its main qualities — the mysteriousness of it. Not timesevoke@timesgroup.com
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in a way that’s ominous or scary, but liberating
and full of potential. It’s as if nature is a place
that you can step into and discover all sorts of
new, interesting things. As a child, I’d daydream Asian Emerald Cuckoo
about being in nature. I started drawing my im- Every summer, the Chrysococcyx maculatus flies from
agination down — since then, drawing has been southeast Asia to northeast India and the eastern
how I express myself. I felt like I was living in the Himalayas, the 18 cm bird spotted even in Rajasthan.
worlds I drew, becoming the characters of my This enigmatic bird also has a distinctively tuneful call
imagination. The escape into this imaginary challenge we face globally. This requires every- Generally, I get quite positive feedback from
world was why I eventually became an artist. one to be on board as friends of nature, working my young readers. I’ve had letters from some
As the world becomes more and more indus- together towards solutions. That’s where chil- children telling me about their love of animals
trialised today and populations concentrate in dren’s books and media play an important role. and how they saw that clearly reflected in my
cities, there is a growing distance between peo- We need more materials that introduce kids to work. One reader drew pictures for me of trees
ple and nature. This is especially unfortunate art as well as teach them how to appreciate na- and plants in my style and told me that I’ve in-
for children because I think kids who grow up ture by invoking the instinct that every child spired them to draw nature. I assume then
enjoying nature become happier people in gen- has — imagination. I believe every child is born they’re spending more time observing all the
eral. Many of the most profound and wonderful with the instinct to love nature — it’s just a mat- nature around them. To be able to influence lit-
memories in my life have happened within na- ter of exposing them to it via whatever means tle kids in a way that I was influenced when I
ture — little things, like the sound of rustling you have, be it books, movies or paintings. was small is extremely moving for me.

SACRED
SPACE
Interconnected
Why should I be unable
To regard the bodies of others as ‘I’?
It is not difficult to see
That my body is also that of others.
In the same way as
the hands and so forth
Are regarded as limbs of the body
Likewise why are
embodied creatures
Not regarded as limbs of life?
Shantideva
✥ feet could carry him no further, he
As a mother with her own life
guards the life of her own child,
let all-embracing thoughts
for all that lives be thine.
Khuddaka Patha
✥ spies. But the decision had cost him
All life, I regard as sacred. And, it
seems to me, in ethics, we are
concerned not alone with mankind,
but also with animals.
Sadhu T L Vaswani
✥ choose the path close to the shore,
To the extent we develop broader
and broader vision and appreciation
of who our family is, to that extent
we can actually experience the
reality of who we are.
Radhanath Swami
✥ to the merit of his life — of rituals and
As we learn to truly recognise
how much the value of our life
rests in our connectedness to
other living beings, our
relationship to our responsibilities
can change drastically.
Ogyen Trinley Dorje
✥ meant that he was in an inhabited part
When we try to pick out anything
by itself, we find it hitched to
everything else in the universe.
John Muir
✥
“No life is a waste,” the Blue Man
said. “The only time we
waste is the time we spend
thinking we’re alone.”
Mitch Albom
Precious Gift
When I was in my 30s and newly
married, I followed my husband to
his hometown in Japan, where a son
bringing home his American wife
was unheard of. But my elderly
mother-in-law set me at ease at the
very first meal, announcing that I
could do anything I wished because
there were no expectations. I never
forgot this gift. A few years later, we
moved to Los Angeles. I missed my
family. An elderly neighbour, one
day, made a picnic and invited me
and my child to join him. He said,
“Don’t worry, I decided I like you.
You can make any mistake...it’s
okay.” I never forgot this gift. Later,
when we moved to NYC, I had a
baby and experienced post-partum
depression. One day, I took my
baby out in the stroller; I knew I
had a terribly unhappy expression
on my face. An elderly gentleman
beamed a bright warm smile, as he
passed by me. I never forgot this gift.
This week, as I walked our dog
wearing my mask, hoping I did not
appear silly, an elderly fellow rode a
bike down the road and nodded
to me, saying, “You look lovely,
dear!” I will never forget the gift.
— Lettie, sunnyskyz.com
THIS WEEK
May 3: Mahavira Swami
Kevalagyan Diwas
May 4: Agni Nakshatram begins
May 6: Narasimha Jayanti
May 7: Buddha Purnima, Chitra
Pournami,Vaishakha Purnima
May 8: Narada Jayanti
NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020 SPIRITUAL PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
Her Loyal Messenger
Here, in one more of her short, fictionalised mythological stories, SAISWAROOPA IYER writes of
Agnidyotana’s close encounter with divinity in his quest to fulfil a promise he made to Rukmini
T
he wilderness was
daunting. Ag-
nidyotana clutched
his staff. His other
hand instinctively
held what constitut-
ed his mission, a letter from Princess
Rukmini to the Yadava lord, Krishna
Vasudeva. Agnidyotana had been
walking for four days now.When his
sank to the ground. Of all the
people at Kundinapura, Princess
Rukmini had to choose him, an
ageing brahmin, for this critical
task. He had stuck to a less taken
path to avoid being recognised by
his speed and safety, too. The wilder-
ness around him did not allow him a
good night’s sleep. And he was hun-
gry. Could he reach Dwaraka before
the stipulated date? O, why didn’t he
friendlier to travellers?
“Shambho Mahadeva! Help me!
Help Rukmini assert her consent,
Lord!” He tried to trudge ahead. Ag-
nidyotana was stuck in a hostile wild
patch where even a stray boar could
make a meal of him. What happened
sadhana? Could the gods not rescue
him, especially when someone’s future
hung in the balance?
Dizzy,Agnidyotana caught hold of
the nearest creeper for support. He felt
the creeper was too soft — it was a
part of a net! A hunter’s net. Just then,
he felt the net descend upon him. It
of this land. Perhaps the hunter could
help him?
Soon, he heard footsteps and a
flame torch lit up the surroundings
and Agnidyotana saw the hunter.
“Well, well! If the gods don’t mean to
make a cannibal out of me! Why
would a human be stuck in my net?”
“I need your help, brother!” Ag-
nidyotana did not waste a moment as
the hunter helped him out of the net.
Reformat Your Memory
ANIL K RAJVANSHI tells us how to stop unpleasant thoughts and
memories from affecting us adversely
F
rom my younger days, I have
had the ability to sense when
somebody is thinking about
me. This ability allows me to
react even before the person has spo-
ken or made his intentions known
— most of the time with disastrous
results.
Most people, now and then, do
exhibit this ability of reading the
mind and I feel everybody has this
capability though they may not be
aware of it.
Brain Power
The brain is not only an instrument
that can create thought but it can also
send this signal and receive external
thoughts. We do have painful memo-
ries associated with people, places and
objects. Quite often, negative thoughts
from them bother us.
How is the external thought re-
ceived and is it possible to stop it from
affecting us? Taking the analogy of
modern computers or phone apps
may provide a possible answer.
An app in the phone or laptop
gets its update, notification and data
only when the app is on the instru-
ment. If the app is removed from the
device, then, no data can be received,
though that information is in the ‘en-
vironment’. Similarly, if the
painful memory of a per-
son or event is removed
from the brain, then, no
thought about it can be
processed by it.
How do you selectively
remove painful memories?
Recently, scientists have
discovered that if we think
about a certain person, object or
event, then that memory becomes
pliable, that is, it can be modified with
a new memory. Neural pathways,
when active, are amenable to modifi-
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Why Wait?
YOG GURU
SURAKSHIT GOSWAMI
Do joyful f ew
people find
meditation
y?
c̀? u?„?4 er thinks he has the power to seal her easier to
C future, despite her resistance. I bear practise than ???
2 her message to her chosen man.” sad, morose
Agnidyotana saw the couple ex- people? Is the
change an amused glance.“When this Self-realisation
woman chose me, the whole world goal easier to
tried dissuading her. Including me!” attain for happy people?
“Ignore him. He only meant to — Raj, 39, Chennai
test!” The woman interjected with a ■ When we are happy and full of joy-
mock frown turning into a smile ous excitement, our prana, life energy,
when her eyes met her husband’s. moves upwards. This upward move-
“But tell me good sire, your mission ment helps us in our spiritual practice.
seems to concern the affairs of We get better results in our sadhana.
powerful people. Is it safe for you to If the happiness quotient of a sadhaka
get in?” continues to increase, then dhyana is
“It is the matter of Dharma, kind deeper and quicker. It is important for
lady.” Agnidyotana smiled at the aro- a spiritual practitioner to be motivat-
ma of freshly cooked gruel. “All my ed.The yoga shastras say that a practi-
ARUNDYUTI DAS
life, I have been a man of scripture and tioner’s enthusiasm is a significant as-
they proscribe violation of a woman’s pect of his sadhana; it’s his first step
consent.The gods I worship get angry towards spiritual progress. If you are
at the kingdom that insults women. I not excited about your spiritual prac-
am a purohita and it is my duty to take tice, then it is difficult to make pro-
corrective course of action to save my gress on the path. If you are sad and
city from the wrath of gods. May unhappy, then your prana will soon
they help me in my mission!” start waning. Consequently, you will
The simple gruel was tastier than not be able to concentrate. This will
anything that Agnidyotana had ever allow all sorts of disorders to take root
“Help me reach Saurashtra. eaten before. Energising, too. Like he in your mind. That’s why unhappy
At the earliest!” had eaten enough food for a whole people are not able to be successful in
“Gather your breath, week. “Arise and walk ahead, Brah- their spiritual endeavours.
Brahmana!” The hunter chuckled. beamed and led the way. “This man mana.” The hunter spoke, in a tone Happiness is the prerequisite for
“And who in his right mind would here does not see anything beyond surprisingly solemn. “You cannot af- any kind of sadhana, which is why
venture into this wilderness? If not the graves and pyres. And I belong to a ford to tarry.” gurus lay emphasis on satsang.
wild animals, hunger would see the hospitable hill tribe who never lets a Agnidyotana rose, as if in a trance Through satsang, an individual’s men-
last of you! Forget guest go hungry!” and picked up his staff. Grunts of wild tal conflicts are resolved and he be-
reaching Saurashtra MYTH FIC There was some- boars ceased to be a concern, like the comes peaceful. Once he is in a calm-
or wherever.” t h i n g r hy t h m i c thorny path ahead of him. His mind er frame of mind, he can begin his
Agnidyotana heard an anklet jin- about her lilt and the tinkle of replayed the picture of an anxious sadhana. Just like stale, musty fruits and
gle. A woman? In these surroundings! her anklets that Agnidyotana felt was Rukmini depending upon his success flowers are not used as offerings in
He saw the bearded hunter grin. She surreal. and he strode ahead all night. In the religious rituals like puja, similarly, a
emerged out of what seemed like a Before long, they reached an in- wee hours, he heard a sound that drooping, unhealthy body cannot help
narrow path through thickets. It had conspicuous cave that was the hunter’s made his eyes moist with gratitude. you move forward in your sadhana.
to be the hunter’s wife, frowning at home and the woman lit a fire to cook The sound of sea waves. He had That’s why it is important to start
what her husband had just said. a meal.“What brings you to these for- reached Saurashtra. Dwaraka is nigh! spiritual practices when you are
“Running my reputation along ests, Brahmana?” Seated on the snowy top of younger and more energetic and it is
with yours to the ground, aren’t you? Agnidyotana could not keep a se- Mount Kailasa, the god of gods raised even better if children are introduced
What are you, a hunter, there for, if cret from the kind couple who were a brow, though a knowing smile to spiritual practices. So, start today for
not to kill wild animals?” She chided feeding him in the middle of no- played on his lips as he turned to the stellar results. ■
the hunter and then turned to Ag- where. Still, he took care to leave out mother of the universe.“The distance Send your questions to
nidyotana.“And the forest has enough specifics.“A noble maiden has chosen he covered within a night, Parvati! st.editorial@timesgroup.com with subject
to not let anyone go hungry.” She her future Lord. Alas, her elder broth- What did you feed him?” ■ line: Ask Surakshit and state your age
Wonderful Justice System
dispense the
law using his
powers com-
mensurate
with the crime.
memory im- “You will go
planted in through the
DR VISHAKHA TRIPATHI (LEFT)
quite a number punishment;
of hypnotised there is no par-
patients with don and no
harmful results. c o n c e s s i o n .”
Implanting of The family
new memory member s of
by oneself is difficult.
So, a better way to do so is to
practise yoga and meditation. When
one is immersed in deep thought on
a subject for a long time, then the
E very major city in the world
has a criminal justice system,
comprising law courts,
law-enforcement agencies and pris-
ons. All of these are set up to main-
the deceased in the galleries above
applaud the verdict, while the rest
of us nod our heads in agreement
reading about it later. Justice has
been served; no one has a problem
majority of neural pathways in the tain law and order by punishing with that. Now, let us come to the
brain are used mostly to focus on that lawbreakers and act as deterrents for spiritual court.
thought. This allows other memories nascent criminals. Let’s suppose this Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maha-
to weaken and provides possible op- system shuts down for twenty-four raj explains that there is a wonderful
portunity for removal of unpleasant hours across the city where you live. justice system in the form of God’s
memories. What would happen? Murders, spiritual court, a place where both
Sanyam, deep thought, according rapes, thefts, mugging and looting. justice and mercy is dispensed. And
to Patanjali Yoga, can be cultivated Despite all these infrastructures, God’s mercy is unimaginable! Sup-
with long practice and is the surest there is so much crime in the world. pose the topmost sinner surrenders
way to make the brain supple. Then, Businesses that thrive on peo- himself to God and goes before
unpleasant memories can be reduced ple’s fear have never seen better days. Him and asks for forgiveness from
and rendered irrelevant. Security cameras are coming out in the bottom of his heart, what would
In such circumstances, when ex- all shapes and sizes to fit in every happen? He is not only forgiven for
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ternal thought impinges on the brain, nook and cranny of our malls, shops those present sins, but also for his
then it will not be registered, since and homes. We have home alarms, countless past sins and is eternally
the memory of that thought (app) is car alarms and even personal alarms! freed from all suffering! Just think,
cations. If, at this time, happy memo- missing or has become corrupted. And of course, everyone needs a being forgiven for every sin com-
ries are remembered actively, then Often, when a virus affects the mobile phone for their security too. mitted over infinite lives. Jagadguru
they might weaken and replace neg- computer, the best way to remove it Despite all these, there is so much Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj explains
ative thoughts. is by formatting the hard disk. Weak- crime being committed. Just im- that every thought we have that is
In a hypnosis session, it ening of memories by sanyam pro- agine what would happen if the not of God and Guru is a sin, and
is commonly seen that the vide mechanisms in the brain to do criminal justice system didn’t exist! yet, our merciful Lord not only for-
hypnotist suggests new just that, and this is far better than In this way, even in the material gives but takes full responsibility for
ideas and thoughts to the tinkering with selective removal of world, we can see that punishment the one who surrenders to Him!
patient and these get im- memory. is dispensed for the betterment of And this is God’s beautiful promise
planted in the brain. The loosening of memory also people. In fact, punishment is the in the Gita, 18.66, “Arjuna, come
This is useful, especial-
ly when a patient is talking
helps one in becoming detached. It is
memory that gives rise to attachment
only real deterrent.
Let’s say a murderer goes before
and surrender to me alone, and I
will liberate you eternally from all
about a painful past epi- either to people or property; when the court and begs the judge for this bondage.”
sode. This way, unpleasant memory becomes weak, detachment forgiveness,“Your Honour, I under- Kripalu Bhaktiyoga Tattvadarshan,
memories can be modified with new, results. That is the basic tenet of stand what I did was wrong, and I Vedic knowledge revealed by
suggested memories. But this is a dan- Patanjali Yoga Darshan. ■ am very sorry. I promise I will nev- Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
gerous process since the other person The author, a scientist, is director, er do it again. Please let me go.” as presented by the President
can play with the patient’s memory, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, Would any judge forgive such a of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat,
and there have been cases of false Phaltan, Maharashtra person? Never. The judge will be Dr Vishakha Tripathi;
unmoved by his performance and www.jkp.org.in
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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020

A thought for today

Melinda and I grew up learning World War-II was the
defining moment of our parents’ generation. In a similar
way, no one who lives through Pandemic-I will ever forget it
BILL GATES
The Queen And I
Why, in 21st century India, some ‘nationalists’ could use more self-confidence

Trust Science
Sadanand Dhume does not hurt.
In the end, though, an office is only
As the coronavirus worth respecting if the person who
continues its grim occupies it earns that respect. Queen
Global efforts to treat Covid-19 will deliver march across the planet,
upending economies
Elizabeth II has done this many times
over. In a lifetime spent in the public eye,
and reshaping politics, she has always projected steely rectitude

T
he Covid-19 pandemic may have brought to the fore several
it provides a stress test and unfussy dignity. (Sadly, the same
deficiencies with the global multilateral order. The big lesson not merely for governments but for cannot be said for many of the younger
is that we need far more global cooperation and trust to deal forms of government, the political royals.) In The Queen, a movie that
with a crisis of this nature. One area where such cooperation continues arrangements under which we live. documents the aftermath of Princess
is medical research to find a cure or a vaccine for the coronavirus. Would China (and the world) be better Diana’s death in 1997, then prime
Take for example the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by off had an authoritarian Communist minister Tony Blair sums up this view of
government not quashed early reports Elizabeth: “That woman has given her
Oxford University in collaboration with seven global institutions,
of the virus’s lethality? (Yes.) Is the whole life in service to her people.”
including India's Serum Institute. This particular vaccine is made staggering death toll in America a sign, Needless to say, appreciating the role
from a weakened version of a common cold virus from chimpanzees as the journalist George Packer argued the Queen plays in the UK, and in other
that has been inserted with the genes of the spike protein found recently, that the world’s sole super- countries with strong historical ties to
in the coronavirus. power has become a “failed state”? it, is not the same as wishing her to play a
Similarly, Hyderabad-based Bharat (No.) Do the success (so far) of Germany similar role in India, much less wanting
and South Korea in containing the the Brits to come back and rule
Biotech International Ltd is developing
virus prove the continued resilience again. But it does raise uncomfortable
a vaccine based on an influenza vaccine of market capitalism and liberal questions. Has an elected presidency

Arundyuti Das Basu

already being developed by US company democracy? (Probably.)
FluGen. Then two promising drugs that In these debates, the United Kingdom
can help in the treatment of Covid-19 are occupies relatively little space. For critics
remdesivir and favipiravir. While the of the current British government, its
policy response – an apparent failure to
former saw 50% of Covid-19 patients
take the pandemic sufficiently seriously
improve and more than half discharge at first – serves as a cautionary tale of
from hospital within two weeks in a hubris and incompetence. Britain’s death
study, the latter was deemed to be toll has already surpassed Spain’s, and
effective in treatment of coronavirus by a study in China. appears on track to soon surpass Italy’s
Additionally, various plasma therapy trials – involving too. Only the US remains far ahead.
Like the US, Germany, South Korea
transfusion of antibody-rich blood plasma from recovered
Covid-19 patients into those who are ill – are taking place, while the
and India, the UK is a liberal democracy.
Unlike them, it’s also a constitutional
anti-malaria hydroxychloroquine is being trialled as a prophylaxis. monarchy. With her reign stretching
These and many other vaccines and drugs in the works should yield back to 1952, 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth
a treatment for Covid-19. What’s important is that the transnational II is one of the most widely recognised
collaborative research that the pandemic has elicited should public figures in the world. I recently
discovered that, more than seven
continue even after the disease is controlled. Cutting-edge medical
science work can’t be done in silos. Thus, any notions of deglobali-
decades after India gained independence
from Britain, praising the Queen can
sation should be shunted forthwith. Only collective scientific still ruffle many feathers in the former
efforts with benefits for all can protect humankind. Jewel in the Crown.
This tempest in a teacup began with
the Queen’s four-minute video address
a smattering of smaller countries.
The response to my tweet was swift
and savage. Within days more than 1000
people had commented. Most of them
accused me of “boot licking,” of having
a “colonial hangover” and a “slave
mentality.” Not long afterward, a
television anchor best known for his
impressive lung power read out my
offending tweet on national television,
adding one more thing for his perma-
nently angry fans to be angry about.
What is it about the Queen that
appeals to me? I’ve neither lived nor
studied in Britain. My life has been
divided among three proud republics:
India, Indonesia and the United States.
Nor are my family’s links with the UK
particularly strong. Both my paternal
served India as well as a constitutional
monarchy has served Britain? Over the
past seven decades, have residents of
Rashtrapati Bhavan brought the same
credit to their office as the Queen has to
hers? If you wish to be polite, you can say
the Indian record is mixed.
Not everyone needs to admire the
My regard for the current British monarch. In The Queen, the
queen begins with a certain coarsely socialist Cherie Blair calls the
royals “a bunch of free-loading, emotio-
admiration for well-run nally retarded nutters.” My wife, a
constitutional monarchies. It’s no-nonsense American democrat, finds
the whole idea of hereditary privilege
not only the UK. Some of the anachronistic and offensive. That’s fine.
best governed spaces on earth I get it. I just happen to disagree.
are constitutional monarchies: Nonetheless, there’s something
slightly depressing about angry people
Japan, Sweden, Denmark and who can’t spell banging on about
the Netherlands slavery and boot-licking in 2020. If you
are truly secure in your nationhood,
not only the UK. Some of the best gover- you should not care what other people
ned spaces on earth are constitutional have to say about a distant monarch.
monarchies: Japan, Sweden, Denmark You should be able to view her as
and the Netherlands also come to mind. dispassionately as any other global

The Men Are In? to her people on coronavirus early last

month. I praised the speech on Twitter
as “calm, dignified and hopeful,” and
added that “Commonwealth countries
Quarantime is repurposing the kitchen that have her as head of state are
fortunate.” I meant by this places like
grandparents studied there before
Indian independence, and a maternal
uncle emigrated to London in the 1960s.
In sum, not much to write home about.
My regard for the current queen
begins with a certain admiration for
The elected head of government
represents the will of the people and
wields real power. The hereditary head of
state stands for tradition and continuity.
At moments of crisis, like the current
one, this can provide comfort to ordinary
figure – like Kim Jong-un or Ariana
Grande or Bill Gates. If seven decades
after the Raj ended you’re still obsessed
with colonialism, then you really
haven’t come very far.
The writer is a resident fellow at the Ame-

O
ur inner voyeur has been thriving in the lockdown. Thanks to Canada, Australia and New Zealand and well-run constitutional monarchies. It’s people. In a world in flux a little constancy rican Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC
WFH and video calls we are getting a proper peek into the
homes of our colleagues, clients, teachers, students. There are
a lot of surprises here. There’s also plenty of exhibitionism. Quaran-
time seems to be making a filmmaker out of every other person. And
guess the most popular setting of their films? Their homes indeed.
Rapidly distribute surplus grain to our displaced and
A thriving genre in this category is the kitchen film. Even the
quickest scroll through TikTok, Instagram, whathaveyou rewards
with so much drama. Besides cooking and
poor. There’s no better time than ongoing corona crisis
cleaning there are dance parties, musical Hardeep Singh be no more than a few million advantaged procurement price
tonnes which are overstated. regime in north India favouring
performances, study halls, powwows, parlays The stakes are too high to quibble rice. It takes 4 tonnes of water to
While large
and even memorials. The trend bolsters the numbers of and the time to act is now. grow 1kg of rice in north India –
idea that the kitchen is the heart of the home our nation’s If the leaky public distribu- no typo there. Apart from the
… but also repurposes this space beyond its migrants and tion system cannot cope, districts obvious strain on a water
traditional significations. Kitchen videos poor struggle should be allocated grain to constrained country, rice in
star so many men. If tomorrow aliens to feed them- distribute directly to the north India has caused widely
selves, 75 million tonnes of food hungry and needy. Our district understood and well documented
were to see these they would think that when level leadership has done damage to the aquifer, impacting
grains – more than three times
everyone was home and the maids were away, the national reserve require- remarkably well in tracking current and future productivity
most chores fell upon the men. ments – sit wastefully in and containment of the virus. on some of our best lands. Crea-
In one video Chiranjeevi flips a dosa like a pro under an industrial government warehouses. Less They have earned the right to ting a rice surplus in a country
sized chimney, in another Jr NTR squats down dishes. They are taking than 1 million tonnes have been be trusted with this urgent which is water constrained is
forward the #betherealman challenge. Many men have posted videos moved by rail during April from humanitarian effort. terrible economics. Govern-
bursting godowns in north Clearing out excess grain during this grim period. Any regulated mandis, to avoid ment will need to move quickly
for the roti challenge. Many women have refused to be fooled, asking at a time like this should be argument that excess wheat multiple handling and optimise to offer attractive support
India. And the major wheat
who prepared the dough and the rest of the rotis? Either way, a peek harvest is already coming in. a no brainer. It will alleviate can be exported is fallacious – transportation. prices for alternate crops.
into all these kitchens is enjoyable. Katrina Kaif ’s kitchen sink doesn’t We rightly blame the British suffering and also save the global prices are far lower than Paradoxically, there may be A substantial shift away
look as out of our league as her looks, boyfriends or bank balance. for the Bengal famine. Are exchequer huge carrying cost. our cost. In any case there is no an upside to labour shortage in from the economically and
we doing much better, self Annual carrying cost of the justification to export when north India. The upcoming rice environmentally challenged
governed? India has much more surplus grain is over Rs 15,000 millions are underfed at home. crop planting/ transplanting is rice cultivation in north India

When America goes AWOL grain in warehouses than any

possible worst case require-
ment. There is no better time
crore. That wasted money
should be brought back to
useful purpose, especially
On the question of labour,
and impact on current agricul-
tural operations – while much
highly labour intensive and will
require much more migrant
labour than can be expected to
will obviate the malady of crop
residue burning. That will be a
major contributor to reducing
than the current pandemic and of wheat harvesting is mecha- be available. It will be utopian to the pollutant load in October
Aggressive China rushes in to fill the vacuum, lockdown to rapidly distribute nical, shortage of labour will expect migrant labour who are and November!
wants the world to play by Beijing’s rules surplus grain to our displaced Apart from the hamper handling, storage and back home to return anytime Agriculture and food is a
and poor. obvious strain on a movement. Our infrastructure soon, after the suffering and lightning rod which draws fire
Nayan Chanda One possible reason for can only handle bagged wheat. tribulations they have endured and then dampens political will.
inaction is the oft whispered water constrained Bagging, loading, unloading, recently. This time of crisis allows deci-
With the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the world an old question allegation that some of the stock country, rice in north stacking into rail wagons is all The country already has sion makers freedom to make the
has new urgency: Has the US abandoned its global leadership? may be doubtful, in quality and manual and requires labour, more than enough rice stocks. A correct long term decisions while
Future historians may look back to the fourth week of April 2020 quantity, and clearing out
India has caused well which is now scarce. The major shift in cropping away addressing immediate needs.
as a watershed moment in the slowly dissipating American role. It warehouses can expose the documented damage to government needs to encourage from rice in north India is
The writer has served as Chair-
was a week when amid dysfunctional US response to the pande- accumulated rot across regimes. the aquifer, impacting farmers to collaboratively bag overdue and imperative. Rice man, Monitoring Committee on
mic its death toll topped the 50,000 mark and America’s moral and Those of us who have been wheat at procurement. There is cultivation in north India has
intellectual standing received a blow. From the White House podium President involved with the domain over current and future also a case to expand procure- been a heady mix of skewed
Minimum Support Prices, Planning
Commission, and was formerly
Donald Trump suggested extraordinary remedies for the ailment including many years believe there may productivity ment to village level, beyond policy – free water and an Chairman, Cargill South Asia
injecting household bleach into Covid-19 patients. After having cut off funding for
WHO – a critical player in these times – Washington announced it would not join a
global effort to find a vaccine for the virus. American leadership chose to go AWOL
dilbert Sacredspace
just as the new challenger China was ramping up its campaign to dislodge the US.
To be sure, State Department issued a ‘factsheet’ claiming it planned to donate What We Need
$200 million to developing countries to fight the coronavirus. It was barely noticed
by the world which has its eye fixed on feisty challenger China. After loudly pro- We can reject everything else:
claiming its success in rapidly squelching the virus it had spawned, China mounted religion, ideology, all received
a noisy propaganda campaign to show its leadership in fighting the pandemic by wisdom. But we cannot escape the
shipping medical equipment and doctors to some 80 countries in the world. China necessity of love and compassion....
underlined its pre-eminent role in global governance by contributing an additional
$30 million to WHO after the US cut. Citizens were told about grateful messages
Love for others and respect for their
flowing in from the world. The Serbian president who was at the airport when an rights and dignity, no matter who
airliner brought medical supplies, went on to kiss the Chinese flag. Soon an or what they are: ultimately
illuminated billboard went up in Belgrade saying “Thank you Brother Xi!” these are all we need.
With its aggressive diplomacy including spreading disinformation China
made it clear it would brook no criticism. A Chinese diplomat demanded that a The XIV Dalai Lama
US state legislator pass a resolution praising China; the Chinese embassy
website denounced French health workers for “letting

Can’t Go Outside? Try Going Inside

their residents die from starvation and disease.” Not content
globaleye to just reject US and Australian proposals to investigate the
origin and spread of the virus, China’s ambassador in Aust-
ralia went on to threaten boycott of Australia. Indeed, under Chinese pressure,
the EU watered down its report on China’s disinformation campaign. Rajiv Vij following all necessary guidelines, is the are healthy, we also need to pay attention It is not unforeseeable that the
China of course has a bigger goal than to just win praise from foreigners. In a key to effectively working our way to helping others if we can. Whether it is current crisis, including some form of

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speech, President Xi Jinping explained how China needed to turn this moment of y 87-year-old dad went through
danger into opportunity. While world attention is on mass deaths from the pandemic the Second World War, the Parti-
China got busy consolidating its position wherever it faces challenge. After China tion of India and went to jail for
announced that it was no longer bound by the ‘one country two systems’ principle Gandhiji’s Jail Bharo Andolan. Chatting
underlying the return of Hong Kong to China, dozens of senior democracy activists with him on the current pandemic here
were detained. Chinese naval vessels rammed and sank Vietnamese fishing boats are four key thoughts that arose:
while Beijing declared new administrative zones in South China Sea to reinforce its Calm amidst the panic: Fear levels
claim that has been rejected by the international court. China also dispatched a giant around us are high and palpable. The
exploration ship backed by naval vessels into Vietnamese exclusive economic zones, reality is that our prehistoric brain is
confident that Vietnam would not be able to do anything other than protest. In a show wired for survival, not for peace and
of force China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group sailed near Taiwan. equanimity. We instinctively feel fearful
Not that Taiwan or other countries are cowed. After the Chinese sank the with even the slightest of triggers
Vietnamese fishing vessel the Philippines, accommodative to China of late, affecting our survival. Imagine stepping
came out with a statement of solidarity with Vietnam. Washington, which has on a rope in the dark! The current Covid-19
stepped up its Freedom of Navigation Operations around Chinese occupied pandemic crisis is unprecedented and
Spratly and Paracels islands, strongly criticised China. Meanwhile, the EU and potentially devastating at multiple levels.
India took measures to prevent Chinese takeover of valuable companies It may turn out to be a generation-defining
weakened by the corona crisis. Europeans remember that after the 2008 global event. Fear is naturally turning to panic.
financial crisis China took advantage of Greece’s economic difficulty to snap While fear and panic are totally
up Piraeus port and followed up by acquiring several other European ports. understandable, we need to recognise
But with an isolationist America under an incompetent steward and the world the need to stay calm. Being calm and
preoccupied by coronavirus, the danger from a predator is higher than ever. positive, while staying fully vigilant and
through any crisis. Listening to the
horror stories of the Partition from my
dad, it is clear that if the health crisis
continues, each of us will likely
experience a roller coaster of emotions –
from denial, anxiety, anger and panic
to sadness and despair.
To build greater equanimi-
ty, it helps to switch off from
the external world of news
and social media from time
to time and instead, focus on
our inner world. Simply
sitting still and becoming an
observer of our varying
emotions helps. Remain focused only on
observing, without judging them (or
ourselves). With consistent practice, the
volatility of our emotions does subside.
We along with i: With the virus
spreading rapidly, protecting ourselves
and our loved ones is important. If we
the frontline health workers, daily wage lockdown or social distancing, may
earners or families of domestic helpers. continue for a couple of months. Also,
Being helpful to others is therapeutic for it’s possible that even if the infections
our heart and soul too. decline this summer, they may reappear
In our individualistic society, where next winter – until we have a vaccine
we are otherwise growing apart, the over the next 12 months. Besides, the
virus is a reminder of our economic downside of a prolonged
interconnectedness; that we outbreak would not only be severe but
cannot live or succeed in also could last over a year.
isolation. We are part of Pursue personal goals: Crisis and
different communities and isolation can be a remarkable time for
we should routinely contri- personal growth. Whether the pandemic
bute towards the welfare of is short-lived or prolonged, as my dad
all those communities. We reminds me, this too shall pass. So,
are all in it together. consider using this time of reduced
Trifocal vision: It’s easy for many of activity wisely. Don’t just watch the news
us to get into the survival mode for the or movies. Attend that online photography
next three weeks. Simultaneously, i or AI course that you wanted to; catch up
would encourage you to proactively plan on your reading; get fitter; learn to
for at least two more time-horizons. The meditate; practise gratefulness; be more
next three months and the next fifteen loving to your family. (The writer is a
months. Singapore based life coach)
India largest arms importer in last 10 yrs
I ndia was the world’s largest importer of defence weapons
between 2010 and 2019 due to fears over security from its
neighbours. India was followed by Saudi Arabia and China.
Australia was the world’s fourth biggest arms importer in the
TIMES BUSINESS THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI | SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020
Countries with the most defence imports
from 2010-2019 (in billion TIV)*
*TIV (trend-indicator value) is
based on the known unit
last decade. While the top three are familiar names, Australia
has been stepping up its defence purchases recently. Australia is 12.4 12.2 11.1 11.1 10.1 production costs of weapons and
also looking into exporting more of its own weapon systems as 33.0 25.4 represents the value according to
part of a government initiative. According to the data, the
country has been the 20th largest weapons exporter since 2010
9.8 the volume rather than the money
Source: Statista INDIA SAUDI ARABIA CHINA AUSTRALIA UAE EGYPT PAKISTAN SOUTH KOREA paid in the actual deal

India Inc gears up to restart Yields on AT1

bonds rise on
Lockdown brings Liquor shops
set to open
operations on cautious note dumping by auto industry’s under strict

Worries About Interpretation Of Reopening Rules On Ground

mutual funds
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Apr sales to zero safety norms
Pankaj.Doval
@timesgroup.com
Team TOI worried. “This will not be of
significant help. Why can’t
CEO Vivek Gambhir.
“We will wait and see
tive state governments. Once
we start, it will take a couple
Mumbai: Yields on some ad-
ditional tier-1 (AT1) — or qua- Rough Road Ahead As Livelihood New Delhi: Tipplers can look

May Take Lead Over Big Buying

B
usinesses are treading
cautiously on resump-
tion of operations at
plants, despite the govern-
ment on Friday signalling a
graded opening up and
allowing offices in even red
zones to work at a third of
their capacity.
While companies such as
Hyundai and TVS Motor are
planning to restart opera-
tions with a single shift,
other auto companies are ex-
pected to take more time to fi-
nalise plans. With uncertain-
ty looming large over supply
of parts and availability of
labour, there is not much sco-
pe if the entire business eco-
system is not in place, com-
pany executives said.
“Even if we are able to
produce, what will we do
with the manufactured go-
ods if the dealerships are not
open in large numbers. We
are not even sure about whet-
her trucks will be allowed to
pass through red zones into
green zones to transport
parts or finished products,” a
senior executive at a leading
two-wheeler company in the
Delhi-NCR region told TOI.
With restrictions on ope-
ning shops, businesses are
markets be allowed to open
in green zones or even open
periodically in orange zo-
nes?” said Sandeep Somany,
vice-chairman at Hindware.
Other problem is how the
norms are implemented.
“Guidelines are complex and
it remains to be seen how the
KEY CHALLENGES
➤ Labour and input
shortage
➤ With large cities in red
zones, bulk of sales will be
impacted
➤ This in turn will hold up
production
➤ Need to have entire
ecosystem in place, say
companies
risk profiling into green, yel-
low and red zones and requi-
red protocols for these diffe-
rent zones will actually work
in practice. With so many
major cities classified as red
zones, the overall resump-
tion of economic activity
will be relatively limited in
the near term,” said Godrej
Consumer Products MD and
what happens on the demand
side. Basis on this assess-
ment, we will take a call on
whether production should
start immediately, or in some
more time. We need to map
supplier conditions, as aro-
und 60% of them were esti-
mated to be in the red zone
➤ Dynamic classification of
zones based on new cases
complicates matters
when we last checked,” said
Naveen Soni, senior VP at To-
yota Kirloskar Motors.
Hyundai Motor India vi-
ce-resident B C Datta said the
company will seek permis-
sion from the Tamil Nadu go-
vernment to restart a plant,
which is in the red zone.
“We are awaiting the for-
mal notification from respec-
of weeks or a little more to get
the entire supply chain going
and get to normal production
levels,” said TVS Motor Co jo-
int MD Sudarshan Venu.
Major cities being in red
zone is also proving to be dif-
ficult for the corporate sec-
tor as bulk of the sales come
from metros. Companies are
also finding it tough to find
manpower for loading goods
and trucks to transport con-
signments. “A clear interpre-
tation of the Centre’s guide-
lines to permit manufactu-
ring of relevant FMCG pro-
ducts is missing at the
ground level,” said Dabur In-
dia ED Shahrukh Khan.
Britannia MD Varun Ber-
ry said barring West Bengal,
most of its factories were
operating. “In West Bengal,
three-to-four factories are
not operating and if we get
the clearances, it will help us
reach better capacity.”
“We hope that state go-
vernments would allow sale
of non-essential products in
standalone stores as people
in red zones need them as
much as people in green and
orange zones,” said Arvind
Mediratta, MD & CEO, Metro
Cash & Carry India
si-equity — bonds issued by
nationalised banks and some
non-bank papers have risen to
over double the return on go-
vernment bonds. A key rea-
son for the increase is dum-
ping of bonds by mutual funds
at a loss in a bit to meet re-
demption pressures.
According to trading data
from the NSE, Bank of Baro-
da’s perpetual bond was last
traded at a yield of 10.5%.
When the bond was issued, it
carried a coupon of 8.7%.
Punjab National Bank’s
8.98% perpetual debt was tra-
ded at 12.65%. Punjab & Sind
Bank is trading at 13%, and
Axis Bank at 11.98%. Bonds is-
sued by a double-A-rated
NBFC were sold at 15%.
GIVE DOUBLE
OF G-SECS
One of the reasons for the
rise in yields is that banks are
the only institutions with li-
quidity, deploying nearly Rs 7
lakh crore with the RBI and in
the short-term paper, and they
are not using it.
“Banks have an opportuni-
ty to earn a large spread,” said
LIC Mutual Fund CEO Dinesh
Pangtey. He added that the RBI
has allowed banks to hold the
Pankaj.Doval@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: It was a painful first
month of fiscal 2020-21 for the
auto industry that registered nil
sales in April amid the lock-
down and retail as well as mobi-
lity restrictions in place across
the country due to the coronavi-
rus pandemic. Companies say
that there has been loss of pro-
duction and “sales opportunity
worth thousands of crores of ru-
pees” as the lockdown remains
in place, though some restric-
tions will be lifted from May 4.
Companies making cars,
SUVs, commercial vehicles and
two-wheelers such as Maruti Su-
zuki, Hyundai, Mahindra, Tata
Motors, Ashok Leyland, Toyota,
Hero MotoCorp and Honda re-
ported zero deliveries, even as so-
me managed to export a few
hundred units after port opera-
tions were allowed. A nervous
bunch of companies say going
will be extremely tough this year
as “livelihood will take preceden-
ce over large-ticket purchases”
and people will be wary of malls,
markets and dealerships.
“Maruti had zero sales in the
domestic market in April. This
was because in compliance with
ver, the unavoidable side-effect
has been the severe adverse im-
pact on the economic activity,” sa-
id Naveen Soni, senior VP (sales
and services) at Toyota.
“We have concerns on how
business will be conducted even
when we open up. The outlook is
grim. We need massive support
from the government and from
automobile makers,” a top retai-
ler in Delhi — who has dealers-
hips for multiple brands — said.
SEEKING RELIEF
➤ There has been loss
of production and sales
opportunity worth thousands
of crores of rupees, say
companies
➤ Auto industry is
demanding a relief package
from the government
➤ Long shutdown
has shattered
financials, and we
are now fending
for money to pay
staff, say retailers
➤ The government should
ensure that entire chain
involved in business –
component makers, dealers,
and manufacturing brands –
forward to replenish their liqu-
or stocks very soon. With parti-
al lifting of lockdown restric-
tions from May 4, liquor com-
panies say they expect a large
part of standalone shops to
open over the next few days (not
in malls and markets), as states
give orders to get the business
going under strict social dis-
tancing and safety norms.
Companies have started
production in states such as UP,
Assam and Karnataka, accor-
ding to the International Spi-
rits & Wines Association of In-
dia (ISWAI), and are now ho-
ping for start of sales, but un-
der strict hygiene norms.
Companies looking to start
business include Diageo, Per-
nod Ricard, Allied Blenders &
Distillers, Brown-Forman, Ba-
cardi, Mohan Meakin and Radi-
co Khaitan. For the states, this
would ring in immediate reve-
nues as annual tax collections
from liquor are to the tune of Rs
2.5 lakh crore, or nearly Rs 700
crore a day, Amrit Kiran Singh,
chairman of ISWAI, told TOI.
States had been pushing the
Centre for permission to open li-
quor shops as the business pro-
vides a large tax collection for
their coffers. However, despite
the nudge, the Centre had earlier
dismissed the demand, though

E-tailers eye orange, green zones

Digbijay.Mishra
@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru: E-commerce
companies are looking to
start servicing orders for both
essentials and non-essentials
in orange as well as green zo-
nes after the latest home mini-
stry order. This, even as some
players are seeking further
clarity from the government
after a flip-flop last month.
Three industry sources sa-
id the ministry’s order seems
to have finally paved the way
for e-commerce to sell all go-
ods, just like offline shops.
Owing to previous weeks’
multiple clarifications from
the government, the latest ho-
me ministry notification was
reviewed by legal teams of e-
tailers like Flipkart and Ama-
zon India, people aware of the
matter said.
“We welcome the govern-
ment’s decision to allow e-
commerce in orange and gre-
en zones to serve people safely
Traders’ body CAIT
launches e-portal
LOSING BIG
Amazon’s global losses (in $ m)
Jan-Mar ’19 Oct-Dec Jan-Mar ’20
-90
-398
-617
with products that they need
and have not been able to ac-
cess due to the lockdown,” a
spokesperson of Amazon In-
dia told TOI. In red zones, e-
commerce companies are on-
ly allowed to deliver essenti-
als, which include grocery, hy-
giene products, and medici-
nes. Amazon India said that
e-commerce companies sho-
uld be allowed to deliver other
priority products in the red
zone as well.
A Flipkart spokesperson
Oil crash cuts LPG rates,
declined to comment.
The new order comes as
Amazon said it has seen the
“biggest impact” of the virus
outbreak in India among its in-
ternational markets owing to
the government allowing the
sale of only essentials through
e-commerce, its global CFO
Brian Olsavsky. He was spea-
king during the January-
March earnings call on Friday.
However, Amazon’s global sa-
les — led by home market, the
US — hit a record high.
Separately, data sourced
last week from Marketplace
Pulse, which tracks Amazon
globally, showed overall sales
were down by 80-90% on Ama-
zon India compared to pre-
lockdown days. The data furt-
her shows a sharp decline in
sales when compared against
the last festive season sales
and Christmas.
Amazon’s international
business, which counts India,
saw losses for the latest quar-
ter growing over fourfold to al-
most $400 million compared
to $90 million during the same
quarter in the previous year.
Typically, grocery and
other essential items contri-
bute about 10% of overall sa-
les for e-tailers here.
In its April 20 edition, TOI
reported estimates from For-
rester that e-commerce growth
in India could fall to zero after
the government changed its
stance of allowing the sale of
non-essentials online.
Even after the govern-
ment’s green signal for e-com-
merce in green and orange zo-
nes, e-tailers might have to fa-
ce a logistical challenge. Ma-
ny warehouses and sellers of
e-commerce companies are
based in government-defined
red zones in big cities. “If we
can’t take goods from our wa-
rehouse in a red zone, how
will one deliver it in other zo-
nes? This has to be looked at
before e-commerce can open
up practically,” an e-commer-
ce executive said.
bonds to maturity, they need government orders, all produc- should be allowed to open in finally it has agreed.
not worry about mark-to-mar- tion facilities were closed. Mean- unison for a more effective Singh said ISMAI has prepa-
ket provisions. while, following resumption of relief, say stakeholders red a ‘safe shield’ programme
According to fund mana- port operations, the first export that will list out the dos and
gers, while bonds of some PSU shipment of 632 units was under- “A vehicle manufacturer can- don’ts for liquor vends and buy-
undertakings represent an op- taken from the Mundra port, en- not commence operations if any ers. “There will be masks, saniti-
portunity to generate a return, suring that all guidelines for safe- of its suppliers is unable to un- sers, gloves, and a tray that will
non-government bonds are ty were followed,” the company dertake production. Further, pro- be used to collect payment and
perceived to be high risk. A said. Toyota said the Covid crisis duction for a vehicle manufactu- handover the bottles. There will
drop in the capital adequacy ra- has only exacerbated the “alrea- rer would only amount to adding be markings outside where peo-
tio would result in loss of divi- dy-prevalent pressures” on the inventory and thus blocking wor- ple will need to stand before they
dend and a sharp fall could re- automobile industry, which had king capital in case dealers are can purchase.” Vinod Giri, di-
sult in even the principal being been battling slowdown blues for unable to sell vehicles,” a joint rector-general of Confederation
wiped out. This was demonst- the past many months. statement signed by three indust- of Indian Alcoholic Beverage
rated by the Yes Bank episode “But challenges this time are ry associations SIAM (manufac- Companies (CIABC), said they
where several AT1 bond inves- multi-dimensional. Lockdown turers), ACMA (part makers) and expect most of the large plants to
tors lost all their money. was absolutely necessary... howe- FADA (dealers) said. start production.
NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Government of Himachal Pradesh
JAL SHAKTI VIBHAG
01892-265028
TENDER NOTICE
e-mail : ee-kan- hp@nic.in
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INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) Website :- httos :l/hptenders.gov .in
The Executive Engineer, HPPWD Kangra Distt. Kangra H.P. on behalf of Online bids on lump-sum tender are invited by the Executive
Governor of H.P. invites the item rate bids , in electronic tendering system Engineer, Jal Shakti Division , Jhandutta on behalf of Governor of
from the eligible class of contractors registered with H PP W Dfor the works Himachal Pradesh , in electronic tendering system in Two covers for the
as detailed in the table. under mentioned work from the bidders/ firms of appropriate class enlisted
with Himachal Pradesh Jal Shakti Vibhag, Central/ any State Govt.
Sr. No. :- 1 Name of work :- C/O Link road from Garoh Dhima Basti to
Depart ments or any Govt. undertakings.
Oder km.0 /O to 3/129 under NABARD RIDF-XXV in Distt . Kangra (H.P)
S. No.:- 2 Name of Work :- Providing Sewerage Scheme to Shah Talai
(SH :- Formation cutting/passing place , R/W all , Cross drainage wall ,
Granular Sub Base, Tarring, Side drain and parapets). Estimated cost :- Town in Tehsil Jhandutta Distt . Bilaspur (SH : Construction of
1,23,34,061/- Starting date fordownload ing Bid.:-14.05.2020 Earnest Sewage treatment plant of 1.65 M.L.D capacity based on EAS
Money :- 1, 55 ,850/- Deadline for submission of Bid :- 28.05.2020 technology complete In all respect ). Estimated Cost :- 168350521-
Time Limit :-One year EMD Cost of Tender :- 200851/- Time of comp letion :- 12 months Cost
Sr. No .:- 2 Name of work :- C/O National Institute of Fashion Technology
at Kangra (SH : - Providing & laying cement concrete pavement , C/O
Drain , Water Storm Drain and Water Collection Tank. C/O Boundary Wall .
C/OP PCC U-Shape drain , C/O Gabion Ball, C/O Path way, CIO Lift, C/O
of form :- 15001-
1. Last date of filling/up loading the tender throug h E-tendering mode is
23/05/2020 upto 11.00 A.M, which shall be opened/down loaded on dated
23/05/2020 at 11.30 AM.

erases govt’s subsidy bill

Bengaluru: The Confedera-
tion of All India Traders (CAIT),
with the help of the govern-
ment’s department for promo-
tion of industry and internal
trade (DPIIT), has launched an e-
commerce marketplace for all
retail traders across India. CAIT
says this will provide end-to-end
services in logistics — from ma-
nufacturers to end consumers,
including deliveries at home.
“We have already started a
pilot, initially in six cities — Pra-
yagraj, Gorakhpur, Varanasi,
Lucknow, Kanpur and Bengalu-
Sanjay.Dutta@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The crash in in-
ternational oil and petrole-
um products prices on
Friday erased government
subsidy on domestic LPG
refills and brought down
the price of each cylinder
between 22% and 25%, de-
pending upon state taxes,
bringing relief to consu-
prices of a 14.2-kg cylinder
are now the same. The price
equilibrium has also been
hastened by the govern-
ment’s move in 2019 to quiet-
ly raise the price of a subsi-
dised cylinder by Rs 35.55 in
five months between Octo-
ber-November 2019 and
March this year.
SOME RELIEF
to higher delivery charges or
local tax, sources told TOI.
In Delhi, the benchmark
market, state-run fuel retai-
lers slashed the price by Rs
162.50, or 22%, to Rs 581.50.
Due to variations in state
taxes and other charges,
Chennai will see the highest
reduction of Rs 192 per cylin-
der, or 25%; followed by Kol-
kata at Rs 190, or 24%; and
2. The NIT and other detailed conditions can be down loaded from the
Fire Escape Stair Case , C/O Ramps and Stair case & C/O Manhole and
Sewer line etc.). Estimated cost :- 5,00,43,5061- Start ing date for website https/h ptenders.gov.in
downloading Bid.:-14.05.2020 Earnest Money :- 5,00,000/- Deadline Executive Engineer ,
forsubmissionof Bid:-28 .05.2020 Time Limit:- One Year Jai Shakti Division ,Jhandutta.
The bidders are advised to note other detailsTerms and conditions of HIM SUCHANAAVAM JAN SAMPARK
tender from the department website www.h ptenders .gov.in
The contractors/firms should be submit the hard copy of document as
required in the bid of the above mentioned works. The contractorsifirms
should be submit all the documents a!w original FDR & Demand Draft
before opening the technical bid, otherwise no document will be
entertained after opening the technical Bid, So that the same can be open *OFFICE ORDER*
well in time Please Note.
The following online tenders were called vide this office letter
The undersigned has right to extend or cancel the bids without declaring
any reasons thereof . No :- JSV-DS-CB-EA-I-Tender/ 19-20-14652-57 dated 06.03.2020
& 16015-20 dated 19.03.2020 is hereby cancelled due to
HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARK
AON _z ,j O I V b + 2 l z technical/ administrative reasons.
No

Sr. No.:- 1 E-tender ID :- 2020_ HPIPH_ 36001_ 1 Name of Work

ru. This has now grown to over
90 cities in a matter of two we-
eks. The learnings will allow us
to scale to many more locations
and soon to categories beyond
groceries,” said Praveen Khan-
delwal, the trade body’s secreta-
ry general. TNN
mers as well as the govern-
ment as they cope with the
coronavirus pandemic.
This is the third consecu-
tive monthly reduction in
LPG prices prompted by de-
clining international rates.
The market and subsidised
As a result, the govern-
ment will not have to transfer
any subsidy into the bank ac-
count of consumers in the fo-
ur metros who book cooking
gas refills this month. In
other regions or areas, the
subsidy will be only Rs 4-5 due
Mumbai Rs 135, or 18%.
This is an indication of
the gains India stands to ma-
ke from the crash in crude
and refined products prices.
The savings will enable the
government to spend on wel-
fare schemes for the needy.
:- Const of rain water harvesting structure (Dam) over kuhni Khad
in G.P. Dhamoon Tehsil & Distt Shimla HP (SH :- C/O Dam
BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE structure at Kuhni Khad) Estimated cost .:-Rs 1,69 ,40 ,3681-
Office of the Executive Engineer, BBMP, K.R. Pura Division , Sr. No.:- 2 E-tender ID :- 2020_ HPIPH_ 35997 _ 1 Name of Work
Old Madras Road , K.R. Pura , Bangalore - 560 036. :- Const of rain water harvesting structure (Dam) over kuhni Khad
in G.P. Dhamoon Tehsil & Distt Shimla HP (SH :- C/O Dam
No. : BBMP/EE/KRP/TND/08/2020-21 Date : 30-04-2020 structure at Jhakhri Nallah) Estimated cost .:- Rs. 1,67 ,10,187/-
INVITATION FOR TENDER NOTIFICATION (IFT) Sr.No . :- 3 E-tender ID :- 2020_HPIPH_36438_ 1 Name of Work
(TWo Cover System) (Through i :- LWSS to P.C.Habitation in Block Theog in Chopal constituency

Looking at ‘repurposing’ drugs: Biocon
Rupali.Mukherjee Several pharma companies
@timesgroup.com are using existing drugs
to see if they work for
Covid-19. Is Biocon
therapy for managing cytoki-
ne storm in critically-ill pati-
ents. We hope that it will help
kits which Biocon’s sub-
sidiary Syngene is develo-
ping? Are these antibody
testing kits or PCR ones?
The Executive Engineer, (K.R. Pura Division), invites Item Rate tenders
from eligible tenderers registered in BBMP or equivalent registration with
CPWD / KPWD / Railways / MES / National Highway / Any State or Central
covered under JJM in Tehsil Theog Distt. Shimla. HP. (SH :- Prov.
laying and jointing of Rising main 150mm dia for Booster , Ist , 2nd
stage , augmentation of Dawada Khad and Booster Augmentation ,
Anchor block in Jeek Nallah to protect the Rising main , Supply and
erection of pumping machinery at Booster, Ist , 2nd stage ,
Government Organisation fortheworks details inthetable below.
augmentation of Dawada Khad and Booster Augmentation and
Approximate Installation of automation for Ist and 2nd stage( Phase-2nd).
St. EMD

B
engaluru-based biotech
major Biocon is working
on multiple fronts — the-
rapeutic vaccines, new drugs
and ‘repurposing’ medicines
— to tackle the Covid-19 pan-
demic. The company, with re-
venues of over Rs 5,600 crore,
hopes to “repurpose” its exis-
ting novel biologic Itolizumab
to treat complications caused
by Covid-19, while another
drug Cytosorb, used for sepsis
treatment, may also help in re-
ducing mortality, its chairper-
son Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
said. Biocon is exploring op-
portunities to collaborate
with US companies to develop
antibody-based therapeutic
vaccines through Indian-
American oncologist Sidd-
hartha Mukherjee, she told
TOI. Excerpts:
“repurposing” drugs
from its portfolio?
We are working to repurpose
our novel monoclonal
antibody Itolizumab
(used in psoriasis) to
treat complications
caused by Covid-19 in-
fection. If we can suc-
cessfully establish the
potential role for our molecule
in treating Covid-19 complica-
tions, it will enable us to add-
ress a critical unmet need.
In addition, Cytosorb, a
product that Biocon has licen-
sed from a US company, has re-
cently been approved by the
USFDA for emergency treat-
ment of Covid-19. Cytosorb —
introduced in India for sepsis
treatment in 2013 — is a safe
and well-tolerated innovative
in bringing down mortality in
Covid-19 patients as well.
Biocon is understood to
have partnered
noted oncologist
Siddhartha
Mukherjee for
developing Covid-19
drugs. Are these
plasma-derived
therapies or anti-virals?
ThroughMukherjee, we are
in contact with several US
companies developing antibo-
dy-based therapeutic vacci-
nes. We want to explore oppor-
tunities to collaborate with
these US companies to deve-
lop these antibody-based vac-
cines together. There is no for-
mal tie-up as yet.
What is the status of test
At Syngene, my team is wor-
king on developing PCR-based
diagnostic as well as a serologi-
cal antibody testing kits. Sero-
logical testing can be used to de-
tect antibodies present in the
blood to identify the real num-
ber of people in a population
who have come in contact with
the Covid-19 virus.
This test can actually also
identify people who may not
even have shown any symp-
toms and recovered. If serolo-
gic testing can be done on a lar-
ge number of people across the
country, it would also reveal if
India as a country has develo-
ped ‘herd immunity’ against
the disease, it will give the go-
vernment a key data matrix to
gradually lift curfews\ lock-
down from specific areas.
Name of the Work Value of Wor k in Rs). Estimated cost.:- Rs . 5,86 ,84 ,044/-
No
(Rs. in Lakhs) Sr. No.:- 4 E-tender ID :- 2020_ HPIPH_ 36435_ 1 Name of Work
:- LWSS to P.C.Habitation in Block Theog in Chopal constituency
Construction of Additional Class
covered under JJM in Tehsil Theog Distt . Shimla. HP. (SH :- C/O 35
Rooms , Compound Wall to School
Mtr. long head weir over Bashari Khad and 25 mtr. long at Dawada
Buildings and Construction of Khad, retaining/breast wall in front of pump house and WTP , RCC
1. Anganawadi Buildings and Other 395.00 5,93,000/- Sump well 267000 Itrs at Bashari Khad and 245000 cap at Dawada
Improvement Works. (Consisting of 7 Khad ., Main Storage tank 383500 Itrs. in ]Ind stage near GHS
Works) in Ward No. 25, 26 , 51 & 53 of Kishore , Main Storage tank 331000 Itrs. cap. at Jathari top near
K.R. Pura Constituency . (Package-1). Temple, RCC Sector storage tank 162200 Itrs. cap. at Gagal , RCC
Sector storage tank 19200 ltrs. cap. at Alidhar, RCC Filter bed
(1) Availability of RFP Document from 06-05 -2020 Onwards . 334000 Itrs cap. at Bashari Khad RCC filter bed 306000 ]trs .
(2) Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on 11-05-2020 at 11.30 am in the Chief capacity at Dwada Khad, RCC Sedimentation tank 67000 Itrs at
Engineer Office , K.R. Pura , Headed by Chief Engineer, Mahadevapura , Bashari Khad and 62000 Itrs. cap. at Dwada Khad, Pump house
BBMP. (3) Last date for submission of tender documents On or before Ist stage at Bashari Khad and 2nd stage near GHS Kishore. Prov.
19-05 -2020 at 4.00 pm. (4) Technical bids will be opened on the Website : and fixing barbed wire fencing around civil structure , Prov. and
https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in in the Office of the Executive Engineer, Installation of FHTC , Laying and jointing of Distribution system ,
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STORIES YOU SHOULD’T MISS

‘Corona Will Start To Fizzle Out When 2/3rd Of Population Is Infected And Herd Immunity Sets In’
Biden denies sexual
Chidanand.Rajghatta
@timesgroup.com Covid-19 is likely to now predicting that 1,00,000
Americans will have died by
assault allegation
AFP

Washington: The novel co-
ronavirus will be around for
at least 18 to 24 months under
any circumstances, a new US
report has said, projecting
that it will only start to fizzle
out when roughly two-thirds
of the population is infected
and “herd immunity” sets in.
The report comes even as
President Trump on Thursday
made known his intention to
seek reparations of up to $1 tr-
illion from Beijing, alleging
that he has a “high degree of
confidence” the novel corona-
virus originated in a laborato-
ry in Wuhan. The twin deve-
lopments undercut any expec-
tation that life — and interna-
tional relations — will return
to pre-2020 days any time soon.
The report by the Center for
Infectious Disease Research
and Policy released on Thurs-
day, based on the study of pre-
vious pandemics, presents thr-
ee possibilities, none of which
see an immediate demise of the
coronavirus. In the first scena-
More than 1m recovered; WHO
extends ‘global emergency’ alert
Labour union protests in front of Greek parliament in Athens
rio, the pandemic will continue
in a series of “peaks and valle-
ys”, gradually waning over ti-
me until it dies out in 2021. “The
occurrence of these waves may
vary geographically and may
depend on what mitigation me-
asures are in place,” it states.
In the second “worse case
scenario”, the report says the
current outbreak will be eclip-
sed by a much larger peak in
the fall or winter of this year in
May Day with a twist!
A t a time when workers of the wo-
rld are bearing the brunt of the
economic fallout of the widespread
curbs, some saw it as more important
than ever to show their solidarity on
International Workers’ Day. In Athens,
Greeks wearing masks and gloves and
standing six feet apart gathered out-
side parliament. Spanish unions held
online events after courts struck do-
wn proposals to gather outdoors, whi-
le French planned to bang on pots and
pans outside their homes at midday.
President Macron acknowledged that
this May 1was “like no other”. NYT
echoes of the 1918-19 Spanish to 24 months of significant Co-
Flu pandemic. Smaller peaks vid-19 activity, with hot spots
will follow before the infection popping up periodically in di-
rate is wrestled down with mo- verse geographic areas,” the re-
re lockdown measures. The port warns, urging the govern-
best case scenario projects a ment to level with public that
“slow burn”, with the pande- pandemic will not be over soon
mic gradually fading away and to prepare for the worst
with smaller and smaller pe- -case scenario two (no vaccine
aks from now till 2022. is available and herd immunity
“Whichever scenario the has not been met this year).
pandemic follows, we must be The sobering assessment
prepared for at least another 18 came as many states in the US
Pak speaker tests
positive for Covid,
AROUND THE WORLD
generate antibodies,
says Anthony Fauci
M ost people who’ve had the
coronavirus probably devel- Trump into an increasingly to-
op markers of the infection, acc-
ording to top US expert Anthony
Fauci. He said it would be “extre- intelligence that no assess-
mely unusual” if patients did not
develop antibodies, which often
bestow immunity on people. Oth- ugh contact with animals or
er experts have cast doubt. “I’d be if it was the result of an acci-
careful about saying people who
get infected don’t have any
antibodies. It would be almost
unprecedented.” BLOOMBERG
began relaxing mitigation me-
asures and federal social dis-
tancing norms ended, even
though cases and deaths spi-
ked. After dipping to below
1,500 deaths per day last wee-
kend, the daily nationwide US
toll has soared to over 2,300 per
day over each of the last three
days, with the overall tally nea-
ring 64,000. One model from the
Network Science Institute at
Northeastern University is
the end of summer.
The still rising toll, the eco-
nomic distress and the criti-
cism of his handling of the
crisisis is pushing President
ugh stance towards China.
Contradicting views of US
ment has been made on whet-
her the outbreak began thro-
dent at a lab in Wuhan, Tru-
mp said he has seen evidence
that gives him a “high degree
of confidence” that the virus
originated in a Wuhan lab.
The exchange was follo-
wed by leaks that Washington
is considering a range of steps
from stripping China of “sove-
reign immunity” in US courts
to seizing or defaulting on US
debts to China. Trump, howe-
ver, indicated that he is in favo-
ur of a more moderate appro-
ach such as imposing massive
tariffs on Chinese imports and
ending flight of manufactu-
ring jobs to the country.
AP
Washington: Democratic said she filed a complaint back
presidential candidate Joe Bi- in 1993. But she does not have a
den on Friday categorically record of this alleged compla-
denied allegations from a for- int. There is only one place a
mer Senate staffer that he sex- complaint of this kind could
ually assaulted her in the ear- be — National Archives.”
ly 1990s, saying “this never ha- Republicans worried abo-
ppened”. His first public re- ut President Donald Trump’s
marks on the allega- increasingly preca-
tion by former staffer rious political stan-
Tara Reade come at a ding are seizing on
critical moment for the allegation to por-
the presumptive De- tray Democrats as
mocratic nominee as hypocrites who only
he tries to relieve mo- defend women who
unting pressure after allege wrongdoing
weeks of leaving de- CLEARING THE AIR against conservati-
nials to his campaign. ves. They are dig-
“I’m saying unequivocally, ging in despite the fact that it
it never, never happened,” Bi- could renew attention on the
den said in an interview on multiple sexual assault cla-
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”. Bi- ims lodged against Trump.
den said he will ask the Natio- Speaking about the allega-
nal Archives to determine wh- tion against Biden for the first
ether there is any record of time on Thursday, Trump sa-
such a complaint being filed, id Biden “should respond”.
but he said repeatedly that he The November contest
doesn’t believe such a record will be the first presidential
exists. “The former staffer has race of the #MeToo era. AP
5G signal now US House panel
available on
top of Everest,
wants Bezos
to testify in

T
he WHO extended its
declaration of a global
health emergency on
Friday. More than 3.27 million
people around the world are in-
fected and nearly a quarter
million have died. However, in
some good news, the number of
people to have recovered from
the infection crossed 1million.
WHO chief Tedros Adha-
nom Ghebreyesus defended
the health agency’s “timely”
actions in declaring the corona-
virus an international health
emergency on January 30.
“The declaration was made in
enough time for the rest of the
world to respond because there
were at that stage only 82 cases
of infection and no deaths out-
side China.” Tedros said the
WHO had used the days before
declaring the global emergency
as time to visit China to learn
more about the new virus.
Meanwhile, Beijing parks
and museums reopened: All tic-
kets for Forbidden City were so-
ld out for weekend holiday. Ru-
ssia’s case tally rose by record
7,933 cases and stood at 114,431.
Toll rose to 1,169. NYT & AGENCIES
had hosted Iftar Madonna tests +ve says report antitrust probe
party this week for antibodies: Will
Beijing: Climbers to Mount Washington: The US House
BEIJING breathe in ‘Covid air’ Everest from the Chinese side Judiciary Committee on Fri-
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Natio- can now enjoy high-speed 5G day called on Jeff Bezos, Ama-
nal Assembly speaker Asad Qa-
iser has tested test positive for
the novel coronavirus, raising
M adonna has said she wa-
nts to breathe in “Co-
vid-19 air” after testing negative
coverage after the world’s
highest-altitude base station
started operation in the remo-
zon’s chief ex-
ecutive, to tes-
tify before Co-
fears that other high-ranking for coronavirus. te Himalayan region of Tibet, ngress, in a
officials, including PM Imran The singer said the state media reported on major escala-
Khan, whom he had met earlier she has the right MEGHAN LOSES ROUND 1 OF Friday. Built at an altitude of tion of its in-
in the week, may have also cont- antibodies to pro- SUIT TO BRITISH TABLOID 6,500 metres, the base station vestigation in-
TRACKING OUTBREAK racted the disease. Ignoring so-
cial distancing protocol, the PTI
tect her from
contracting the
In a setback to Prince Harry and
Meghan in their bitter legal battle
which became operational on
Thursday, is located at the ad-
to the country’s largest techno-
logy companies. The testimo-
lawmaker had hosted an Iftar disease. “I took a test the other against the British tabloids, a vance base camp of Mount ny would allow lawmakers to
Countries Infected Death dinner last Monday, which was day”, the 61-year-old said on a high court judge struck down key Everest, the world’s highest question Bezos about accusa-
185 attended by a number of politi- video posted to her Instagram. claims on Friday in a lawsuit that peak, according to state-run tions that Amazon abuses its
United States 10,82,411 63,127 countries/ cians and dignitaries. The spea- “And I found out that I have the Meghan brought against the Mail telecom giant China Mobile. market power in online retail,
ker is the latest Pakistani politi- antibodies so tomorrow I’m just for publishing a letter she sent to The base station, along mistreats warehouse workers
Spain 2,13,435 24,543 regions hit cian — and third PTI leader — going to go on a long drive in a with another two that were and hurts small businesses. In
her father. Justice Mark Warby
to test positive for coronavirus. car, roll down the windows and previously built at altitudes a letter to Bezos, lawmakers
Italy 2,07,428 28,236 said the newspaper wouldn’t be
32,76,373+ “I have put myself in self-qu- I’m going to breathe in the Co- judged on whether it had ‘acted of 5,300 metres and 5,800 met- even threatened to subpoena
United Kingdom 1,78,684 27,583 infected globally
arantine,” Qaisar posted on vid-19 air.” The CDC says it is dishonestly’ by leaving out res respectively, realises the him. An Amazon spokeswo-
Twitter late on Thursday. Qaiser still unclear whether antibodies certain passages of the letter full coverage of 5G signal of man didn’t offer a comment.
France 1,67,303 24,410 said his entire family had been will make you immune to the Mount Everest on the north The decision to call Bezos to
Germany 1,63,331 6,632
2,35,290+ tested and his son and daughter
had tested positive. Qaiser had
virus or prevent you from gett-
ing infected again. In March,
ring in-flight meals to travel-
deprived Russians who miss
ridge as well as the summit,
Xinhua news agency repor-
testify comes after an article in
The Wall Street Journal detai-
have died met PM Imran Khan on Monday. Madonna called coronavirus the thrill of a catering cart rol- ted. Zhou Min, general ma- led how Amazon employees
Turkey 1,22,392 3,258 It was not immediately clear if “the great equaliser” in a somb- ling down the aisle. The airline nager of Tibet branch of had used data from third-party
Russia 1,14,431 1,169 10,39,588+ Khan will be tested. Pakistan re-
ported 990 new cases in the last
re nude video taken in the bath. said the initiative was meant to
provide people with “the taste
China Mobile, said the facili-
ty will ensure telecommuni-
sellers to hone its private label
offerings. Amazon executives
have recovered The taste of travel: Airline
Iran 95,646 6,091 24 hours on Friday, taking the of travel without leaving your cation for mountain clim- have said that they did not beli-
number of infections to 17,439, delivers in-flight meals home”. Russia has grounded bing, scientific research, en- eve the allegations were accu-
87,187
Source: Johns Hopkins
Brazil 6,006 University the health ministry said. Ural Airlines has begun delive- all international flights. vironmental monitoring rate, but an internal investiga-
Omer Farooq Khan TNN and HD livestreaming. PTI tion has been launched. NYT

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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020

GALLERY

Australia now world’s THE DAY CAMP NOU SHAPED EPL restart plan
stokes fear,
morality issues

A LEGEND
top Test and T20 side It was exactly 15 years ago that Lionel Messi scored his all-important first goal for

Melbourne: Australia have deposed India
in the world Test rankings and Pakistan
in the Twenty20 standings, the
International Cricket Council said on
Friday. Just two points separate Australia
(116), New Zealand (115) and India (114),
who slipped to third position in the Test
standings. India had held the No. 1 spot
since October 2016.
M
Shilarze.Saharoy@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Since Lionel Messi
made his debut for Barcelona in
the 2004-05 season, scoring goals
has been as natural to him as
Barcelona, hijacking football’s collective consciousness with his mesmerizing skills
and unforgettable aura. Neither the world, nor Messi, have looked back since…
Getty Images
and space, the Argentinean al-
May 1, 2005: The day Messi lowed the ball to bounce once
scored his first-ever senior before delightfully scooping it
goal for Barcelona against over an onrushing Valbeuna with
Albacete his now famous left foot.
Messi, in what has become his
anchester City strik-
er Sergio Aguero
believes many Pre-
mier League players
will be fearful of resuming the
season in the midst of the Cov-
id-19 pandemic, potentially put-
ting their families at risk in the
rush to get back on the pitch.
The Argentine forward hs
said the thought of returning

6
Number of Ballon d’Or
MCC chief Sangakkara wants Eng, Oz to breathing. The Argentinean now signature style over to training and playing match-
awards won by Messi, the
tour Pakistan: England and Australia has a tally of nearly 700 goals, the years, ran with es frightens him and the feel-
most for any player

must tour Pakistan to facilitate regular
international cricket in the South Asian
country, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
president Kumar Sangakkara has said. “It
doesn’t matter an Asian side going there
or a secondary side in terms of world
prominence when it comes to having
including 29 this season alone, for
both his club Barcelona and coun-
try. It doesn’t seem like he is going
to lose his touch any time soon.
But the epic run did have a
starting point. On May 1, 2005,
exactly 15 years ago, Messi made
697
his ar ms spread, ing will be mutual among lots
leaping on to Ron- of players. “The majority of
that talent. And it reflected in the aldindo’s back in players are scared because
Albacete match,” Eto’o told TOI wild celebration for they have family, they have
in a chat courtesy of La Liga. Messi’s career goals his first-ever goal at children, they have babies,” he
Even though Barca were leading for club and country senior level. The told El Chiringuito TV. “When
1-0, the match was still in the bal- 91,000 crowd erupt- we go back, I imagine that we

security measures in place,” Sangakkara
told The Cricket Show on Sky Sports.
‘Umar suffers from epilepsy, refused
treatment’: Former Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has claimed
that banned Test batsman Umar Akmal
football aficionados sit up by scor-
ing his first-ever goal for the club,
against Albacete at Camp Nou.
Their soon-to-be relegated op-
ponents should have been easy
pushovers for the eventual cham-
pions — Barcelona ended their
627
ance before then-coach Frank Ri- ed. A star was born. will be very tense, we will be
jkaard decided to call on the 17-year- “The most impor- very careful and the moment
old Messi to replace Eto’o, despite tant thing for me was someone feels ill, you will
the Cameroonian’s protestations. his character, as he think: ‘What’s gone on there?’.
With Barca’s arch-rivals Real Goals scored for didn’t succumb to It does scare me.”
Madrid breathing down the league Barcelona pressure. We already Chelsea’s Germany defend-
toppers’ neck, Rijkaard was wor- knew back then that er Antonio Rudiger also ques-

suffers from epilepsy, for which he had
refused to take treatment. “We had medical
reports that confirmed he suffered from
epilepsy fits and we called him back from
the West Indies. I told him it was a serious
problem and he needed to take a break and
get proper treatment. But he was not willing
to accept this. He was mentally not there. I
six-year wait for the La Liga title
that season — but on that night,
Albacete were proving to be
tough nuts to crack.
It was Messi who came to
Barca’s aid at the last moment,
helping them fashion a 2-0 win.
Former Cameroonian striker
438
ried that a slip might prove fatal Messi would one day tioned if it is morally right to
for their title aspirations. become what he is continue the season while
Much to his frustration, Al- today. I’m very happy deaths around the world con-
bacete were playing their part because he’s tinue to rise. “If we continue to
well, alternating an ultra-defen- Goals scored by achieved that though play and there is a danger, and
sive approach with a counter- Messi in La Liga, the his own hard work. we ignore that while people are
attacking one and hardly giving highest of all time It’s going to be very dying somewhere in the world,
space either to the maverick Ron- difficult, impossible I don’t know if that would sit

stopped him from playing for two months
but later on we sent the medical reports to
the selectors and left it to them,” Sethi said.
CGF postpones 2021 Youth Games to
2023: The 2021 Commonwealth Youth
Games was on Friday postponed to 2023
because of clash of dates with the
rescheduled Tokyo Olympics.
Djokovic considered quitting in 2010:
WorldNo. 1 Novak Djokovic has revealed
how he considered quitting tennis in 2010
as he struggled against great rivals Roger
Federer and Rafael Nadal. He was plunged
into the depths of despair in 2010 after
letting a two-sets lead slip in a French
Open quarter-final clash against Austrian
Jurgen Melzer. “This defeat was really
difficult for me emotionally,” the Serb told
Sky Sports Italia. AGENCIES
Samuel Eto’o, who scored the first
goal in the match and the player
whom Messi would go on to re-
place with three minutes on the
clock, recalls that he had told the
Argentinean to convert and seize
every opportunity to score.
Interestingly, Eto’o told Messi
that the day he would start scor-
ing, he would never stop.
“Messi acknowledges it even
now and recently said that
thanks to my advice, his career
changed. The truth is, as a per-
son, he hasn’t changed at all. He’s
still the same good human being
that I knew back then.
“When he was moving be-
tween the Barcelona ‘B’ team to
the first team, we knew how good
he was. He did have to iron out a
few things but he’s always had
aldinho or the ever-reliant duo
of Iniesta and Deco.
With options running out, Ri-
jkaard then turned to Messi to bail
him out. as he later revealed in
Messi’s biography by Guillem Bal-
lague. “We thought it to be an op-
portune moment to put on a young-
ster like Messi,” Rijkaard said.
The Camp Nou was like a caul-
dron frozen in time. But Messi,
who had only played in five Liga
g ames and one Champions
League and Cup game each with
the senior team till then, wasn’t
a deer caught in the headlights.
Within a minute-and-a-half of
his introduction, Messi beat Al-
bacete goalkeeper Raul Valbeuna
with a delightful chip after Ron-
aldinho passed the ball with an
inch-perfect lob. However, the
91
Goals even, to surpass his right on my conscience,” he told
scored legacy. I’m proud and Germany’s ZDF.
for happy to see the sto-
club ry that he is writing Fifa probe: Banks penalised
and country by hasn’t ended yet,” for money-laundering role
Messi in 2012, a Eto’o said. New York: An Israeli bank
record for the The goal was sig- and its Swiss subsidiary
highest ever in a nificant in more agreed to pay over $30 million
calendar year ways than one, as it for their role in conspiring to
cemented Messi’s launder more than $20 million
relationship with in kickbacks to soccer officials,
mentor Ronaldinho. The Brazil- the first financial institutions
ian recounts in Messi’s biography implicated in the Fifa scandal
that he didn’t want Messi to re- to reach a resolution with US
ETCHED IN TIME: Messi and Ronaldinho celebrate Barcelona’s second turn empty-handed after his first prosecutors. Bank Hapoalim
goal against Albacete at the Camp Nou stadium, May 1, 2005. goal was ruled off-side. “I told BM in Israel and its wholly
him, ‘I am going to give a pass for owned Swiss company
referee chalked off the goal in a you again.” In a move similar to you to score again. Tomorrow it Hapoalim Ltd. agreed to forfeit
controversial off-side decision. the one 90 seconds earlier, the will be you in the headlines.’” $20.73 million and pay a fine of
Messi looked crestfallen but Brazilian superstar again lifted Ronaldinho might have long $9.33 million as part of a non-
Ronaldinho came up to him say- the ball over the defenders to- retired, but Messi is still there prosecution agreement, the US
ing, “I am going to give the ball to wards Messi. With plenty of time making headlines. attorney’s office said. AGENCIES
SATURDAY 2 MAY 2020 I ADVERTORIAL, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
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Justin Bieber
A light-hearted song about falling down
and getting back up time and time again in
love, Boyfriend is also knowing that you
don’t need anyone other than yourself to
be happy. Selena said,“I want to be clear
I Royal Family – Queen Elizabeth II owns all
mute swans in England. And a bunch of
other animals, too. According to the Royal Fam-
ily website, the Crown has claimed ownership
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of all unmarked mute swans in open waters
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■ Connect adjacent dots with vertical or
horizontal lines, creating a single loop
(Fig A).
■ Crossovers or branches are not allowed
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■ Numbers in the puzzle indicate the num- Not allowed
(Fig B)
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so that every lines around ze-
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every vertical ■ Each puzzle has
column and just one unique
every 3x3 box solution.
contains the How to begin: Ex-
digits 1-9, ample (Fig A) - Be-
without H O W T O P L AY Note: A digit cannot ap-
pear more than once in gin with the zero
repeating the next to 3. Since no
numbers in the The numbers in the coloured squares refer any particular digit com-
to the sums of the digits that you must fill bination. For instance in lines can be drawn
same row, around zero, mark
column or into the empty spaces directly below or to the example, we cannot
have the combination of crosses around it,
box.You can’t the right of the coloured square containing as shown. Now there is a cross in one space around 3. So we know the three
change the 8+4+8 for 20.
the number. For instance, in the given ex- lines of 3 can only be drawn in the remaining three spaces. Next, these lines
digits already ample, the 2 boxes below 12 must contain can only be extended in one direction each. Continue, using the same logic.
20
given in the 2 digits that add upto 12, whereas for 20, 12 Hints: Keep eliminating possibilities by marking crosses in spaces between
grid. Every dots where a line isn’t possible, i.e., if you have already completed required
puzzle has the 3 boxes placed horizontally next to it
Example lines or where a line
one solution. must add upto 20. No zeroes are used here,
only the digits one through nine. extension may create a branch or cause a deadend (Fig B)
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words DMUUDM indicated

MINDBENDER
SPELLATHON
Which word does NOT belong with the others?
Today’s Ratings: 1) a. core b. seeds c. pulp d. slice
08-average 09-good 11-outstanding 2) a. unique b. beautiful c. rare d. exceptional
3) a. biology b. chemistry c. theology d. zoology
L How many words of four or more letters can 4) a. triangle b. circle c. oval d. sphere
you make from the letters shown in today’s 5) a. excite b. flourish c. prosper d. thrive
S D puzzle? In making a word, a letter can be used
Y as many times as it appears in the puzzle. Each
word must contain the central letter. There
A P should be at least one seven letter word. Plu-
I rals, foreign words and proper names are not SOLUTIONS TO GAMES/PUZZLES
allowed. British English Dictionary is used as
TIMES SUDOKU LOOP THE LOOP TIMES KAKURO
reference.

ARIES March 20 - April 18 It’s time to spice up your life LEO July 22 - August 21 You are a great doer and others SAGITTARIUS November 21-December 20 Handling your
so that you actually enjoy being where you are. You have respect your ability to take control of difficult situations.You life has become like a job. But there’s light at the end of the
had a sharp and critical outlook towards life. Don’t let your will have to swallow your pride, if you wish to maintain tunnel. Between now and then, you’re going to have to

FinOlex love life distract you from doing your job.

TAURUS April 19 - May 19 You are able to reap the ben-
efits of the past effort and can sit back and enjoy. After a
some sort of harmony.
VIRGO August 22 - September 21 A ray of sunshine beams
down on your romantic life. There is a tendency to eroti-
maintain a high level of performance. Whatever that re-
quires, you can do it with your eyes closed.
CAPRICORN December 21 - January 19 A long term
FORTUNE A n u pr m V K a pl high run, you’ve finally got a little time to think. Things are cise. Look further into your body and find the true need be- phase of love and creativity will alter the path of your life.
good enough to stay where you are. On the other hand, neath the surface titillation. Think of others before you act. You’ve finally figured out that life is better when you deal
F , ,a,,= < . , •, .,, anupamvkap il@gmail.com something beckons you to go. LIBRA September 22 - October 22 You will be compelled with one thing at a time. Eliminate social interactions.
9822042295. GEMINI May 20 - June 20 It may be time to find a new to make decisions that will help you create the future you AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18 Re-think your val- MINDBENDER
SCRAMBLE
BIRTHDAY TODAY direction. Voice your feelings and it might just move things desire rather than settling for what comes your way. Reap ues.You might uncover some surprises.You will have more 1) slice, 2) beautiful, 3) theology, 4) triangle, 5) excite
along. Making decisions is difficult. You might need to do the benefits of your hard work and determination. responsibilities. You can take a lot of risks. This day can
Y our irrepressible optimism about life will help are the rulers. - Aristotle
you cope with temporary setbacks in your pro- some favours to friends at some point. SCORPIO October 23 - November 20 Focus on commu- bring new levels of commitment in relationships. SPELLATHON
not the men of property,
fession. WHATZIT? when the indigent, and
Tip: Your lucky colours are green, cream, yellow, or-
CANCER June 21 - July 21 You are well-equipped to over- nication and ideas and see how things change.This will be PISCES February 19 - March 19 This day almost guar- there's money
sadly, slay, spay, splay Answer: Democracy is
ange and white. Your lucky gems are pearl, moon- come your fears and step out of your comfort zone. It is a transformative time filled with advancement and healing. antees success, since you are now above the misunder- Where there's muck daily, daisy, DISPLAY, idly, lady, palsy, play, coccus, dumdum
stone, jade, topaz, sapphire and amber. time to call in some favours from friends, who will only be People around you like to help you, but too many opinions standings and mistakes of the past. Engage your sense of Words: Wafer, nosey,
You share your birthday with: Dwayne Johnson too happy to help you get back on track. might make your judgment poor. humour at work. Seek out guidance or advice.
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Indian stars, global artistes join Industry mein bahut bade

hands for online mega concert artistes hain, lekin Rishi jaisa
koi nahin hai: Asha Bhosle
Neha.Maheshwri
@timesgroup.com

ishi Kapoor’s demise

R
Priyanka
Shah Rukh Khan Akshay Kumar Chopra Jonas AR Rahman Virat Kohli has left legendary singer
Asha Bhosle devastated.
ome of the biggest names in In- While most people are fans of

S dian entertainment and sports –

including Shah Rukh Khan,
Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka
her singing, the late actor was
a big fan of her culinary skills,
too. She recounts, “I knew him
Chopra Jonas,Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, since his childhood. Raj Kapoor
AR Rahman and Virat Kohli – will join sahab aur Krishna bhabhi
hands with international stars like Mick (Rishi’s parents) ki wajah se
Jagger, Will Smith and Bryan Adams to hamara poore khandaan ke
take part in a home-to-home fundraiser saath sambandh tha. Rishi also
concert, I For India, in association with Aishwarya Rai worked a lot with RD Burman.
social networking giant Facebook. Nick Jonas Joe Jonas Kevin Jonas Bachchan They would have these musi-
The concert aims to achieve three cal sessions at night, and I’d
main objectives – entertaining those un- Chauhan,Badshah, cook for them. He loved my
der lockdown, paying tribute to those along with sports cooking, especially shami ke-
frontline workers, and raising funds for stars Virat Kohli, babs, kadhai gosht and kaali
those who have no work, no home, and Rohit Sharma, and dal. He wasn’t married back
do not know where their next meal is Sania Mirza. then, and he would often ask
coming from. The four-hour long con- The concert will me whether he should get mar-
cert will be live globally on Facebook on also feature global- ried. Main kehti thi, kar lijiye.”
Sunday, May 3 at 7.30pm IST and will ly recognised ar- Speaking about the late ac-
feature performances and messages tistes such as Mick tor’s respect and love for her,
from Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Jagger, Will Smith, Asha Bhosle says, “Iss film
Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Bryan Adams Mick Jagger Will Smith Bryan Adams, line ka koi bhi artiste kabhi
Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyan- Jack Black, Jonas jawaab nahi deta hai, par yeh
ka Chopra Jonas, Kareena Kapoor Khan, country, including Gulzar, AR Rahman, Brothers, and Sophie Turner. All the pro- ek aisa artiste tha ki maine Rishi Kapoor and Asha Bhosle; (inset)
Madhuri Dixit Nene, Ranveer Singh, and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Ustad Amjad Ali ceeds from the fundraiser concert will go phone kiya, aur ye agar utha The two from earlier days. The singer
Vidya Balan, among others. Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Anoushka to the India COVID Response Fund, man- nahi paaya, toh wapas phone says Rishi’s death feels like “mere
The actors will be joined by some of the Shankar, Rekha and Vishal Bhardwaj, aged by GiveIndia, to support on-ground karta tha aur poochta tha, ‘Ashi, teen bachche hain, unme chautha
most prominent musical talents from the Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi relief efforts. TNN kya baat hai? Kab khaane par bachcha yeh tha jo chala gaya”
bula rahi ho?’”
Besides being fond of him
#LifeInTheLockdown on a personal level, she also ad-
mired Rishi Kapoor – the actor.
Talking about her last meeting with the
late actor, Asha says, “I met him about a

This lockdown has made me re-

She shares, “Industry mein month-and-a-half ago, and he asked me,
bahut bade artistes hain, lekin ‘Kab khaane par bula rahin hain?’” The
Rishi jaisa koi artiste nahin hai. singer’s biggest regret is that before head-
He could dance well, was a great ing to the US for his cancer treatment,
romantic hero and played trag- Kapoor had expressed that wanted to eat
ic parts very well, too.” She fur- food cooked by her, unfortunately, that did-

evaluate my priorities: Janhvi

ther adds, “I broke down when I heard the any of his family members yet, as I don’t n’t happen. “I don’t think I will ever be able
news of his death. Mujhe aisa laga ki mere feel it’ll be right to call them at this time. to cook his favourite dishes. Usko jo pasand
teen bachche hain, unme chautha bachcha Par unko pata hain ki mera pyaar bahut tha, main banaungi bhi nahin aur khaun-
yeh tha jo chala gaya. I haven’t spoken to tha uss par.” gi bhi nahin,” she signs off.

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The lockdown has impacted us in many ways. How has
it affected you, and what changes do you see in your-
self today?
The lockdown has made me realise that the human mind
has an astonishing ability to adapt to or normalise any

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routine that you follow long enough.
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Before the lockdown, my life was hectic and that was
normal for me. So, the first few days of the lockdown were
tough, but then, this became normal. It’s taught me pa-
tience and made me re-evaluate my priorities. I’m happi- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "•
er when I work, but I’ve managed to stay happy and posi-
tive throughout the lockdown. This phase has been a rev-
elation, because I thought I need to be on a film set to be
happy. We visualise our future in our head, but when things
don’t go according to plan, we need to accept that there are
bigger things at play.
Initially, people were worried about how we’d adjust
to the long lockdown. Do you think we’ll struggle to
get back to normal life once it ends?
At least for me, I’ll be rejuvenated post lockdown. People
like me, who’ve been lucky to stay at home and have the
resources that we need to survive, should approach life
post lockdown with more vigour and passion. There’s so JANHVI KAPOOR
much pent-up energy in us that if we channel it in the right
direction, it’ll give us a fresh perspective.
Your recent social media post on minimalism – and

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valuing the things we take for granted – was touch-
ing. What triggered that thought? 1
I enjoy writing. I hadn’t written in a long time, but once the lock- I get anxious when I’m not on a film set. I’m agitated when I am

down started, I got back to it. I had no intention of posting my
writing. I shared it with a friend, who suggested I post it. There
was a period in the lockdown when I was inactive on social me-
dia. With everything that’s happening, I didn’t feel like saying
anything except for that note.
#M1 I N
not working creatively.
The corona pandemic has thrown everyone’s timetable off
the chart, including film releases. Your movie, Gunjan Sax-
ena: The Kargil Girl, was scheduled to release, too...
Yes, the film was scheduled to release

What is your biggest fear or inse-
curity?
My biggest fear is losing someone I
love. I also fear that people who I love
might not know how much they mean
to me. I feel the need to constantly re-
assure them I love them because I don’t
think I did that for a while with the
people I should have. At this stage of
my life and career, I want to learn. So,
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in April, and Rooh-Afza (horror com-
WE VISUALISE OUR edy with Rajkummar Rao), late this
summer. We were supposed to finish
FUTURE IN OUR HEAD, BUT the shoot of Dostana 2 and release it
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