CMYKND-NDDELHI,SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad and MalappuramMAGAZINE 4 PagesCLASSIFIEDS On Pages 6, 7 & 8Weekly Edition Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 RNI No. TNENG/2012/49939 ISSN 0971 - 751X Vol. 5 No. 17 CITY EDITION 22 Pages Rs. 8.00 www.thehindu.inKASHMIR PROTESTPEACEFUL PAGE 11RUNAWAYWIN FOR CSK PAGE 17MEDICINE WARSAllopathy vs.alternative remedies Top research bodies mayconclude that alternative formsof medicine are not effective,but that doesnt deter theirgrowth in India. SUNDAY ANCHOR | PAGE 12ISLAMISTS SEIZEKEY SYRIA TOWNPAGE 14KATHMANDU: Amassiveearth-quakeof7.9magnitudeonthe Richter scale and a seriesofaftershockshitseveralpartsofNepalonSaturdaymorning,leavingover1,500peopledeadandmanyoth-ers injured. Roads and build-ings,manyofthemhistoriclandmarkssuchastheDha-raharaTowerinKathman-du, were destroyed.Thegovernmentsaid1,500bodieshadbeenreco-vered.Anequalnumberofpeople are said to be injured.Thedeathtollismountingandrescueoperationshaveproveddifficultgiventhemountainousterrain.Aclearerestimateofcasual-tiesanddamagecouldtakedays.TheU.S.GeologicalSur-veysaidtheepicentrewasLamjungdistrictinwesternNepal. The quake hit at 11.56a.m.NepalStandardTime(11.41 a.m. IST).Peopletookshelterinopenspaces,elds,thepal-ace venue and schools. Manyforeign tourists are strandedatThamel.Theresidentsofthecapitalareoutonthestreets. The government hasopened the gates of the Sing-haDurbarforpeopletotakeshelter.Emergency meetingThe Cabinet held an emer-gencymeetinganddeclaredanemergencyinthequake-hitareas.Themostaffecteddistricts.besidesthethreedistricts of the capital, Kath-mandu,LalitpurandBhak-tapur,areKavreGorkha,Nuwakot and Makwanpur incentralNepalandRamech-hap, Okhaldhunga and Bhoj-purintheeast.Some40ofthe 75 districts have been af-fected.Tremorsthroughtheafternoonlastedaslongas45seconds.Thelaststrongtremor occurred around 3.15p.m. local time (3 p.m. IST).TheDharaharaTower,intheheartofthecapitalandbuilt in 1832, collapsed, trap-pingpeople.TheKalomo-chantempleatThapathaliwasdestroyed,aswastheKingMahendrastatueatTripureshwar. Nepalhasbeenhitbyoc-casionalearthquakesoverthe past years. The last mas-siveearthquaketohitNepalandpartsofnorthIndiawasin1934.Over10,000werekilledinNepalandabout7,200 in Bihar.Damakant Jayshi1,500 killed in Nepal quake CULTURAL OFFENSIVE Inspired by Confucius Institute7.9-MAGNITUDE QUAKEDEVASTATES MANY AREAS HISTORIC DHARAHARA TOWERAMONG LANDMARKS DESTROYED INDIA MOBILISES AID, RUSHES 3.5TONNES OF RELIEF MATERIAL NEW DELHI: After theaggressive appropriation ofB.R. Ambedkar as anationalist Hindu icon,taking a leaf out of theChinese government rulebook, the RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh (RSS)has now proposed thatUnion HumanResourceDevelopmentMinister SmritiIrani establishan IndianInstitute ofClassicalStudies topromote Indianlanguages abroad,on the lines ofChinas ConfuciusInstitute.The proposal comesfromthe India PolicyFoundation, a think tankfunded entirely by the RSS,with senior Sanghfunctionaries DattatreyaHosabale andManmohanVaidya on itsboard.While Mr.Hosabale, sahsarkaryavah or jointsecretary of the RSS andtipped to take over its reinsin the near future, Mr.Vaidya is the All IndiaPrachar Pramukh of theRSS.The foundation, it islearnt, wields considerableclout and has stalled keylegislation in the past.Looking to the ConfuciusInstitute for inspiration, ina letter dated April 23, thehonorary director of theinstitute, Rakesh Sinha,writes: Given that Indianliterature and languagesare already recognised asone of the most scienticlanguages in the world, theGovernment of India mustconsider conceptualisingan institution/centrewhich could be establishedin reputed universities inforeign countries on thelines of the ConfuciusInstitute.AnuradhaRamanRSS think tank pitches forInstitute for Classical Studies INITIATIVE FOR CULTURALNATIONALISM | PAGE 10EXCLUSIVENEW DELHI: Fearisjust alinein your head. You can choosewhat side of that line youwant to be on you cant letfearcontrolyou,SabeenMahmud, aKarachi-basedactivist who waskilledonFriday, toldthe magazineWired in an interviewin2013.Ms. Mahmud, who waslaid to rest in Karachi on Sat-urday even ashermotherbattlesforlife in hospital, isrememberedby allasfear-less. She refusedto employarmedguardsto protect her,asmany othersin Pakistando.Aday afterMs. Mahmudwas gunned down as she wasdriving home fromher coffeehouse, The SecondFloor(T2F), PakistansPrimeMinisterNawaz Sharif con-demnedthe killing andor-deredafullinquiry. But fewin Pakistan holdout muchhope that an investigationwould lead anywhere.Just minutesbefore gun-men openedre, Ms. Mah-mudandhermotherhadattended a talk she had orga-nisedforactivistsfrom Ba-lochistan.Mama Qadeer Baloch, whospoke along with othersonthe subject of human rightsviolationsin Balochistan,was supposed to have spokenat the Lahore University ofManagement Sciencestwoweeks before.At the last minute, howev-er, the talk was cancelled, al-legedly on governmentdirections. ThisangeredMs.Mahmud. Known forhertech-savvy and organisation-alskills, she decidedto holdthe talk at hercoffee house-cum-meeting place, invitingpeople via Twitter.SuhasiniHaidarSabeenMahmudpayingthepriceforactivism. Sabeen did not fear bullets PART OF A PATTERN | PAGE 10NEWDELHI: Although Nepalbore the brunt of Saturdayshigh-intensity earthquake,tremorsfrom the shallowquake triggeredhouse col-lapsesresulting in 51 deathsacrossthe Indian StatesofBihar, UttarPradesh andWest Bengal.NationalDisasterRe-sponse Force teams have be-gun rescue work in theaffected areas.Ministerof State forHome Kiren Rijiju said38persons were killed in Bihar.Ten were killedin UttarPradesh andthree in WestBengal.As soon as the rst reportscame in, Prime Minister Na-rendra Modi ordered the dis-patch of relief andrescueteamsto the affectedareas.Mr. Modi also spoke to ChiefMinistersAkhilesh Yadav,Nitish Kumar, MamataBa-nerjee, PawanKumar Cham-ling andShivraj SinghChouhan. The Prime Minis-teralso spoke to the Nepa-lese President.The C-130JSuperHer-culesaircraft of the IndianAirForce landedat Kath-mandu with 39 NDRFper-sonneland3.5 tonnesofrelief material. The aircraftbrought 55 Indian evacueeshere around10.45 p.m., De-fence Ministry spokespersonsaid. Earlier, External AffairsMinistry spokesperson Vi-kas Swarupsaid anIL-76anda C-17 aircraft had been sentto Kathmandu to ferry Indi-an nationals.Mr. Modilatertook stockof the situation at a high-lev-el meeting.At least 51killed acrossBihar, U.P.,West Bengal GargiParsaiModi in MetroPrimeMinisterNarendraModitalkstoNationalSecurityAdviser AjitDovalashetravels,forthersttime,intheDelhiMetroonSaturdaytoattendafunction.Later,Mr.Moditweetedthathereallyenjoyedtheride.ThanksDelhiMetro PHOTO: PTINEW DELHI: The devastatingearthquake in Nepal claimedthe life of a family member ofan Embassy staffer. OnSaturday, MEA Officialsconrmed that a house withinthe precincts of the IndianEmbassy in Kathmandu hadcollapsed, killing the daughterof the staffer Madan, andseriously injuring his wife.A house in our Embassycomplex collapsed.Unfortunately, the daughter ofour employee Madan has died.His wifes condition is serious,External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj tweeted.(Death of another Indian wasreported at Bir Hospital inKathmandu, sources said.However, the details were notimmediately known, reportsPTI.) A 24-hour control roomhas been set up in South Block.The phone numbers are +91 112301 2113, +91 11 2301 4104, +9111 2301 7905. PTI reports from New Delhi &Kathmandu National spokesperson ofBJP M J Akbar, who was amongthe 55 Indians rescued fromKathmandu and arrived in NewDelhi on Saturday night, saidthat condition in Nepal wasscary. SmritiKakRamachandranEmbassy staffersdaughter killedKATHMANDU: An avalanchetriggeredby the massiveearthquake in Nepalsweptacross Mount Everest on Sat-urday, killing at least 10 clim-bersandguides, slamminginto asection of the moun-taineering base camp, andleaving an unknown numberof people injuredandmis-sing, officials said.The avalanche struck be-tween the Khumbu Icefall, anotoriously treacherousareaof collapsed ice and snow, andthe base camp where mostclimbing expeditions prepareto make theirsummit at-tempts, saidAng Tshering ofthe NepalMountaineeringAssociation.30 tents attenedThe avalanche ploughedinto a part of the base camp, asprawling village of climbers,guides and porters, atteningat least 30 tents, Tsheringsaid. With communicationvery limitedat the Everest, itwasnot immediately clearhowmany of those injuredandkilledwere at the basecamp, andhowmany wereelsewhere on the mountain.An officialwith Nepalsmountaineering department,Gyanendra Shrestha, said thebodiesof 10 people hadbeenrecoveredandan unknownnumberremainedmissing orinjured. Theirnationalitieswere unclearasclimbersde-scribedchaoticattemptstotreat the injured amid fears ofmore landslidesandafter-shocks that continue to rattlethe region. AP10 dead, moremissing in EverestavalancheNEWDELHI:Furniture rattledand ceiling fans swayed whentremorsstruck the NationalCapitalRegion twice aroundnoon on Saturday.The tremor and aftershockwere felt at 11.45 a.m. andthen at 12.18 p.m. in the NCR,asperthe Indian Meteoro-logicalDepartment. Minorcrackswere foundin threebuildingsin East Delhi, twoin the South andone in theNorth district, asperastate-ment issuedby the office ofLieutenant-Governor NajeebJung. The sites were assessedandno signicant damagewas found.Meanwhile, there were re-portsof residentsacrosstheNCR coming out on thestreets during the tremors.Rizwan Khan, a resident ofVasundharaEnclave in EastDelhi, said:The ceiling fansandfurniture startedshak-ing. Since, I live on the fourthoor, I felt the building sway-ing. Iimmediately ran downwith my children bothtimes.Mr. Khan saidhe wassoscared for his childrens safe-ty that he sent them awayfrom theirmulti-storiedbuilding with their driver.Sanjay KumarVats, whoworksin ausedcarshow-room in Noida, saidcustom-ers ranout as soonas they feltthe tremors. Ithought thechairIwassitting on wasabout to break. Flowerpotsappeared toshake as well, butI wasnt scared.Staff ReporterPeoplecomeoutoftheirofficesaftertremorsinNewDelhionSaturday.PHOTO: V. SUDERSHANQuake triggers panic in Delhi, NCR VIOLENCE MARSBENGAL POLLSPAGE 8INSIDEPeoplesitwiththeirbelongingsoutsideadamagedtempleinBashantapurDurbarSquareaftertheearthquakehitKathmanduonSaturday. PHOTO: REUTERS HUNDREDS OF INDIANS STRANDED;TREMORS FELT ACROSS INDIA; 180 BODIESRECOVERED FROM DHARAHARA TOWERRUBBLE | PAGE 10 DRUG SEIZUREMumbai police awaitCoast Guard reportMUMBAI: The Mumbai police areyet to receive any intimationfrom the Coast Guard on theregistration of an FIR for theseizure of heroine worth Rs.600 crore off Porbandar earlierthis week. NATIONAL | PAGE 11 SEE ALSO | PAGES 2, 8CMYKND-NDCITY2 THEHINDU SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015NOIDA/DELHIAAP holds six public meetingsThe AamAadmi Party government on Saturday conductedpublic meetings in six constituencies of Delhi in the secondphase of its participatory budgeting exercise. Page 4Uprooted by storm, tree gets a new lease of lifeA 15-year-old Pilkhan tree which had toppled in a stormonMay 30, 2014 got a new lease of life when the NDMCrehabilitated it on the orders of the NGT. Page 4NEPAL TREMBLOR ROCKS DELHINEWDELHI:DelhiMetro ser-vicescame to ascreechinghalt onSaturday whena high-intensity earthquake, mea-suring 7.9onthe Richter scalewith itsepicentre nearPokh-arain Nepal, hit north andeast India.The metro servicesweresuspendedtwice rst for10minutesandagain forveminutes within a timeframeof 40 minutes after the metrocontrolroom sent out anemergency message to all op-erators. While the servicesacrossthe 193 kilometre net-work resumedaround12.25p.m., normalcy came on-ly around2.45p.m. afterthemasstransit company com-pletedaquick safety audit oftracks and structures.SeniorDelhiMetro offi-cialssaidteamsfrom electri-cal, civilandoperationsdepartment were deployed tocheck if there was any kind ofdamage to overheadelectri-cation, civilstructuresof theelevatedtrack aswellastun-nels, stationsandsignallingsystemof the network.According to officials, thetrain operationswere rstsuspended between11.42 a.m.and 11.52 a.m. and were againsuspendedbetween 12.18p.m. and 12.23 p.m.While the services resumedat 12.23 p.m., the train oper-atorswere toldto be extravigilant and look for any kindof problem in the structureandalong the trackswhilerunning the trains at restrict-edspeed. It wasonly after2.45 p.m. whenthe DMRCgottnesscerticate from thecivilandstructure depart-ment for all tracks, that metroservice startedrunning atnormalspeedandon auto-matic train operation system.Metro services suspended twiceStaff ReporterNEW DELHI: The Delhi Sikh Gu-rudwaraManagement Com-mittee (DSGMC)willsend25,000 foodpacketsto Nepalevery day.DelhiBJP president SatishUpadhyay also announcedacontribution of Rs. 5 lakh tothe Prime MinisterReliefFundforthe earthquake re-lief work. He saidthat DelhiBJP willimmediately sendve trucksof rice andpulsesfor the earthquake victims.Help for NepalStaff ReporterNEW DELHI: Lieutenant-Gover-norNajeeb Jung calledameeting of allagenciesonSaturday evening to takestock of the disasterprepa-redness in the Capital.Mr. Jung convenedahigh-level meeting withChief Min-isterArvindKejriwal, Com-missioner of Police B.S. Bassi,SpecialCPs, Joint CPs, Prin-cipalSecretary (Home), Divi-sionalCommissioner,Commissionersof three mu-nicipal corporations, Secreta-ry (PWD), Secretary (Health)andDeputy Commissionersteams in each district and thecontrolroomsin allthe 11districts.The CivilDefence Teamstoo have been activatedineach district of Delhiandthemembers are making visits intheirrespective areas. Themunicipal commissioners toowere askedto set up controlroomsin theiroffices. TheSecretary Health wasdirect-ed to ensure that all hospitalsandtheirdisastermanage-ment wards are operational.of allrevenue districtsofDelhi.There hasbeen no signif-icant damage to any structureorbuilding andthere isnocause forconcern. Flyoverswere also visited and no dam-age wasdetected,astate-ment from the L-Gofficeread.The DelhiDisasterMan-agement Authority apprisedthe L-Gandthe CM of theirstate of preparedness, includ-ing the 11 quick reactionL-G, CM take stock of preparedness Staff Reporter There has been nosignicant damage to any structure orbuilding and there is no cause for concern DelhiandNCR may have escapedthe wrath of Saturdaysearth-quake but it is virtually sitting on afaultline. A major earthquake mea-suring sixormore on the Rich-terscale may spelldisasterinthe city, which isseeing unbri-dledconstruction forthe pastfew years.While on one side there areuncountable high-rise commer-cialandresidentialbuildingsthat have turnedDelhiandsat-ellite townsof Gurgaon, Noida,Faridabad, Ghaziabad, andSo-nepat which fallin seismiczone 4 -into citiesof concrete,the uncheckedgrowth of unau-thorisedcolonieshave com-pounded the problem.Experts believe there could beseriousissuesin structuralde-signsandimplementation ofbuilding codes making the high-rises susceptible to strong vibra-tions. The concrete structuresthat have come up in unauthor-isedcoloniesdo not meet eventhe basic requirements of build-ing codes.The 2010 LalithaPark build-ing collapse, which left 71 deadandmore than 200 injured, isacase in point. The ve-oor resi-dentialbuilding,which housedmorethan 200 tenantsandhadseveralsweatshopsrunningon itspremises, hadoutedallrulesofbuilding construc-tion.Such structuresin unauthorised col-oniesandlaldoraareaare quite vul-nerable. Alarge numberof suchstructureshave come up along thebanks of the Yamuna where the sever-ity of earthquake increasesdue toloose soil. While the new governmentin Delhi should look at this issue care-fully, the civicagenciesare also re-quired to look at the old structures inthe WalledCity, which requirestrengthening,saidRC Kehar, for-merchairman-cum-managing direc-tor, NationalBuilding ConstructionCorporation.Delhicurrently hasclose to 2,000unauthorisedcolonies, which are indifferent stagesof regularisation.Close to 50 lakh people live in thesecolonies.While there are strict buildingcodes for high rises in Delhi and NCR,expertsagree that many structuresstilllack structuralsafety. Illegalchangesin shape anddesign of thestructure during the constructionstage make these buildingsvulnera-ble.There are enough codes and prac-tices published by the Bureauof Indi-an StandardBIS on howto designearthquake resistant structures. Butimplementation isan issue. It isthejob of structuralengineersto givepropershape andformto abuilding,which hasstrong verticalloadbear-ing capacity aswellasface the hori-zontalforcesin timesof earthquake.But structuralengineersare rarelyinvolvedin overalldesign, planningandconstruction of the building,saidMahesh Tandon, president, In-dian Associations of Structural Engi-neers.Dikshu Kukreja, managing direc-torof prominent architecturalrmCP KukrejaandAssociatesalso con-curson this. The concept of gettingstructuralstability certicate cameup only afewyearsago. Numerouschangesare made in the structuraldesign during the construction,Mr.Kukreja said.A disaster waiting to happenAtulMathurAlargenumberofunauthorisedstructureshavecomeupalongthebanksoftheYamuna,wheretheseverityofearthquakeincreasesduetoloosesoil. FILE PHOTOThe uncheckedgrowth ofunauthorisedcolonies hascompoundedthe problemENGLISH:AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON:Amba.HINDI:AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON(KALYUG KA MAHAYUDH Hindi 3-D & 2D) (New Release):Shiela, Vishal, Liberty, Amba,Abhishek Cineplex, Batra Reels,Delite, G3S (Rohini), 3Cs, PVR(Plaza. 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This tree survived as partsof itsrootsremainedin theground. However, it bore thebrunt of government agenciespassing the buck, as much of itstimberwasaxedaway. ThePublicWorksDepartment andForest Department pleadedlack of infrastructure. Only theNDMC hadthe necessary in-frastructure, but PunjabiBaghfell outside its jurisdiction.It took environmentalactiv-ist andadvocate AdityaPrasadto notice itspitifulconditionwhile onhis way to work. Whenpleadingswith the civicbodiesfailed, he movedthe NationalGreen Tribunal. Late last year,the NGTorderedthat the treebe rehabilitated. Nearly fourmonthslater, the orderwascarriedout by allthe agenciesconcernedthe NDMC, PWDand Delhi Police.The NDMC arrivedwith itstree ambulance and medicines,while the othersprovidedla-bour. Adeep pit wasdug, andconcrete pillarsandplasticwaste removed fromits roots. Astream of anti-termite andan-ti-fungalmedicines, andtreehormone was sprayed fromtheambulance. Acrane liftedandplaced the tree in the pit, whichwasthen lledwith earthmixed with neemextracts.Apriest from anearby tem-ple blessedthe tree with longlife.AkankshaJainUprooted by a storm last year, tree gets a new lease of life The15-year-oldPilkhantree(Ficusvirens)hadbeenknockedoffduringthestormonMay30,2014,andwaslyingbytheroadsideonSrilaPrabhupadaMarginPunjabiBaghsincethen. NEWDELHI:On the back footoverthe suicide of GajendraSingh at an AamAadmi Partyrally, the Delhigovernmenton Saturday announcedafarmercompensationscheme in the name of theRajasthan-based farmer.The government also ac-ceptedthe demandsby thefarmersfamily forajob forone of Gajendraskin andmartyr status for him.The decision came adayafterseniorAAP leaderSan-jay Singh met hisfamily inNangalJhamarwadavillagein Rajasthans Dausa district.Asperaseniorofficer, adelegation of AAP MLAsRa-jeshRishi, NareshBalyanandRajesh Gupta, who met thefamily on Friday with Mr.Singh, conveyedthe familysdemandto DelhiChief Min-ister Arvind Kejriwal.Following this, Mr. Kejri-wal called Gajendras brotherand accepted the demands.The Chief Ministerprom-isedto provide ajob to anychild of the family after he orshe attainsthe age of 18. TheAAP government also an-nounced that it will name thecompensation scheme forrain-hit farmerafterGajendra.According to officials, rain-hit farmerswillget the com-pensation announcedby Mr.Kejriwalfrom next weekonwards.Mr. Singh on Friday hand-ed over a cheque of Rs.10lakhas compensation to the farm-ers family.He also showed thema vid-eo clip in support of the par-tysclaim that AAP leaderswere not responsible fortheincident.Gajenderallegedly com-mitted suicide at the venue ofarally organisedby the AAPParty here recently. PTIAAP to namefarmer schemecompensationafter GajendraNEW DELHI: Labourrightslead-erBabaAdhav on Saturdaymet Chief MinisterArvindKejriwal at the Delhi Secretar-iat and discussed the problemsof portersengagedin heavymanual labour.According to asenioroffi-cer, he requested Mr. Kejriwalto pass a law for the welfare ofporterson the linesof the onethat exists in Maharashtra. Healso handedamemorandumalong with a copy of the Act tothe Chief Minister. The mem-orandumsaid the law, once en-acted, willhelp labourersgetinsurance and bonus. PTILabour rightsleader meetsKejriwalNEW DELHI: The AamAadmi Par-ty government on Saturdayconductedpublicmeetingsinsixconstituenciesof Delhiinthe secondphase of itspartici-patory budgeting exercise.Public meetings were held atvariouslocationsin Dwarka,Chattarpur, KarawalNagar,Okhala, BawanaandPatpar-ganj. The JanatakaBudget(PeoplesBudget)initiativewaslaunchedon April19 byChief Minister Arvind Kejriwalin Patparganj.According to officials, about200-300 people turnedup ateach publicmeeting, andmostraisedlocalcivicandsecurityissues. The meetingswerechairedby Sub-DivisionalMa-gistrate-levelofficersandMLAsfrom the constituency.Seniorofficialsfrom variousdepartment were also present.Going to the public for bud-get hashelpedthe governmentunderstandlocalneeds, whichcannot be addressedfrom theSecretariat. Localsinformedofficialsthat apipe shouldbexed, whichcansolve the waterproblem. They also spokeabout how some areas are in anextremely badshape due totussle between governmentagencies,saidDwarkaMLAAdarsh Shastri.The exercise with continueon Sunday andsubsequentmeetingswillbe heldon week-ends. The budget is expected tobe presented inDelhi Assemblyin the rst week of June.In some areas, people gavepriority to security overcivicissues. In KarwalNagar, mostpeople have votedforCCTVcameras and a gate for securityin residentialareasoverotherissues, officialssaid. Demandforsewage facilities, clean wa-ter and library were commoninall the meetings.During the meeting, I madea proposal to allot Rs.5 lakh formaintenance of cremationground, ambulance in eachwardandwaterboosterpumpto addresswatersupply issue,andpeople votedforthe samein large numbers,saidKara-wal Nagar MLA Kapil Mishra.ForOkhalaresidents, watersupply wasthe top priority,shutting down of liquorshopswasthe next. We conductedeight meeting in Okhala, whichwitnessedagoodturnout of500-600 people in each meet-ing. On Sunday, we willholdmeetingsin re-settledareasandDDAcolonies, followedbyMuslim-dominatedareasdur-ing the next week,OkhalaMLA Amanatullah Khan.Delhihasbeen dividedinto12segments, with Rs.20 croreallottedto each. These seg-mentswillbe furtherdividedinto40parts, soeachgets Rs.50lakh, an official added. PTIAAP conducts public meetingsfor budget preparation In some areas, peoplegave priority tosecurity over civicissues, thoughdemands for sewagefacilities, clean waterand library werecommon in allmeetingsRemembering GallipoliNewZealandHighCommissionertoIndiaGrahameMortonplacesowersattheDelhiWarCemeteryonSaturdayduringtheAnzacDayservicetomarkthecentenaryoftheGallipolilandings.Upto15,000IndianssoldiersfoughtwithalliedtroopsatGallipoliinTurkeyduringWorldWarI.Nearly1,500ofthemlaiddowntheirlives. 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Seeing the rig-ging in the KolkataMunicipalCor-poration (KMC)pollsby the TMC,we are not at all surprised withuse ofmuscle powerin todays(Saturday)polls, he said.Mr. Sinhacriticisedthe StateElection CommissionerS.R. Upad-hyay for failing to performhis duties.If he hadminimum self respect, hewouldhave resignedafterthe KMCpolls, he said.Meanwhile, the TrinamoolCon-gress Secretary GeneralParthaChatterjee saidbeing aware of thedefeat, the Opposition isnowmak-ing fake allegationsagainst the rul-ing party.Howeverwe are postponing thepost-election relatedpressconfer-enceas we are busy managing todaysearthquake,saidthe SecretaryGeneral.Staff ReporterOpposition accuses TMC of rigging municipal pollsThe civic polls in the districtswere held with thugs hired bythe TMC running amuck Rahul SinhaState BJP presidentLUCKNOW: Even asthe massivetremorsshook large partsof Ut-tarPradesh, it wasthe alluviumcoverin the Indo-GangeticPlain, which actedasacushionandpreventedlarge-scale dam-age in the State. In geologicalterms, the State falls inthe safezone as the alluviumcover acts ashock absorber.Since the affect of earthquakesis more on the rocky surfaces, aswasevident in the 1991 Uttar-kashi and the 1995 earthquake inChamoli(nowin Uttarakhand),itsimpact wasnot felt much inUttar Pradesh.But the intensity of Saturdaystremors have led experts to reth-ink on how safe is the State fromquakes. There isan opinionwhichsays that the magnitude ofthe tremorscouldhave left animpact on the rocky surface be-lowthe alluvium cover. Manyare of the viewthat tremorsofthismagnitude perhapsvisitedUttarPradesh forthe rst timein 80 years. Though UttarPra-desh issafe, thanksto the richthicknessof about 2.5 km kilo-metresandaroundthe Hima-layan foothillsitsthicknessincreasesto around6 km. Thenorth-western belt seemstohave been affectedby the highmagnitude of the tremors.Three, or four faults are foundin North Indiathe PurneaFault in Bihar, the LucknowFault in UttarPradesh andtheMoradabadFault, also in U.P.Uttar Pradesh. There is the Del-hi-HardwarFault which meetsthe Aravallisin Rajasthan,Dr.Bhattacharya told The Hindu.alluviumsurface which actsasacushion, the possibility of eventhe shock absorber being shakenby the magnitude of the tremorscannot be ruledout,saidA.R.Bhattacharya, an eminent earthscientist and an expert in Hima-layan Geology.ProfessorBhattacharyasaidthe faults,orcracksin therocky surface belowthe alluvi-umcover could have beenactiva-tedby the magnitude ofSaturdaystremors. The rockysurface below the alluviumcoverof the Indo-GangeticPlain hasaAtiqKhanHow safe is Uttar Pradesh from quakes?BHOPAL: MadhyaPradeshChief MinisterShivrajSingh Chouhan on Satur-day saidthere were no re-portsof casualtiesordamage to property in theState due to the earth-quake which hit severalpartsof the country andNepal, but askedofficialsto be on alert to dealwithpossible aftershocks.He saidsome partsofState felt the earthquakeon Saturday.Frommy office I soughtinformation about quakesfallout in M.P. The tremorshavent caused any damageeitherto humansorprop-erty in the State, the ChiefMinister said.The CM saidhe himselffelt the tremorswhilechairing areviewmeetingin the secretariat.Iwaschairing areviewmeeting at the secretariatwhen Isuddenly felt asifmy headwasspinningaround11.45 am. Then Isawthe display screen atthe meeting room shakingandrealisedthey weretremors, Chouhantold re-porters here.Icame down from fthoorusing stairsto anopen space, he added.He saidwhen he wascoming down he askedtheMantralayastaffersto quittheir office and sirens weresounded.I waited for 20 minutesin an open space in thepremisesof the secretariatbefore coming to office atmy officialresidence,hesaid.Madhya Pradeshstandswith the people of the af-fectedareasandwe areready to help them,theChief Minister added. - PTI No casualty in M.P. : Chouhan MadhyaPradeshChiefMinisterShivrajSinghChouhanrushingoutsidetheMantralayafollowingtremorsinBhopalonSaturday.PHOTO: A. M. FARUQUIKOLKATA:Even though electionsto 91 municipalitiesin WestBengalon Saturday wasmarredby electoral malpractices and vi-olence, West BengalState Elec-tion CommissionerS.R.Upadhayachose to remain tightlipped.While one person died in poll-related violence and several oth-ersreceivedinjuries, the StateElection Commissionerwasnotforthcoming .In Katwa, in Bardhaman dis-trict, asupporterof TrinamoolCongress, Indrajit Singh, died ofbullet injuries.In North 24-Parganas Tita-garh, avoterwasallegedly shotin hisleg, while alocalleaderofCommunist Party of India(Marxist) alleged that TMC mis-creants red at him.Polling today [Saturday] wasneitheridealnorpeaceful. Idonot want to go into controversyby making my personalstate-mentspublic,Mr. Upadhayatold journalists.Afterrepeatedquestioning byjournalists, MrUpadhayasaidthat he hadreceived100 com-plaintsandamajority of themwere from North 24 Parganasdistrict, which also has the maxi-mum municipalbodiesthatwent to polls on Saturday.About seven web-based cam-eras[of the West BengalStateElection Commission] weredamaged. Eight to 10 areasweredisturbed. We receivedfourcomplaintsof gunshotsbeingredin Katwa[Bardhamandistrict], Chandannagar[Hooghly district], Bhatpara[North 24 Parganas district] andBasirhat [North 24 Parganas]. Apolling officerwasinjuredinKatwathere were no reports ofthe police being attacked. We re-ceivedmajority of the com-plaintsfrom North 24Parganas,Mr. Upadhayasaid.Elections to 91 municipal bodiesspreadacross18 districtswereheld during the day. Over 74 lakhvotersin these civicbodieswilldecide the fate of 7,636 candi-dates contesting 1,946 wards.Staff ReporterViolence mars Bengal civic electionsPolling neither ideal nor peaceful: State election commissioner104-year-oldHajiAmirHossainbeingtakenbyhisrelativesafterhecasthisvoteatapollingstationinMadhyamgram,ontheoutskirtsofKolkataonSaturday..PHOTO: AFPBHUBANESWAR:Tremorswere felt inmany partsof Odishaon Saturdayfollowing apowerfulearthquake,with epicentre in Nepal.According to OdishaRelief Com-missioner, there hasbeen no reportof casualty anddamage of propertyin the State.At around11.41 a.m. on Saturday,tremorswere felt mainly in coastaldistrictssuch asCuttack, Kendrap-ara, Ganjam, Balasore, Jagatsingh-pur, Bhadrak and Khurda.An earthquake of great intensitywith magnitude 7.5 on the Richterscale occurred at 11.41 hours on Sat-urday with itsepicentre at latitude28.10 North andlongitude 84.60East in Nepal. The epicentre of theearthquake is at a distance of 875 kmfrom Bhubaneswarin the directionof North-North-West. The earth-quake isfelt in most partsof Od-isha,saidabulletin issuedbyBhubaneswarMeteorologicalCen-tre (BMC)here. Director-in-chargeof BMC, S.C. Sahu said the intensityof the earthquake inOdisha could beabout two on ModiedMercalliIn-tensity Scale (MIMI) in comparisonto 11 in Nepal.Low intensity tremors in OdishaStaff ReporterJAIPUR: BJPpresident Amit Shah hitback at Congresspresident SoniaGandhihere on Saturday forde-scribing the Narendra Modi govern-ment aspro-corporate. Soniaji,in your[UnitedProgressive Alli-ance] regime, who handedoverminesto corporates? The BJP gov-ernment conductedauction of coalminesandgainedRs. 2lakh crore.Rs. 1,09,000 crore wasraisedthrough the spectrumauction. Nowall this money is going to be used forthe relief and welfare of the farmersof the country,he saidat apartyworkers rally.We talk of farmers, but the Op-position has no moral right for thatbecause theirfamily usurpedhugechunks of land of farmers in Harya-na and Rajasthan, he said.Mr. Shahsaid the Oppositionpar-tieswere carrying out propagandaagainst the Modigovernment andtheirclaimsthat BJP wasnot con-cernedabout the situation of farm-erswere baseless. The governmentwouldnot have gone forauctionsifit was pro-corporate. He said it wasagovernment of the poorthat hadtaken steps to eradicate corruption. PTIShah hits back at Sonia BJPpresidentAmitShahandRajasthanChiefMinisterVasundharaRajeatpartyrallyinJaipuronSaturday.-PHOTO: ROHIT JAIN PARASCMYKND-ND9 THEHINDU SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015NOIDA/DELHIVARIETY/SOUTHERNREGIONA mind game and a puzzlethat you solve withreasoning and logic. Fill inthe grid with digits in sucha manner that every row,every column and every3x3 box accommodatesthe digits 1 to 9, withoutrepeating any. The solution to yesterdayspuzzle is at left. SU | DO | KUCHAUVETCAVE,FRANCE: AftertheretreatofNeanderthalsacrosstheEuropeanconti-nent,modernhumansmadetheirwaytothiscaveandbegantocreatetherstknown works of pictorial art:buffaloessurgingacrosstherockbackground,rhinoce-rosesdoingbattle,lionssearchingformatesanddark-manedhorsescantering.Twentyyearsafterthesecavepaintingswerediscov-eredneartheArdecheriverinsouth-centralFrance,theyremainclosedtothepublicforpreservation.ButonSaturday,areplicabuiltnearbyatacostof$59mil-lion opened to the public, al-lowingthemtoapproximatetheexperienceofthecaveexplorerswhofoundthepaintings.TherockartintheChau-vetcave,created32,000to36,000yearsago,putseshand fur and character onto aworldpreviouslyknownlargelythroughfossilre-mains.Althougharchaeolo-gistshaverecordedtheimpulsetocreateartinmarkings on rock and carvedbeadsasfarbackas75,000yearsago,theworkmanshipinthesecavepaintingsisofanother order. The paintingsareamongtheworldsmostcelebrated prehistoric worksofart,featuredinWernerHerzogs20113-Dmovie,Cave of Forgotten Dreams.Whilethepaintingshavebeen reproduced at the samesize as the originals, the rep-licaoverallisslightlylessthanhalfthesizeofthe91,000-square-footChauvetcave.KleberRossillon,thecompanythatmanagesthereplicasite,isplanningtohave groups of up to 30 entereveryfewminuteswithaguide. NewYorkTimesNews Service A mirror of subterranean wondersReplica helps approximate the experience of prehistoric art in Chauvet caveAvisitorinsidethelife-sizereplicaoftheChauvetCave,knownforitsprehistoricworksofart,builtnearitinsouthernFrance. PHOTO: APPlease contact: 011-43579797from 10 a.m. to 8 p.mBENGALURU: The Karnatakagovernment hasformally toldthe Centre that the key recom-mendationsof the Kasturiran-gan committee report onconservation of Western Ghatsneedto be modiedto be ac-cepted by the State.Ina letter writtenonApril 24to Ashok Lavasa, Secretary,Union Ministry of Environ-ment, Forest andClimateChange, the State governmenthassaidthat the selection ofeco-sensitive area(ESA)ac-cording to the Kasturiranganreport is highly subjective andarbitrary.The report hadsuggestedthat any village limit with morethan 20 percent forest ornat-urallandscape shouldbe de-clared as ESA. Compared to the1,438 villagesrecommendedasESAin the Kasturirangan re-port forKarnataka, the Stategovernment hassaidthat notmore than 153 villages, whichincidentally lie in already pro-tectedwildlife sanctuariesandnationalparks, can be termedas sensitive areas.Any further inclusion of vil-lagescan be thought of, afterwiderawarenesscreation withspecialemphasisregardingprohibitions/regulationsandbenets that may accrue to theESAvillages SLEC (State-Level Expert committee of for-est officials)hasunderlinedthat the very concept of ESAnoticationis not going (down)well withmost people, said theletter written by M. Madan Go-pal, State Additional Chief Sec-retary, Forest, Ecology andEnvironment Department. Acopy of the letteriswith TheHindu.RestrictionsThe letterpointsout thatfourState andnationalforestandenvironment actsare cur-rently applied in forest areas.Recommendationsarbitrary, Karnatakagovt. tells Centre Afshan YasmeenandMohit M. RaoTHUPILIPALEM(NELLOREDIS-TRICT): Defending the Centreon the specialstatus, A.P.Chief Minister N. Chandraba-bu Naidu made astrong pleato the Union government forextending allnecessary sup-port to the new state till it gotalevel-playing eldwith itsneighbouring States of Telan-gana, KarnatakaandTamilNadu.When injustice wasbeingdone to A.P., it wasVenkaiahNaidu andArun Jaitley whofought on the oorof the Ra-jyaSabhaandgot assuranceon specialstatus. Prime Min-isterNarendraModihastak-en the country forwardinmany respectsin the past 11monthsandIhave rmbeliefin hisleadership,the ChiefMinister said.Mr. Chandrababu Naiduwas addressing a well-attend-ed public meeting at Vidyana-garafterlaying thefoundation stone forRs. 500crore NationalInstitute ofOcean Technology (NIOT)atThupilipalem, the site wherethe Dugarajapatnamport wasproposedto be set up in thepast.Drawing comparisonswithneighbouring States, Mr. Nai-du lamentedthat while Te-langana, Karnataka and TamilNadu were enjoying well-de-veloped capital cities, A.P. wasfacedwith the grim reality ofnot having a capital of its ownnow. For developing the cap-ital, land is needed. It is need-edto develop reservoirs,roadsandairports. Thisishowwealth andjobscan becreated, he said.Union Urban DevelopmentandParliamentary AffairsMinisterM. Venkaiah Naidusaidsome partiesandorga-nisationswere objecting toacquisition of land for the de-SciencesHarsh Vardhan,Ministerof State forScienceandTechnology Y.S. Chow-dary, MunicipalAdministra-tionMinister P. Narayana andother leaders were present.velopmental projects. He saidsuch projectscouldnot bebuilt in air andlandwasanecessary component.Union MinisterforScienceandTechnology andEarthNaidu bats for level-playing eld for A.P.Staff ReporterTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPI(M)generalsecretary Sitaram Ye-chury hassaidallorganisa-tionalissues, including thoserelating to Kerala, wouldbetaken up afterthe party PolitBureau and central committeemeetings. At a Meet-the-Pressprogramme here on Saturday,Mr. Yechury said the Polit Bu-reau wouldmeet on May 16and 17 and the central commit-tee in the rst week of June. Ido not see any issue in Kerala.Thisisthe biggest unit of ourparty andeverything isdonebasedon collective decisions.There might be differencesofopinion, but once a decision istaken, that will be the decisionof the party, he said.Decisions arecollective, saysYechurySpecialCorrespondentCHENNAI: Taking strong excep-tion to the way in which theCB-CIDof the Puducherry po-lice hasprobedacase relatingto the suicide of an MBBS stu-dent at Puducherry, the MadrasHigh Court hastransferredtheinvestigation to the CBI.Pulling up the CB-CIDforlapses in the investigation, Jus-tice P.N. Prakash allowedthepetition by the victims mother,who sought to transfertheprobe by an agency which can-not be inuencedby the localpolice of the Union Territory.HC transfers MBBS studentsuicide probe to CBISpecialCorrespondentDEATHANNIVERSARIESDEATH ANNIVERSARIESCMYKND-ND10 THEHINDU SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015NOIDA/DELHINEWSFROMPAGEONEclassicalIndian languages,namely Kannada, Malaya-lam, Tamil, Telugu, Bangla,Marathi, Assamese, Odiyaandseveralothers. Indiancultural and intellectual her-itage that have given Indiapre-eminence in the worldneed our rejuvenated effortsto make them available togeneralreaders. It willhelppeople in Indiaandabroadto nd the glorious traditionin our cultural history is oneof the pillarsof culturalna-tionalism, the letter states.Incidentally, the Confuci-usInstitute isgovernedby acouncilwhose membersaredrawn from the leadershipof the Communist Party ofChina.NEWDELHI: The IndiaPolicyFoundation, athink tankfundedentirely by the RSS,haswritten to Human Re-sourcesMinisterSmritiIra-nicalling forthe setting upof Indian Institute of Classi-calStudiesto promote Indi-an languages abroad.Directorof the InstituteRakesh Sinhasletterto MsIranisays, The globalinte-gration is demanding a coor-dinatedeffort of economic,education andculturalini-tiativesin the present con-text of geo-politicaldevelopments. An institu-tionalisedinitiative by theMHRD, underyourleader-ship (MsIrani)willmark aninternational presence of In-dian language, literature andcivilisational culture helpingIndiain itsphilosophicaldignity andglobalendeavours.MrSinhaadds, Forex-ample, the ConfuciusInsti-tute hasestablishedmorethan 450 institutions in uni-versitiesclose to 100 coun-triesin past 10 yearstopromote Chinese languageandculture, support localChinese teaching interna-tionally and facilitate cultur-al exchanges.In itsendeavour, the RSSseemsto be diluting itsag-gressive Hindistance bymaking apitch forotherAnuradhaRamanRSS pushes MHRD initiativefor cultural nationalismNEW DELHI: Lessthan an houraftershe left atalk, Unsi-lencing Balochistanorga-nisedby herin hercoffeeshop in Karachi, activist Sa-been Mahmuds voice was si-lenced by bullets.Overthe past fewyears, aseriesof attackshave beenlaunched in Pakistan on peo-ple who raisedinconve-nient voices,includingjournalistsRazaRumi, Sa-leem ShahzadandHamidMir, who have spoken outagainst religiousextremistgroupsandthe all-powerfulestablishmentorIntelli-gence services.Speaking to The Hindufrom Washington, RazaRu-mi, who movedto the U.S.afterhe escapedan attack inwhich hisdriverwaskilled,saidMs. Mahmudsbrutaltargeting wassimilar.AsIwasnot driving the carper-haps, Igot the chance to liedown on the oorof the carandprotect myself. Alas, Sa-been didnot. We have lost aformidable voice forpro-gressive Pakistan, he said.Facing the heat on socialmediaforthe killing, Pakis-tansmilitary intelligencespokesmansoffice issuedastatement, unusualfortheagency, saying, Intelligenceagencies have been tasked torender all possible assistanceto investigating agenciesforapprehension of perpetra-tors.PakistansPrime Min-isterNawaz Sharif hasordered a full inquiry.The KarachiPolice haveled several cases, and an of-cialsaidthiswasdenitelya targeted attack.Ms. Mahmudsdeath wasmarkedin Indiaaswell, asfriends and associates met atDelhisHabitat Centre tomournher. Those whomur-deredSabeen, want otherslike her to be scared of stand-ing forliberalvalues. Theywant dissent dead. Thatwont happen,tweetedRa-heel Khursheed, the politicalhead of Twitter India.At the time, Ms. Mahmudhad become famous for orga-nising Pakistansrst hack-athon to campaign for moretransparency in govern-ment. But the threat to herlife became more apparentaftershe challengedreli-giousextremist partiesfortheirban on ValentinesDaycelebrationswith acam-paign calledPyaarHoneDey(Let love happen),fought forminoritieswith ahashtag campaign calledPa-kistanforall and invited blas-phemy chargeswhen sheprotestedagainst the ban onFacebook aftercopiesof anallegedly blasphemouslmwere circulated on it.On Saturday, Pakistaninewspapers were full of arti-clesrecounting Ms. Mah-mudswork. Asbleedingheart liberalsgo, Sabeenswas the bloodiest heart I hadevercome across,wroteDawn columnist Hassan Be-lal Zaidi in an obituary.SuhasiniHaidarSabeens killing part of a patternA series of attackshave been launchedon people who raisedinconvenient voicesNEW DELHI: The Uniongovern-mentsdecisionsto put theU.S. aidagency FordFoun-dation on awatch list andfreeze the accounts of the en-vironmentalorganisationGreenpeace have sparked offadiplomaticrow, with theU.S. State Department ex-pressing concern and seek-ing aclaricationovertheactions.We remain concernedabout the difficultiescausedto civilsociety organisationsby the mannerin which theForeign ContributionsReg-ulationsAct hasbeen ap-plied. We are concerned thatthisrecent ruling limitsanecessary and critical debatewithin Indian society, andwe are seeking a claricationon this issue with the appro-priate Indian authorities,spokesperson Marie Harfsaidin Washington in re-sponse to the ruling by theHome Affairs Ministry.The ExternalAffairsMin-istry made no comment, butsourcessay Indiaislikely totake a stern view of what thegovernment sees as interfe-rence.The BJPsnationalspokesperson, G.V.L. Nara-simhaRao, tweetedthat theUSsconcern raisesmorequestionsthan the clarica-tions it seeks to answer. Thegovernment hassaidthatthisaction hasbeen takenbecause the activitiesof theFord Foundationand Green-peace are prejudicialto thenational interest.Civil society activists havecriticisedthe governmentsactionsputting the U.S. aidagency FordFoundation onawatch list forfunding anNGOassociated with activistTeestaSetalvadcalledSa-brang Communication andPublishing Pvt Ltd., sayingSabrang wasbeing target-edforthe legalwork Ms.Setalvadhasundertaken onbehalf of the victimsof the2002 Gujarat riots.Aletter, signedby morethan 180 activistsincludingMedha Patkar, Achin VanaikandArunaRoy, to HomeMinisterRajnath Singh onthe restrictionson Green-peace as well, called the gov-ernmentsactionsablatantviolation of the Fundamen-talRightsto freedom of ex-pression and association. The U.S. hadalso ex-pressedsimilar, but moremutedconcern overthe ac-tion against fourenviron-mental NGOs Avaaz, BankInformation Centre (BIC),SierraClub and350.org earlier this year.SuhasiniHaidarU.S. concern over curbs on NGOsundredsof Indiansare be-lieved to have been strandedin Nepal, which washit by apowerful earthquake on Sat-urday. Officialscouldnotconrmthe safety of all, butthey saidthey hadnot re-ceivedany adverseinformation.Maharashtra Chief Minis-terDevendraFadnavissaidhe hadinstructedthe Statedisastermanagement teamto be prepared for rescue op-erationsat any location inNepalandIndia, if neces-sary. Aspecialcellof theMaharashtraSadan in thecapital is helping Indians lo-cate their relatives in Nepal,in coordination with theMinistriesof Home Affairsand External Affairs.SameerSahai, AdditionalResident CommissionerofMaharashtraSadan, toldThe Hindu that 125 persons,mostly touristsandafewtrekkers, were strandedinNepal. So far, we have notreceivedany adverse infor-mation,he said. The num-berof Indiansstranded, hesaid, was estimated fromin-putsreceivedthrough thetelephone callsof relatives.These tourists were in Kath-mandu andPokhara. Someof them reachedthe Kath-mandu airport, andofficialswere in touch with theDGCAto help them returnhome. Mr. Sahaisaid40nursesfrom the MumbaiMunicipalCorporationHospitalwere stranded. Atour operator fromthe Statesaidagroup of 28 personswere stranded but safe at theKathmanduairport. We aretrying ourbest to ensuretheirsafe return,saidShreyas of Kesari Travels. IfMaharashtrianswant to lo-cate their loved ones strand-ed inNepal, they cancall Mr.Sahai on ph: 011-23380325.Yogaguru BabaRamdevhadanarrowescape inKathmandu asadaisfromwhich he hadaddressedagathering collapsedsoon af-ter he stepped down.BhartiAirtelhasdecidedto offerallcallsto Nepalonitsnetwork free of cost for48 hoursfrom Saturdaymidnight.106 from A.P.AndhraPradesh Bureauwrites: AndhraPradesh DisasterManagement Commission-erDhanunjayaReddy saidthat 106 personsfrom theState were strandedin Ne-pal. While contact couldbeestablishedwith the 44-membergroup that hadleftfrom Vijayawada, the rela-tivesof remaining 62per-sonssaidthey were unableto reach them mainly be-cause telecommunicationsbroke down. The relatives ofaTelugu lm unit in Kath-mandu spent eight agonis-ing hourshere aftertheearthquake in Nepalscap-italon Saturday tillwordcame that all 20 members ofthe crew were safe.25 from TiruchiSpecialCorrespondentwrites fromTiruchi:Relativesof agroup of 25personsfrom Tiruchiwhohad undertakena pilgrimageto Muktinath in Nepalareanxiously awaiting informa-tion from them. The groupstartedthe journey on April20.OmarRashidHundreds of Indians strandedEfforts on to bring tourists and trekkers back home safeKATHMANDU: Ahistorictower,built in the 19th century, col-lapsed here in the earthquakeon Saturday, trapping hun-dredsof visitorswho hadcome to have apanoramicviewof the Kathmandu Val-ley from the top of theminaret.The 50.5-metre-high Dha-raharaTowerin the heart ofthe city wasreducedto itsbase.At least 180 bodieshave sofarbeen retrievedfrom therubble, the police said. Sever-al others were still trapped inthe debris.Rescue workerswere seenretrieving bodies, andthepeople desperately triedtodig through pilesof bricksand dust with their hands.The tower, toppedwith abronze minaret andbuilt inthe MughalandEuropeanstyles, was a major tourist at-traction. It wasbuilt in 1832by Prime MinisterBhimsenThapa. PTI 180 bodies retrieved from Tower debris ALANDMARKDESTROYED: VolunteersremovedebrisatthehistoricDharaharatowerinKathmanduonSaturday. PHOTO: AP NEW DELHI: Telephone callsmade on BSNL network to Nepalfor the next three days willattract only local call rates, theState-owned company said.The move is aimed atenabling Indians to connect withtheir near and dear ones inNepal. A decision to cut call rateswas taken following a meetingchaired by the CabinetSecretary and with approval ofTelecom Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad. The normal charge for acall to Nepal costs Rs. 10 aminute. PTI BSNL tocharge localcall rates toNepal 40 NURSES FROM MUMBAIMUNICIPAL CORPORATIONHOSPITAL WERE HELD UPborderingNepalwhich,twodays ago, were badly affectedbyathunderstorminwhich48peoplewerekilledandhundredsrenderedhome-less. The most number of ca-sualtiessixeachhasbeen reported from Sitamar-hi,DarbhangaandChampa-ran districts. Reports of death have alsocomefromDarbhanga,She-ohar,Katihar,Madhubani,Forbesganj,Rohtas,Chha-pra and Vaishali. Meanwhile,theStategov-ernmentannouncedacom-pensation of Rs. 4 lakh to thefamilymembersofthosekilled. 8 killed in U.PLucknowCorrespondentwrites: EightpersonswerekilledandseveralinjuredonSat-urdayashousesandwallscollapsedaftermassivetremorsrippledacrossal-mosttheentireUttarPra-desh. An official spokesman saidChiefMinisterAkhileshYa-davhasannouncedacom-pensationofRs.7lakhforthe next of the kin of the de-ceased, Rs. 50,000 for the se-riouslyinjuredandRs.20,000forthosewithminorinjuries.PATNA: Theearthquakethathit Bihar too claimed 38 livesandleft133injured,mostlyinborderdistrictsofthenorth-easternpartoftheState. ChiefMinisterNitishKu-marcutshorthisDelhivisitandreturnedtoPatnatotakestockofthesituationandannouncedcompensa-tiontothefamilymembersof those killed in the quake.Itwasagreatintensityearthquake,Mr.Kumartold journalists. Officialssaidthetollmightgoupasreportsfromremoteareaswereyettocome.Theearthquakehitthoseareas of north-eastern Bihar,38 dead in Bihar; over 100 injuredAmarnathTewaryAninjuredpersonbeingtreatedatahospitalafter thecollapseofherhouseduetotremorsin MotiharionSaturday. PHOTO: PTI Dr.Srinagesh,whowasonhiswaytoHyd-erabadfromGuwahati,toldTheHindu thattheenergygeneratedbythewavesshookthegroundforsometimeinthewakeofthealmostlargeearthquakeof7.9mag-nitudeontheRichterScale that hit Nepal. Hesaidthegroundmotion would get ampli-edifthelocalsitehasearthquakeoccurredfromnorthtosouthinthe epicentre region. Be-cause of the ruptured di-rectivity,regionscloseto south of the epicentreexperiencedmoregroundmotionthatthosetotheeastandwest of the epicentre. AnotherseniorNGRIseismologist, R.K. Chad-hasaidanyearthquakeclose to eight magnitudewould be felt up to 2,000kmasitwouldgeneratetremendousenergy,hesaid.alluvialsoilandclay,whilepointingoutthateverypartoftheIndo-Gangetic plain shook.He said Nepal was oneofthehighlyseismicre-gionsandsituatedontheIndo-Eurasiancolli-sion zone.Directional slipAccordingtoanotherNGRIseismologist,Dr.VineetGahalaut,whoisin the Kumaon region inUttarakhand,thedirec-tionalslip(ruptureddi-rectivity)oftheAninjuredgirlbeingcarriedtoahospitalinMaldadistrictofWestBengal. PHOTO: PTIY. MallikarjunHYDERABAD:TremorswerefeltacrossIndiaandasfarasOngoleinAndhra Pradesh becauseofthehugeenergygen-eratedbytheearth-quakewaves,accordingtoD.Srinagesh,Seis-mologistattheCSIR-NationalGeophysicalResearchInstitute(NGRI).Impact attributed to huge energy release NEW DELHI: The Congress, en-ergisedbythereturnofitsyoungleader,RahulGand-hi,ledtheOppositioncharge in Parliament in theopening week of the secondhalfofthebudgetsession.ItpinneddowntheModigovernment on issues rang-ingfromthecontroversialLandOrdinanceandnetneutrality to the latters in-ability -- or lack of desire --tocheckvandalisationofchurchesandacontinuingspateofcommunalstate-ments. TheBJPsparliamentarymanagers were taken abackwhenthenewly-combativeCongress led an OppositionwalkoutintheLokSabhaon Friday to protest againstthesurreptitiousmannerinwhichthegovernmentwasattemptingtopushthroughtheConstitution(122ndAmendment)Bill,2014 whose passage will seethe Goods and Services Taxreplacetheplethoraoftax-es currently in place. This isespeciallysoastheBJPgovernment had believed itcould bank on the CongresstobackthisBill,asthelat-ter had introduced it duringUPA rule. Focus on key BillsFortheBJP-ledNDAgovernment,thatneedstoget all nancial business re-lated to the General BudgetandRailwayBudgetcom-pleted before the end of thesession, the focus, however,isonthethreekeyBillsre-latingtolandacquisition,putting in place a goods andservicestaxandmeasurestotacklethegenerationofblack money. TheNDAgovernmentstronglybelievesthatthechangesitwishestobringinthe2013LandAcquisi-tionAct,doingawaywiththeconsentclauseandso-cial impact assessment, willhelp in ease of business andmoveitsdevelopmentagenda forward. Secondly,asitcomestotheendofitsrstyearingovernment,officialsourc-essaid,itisverykeentoclaimthatithassucceededin taking what has been de-scribedasthemostsignif-icantreformsinitiativesinceIndependenceen-acting the GST Bill. Thirdly, it needs to coun-tertheOppositionstauntthatithasfailedtodeliveronitselectoralpromisetotackleblackmoneybypushingtheUndisclosedForeign Income and Assets(ImpositionofTax)Bill2015 through as well. Thelasttwomonthsfol-lowingitsroutintheDelhielectionshasseenthenar-rative changing for the BJP. TheOppositionsoffen-siveontheLandBill,com-binedwiththegovernmentstardinessintacklingtheimpactofun-seasonalrainsonfarmers,itsfailuretoincreasetheMSPforcertaincrops,andthehikeinureapriceshashelped create an anti-farm-erimageofthegovern-ment. ManyBJPMPs--espe-cially those from rural con-stituencies--areunhappywith this state of affairs, butthegovernmenthassetitssightsonaBillthatwillhelpsendapositivemess-age to industry. Apartfromthepro-cor-porate image that it has ac-quiredunderscoredthisweekbythepopularityofMr. Gandhis acerbic jibe ofMr.Modileadingasuit-boot ki sarkar, it is also ac-quiringthereputationofagovernmentthatisnotbe-ing able to move its reformsagendaatthespeedithadpromised. Cong. puts BJP on defensive SmitaGupta Centre under re onland ordinance, Netneutrality and spateof communalstatements HPeoplesurveyasitedamagedbytheearthquakeinKathmandu. PHOTO: REUTERSClimbers at the Everest base camp after theearthquake trigerred an avalanche. PHOTO: APSurvivorsarrivinginNewDelhi,onSaturday. PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA(Sources: U.S. Geological Survey, www.ntc.nl & www.lebret-irfed.org)NEW DELHI: Hours after adevastating earthquake, Indiaput together a rescue andrelief mission, sending men,medicines and other essentialsupplies to help its neighbour.By evening India haddespatched planes carryingessential supplies, rescuesteams and laid out thecontours of the difficultrescue mission, which will becarried out in the Himalayannation.Even as news of the deathand destruction caused by thequake, measuring 7.9 on theRichter Scale was pouring in,IAFs C-130J Super Herculeswith 39 NDRF personnel onboard landed in Kathmanduwith 3.5 tonnes of load.After dropping the NDRFteam, C-130J will performaerial recee to check roadcommunication to Pokharaand return to Hindon, aspokesperson for the Ministryof Defence tweeted.An Indian Army team islearnt to helped reclaimedthe remains of 13 people froman Everest Base Camp.Prime Minister NarendraModi reached out to hisNepalese counterpart, SushilKoirala and assured the latterof all help. President PranabMukherjee expressed distressat loss of life and propertyand urged the authorities totake all necessary steps toprovide relief to thoseaffected. SmritiKakRamachandranIndiarushes aidto NepalCMYKND-ND11 THEHINDU SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015NOIDA/DELHINATIONALMEERUT: DaysafterRajasthanfarmerGajendraSingh com-mitted suicide at anAamAad-mi Party rally in New Delhi, adistressedfarmerin Meerutcommittedsuicide on Satur-day, jumping from amobile-phone tower.Officialsandthe policetriedin vain to stop Yogen-dra, who sought help fromthegovernment to pay off theloan he hadtaken frommoneylenders.Wheat destroyedAresident of Rasulpurvil-lage, Yogendrawasupset af-ter the wheat he had sown on1.5 hectaresof landwasde-stroyedin the recent unsea-sonal rain.Meerut CollectorPankajYadav said Yogendra, a fatherof three, hadtaken overRs. 3lakh from moneylendersinthe village.Yogendraclimbedthetowerandstartedasking forgovernment help. He wasthreatening to commit sui-cide. The police reachedthespot immediately and, withthe helpof local farmers, triedto prevent him from jump-ing, he told journalists.According to the police-men, Yogendrathreatenedtokill himself for some time andthen jumpedfrom the tower.He was killed on the spot.The death sparkedtensioninthe area as farmers staged aprotest in the village againstthe government. The local ad-ministration gave Yogendrasfamily Rs. 2lakh in immedi-ate relief fromthe Chief Min-isters Relief Fund.One more farmer ends lifeYogendra of Meerut had taken Rs. 3 lakh from moneylendersMohammadAliNEWDELHI:Two daysafterfarmerGajendraSinghcommittedsuicide at anAam AadmiParty rally, theDelhigovernment hasde-cidedto offerajob to hiskin, give him martyrstatusandalso launch afarmercompensation scheme inthe Capitalnamedafterhim.The decision, saidseniorAAP functionaries, was tak-en afterparty leaderSanjaySingh met Gajendrasfam-ily members at their NangalJhamarwadavillage in Ra-jasthans Dausa district.The AamAadmi Party hasalready handedoveracheque forRs. 10 lakh ascompensation to the family.Seniorparty functionar-iessaidadelegation of AAPMLAsRajesh Rishi, NareshBalyan andRajesh Guptaalong withSanjay SinghmetChief MinisterArvindKej-riwalon Saturday morningandcommunicatedthefamilysdemands. Mr. Kej-riwal then spoke to Gajen-drasbrotherandacceptedthe demands.The Chief Ministerhaspromised to provide a job toone child of the family afterhe orshe attainsthe age of18. The government has alsoannouncedto name arain-hit farmercompensationscheme afterGajendra.Farmerswillstart gettingcompensation from nextweek, a senior official said.Staff ReporterJob for kin, martyr status for Gajendra AfarmercompensationschemewillbenamedafterGajendraSingh.MOUNTINGMISERY MUMBAI: As smoke billowedfromthe streets of Adenfollowing constant Saudibombardment, two Indianstealth frigates circled thewaters a few kilometresfromthe city. Bravinghostile conditions, badweather, poor visibility,constant bombardment andarmed gunmen roaming inboats, INS Tarkash and INSMumbai would togetherrescue nearly half theevacuees fromYemen underIndian governmentsOperation Raahat. Of the6,688 Indian and foreignnationals evacuated by theIndian mission, INSTarkash and INS Mumbairescued 3,074 persons.In one incident, a group ofAK-47-wielding menthreatened to open re nearINS Tarkash, and a man-to-man ght ensued. Even asthat happened, onboard thewarship, evacuees wereserved hot meals and coldwater, and were nestled inair-conditioned bunks.On board INS Mumbai,105air-conditioned bunkswereopened upfor thedistressed women, elderlyand childrenevacuated fromYemen.Weensured that everychild got hot milk. Weputsoft music onthedecks, andarranged comedyand musicshows for theevacuees. Weserved themhot meals,steamingsnacks, chilleddrinks. Wewanted themalltofeel secure, comfortable,CommandingOfficer,CaptainRajeshDhankhar,told TheHindu. Thecrewwent out of its waytoarrangefor thesethings, evenas itfaced a constant threat ofattacks.Onbothvessels,announcements weremadeinmultiplelanguages,includingArabic, French,Malayalamand English. Themedical teams wereontheirtoes, treatingcases of severedehydration, seasicknessand trauma.Thetaleof eachtriptotheports of strife-tornYemenshared bycaptains and crewof thetwonaval vessels thisweek stands testimonytothevalour, sensitivityanddeterminationof theIndianNavy.Outstanding jobThecountryis proud ofyou. TheNavyis proud ofyou. Youhavedoneanoutstandingjobinthefaceofadversityand danger. Youhaveevacuated 1,783Indiansand 1,291 foreignnationalsfromover 30countries, andhavegivenanoutstandingexampleof servicebeforeself , Admiral R.K. Dhowan,Chief of theNaval Staff, said,whileappreciatinghis menat theNaval Dockyard here.Therescuecrew recalledstories of traumatisedevacuees. Theytold us howpeopleweresellingarms andammunitiononthestreetslikevegetables. Eveneight or10-year-old boys hadweapons onthem, CaptainDhankhar said. VijayDhyani,whohandled thesickbayarea onboard INSMumbai,said most of thepeoplefeltdisoriented inthebeginning.Wehad tocounsel them.Whentheyreturned tonormal, theyexpressedtremendous gratitude. Anold Indianwomantold ushow shewould sleeppeacefullythat night as hercountryhad cometoherrescueand had served herwiththebest of food, hesaid.Thetoughest medicalchallenges werea Yemeniwomanwhowas 38weeksand four days pregnant, and aYemeni manwhohadfractured his right legbadly.Theladywas dehydrated.Wewereall verystressed. Weimmediatelyadministeredher medicines, food. Thenshebecamenormal. Twohours after wedisembarkedher at Djibouti, shewasdelivered of a healthybabyboy, and her husband rushedbacktogiveus thegood news.All of us rejoiced, H.C. Roul,whotookcareof thecateringarrangement, said.Language no barrierTheYemeni manwithafractured legsobbed for overtwohours and held thehandsof thecrew whohelped him.Wedidnt understand eachothers language. But weknew hefelt gratitudetowards us. Hesobbed likeachild for hours as wecarriedhimtosafetyona stretcher,VijayDhyani said.CaptainPradeepSingh,CommandingOfficer of INSTarkash, said hewould neverforget how Ambassadors ofvecountries awaited theirarrival at Djibouti tothankthemfor savingthelives oftheir nationals.VinayaDeshpandeHospitality under re: seamen recall Aden rescueINDIASPRIDE: SailorswhoparticipatedinOperationRaahat. PHOTO: VIVEK BENDREMUMBAI: Prime MinisterNa-rendra Modi onSaturday pre-sentedthe prestigiousJnanpith Awardfor2014 toMarathiwriterBhalchandraNemade at aceremony inParliament House. The high-est literary honourin Indiacarries a purse of Rs. 11 lakh.I shall always abide by mycommitment to write what isright. Writing iswhat bindsme to my readersandto hu-manity,76-year-oldMr. Ne-made, whose 1963 novelKosala (cocoon)changedthedimensions of Marathi novel,said after accepting the awardat aceremony in ParliamentHouse on Saturday evening.Creative writing hadthecapacity to touch the livesofseveralgenerations, Mr. Mo-disaid, adding that Mr. Ne-madesworkswouldinspirefuture generations. Referringto the richnessof Indian cul-ture, the Prime Ministersaidsolutions to problems such asglobalwarming, which theworld is debating today, couldbe found in the Vedas.Encourage readingRegretting the declininginterest in booksandthereading habit, Mr. Modiurged people to ensure a spe-cialplace forbooksin theirhomes. He said as Chief Min-isterof Gujarat, he hadlaunchedthe Vaanche Guj-aratto encourage the read-ing habit.When Nemadejiwasre-ceiving the award, he washappy to receive the Saraswa-tistatuette, the coconut andthe shawl, but when it cameto accepting the Rs. 11 lakhprize money, he wasuncom-fortable andhesitant,Mr.Modisaid. That isnot cor-rect. It isnecessary that Sa-raswati[goddessof wisdom]andLakshmi[goddessofprosperity] come together,Mr. Modisaidevoking ap-plause fromthe audience.Mr. Nemade waschosenforthe honourby a10-mem-ber selectionboard headed bynotedscholar, writerandcriticNamarSingh of theBhartiyaJnanpith on Febru-ary 7.He isthe fourth Marathiwriter towinthe honour afternovelist V.S. Khandekar(1974), andpoetsV.V. Shir-wadkar, akaKusumagraj(1988), andGovindKarandi-kar, akaVindaKarandikar(2003).Mr. Nemades2010 novel,Hindu, hadwon criticalac-claim.Traversing an expansivetimeline, the mannerinwhich Hindu leapsthroughspace andtime wieldinglanguage andexperimentingwith structure isunprece-dentedin Marathiletters.Hindu prominently show-casesNemadeslinguisticscholarship, hiscreative dex-terity with wordsandan en-cyclopaediccivilisationalconsciousness,astatementfromthe Jnanpiths selectioncommittee said.Nemades works will inspire generationsSatish NandgaonkarLITERARYSTALWART: PrimeMinisterNarendraModipresentstheJnanpithAwardtoBhalchandraNemadeinNewDelhionSaturday. PHOTO: PTIMUMBAI: TheMumbaiPoliceareyettoreceiveaformalintimationfromtheCoastGuard on the registration ofanFIRinconnectionwiththeseizureofheroinworthRs.600croreoffthePor-bandarcoastearlierthisweek.Though the boat in whichtheconsignmentwaspur-portedlybeingcarriedwasintercepted by the Navy andtheCoastGuardonthestretchoftheArabianSeaalongGujarat,jurisdictionrulesaresuchthatthecasehastoberegisteredintheYellowGatepolicestationhere.However,seniorpoliceofficerssaidthatwhiletheregistrationwasimminent,theywerenotsurebywhenitwouldbedone.This,theysaid,wasbecauseneithertheCoastGuardnoranyotheragencyhadofficiallycommunicatedthesametothemtillSaturdayevening.We are waiting for them towrite to us. Once we receivetheordersandotherdocu-mentspertainingtothecase,wewillinitiatetheprocess,saidDeputyCom-missionerofPolice(PortZone)KiranKumarChauhan.When the Coast Guard of-cials produced the eight al-legedPakistaninationalsonboardtheboatbeforeaGujarat Court on Friday, theJudicialMagistrate(FirstClass)ArvindPatelsaidthecasewasbeyondthejuris-dictionofthecourtastheboatwascapturedininter-national waters.Byrules,sincetheboatwascapturedfromthein-ternationalwaters,theju-risdictionlieswiththeYellowGatepolicestationinMumbaiforcasesofthewest coast.To be produced beforecourtTheCoastGuardtooktransitremandoftheeightaccusedandwouldproducethembeforeaMumbaicourtforfurtherlegalproceedings.Pak. drug boat: policeawait Coast Guard reportShubhomoy SikdarThePakistaniboatthatwasinterceptedbytheNavy&theCoastGuardoffPorbandar. PHOTO: PTIIMPHAL: Aseriesofhighwayblockadeshavecreatedashortage of fuel and consum-er items in landlocked Mani-pur.Fuelisrationedinthethree oil pumps in the State,while LPG cylinders cost Rs.1,600apieceontheblackmarket.A72-hourblockadeoftheNationalandStatehigh-ways,calledbycontractteachersinthehilldistrictsdemandingregularisationoftheirservices,endedonThursday.TheUnitedNagaCouncil(UNC) is imposing a 48-hourgeneral strike in all Naga ar-easoftheStatefromMon-daymidnight.Hence,fuelandconsumergoodswillbeinshortsupplysinceNagasliveinallvehilldistrictsthat surround the four valleydistricts of the State. The le-galisedbordertradeatMo-rehinManipurandNamphalonginMyanmarcomes to a grinding halt dur-ing blockades and strikes.The UNC says the strike isin furtherance of its demandforanalternativearrange-ment for the Nagas in Mani-pursinceitsaystheydonotwanttoliveundertheStategovernment,whichhadal-legedlycommittedexcesseson them.Thesituationisaggravat-edbytherefusaloftrans-porterstoliftfuelfromAssamdemandinghighertransportchargesfromthecontractors.Asthereisanacuteshortageoffuel,theubiquitous roadside vendorsarehavingaelddaypet-rol is sold at Rs. 140 a litre.TheManipurgovernmenthasbeendemandingraisingofahighwayprotectionforcetodealwiththerecur-ring highway blockades. However,theUniongov-ernmentdirectedittode-ployStateforcessinceitisalaw-and-order issue.Manipur facing fuel shortageIboyaimaLaithangbamPetrol is sold at Rs. 140 a litre, andLPG cylinders go atRs. 1,600 apieceSRINAGAR: The KashmirVal-ley observedashutdown onSaturday to protest againstthe Public Safety Act invokedagainst Masarat Alam by theState government.The Hurriyat leaderSyedAliShah Geelanihadcalledfor the shutdown.AJ&Kpolice spokesper-son told The Hindu while thedeployment of Armedforceswasincreased, no street pro-test orstone throwing orclash was reported.Offices, banks openWhile government officesand banks functioned on Sat-urday, most of the education-al institutions and businessesinthe Valley remained closedandpublictransport largelykept off the roads.Alamwas arrested on April17afterhe participatedin apro-Independence rallywhere some people raised Pa-kistan ags.After his arrest on April 17,Alam wasbookedunderSec-tions147(rioting), 341(wrongful restraint), 336(en-dangering life), 427(damageto property), 120(B)(crimi-nalconspiracy), 121 (sedi-tion), 124 (A)(waging waragainst state)of the RanbirPenalCode (RPC)andunder13 UnlawfulActivities(Pre-vention)Act. Even asthecourt on Wednesday re-serveditsdecision on AlamsbailpleaforSaturday, thegovernment bookedhim un-deraPSA, rendering thecourtsdecision on hisbailirrelevant.The BudgamChief JudicialMagistrate also deniedAlambail on Saturday.Kashmir strike peaceful ZahidRaqPolicemenpatrollingnearBudshahChowkinSrinagaronSaturdayduringastrikeagainstdeten-tionofseparatistleaderMasaratAlam. PHOTO: PTIthe people andpolicemenwho visitedthe village onTuesday to investigate re-ports of gambling.Some 150 to 200 police-men enteredourvillage atnight. They beat up men andmanhandled women and chil-dren. The rampage went onfortwo hours,PurshottamKacharkar, formerSarpanchof Kapashi, told The Hindu.We have left the damagedbelongings on the road so thatthe government couldseehowthe policemen vandal-isedourvillage,saidMr. Ka-charkar, who saidthepolicemen snatchedRs. 2lakh in cash and a gold chainfromhim.It istrue that the policecrossedtheirlimits. Ivisitedthe village today [Saturday]andcouldsee smashedwin-dowpanes, damagedvehiclesandeven hurt cattle,Minis-terof State forHome RanjeetPatil, who isfrom Akola, toldThe Hindu.The police version isthatonly 18 policemen had gone tothe village to search forvepolicemen from the earlierteam who hadgone missing.The SDPO[Sub-divisional Po-lice Officer] who allegedly ledthe police teamhasbeen senton forced leave, and an inqui-ry is being done, he said.RAIPUR: Foroverthree daysnow, 70 damagedtwo-wheel-ers, two burnt autorickshaws,three carsandatractorhavebeen blocking the streetsofKapashivillage in Akoladis-trict of Maharashtra. The lo-calpeople refuse to cleartheroadsunlessthe culpritswho damagedtheirvehiclesare punished.They say the culpritsarenone otherthan the police.Watercoolersin every house,doors, TV sets and other valu-ablestoo have been damaged.The police attack wastrig-geredby ascufflebetweenMaharashtra village lies in tattersPavan DahatCMYKND-ND12 THEHINDU SUNDAY, APRIL26, 2015NOIDA/DELHICMYKND-ND13 THEHINDU SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015NOIDA/DELHISwaran SinghWateristhe mostessentialre-source next onlyto air;yet, overhalf of humanitycontinues tolivein water-stressedcondi-tions. This is because, while 70per cent of theearths surface is water, less thanone percentof it ispotable. Andnow, in face of unprece-dentedeconomicanddemographicexpan-sion andsoaring waterconsumption, ourshrinking freshwaterisgetting increasinglylacedwith harmfulorganicandinorganicchemicalsdischargedfrom theirexcessiveuse in agriculture, from industriesandfrommega urban centres.Apart from oureveryday needsfordrink-ing, cooking, orbathing to ghting faminesandepidemics, watersupportsbiodiversityandecosystems. Civilisationsbloomedaroundrivers. But the 20th century sawanonslaught of damming anddiverting of riv-ers. Climate change nowthreatensto sub-merge the worldslow-lying regions,producing refugees who will bring their newhabitats under further stress and exacerbateexisting ethnic, sectarian orpoliticalten-sions. Waterinsecurity not just triggerspo-liticalinstability but corrodessocialfabricand peace forever.Along with western expertslike HoneyRand, Diane RainesWard, OscarOlivera,Hussein Solomon andAnthony Turton, wa-ter wars were popularised by Vandana Shiv-as four celebrated works starting from2002.Adecade laterChellaney revisitsseveralofthese issues in his three volumes since 2012.Compared to Shiva, who carried an activistsperspective to examine how this public goodwasbeing misappropriated, Chellaneyswearsthe geopoliticallensto update usonthe multifacetedgloballinkagesbetweenpeace and water and how it has been manip-ulated and monopolised by powerful nationsand corporations.Commoditisation and securitisationWater market, says Chellaney, is the nextbig investment opportunitybecause watermanagement reectscorporate businessmodels. Globalsalesof water-relatedequip-ment andservicestotalup to half atrilliondollarsayear. But there iszero charge onwithdrawing water. Indeed, most countriessubsidise electricity to farmersresulting inoverexploitation. Corporationshave con-vincedpoliticiansthat commoditisation isthe idealway to controlwastefuluse of wa-ter. But alitre of bottledwaterrequires1.6litresof waterwhich makesthisawaste-watergeneratorapart from colossalplastic-bottle waste. Waterconsumption by ren-eriesisusually largerthan the quantity ofgasoline ordieselfuelmanufactured. Grow-ing consumptionof meat, biofuels and nucle-arpowerallwater-guzzlersmakegroundwaterthe worldsmostextracted source.Afterthe advent of aerialbombing, damswere routinelypoundedduring the WorldWarIIandthe authorbelievesthatthe 1967Arab-Israeliwarwastriggered by the Arab HeadwaterDiversion Project. It endedupwith Israel capturing all regionalfreshwaterwhich hadbeen themain purpose of this war accord-ing to ArielSharonsMemoirs.Today, citieslike Abu Dhabi(UAE), Sanaa(Yemen)andQuetta(Pakis-tan) are expected to soon run out of water.Hydro-hegemon ChinaThe authorshowshowhaving absorbedthe sprawling water-rich Tibetan plateauandXinjiang, Chinaistoday asource oftrans-boundary riverowsto the entire In-dochina, South AsiaandKazakhstan andRussia. Chinaisalso the worldsleadingdam-builderandthe largest producerof hy-dropower. Chinas Three Gorges Damgener-ates22.5 gigawattspower, which isthree-and-half timesthe next largest GrandCoulee project in the U.S. Chinaisnowconstructing hundredsdamsacrossthe de-veloping world.Chellaney believesthat it isthisfusion ofautocraticpoliticsandcapitalist economicsunder the leadership of engineers that makesthisaspirant superpowerplay with nature.Rising China also rejects the very concept ofwater-sharing and shies away fromany suchdialogue. Even in strictly bilateralchannelsit isnot ready to share anything more thanhydraulicdata, that too on commercialterms. Meanwhile, the numberof Chinasdamshasrisen from 22in 1949 to over86,000 including 25,000 large dams.But Chinahasalso sufferedforthisdam-ming overdrive which has further sharpenedregionalimbalances. In August 1975, 62damshadcavedin resulting in 230,000deathsdriving millionshomeless. The au-thor prescribes persuading China to halt itsunilateralappropriationwhich seemslamegiven his own track-record on China.The way forwardExhaustive on triggersof waterwars, theauthorbecomesratherverbose andcircum-locutory when it comesto solutions. He fo-cusesmore on howeffortshave not workedso far. Forinstance, about 20 statesof theworldshungriest Sub-Saharan Africahavesold/leased their fertile lands toforeign rmsespecially frompetrodollar-rich Arabia. Thisprot driven enterprise hasbrought temporary respite forlocalsbut willsoon result indepletion anddegradation oflocalwaters. Such land-grabshadtriggeredpoliticalturmoilin Boliviain 1999 bringing EvoMoralesto powerorin pullingdown the regime in Madagascarin 2009.At the U.N., afterthree dec-adesof negotiationsaConvention on theLawsof the Non-NavigationalUsesof In-ternationalWatercourseswasdraftedin1997but itsenforcement seemsnowhere insight. The fundamentalobjection of power-fulcountriessuch asChinaowsfrom theirunwillingnessto accept the doctrine of re-strictedsovereignty where management oftheirresource can become subject to multi-lateralarrangements. The authorperhapspreferstechnicalsolutionsurging efficiencyandconservation. The bulk of freshwaterisused for food production but about a quarterof globalfoodendsup in trash. He believeswatersecurity can be ensuredif allof usbecame vegetarian. He also talksof virtual-watertradei.e. importing commoditieswith high water content and exporting thosewith low water content.Hisnalmantrathat improving regionalgeopolitics is indispensable for building bet-terhydropoliticsfeelslike holyspeak. Buthe also alludesto scenariosabout effectsofunregulatedcompetition providing criticaltriggersforcooperation. Watercrisescanundermine any state, creating breedinggroundsforterrorism. He fails, though, tounderline the indivisible nature of peace:howthe powerfulcannot growby margin-alising the weak. One could also talk of grow-ing globalconnectivity orasymmetricstrategiesthat callforsustainability becom-ing aprerequisite of any development para-digm.Water wars and geopoliticsThe fusion of autocraticpolitics and capitalisteconomics makes China playwith nature. 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