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Hyderabad man travels on foot from Kishanbagh to Haj House to clean mosque

Hyderabad: The historical Mecca Masjid one of the most popular mosque in the world which every year use to be witnessing large number of Muslims offering prayers, people breaking their fast at the mosque and not just only Muslims but even fellow citizens including tourists use to visit the mosque especially during the month of Ramadan to enjoy the fextive and to see the beautiful Mecca Masjid in Ramadan.

But this year which is said to be the second time in the history that the Mecca Masjid is desserted due to COVID-19 pandemic. As the government of Telangana and Muslim clerics asked Muslims to offer prayers in mosque with very less people.

The social distancing one of the key measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is being strictly followed at the Mecca Masjid in Charminar.

Very less people can be seen offering prayers and maintaining social distance at the Mecca Masjid. With only four people offering prayers at the Mecca Masjid including Imam.

Hyderabad man travels on foot from Kishanbagh to Haj House to clean mosque. *Photo: Style Photo service*

Hyderabad man travels on foot from Kishanbagh to Haj House to clean mosque amid COVID-19 pandemic. Khwaja a 40-year-old resident of Kishanbagh start walking towards Nampally morning at 9:30 am and reaches Nampally Haj Houz mosque around 12.

RGIA is expected to resume operation for domestic flights from 25th May

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Airport which is officially known as Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is expected to resume operation for domestic flights from 25^th May.

MHA amends lockdown guidelines

Meanwhile, to enable domestic air passengers to fly during the current lockdown till 31^st May, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended the guidelines on lockdown measures.

For this purpose, the phrase “domestic air travel of passengers” is deleted from the list of prohibited activities. This comes in the wake of Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeting out earlier in the day that domestic commercial flight operations will commence from 25^th May in a staggered manner.

Puri had said: “Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020. All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May.”

Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020.

All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May.

SOPs for passenger movement are also being separately issued by @MoCA_GoI.
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) May 20, 2020

However, all detailed guidelines for operation of airports and air travel of passengers would be issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Meanwhile, international commercial flight operation will continue to remain suspended.

Safety measures at Hyderabad Airport

The airport is taking all measures to ensure the safety of both staff and passengers.

Social distancing must at RGIA

It has made changes in the queuing arrangements at the kerb side (city side), check-in halls, security check areas and boarding gates to ensure social distancing norms are followed.

Apart from it, sensor-based automatic hand sanitizer dispensing machines are placed across the terminal building.

Source: With inputs from IANS

MLA along with GHMC officials inspects Mallepally division

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), on Thursday, gave permission for traders, paan shops, book depots, footwear shops, appliance stores, utensil shops, and many others, to open in an around Mallepally Badi Masjid.

On Thursday afternoon AIMIM Nampally assembly constituency MLA Jaffar Hussain Meraj along with GHMC, Deputy Commissioner of Mehdipatnam circles M.K Ali and other officials inspected the Mallepally Division.

During the inspection MLA interacted with shop owners and assured that their shops can be reopen by following odd-even system implemented by GHMC to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The MLA also asked the traders to take all necessary safety precautions and directed them to strictly follow social distancing norms, use face mask and sanitser.

GHMC officials have numbered the shops present in an around the Mallepally Badi Masjid to maintain odd-even order.

GHMC official during their visit informed that no more containment zones in Mallepally division instead barricades will remain to tighten curfew norms after 7 p.m. to ban on public gatherings to prevent the spread of the disease. Though some areas have been de-sealed.

From morning 7 to evening 6 vehicles are being allowed in sealed areas under Mehdipatnam circle areas include Bazar Ghat, Church Road, Humayun Nagar, Chintal Basti, Mallepally, New Mallepally, Moghal Ground, Bharat Ground, Habeen Nagar, Bhara Ground 2, AC Guard, Afzal Sagar, Dargah Ganje Shaheedan in Asif Nagar, Murandanagar Kunta and Priya colony all the barricades are slowly being removed.

However, all shops in the city have also been reopened under green zones but the total lockdown is being imposed after 7 p.m. till morning at 7 a.m.

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There would be no prohibition in 130 containment zones until the next orders from the Chief Minister.

Hyderabad: The entire State, except the containment areas in Hyderabad, has been declared as green zone and all the activities would resume from Tuesday. However, the lockdown and the night curfew would be in force till May 31, two more days than the earlier deadline of May 29.

There would be no prohibition in 130 containment zones until the next orders from the Chief Minister.

There would be no opening of any kirana shop, medicals or any other essential store as well. moreover, the residence of the containment zones in Hyderabad would not be allowed to move out from the restricted baricades’ in case of emergency the twenty- four hour deployed police would assist them.

The following is the list of 130 containment zones:

0-1-18/44, Shyam Nagar
A Battery Lane
Aditya Nagar Colony
Ahmed Colony
Ahmed Colony
Ali Hotel
Aliya Garden Function Hall
Alwal
Amba Theater Road
Ambedkar Nagar
Anjaiah Nagar
Aparna Hillpark Road
Apurupa Colony
Aruna Colony
Asif Nagar Police Station
Asmangadh
Ayyappa Society
Azeem Towers
Aziz Bagh Colony
Back side of Park Hotel
Balaji Nagar Phase-33
Beside Axis Bank
Bhagat Singh Nagar Phase-23
Bharat Ground
Borabanda Cluster IV
Boudha Nagar GHMC Park
Brindavan Colony
CIB Quarters
Chandra Nagar
Chandragiri Nagar
Chandrayangutta
DTDC – Shoukath Nagar
Dabeerpura
Dharma Reddy Colony Phase 15
Dilshad Nagar P543
Divyanjali High School
ENC Office
Eswar Teja residency
Falaknuma
Ganj-e-Shaheedan Mosque
Gulshan-e-Iqbal Colony
Habeeb Nagar Police Station
Hakimpet
Happy Homes
Hasmathpet Cluster
Hotel Shezan
IAS Colony
Idly Hotel
Indraprastha Colony
Jahanuma
Jala Baba Nagar
Jamal Colony
Jamia Masjid Street
Jayabheri Orange County
Jayanthi Nagar Cluster III
Jeera
Jeevan Yaar Jung Colony
Jhirra
Kaladera Colony
Kalavathi Nagar, Ward No.129
Kesari Hanuman Temple
Khaja Nagar, Yellamma Banda
Kings colony
Kukatpally
Kunta – P407
MASJID-E-SAAD
MD Lines
Madannapet Colony
Madina Masjid
Madinaguda
Mahboob Colony
Mahmood Nagar
Maisram Lane
Masjid-e-Rahana Guddi Bowli
Mata Ki Khidki
Mayuri Nagar
Modi Builders, SR Naik Nagar
Moghal Ground
Moghal Nagar, Karwan-65
Moosapet
Moula Ali 138 Division TRS Corporater Office
Mughal Mansion Apartments
Nallagutta
Naseeb Nagar
Near Shaheen High School
Netaji Public School
New Friends Colony
New Mallepally-P210
Noor Khan Bazar Road
North Lalaguda
OU Colony
P&T Colony
Panjagutta Police Station
Parda Gate
Patigadda
Pochamma Temple
Prakash Nagar
Professors Colony
Qazipura Shahalibanda
Quthbullapur
RK Pet Junction
Raghavendra Nagar
Rajeev Nagar Cluster II
Rajiv Gandhi Nagar Colony
Ramakrishna Nagar
Ramaswamy Colony
Ramgopalpet
Red Hills
SRT Colony
Sai Lames Apts
Sai Nagar
Santosh Nagar, Malakpet
Sapota Bagh
Seethaphalmandi Road
Seven Galli, Langar Houz
Shaikpet
Shanthi Shikhara Apartment Road
Siesta Hitech
Sitara Grand – Miyapur
Street Number 4, Kakatiya Nagar
Suleman Nagar
Tahseen Function Hall
Teachers Colony
Temple Alwal
Vasavi Colony
Venkatagiri Cluster I
Ward No.130 Subhash Nagar
Yakutpura
Yousufguda

Hyderabad: BJP National SC Morcha secretary Bangaru Shruthi on Thursday staged hunger strike protest in front of Chaderghat police station and demanded registration of a case under SC/ST atrocities act against the AIMIM Malakpet legislator Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala.

The agitators raised slogans against the MIM MLA and demanded Chaderghat police to issue FIR against the legislator since there is a prima facie evidence against him.

it has been twelve days of filing a complaint against the MIM Legislator, the police did not acted and kept it pending till date the protestors alleged. “The legislator had openly abused a dalit woman leader in front of public, but there has been in action on the part of police and I question the silence of police and Government” said Bangaru Shruthi.

Bangaru Shruthi, the daughter of former National BJP President Bangaru Laxman on May 9, had filed a complaint with the Chaderghat police station in which she alleged that on May 6, Ahmed Balala had visited the Kamal Nagar under Chaderghat police station following an alleged sexual assault on a Dalit minor girl. She alleged that there the MLA spotted a delegation of BJP leaders and inquired with them about all the persons who were present there. During the interaction, the MLA allegedly used a derogatory word “Third Class Waley, Chor Log” to describe the BJP leaders. The act of the MLA is humiliating and he has allegedly used her in the name of caste. A video clip was also submitted to police along with the complaint.

Mohammed Shakeel, a resident of Kamal Nagar who claims to be a local MIM activist of Malakpet allegedly sexually exploited a 16-year-old minor Dalit girl. Chaderghat police have registered a case against him under IPC sections, POCSO Act and SC, ST atrocities act. He was sent to judicial remand. The FIR No.118/2020 reveals that accused had allegedly insulted girl of her caste and threatened victim of being a MIM worker.

Helping to create universal access to critical care

Hyderabad: Grace Cancer Foundation – a non-profit working for the early detection of cancer, has created a unique concept – A Mobile COVID-19 ICU(MCICU). The MCICU is an ICU that is created by a bus. The Mobile COVID ICU was formally flagged off by the Hon’ble Health Minister Etela Rajender, Dr.C.Laxmareddy MLA in the presence of Dr. Chinnababu Sunkavalli, CEO, Grace Cancer Foundation, Rajiv Lal, and a host of other dignitaries.

The number of COVID 19 cases in India has crossed the 100,000 mark. The return of migrants coupled with the gradual re-opening post lockdown could lead to a volatile situation. The expected need of ICUs and ventilator equipped beds could be as high as 1,00,000, while the current capacity is around 15,000. Even these are unevenly spread with a large concentration in Metros and state capitals. The capacity of the state governments is stretched and their ability to augment capacity is severely limited.

The MCICU aims to save precious lives as it takes advanced critical care to mofussil and rural areas where such facilities are lacking. The bus based ventilator equipped ICU is mobile and can be positioned in areas of the greatest need. It has state-of-the-art facilities for Ventilators, Imaging, Tele Radiology, e-ICU, Ultrasound, AI Based Risk Stratification and Contactless Sample Collection. The program supplements the government capacity for testing and awareness building. Itis one step ahead of mobile testing as it moves to therapeutic care as well. It can perhaps be a model for rapid scaling should that be needed.

This unique initiative is supported by Liberty General Insurance and NATCO Pharma. IIIT is the data and technology partner in the program.

Roopam Asthana, CEO and Whole Time Director, Liberty General Insurance Ltd. “Liberty General Insurance is very happy to support the setup of a mobile ICU unit by Grace Foundation. We are convinced that this effort will provide the much needed medical support to our communities which do not have adequate facilities in times of the current crises as well as post that.”

“In the current scenario there is a great need to supplements the efforts of the Governments to combat the disease spread effectively. Innovative solutions that are accessible and affordable and the involvement of NGOs can help mitigate the burden. Grace Cancer Foundation is launching India’s first state-of-the-art, Mobile COVID ICU, to reach modern care in remote areas and stem the disease spread, says Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli.

Rajeev, Vice Chairman & CEO, NATCO said, “We have always been a firm believer that healthcare and availability of medicines is a fundamental human right. Keeping in line with our philosophy, we are constantly striving to bring affordable medicines to people at large. With the looming COVID-19 crisis, NATCO is very glad to support Grace Foundation with their timely introduction of mobile ICU clinics that targets to reach the needy in remote areas”

The MCICU brings in a plethora of advantages in an unprecedented situation like this. It will increase the capacity of ventilators where the shortage is likely to be critical, especially in the district and block level hospitals. Easy mobility enhances the usage potential of the ventilators in a hyper local environment. The cost of building the unit is up to 50% lower than doing the same in a

hospital context. It can be expeditiously assembled and made functional in less than ten days. The MCICU renders service with support from volunteers. Medical personnel committed to the cause come forward, which in turn further reduces the cost of care. It also addresses the critical shortage of intensivists in district and block level hospitals.

Hyderabad: First level flyover at Biodiversity Junction here on Thursday along with Minister Sabitha Indira Reddy, A. Gandhi, Mayor Bonthu Rammohan, M.P. Ranjith Reddy, Commissioner GHMC, Lokesh Kumar, Chief Engineer Ziauddin, SRDP S.E. Venkatramana and local Corporators participated in the inauguration programme.

With the inauguration of first level fly over at Biodiversity, this will ease traffic congestion by providing a conflict free movement at the junction and will provide much relief to commuters moving on old Mumbai Highway from Gachibowli side to Mehdipatnam side (Raidurg)

The cost of Flyover is Rs.30.26 Crores length of Flyover is 690 mts width 11.50mts, with carriageway three-lane unidirectional. With the completion of this 1 st Level Flyover at Bio-Diversity Junction along with the already completed projects of SRDP Packages-IV at Mind Space Junction, Ayyappa Society Junction, and Rajiv GandhiJunction, conflict-free traffic flow has been facilitated from Bio-Diversity Junction (old Mumbai Highway) to JNTU N.H. 65.

Hyderabad: Purshotham Reddy Environmentalists warned the Government that the people in the state and pro-environment will not allow mining of uranium, as being attempted by the Uranium Corporation of India, in the State. He called for a referendum on the issue from people.

Speaking to The Siasat Daily Mr. Purshotham Reddy he said the Nalamala forests are part of the Eastern Ghats and important for maintaining the Eco System in entire South India.

He said the opening of NalaMala forests for mining uranium will be suicidal particularly seeing COVID.

He was reacting following Centre seeking Telangana State to clear its stance on uranium survey. With this the ball is back in Telangana Government’s Court on the issue surrounding the proposal for uranium survey and exploration by Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMDER)in Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Nalamala forests. The proposal for Uranium Exploration and Survey in Amrabad Tiger Reserve had come for hearing in the recently held meeting of Forests Administration.

Purshotham Reddy said that basically five to six months back when the agitation reached its peak Chief Minister KCR announced in the Assembly that the Telangana Government will not allow Uranium mining in the State. If the Centre is interested in mining Uranium in Telengana then the State Government will join the citizens in opposing the project.

But following renewed efforts by Uranium Corporation of India and Forest Advisory Committee on Bio Diversitygiving consent Mr. Purshotham Reddy questioned will the State Government of Telangana convene a meeting of Forests Advisory Committee and take a bold stand he wondered. Mr. Purshotham Reddy said that the People of NalaMala forests will never allow mining of uranium.

The Nalamala is important for maintaining the ecosystem in entire South India. Adivasis particularly Chenchus live off the forests. Opening Nalamala will be suicidal he argued. Mr. Purshotham Reddy said the development has to be people-friendly. This kind of mining activity at the cost of Eastern Ghats will not be allowed. He said that it is easy for them to revive the agitation. A bandh call to save the Eastern Ghats will be given if the State Government supports the mining decision.

People from Nagarjunasagar, Deverkonda, Acchampet, KollapurNagar kurnoolKalwakurthy Jadcherla will join the agitation. More than six to seven assembly segments are against uranium mining in the region. If the Government wants to know the mood let them call for a referendum. He explained that Nalamala is the storehouse of genetic material. Any damage to the ecosystem will affect mankind particularly the poor and the tribals.

He said that a massive agitation was held in the past opposing the mining of uranium following which the state government had to give an assurance in the State Assembly he said. It may be recalled that the Nalamala forests are the most important part of Eastern Ghats. Major parts of these Ghats are in Telangana. The Ghats range in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

The last three months since there has been a heavy demand for Uranium and prices are increasing by the day. Hence the Uranium Corporation of India Limited a public sector had proposed taking up mining. The issue has been in the domain for the last 17years since 2003.

However due to the Opposition from Environmentalists a public hearing was therein which thousands of people gave their view opposing the mining. The proposal was shelved. Intermittently the issue has been coming up but people have been vigilant and will not allow mining he argued. Stating that it is the oxygen masks of the planet he reiterated his demand to call for a referendum.

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Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & Nalgonda MP Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has strongly condemned Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s policy on conducting less number of tests for Coronavirus.

He was addressing a press conference at Jagityal along with TPCC Working President Ponnam Prabhakar, MLC Jeevan Reddy, MLA D. Sridhar Babu and other leaders on Thursday. They also participated in various programmes held on the occasion of death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Uttam Kumar Reddy said that while the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been asking the affected countries to adopt a three-pronged strategy of ‘Trace, Test and Treat’ the Covid-19 patients, KCR has adopted a strange policy of not conducting the tests even for the strong suspects and secondary contacts. He said presently Telangana has the lowest testing in the country.

He said both the Central and State Governments have failed to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the country, especially Telangana. He said while nearly 1600 per 10 lakh people were being tested for Coronavirus across the country, the average is just 650 per 10 lakh people in Telangana. He said this low rate of testing could prove to be highly dangerous for the entire society.

The TPCC Chief said not only more than 22,000 people have been tested in Telangana and the lowest rate was the reason for less number of identified Coronavirus patients. He said neighbouring States like Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have tested about 2.5 lakh to 4 lakh people.

Further, he said despite approved by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the State Government did not allow nine private laboratories and hospitals in the State to conduct Covid-19 tests. He said even the directions of High Court were not being implemented by the State Government which again prompted the court to intervene into the issue.

Uttam Kumar Reddy said testing was stopped in Suryapet which had emerged as a hotspot for Coronavirus after Hyderabad. He said presently an average of 250 tests were being conducted across the State.

The TPCC Chief said that the State Government has failed to help the migrant workers in the State. He said that the Congress leaders have helped the migrant levels in every possible manner. He demanded that the State Government disclose the figures of donations collected from NGOs, institutions and individuals for Coronavirus relief to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. He said that the government behave in a transparent manner by placing details of receipts and expenditure.

Uttam Kumar Reddy also rejected the proposed comprehensive Agriculture Policy of TRS Government and described it as a move to harass the already distressed farmers. He said that CM KCR was trying to deprive the farmers from Rythu Bandhu assistance by forcing them to grow crop of government’s choice.

He said that the State Government has been advising farmers to grow to cotton on nearly 70 lakh acres. Stating that the cotton farmers could not find the buyers for over 50 years and therefore, what guarantees would be provided by the government to the farmers that their entire crop would be purchased.

Hyderabad: Taking a step forward to enhance passenger experience while keeping them safe and abiding by the mandatory protocols announced by the Government of India amid the pandemic outbreak, GMR’s two leading airports in Delhi and Hyderabad have come up with a first of its kind contact less food ordering solution at the airport.

HOI platform’s cognitive and intuitive capability helps enhance passenger experience
A one-stop solution for passengers to get various recommendations relevant for their upcoming travel

In line with the Government of India’s Digital India vision, Delhi and Hyderabad airports, have partnered with HOI, a cognitive and intuitive travel app that helps the travelers navigate the airport seamlessly.

Contact-less food ordering and payment service is one of the unique features of HOI app. This is very useful for the travelers as an enhanced safety measure amid the pandemic widespread.

Carrying food from home could be tedious, especially at these tough times when passengers’ only focus would be to catch flight on time after the lockdown is lifted and the airports become operational.

Delhi and Hyderabad airports have leveraged HOI app that enables passengers to safely order and pick up their meals with shortened wait time at the airports.

This feature of the app allows the travelers to discover outlets inside the terminal to order through their smartphones. They will receive alerts via the app, e-mail and SMS when their order is ready and the payment can be processed online.

This app, that makes commute through airports easier and hassle-free to a major extent, will enhance passengers experience by optimizing their wait times at the food courts as the passenger can order and pay through HOI before reaching airport or while waiting at the airport terminal.

To enable contactless orders, passengers can scan through QR Code placed near outlets or directly navigate to F&B Catalogue using the web version of HOI.

All that the user has to do is browse through the listed items, add their choice of meals to cart, pay online and pick up their order.

The user can then choose either Eat-In or Collect-at-Outlet option to pick their items kept ready at the outlet.

Passengers can avail this facility by simply downloading the app on their Android or iOS device, sign-up and add their upcoming flight’s travel details. They will be able to access all the events happening at the airports in just few taps.

Apart from contact-less food ordering feature, this app has several valuable features for both the airports’ passengers, such as real time flight status alerts, boarding gate and belt information, airport facility information, time to gate and waiting estimates, weather at destination amongst others.

“Passenger experience is prime to us even at this challenging time. As social distancing has become the new normal due to the pandemic, we have taken many initiatives to enhance passenger safety and comply with COVID-19 safety measures. We have adopted a unique platform to extend contactless solutions to the flyers.

HOI app comes with a comprehensive feature that lets the passenger enjoy contact-less food service at the airport. Besides food and beverages, passengers can also discover retail stores and other facilities available at the Delhi & Hyderabad Airports. Further, this app enables users to get connected to airport Wi-Fi seamlessly with One Touch Free Wi-Fi feature that lets them download content in a jiffy,” said a GMR Airport spokesperson.

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Hyderabad: In the second biggest single-day jump, Telangana on Thursday reported five fatalities due to Covid-19, taking the state’s death toll to 45.

11 deaths in three days

The state has reported 11 deaths in three days. Two deaths occurred on Wednesday while four fatalities were reported on Tuesday.

It was on March 30 that the state had reported six deaths, the highest number in a single day.

The state health department has not disclosed any information about the latest fatalities. It merely revised the death toll in the daily media bulletin.

The day also saw 38 more people testing positive for Covid-19, taking the state’s tally to 1,699. Greater Hyderabad continued to be the hot spot accounting for 26 of the fresh cases. Two cases were reported from neighbouring Ranga Reddy district.

Ten migrants tested positive

Ten migrants also tested positive, taking the total number of cases among migrants to 99.

According to the director of public health and family welfare, 23 persons were discharged from hospital. With this the number of people cured or discharged rose to 1,036. The number of active cases now stands at 618.

Source: IANS

“Until now, we have seen farmer suicides. At this rate, teachers will be next,” said Chiranjeevi

HYDERABAD: A double post-graduate teacher for 12 years in private institutions and his wife turn into labourers in Hyderabad, The Times of India has reported.

Chiranjeevi K, who, holds three degrees – MA in social work, an MPhil in rural development and B.Ed and his wife Padma, who is also a teacher in a private school have been working as a daily-wage labourer in Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district for the past week.

“The 200-300 rupees we make will at least help us buy vegetables for the family,” says Chiranjeevi.

Evacuation Flights under 2nd Phase of Vande Bharat Mission

Hyderabad: Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, Hyderabad International Airport is seamlessly handling evacuation flights both arrivals and departures with all safety protocols in place.

On 21^st May 2020, GMR Hyderabad International Airport handled Arrivals Evacuation Flights from multiple destinations under Vande Bharat Mission.

Thermal screening being done on passengers from evacuation flights under Vande Bharat Mission at RGIA in Hyderabad.
Passengers from evacuation flights arriving at Hyderabad Airport.

On Thursday, Air India AI 1914 from Jeddha via Vijaywada landed at Hyderabad International Airport with 68 Indian citizens at 12.24 AM (Night).

Air India AI 174 arrived from San Fransisco (US) to Hyderabad via Bangalore. The flight landed today at 12.16 PM (Afternoon) with 81 passengers who disembarked at Hyderabad Airport.Air India AI 1347 arrived from Singapore to Hyderabad at 8.35 PM (Night) with the passenger load of 149.

To facilitate the arriving passengers, the Hyderabad International Airport has kept the international arrivals and the entire stretch right from the aerobridge to the arrivals ramp fully sanitized and fumigated, this included – sanitization of every nook & corner of building and public areas including washrooms, chairs, counters, trolleys, railings, doors, lifts, escalators etc. The airport also enforced the social distancing among passengers right from the aerobridge to across the terminal.

All arriving passengers and aircraft crew were brought out from the aircraft in a batch of 20-25 persons each. Each passenger/crew was screened by the Thermal Cameras positioned at the aerobridge exit under supervision of the Airport Health officials (APHO) as per the directives of MoH&FW (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) prior to Immigration formalities.

After the health screening of passengers, CISF personnel in their protective gears escorted the group of passengers to immigration clearance.

Glass shields were provided at each manned immigration counter to avoid any personal contact between the passengers and Immigration officers. Each counter had specified social distancing norms in place.

The concerned Airline, their Ground Handling Staff and airport personnel were available to guide the passengers and to enforce the social distancing norms.

Every baggage was sanitized by the disinfection tunnel integrated to the baggage belt as arranged by the airport. The baggage trolleys were kept fully sanitized for passengers’ use.

The passengers were also provided seating arrangement with complimentary boxes of food. As per the govt’s norm the passengers were taken for mandatory 14 day quarantine at the designated locations in the city.

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Hyderabad: Sensation prevailed in Mehdipatnam area in Hyderabad after a youngster crashed his speeding car into a pillar of the PVNR Expressway on early hours of Friday.

The driver is identified as Rohit, a private employee, who was coming from Asif Nagar towards Mehdipatnam road when he crashed his car into the expressway. According to the police, Rohit was driving the car in speed and negligent manner, he lost control and hit the pilar.

The driver Rohit lying at Mehdipatnam Road in injured condition

The youngster had a miraculous escape since airbags in the car opened and he survived the crash with injuries. The passerby noticed him and informed police upon which he was shifted to hospital.

The Asif Nagar police have registered case and trying to know whether Rohit was driving in a drunken condition.

Hyderabad: Welcoming the Centres move to resume domestic flight operations, the Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Chapter of Travel Agents Association of India on Friday said it would take at least three months for the business to pick up.

The Association Chairman Nagesh Pampati said the government needs to take measures to build up the confidence of people who want to travel and also educate all stakeholders about the dos and don’ts.

“This is a timely decision by the government.

Because let’s accept the fact that the virus is going to be there for a long time.

The Travel and tourism industry will take some time to pick up momentum, though the government is taking several steps to build up the confidence of the industry,” Nagesh told PTI.

On Thursday, the civil aviation ministry announced allowing about a third of domestic flight operations under strict norms from coming Monday after a two-month hiatus, mandating all the airlines to adhere to the upper and lower limits of fares prescribed by the government.

“It would take at least three months for the travel and tour industry to pick the momentum. That too it depends on various measures that the government is going to take,” Nagesh said.

According to him, about 40,000 people dependent on the tour and travel industry in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are hit by the lockdown, which forced the industry to come to a standstill.

Nagesh said hundreds of travel agents cancelled tickets due to the lockdown and refunded the amount to the passengers, though many agents are yet to receive full credit from the airlines.

Vijay Reddy, an infrastructure developer and frequent traveller, said it is necessary to open air travel as further delay would hurt the aviation industry as well as other businesses.

You cannot keep on traveling long journeys by bus or train. We should take precautions and at the same time try to bring normalcy,” Reddy said.

Balaji Travels, a local ticketing agent, said though the bookings are open, PNR (Passenger Name Record) numbers are not being issued by airlines.

Source: PTI

Hyderabad: The Congress party on Friday demanded that the Election Commission take stern action against TRS leaders, including ruling party’s candidate K. Kavitha, for their alleged involvement in horse-trading of MPTCs, ZPTCs, Municipal Councillors and Corporators, to win the MLC elections from Nizambabad Local Bodies.

“Ruling TRS Party is brazenly indulging in violation of Code of Conduct in the ongoing Nizamabad MLC Elections (Local Bodies) as the contesting candidate from TRS is Kavitha Kalvakuntla, daughter of present Chief Minister of Telangana.

Therefore, they hatched a conspiracy to win these elections by hook or crook and hence resorted to illegal means of violating the code of conduct,” TPCC Working President & Malkajgiri MP A. Revanth Reddy, former minister & ex-Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, Congress candidate V. Subhash Reddy and Ramareddy ZPTC N. Mohan Reddy alleged in their complaint lodged before Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Shashank Goel at his office here on Friday.

Speaking to media persons later, Shabbir Ali said that TRS Ministers, especially Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Member of Parliament BB Patil, Govt Whip G. Govardhan and other MLAs from Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts have been openly violating the Model of Code of Conduct without fear from the election authorities.

“TRS leaders are indulging in horse-trading of MPTCs, ZPTCs, Municipal Councillors & Corporators, belonging to all opposition parties. Since TRS does not have sufficient numbers to win the elections, they are threatening or luring the elected representatives of other parties to join TRS to ensure Kavitha’s victory. Their actions are a real threat to democracy. This must be stopped immediately if we wish to protect our democracy and constitution,” he said.

Shabbir Ali informed that the Congress leaders submitted the complete list of MPTCs, ZPTCs, Municipal Councilors & Corporators who were forcibly defected to TRS. He said the behavior of ruling TRS clearly shows that the MLC elections were not free and fair in any manner. Therefore, he said that the CEO has been urged to take immediate action under relevant laws and rules to stop horse-trading and contain the politics of luring or intimidation.

The Congress leader said that they had submitted the evidences to the CEO which clearly shows that ruling TRS has polluted the entire electoral system and it could be cleaned only if the Election Commission takes stern action against those who are violating the Model Code of Conduct and laws just to win elections.

Shabbir Ali said that the CEO has been asked to disqualify the elected representatives who defected to TRS with immediate effect.

The CEO has assured that he would direct the Nizamabad District Collector, who is also the Returning Officer, to submit a report in this regard at the earliest and would take action based on his finding.

Hyderabad: MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday inaugurated two Bastidawakhanas at Erragadda and Vengalrao Nagar. The government aims at providing primary health care to the poor at doorsteps, the minister informed.

At present, there are about 123 Bastidawakhanas in Greater Hyderabad and today 45 new Basti dawakhanas were launchned in various locations.These clinics are open to public from 9AM to 4Pm.Locals of each basti can avail medical facilities in these clinics, Minister added.

These clinics provide free diagnostic services as well free medicines to the poor. Minister said it gives him extreme happiness to launch 45 Bastidawakhanas on a single day to cater to the medical needs of the people.

He examined the facilities available in the Bastidawakhana.Minister got his body temperature and BP checked with the medical staff available in the clinic.

After inaugurating the Bastidawakhana interacted with an old woman who came for the treatment at the clinic. He also said the existing Bastidawakhanas in the city is getting good reviews from the public. Jubilee hills MLA Maganti Gopinath, Mayor, Bonthu Rammohan, Health department Special C.S. Santha Kumari, MAUD Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar, GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar, Hyderabad Collector Swetha Mohanty, Additional Commissioner Ravi Kiran, and others participated in the program.

Mayor Dr.Bonothu Rammohan along with MLA B. Subash Reddy and Zonal Commissioner Upender Reddy inaugurated Basthi Dawakanas at Parimala Nagar in Cherlapally Division and Ashok Nagar in Mallapur Division here today.

Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Dr. Bonthu Rammohan said that Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao’s mission is to provide better medical care to the poor in the state.

Further, Mayor appealed the public to utilize the opportunity of medical facilities provided in your locality at Basthi Dawakhanas.

As per MLA, Local Corporators and officials personally inspected and selected the places for Basthi Dawakhanas so that they are proximity to the locals. Chief Minister issued instructions to recruit the required staff like Doctors, Paramedical, etc said the Mayor.

In order to lessen the financial burden on the poor apart from 85 Urban Health Centres and 123 Basthi Dawakhanas and another 45 Basthi Dawakhanas brought for the use of the public. Tests for 57 verities will be done through Telangana State Diagnostics, if necessary referred to Government Hospitals for advanced treatment, further there is a proposal to provide 3 Basthi Dawakahanas inward.

Hyderabad: The Congress party on Friday demanded that the Telangana Government waive off electricity and water bills for the entire lockdown period for all categories of consumers by utilising the funds received by CMRF towards Covid-19 relief works.

Hyderabad City Congress Minorities Dept Chairman Sameer Waliullah, in an open letter to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday, demanded that the State Government provide relief to all the citizens by announcing a 100% waiver of electricity and water bills.

“The ongoing lockdown, which practically began on March 22, 2020, with the people voluntarily participating in “Janata Curfew” proposed by Prime Minister Narender Modi, has shattered the economy of our country and Telangana State. Not a single institution, commercial firm, private business houses, shop, vendor, family, institution, or even individual has remained unaffected due to the lockdown. Therefore, they must be given relief by waiving off the electricity and water bills,” he said.

Sameer Wailullah said that since there was no business or commercial activity, the private firms and companies had no revenues and therefore, they either laid off their employees or cut their salaries while some firms did both.

“People were forced to sit at their homes without any income and they exhausted their savings on food during the last two months. Most of the people had to borrow money from their relatives, friends, or neighbors for survival. There might be hardly a few people in the society who were unaffected due to lockdown. Since everyone consumed power and utilised water, they got their bills, in fact with a huge hike for the lockdown period. How will they pay for those bills now?” he asked.

The Congress leader said that the lockdown was totally unplanned and people were practically pulled into a trap.

“Originally we were requested to observe a total bandh for 14 hours across India and 24 hours in Telangana. When the call got a massive response, it was converted into a full-fledged lockdown from the next day and then we faced three phases of lockdown and night curfew now we are into the fourth phase till May 31. Originally, we all wanted to wage a strong battle against deadly Coronavirus and prevent its spread.

People thought that the government, both at the Centre and State, had a concrete plan to beat the virus and then lift the lockdown. However, even after two months, we seem to stand where we were exactly two months ago,” he said.

Sameer Waliullah said that the State Government’s move to provide 12 kg rice and Rs. 1500 financial assistance to those holding White Ration Card holders was appreciable although it is insufficient. Further, he pointed out that more than two-third of Telangana’s population belongs to middle-class.

Therefore, in normal circumstances, this middle-class segment does not expect anything from the government and instead it promptly pays taxes in various forms. But now the situation has changed and turned deplorable for all the classes in the society, especially middle-class, he said.

“We request you to kindly announce a 100% waiver of electricity and water bills for the lockdown period. People had no income since 22nd March 2020, and they will not be able to pay the power and water bills for their residences, offices, or shops. It was only from 19th May, that all shops, except those in Containment Zones, have been permitted to operate on an Odd-Even basis.

Therefore, it will take at least 5-6 months for the people to recover from the losses they incurred during the last two months. In these circumstances, the State Government should help all the people by announcing 100% waiver of power and water bills,” Sameer Wailullah demanded.

The Congress leader said that the State Government could compensate the energy firms and water board for the losses due to waiver from the huge donations it received towards Covid-19 relief works. Else, it can also adjust it from some other accounts as it did during a natural disaster, he said.

Hyderabad: A city-based NGO called Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) paid salaries to 200 Imams and Muezzins of city who offer services at mosques.

“Nearly 80% of the Imams and Muezzins in city mosque have not been paid their salaries due to drying up of collections in mosque which are closed now. Due to this many are facing hardship for ration, essential items & are struggling to support their families,” said Mujtaba Askari of HHF.

A survey was conducted by HHF across 100 mosques mainly in middle and low income areas and Slums of Hyderabad. It was revealed in a survey that 80% of mosque in middle and up market areas is managed by committees and only 30% of these mosques in slums are run by committees, After which the foundation decided to help the Imams and Muezzins.

People offer their services in mosque and the maintenance of mosque is dependent on weekly collections which are now running dry due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Some committees which are well endowed are able to pay the salaries and other dues to staff.

“It is a pity that 70% of the Muezzins who work in mosque for a meager salary of Rs 5000 to Rs 7000 are Hafiz e Quran, who also takes care of cleaning of mosques. 35-40% of the Imams and Muezzins are non-locals and are from other states – whatever they earn here goes to feed their families back home,” Mujtaba stated.

HHF has paid Rs 3000 each for Muezzins and Imam respectively in 100 mosques mainly across low-income areas for a total budget of Rs 6 lakh.

No Juma-tul-Vida prayers offered at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Juma-tul-Vida prayers were not offered at any of the major mosques including Mecca Masjid and Jama Masjid in Hyderabad. The first time in 423 years of Mecca Masjid at Charminar has not observed the congregational Juma-tul-Vida prayers on Friday owing to the COVID-19 lockdown. Any of the mosques in the city have not witnessed any gatherings on the last Friday of Ramadan.

Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, which would witness a gathering of nearly 1 lakh on Juma-tul-Vida every year, wore a deserted look in view of the COVID-19 lockdown and followed the government orders which bans congregation at religious places.

The iconic structure Charminar has been the centre of every happening of the fasting month Ramadan include breaking of fasting, food stalls, Eid shopping, last 10 days of Etekaaf and prayers.

Muslims offering Friday prayers at their homes in Hyderabad. Photo: Mohammed Hussain
Prayers offered at homes on the last Friday of Ramadan in Hyderabad. Photo: Mohammed Hussain

During the Ramadan in the last 10 days of fasting month several Muslims continue their 10 days of Ramadan in the mosque. Etekaaf means living in a mosque for 10 days and offering prayers.

According to the Imam of Mecca Masjid, more than 300 people use to Etekaaf at Mecca Masjid but this has been the first time in the history of Mecca Masjid that people have not gathered for Juma-tul-Vida and for Etekaaf instead they were staying in home and praying for the Coronavirus to patients.”

The last Friday of Ramadan, was observed by most of the Muslims in Hyderabad praying inside their homes as per the government orders but Friday prayers were performed with fewer people in mosques.

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