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Friday, June 26, 2009

Protests on streets over water shortage

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Poor water supply triggered street protests for the second consecutive day on Thursday.

Angry residents of Khanpur in southeast Delhi blocked the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, which affected traffic in surrounding area too.

Ramesh Chand Sharma, a resident of Krishna Park in Khanpur, said their area did not get any water supply for the last five days.

“All our complaints to the DJB (Delhi Jal Board) have fallen on deaf ears,” he said.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tragedy at Jodhpur temple

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Devotees slipping on water from smashed coconuts offered to a deity may be one of the causes of Rajasthan’s worst-ever stampede, in which at least 150 people died on Tuesday morning.

As the devotees slipped, believed to have been pushed by a group of reckless young men, it had a cascading effect on the thousands behind, who had gathered at the 500-year-old Chamunda Devi Temple in the Mehrangarh Fort of Jodhpur since 2 am to offer Navratra prayers.

A senior government official, who did not want to be named, said the devotees in the men’s queue fell on one another, leading to a stampede on the ramp that leads to the hilltop shrine.

Chief Secretary D.C. Samant said: “Rumours about a wall collapse or bomb scare are baseless.”

About 20,000 worshippers had gathered at the temple, about 330 km from Jaipur.

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Friday, April 4, 2008

Extra water is no help, it only stretches your bladder: study

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Drinking lots of water doesn't really do wonders to your body as is , the popular belief, according to two American kidney experts. In a study , they have dismissed as myths the beliefs that drinking lot of water clears body toxins better, improves skin tone and helps reducing weight.

There is no scientific proof to establish that average healthy people needed to drink at least eight glasses of water each day, the doctors have said in a new scientific review published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. All that excessive water does is ensure more trips to the loo.

Dr Dan Negoianu and Dr Stanley Goldfarb of the Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division at the University of Pennsylvania added that guzzling plenty of water could be, in certain cases, downright harmful. Indian doctors agree with this, especially with people who suffer from kidney ailments. "This reduces the sodium level in the body If water enters the body more quickly than it can be removed, body fluids are diluted and a potentially dangerous shift in electrolyte balance can occur," said Dr Anoop Misra, Internal Medicine, Fortis Hospitals. He advocated an exhaustive scientific study in the matter.

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