Bokaro: The Tenughat Dam authourities on Wednesday opened the two sluice gates to discharge water in the Damodar River, due to incessant rain in the last two days that increased the water level.

Tenughat Dam is one of the largest dams in Asia with 18 gates including 10 radial and 8 sluice ones. The water of this dam is supplied to the Bokaro Steel Plant and the residential township of the entire Bokaro Steel City.

About 3500 cusecs per second water is being discharged in the river. Damodar enters West Bengal after travelling through various parts of the district and Dhanbad.

Executive engineer, Shyam Kishore, said the water level of Tenughat Dam has increased due to continuous rains, due to which two gates were opened while one gate was already open.

The water level of Damodar River has risen as three gates were opened. Locals living on the banks of the river have been restricted from going to the river. The water holding capacity of Tenughat Dam is 852 feet whereas at present it has 844.35 feet of water.

(Our correspondent)

FIR against 3 private hospitals for discrepancies in usage of Remdesivir

Devansh Hospital at ITI Moad in Bokaro. The Telegraph picture

Bokaro: The district police on Tuesday lodged an FIR against three private hospitals after finding discrepancies in the usage of government allotted life-saving drug Remdesivir and violations of other guidelines issued by the health department in providing treatment to Covid-19 patients.

The executive magistrate, Rohit Pravin Kujur on direction of sub-divisional officer of Chas, Shashi Prakash Singh, lodged a complaint against Devansh Hospital situated near ITI Moad with Pindrajoda police station, Wellmark Hospital at Nayamoad under City Police Station and City Care Hospital in Chas police station.

“There were discrepancies found in the usage of life-saving drug Remdesivir in these three hospitals. These hospitals were asked to produce empty vails of the Remdesivir allotted to them for treatment of the Covid patients by government, but they failed,” said an administrative officer.

He added that, in the inquiry it was also found that one of these hospitals has written Remdesivir repeatedly in the name of a single person. The record related to administration of Remdesivir to Covid patients was also found to not be properly maintained, etc.

The inquiry was conducted on direction of the state government in May.

Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro, Rajesh Singh acted on the direction ordered by Civil Surgeon Dr A.K. Pathak to take necessary legal action in this connection.

DSP, Chas, Mukesh Kumar said the FIR has been lodged under various sections in Clinical Establishment, Disaster Management Act, Essential Commodities Act, Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Sources said that in month of April and May, the allotment of Remdesivir was done by state government to private hospitals for treatment of corona patients. To stop misuse and black marketing of the drug, state government had ordered drug inspectors of each district to check all the private hospitals which were allotted Remdesivir and report whether they have genuinely utilised it or not.

Drug Inspector Vikas Kumar found discrepancies in Devansh Hospital situated at ITI Moad, Chas and City Care Hospital at Checkpost, Chas. The record of Remdesivir in these hospitals was found much less than the number of allotments.

(Our correspondent)

3 thieves caught by Chatra villagers at govt school

Mayurhund police station in Chatra. Picture by Vishvendu Jaipuriar

Hazaribagh: Villagers caught and beat up three youths who were trying to commit theft at a government school on Tuesday night in Chatra district.

The villagers thrashed them before handing to Mayurhund police.

Sources said the incident took place in Puraini Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya in Husiya panchayat under Mayurhund block. They said the school managing committee had orgnanised an online meeting due to which many members came here. After the meeting, all returned in the evening. But villagers saw three youths roaming around the school building.

A villager said robberies have taken place in schools across many districts including Chatra during the lockdown.

The trio were taken into custody and taken to Mayurhund police station. Sources said the police came to know that the trio had done the recce of this school before, to commit the theft. They thought that due to lockdown, it was easy for them to go ahead with this plan. But due to alertness of the villagers, their plan got foiled.

Officer--in-charge Kaushal Kumar Singh said they were interrogating the trio to get details about their crime. Trio were identified as Shrawan Paswan, Randhir Paswan and Dileep Thakur from neighbouring villages. An FIR has been registered against them.

(Vishvendu Jaipuriar)

Villager allegedly thrashed by police

Janardan Kushwaha in Hazaribagh on Wednesday. Picture by Vishvendu Jaipuriar

Hazaribagh: Janardan Prasad, a resident of Sandh village in Barkagaon charged police for allegedly beating him mercilessly. He said he was called in the Barkagaon police station for a compromise.

Prasad said he was having a dispute with a villager for which Barkagaon police station assistant sub inspector Amit Kumar Sonu and Shahzad Ansari beat him up mercilessly.

“Duo asked me to sign a compromise and for that I was tortured mercilessly. My body has the marks of beating,” he added.

Subdivisional police officer Mohammad Nehaluddin said probe has started with Ansari suspended and show caused sent to Sonu.

(Vishvendu Jaipuriar)

Cultural workshop for Bokaro students

DPS students attend the virtual Rendezvous Series The Telegraph picture

Bokaro: A Rendezvous Series was organised by The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth with an aim to induce the element of sensitivity, idea and spirituality among children, who are currently confined at home, for the students of Delhi Public School, Bokaro.

The series covered a variety of programs such as film screenings, performances by great artists, yoga, vocal music and talks by gurus. The series of events that were organised in the virtual platform commenced from the first week of June 2021. Extensive workshops on yoga, fine arts, and vocal music with dances and mudras were conducted as part of this program.

Over hundreds of DPS students attended the workshop for effective learning. The movie 'Gandhi' directed by Sir Richard Attenborough was also screened for the students, which was followed by a discussion with Kumar Prashant Chairman, Gandhi Peace Foundation. The movie received overwhelming response from the students.

Principal of DPS Bokaro, A.S. Gangwar said, “The Rendezvous Series was a great initiative by SPICMACAY. It gave the students the opportunity to be enlightened by exceptional artists. Through the talk show, classical music and dance performances, students got a chance to learn from the maestro.”

(Our correspondent)

25 arrested for cyber crime, loot in Deoghar

Deoghar: A total of 25 people have been arrested in Deoghar district for cyber crime, loot and theft, police said on Wednesday.

"Thirteen of them were held in connection with cases of cyber crime," Deoghar Superintendent of Police Ashwini Kumar Sinha said.

Altogether, 14 motorcycles were impounded and 30 mobile phones and eight passbooks recovered from their possession, he added.

(Agencies)