Ghaziabad: A four-year-old girl died in a gas cylinder explosion at her home in Hayat Enclave in Loni on Sunday, the police said.
Four other members of her family have been injured in the incident that took place at 3.30 p.m., they said.
The deceased has been identified as Mahira; injured as Rani Fatima (45), Heena (26), Md. Umar Malik (05), Ali (16) and Alisha (14).
Heena was cooking on a stove when the cylinder blasted due to a gas leakage, said an officer.
Initial investigation revealed that someone might have left the stove on due to which the it caught fire when someone tried to light it up again.
Ghaziabad: Three people, including a woman, were saved by a traffic constable after two cars went up in flames following a collision with a divider on Delhi-Hapur road near the Eastern Peripheral Expressway around 9pm on Saturday.
The traffic constable identified as Arun Kumar also received injuries. He was felicitated by the SSP with a cash reward of Rs 10,000. A senior police officer said that three people in a WagonR were coming to Ghaziabad from Greater Noida via the Eastern Peripheral Expressway. Another car overtook them near Dasna and while maneuvering, the WagonR overturned and collided with a divider. Both the cars caught fire and three passengers were trapped inside.
Ghaziabad has 15 private Covid hospitals with a total of 1,075 beds, including 240 in ICU.
GHAZIABAD/NOIDA: From 10% on March 27, the occupancy rate in private hospitals of Ghaziabad has shot up to over 51% in just 15 days. The demand for ICU beds is higher. Currently, 61% of the 223 Covid ICU beds in the district are occupied. The figure was about 18% a fortnight ago.
Neighbouring Gautam Budh Nagar has also seen a similar trend in the past 10 days. While most private hospitals had 50 to 70 Covid patients in the first week of April, the number is more than 100 now.
Ghaziabad has 15 private Covid hospitals with a total of 1,075 beds, including 240 in ICU. A fortnight ago, there were eight private Covid hospitals with 793 beds, including 149 in ICU. On Sunday, 147 of the 240 ICU beds were occupied. On March 27, of the 149 ICU beds, 27 were occupied. In all 83 of the 793 non-ICU Covid beds were occupied on March 27. On Sunday, 551 of the 1,075 beds were full. Officials said some of
Ghaziabad: Convenience shops operating out of residential areas in violation of building bylaws in Indirapuram are proving to be one of the biggest reasons of traffic snarls in the area.
Residents have lodged multiple complaints with the administration. A crackdown follows and the shops are sealed, but most of them are back in business after a few months, they alleged. In 2018, the Federation of Apartment Owners’ Association had filed a petition in the Allahabad high court, seeking action against such illegal commercial units. They alleged in the petition that a number of private banks, beauty parlours, cafes, gyms, restaurants, departmental stores and clinics could be found operating out of the premises of residential townships in Ahimsa Khand, Nyay Khand, Gyan Khand and Shakti Khand areas.
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NOIDA: To attract visitors, the Noida Authority plans to add more features and amenities to the parks in the city. In a recent meeting with the horticulture department, the Authority discussed what measures could be taken to improve footfall in the parks and gardens being maintained by the Authority.
“Better landscaping by adding features such as floor chess, canopy covered walkways, designer benches, cave concept, grass steps, sloping and introducing other catchy designs within the maintained gardens and parks was discussed in detail and such measures will be introduced during the next makeover exercise,” an official from the Authority said.