The installation of barricades along the Atta market in Sector 27 to deter hawkers from encroaching on the road and footpaths and reduce snarls on the choked stretch has borne little fruit. Hawkers have been allotted stalls at the vending zone near Botanical Garden metro station but are yet to leave the market, which is opposite Sector 18. Now, the makeshift vends have spread beyond the barricades to the road, adding to the traffic chaos.
Truck rams into auto in Sundargarh district, killing five persons including four women of a family. The truck driver was caught and beaten by the locals. A seven-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries.
While hepatitis primarily affects the liver, it is also linked with other chronic diseases like diabetes and HIV and often leads to worse outcomes, said doctors on World Hepatitis Day on Friday.World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every year on .