Covid surge: Forest department to rush 1000 tonnes of firewood to crematoriums in Telangana
After selling the wood to the paper mills, the Corporation will be left with 1,000 tonnes of wood and this will be provided to the cremation grounds.
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Pyres of Covid and suspected Covid victims burn endlessly at the ESI cremation ground, where around 30 to 40 bodies are being cremated on a daily basis. ( File Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS) By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Forest Development Corporation has decided to provide 1,000 tonnes of forest wood to the cremation grounds located in Hyderabad and other towns in the state to help them overcome a shortage caused by the brutal second wave of Covid-19.
The Lagos State Government has announced the diversion of the traffic on Adegbola Street, Ikeja from Sunday, April 11, 2021, for a period of 15 months.
The road closure is in readiness for the construction of the Ikeja Overpass for the Red Line Project of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit.
According to tweet posts from the Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, on his official Twitter handle, this disclosure is contained in a statement issued by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation Dr Frederic Oladeinde, on Tuesday, April 7, 2021.
Oladeinde explained that the diversion was in line with the need to preserve and protect motorists and other road users against any form of accidents during the stipulated construction duration.
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Apapa gridlock: Lagos traffic team, NPA, identify six parks for truck holding bays
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The newly constituted Traffic Management Enforcement Team, by Lagos State Government, to resolve gridlock in Apapa, and the Nigerian Port Authority Security Team have identified seven holding bays for trucks at various locations around the metropolis for the purpose of decongesting Apapa and environs of gridlock.
The team made the discovery during their first inspection to Apapa to devise a strategy to solve the gridlock issue occasioned by loading trucks and trailers at the port, which have extended to major parts of Lagos.