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The Hindu
19 hours ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Rain warnings prompt push for staggered timings in Hyderabad's tech hub
With heavy rain alerts in place for Telangana this week, the Cyberabad traffic police are focusing on the IT corridor to ease congestion and ensure quick emergency response during downpours. Measures under consideration include issuing a work-from-home advisory and pressing companies in the tech hub to adopt staggered logout timings to keep key routes clear for commuters and emergency vehicles. Intense to very intense convection in Bay of Bengal near coastal AP likely to cause very heavy rainfall during Aug 13-16 in #Hyderabad & #Telangana - still developing Offices esp west Hyderabad may like to stagger timings to avoid peak hour traffic & resultant jams (Aug 13-14) — Arvind Kumar (@arvindkumar_ias) August 10, 2025 While advisories have been issued in the past, officials say the real challenge lies in corporate compliance. 'Unless the situation really demands, we don't issue an advisory. Sometimes it's late at night or early morning, based on forecasts. But many companies do not always follow it because of their own schedules and cycles,' said Cyberabad Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty. A situation report is first prepared and, if conditions warrant, the Cyberabad Commissioner issues it as an advisory to convey urgency, given how quickly weather can change in the city. The lack of adherence, however, often leaves employees and commuters stranded on flooded roads and flyovers. 'Last Thursday (August 7), we advised early logouts by 3.30 p.m. as heavy rain was expected. The Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) relayed the message, but by midnight we were still struggling to clear routes and rescue stranded commuters,' said SCSC CEO Naved Khan. Mr. Khan explained that the IT corridor hosts two main types of companies — product firms mostly operating on Indian business hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and service providers working for international clients, particularly U.S. markets, with shifts typically starting at 2 p.m. and ending around 11 p.m. The former, he said, are the main contributors to peak-hour congestion. 'To ease gridlock, we are suggesting staggered start and end times by 15–30 minutes for both shifts,' Mr. Khan noted. 'We also recommend unified transport options for employees heading to the same destinations.' Police estimate staggered logouts currently reduce traffic by only 10–15% as compliance remains patchy. 'In a recent video call with CEOs, we proposed area-wise logout schedules for the IT corridor to spread traffic during rain. Companies declined, saying they would handle their own timings, but on the ground, that's not happening effectively,' Mr. Mohanty said. Senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar also flagged the weather threat, posting on X about weather systems forming over the Bay of Bengal that could bring 'very heavy rainfall' between August 13 and 16, urging offices in west Hyderabad to stagger timings on August 13 and 14 to avoid jams. Yet, many IT employees told The Hindu they had received no such instructions from their employers. An employee from a consultation sales company in Nanakramguda said his company had denied work-from-home options for the quarter and had not announced staggered timings, meaning everyone leaves at the same time. Another employee from Knowledge City, working in hybrid mode, said their schedule had remained unchanged despite the weather warnings. Even hybrid work patterns, officials point out, have created bottlenecks, as most employees choose to come in on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, creating three consecutive peak traffic days. 'If those days can be staggered from a load distribution perspective, it would help significantly,' Mr. Naved said. For now, the police say they will keep issuing advisories, but without stronger cooperation from IT companies, Hyderabad's tech hub may continue to face the same monsoon-time gridlocks year after year.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Kishanganj boy's 150km trek with severed arm exposes bonded labour
Patna: A 15-year-old boy from Bihar's Kishanganj, a survivor of bonded labour, is battling for recovery at PGI trauma centre in Rohtak after suffering an ordeal that shocked even the rescuers. On Saturday, his brother said, "He had a surgery and is in recovery now. It is financially getting very difficult for us." The teenager was found on July 29 trudging along the streets of Haryana's Nuh district, clad only in underwear, exhausted, and with his left arm severed and crudely bandaged. He had walked over 150km for more than 22 hours, trying to return to Bihar, when two govt school teachers, Arvind Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, spotted him. Arvind said, "He looked like a madman. I stopped our car and asked him where he was going, to which the boy replied 'Bihar ja raha hoon'. We both were shocked as Bihar was several kilometres away and asked the boy to come with us." The teachers gave him food and water before taking him to the nearest police station. According to police, the boy had been allegedly held captive at a dairy farm in Haryana's Jind district. He told rescuers he had been lured by a stranger at Bahadurgarh railway station with the promise of a job paying Rs 10,000 a month. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The World's Most Beautiful Cities Where Life is Simply Better Undo Once at the dairy, he was denied wages, given little to eat and confined to a room. His duties included cutting fodder with a motorised chopper. One day, he accidentally sliced through his left arm. Rather than taking him to hospital, the dairy owner allegedly sought local treatment and had the wound bandaged. The boy claimed he was given medicine that rendered him unconscious for three days. When he awoke, some cash he had been given was missing, and he was driven to an unfamiliar location from where he began walking towards Bihar. It was ASI Kamal Singh of Sadar Nuh police station who first spoke to him, although communication was hampered by dialect differences. Singh took him to a local hospital, where doctors estimated the wound to be about 14 days old. "The boy could not remember his address, where he was kept, or even the phone numbers of his parents due to his pain and trauma," Singh said. After hours of effort, Singh contacted the SP in Kishanganj, who tasked a local station house officer with tracing the family. "We then first contacted Jitendra, who arrived at the police station around 7.30pm," Singh said. Police said the boy was too traumatised to identify the exact location of the dairy or the name of its owner. No FIR has been filed, as the family, which survives hand-to-mouth, was hesitant to pursue a case. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Raksha Bandhan wishes , messages and quotes !
The Hindu
04-08-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Property expo, Fairpro, to be held from August 8 to 10
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI), Coimbatore, will organise the 15th edition of property expo, Fairpro, in Coimbatore from August 8 to 10. S.R. Arvind Kumar, president of CREDAI Coimbatore, Surender Vittel, chairman of Fairpro 2025, and Sanjana Vijay Kumar, secretary of CREDAI Coimbatore, told the media on Monday that the event would have 30 participants who would display details of more than 100 projects, including villas, plots, and holiday plots. Nearly five bankers and raw material suppliers would also participate in the fair. 'There are a lot of new projects launched in the recent months. Fairpro will give the customers the best of these,' said Mr. Vittel. It would be a festival for home buyers, he said. According to Ms. Vijay Kumar, the event this year also has a panel discussion on August 9 and JLL India, which is the knowledge partner, will release a white paper on the real estate sector in Coimbatore. There were multiple developments happening in and around Coimbatore and the white paper would give details related to these developments, she said. The event, which will be held at the CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., is expected to attract nearly 10,000 visitors. Mr. Arvind Kumar added that Coimbatore was adding six million of IT space that would generate almost 20 lakh jobs. The demand for houses would be proportionate to this, he said. According to the event organisers, the demand for houses is currently more than the supply and inventory of ready-to-occupy houses is almost nil.
Indian Express
02-08-2025
- Indian Express
Teenager from Bihar walks over 150 km with severed arm before rescue in Haryana
A 15-year-old boy from Bihar, allegedly confined and forced into labour at a dairy farm in Haryana's Jind district, walked more than 150 km with a severed arm before he was rescued in the town of Nuh on Tuesday, according to the police. The boy, who hails from the Kishanganj district of Bihar, told the police that he had been recruited under false pretenses and promised a monthly wage of Rs 10,000. Instead, he said, he was confined to a room, denied food and wages, and made to operate a motorised fodder chopper, which he says, caused the injury that severed his arm. Following the accident, he alleged that he was given medication that rendered him unconscious. When he woke up, he was in a dispensary, with a small amount of money in his possession. After falling asleep again, he woke up to find his money and clothes missing, and was allegedly asked to leave by a dispensary staff member. With no identification and unable to recall the exact location of the farm, he began walking home — toward Bihar, nearly 1,000 km away — before being spotted near Tauru in Nuh district by two government school teachers. 'He was walking barefoot in the rain and looked like he hadn't eaten in days,' said Arvind Kumar, one of the teachers. 'He seemed confused and very weak.' The teachers offered him food and took him to a nearby police post, eventually reaching the Nuh Sadar police station. Assistant Sub-Inspector Kamal Singh provided the boy with a set of his own clothes and arranged medical care at the Nuh government health centre. Doctors who treated the boy said the injury was at least two weeks old. The crude bandaging on his arm suggested that it had not been professionally dressed for several days. Police officials said that communication with the boy was initially difficult due to language barriers as he spoke in a dialect from the Seemanchal region of Bihar. However, the cops managed to trace his family through the Kishanganj police. His brother and other relatives, who work as daily wage labourers in Kaithal, arrived in Nuh later that evening and took him to PGIMS Rohtak, where he underwent surgery on Thursday. He is now in a stable condition. The Nuh police said that while they had considered registering a zero FIR, the boy's family ultimately declined to pursue a case, citing financial hardship. 'This is now a matter for the police in Jind to pursue, if they wish,' a police spokesperson said. 'We have done our part.' When contacted, Sagar Kumar, the Superintendent of Police in Kishanganj, said he had no knowledge of the case. It remains unclear whether the boy's family has since returned to Bihar or filed a complaint with local authorities.
Hindustan Times
31-07-2025
- Hindustan Times
15-year-old boy walks 150km with severed arm to escape forced labour
A 15-year-old boy from Bihar, allegedly confined to a room and forced into labour at a dairy farm in Haryana's Jind, walked more than 150km with a severed left forearm before he was rescued by two government school teachers and a police officer in Tauru, Nuh district, earlier this week, police said on Thursday. The victim spoke a variant of Hindi common in the Seemanchal region of Bihar which includes Kishanganj. (Representational image) Exhausted, disoriented, and clad only in underwear, the boy had not eaten for days when teachers Arvind Kumar and Rakesh Kumar spotted him staggering barefoot in the rain on Tuesday morning. His left arm had been severed from the elbow and crudely bandaged. Despite his injury, he had set off alone on foot, determined to return to his home in Kishanganj, Bihar — over 1,000km away. 'I asked him where he was going and he said, 'Bihar',' Arvind Kumar told HT. 'We were stunned — that's at least 1,000km away. He could barely manage to get into the car. He requested some food and we gave him our packed lunch, which he finished in minutes.' The teachers first approached a nearby police naka, but the home guard there expressed helplessness and directed them to the Nuh Sadar police station. There, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Kamal Singh agreed to help and gave the boy his own clothes to wear. 'We skipped school that day after informing our seniors and stayed on at the station to help the boy,' Arvind said. ASI Singh said he struggled to communicate with the boy due to a dialect barrier — the victim spoke a variant of Hindi common in the Seemanchal region of Bihar which includes Kishanganj — but eventually managed to get his name and home district. Singh took him to the Nuh government health centre, where doctors treated the wound and he fell asleep for nearly four hours. 'Doctors told us the bandage was done by a novice and had stuck to the wound. They estimated it to be 12 to 14 days old,' Singh said. Back at the station, Singh continued questioning him gently, and the boy was able to recall names of villages near his home. Singh contacted the superintendent of police (SP) in Kishanganj, who asked a local station house officer to trace the family. A breakthrough came after two to three hours, when the boy was able to speak to the officer in his dialect. One of the boy's brothers, a daily wage worker in Kaithal, Haryana, reached Nuh by Tuesday evening with three other relatives. They rushed him to PGIMS, Rohtak, where he underwent a surgery on Thursday. Nuh police spokesperson Kishan Kumar said the family declined to file a complaint, citing financial hardship and expressing a desire to simply take the boy home. 'We let him go for treatment but will try to get a zero FIR registered later,' he said. According to the boy's statement, he had been looking for work when a man promised him a job in Jind with a salary of ₹10,000 a month. Instead, he was confined to a room, denied payment and proper food, and only let out to cut fodder using a motorised chopper. It was while feeding grass into the chopper that his arm was severed, Singh said. 'He doesn't remember the exact date or time. He was kept in a dairy farm somewhere in Jind from where he had started walking.' After the injury, the boy said, his employer gave him some medicine that made him fall asleep. He woke up in a dispensary with some cash in his pocket, then fell asleep again. When he woke up, the money and his clothes were gone, and the man at the dispensary asked him to leave. That was when he began walking home to Bihar. Police said the boy could not identify the dairy's exact location or his employer's name, but an investigation will be initiated if the family agrees to file a complaint.
