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Delhi saved over Rs 350 crore on 5 flyovers: Kejriwal

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arvindraNew Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the government has saved over Rs 350 crore in building five flyovers across the national capital since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took charge in February 2015.

“There were some under construction flyovers in Delhi when we took over. We completed those projects before schedule and saved over Rs 350 crore. This was unprecedented. In our country, every government project is delayed by years. But we changed all of it,” said Kejriwal during his inaugural interactive session “Talk to AK”.

He said that the government also slashed tax rates to reduce the burden on businessmen.

“We saved hundreds of crore and as a result we slashed the tax rates. Another good thing that happened was that tax collection went up after we reduced the tax rates,” he added.

The Chief Minister also said that his government priority was on four sectors — education, health, electricity and water.

“We have worked on various things but our main priority is on four sectors — education, health, electricity and water. We believe that spending on health and education is not an expenditure but an investment,” he said.

“When our youth is educated, the government would not have to worry about development, the youth will themselves develop the country. Therefore, we doubled the budget on education by 100 per cent and health by 50 per cent,” Kejriwal noted.

The government has launched a dedicated website, talktoak.com, through which people can directly ask questions to the Chief Minister. A dedicated twitter handle, “@TalkToAK_” has also been created for the programme.

This move holds importance as the AAP is gearing up for assembly elections in Goa, Punjab and Gujarat.

People can also call on 011-23392999 to converse with Kejriwal or directly message on 91-8130344141 to share their opinions.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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