Find me water

The Delhi Police must have received numerous missing complaints but this one clearly left the cops stumped. On June 24, the residents of Paharganj area approached the police station alleging that “water was missing” from the taps and tanks. Since the harried residents could not trace the municipal councilor and the area MLA to address their problem, they decided to lodge a complaint that water was missing, along with the two leaders. For obvious reasons, however, no case was registered and the cops advised the protesters to be patient.

All’s not well

Taking a tough stand on digging of borewells for individual use, a senior DJB official is learnt to have refused permission to some senior functionaries in the government for digging borewells in their farmhouses. No farmhouses are being given permission to dig bore wells for individual use now. “Even the Delhi Jal Board has to take permission from the deputy commissioners of various zones to dig borewells, and it is indeed a tedious process. Permission is only given when the well will serve a whole community and not just individuals,” said an official.

Rainbow for all

Overriding Section 377 and social sitgma, Gay Pride March has become an annual ritual in the Capital. Last year, however, when the first-ever parade was held in Delhi, it was not inclusive of all sections — the transgender felt left out. The complaint is not unique to Delhi. For a long time, gay pride marches across the world are said to have ignored the transgender, who claim they have been sidelined and are the pariahs within the LGBT community. So this time, the organisers in the Capital mobilised the hijra community, asking them to participate and come out in their full glory. “Last time they felt left out. So this year, we tried to convince them to come,” a gay activist said.

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