Traffic police constable in Chennai rescues elderly woman whose sari caught fire
The Hindu
The 80-year-old was praying at the entrance to a temple when her pallu fell on a lamp; police said she suffered no injuries, while the constable sustained some burns on his hands
A traffic police constable acted swiftly, and rescued an octogenarian woman, whose sari caught fire, while she was praying at the entrance of a temple on Paper Mills Road, Perambur recently. CCTV footage of the incident has since gone viral on social media and mobile messaging platforms.
The incident occurred at around 9 a.m. on Saturday, near Krishna Temple at a traffic junction between SRP Koil Street and Paper Mills Road.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.