लोकगायिका कल्पना चौहान घायल
कोटद्वार: प्रख्यात गढ़वाली लोकगायिका कल्पना चौहान व उनका छोटा भाई दिल्ली में सड़क दुर्घटना में गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गए। उन्हें दिल्ली के जयप्रकाश नारायण चिकित्सालय में भर्ती कराया गया है। चिकित्सकों ने बुरी तरह क्षतिग्रस्त चौहान का एक पैर काट दिया है, जबकि दूसरा पैर काटने की भी सलाह दी गई है। कल्पना चौहान गुरुवार शाम छोटे भाई विजय सिंह बिष्ट के साथ स्कूटी पर सवार होकर बाजार जा रही थीं। रास्ते में मूलचंद फ्लाईओवर के समीप सामने से तेजी से आ रहे एक ट्रक ने स्कूटी पर टक्कर मार दी। घटना में चौहान के दोनों पैर व विजय का एक हाथ ट्रक के टायर के नीचे आकर बुरी तरह कुचल गया। दोनों को तत्काल जयप्रकाश ने करीब आठ घंटे तक चले आपरेशन के बाद श्रीमती चौहान का एक पैर काट दिया। समाचार लिखे जाने तक उन्हें होश नहीं आया था। देवर जीतेंद्र चौहान ने बताया कि चिकित्सकों ने दूसरा पांव काटने की भी सलाह दी है। इधर, लोकगायिका कल्पना चौहान के दुर्घटना का पता चलते ही संस्कृतिकर्मियों में दुख छा गया। लोकगायक नरेंद्र सिंह नेगी ने कहा कि श्रीमती चौहान के साथ हुई दुर्घटना गढ़वाली लोकसंगीत पर गहरा आघात है। उन्होंने चौहान के शीघ्र स्वास्थ्य लाभ की कामना की।
Facelift turns Moolchand underpass into deathtrap
A flawed “road-recarpeting” operation at one of the busiest underpasses in south Delhi has claimed the lives of four people and critically injured seven in the past four days. All of them were scooterists.
Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, the Public Works Department (PWD) started recarpeting the road at Moolchand underpass a week ago and a one-inch difference between the old and the new layer is proving to be a death trap for scooterists.
In the past 24 hours alone, a 50-year-old woman was killed and a famous singer from Uttarakhand and her brother were admitted with critical injuries at AIIMS.
“The problem is peculiar to scooterists. As soon as they hit the underpass they face a slight speed bump due to the construction work. The entire underpaas has not been recarpeted yet and there is a difference between the old and the new layer. Scooterists are not able to judge this, so the accidents,” said a police officer.
The first mishap was reported on June 23 around 2 pm when two scooterists — Puran Chand (23) and Dinesh Rajpal (18) — were killed.
“Chand, who was driving the scooter, lost balance as soon as he hit the underpass. The three were thrown on the road and crushed by a speeding Blueline bus coming from behind. Narayan escaped with injuries.”
On June 25, a mother-son on way to Faridabad met with a similar fate. Gurdeep Kaur (50), who was riding pillion, died of head injuries after she hit a road divider. Her son Gagandeep Singh suffered injuries.
Early on Saturday, 43-year-old singer Kalpana Chauhan and her brother Vijay Singh (30) who were returning from Sarojini Nagar, lost balance and fell on the road. Both are critical and are admitted in the ICU at AIIMS Trauma Centre.
An unidentified man was killed on the stretch on Saturday. Police said they have taken up the issue with PWD. Despite repeated attempts, PWD engineer-in-chief Rakesh Mishra could not be contacted for comment.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/Facelift-turns-Moolchand-underpass-into-deathtrap/Article1-563696.aspx 
