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HYDERABAD: Senior Congress leader M Shashidhar Reddy on Saturday demanded action against chief electoral officer (CEO) Bhanwarlal.

Shashidhar Reddy sent a 17-page representation to the Election Commission (EC) seeking action against the chief electoral officer for alleged violation of Section 13 CC of the Representation of People Act 1950, and Rule 5 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1964.

“Bhanwarlal has behaved like a protagonist of TRS and its president and CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and attacked other political parties in a loquacious manner and thereby, violated all norms of civil service. The shocking and candid interviews to various TV channels and in public domain show that the Election Commission of India is amenable to all sorts of influences,” he alleged.

Shashidhar Reddy said that if Bhanwarlal continued in the same position and went unpunished for all his omissions and commissions, people would lose confidence in democracy and also in the EC.

HYDERABAD: A woman and her one-year-old son died in a road accident after a milk van hit them while they were waiting at a bus stop at Jawaharnagar in the wee hours of Saturday.

Jawaharnagar police said that several passengers, mostly daily-wage workers, were waiting at an RTC bus stop when a van belonging to Akshita Milk hit them.

K Susheela, 25, and one-year-old Nani died on the spot while six others suffered injuries. The injured were shifted to the nearby hospital. The victims were residents of Jawaharnagar. The driver of the van fled soon after. A case was registered under Section 304-A (causing death by rash or negligent act) of the IPC.

In another incident, 10 passengers were hurt after an RTC bus overturned and hit a pillar of ORR flyover at Anojiguda, Ghatkesar on Saturday.

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) officials on Saturday completed the Krishna phase-III pipeline work and released water for testing. However, the Krishna water will be officially released either from Monday night or Tuesday.

The Krishna phase-III drinking water project was to augment 90 million gallons of water per day (MGD), but in view of the water problem in summer, the water board had supplied 45 MGD in May itself. Now, the remaining 45 MGD would be released in a day or two. “We have completed laying of pipeline at Prashasan Nagar (near Ramanaidu Studio) near Jubilee Hills ahead of the schedule (November 15),” HMWS&SB director-operations, G Rameshwar Rao, told STOI.

Residents of Prashasan Nagar, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Qutbullapur and surrounding areas would benefit from Krishna phase-III, he said.

With the commissioning of phase-III, the HMWS&SB would supply 270 MGD Krishna water to the city.