Kya Chal Raha Hai?with Rudru
Train waiting lists hit 300, a protest over bonus, the High Court on the Transit Camp ground; and a battle for the chair
A battle for the chair between Chingari and Rudru, who is walking back: three questions, and you can play too. Train waiting lists of 250-300 for Deepawali and Chhath, Pantnagar SIDCUL workers protesting over bonus, and the High Court order on the Transit Camp ground. Seriously: the kotwali gheraoed in the Rampura murder case, and a woman dies after childbirth in Shaktifarm. Then one district, two schools, and five stories in 20 seconds.
Stories in this episode
Going home for Diwali-Chhath gets tough: waiting list up to 250-300 on trains via Rudrapur City, Bagh Express sleeper past 280; railways say special trains under consideration
Mantri Metal workers at Pantnagar SIDCUL protest at labour department: allege only ₹1,000 given as bonus last year, refused this year
Rudrapur stone attack case: family gheraoes kotwali, alleges five attackers and not three; ex-MLA Thukral warns of dharna if no arrests in 24 hours
Woman, 20, dies on way to Haldwani after childbirth in Shaktifarm: superintendent says gynaecologist posted there never joined, specialist at Sitarganj on leave
CM Dhami opens model primary school at Nagla Tarai in Khatima: five modern rooms and STEM lab for 70 children; CM studied at the same school as a child
Kashipur's Mahuakheda Ganj primary school building crumbling: 140 children in five rooms, two rooms shut, plaster falling from three; children sit in the veranda when it rains
Two farmer protests in Bajpur: against plan to give four Gadarpur cane centres to Sitarganj mill, and for compensation for crops lost to hail
₹800 crore drainage plan approved for Kashipur: mayor calls it a lasting fix for waterlogging; in-principle nod for ₹49 crore integrated administrative block and ₹32 crore Giri Tal beautification
DM to decide within four months on permanent construction at Transit Camp public ground: High Court disposes of PIL, tells petitioner to make representation to DM
Fire at mushroom farm in Shaktifarm's Govindnagar village: 900 sacks of compost burnt, loss of about ₹2 lakh; revenue team inspectsRead the full script
ChingariPassengers, your attention please! All major trains going home for Diwali are running on the waiting list!
RudruChingari! Clear the chair, I'm coming!
ChingariHey Rudru! What are you doing on the road?
RudruThe train's waiting list was at 280! I'm walking from Nainital!
ChingariFriends, this is no joke! The waiting list on Rudrapur's trains really has reached 300!
ChingariYou want the chair? Then play! Three questions, two right, and the chair is yours!
RudruDeal!
ChingariAnd you can play too!
ChingariQuestion one! No train, so a private bus. How much is the fare? Double, three times, or ten times?
RudruThree times! I asked, that's why I'm walking!
ChingariCorrect! Private buses are charging up to three times the fare!
ChingariOn the Howrah-bound Bagh Express, the sleeper waiting list has crossed 280! More than 200 on the Ranikhet and the Sampark Kranti! Many migrant workers at SIDCUL have simply cancelled their leave.
ChingariThe railway says: special trains are being considered, and travel only with a confirmed ticket. And the Ramnagar-Patliputra Puja Special runs from 7 November. It stops at Kashipur, Bazpur, Lalkuan and Kichha.
ChingariQuestion two! The Diwali bonus! According to workers at a SIDCUL company, how much did they get last year? One thousand, five thousand, or ten thousand?
RudruTen thousand! It's Diwali, brother!
ChingariWrong! The workers allege it was only one thousand!
ChingariAnd this time when they asked, they were refused. A protest at the labour department, and a warning to step up the agitation. The report does not carry the side of the company or the labour department.
RudruA thousand-rupee bonus, and the bus fare three times over? Then you'll have to walk too!
ChingariOne right, one wrong! The chair will be decided on the last question!
ChingariNow we stop the game. In the Rampura murder case, the family today gheraoed the kotwali, led by former MLA Rajkumar Thukral. They allege the attackers were five, not three. Thukral's warning: no arrests in 24 hours, and there will be a sit-in.
ChingariPolice say raids are on to find the absconding accused. Three accused have already been arrested.
ChingariAnd sad news from Shaktifarm. A 20-year-old woman died after childbirth, on the way to Haldwani. According to the superintendent, the specialist posted there did not join, and the specialist posted at Sitarganj is on leave. Our condolences are with the family.
ChingariOne district, two schools. At Nagla Tarai in Khatima, the Chief Minister inaugurated the school of his childhood: five new rooms, 70 children, a STEM lab.
ChingariAnd at Mahuakheda Ganj in Kashipur: 140 children in five rooms, and plaster falling from the ceilings of three rooms.
ChingariNow the rapid fire! 20 seconds, five stories! Clock's running!
ChingariTwo farmers' protests in Bazpur! Over cane centres and hailstorm compensation!
ChingariIn Dehradun, employees march towards the Chief Minister's residence for the old pension!
ChingariAn ₹800 crore drainage plan approved for Kashipur!
ChingariNotebooks for 1,45,000 students, with ₹8 crore set aside!
ChingariAnd from tomorrow, the Diwali mela at Gandhi Park, until 8 November!
ChingariThe last question! The verdict on the chair! On permanent construction on the Transit Camp ground, how much time did the High Court give the DM to decide? Four days, four weeks, or four months?
RudruFour months! That's how long it'll take me to reach Rudrapur too!
ChingariCorrect! Four months!
ChingariThe High Court disposed of the public interest litigation and told the petitioner to make a representation to the DM. The DM will decide within four months, according to law. The petition asked that the ground stay open. What is to be built is not stated in the reports.
ChingariTwo out of three, Rudru! All right, the chair is yours!
RudruI won! Here comes my chair!
ChingariThere's just one problem... where is the chair?
Gaddha jiThe chair? Oh, it fell into me last night!
RudruGaddha ji!
ChingariAnd you? Three out of three? Then you're quicker than Rudru! Full news on the Rudrapur City app and website. See you tomorrow evening!
RudruTomorrow I'll get there!
ChingariYou still have 69 kilometres to go... we'll see!
The characters and jokes are made up. Every fact comes from the stories above.
