Rajya Sabha passes Dam Safety Bill

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Dam Safety Bill despite entreaties from the Opposition parties, including the Congress, TMC and the DMK, to send it to a parliamentary select committee, because as it is “unconstitutional and encroaches upon the states’ rights”. The Bill seeks to provide for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of specified dams. TNS

57L public grievances received in 3 years

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that the government had received over 57 lakh public grievances in the last three years and of these, 54.65 lakh have been disposed of. The Centralised Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System provides feedback option to a citizen after his/her grievance is disposed of. TNS

CAG: No planning before driverless train launch

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation decided to adopt driverless train operations technology on all new lines of Ph-III “without preparedness and cost-benefit analysis,” the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said in a report. The CAG report on the implementation of phase-III Delhi mass rapid transit system was presented in Parliament on Thursday. TNS