A 30-year-old transformer caught fire at the Bokaro Power Supply Company Private Limited (BPSCL) situated inside Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) on Monday.

There were no casualties in the incident.

It took about two hours for firefighters to douse the flames.

The incident led to loss of power production for a few hours but did not affect BSL's production.

The fire at the Bokaro Power Supply Company Private Limited The Telegraph

The 338 MW-capacity-BPSCL plant is a joint venture of DVC and SAIL.

A.K.Singh, chief executive officer of BPSCL said,“reason behind eruption of fire in transformer is yet to be ascertained. We are inquiring about the matter. It is an 80 MVA transformer. The incident affected production as it went down to 80-85 MW, but although our effort is on to restore the power generation back to 130 MW by 11 pm night”.

The buses that were going to Sasaram and Siwan The Telegraph

Buses seized for violating Covid norms

A special administrative team on Monday seized two buses travelling to Bihar violating Covid regulations.

The team, led by sub-divisional officer Shashi Prakash Singh was conducting surprise checks.

The buses were going to Sasaram and Siwan from Nayamoad Bus Stand.

The SDO said, “we have seized the buses and FIR under various sections of Epidemic Act is in process to be lodged with the City police station. There is no permission to ferry passengers outside the state in Covid-19 lockdown. The statement of passengers is being recorded”.

Passengers were charged double abd triple the normal fares.

Two months ago, the district administration came to know that buses plying to Bihar secretly had dug trenches using earthmovers at both entry and exit of private bus stand. But again such practise was on. Ferrying passengers to Bihar and bringing people here without notice of administration has made the situation vulnerable to the spread of the virus.

Children drown in pond

Three children drowned in a pond in Doman Bagicha area of Chatra town on Monday afternoon.

The trio-all aged 10- went to take a bath in Jaipur talab and drowned in the deep water.

The children were identified as Mohammad Jaid, Mohammad Anash and Mohammad Anish.

Locals fished out the dead bodies from the pond. Police sent the bodies to Chatra Sadar hospital for postmortem. The children were buried in Rashid Nagar Kabrishtan.

Vehicles overturn in Ramgarh

A trailor truck collided with two SUVs causing the truck and one of the SUVs to overturn near Ganke Mor on Chutupallu ghati in Ramgarh on Monday.

The second SUV jumped the divider on the highway damaging the car.

Ramgarh police rushed three injured to Sadar Hospital.

Barkagaon MLA Covid positive

Barkagaon Congress MLA Amba Prasad on Monday tested positive for Covid.She is in home isolation.

Prasad posted the news on on social media and asked all those who came in contact with her to go for a test.

Suicide in Sindri

A DAV school teacher's sons' body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room.

A Sindri police sent the dead body for post mortem at PMCH.

Family members of the deceased, Rohit Kumar Singh, informed police that his pregnant wife went to her parents place at Nalanda during pregnancy about a month ago. Rohit was unhappy about the fact and wanted the child birth to take place at Sindri which led to a dispute and he might have commited suicide due to frustration.

Congress leader protests hike in food prices

Congress ljhar Ahmad on Monday protested the steep hike in Vegetables by wearing a garland of vegetables.

Ahmad blamed the central government's flawed policy for the price rise in the state.

He demanded a CBI probe for the prevailing situation.