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Hostelites To Suffer a Severe Issue: Water Shortage Aurangabad, August 25, 2017: Water Shortage has become one of the most highlighted issues among the hostelites. Students are facing shortage of water daily and are now fed up of it. Many a times, the problem has been resolved but students have termed it as it’s always a temporary solution and never a permanent one. Near about, 70% of hostels have the same problem and students are left with no other choice but to live with it. “When we were new in the hostel, we used to wait for the problem to get resolved as we were said that the problem would be temporary and that we students would get water as informed earlier. Later, we realized that the problem was persistent, and no one was doing anything regarding it.” Says Deepak Joshi, a JNEC student. Students were assured that they would get water 24x7 though there would be a time limit for hot water. Yet, students are facing problems in the first assurance itself and they do

“We don’t know what the ‘Right to an Adequate Standard of Living’ is.” Say Labourers Aurangabad, August 19, 2017: Labourers “today” earn at most eight thousand rupees a month and are still waiting for government to take an action in favour of them. Right to an adequate standard of living is being violated in almost all the parts of the city and no one is ready to take the responsibility for it. Right to an adequate standard of living is one of the fundamental rights declared by the UN which is right of every human being irrespective of the place, sex, caste, creed and economic background. As a fundamental right no one can snatch it from the person, if he/she is being deprived of it. Adequate standard of living is considered to be fulfilled if the person is having the basic needs on a regular basis and is living his/her life with all the basic requirements along with the needs. Today, this right is being violated in almost each and every part of the city. Labourers especially

Theatres Flourishing In Aurangabad Drastically Aurangabad, August 13, 2017: Record setting plays such as ‘Bhakshak’ and ‘Pazar’ are the true examples of flourishing theatres in the city. Winning 6 times in a row within one year and winning in all the competitions in past two years as well as titled as best one act play ever are the records set by them respectively. Drama and One Act Play are two different parts of theatres and the major difference between them is of the time duration of the piece presented. Length of drama is about 1 to 2 hours and that of one act play is about 40 to 45 minutes. It approximately takes at least 3 months to complete a theatre and on the other hand the maximum time for the completion of theatre is not specific that is it can even take years to complete the piece. Play festival, Classical Drama festival and many more are celebrated and promoted for the encouragement of the students. Aslam Shaikh, actor/director/writer says,” Each and every

EFFORTS OF MSEDCL TO CURB ELECTRICITY THEFT CASES? Aurangabad, August 5, 2017: Theft cases amounting Rs.126.42 lakh were registered from April-2017 to June-2017 which is one of the major issue for the city. According to the official report only Rs.6.95 lakh were assessed and FIRs were filed against the rest of them in the concerned police stations. According to the govt. as for the household consumption, 2kW is permitted and for the commercial consumption, 20kW is permitted. If broken the law, charges are imposed according to ‘Electricity Act 2003’. Under this act, two sections are assigned for the theft of electricity; Section 126 and Section 135. Under section 126, stealing electricity of neighbours and using the provided electricity for other purposes than the permitted ones are covered. Section 135 includes theft of electricity using hooks on service wires, bypassing meter wire, using remotes to stop the transfer of electric current to the specified location, breaking of sh