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Dubai's missing cranes and fleeing Indians
Mumbai: Industrial cranes, a ubiquitous sight on the UAE and dubbed its national bird, have stopped flying.
A third of the crane population, working non-stop on high-rise buildings, have been grounded -- their wings clipped by the global meltdown. A decade's construction boom having suddenly gone bust, over one lakh people, mostly expatriates, have lost their jobs.
S Muthuraman, a construction worker from Tamil Nadu, sold his wife's ornaments so that he could pay the travel agents who, he believed, will take him to a more prosperous future in Dubai. Today, with construction activity having come to a standstill, he has been asked to leave the UAE. "I have a debt of Rs 86,000 and I am returning to India with Rs5,000 in my hand," he says.
Calicut's Madhusudhan Nair, a qualified lift engineer, is another victim of the meltdown in Dubai. The company he worked for is a sub-contractor for Nakheel, a construction major, which dumped 500 people last month, followed by another 300 this month. Despite having worked for his company for more than 10 years, he was laid off because Nakheel terminated the contract with his employer. Today Nair is out looking for a job in Mumbai as there is not much
Muthuraman and Nair are just two of the 2.3 million Indians in the UAE who are facing an uncertain future, with the Dubai economy in a free fall.
Mohan Nair, editor of Dubai's Property Weekly, says that at least 40 per cent ofconstruction activity in Dubai has been indefinitely put off, rendering thousands of Indians jobless. In fact, even Property Weekly -- the leading publication on real estate in the region -- has shrunk from 300 to 80 pages.
And if the cancellation of power connections and work visas are any indication, around 1,300-1,500 people are leaving Dubai and Sharjah every day, returning to India and Sri Lanka (the worst affected among expatriates).
In its latest research report, the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has said that Dubai's population could fall by 8 per cent, which, in turn, could lead to its construction and real estate work force getting slashed by as much as 25 per cent in 2009.
In fact, more than 100,000 Indian and Sri Lankan workers have already left the UAE.
Earlier last week, Majid Al Futtaim, the country's largest employer after the government, announced a 10 per cent staff cut. WS Atkins, a leading British engineering consultancy firm, laid off 190 professionals in the UAE early this month. Among other companies who trimmed the flab were Better Homes (150), Al Shafar (1,200) Dulsco (900), Tamweer (260), Tatweer (150), Damac (300) and WSP (90).
DNA had reported on January 14 that more than 3,000 cars had been abandoned in parking lots by debt-ridden foreigners, primarily Indians, exiting the country. And these expatriates are leaving behind unpaid credit card dues, and outstanding electricity and water bills.
Indian high school authorities in Dubai believe that the situation will worsen after March 2009, when the schools have their holidays. According to them, a lot of parents have applied for TC (Transfer Certificates) for their wards so that they can return and seek admission back in their home country.
Hemandas G Bhatia, founder of the Indian High School and a Dubai resident, told DNA he had "heard that a large chunk of parents have applied for TCs."
As for the Dubai stock market, it fell by 72 per centlast year, while the Abu Dhabi market fell by 47.5 per cent during the same period. Scrips of real and banking have been selling below their face value for the past nine weeks. The EIU, too, has downgraded its forecast for UAE's GDP growth for 2009 to 1.5 per cent.
In what is clearly a crisis-control measure, to dissuade people from leaving the country, the Dubai executive council has approved part-time jobs as an optional system in all government bodies. The government has also increased public spending by 42 per cent and pumped in 31.7 billion Dhirams to rejuvenate the system.
But nothing much will change for the mass of Indian workers unless these measures can revive the construction boom of the last decade and put those cranes back in the Dubai sky.
Gujarat gets first Muslim DGP; VHP is not pleased
The Gujarat government on Saturday transferred Director General of Police P C Pande, who had come under cloud during post-Godhra riots, replacing him with Shabbir Hussain Shekhadam Khandwawala, the first IPS officer from the minority community for the top police post in the state.
City Police Commissioner O P Mathur was also shifted and S K Saikia, a man with a clean image, brought in his place, sources in the Chief Minister's office said.
The removal of Pande, who has been posted as Director General of Anti-Corruption Bureau, as DGP was apparently a premptive action by the state government ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. He was removed as DGP by the Election Commission ahead of 2007 assembly polls in Gujarat and was brought back in the same post after the elections.
Mathur has been posted as Director General of Communications. Both Pande and Mathur are going to retire on March 31 this year.
Though the government has maintained that these were routine transfers, but sources said that transfers were done keeping in mind the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Sources said the government anticipates the EC might once again transfer Pande as Lok Sabha polls dates are likely to be released next month and the model code of conduct will go into force.
P C Pande was the Police Commissioner of the city during the 2002 riots when many people of minority community were killed under his jurisdiction.
Khandwawala was the seniormost police officer of Gujarat IPS cadre and had he been superseded, it would have sent a wrong signal, official sources said.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad has expressed reservations against the appointment of Khandwawala as state police chief.
VHP leader Pravin Togadia said that in 1990 the Parishad had launched an agitation against Khandwawala who was then Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Ahmedabad.
"He was partial against the majority community and has soft corner towards the minority community," Togadia alleged.
City Police Commissioner Mathur might have been transferred as he is considered to be close to the BJP government, sources said.
Meanwhile, the state government has written to the Centre for extension of service of Pande and Mathur for six months, a reply to which is awaited, sources in the office of the Chief Minister said.
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Modi slams Rahul for his remarks on Nano project
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reacted sharply to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's charge that while the state government doled out incentives worth crores of rupees to Tata's Nano car project it neglected diamond workers and accused Congress of trying to undermine the car project.
"They will not succeed in their effort. Congressmen envie the progress in Gujarat and that is why they are trying to puncture the Nano car project," Modi said at a public meeting in Amreli.
"Tata's Nano project reflects the progress made by Gujarat," Modi said, referring to the remarks made by Rahul Gandhi during his recent visit to the city without naming him.
Rahul had accused the BJP government in the state of doling out incentives worth crores of rupees for Nano project but they do not have a single penny to give to poor diamond workers.
Modi alleged the UPA government at the Centre has ignored the plight of diamond workers and claimed suicides of diamond workers is going to change the government at the Centre in coming elections.
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Chopper lands in cricket stadium, triggers chaos
In a glaring error, a Himachal Pradesh government's helicopter, which was to touch down at a police ground in Una, landed on Saturday at a nearby stadium where a cricket match was in progress sparking panic and chaos.
The chopper was on a trial run from Shimla to Jhalede Police Ground in the district where Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal was to participate in a function two days later, SP (Una) V Venugopal said.
The helicopter landed at the Indira Stadium when a Deodhar Trophy cricket match between Punjab and Services was underway triggering panic and chaos as players ran helter-skelter, he said.
The match was stopped for 15 minutes as confusion reigned supreme, the SP said adding no one was, however, injured in the incident. After the pilot realised his mistake, the copter took off for its correct destination and touched down at Jhaleda Police Ground, the SP said.
Only the pilot and co-pilot were on board the copter which was on a trial sortie ahead of Dhumal's visit to the district, he said. The pilot was new on the route and inadvertently landed at the stadium, the SP said.
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In the backdrop of violent protests by lawyers, Tamil Nadu tonight issued shoot-at-sight orders against those trying to damage public properties and create disturbance to general public.
A release from the DGP’s office said district SPs have been empowered to carry out the order.
Appropriate action would be taken against those who try to damage vehicles or involve in other illegal activities, it said.
“Some anti-social elements were using yesterday’s incidents to damage public property and burn vehicles”, the release said.
Strict actions would be taken against them, it said, adding security has been beefed up across the state after clashes between lawyers and the police at the High Court in Chennai on Friday.
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