<B>Relieving the capital city…</B>

The ministry of Public infrastructure may have found the beginning of a solution to traffic jams between Curepipe and Port-Louis. The plan will be set up in two phases: on the one hand, it will focus on the route between Curepipe and Port-Louis and, on the other, it will reduce traffic between Coromandel and the capital. Cars using the third lane from Montagne-Ory in the morning will now use the bridge on the motorway near Desbro. The second phase will start with the opening of the new bus station in the industrial zone of Coromandel. All buses from Beau-Bassin that are not filled to capacity will drop their passengers there. They will then be taken by shuttle to Victoria bus station.

<B>Say no to alcohol!</B>

The Arya Sabha, the ministry of Health and the national agency for the treatment and rehabilitation of substance abusers are working together to fight alcoholism. A prevention campaign was launched with a march from Mangalkhan to Gymkhana club in Vacoas. Alcoholism is one of the biggest scourges in Mauritius and can lead to problems such as violence. As for the minister of Health, Satish Faugoo, the education of young people and the follow-up of alcohol addicts when they leave hospital are two measures that should help. The Arya Sabha has presented a charter to the government, in which it made recommendations to fight this scourge.

<B>Australian woman brings in heroin</B>

Susan Dalziel, a 52 year-old woman from Australia, was arrested last Sunday while she was carrying 3.5 kg of heroin worth Rs 35 million. She said that a certain Peter had given her the heroin in Nairobi, where she lives, in exchange for 500 US$. Asraf Abdool Hamid Shaik Hassen and Mohsin Hussein Khan Allykhan, two Mauritians from Plaine-Verte, were also arrested in the arrival hall of the airport. They had been under police surveillance for a few weeks.

<B>Ujodha children face new problems</B>

The Ujodha family definitely has no luck. One month after the body of Uma, who had been missing for two years, was found and her husband arrested, the children are now in the limelight. After their father was sent to prison, he entrusted his three children to his sister. But Ashmini, the eldest daughter, made a statement to the Child Protection Unit in which she states that they are victims of ill-treatment and harassment by her aunt. With her two siblings, she is staying with her maternal grandmother until the end of the enquiry. Her aunt should be questioned this week.