Nagpur: The Railway Board has restored the popular Nagpur-Wardha-Nagpur passenger train. The train has now been reintroduced from April 22 onwards ex-Wardha and from April 23 ex-Nagpur.
The Board has replaced the traditional ICF coach with MEMU that would ensure grant of more stoppages on Wardha route for the benefit of travellers. Stoppages for the train would include Sewagram, Warud Orange City, Seloo Road, Tuljapur, Sindi, Borkhedi, Butibori, Gumgaon, Khapri and Ajni.
From Wardha, the Train No. 01373 will start at 17.15 hrs and reach Nagpur at 19.30 and run for six days a week, except Sunday.
The ex-Nagpur Train No. 01374 will start at 08.00 hrs and reach Wardha at 09.53 hrs and will not be available on Saturday. The train will have eight coaches and the distance of nearly 75 kms will take nearly 1.45 hrs to negotiate, which is something strange as one expected faster run owing to the introduction of MEMU coaches. The same rake will be utilised to run Wardha to Amravati during the spare time on Sunday.
The rake will be maintained by Bhusawal Division after a run of 15 days. On Saturday, during lie over, the rake will be utilised to run Wardha to Ballarshah service.
The restoration of the passenger service is going to provide respite to travellers, especially those who have to daily travel between Nagpur and Wardha. The morning passenger train was quite popular due to convenient timings of operations. Especially for students and those who had to travel to Wardha to attend office, the train was very convenient till the outbreak of the pandemic, which disrupted the movement as restrictions kicked in.
Now with the introduction of MEMU rake, the train will run faster as the route is having permissible speed for 130 km/hr for LHB rakes. The Board, on recommendation of Nagpur Division of Central Railway, has added new stoppages on Wardha route that would ease pressure on other long distance trains.
Earlier, when Nagpur-Wardha and Wardha-Nagpur passenger was operating with ICF rake, the train was prone to detention enroute as its maximum speed was never above50 km/hr.
As its timing used to clash with Mail/Express trains, the train would often be taken on loop lines, resulting in its detention. Also, the utilisation of MEMU rake for running weekend services to Ballarshah and Amravati ex-Wardha and back would also prove useful in benefiting the travellers.
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has confirmed construction and demolition (C&D) waste and debris of stones, mud at the garbage transfer station of one of the two garbage operators — AG Enviro Infra Projects Private Ltd.
The civic body has also admitted to the operator dumping garbage on the ground by violating the terms and conditions of the contract.
On April 18, TOI had reported how AG Enviro continued to mix stones, mud and C&D waste in garbage in violation of the contract’s norms, causing financial loss and cheating NMC.
Violation and causing pollution by dumping garbage on the ground instead of transferring it from small vehicles to big ones was also reported.
NMC deputy commissioner and director of the solid waste management department Dr Gajendra Mahalle visited the garbage transfer station of AG Enviro at Sahakar Nagar and issued a show cause notice (dated April 18) to the operator asking why action should not be taken against the company for the violations.
Mahalle has given the operator a deadline of 48 hours to reply. In reference to TOI’s reports, Mahalle said, “The inspection revealed the presence of C&D waste and also debris of stones and mud at the garbage transfer station, a clear violation of the contract. Huge quantity of stones, mud and C&D waste raises suspicion that the material was brought to the garbage transfer station for mixing with garbage and transportation to the Bhandewadi dumping yard. On June 28, 2020, it was proved that garbage was mixed with stones and mud and transported to the dumping yard. A fine of Rs 27,11,103 was recovered. Also, a warning was issued to terminate the contract if violations continued.”
Mahalle said the notice was for violation of the contract. “Garbage has to be transferred from small vehicles to heavy vehicles without putting it on the ground. It was observed that terms and conditions of the contract were violated intentionally,” he said.
West Nagpur MLA Vikas Thakre and Shiv Sena leader Nitin Tiwari want the NMC to register an offence against the operator and termination of the contract.
Following the expose by Thakre and Tiwari coupled with poor service and complaints from other public representatives, the NMC general body had conducted an inquiry which revealed irregularities and violations by AG Enviro and another operator — Pune-based BVG India.
On January 30, the general body had passed a resolution to terminate the contracts of the two operators. Directives were issued to the administration to consult a senior counsel and start the process of termination followed by a tender process to appoint a new operator parallelly.
The general body had fixed a deadline of three months for appointment of a new operator. “The resolution was sent to the NMC’s legal department. We are yet to get a reply for the further course of action,” said NMC officials.
Only ten days are remaining for the deadline to end which means the NMC administration is likely to over rule the decision of the general body.
Sources said the revision has been done due to shortage of liquefied natural gas in the international market. Because of frequent fuel price hikes, the transportation cost has also gone up. The only CNG dealer in the city — Rawmatt Industries — is facing severe crisis as the firm transports LNG from Gujarat and then converts it into CNG.
“Increased transportation cost and hike in natural gas price are the reasons for the hike in CNG cost in the city,” said an official from Rawmatt.
As on April 18, petrol was costing Rs121.30 per litre in Nagpur and diesel Rs105.64 per litre.
Nagpur University Cancels BSc Fourth Semester Maths 1 Exam As Gondia College Clerk Leaks Paper Online
Ahead of the Nagpur University administration’s meeting on Thursday in view of students’ stiff opposition to pen-paper exams, TOI looks at how premier educational institutes and other universities are conducting their assessments
Institute: Visvesvarya National Institute of Technology (VNIT)
Mode: Pen-paper for 3rd year, final year, MTech students. Online for the rest
Number of examinees: Around 2,500
VNIT authorities didn’t receive any official representation from the students demanding online exams, but faculty members said students are in self-doubt as they have lost the writing habit. Personal interaction and regular counselling are helping students gain confidence for the upcoming exams, officials said. Students are getting assignments, class tests and quizzes as a drill. “We didn’t call the first and second-year students as the the third wave happened the last time and they had to be sent back,” they said.
Institute: Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU)
Exam commencement: April 21 for graduating batch, May 12 for the rest
Mode: Online, open source access
Number of examinees: More than 800
MNLU vice-chancellor Vijendra Kumar said the online open source exam is part of the contingency exam policy of the university, taken during a pandemic which is still in existence. “Questions will be application-based and descriptive in nature. Undergraduate courses have six papers. Once question papers are uploaded, they will have one week’s time to submit answers in the specified format,” he said.
Kumar added that the broader vision is to have a paperless university. “The world is struggling with climate change. We don’t want trees to be cut for paper, and are essentially becoming a paperless university in all ways,” he said. As budding legal practitioners, these students need to be trained in online transactions as case filings and hearings are happening online, Kumar further said.
Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Exam commencement: Completed
Mode: Offline
Number of examinees: Approximately 450
IIM director Bhimaraya Metri said there was no reluctance from students for their final exams. “The third trimester and sixth trimester (final year) exams were held in offline mode. In fact, all our students wanted to be present at the new campus. They are the first ones to utilize the facilities. This was the first time we had offline exams in two years. No special concessions were required. Varying from course to course, two to three hours were allotted for writing,” he said.
Institute: College of Agriculture
Exam commencement: April 18
Mode: Offline
Number of examinees: 1,150
Principal Devanand Panchbai said during the lockdown, they opted for multiple-choice (MCQ) and descriptive-type open source exams in online mode. “No concession has been given for the pen and paper exam now. We have resumed academic activities like before Covid. The students have supported us,” he said.
Institute: Nagpur Veterinary College and College of Fishery Science (Under MAFSU)
Exam commencement: May
Mode: Offline
Number of examinees: 550
MAFSU officials said instructions have been given to maintain gaps between exams so that students get enough time to prepare. The university has 10 colleges under it, including these two from Nagpur. “Physical classes have also started. Some students who joined when Covid curbs were in place have doubts. We received some representation to hold exams online. But we counselled them and allayed their fears. Syllabi have been completed,” they said.
Institute: Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU)
Exam commencement: May-end
Mode: Offline
Number of examinees: 28,000
KKSU director of examinations and evaluation Umesh Shivhare said theirs being a language-based university, the MCQ pattern never suited them. “During lockdown, we held open source exams. These will be the first offline exams after the onset of pandemic. Our university’s jurisdiction is spread across Maharashtra and Goa. We never faced opposition from students or colleges. In fact, they have always insisted on offline,” he said.
Institute: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (Symbiosis International (deemed university))
Exam commencement: Completed
Mode: Online
Number of examinees: 320
Institute director Shrirang Altekar said the exams were held online and they were proctored. “The papers comprised 50% theory and 50% viva. Students had to scan the answer sheets and mail them back. We announced the exam schedule in advance. As there was no certainty regarding Covid restrictions then, we decided to hold exams online. UGC and government’s orders came later. In April, our students go for summer internship and those in final year have to join their jobs. For the next academic year, we have declared that all activities will be in physical mode from June 13,” he said.
Institute: Amravati University
Exam commencement: May 18
Mode: Offline
Number of examinees: Approximately 5 lakh
AU director of examinations and evaluation Hemant Deshmukh said the students need to attempt only 50% questions but they will be marked for the entire paper. “We are ready to hold exams like the pre-Covid days. The marking pattern has been eased considering that students have lost practice. We will convert the 50% questions attempted into 100% marks. For example, if they attempt five questions out of 10, the assessment would be based only on the attempted questions,” he said.
Deshmukh said no additional time has been allotted since they have to attempt only 50% questions. “Students had demanded online exam mode, but we are sticking to offline as classes are offline. If Std 10 and 12 had online classes but offline exams, why can’t university students do it. We have also given full carry on to next year. Even if students have backlog, we will give admission to final year,” he said.
Nagpur: All hospital beds in Nagpur district are vacant as the only patient in the city (NMC) area is under home isolation. It means, Nagpur is one step away from hitting Zero Covid-19 cases. With 5 out of 6 under-treatment patients in Nagpur having recovered in home isolation on Tuesday, the entire district now has only 1 Covid patient under treatment.
Similarly, the number of active cases in Vidarbha came down to a single digit for the first time since the onset of the first wave in 2020. On Tuesday, Vidarbha region saw only 8 patients under treatment. All of them are in home isolation, except the two in Gadchiroli who are under observation in hospital.
Total 620 tests were conducted in Nagpur and none was positive. Now, only 1 patient is under treatment and the patient is in Nagpur city.
The Minister’s warning comes against the backdrop of the May 3 ultimatum by the MNS chief Raj Thackeray for removal of loudspeakers from all mosques in the State
Nagpur: Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil on Tuesday warned that the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government will not tolerate any attempt to create communal tension as appropriate action will be taken against those indulging in such activities.
The Minister was interacting with the media after addressing a meeting of NCP workers at Ravi Bhavan in the city on Tuesday.
Walse-Patil said that some parties are making efforts to create a communal divide. There is no information on riots in the state. However, the police are monitoring the situation closely. Any attempt to foment communal strike will be dealt with firmly, he said against the backdrop of the May 3 ultimatum by the MNS chief Raj Thackeray for the removal of loudspeakers from all mosques failing which his party workers would read Hanuman Chalisa.
The State Home Minister further said he did not see the likelihood of a law and order situation after May 3 in the state. ‘’We are fully prepared and are taking steps to prevent untoward incidents. If any statement or action incites hatred or disturbs peace between communities, then action will be taken accordingly against the person or organisation concerned,” he added.
Even though clashes were reported in some parts of the country, the state government is fully prepared to tackle any such eventuality, said Walse-Patil adding that there was no need for the State Cabinet’s approval for restricting the use of loudspeakers in religious places. There is no time limit for issuing guidelines for use of loudspeakers in public places. Field level input will be taken and the government will take action and there is no need to go to the Cabinet regarding this issue, he stated.
Walse-Patil without directly naming BJP or MNS claimed that efforts are made to divert the people’s attention from various burning issues including inflation, unemployment, and border situation adding that it should be exposed by the police. The minister expressed serious displeasure over the security cover provided to various state leaders by the Centre claiming that it was an encroachment on the state government’s rights. His statement came a day after the media reports about the possibility of beefing up security cover for Raj Thackeray before his proposed Ayodhya visit.
Walse-Patil said a committee headed by the Chief Secretary comprising police officers and intelligence officers decides on providing security based on threat perception and a politician cannot take a call on the matter.
Nagpur: Digital education has taken a severe beating as MSEDCL has snapped power supply to at least 499 Zilla Parishad schools over non-payment of dues in Nagpur district, a report said.
The Zilla Parishad runs a total of 1518 schools having more than 65,000 students. Of these schools, MSEDCL has to recover 27.29 lakh pending power dues from 499 schools. Since the dues were not cleared, the power distribution company disconnected the supply leaving the students in the lurch.
According to MSEDCL sources, the company is helpless as it is facing a severe money crunch. Load-shedding is being resorted, power supply to households are being cut. Due to non-clearance of pending dues, power supply to schools is being disconnected, sources said.
The cumulative outstanding bill amount is over Rs 27.29 lakh and the primary cause of the disconnections was non-payment of power bills by schools. Power supply has been snapped for around 499 schools. Primarily, the cause of the disconnection is due to non-payment of bills, and issues about wrong billing have been raised with the MSEDCL, said the management of some schools.
Gram panchayats have been allowed to pay off the bills from their funds such as school improvement funds, sources said.
There are 1518 schools in Nagpur district, of which 499 have lost power connections. Issues regarding disputed bills have been raised with the power utility officials, sources said.
Digital education is the ingenious use of digital technologies and tools throughout teaching and learning and is frequently known as Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) or digital learning. Digital learning is a learning facilitated by technology that offers students some factors of command over the place, time, pace, and path. Digital learning is replacing traditional educational procedures more and more each day.
But with no power supply, digital education is taking a severe beating in the affected schools of Nagpur Zilla Parishad.
Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil on Tuesday said that there is no time limit for issuing of guidelines for use of loudspeakers in public places.
The political strife between the opposition and Maha Vikas Agadi party over the loudspeaker row in the state is still on.
While talking to the media Walse Patil said, “There is no need to go to the Cabinet regarding this. Field level input will be taken and the government will take action. There is no time limit (for issuing of guidelines) as talk with all stakeholders to be done”.
State Home Minister, on Monday after a meeting with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the state Director General of Police (DGP) and the Mumbai Police Commissioner will frame the guidelines which all places of worship must follow.
“The state DGP Rajnish Seth and Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey will together prepare the guidelines over the use of loudspeakers. These guidelines will be issued in a day or two. All will have to follow the rules,” said Walse-Patil.
Strict action will be taken against the unauthorised use of loudspeakers at any place of worship or events.
Nagpur: In a proud moment for Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), the civic body’s pioneering work got recognised at State-level. On health front, the NMC’s makeover of Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) were awarded by Health Department under Rejuvenation Scheme of State Government. Also, under Rajiv Gandhi Administrative Acceleration Campaign, the development of ‘Tax Monitoring App’ was adjudged second best innovation from Municipal Corporation category.
The App is introduced to help on spot assessment of properties and ensure transparency in property tax collection. The competition was conducted by the General Administration Department of the State Government with a view to increase the quality of services in the administration, promote people oriented decision making as well as implementation of good governance.
The civic body would get prize money of Rs 6 lakh along with a citation. The concept of App is to bring dynamism in the tax collection of NMC, have accurate information regarding the property and same would be available at click of a button on mobile handsets.
Milind Meshram, Deputy Commissioner (Revenue), NMC, said that the ‘Tax Monitoring App’ of the Property Tax Department of the NMC is going to bring transparency and speed-up the work. Civic body has prepared GIS for properties in Nagpur area for which data collection started from 2016 onwards and database of 6,27,833 properties is ready. The expected monthly rent, annual rent and taxable value of the respective property is now available at click of button on mobile handset.
Civic employees are assisted by the App, as to whether Property Tax is assessed on the basis of actual data for property within a radial distance of one hundred meters, when the taxpayer has paid the tax, for how many years the property tax is in arrears, at the same time the tax collector may collect property tax from the person concerned on spot. All such information is received by authorities on a strategic basis and App has given impetus to work administration as well as the Tax Department and the work has become transparent.
Similarly, under the Health Department’s Rejuvenation Awards, NMC’s Futala UPHC bagged first prize of Rs 2 lakh while Indora UPHC was adjudged second and received an award of Rs 1.50 lakh. Jagnath Budhwari, Babulkheda, Bhaldarpura, Shanti Nagar, Shende Nagar, Telenkhedi/Sudam Nagari, Hazari Pahad and Mominpura have each received consolation prize of Rs 50,000 each.
UPHCs, hospitals and PHCs in Corporation area are evaluated on cleanliness, drinking water arrangement, overall ambiance and status of centre, OPD, disposal of bio-medical waste, management of epidemic etc.
Futala UPHC received 88.90 per cent was adjudged second at State level, Indora received 85.80 per cent. Administrator, NMC, Radhakrishnan B, Additional Commissioner Ram Joshi have congratulated the Health Department officials of NMC.
Nagpur: Orange City Water (OCW) is undertaking 24-hour shutdown on April 20 to plug two major leakages at Omkar Nagar Elevated Service Reservoir (ESR) in South Nagpur. The leakage has developed on 450 m diameter valve at Shatabdi Nagar Square under Hanuman Nagar Zone and on the inlet aqueduct at Omkar Nagar water tank.
The drinking water supply would stop from 10 am of April 20 (Wednesday) and will not be available till 10 am on April 21 (Thursday). Also during the shutdown, OCW proposes to take-up inter connection of 600×200 mm diameter aqueduct at Shatabdi Nagar Square. After repair work the water supply would resume but with limited force and by evening normalcy will be restored.
During the shutdown there would be no provision of supply of water through tankers and hence OCW has appealed citizens to stock-up to see through the shutdown period. Areas that would be affected include 85 Plots, Ratan Nagar, Saket Nagar, Ekta Society, Sai Nagar, Gajanan Nagar, Shri Hari Nagar, 1,2,3 Weavers Colony, Swaraj Nagar, Manewada Old, Diwan Layout, Swami Nagar, Sevadal Nagar, Vanrai Nagar, Attadeep Nagar, Balkrishna Nagar, Jaigurudev Nagar, Central Railway Colony, Jaivant Nagar, Siddharth Nagar, Kapil Nagar, and major parts of Omkar Nagar.
Chandrapur and Akola were the hottest in Vidarbha with maximum temperature at 44.2 degrees Celsius.
Nagpur: The Orange City on Monday recorded the sweltering 43.6 degree Celsius, the hottest temperature of the season. Heatwave is sweeping across Vidarbha region as in all the major locations in the region, the maximum temperature was 40 degrees Celsius or above on Monday.
Chandrapur and Akola were the hottest in the region with maximum temperature at 44.2 degrees Celsius. Nagpur and Wardha followed with 43.6 degrees Celsius and 43.8 degrees Celsius respectively.
Nagpur, on Monday, recorded the highest maximum temperature of the season for this year. In fact, the maximum temperature it recorded was the highest for the month of April since 2019. In 2019, it had recorded 45.3 degrees Celsius on April 28. After that, Nagpur recorded a maximum temperature of 43.4 degrees Celsius on April 18, 2020, and 43.1 degrees Celsius on April 29, 2021.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the mean maximum temperature of Nagpur is 39 degrees Celsius during the first week of April. It rises to 42 degrees Celsius towards the end of the month. On a few occasions, it exceeds 44 degrees Celsius. As far as the highest maximum temperature recorded ever in the month of April is concerned, Nagpur recorded 47.1 degrees Celsius on April 30, 2009. On Monday, the maximum temperature was 2.8 degrees above normal, and the 24-hour difference was 1.6 degrees. As far as mean minimum temperature is concerned, it ranges from 22 degrees Celsius to 26 degrees Celsius in April in Nagpur.
On Monday, Nagpur recorded the minimum temperature of 23.6 degrees Celsius, which was 0.7 degrees below normal, but there was a difference of 1.8 degrees between minimum temperature on Sunday and Monday. The Indian Meteorological Department predicted the sky to be partly cloudy over Nagpur till April 24. But, the maximum temperature is expected to be above 41 degrees Celsius. Minimum temperature is predicted to rise steadily to 26 degrees Celsius till April 24. Heatwave conditions are very likely to occur at isolated pockets, on Tuesday. On April 21 and April 22, thunderstorms with lightning are very likely to occur at isolated places.
Nagpur: Road accidents claimed lives of two persons in separate incidents reported in Gittikhadan and Lakadganj police jurisdictions.
In the first incident, a resident of Plot No. 62, Gautam Nagar, Bhivsenkhairi, Rohan Ravindra Shendre (25) was going on his bike (Mh-31/FD 8534) on Gorewada Ring Road around 9.45 pm on Friday. Midway near Forest Gate, Rohan rammed his speeding bike into a truck. He suffered fatal injuries and died on the spot.
Gittikhadan API Dere registered a case under Sections 304(A), 279 of the IPC and probing the matter.
In the second incident, a rashly driven truck knocked a pedestrian dead in Lakadganj area in the midnight of Friday. The deceased has not been identified.
The deceased, aged 40-45 years, was walking towards Prince Garage, Marwadi Square around 0005 hours of Friday. At the same time, an Eicher truck (MH-35/AJ 1172) hit him with great force killing him on the spot.
Lakadganj PSI Bangre booked the truck driver under Sections 304(A), 279 of the IPC read with Sections 184, 134, 177 of Motor Vehicles Act. Cops are searching for the accused driver.
Vidarbha Taxpayers Association(VTA) held its Executive Body Meeting chaired by its president Shrawan Kumar Malu recently; wherein the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 was discussed in length and it was unanimously resolved that VTA should welcome such step initiated by the Union Government in order to curb crime by improving our conviction rate, which will also save judicial time.
Accordingly, VTA dispatched a letter of gratitude and support to Narendra Modi – Prime Minister, Amit Shah – Union Home Minister and Kiren Rijiju – Union Minister for Law & Justice, New Delhi in favour of the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022.
Shrawan Kumar Malu – president of VTA said, even the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) recommends that it is important to engage in data collection. And this new legislation will give powers to the police and prison authorities to legally collect samples such as fingerprints, palm-prints, foot-prints, iris and retina scans, and other physical and biological samples, photographs, signatures, and handwriting samples from convicted and arrested persons. While the earlier 1920 law allowed for collecting and recording of footprint impressions and fingerprints of only a certain category of convicts, whereas the 2022 legislation expands the categories of people from whom such data can be collected.
Tejinder Singh Renu – secretary of VTA said, we strongly believe that we need robust national data of criminals so that they are apprehended at the earliest after any crime is committed by them as now the criminals are also smart in carrying their illegal activities in different regions of the country to avoid easy doubt. And along with such data collection, we also need more forensic labs and time-bound trials of criminal courts with strong growth in conviction so that people start fearing the law.
Also present in the VTA meeting were J. P. Sharma – IPP, Hemant Trivedi and Yogendra Mohan Singh – vice presidents, Pawan K. Chopra – Treasurer, Amarjeet Singh Chawla – joint secretary, Executive Body Members Rohit Kanungo, Govind Patel, Pritish Gujarathi, Hemant Sharma and Harish Soni.
Nagpur: Holding ‘Communal Harmony’ rooted in every single individual of the Second Capital of the State as a major deterrent to communal riots, Nagpur Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Monday said that no incident of communal violence could transpire in the city.
Responding to the question on the alarming incidents of communal violence reported across the country, including National Capital on the occasions of Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti processions, the Top Cop said that, “While Nagpur Police are on alert to prevent any such incident that could provoke religious violence, Nagpurians, themselves, ensure that they don’t fall prey to such hatred. Thus, I don’t think that such an incident could surface in Nagpur,” he said.
“Nagpur Police are already on strict vigil. We are ensuring necessary preventive measures, right from ground zero policing to interacting with religious leaders. We’ve faith in our people and our police force, no such act could take place here,” Kumar said and mentioned, “If anyone by any means tries to disrupt the communal harmony in the city, then they will be dealt with stern action.”
On another controversy related to the use of loudspeakers at mosques, CP Kumar said that Nagpur Police are complying with the guidelines set by the Supreme Court.
Notably, the demand for the removal of loudspeakers from outside the mosques was raised by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in the Gudi Padwa rally. The demand soon turned into a major controversy, the repercussions of which were also being felt in other states as well.
Amid the ongoing loudspeaker row, Maharashtra Home Department on Monday issued order for use of loudspeakers at religious sites.
In an order, Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil said prior permission will be required to allow for use of loudspeakers.
Patil will be holding a meeting with the DGP today to instruct him to direct all police commissioners and officers on this.
The guidelines for the same will be issued in the next 1-2 days
“We have kept an eye on the law & order situation in the state. Strict action will be taken against those who attempt to disturb peace in the state”, Patil said.
The development comes days after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray warned about restricting the usage of loudspeakers in mosques. Thackeray gave an ultimatum till May 3 for removing loudspeakers from mosques further threatening to play ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ with speakers.
Earlier on Saturday, Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil had ruled out removing loudspeakers from religious places amid controversy over MNS leader Raj Thackeray’s ultimatum. While speaking to a leading news agency he said, clear instructions have been given the loudspeakers will be allowed within the permitted decibel limit and anyone violating the regulations will face stern legal actions.
Covid-19: Nagpur reviews 88 sparkling instances, lively cases at 754
Nagpur/New Delhi: India on Monday reported a single-day rise of 2,183 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s total tally of coronavirus cases to 4,30,44,280. During this period, the country also reported 214 fatalities, including 213 from Kerala, pushing the overall death toll to 5,21,965, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 9 am.
The active cases declined to 11,542, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 16 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.83 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.32 per cent, according to the Health Ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,10,773, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.21 per cent.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the Ministry said. An increase of 192 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.31 percent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.27 per cent, according to the ministry.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive has exceeded 186.51 crore.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
Nagpur: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) will hold e-auction of those vehicles that were seized by its Flying Squad for various reasons. The e-auction will be held on April 26 at 3 pm. The seized vehicles are lying unclaimed at various depots.
The vehicles are parked at the State Transport depot at Wardhaman Nagar, Imambada and at the RTO (City) campus. The Flying Squad intercepted the vehicles as per provisions of Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1958, and Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
During the e-auction, a total of 32 unclaimed vehicles would be auctioned as per the Maharashtra Land Revenue Rules, 1966, at RTO (City) Office. Those interested in buying these vehicles can get the details of rules and earnest money to be deposited at RTO office where the same is displayed on notice board, informs a release issued by Dr Rupkumar Belsare, Deputy RTO, Nagpur (City).
Nagpur: Unidentified miscreants targeted house of an engineer and decamped with Rs 10 lakh. The burglary took place in Hudkeshwar police jurisdiction on Saturday afternoon.
According to police, Ashish Ashokrao Sonawane (35), a resident of Plot No. 38, Meherbaba Nagar, works as an engineer with a construction company. The theft took place between 12 noon and 5.30 pm on Saturday when Sonawane, along with family , had gone out to attend the marriage of his relative. The unidentified burglars entered his house by breaking open the latch of the front door and decamped with the cash Rs 10 lakh kept in an almirah.
Hudkeshwar police registered a case under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC. The cops are checking CCTV footage and identifying the accused.
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has undertaken renovation and deepening of Gandhisagar Lake in the city.
According to media reports, beautification of Pagey Garden and development of a 3-storey auditorium has been planned by the NMC at Gandhisagar Lake. The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has also suggested a three-level floating restaurant in the water body. Bhoomipujan of the works was performed a few months ago.
According to media reports, the auditorium will come up after demolition of Bal Bhavan located on the lake’s bank. The first floor will house a museum, second floor to have a 3D centre and the third floor will be for recreational activities. The NMC has planned to construct a new bridge connecting the road with the island-like Pagey Garden which will also be renovated, the reports said.
PM Narendra Modi said “India cannot afford to remain stagnant today…We cannot continue to remain where we are. The global situation is such that the entire world is thinking on how to become ‘aatmanirbhar’.”
Ahmedabad: India cannot afford to remain stagnant at this juncture and it has to become self-reliant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
He was speaking after unveiling a 108-feet tall statue of Lord Hanuman in Gujarat’s Morbi via video link on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
India cannot afford to remain stagnant today…We cannot continue to remain where we are. The global situation is such that the entire world is thinking on how to become ‘aatmanirbhar’,” PM Modi said.
“I would request the saints of the country to teach people to buy local products only. Vocal for local is the in thing. In our homes, we should only use things made by our people. Imagine, the high number of people who will get employment due to this,” he added.
Foreign-made things may make us feel good, but it won’t have the feel of the hard work of our people, the scent of our mother earth, he said.
“In the next 25 years, if we just use local products, there won’t be unemployment for our people,” the Prime Minister said.
Nagpur: Internal fight between two factions of Bharatiya Janata Party has led to destruction of iconic Martyr Darodkar Smarak at Darodkar Square in the midnight of April 1 in Nagpur city. The square was named after Waman Gopalrao Darodkar who became martyr in police firing during Vidarbha Mukti Andolan in 1972. The Shahid Darodkar Stambh was erected to honour his martyrdom.
The destruction of the Shahid Darodkar Stambh has sparked a political storm in Nagpur. One of the factions in BJP led by former Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari allegedly supervised the demolition of the Smarak with the help of NMC squad. A video of the demolition in the midnight showed Tiwari directing the NMC squad, equipped with a JCB machine. The destruction of the Smarak left the other faction of BJP furious. About 50-60 workers had rushed to the spot but the demolition had already taken place. The workers alleged that Tiwari took lead in destruction of Shahid Darodkar Stambh to favour a particular community. They also claimed that this particular community wants to erect a memorial of someone from their own community.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of Nagpur City District Congress Committee Snehal Dahikar has also taken up the issue of Smarak demolition. In memorandums submitted to Commissioner of Police, Municipal Commissioner, Police Inspector, Lakadganj Police Station and Executive Engineer of NMC’s Gandhibagh Zone, Dahikar has demanded thorough investigation into the demolition of Shahid Darodkar Stambh by some ‘anti-social elements’ at the behest of former Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari. “The exact reason behind destruction of the memorial is under wraps. It is beyond imagination as to why the Shahid Darodkar Stambh was smashed that too with the help of NMC squad,” the Congress leader said in her memorandums.
“It is a criminal act to damage a government property (Smarak). It is a serious offence. If such anti-social elements are not curbed , they would indulge in more criminal acts and thus create law and order situation in the city,” the Congress leader said.
War Rooms set up at Nagpur and Wardha to keep an eye power consumption and take on-spot decisions
Nagpur: In a good news to tormented Nagpurians, the Maharashtra’s Energy Department has secured a lifeline as it got 800 MW additional power on Thursday enabling it to drop plans for load-shedding during the peak morning hours, according media reports.
The reports said that War Rooms have been opened at Nagpur and Wardha by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) to keep watch on power consumption and take on-spot decisions. The War Room is headed by an officer of the rank of Superintendent Engineer. Additional 700 to 800 MW of power was sourced by MSEDCL helping it tide over the severe shortage that forced it to think about starting rotational load-shedding. The addition of a new source enabled it to efficiently manage the morning peak time from 7.30 am to 10 am.
In a further respite for MSEDCL, 550 MW of additional power would be supplied from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Mouda plant from Friday onwards. MSEDCL has already tied up with Tata’s Mundra plant for 750 MW of additional power to help it tide over the peak summer season. The daily addition of power is enabling MSEDCL to meet the gap of 2,500 MW in the demand-supply position thereby providing respite to masses from prickly heat by avoiding load-shedding.
The power demand is heading upward due to severe heat and reached 22,500 MW on Thursday, but MSEDCL effectively managed the show without any need for load shedding. Also, on April 14, several programmes were organised throughout the State to mark the 131st birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and the State-run power utility ensured that no interruption occurred in the festivities.
After many years, Maharashtra was staring at compulsory power cuts as demand was higher than supply, pegging the shortages at over 2,500 MW. The “load shedding”, which entails compulsory power cuts in select areas, was to be carried out both in urban and rural areas. The growing demand for power and shortages of coal had resulted in a deficit of 2,500-3,000 MW in power. To bridge the same, MSEDCL was resorting to load shedding as per the guidelines set by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission.
Nagpur: The 2621st Janma Kalyanak Mahotsav of Bhagwan Mahavir, the last Tirthankar of Jain community, was celebrated with solemn resolve to propagate the principles of Ahimsa in today’s world. Several organisations took out rallies in various parts of the city and conducted special pooja at temples to pay obeisance to Bhagwan Mahavir.
The main programme was held by Shree Jain Seva Mandal which also took out a rally form Shree Digamber Jain Temple. The rally passed through Nehru Statue, Shahid Square, Gandhi Statue Square, Chitnavispura, Reshimbagh and culminated at Suresh Bhat Auditorium. Abhishek and other religious activities were held on the occasion. The shobhayatra was welcomed at various places by devotees.
At Mahavir Nagar, a shobhayatra was taken out by Akhil Bharatiya Pulak Manch Pariwar. The programme was managed by Bahubali Event Management and it passed through the colony and culminated at Jain Temple where abhishek was performed to the idol of Bhagwan Mahavir. Various competitions were also held to mark the occasion.
A programme to pay respects to Bhagwan Mahavir was also organised by Patanjali Yog Samiti, Raghuji Nagar, and Jyeshtha Nagarik Mandal, Dattatray Nagar, at Pt Deendayal Garden. Portraits of Bhagwan Mahavir, Mahatma Phule and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar were garlanded.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari attends Media Launch of Hyderabad Circuit of ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, in Mumbai
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he once told industrialist Ratan Tata that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) does not discriminate on the basis of religion. The senior BJP leader said this while inaugurating a charitable hospital in the Sinhagad area in Pune.
Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari shared an anecdote from the time when he was a Minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP Government in Maharashtra. “A hospital named after late RSS chief K B Hedgewar was being inaugurated in Aurangabad. I was a Minister in the State Government then. A senior RSS functionary expressed wish that the hospital be inaugurated by Ratan Tata, and asked me to help,” Gadkari said. He then contacted Ratan Tata and persuaded him to inaugurate the hospital citing Tata Cancer Hospital’s contribution in providing cancer care to the poor in the country, he said.
“Upon reaching the hospital, Tata asked if the hospital is only for people from the Hindu community. I asked him ‘why do you think so’. He immediately replied, ‘because it belongs to the RSS’. “I told him that the hospital is for all communities, and no such thing (discrimination on the basis of religion) happens in the RSS,” the Union Minister said. He then explained several things to Tata and the latter “became very happy”, Gadkari added.
“In the education and health sector, the facilities are not available as required in the country. If the urban area has the facilities, the situation in the rural areas is not good, especially the situation of education. But the facilities are improving,” he said.
Gadkari also said that he “does only 10% politics and 90% social work”.
Nagpur: A team of Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested an aide of Adv Sadavarte in connection with the attack by ST workers on NCP President Sharad Pawar’s Silver Oak residence in Mumbai. Adv Gunaratna Sadavarte has already been arrested in the case.
The arrested aide has been identified as Sandip Giridhar Godbole, an ST employee and a resident of Ganeshpeth area in the city. Adv Sadavarte was in touch with Godbole at the time of the attack. Sandeep is an employee of the Mechanical Department of ST and was recently suspended by the Corporation.
A Mumbai police team arrived at Nagpur on Wednesday morning. With the help of Ganeshpeth Police, the police traced the residential address of Godbole in Ganeshpeth area.
As Godbole had gone to Jalalkheda, the police team visited Jalalkheda and arrested him. The police took Godbole to Mumbai by train on Wednesday night. Godbole’s role came to fore in the cyber forensic report of Adv Sadavarte’s mobile phone. The lawyer had contacted Godbole twice before last Friday.
The launch of the New MHT-CET courses is a part of Aakash+BYJU’S vision to offer training to engineering students preparing for regional engineering colleges
Separate batches for Class XI will be formed for the same
Nagpur April 13,2022 : Aakash+BYJU’S, India’s leader in test preparatory services, has introduced CET (Common Entrance Test) Courses in Maharashtra for Class XI students who aspire to crack regional entrance examination for engineering colleges. Aakash+BYJU’S plans to offer the courses in English for students of state board and the courses will commence after the Board examinations are held.
The new MHT-CET courses are a part of Aakash+BYJU’S vision to reach out to the local market and offer training to engineering students of State Boards affiliated school students. The program will provide holistic learning solutions to students who are preparing for their state engineering colleges
Separate batches for Class XI will be formed for the same and the medium of teaching will be in English.
Nearly 28 lakh students are studying in Class X and XII in Maharashtra’s 28000 affiliated schools. In 2021, 4,14,968 students sat for the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test, known as MHT-CET.
Some features of the new initiative are:
Exclusive batches will be conducted for students of Class XI.
Extensive curriculum will be created focusing on MHT-CET syllabus
High-quality study material will be provided keeping in sync syllabus of Class XI while covering subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
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Maharashtra Government to recruit 20,000 police constables
Nagpur: The city police went on high alert mode as five big events are taking place in four days. Today, on April 4, Jayantis of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahavir and April 15 is Good Friday. Hanuman Jayanti will be celebrated on April 16. Easter Sunday falls on April 17. Intelligence agencies have asked the State Government to be on alert to avert any untoward incident during the events.
In view of the four important events, Nagpur police have deployed a strong bandobast of 6,000 policemen with support of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) in the city on the occasion of birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Deekshabhoomi, Samvidhan Square, Dragon Temple Palace, Jaisthambh Chowk in Kamptee, Bhim Chowk in Indora, Bezonbagh, Dr Ambedkar Chowk in Lakadganj, and Trisharan Chowk in Rameshwari are the focal points of the police bandobast where traditional processions will converge and a large number of followers of Dr Ambedkar are expected to gather.
According to police, special bandobast would be deployed at Deekshabhoomi with 500 policemen, mostly armed guards. A company of SRPF and 600 Home Guards will assist the police in the bandobast duties. Five Mobile Surveillance Vehicles will be stationed at Deekshabhoomi, Samvidhan Square, Jaistambh Chowk and Trisharan Chowk. The vehicles will be used for surveillance of the important areas with drones and CCTV networks, police said.
A large number of rallies would be taken to mark the occasions. Three to four watchtowers have been erected at the bandobast points, informed the Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar while briefing to media persons. Quick Response Team (QRT ) and Riot Control Police (RCP) are put on high alert to immediately respond to any unexpected situation. For the first time, personnel from the Economic Offences Wing (EoW ) and CP Office are also deployed for bandobast duties. Weekly holidays of the police personnel were cancelled for the next four days. CP Kumar said that stern action would be taken against anti-social elements.
A total of 17 goons have been externed from the City limits within 48 hours by the Police Commissioner as part of continuous preventive action against history-sheeters.
The externed goons are identified as Harshal Sudhakar Hiwale, Sagar Sudhakar Narnaware, Aditya Dayashankar Mishra, Sumit alias Sumed Sunil Tagde, Abdul Rehman alias Ramu Abdul Rajjak, Pramjeetisingh alias Gentil Gurucharnainshg Lohiya, Ashok alias Babajeet Champalal Yadav, Majid Khan alias Majju Hamid Khan, Chandrasen Pandit Gaikdwad, Ritesh Deepak Tayde, Ashwajet alias Shishu Pradip Tagde, Suhas aliasVicky Raju Khonde, Sharad alias Bhurya Shamrao Katlam, Harish Shankar Mate and Ritesh alias Bhurya Chandrabhan Darode.
NMC Chief Radhakrishnan B presented the revised budget for the year 2021-22 and the proposed budget for the year 2022-23
Nagpur: Following the delay of a few months from the scheduled time, Municipal Administrator Radhakrishnan B on Tuesday presented the revised budget for the year 2021-22 and the proposed budget for the year 2022-23. Lucky for Nagpurians, the budget did not increase any kind of tax.
Though, the suggestion of increasing the fare of ‘Aapli Bus’ to compensate for increasing fuel rate was looked at. To increase the income of the Municipality, the Commissioner emphasizes projects prepared by the developers of the land.
Today the administrator presented the revised budget of Rs 2486.87 crore for the year 2021-22 and the proposed budget of Rs 2657.13 crore for the year 2022-23.
After presenting the revised budget, the Commissioner informed that more attention would be given to the projects started by the Municipal Corporation with the help of the Central and State Governments. The infrastructure will be prepared as per the need. Accessible arrangements will be made for the payment of property tax. LBT defaulters will be given one more chance.
TOD and building plans will be made online to increase the income from the city composition.
To increase the income from the advertising department, new sources of income will be created by identifying the new side after 20 years.
With the help of NGOs like WRA, the footpath will be made encroachment free and easily walkable. In the first phase 7-8 corridors will be prepared.
9-storey building will be prepared in an area of 25000 square meters to cater Wednesday Market under PPP
Efforts are in the final stage to increase the permanent income of the Municipal Corporation by preparing Hotel Hub in plot number 2,4/5 and Medical Hub in plot number 11 in Orange City Street.
Affordable housing DPR has been approved, 480 houses will be constructed in Vanjara, a total of 2300 houses are envisaged. These houses will be cheaper than NIT’s plan.
Under bio-managing, 100 percent space in Bhandewadi waste dumping yard will be made free. 1000 metric tonnes of waste will be processed, so that in future garbage dumping will be completely stopped.
Waste be recycled and resold under Sea & Waste. STP of 35 MLD will be prepared for the treatment of Pohra river sewage.
44 gardens from NIT were transferred to the Municipal Corporation, out of which some selected gardens will be made ‘theme base’.
Water will be spent on infra i.e. tank etc. arrangement, apart from this 14 new STPs will be prepared.
A provision of Rs 13 crore has been made for the selected ‘Super 75’ students of Municipal Corporation and to increase the capacity of teachers.
For the safety of life and property with the growing urbanization, manpower recruitment will be done on a large scale in the Fire Department, 75 meters of new hydrate will be procured.
Ghats will be made Eco-friendly
Soon 115 electric buses will be purchased, 40 electric buses are going to come by May, in the next 3 years, the intention is to convert all the buses into electric buses, for this grant has been received from NITI Aayog.
“Birds of various species flock to our place. They used to be worn out so we started keeping water and food for the birds with an aim to save them for our environment”- Tendulkar
He also said his mini-bird sanctuary is a 1,200 square feet green paradise in the “concrete jungle” of Nagpur city.
“I wake up at 6 am to finish my own work and then take care of my guests. I have designed bowls from bamboo and coconuts for them. I fill them with water and food including Bajri, Kanki, and Rala (seeds of grass). These are hung on different trees at specific heights as per the convenience of various species of birds” -Tendulkar added.
A flock of about 40-45 Indian silverbills (White-throated munia) is the first to reach the sanctuary for food. They are soon followed by a variety of birds including House sparrows, Magpie Robbin, Green bee-eater, Coppersmith Barbet, and Red-vented Bulbul.
Tendulkar added that squirrels and butterflies can also be seen in large numbers. Interestingly, there are many beehives in the garden, which has helped cross-pollination in the entire area.
“The birds prefer good quality food and they need special care especially during the rainy season as they don’t eat wet food. I cover the utensils so as to serve them dry food. I also love to donate bamboo and coconuts utensils made to people who intend to share my love of birds” – the environmentalist said.
He further said that spending the morning in his garden is as good as visiting a bird sanctuary and added that it gives him and his family pleasure, which money cannot buy.
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has undertaken the annual exercise o f cleaning of rivers and nullahs in the city as preparation for the upcoming monsoon season. The task commenced from Beltarodi from where Pohra River flows to Hudkeshwar.
During the exercise, the Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B was present to oversee start of the drive to clean the Nag, Pili and Pohra rivers. Chief Engineer Pradip Khawale, Superintending Engineer Manoj Talewar, Assistant Commissioners Prakash Varade, Kiran Bagade, Executive Engineer Sonali Chavan, Deputy Engineer Rajesh Dufare, River and Lakes Project Technical Advisor Mohammad Israel were also present on the occasion.
The NMC gets rid of the silt accumulated in the river bed and the trash every year in summer to ensure water flows through without hindrance during the rainy season. In the first phase, the campaign will be implemented in six sub-divisions and second phase will start from May 1. Nearly, 0.8 – 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of sludge is removed every year through river and nullah cleaning campaign. The increased width enhances water flow capacity and provides protection against flooding in the riverside settlements. The length of Pili Nadi is 17km, Nag River is 17.75 km and the length of Pohra River is 12 km. River cleaning campaign is implemented every year with public participation.
Apart from rivers, Hatti Nullah has a total of 232 large and other small nullahs like Gaddigodam, Balabhaupeth, Boriyapur, Dobinagar, Lakdipool, Takiya, Narendra Nagar, Sitabuldi Nullah etc. Rivers and large nullahs are cleaned by machines while small nullahs are cleaned by manpower.
The Municipal Commissioner directed the concerned authorities to complete the cleaning campaign within the stipulated time period. During the cleaning of rivers and nullahs instructions were issued to take special care ensuring that the silt removed from the river, the soil does not remain stagnant, The soil removed from the river is going to be used for planting trees, and the flow of water in rivers and nullahs should not be obstructed, the Municipal Commissioner has instructed to the civic body officials.
Nag river (17.75 km)
• Ambazari Lake to Panchasheel Chowk
• Panchasheel Chowk to Ashok Chowk
• Ashok Chowk to St. Xavier’s School
• St. Xavier’s School to Pardi Flyover (Bhandara Road)
• Pardi Flyover to Punapur (Bharatwada – Confluence of Nag and Pili Nadi)
Pili Nadi (17 km)
• Gorewada Lake to Mankapur crematorium
• Mankapur crematorium to Kamptee Road Bridge
• Kamptee Road Bridge to Old Kamptee Road Bridge
• Old Kamptee Road Bridge to Punapur (Bharatwada – Confluence of Nag and Pili Nadi)
Pohra River (12 km)
• Sahakar Nagar to Narendra Nagar Bridge
• Narendra Nagar to Pipla Fata
• Pipla Fata to Narsala Vihirgaon
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