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
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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
Nagpur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Vigilance Department of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation on Tuesday jointly raided the two offices of EPFO in Nagpur. The searches were conducted following complaints that some EPFO officials were giving favours to private firms, according to reports.
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of CBI Nagpur and EPFO Vigilance team from Mumbai started the searches at EPFO’s Tukdoji Square office and Umred Road office from the morning hours. According to sources the CBI officials had prohibited exit of EPFO officials from the office during the searches. A vast number of files and entries of Provident Funds (PF) were checked by the joint team during the searches.
According to reports, several documents were seized during the searches. Filing of PF is compulsory for a company with more than 20 employees. Some of the officials of Nagpur EPFO office had issued notices to schools and private companies for filing of PF in the past as the firms were having more than 20 employees. However, after receiving the notices the cases were allegedly resolved ‘amicably’.
The joint teams officials were shocked to find that despite issuance of many such notices no action was taken against the firms. The officials are suspecting that the matters were settled and the firm owner managed to convince the EPFO officials that the firm was operating with just 18 employees. The notices were issued by EPFO officials for the firms with more than 40 to 50 employees, sources claimed.
The joint team officials are investigating the reasons for closing of files without proper inquiry by the EPFO officials. The CBI also questioned the EPFO officials about the reasons for closing the files. Sources said that the searches were going on till late Tuesday night and the joint team of officials were likely to call some EPFO officials for inquiry in the coming days. The searches were conducted under the guidance of CBI SP Salim Khan.
Travel Time From Nagpur To Pune To Be Cut Down To 8 Hours: Nitin Gadkari
Nagpur: The rising freight cost due to spiralling fuel prices could be brought down using waterways, which would also help in reducing the pollution, said Union minister Nitin Gadkari. He was addressing a virtual seminar on Prime Minister Gati Shakti Scheme.
Pointing out that the overall transportation cost was on a higher side in India in comparison to other countries, the MP said waterways is a much cheaper alternative as compared to other modes.
“The future is to increase the nation’s freight capacity. The country also needs to increase freight traffic by water and to save the cost. The development of water transport is very important for the country. Efforts should be made to ensure that passenger transport and freight in the north-eastern states is carried out by this mode of transport,” said Gadkari.
Adding that development of shipping and the use of biofuels in all types of vehicles will be a game changer in the future, he said it was equally important to save freight cost.
“Under the Sagarmala scheme, 576 projects worth Rs 12 lakh crore have been undertaken. In 2019, 199 projects worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore have been started and another of Rs 1 lakh crore projects were awarded. Out of this, 69 projects worth Rs 14,000 crore have been completed. About 30 multimodal logistics parks worth Rs 2 lakh crore are being set up in the country,” said Gadkari.
Booster Dose Registration for the adults has been started from 10th April 2022. Those who are eligible for the 3rd Dose can register themselves through the official portal and take the third dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. As we know that two vacancies: Covishield & Covaxin are available in India largely, an individual who has fully vaccinated must read this article till the very end and know all about Booster Dose For 18+. Through this article you are going to get the detailed information regarding COVID-19 3rd Dose Registration. So, be with the article till the very end and learn all about it.
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Transgender people can apply for police constable’s job: Maharashtra govt to HC
Nagpur: Following a hammering by Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court over the menace of unauthorised constructions in Nagpur district, top revenue officials have woken up and constituted a Joint Supervisory Committee to take corrective action.
The committee met at Nagpur Municipal Corporation, and included among others the Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B, District Collector R Vimala, Chairman, Nagpur Improvement Trust and Commissioner, NMRDA, Manoj Kumar Suryawanshi, along with other officials on April 1.
During the hearing of a PIL about inaction on the part of authorities against unauthorised constructions in Nagpur city and metropolitan area, the Division Bench at the High Court had directed officials to hold a joint meeting and prepare an action plan which would be submitted to the court. The meeting finalized a plan to form a Joint Supervisory Committee consisting of Additional Municipal Commissioner (City), NMC, General Manager, NIT, Addl. Commissioner, NMRDA, and Deputy Collector (Nazul). They are tasked with supervising and directing authorities of NMC, NIT, NMRDA and Collectorate to crackdown on ever increasing unauthorised constructions in their respective jurisdiction.
After going through the High Court order, the committee also decided to categorise the unauthorised construction in four categories — A B C D — and found that there are about 10,753 cases of violations of building norms in the city and in the metropolitan area. As to action, only in minuscule cases respective authorities have acted, while most cases are either locked-up in civil suits or at Mantralaya level in appeals.
As to Category A constructions that are identified as violations, the officers decided to go ahead promptly with their demolition to comply with the court’s order. These are unauthorised structures to whom notices are already served under any of the Act and no legal impediment exists in their removal. For Category B-these are unauthorised structures wherein owners have filed appeals before State Government under Section 47 of MRTP Act, in Category C-unauthorised structures where court stay exists and in Category D are those unauthorised structures whose cases are pending with the Town Planning Department for revision of maps.
The Committee directed all the agencies to bifurcate the list of unauthorised structures under their jurisdiction as per above formula and submit the same to the Joint Supervisory Committee. The top officials also decided to request the State Government to adjudicate appeals from Category B unauthorised structures at the earliest with a suggestion to reject them as they are direct appeals under Section 47 of MRTP Act. Such appeals are a violation of law as there is provision of appeal under Section 44 of MRTP Act. For Category C appeals, the respective Law Department would take necessary steps to request concerned Courts to adjudicate cases pending before it to curb the menace of unauthorised construction to some extent. Similarly for Category D unauthorised structures, the respective Town Planning Departments were directed to dispose of applications within a period of 30 days from date of receipt of the application. Similarly, these departments are also directed to dispose of all pending applications within a period of three months.
Taking cue from the directions of HC, the committee also put in place a mechanism wherein regular checks would be done to prevent coming up of unauthorised constructions. Assistant Commissioners of 10 Zones of NMC, four Executive Engineers of NIT and four Divisions of NMRDA were directed to conduct weekly review and submit a report of action taken to the Joint Supervisory Committee. The JSC will collate and take monthly review and submit status reports to Municipal Commissioner, District Collector, Chairman, NIT, and Commissioner, NMRDA, respectively.
The committee is also tasked with formulating a Standard Operating Procedure to ensure that in future unauthorised constructions do not come-up. Also the field officers are directed to scrupulously follow the SoP and submit the report on a weekly basis.
The High Court’s direction came on a PIL filed by Ajay Tiwari regarding mushrooming of unauthorised constructions in city and rural parts of the district. The division bench had directed all top officials to hold joint parleys and resolve the issue.
People coming from Delhi spreading Covid-19 in Nagpur,” Dr Nitin Raut
The load shedding in Vidarbha, Marathwada and Khandesh is inevitable, as the power generating and distributing companies are facing acute shortage of coal. Defaulters in timely payment of electric bills have made the issue more critical. This was stated by Energy Minister Dr Nitin Raut.
Dr Raut stated that as an urgent step a War Room has been created to detect and control power thefts. The difficult in power generation and shortage in supply are likely to be more severe during the summer, as the demand increases. The power generation company Mahagenco is facing deficit of about 3000 MW per day. The demand during the season is likely to increase upto bout 30,000 MW, Dr Raut stated, which is about 28,000 MW at present.
This is the situation even when extra power is being purchased by MSEDCL.
Dr Raut said that the areas, where power thefts are more will have to face the severe power cuts.
Talks with the Union Government are in progress about the support to overcome the problems. Dr Raut also spoke about efforts to get long term loan to meet the crisis. The State has storage of power which would last for about 17 days only.
Besides load shedding, hike is tariff is thus inevitable.
RTMNU declares 16 more results of Summer 2022 examinations
When examinations of Standard XII can be conducted in off-line mode, why cannot the University examinations?
The confusing signals are being made on the mode of summer examinations of the universities in Maharashtra.
Director of Examinations and Evaluation Prof Prafulla Sable said that Rashtarsant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University is firm on conducting the examinations in off-line mode. There is no direction of the Higher Education Department to conduct the examinations in on-line mode. The University can take decision only after consulting various other academic bodies.
Only the autonomous universities and colleges can take decision on the mode of examinations, on their own.
The demand for conducting on-line examinations are being raised by some students’ organisations. Conducting off-line examinations is for the better future of the students, Prof Sable stated. The demand for on-line examinations is raised because the results are very high. Besides this demand of conducting on-line examinations, issues pertaining to availability of network in remote areas are also being raised. The University takes care of students who could not write the examinations due to network failure, he stated.
The University is still firm on conducting examinations in off-line mode, although it is fully prepared for using the other mode, if such a direction is issued by the Higher Education Department.
Nagpur: Taking note of sizzling heat due to early onset of summer, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has scaled down the timing of schools of Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, till 10.30 am.
In a notification issued by Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B on Monday, the schedule for schools in city limits has been fixed from 7 to 10.30 am. The decision stems from concern about children and to prevent chances of heat stroke as rising temperature becomes unbearable.
Earlier, sticking to the State Government’s directives, the civic body had issued a notification fixing school timings till 12 noon. The decision was in pipeline since April 1 as schools were in the last leg of the current academic session, with annual exams being conducted for students. At 12 noon when the session is over, the weather outside, at present, is too hot to handle. Also in many schools reports of children fainting during assembly and while writing papers also appeared sweating. By the time children reached home the temperature was too unfavourable. Hence to spare trouble for children and their parents, NMC has decided to further trim the school timings till the end of the session, that is April end.
Though high temperature during summer is a common feature in Vidarbha and Nagpur in particular, this year the scorch, however, proved to be very troublesome. Mercury is hovering constantly above 40 degrees Celsius in the month of April itself and the Meteorological Department is constantly issuing warnings of heatwaves. The decision of NMC to cut down school timings has been welcomed by citizens who termed it as a timely call.
Oceans can be source of huge business: Navy officer
Nagpur: It was a mesmerizing second day of the National Student Parliament 2022 organized by Raisoni Group of Institutions. Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi attended the valedictory session along with Raisoni Group chairman Sunil Raisoni and journalist Manish Awasthi. In his valedictory speech Vice Admiral Tripathi threw light on the importance of ocean and the blue economy. He said oceans which are almost 70% of total landmass can be the source of huge business. Disturbance in Indian maritime won’t be good for running the country smoothly. He added that oceans affect our daily lives. It is important to understand the value of the ocean.
The third session was organized on ‘Courtroom Drama – Reel Vs Real’ in the presence of lawyer Prabhakaran Ramchandran, social activist Yogita Bhayana, filmmaker Aditya Sharma and lawyer Sanam Singh. It was moderated by Mrunmayee Bhajak. Prabhakaran Ramchandran said, “Truth is the foundation of justice. In court most powerful truth is toung and every lawyer tries to protect his client’s interest.”
Sanam Singh gave a detailed view of Indian and foreign judicial systems. She said that the actual courtroom is far different than the courtroom drama. There isn’t much audience as shown in courtroom dramas. She added that courts depicted in dramas need to be accurate so people can understand them precisely.
Filmmaker Aditya Sharma elaborated on the technical issue involved in making court dramas. He said that some issues were indeed neglected by film making but research needs to made. He added that the purpose of making dramas is entertainment which depicts cases close to reality but not exactly reality.
Bhayana shared her experience of assisting victims of rape crime. She said, “The criminal mindset has to change. Many heinous details are discussed in court for the judge’s clarification so they can make their decisions.”
The fourth session ‘Small is beautiful: Does small state make sense?’ was attended by panelists laywer Shreehari Aney, Prof Ram Deshpande, activist Vilas Kale, and moderated by Sarita Kaushik. Aney emphasized on the importance of making Vidarbha a state. He said that smaller states are no less in having better GDP. They can contribute whatever they can. India was rich before the British came, because we were a conglomeration of small states. He further said that to make states language is not an issue but a commonality of interest. Prof Ram Deshpande threw light on economic side of small states. He said undoubtedly the economy of states matter, whether big or small. Activist Kale supported the formation of smaller states.
‘Hijab Ya Kitab’ was the fifth and last session of the National Student Parliament. Activist Shabeena Khan, BJP spokesperson Mamta Kale, Prof Dr. Ajay Upadhyay, Barkha Trehan were the panellists of the session which was moderated by Archana Singh. Shabeena Khan while supporting hijab said that Constitution has given the right to all citizens to adopt what they rightfully believe in. It was a custom since the beginning to have a ghungat or hijab and nobody should have a problem with it. Kale opposed allowing hijab in school, saying “We are a democratic country and shouldn’t allow anything prohibited by court.” Dr Upadhyay said, “We should keep religion away from educational institutions so that everyone can intermingle and nurture democratic values.”
PRO of Raisoni Group Amit Gandhare presented a vote of thanks.
Nagpur: The delayed budget of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is likely to be presented next week by Municipal Commissioner and NMC Administrator Radhakrishnan B.
According to sources, the Municipal Commissioner is expected to present a realistic budget and will cater to all needs of the city. His revenue figures for the NMC for the year 2022-23 will be approximately close to Rs 2,600 crore. Along with the proposed budget for 2022-23, he will also present a revised budget for the last financial year.
Radhakrishnan’s proposed NMC budget for 2021-22 was Rs 2,607.60 crore, while the former Standing Committee Chairman Prakash Bhoyar had increased it by almost Rs 200 crore by revising the estimates to Rs2,796.07 crore. Like every year, the NMC has failed to achieve the revenue targets set by both Municipal Commissioner and the Standing Committee.
In the last fiscal, government grants accounted for 70% of the revenue for the NMC. It had received Rs 1,352.73 crore as Goods and Services Tax (GST) grant from the state government. Usually, the Municipal Commissioner is supposed to present the NMC’s proposed budget by the first week of February every year. Though delayed by almost two months, sources said the civic chief may not introduce any new taxes or increase property tax.
With the term of the existing 155 Corporators and BJP-led ruling alliance — Nagpur Vikas Aghadi – coming to an end on March 4, the Administrator Radhakrishnan B is running the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) affairs till the next elections of the civic body.
According to sources, Radhakrishnan said that since the Corporators will not be available to hear grievances of the public, therefore, he plans to make officials of all ten zones more easily accessible to the people. Process of work and resolving complaints will become fast as everything will come directly to him. Some major development projects facing hurdles will be cleared as soon as possible. Proper utilization of abandoned NMC land for development of the city and services to the people will be done, he said.
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