Author: Nagpur Updates

Nagpur: Instigated by local leaders, Dhiwarwada villagers near Koka Wildlife Sanctuary, 70 km from here in the district of Bhandara, created ruckus over the death of a farmer who died as a result of drowning but people wanted it to be considered a victim of a wild animal attack. Kins of the survivor of wild animal attacks get Rs15 lakh according to the GR.

Harishchandra Raut (52), Dhiwarwada, was missing on February 28 when he had gone to his farm to guard the seed, known in local parlance as ‘jagli.’ Raut’s farm is adjacent to the sanctuary and separated by a low, perennial brook.

When Raut did not return home, his wife approached the villagers who began a 29 February search. His body was found in the nullah, which barely had the water of 2-3 feet.

News of Raut’s death spread like wildfire and gathered at the spot a crowd of about 200 men. Some politicians including former Tumsar-born BJP MLA Charan Waghmare, Dhiwarwada sarpanch Dhamdeo Wanve, and others joined them.

When forest officials and police arrived at the spot, villagers led by Zilla Parishad member Sarita Chouragade and Wanve did not allow them to remove Raut’s body and wanted officials to record that his death was due to wild animal attack and that his family would receive compensation according to GR.

The mob vent wrath on Koka RFO Sachin Jadhav who had last arrested Raut for poaching a wild boar in April. Raut was arrested among 11 defendants. The case is still pending in a court in Mohadi. The mob also alleged that Raut had been dissatisfied with the court case, and therefore had to commit suicide.

Nevertheless, the leaders pressured forest and police officials to announce some compensation to the victim’s family, as the mob let loose arousing law and order issue. RFO Jadhav gave Rs15,000 on the humanitarian ground while API Nilesh Waje offered Rs10,000 from its pockets.

The people did not stop at this and placed Raut’s body at Dhiwarwada in front of the forest quarters and pressured the RFO to send it in writing that the victim should receive compensation as per the GR.

Ex-MLA Waghmare said, “Raut’s farm is near the border of the sanctuary, and he died from falling into the nullah after being pursued by wild animals. He will receive compensation for Rs15 lakh, as per GR. The fact was reported in panchnama police. It will be revealed by post-mortem examination.

“Sarpanch Wanve said,” How Raut died is not true. While Raut’s body did not show any major injuries, tigers and leopards are present in the area. There is no explanation he committed suicide. Post-mortem report would reveal the truth.

We checked the body but injury signs were not seen anywhere. There are no eyewitnesses to testify that wild animals have targeted Raut. We are waiting for a post-mortem report. “NNTR officials said,” Every area near the spot has been scanned but there is no direct or indirect evidence of any wild animal including pugmarks, scrape marks or scat. In such cases paying compensation will set a false precedent.’

NAGPUR: Rajasthan Royals will hold an Indian Premier League (IPL) training camp in Nagpur as they begin their preparations for the 13th season. The training takes place in Talegaon, Nagpur, at the Royal Institute of Sport. Varun Aaron, Sanju Samson, and Yashasvi Jaiswal are part of the team, which also includes players such as Robin Uthappa, Anuj Rawat, Mayank Markande, and Akash Singh, who were among those at the Guwahati camp prior.

The camp runs from March 2-7, with players continuing their preparation and conditioning under the watchful eyes of the coaching staff from the Rajasthan Royals. A further emphasis will be on technical skills and the development of new shots and deliveries before the season starts.

“The Nagpur camp is a great opportunity for us to use our facilities at home and get some intense training under our belts,” said Zubin Bharucha, Rajasthan Royals ‘ Head of Cricket. “We are seeing more players joining us for this camp in Nagpur and thus getting closer to having our full squad with us. With the IPL approaching, our aim is to be ready to match and cover all facets of our game through this camp.

“The Nagpur camp also sees four net bowlers from the Assam Cricket Association heading to Nagpur, who was also part of the Guwahati camp. Such Assam bowlers will have the opportunity during the camp to learn and develop their skills, and will also have the opportunity to interact with the Rajasthan Royals coaching team for constant feedback.

The selection of those bowlers was addressed by Jake Lush McCrum, COO at Rajasthan Royals. He said, “It’s something we’re always trying to do. Finding new talent, improving them, and providing them with a forum is a dream of our team, and I’m really happy that our coaching staff has found these four Assam bowlers. Nagpur camp will see them gain some good experience and learn a lot from our coaches and players in our squad.

Nagpur: It is the responsibility of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to take action against illegal use of the basement parking area but it rarely takes any action. The civic body has now been captured, flouting its own rules, storing scrap in the lower basement parking lot of its new administrative building in Civil Lines.

Although the building has been in use for the past seven years, it still has to secure fire enforcement and occupancy certificates, which are also major violations under the own rules of the civic body.

The seven-story building has lower and upper basement parking spaces. The lower basement has been in use for two-wheelers since 2014. Four-wheelers are to be stored in the lower basement but have not been in use until recently. Tukaram Mundhe, soon after taking charge on January 28, was angry at the sprawling premises in front of the building over haphazard parking of cars by employees and tourists.

The NMC engineers then labeled parking lots and initiated action in no-parking areas against the vehicles. Parking in the lower basement area has begun too. Several NMC employees and tourists a few days ago informed about the poor condition of the lower basement car park. Several old cupboards, chairs, tables, hand-carts, etc. have been found discarded in the parking basement. While the departments were moving from old to new buildings, some department workers had deposited the scrap there.

Sewage water on high voltage electrical cables packed in a case attached to the ceiling was found leaking from a damaged pipeline. A stinking smell was sent out by puddles of black-colored sewage water as well as scrap. The poor lighting system in the basement contributed to the problems. There is also just one ramp for vehicles entering and exiting. Cars parked by a couple of officials covered nearly half the ramp.

Due to the scrap and sewage water, parking and moving around vehicles became an issue. In the absence of a lift, people have to use the staircase. scrap and sewage pictures to Mundhe in the lower basement car park. According to officials at NMC, Mundhe immediately instructed the engineers to clean basement parking, and the work began.

Stopping the sewage flow will take some time. Fire systems have been activated and the appropriate organization is awaiting the B-certificate. Certificate of occupation will be issued after the certificate of fire enforcement, they said.

In 2002 the building was built at the cost of crore Rs17.99. Construction began in 2003 but had missed the 2004 deadline. Until 2013 only the ground floor had been completed. Price had risen to Rs57 crore till then.

The then municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane and the additional municipal commissioner Hemant Kumar Pawar moved their offices to the ground floor to allow the officials to speed up work. The building has been phased into use.

नागपुर: खाद्य ,नागरिक आपूर्ति व् उपभोक्ता संरक्षण मंत्री माननीय छगन भुजबल जी ने आज सुबह शहर के भंडारा स्तिथ श्री साईंनाथ एग्री इंडस्ट्री नामक राइस मिल का निरीक्षण किया।मौके पर इंडस्ट्री के निदेशक ,सभी बड़े अधिकारी, खाद्य आपूर्ति विभाग के अधिकारी और मिल के कर्मचारी उपस्थित थे। माननीय मंत्रीजी ने पूरी तरह चावल प्रोसेस करने की और मिल स्थित मशीनों की प्रोसेस को समझा।

इस अवसर पर स्थित मिल के कर्मचारियों से मिल की कार्यप्रणाली के बारे में चर्चा की। देखा जाए तो यह खाद्य मंत्री के तौर पर यह एक अच्छा कदम है ।

Nagpur: Promising city cricket player Sanskar Gour, a Podar International School alum, recently won 10 lakh Skoda Single-Wicket Cricket tournament national prize money at Mumbai.

More than a thousand budding cricketers from across the country took part in the tournament, which was organized for the first time in the under-12 andUnder-14 categories.

The competition was conducted in 49 different cities, choosing the winner from each city for the mega-finals that took place on the ground of the Air India Complex.

“All the finalists were divided into twelve groups of four members each. Those players who won all their three league matches were qualified for the knockouts. All twelve group toppers were pitched against each other to pick the final three,” Sanskar said while addressing the press conference here Friday.

Rajkot boy Aryan Savsani defeated in the final Sanskar. Sanskar scored seven runs in two overs while batting first. His opponent lost his wicket three times in response and was able to score only three runs.

Sanskar, who has already played VCA Under-13 matches, said, “I hadn’t expected to win the title at all. I participated in the trials in Nagpur just for fun before qualifying for the mega finals in Mumbai,” he said.

Sanskar was awarded the winning trophy by Unmukt Chand, who led the IndianUnder-19 cricket team to win the 2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He also got the Organizers ‘ certificate and kit bag.

The press conference also included his father Manoj Singh Gour and mother Vaishali.

The river also names the town of Nagpur and both of them run down through the civic limits of the region. The agreement to be signed in March on the nag river project loan.

In the third week of March, the loan agreement for the project to mitigate pollution in rivers Nag between Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Economic Affairs Department (DEA) will be signed. Soon afterward, project execution will begin.

DEA Director Avinash Kumar recently held a meeting in which members from the Nagpur River Protection Directorate, the Environmental Department of the Union and Nagpur, Shweta Bannerjee and Mohammed Israel, from the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), participated.

The project cost is Rs2,412.64. The core share of the central government is 60%, State 25%, and NMC 15%, respectively.

On The Positive Note:
Every day, quantities of waste discharged into the rivers Nag and Pili (430 MLD). Pollutants are flowing into the Rivers of Kanhan, Wainganga, and Gosikhurd dam. Now it will be less and the water will get better treated.

“Looking at the water, people connect,” except for those on its banks. Yet this is more a waste outlet than anything for them, too. Even the demographics on Sangam temples have changed and include more than one regular class or household in a low-income group.

Now people will connect more with the river & it will again shine and fulfill the water requirement in the time of need. And on the other note sewage will be well planned and the river will also be managed to set an example of a clean city, a green city.

Nagpur: Bombay high court’s Nagpur bench on Wednesday ordered the state government to notify within two weeks about the number of irrigation projects completed and pending.
The directives came when Loknayak Bapuji Aney Smarak Samiti’s (LBASS) hearing a PIL convene Avinash Kale through counsel Bharti Dabhadkar on unfinished irrigation projects that have resulted in a spate of farmer suicides in Vidarbha over the years.

In the last meeting, the petitioner moved a request for an amendment requesting instructions from the state government and the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) to send a report on this at a specific time.

On Wednesday, the petitioner again pointed out submissions made in his amendment application, after which, in addition to VIDC, a division bench comprising judges Ravi Deshpande and Amit Borkar directed the respondents, including State Secretaries for Urban Development, General Administration (GAD), Forestry and Irrigation departments, to file a response.

Over the years, Kale had blamed unfinished ventures for a series of farmer suicides in the region that continued to this day. Citing his old PIL (No 83/2012) in the multicrore irrigation scam that was disposed of on 12 December 2014, after the VIDC had ensured that all projects would be completed within a new deadline, he pointed out that hardly any progress has been made ever since.

The petitioner further accused VIDC of failing to complete approximately 45 irrigation projects in the area within the deadline, thereby depriving more than 30 lakh farmers of facilities. He pointed out that he and social workers were part of’ Sinchan Shodh Yatra’ where they visited about 16 out of 45 projects and found them unfinished, even after the new deadline.

In its previous reply, the VIDC identified a slew of reasons for the delay in the completion of the projects. It included opposition from PAPs, lack of environmental approval, implementation of lift irrigation scheme (LIS), lack of availability of sand, concrete, rubble and other resources, and shortage of staff.

The cause of the delays was introspected through the conduct of various discussions, the establishment of committees and the implementation of all feasible results/reports. The VIDC and government are very serious about completing the remaining 64 forest-affected projects that continue.