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MUMBAI: Exams for over 40,000 students from medical and other health science courses across Maharashtra, which were scheduled to commence from April 19, have now been postponed to June. The decision has come in the wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases across the state. Students and parents were against the conduct of these exams amidst the pandemic. The exams for first, second and third year of health science courses, including MBBS, Ayurveda, homeopathy, etc. conducted by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) were already postponed twice before.

Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh announced the decision after consultation with the chief minister. The exam will now be held in June and the detailed schedule of the exam will be announced by MUHS soon. Ajit Pathak, exam controller from MUHS, said that the state has taken the decision considering the pandemic situation and appeals for students. The exam was earlier scheduled on March 23 and April 19. Final year MBBS exams have already been conducted by the state.

Maha govt postpones medical exams in state

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Nagpur: As the Second Capital came under curfew-like restrictions to contain the spread of the Covid-19 in the city, a heavy police bandobast was in place to keep a watch and enforce the curbs. The Maharashtra Government imposed 15-day strict restrictions across the state due to an uncontrolled surge in the corona caseload.

A posse of 2500 police personnel would be on streets apart from an additional force of home guards and two companies of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) to enforce the restrictions.

Apart from enforcing the curbs, city police bosses were concerned over frequent incidents of ransacking of Covid hospitals by unruly relatives over one reason or another. Keeping in all the aspects, nakabandi (blockades) has been in place at 66 sensitive points across the city. All the police stations have been put on alert mode.

According to sources, police personnel will be deployed at Covid hospitals to prevent ruckus and damage to property in the event of relatives taking law into their hands over some dispute with the hospital management. The concerned Station Officer of the police station will review the security arrangements at the Covid hospitals from time to time for further measures. Police have appealed to people to follow the guidelines.

Under the new guidelines issued by the Maharashtra Government, no person will be allowed to be in a public place without a valid reason. All establishments, public spaces, activities and services will remain closed, except for essential services that will remain open between 7 am and 8 pm on working days. Only 25 people will be allowed at marriages. Public transport, including trains and bus services, and essential services like groceries, vegetable shops, fruit vendors, dairies, bakeries, confectioneries, all types of food outlets and public utilities, will be open. Action will be taken against the people who break the restriction guidelines, police sources said.

Heavy police bandobast to enforce curfew-like restrictions in Nagpur

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Nagpur: The additional restrictions called by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to curb the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outrage in Maharashtra, have evoked mixed response in Nagpur city. Even though Civic and District Administrations have issued clear guidelines, many were seen flouting the Covid norms.

Significant numbers of police personnel were seen on the streets to ensure Nagpurians don’t venture outside sans any valid reason. However, they were seen struggling to convince people who were freely coming out into the streets for minor reasons.

Private vehicles including two-wheelers were seen in large numbers on the city roads as well as national and state highways from Thursday morning.

Public transport including Aapli Bus and autorikshaws remained on the road. Provision stores, vegetable and fruits vendors and pharmaceutical stores, petrol stations were opened.

CM Thackeray on Tuesday said additional restrictions will be imposed for 15 days across the state from Wednesday evening in order to curb the Covid-19 surge.

Section 144 (prohibitory orders) of the Criminal Procedure Code will be in force till the “lockdown-like” restrictions are in place, Thackeray had said.

“We are imposing strict restrictions which will come into effect om 8 pm tomorrow. Section 144 will be imposed in the entire state from tomorrow. I will not term this as lockdown,” he said. The restrictions will be imposed till 7 am on May 1.

In Pics: Maharashtra Curfew evokes mixed response on Nagpur streets

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Nagpur: A torrent of Covid-19 cases and enforcement of curfew-like restrictions have triggered a bigger exodus of migrant workforce from Nagpur. Many companies in the city are witnessing the trend helplessly. Nagpur Railway Station, Ganeshpeth Bus Stand and private travel centres are being flocked by migrant workers to return to their native places.

There are around 2500 companies in industrial areas in Mihan, Butibori, Hingna MIDC, Uppalwadi etc. Roughly 40 percent of the workforce in these companies belonged to other states.

In April last year too, hundreds of migrant workers were seen struggling to return to their hometowns as the government had declared a nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus. A repeat situation looks like playing out due to the second wave of the pandemic.

The Nagpur city witnessed a huge traffic of different vehicles crowded with migrants wanting to return to their hometowns especially in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and other states.

Nagpur Railway Station, ST Bus Stand in Ganeshpeth and private travel centres are being crowded by migrant workers to go to their respective destinations. The migrant workers moved in exodus to go to their native places on account of fresh 15-day restrictions. The restrictions have left the migrant workers in dire straits as many of them earn their bread and butter by working in different units. Left with no choice, they decided to go to their native places for some sort of comfort.

At the Madhya Pradesh border, the migrant workers were found eager to leave Maharashtra borders. Many of them were seen riding even on cycles, auto, private and other smaller vehicles. Some preferred walking as they could not find any vehicle due to the heavy rush. Ironically, there are restrictions on those migrants who go to Madhya Pradesh. On the other hand, a horde of people are rushing to Maharashtra without any hurdles.

Fresh restrictions spark bigger exodus of migrant workers in Nagpur

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Nagpur: As the Second Capital of the State came under curfew-like restrictions for next 15-days to contain the spread of the Covid-19 in the city, a heavy police bandobast was in place to keep a watch and enforce the curbs. Under the same, a squad of Sitabuldi Police led by Police Inspector Atul Sabnis conducted route march under Sitabuldi Police jurisdiction asking citizens to comply with norms.

It is pertinent to mention that Nagpur Police Chief Amitesh Kumar has appointed posse of 2500 police personnel on streets apart from an additional force of home guards and two companies of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) to enforce the restrictions.

Apart from enforcing the curbs, city police bosses were concerned over frequent incidents of ransacking of Covid hospitals by unruly relatives over one reason or another. Keeping in all the aspects, nakabandi (blockades) has been in place at 66 sensitive points across the city. All the police stations have been put on alert mode.

Nagpur Police have appealed to people to follow the guidelines and only step out when it’s necessary.

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Video: Sitabuldi Cops conduct route march, as Section 144 imposed in Nagpur

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Nagpur: The Nagpur District reported 5,813 fresh novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 74 deaths — the highest single day toll since the outbreak of the pandemic — till Wednesday midnight.

With the latest update, the total number of cases has surged to 2,99,849 while the number of deaths have crossed 6k mark and now stand at 6,034.

As per the official report, out of the total positive cases, 2,350 were from rural areas and 3,485 cases from Nagpur city alone while five cases were reported from out of the district. Meanwhile, from the total deaths, 39 were reported from Nagpur city, five deaths were registered from outside the district, while 30 casualties were reported from Nagpur rural.

In the day record 4,534 patients were successfully recovered from the virus borne disease taking the numbers of total recovered patients at 2,32,705. Following which recovery rate is at 77.64%. After the fresh updates, the total active cases in the city now stand at 61,110 including asymptomatic cases advised for home isolation.

@74, Nagpur reports highest-single-day toll; total deaths cross 6k mark

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Nagpur: In a bid to spread awareness about the 15-days-lockdown restrictions imposed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to curb the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outrage in Maharashtra, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Zone 3, Lohit Matani took out the vehicle march comprises all the officials and staff of the zone.

The police covey took round of entire Zone 3 and made announcement asking people to ramain at home.

It’s is pertinent to mention that CM Thackeray on Tuesday said additional restrictions will be imposed for 15 days across the state from Wednesday evening in order to curb the Covid-19 surge.

Section 144 (prohibitory orders) of the Criminal Procedure Code will be in force till the “lockdown-like” restrictions are in place, Thackeray had said.

“We are imposing strict restrictions which will come into effect om 8 pm tomorrow. Section 144 will be imposed in the entire state from tomorrow. I will not term this as lockdown,” he said. The restrictions will be imposed till 7 am on May 1.

Video: DCP Lohit Matani leads vehicle march in Zone 3 to spread awareness about imposed restrictions

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Nagpur: The President of Vidarbha Parents Association Sandeep Agrawal on Thursday claimed that some private schools are recovering fees from students on the pretext of conducting Class 10 exams even though the State Government has already cancelled the exam and promoted the students. The CBSE has also cancelled Class 10 exams.

Agrawal said that the private schools are interpreting the orders of cancellation of exams wrongfully and confusing the parents for recovering fees from them. “This is a well-planned conspiracy. Many schools conducted exams on Thursday and deprived those students from appearing in the exams online who had not paid the fees. This amounted to violation of Right to Education Act and in contravention of all the government directives. Many schools today opened the exam link and forced the parents to remit the fees. Many parents lodged written complaints with Education Deputy Director Jamdar and ZP Education Officer Wanjari,” Agrawal stated.

Agrawal demanded the Education Department to look into the matter immediately and pass an clear order wherein the schools should not interprete the cancellation of exams and force the parents for fees.

Pvt schools not following Govt order to promote Class 10 students: Agrawal

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Nagpur: Taking serious note of shortage and blackmarketing of Remdesivir injections, the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari took up the issue with the Drug Controller of India. Gadkari also met Union Minister Mansukh Mandviya and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised them of severe shortage of Remdesivir injection in the region.

The untiring efforts of Gadkari bore fruit as the government has permitted seven more pharma companies to produce the vital injection used for treating Covid-19 patients. While raising the issue with the Drug Controller of India Somany, Gadkari discussed the possibility of relaxing the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Act so that all major pharma manufacturing units can produce this injection and make it available at a much cheaper cost. At present, the patent of manufacturing Remdesivir injection is with four companies that are producing the medicines on war-footing. But the supply from these four companies is proving inadequate in view of a surge in corona cases across the country.

Raising the issue with Union Minister Mandviya, he urged him to relax Section 84 of IPR Act by which such permission can be granted to other pharmaceutical companies to ensure enough supply of this life saving drug at cheaper cost without losing any further time. On the lines of the High Court order, Gadkari also directed officers to discard red-tape and provide life saving drugs to every needy patient by easing out the cumbersome procedures.

Subsequently, the Central Government has fast-tracked approvals for seven companies to manufacture the critical Covid-19 drug Remdesivir in India, allowing them to more than double their combined capacity to around 7.8 million vials per month. Mandaviya gave fast-track approval to six manufacturers to set up seven additional sites that could scale up the production capacity of remdesivir by 1 million vials per month.

Gadkari’s efforts bear fruit as 7 more companies to produce Remdesivir injections

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Covid Centre inaugurated at Nagpur’s National Cancer Institute

Nagpur: “The coming days will be challenging as nobody can predict how many days the Covid-19 will continue to torment people. Keeping in mind this fact, the big hospitals should start operating their own oxygen plants so that the patients don’t face hardships,” said the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday.

Gadkari was speaking after inaugurating Covid Centre at National Cancer Institute (NCI) here. Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, NCI’s CEO Shailesh Joglekar and Dr Anand Pathak were seated on the dais.

“The Covid Centre initiatially will have 20 ICU and 30 ventilator beds. 100 more beds will be added in the next eight days. Later, a facility of 200 more covid beds will be made available in the NCI apart from the cancer patients who visit the hospital for treatment. Presently, oxygen shortage is being faced in Nagpur. However, arrangements for supply of oxygen have been made as 400 tonnes of oxygen is being supplied from Bhilai. Over 300 beds are being added in GMCH and Mayo Hospital. The oxygen supply to these two hospitals will be made from Visakhapatnam,” Gadkari said adding that efforts are being made to get 1000 more ventilators.

Talking about shortage of Remdesivir injections, Gadkari said that the Central Government has given permission to seven more companies to manufacture the critical Covid-19 drug in India. “I personally met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the concerned Minister Mansukh Mandviya and got the permission. The shortage problem will be sorted out within 304 days. The oxygen plants at GMCH and Mayo are starting shortly. NCI should also make efforts to start its own oxygen plant on war-footing,” Gadkari said.

Speaking on the occasion, Fadnavis said that a large number of covid patients were found in Nagpur in the second wave. There is shortage of beds, medicines, oxygen and ventilators. This led to panic among relatives of patients. But with the help of Gadkari, efforts are being made to provide all Covid facilities to people.

Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, Dr Vikas Mahatme (MP), MLCs Pravin Datke and Parinay Fuke were also present.

Hospitals should have their own oxygen plants: Gadkari

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Nagpur/ Ramtek : Rural Police busted a sex racket at Hotel Sahara on Ramtek Mouda Road and arrested two pimps on Thursday.

Cops also rescued a young girl dragged into the flesh trade. Policearrested Ashok Chawre(25)andPankaj Warkhade(24),both residents of Ramtek, for running the racket.

Acting on a tip-off, SDPO Nayan Atulkar, API Rahul Karmalwar, PSI Sachin Matey and constabulary staff raided the hotel by sending a decoy customer and caught the accused red-handed while running the prostitution racket.

Cops registered a case under Sections 3, 4 5 and7 of Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act against the accused youths.

Rural Police bust sex racket at hotel

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Nagpur: A 48-YEAR-OLD man committed suicide by consuming poison in Wathoda on Wednesday. A resident of Shivnarayan Apartment, Plot No. 102, Orange Nagar, Mahendra Madhukar Vairagade consumed some poisonous drug and ended his life.

The reason behind his suicide could not be ascertained so far. Wathoda Police started the probe.

Man commits suicide in Wathoda

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Nagpur: CITY Police, on Thursday night, busted a racket selling Remdesivir injections at exorbitant prices. The cops laid a trap and apprehended a doctor and three wardboys working with different hospitals in Kamptee and Nagpur, and seized 15 vials of the injections that are in shortage in market.

Amitesh Kumar, Commissioner of Police, received secret information that a doctor at Kamptee was selling Remdesivir injection at exorbitant price. He asked Neelotpal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-V ), to verify the information. Accordingly, the cops laid a trap. Neelotpal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-V ), confirmed the action. “One of the members of my squad posed as a needy person.

Dr Lokesh Shahu, a BHMS doctor on call at Asha Hospital, Kamptee, asked for Rs 16,000/- per vial of Remdesivir. He asked the needy person to come to Kamptee.We laid a trap and at the specified place near Dragon Palace Temple, apprehended Dr Shahu and Shubham Mohdure, a ward boy working at Swasthyam Hospital, Wardha Road, Nagpur,” Neelotpal told ‘sources On quizzing, Dr Shahu and Mohdure told the cops that they had got the vials from Kunal Kohale, also a wardboy with Swasthyam Hospital, Wardha Road, Nagpur. The police team went to Nagpur and apprehended Kohale too.

From Kohale, the cops seized seven vials of Remdesivir.When questioned, Kohale told cops that he had taken the vials from Sumit Bangde, a wardboy at Shalinitai Meghe Hospital. The cops apprehended Bangde too and seized six vials from his possession. “We have seized total 15 vials of Remdesivir, and have apprehended one doctor and three wardboys. Prima-facie it is suspected that the wardboys stole the vials from the hospitals. Further investigations are under way,” said Neelotpal.

New Kamptee Police have registered a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Drugs and Cosmetics Act. After laying the trap, Neelotpal called Joint Commissioner of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). PMBallal, Assistant Commissioner, FDA, said that the cops had conducted the raid and FDA officer Swati Bharde was at the spot.

Cops bust Remdesivir racket; apprehend 3, seize 15 vials

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The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) consisting of VIA, BMA, MIA, KIA, CII, DICCI jointly called a meeting with senior Government authorities / bureaucrats to discuss the challenges and issues faced by industries due to the Break the Chain situation today on zoom.

Ashok Dharmadhikari, Joint Director of Industries, Nagpur moderated the JCC hosting the maiden meet with the Govt Departments to clear the ambiguity to run the industries under various norms. He said the State of Maharashtra is worried with the spread of COVID-19 virus, therefore, the Government has issued guidelines and allowed only essential category units to operate includes like Hospitals, diagnostic centres, Clinics, pharmacies, Pharmaceutical companies, other medical and health services including supporting manufacturing and distribution units along with their dealers, transport and supply chain. Manufacturing and distribution of vaccines, sanitizers, masks, medical equipment, their ancillaries, raw material units and support services. Cold Storage and Warehousing services, Veterinary Services/Animal care shelters, groceries, Public Transport, etc. He said Agriculture related activities and all allied activities required to seamless continuity of the agricultural sector. E-Commerce only for the supply of essential goods and services, units producing raw material /packaging material for any essential services are allowed to operate.

He further said in the manufacturing sector, following units should continue to operate in various shifts and all the units that manufacture items needed for essential services as per Govt order to remain operational with full capacity as well as Export oriented units that need to fulfill export obligation.

For process units that cannot be stopped immediately and cannot restart without considerable time should be continued with a maximum 50% of workforce. These processes must not be net consumers of oxygen, unless producing items that are needed for essential services.

He stressed that for essential and non essential industries, units that provide accommodation to the their labour, working either in the same campus or in an isolated facility from where movement may happen in an isolated bubble, with only 10% of managerial staff coming from outside may continue to work and movement of staff outside the premises is not allowed till the end of this notification and such units may operate in various shifts.

Ravindra Thakare, IAS, Collector Nagpur said other issues related to non essential industries like packaging industries and supporting essential industries are allowed to operate their units. Commuting/to and fro of employees is allowed and industry should issue I-Card to each employee. He further said there is no need to take any permission from Govt to run their units, for those who have got permission earlier. He said we are unable to supply oxygen cylinders to industries due to heavy requirement by the hospitals/units under essential commodities. Considering medical emergencies and shortage of oxygen cylinders, he appealed to industrialists to return empty as well as filled oxygen cylinders to suppliers, those who are unable to run their units due to limited stock of cylinders.

Dr Sanjeev Kumar, IAS, Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur said these 15 days are very temporary phenomena and we are looking for cooperation, patience and support from industries. The guidelines are very clear, look at the guidelines, essential activities are allowed. Nobody from the Department will give permission or pass because this is a huge exercise and lot of inconvenience to both. He further said self certification and ID cards can be issued by essential sector units to their employees.

Rakesh Ola, IPS, SP, Rural, Nagpur said commuting of employees including bubble transport for all manufacturing units should be strictly adhered to guidelines set by GoM for safety of citizen. Units must follow all safety measures i.e. scanning of body temperature, sanitization, vaccination, testing employees, etc.

Amitesh Kumar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Nagpur said State Govt has taken certain imperative emergency measures to control the spread of corona virus and to avoid further harsh consequences, units must issue I cards to the employees and to understand the social responsibility, units must follow all guidelines and minimum workforce can be allowed at work place.

Earlier at the outset, Suresh Rathi, President of VIA in his welcome address said we are continuously receiving calls from all our members, who are confused and had many queries. This meeting has been called to remove the confusion amongst the industrial fraternity like essentials and non essential units, export oriented or exporting units, the smaller units in supply chain also need to work request that they should be allowed to operate, accommodation facilities for in-house, industries to issue I card to workers to make working smooth, industries to take all such responsibility and support the administration.

Gaurav Sarda, Hon. Secretary VIA read out queries, which were raised by the large number of participants across Vidarbha and also summed up the session.

Atul Pande, Immd Past President of VIA said this is very important meeting for all industrial community of our region and also expressed thanks to the senior bureaucrats for addressing the members and clear the doubts of the industries and also requested industrialists to support the break the chain to prevent spreading of corona virus.

Prominently present were Dr Sanjeev Kumar, IAS, Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur, Yogesh Kumbhejkar, IAS, CEO, ZP, Nagpur, Gajendra Bharti, GM DIC Nagpur & JDI, Amravati Division, Bhanudas Yadav, RO, MIDC, Nagpur. Members from JCC attended by C G Shegaonkar, President – MIA, Sachin Jain. Secretary – MIA, Pradeep Khandelwal, President, BMA, Ranjit Singh Chairman – CII, Amar Mohite, President – KIA, Nishchay Shelke, President, DICCI Vidharbha Chapter, Nitin Shrivastava, Raymonds Ltd, Yavatmal, Madhusudan Roongta, President, MIDC Inds Association Chandarapur; Ashok Dalmia, Past President & Vijay Panpalia from Vidarbha Chamber Of Commerce, Akola; Pankaj Sarda & Raghav Sarda from Bhandara Metal Manufacturing Assn, Bhandara; Shakil Shaikh, Vidarbha Engineering, Gadchiroli; Vishal Agrawal, Past President from VPIA; Abhijit Kalambe, HR Head from M&M; Kirit Joshi, Director of Spacewood Furniture; Dushyant Pathak, Elkem South Asia Pvt Ltd; RVK Rao from NECO; Ish Mohan Garg, MD Calderys India Refractories Ltd., Nandkishor Sarda, Sharda Ispat; Sandeep Darwhekar, Electronics Association, Nagpur; Prashant Mohota, MD, Gimatex Industries Pvt Ltd, Wardha and from VIA, Pravin Tapadia, Rohit Bajaj, Dr Suhas Buddhe, Aditya Saraf, Pankaj Bakshi.

For those who were unable to attend our today’s meeting, here’s the link of recorded session.

Coordination between Industry and Local administration to fight COVID

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Nagpur: In an outrage, a 45-year old pervert man raped neighbour’s 9-year old daughter in Nandanvan police area here on Thursday morning. The accused has not been arrested as yet.

On Thursday around 11 am, the kid girl was playing outside her house. However, when her mother (45) came out to see her daughter, she was nowhere to be seen. The scared mother called her loudly in an attempt to get a response. At the same time, the 9-year old girl rushed out from the house of the accused Dashrath Waman Meshram (45) shell-shocked. The accused also came out behind her but backtracked when he saw the girl’s mother. Later, it came to notice that the girl was raped brutally by the accused in his house.

Nandanvan PSI Tidke, acting on the complaint of the victim’s mother, booked the accused Dashrath Meshram under Section 376 of the IPC read with Sections 4, 8, 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. No arrest has been made in the matter so far.

Pervert man rapes neighbour’s 9-yr old daughter in Nandanvan

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Nagpur: Despite all non-essential commodity shops in Nagpur city remained closed on Thursday — Day 1 of curfew-like-restrictions imposed across the Maharashtra— many locals were seen venturing out sans any valid reason. Taking cognisance in this regards, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Lohit Matani on Friday  restricted unnecessary vehicular movements, sealed the prominent market areas with barricades and deployed RCP to deterrent gatherings at public places under Zone 3 police jurisdiction.

The squad of Zone 3 police led by DCP Matani has Mominpura Chowk and allowed only extremely important movement. RCP is also deployed for patrolling in Mominpura to deter people from gathering at public places.

Shahid Chowk Kirana Market is closed from both sides for motor vehicles entry. People are only allowed only by foot. Bhagwagar chowk is completely closed with barricades. Golibar chowk is also closed and allowed only for rare people.

DCP Matani has also urged citizens to comply with norms issued by the administration.

DCP Lohit Matani restricts unnecessary vehicular movements in Zone 3

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Nagpur: Three con men, including two brothers, defrauded a company owner to the tune of Rs 71 lakh by selling scrap material without authorisation and pocketing the money themself. Bajaj Nagar police have booked the three accused.

A resident of Flat No. 102, Shri Mohini Raj Apartment, Kharetown, Dharampeth, Shyam Kashinath Borle (57), in his complaint told police that he runs a company – Ramdhani Agencies Pvt Ltd situated at Abhyankar Nagar. Between July 28, 2020 and April 15, 2021, the three accused named Ajay Nathuram Sharma (31), Ravi Nathuram Sharma (28), both residents of Plot No. 404, Moreshwar Building, Sumangal Vihar, Isasani and Girish Narayanbhai Rathod (35), resident of Plot No. 401, Moreshwar Building, Sumangal Vihar, Isasani, won Shyam Borle’s trust as part of a conspiracy and a negotiated an agreement over scrap material sale.

However, even though the accused had no authority, they sold scrap material worth Rs 71 lakh and usurped the money themself instead of depositing it in Borle’s account. The three accused betrayed and cheated Borle to the tune of Rs 71 lakh fraudulently.

Bajaj Nagar Woman PSI Thorat has registered a case under Sections 406, 468, 471, 34 of the IPC and started investigation. No arrest has been made in the matter so far.

3 con men dupe company owner of Rs 71 lakh in scrap deal

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Nagpur: As fresh Covid restrictions came into force to break the virus chain, Nagpur police stepped up measures to control unwanted movement of people on streets.

The police effect could be witnessed, albeit partially, in the Second Capital. However, the ever buzzing Mominpura locality in the city wore a rare and dreadful look as streets were deserted and markets locked down due to strict action by the cops. It is said that Mominpura never sleeps as the locality hustles and bustles with markets and shops open late into night. But the new Covid curbs depicted a different scenario. Markets and shops downed shutters and the shoppers too deserted the streets following a strict vigil by city police led by DCP Zone 3 Lohit Matani, while enforcing the new 15-day restrictions imposed by State Government to break the corona chain.

But the picture in other parts of the city told a different tale. There was usual traffic on roads and violators were spotted roaming on streets on the first day of curfew-like restrictions on Thursday. The city police, barring a few cavalcades and bike marches at some localities, mostly stayed off the roads.

Police effect: Ever buzzing Mominpura wears a rare, dreadful look

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Nagpur: With the Covid-19 wreaking havoc in Nagpur, the number of people planning train travel has dwindled sharply. Owing to poor response from travellers, the Railways has cancelled the running of six pairs of train ex-Pune to Nagpur and Amravati region.

After studying the ticket booking, Railways decided to suspend few trains and deploy them on other routes where demand is outstripping the supply, especially ex-Mumbai to various Eastern states and Northern states.

A communication from Central Railway said that four pairs of trains on Pune-NagpurPune route have been suspended for varying periods till April end or first week of May.

These trains are 02041 Pune-Nagpur (from April 15 to 29) and 02042 NagpurPune (April 16 to 30th); 02239 Pune-Ajni (April 17 to May 1) and 02240 Ajni-Pune (April 18 to May 2); 02117 Pune-Amravati (April 21 to 28) and 02118 Amravati-Pune (April 22 to 29); 02035 Pune-Nagpur (April 16 to 29) and 02036 Nagpur-Pune (April 17 to May 1); 01137 Nagpur-Ahmedabad (April 21 to 28) and 01138 Ahmedabad-Nagpur (April 22 to 28), 0223 Pune-Ajni (April 23 to 30).

The Central Railway was running a number of trains on Nagpur-Pune route owing to huge demand. Also since these trains used to run through Vidarbha region they catered to demand in other smaller towns in the region.

The presence of people from Vidarbha in Pune has increased manifold and that explains the rising demand on the route. But with an outbreak of pandemic now the travellers are switching over to personal vehicles and avoiding travel by railways.

Similarly, in Gujarat also, the second wave has wreaked havoc and daily positive cases are rising. Since the city has a large number of people from Gujarati community the direct service used to receive good patronage. But the virus has disrupted the normal travel routine.

CR cancels pairs of Nagpur-Pune trains due to poor response in Covid time

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Nagpur: Panicky Nagpurians virtually mobbed the NMC centres as the stalled RTPCR tests resumed on Thursday after a gap of three days. The civic body’s centres across the city witnessed heavy rush of people who wanted to undergo tests for confirmation of the dreaded Covid-19. The three-day break in RTPCR test left the people uneasy and they flocked the NMC centres in hundreds when the test resumed.

Until Thursday, the centres were only performing Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) as the four public labs were clearing backlog. But all were not lucky as scores of citizens were turned back from centres as the number of tests reached its threshold. This created a chaotic situation with tempers getting frayed among citizens waiting outside these centres. In a bid to clear the rush, some centres made doctor’s prescription or positive report of a close contact mandatory.

According to NMC sources, the number of genuine citizens was much more than their day’s capacity and there is an urgent need to work in double shifts and increase manpower. Some officials said they received calls from patients whose treatment couldn’t start due to lack of RTPCR tests. At the RPTS testing centre, many had queued up from 5 am to ensure they were among the day’s first 300.

Though the three-day break led to clearing of the backlog, the citizens would still need to wait for a day to get the report from all labs except, CSIR-NEERI. Samples from RTPS centre are processed at NEERI lab and the results are given the same day. At PWD quarters in Raj Nagar, the queue extended onto the road. The centre had put up a pandal for citizens but many had to stand as no chairs were provided.

Panicky Nagpurians mob NMC centres for RTPCR test