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Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has appealed party leaders, workers and well-wishers to contribute handsomely towards Jalyukt Shivar Campaign instead of putting hoardings, banners and advertisements on the occasion of his birthday. The Chief Minister’s birthday is celebrated on July 22.

The day Fadnavis took the reins of Chief Minister of Maharashtra, he had announced the ambitious Jalyukt Shivar scheme to turn 24,000 villages drought free. The scheme received an overwhelming response from all quarters and the positive results have started to show its effects. The scheme which will decide the future of State was appreciated all over the country. The Jalyukt Shivar Campaign has not remained a Government scheme only but took the shape of a people’s movement.

Last year too, the Chief Minister had issued an appeal not to celebrated his birthday but contribute enormously for the cause of Jalyukt Shivar Campaign. As a result, the campaign received an overwhelming response and continues till to date. The funds of the scheme are being utilized to make hundreds of villages drought free.

Don’t put hoardings, ads on my birthday, contribute for Jalyukt Shivar instead: CM

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Nagpur: City Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Vikas Thakre on Thursday targeted the civic body’s administration as well as the ruling party and ripped apart their development claims by exposing a slew of shoddy affairs being run in every department. In a memorandum submitted to the Additional Municipal Commissioner Ramnath Sonone, Thakre bared the poor show by NMC on all fronts including roads, city bus service, cable duct policy, wood scam at crematoriums, encroachment at Futala, garbage disposal system etc. Exposing the mess point by point, Thakre dwelt on every issue with facts and figures.

Poor roads:

• The tar roads in the city are riddled with potholes causing increase in number of accidents. The citizens are suffering the brunt of uncanny connivance of contractors and babus. The NMC money is being plundered but no action is being initiated. The guilty contractors should be put in ‘black list’ and the irresponsible officials bringing bad name to the civic body should be brought to the book.

Star Bus:

• The Vansh Nimay Company was given contract to operate Star Bus service in city. The NMC House had deliberated the corrupt practices being indulged by the operator and subsequently the then Mayor Anil Sole had ordered action against the company. Over 30 months have gone but no action is being seen. The fraudulent actions of Director of Company Ajay Dhavangade, the Municipal Commissioner and others were proved in the NMC House but no FIR was filed so far. It clearly means the office-bearers of NMC are backing the actions of the company. The House had approved filing of FIR and it should be filed immediately.

Cable duct:

• The company contracted to lay cable ducts within NMC limits violated the cable duct policy. The company was slapped a fine of Rs 50 crore in accordance with the cable duct policy but only Rs 12 lakh were recovered. The Executive Engineer Gaikwad who “covered up” the issue is being protected. The Mayor had ordered action in NMC House but still nothing is being done.

Wood scam:

• The crematorium wood supplying company Mahesh Trading has indulged in serious irregularities. The audit report had found the company guilty. Now, the company should be blacklisted and FIR should be filed against its Directors Nitin Fuke and Mahesh Barange.

Hot Mix plant:

• The Jet Patcher Company was given contract to repair roads in rainy season in view of non-functional Hot Mix plant. But the company carried out patch up works in good running roads, submitted bogus bills and pocketed huge money. The contract of the company must be cancelled and FIR lodged for bogus bills.

Futala encroachment:

• The Jet Patcher Company has allegedly encroached upon a 10,000 sq ft vacant land of NMC in Futala area. The NMC constructed a safety wall at the cost of Rs 2.50 crore following flowing of sewage water from hilly area. The NMC money was misused. A detailed probe should be conducted as to who put up the proposal, who approved the work. A criminal complaint should be filed against the company for illegal occupation of NMC land.

Garbage disposal:

• The employees of Kanak Resource Management Company forcibly recover hefty amounts from house/flat owners for lifting of garbage and other waste material despite receiving salaries for the job. The contract of the company should be cancelled and NMC should put its own machinery for clearing the garbage and other waste material.

– Rajeev Ranjan Kushwaha ( rajeev.nagpurtoday@gmail.com )

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Tiger Jai

Nagpur: The Forest Department and a team of over 100 volunteers have virtually launched a hunt, not for the kill but for tracing Jai, the iconic Tiger, who has gone missing from the Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary since the past three months. The Forest Department has even drew a master-plan to locate the ‘elusive’ radio-collared feline. In a high-level meeting held on Wednesday, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Wildlife Chief Shree Bhagwan had directed the concerned officials to mount a search on war-footing to trace the missing beast immediately. Subsequently, four teams have been formed who will scan Umred-Karhandla Sanctuary and the nearby forests as well as other places. Help of over 70 guides and vehicles of safari enjoyers will be taken in this effort.

Jai’s disappearance has led to panic buttons being pressed by many NGOs, wildlife photographers, tourists, guides, and conservationists who all have joined hands in search for the tiger. More than 100 volunteers from Nagpur, Chandrapur, Gondia, and Bhandara districts have pledged to track down Jai.

Forest Deptt mounts a hunt, not for the kill, but to trace missing Jai

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Nagpur: Hudkeshwar police have booked a 50-year old advocate on the charges of raping a woman, his own relative, and also threatening to ruin her life by uploading the obscene pictures of her on Facebook if she opened her mouth.

The 50-year old accused has been identified as Rashtrapal Shankar Naik, resident of Plot No. 742, New Mhalginagar, allegedly offered sedative-laced tea to the 38-year old woman, his own relative, in the month of July 2015. As the woman became unconscious, the accused Rashtrapal raped her. Later, he threatened to kill her if she disclosed his act to anybody. Moreover, the accused told the victimized woman that he has clicked the obscene photos of her and would upload the same on Facebook in order to ruin her life. The accused further warned the woman that if her husband sees the vulgar images, he will desert her. He is a lawyer by profession and nobody can harm him in any way. With these menacing words, the accused Rashtrapal Naik raped her frequently since the past one year. However, the victimized woman, probably fed with the atrocious acts of the accused, finally registered a case with Hudkeshwar police.

Based on the complaint, PSI Pande has booked the accused Rashtrapal Shankar Naik under Sections 376, 328, 506(B) of the IPC and launched an in-depth investigation into the matter.

Lawyer booked for rape, threatening to upload victim’s photos on Facebook

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Nagpur: A lewd youth enacted a filmy style drama wherein he first barged into a girl’s house, asked her to marry with him, threatened to kill her if she refused and later indulged in vulgar acts. The drama continued as the accused youth stabbed the girl with knife and inflicted injury on her hand and in the end, tried to commit suicide. The accused has been booked under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The pervert minded accused Pratik Shashikant Dhone (26), resident of Pandharabodi, Ambazari, around 3 pm on Thursday, entered the 26-year old girl’s house in Gittikhadan area when she was alone and asked her to marry with him. The knife-wielding accused Pratik threatened to kill the girl if she refused to marry him. Even before the girl could react, Pratik abused her, indulged in obscene actions and in a fit of anger stabbed her on her hand. Not content with the audacious acts, the accused Pratik attempted to commit suicide most probably by inflicting knife injuries on himself. The girl, scared to the core, informed the Gittikhadan police about the dreadful incident. However, it could not be verified whether the cops managed to apprehend the rampaging accused.

PSI Madankar, based on the girl’s complaint, has booked the accused Pratik Dhone under Sections 324, 452, 354, 309, 504, 506 of the IPC and probing the matter thoroughly.

Youth molests girl, stabs her & tries to commit suicide in filmy style

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This evening, Chitnavis centre, Nagpur is going to have an event that is unique and unprecedented. Nagpurians are going to be transported to Japan – or we can say Japan is going to be served to us on a plate!

This is what the Umamiya evening is going to be about. Umamaiya means a tasty place or a tasty experience.

Umamiya Japense evening curated menu on 22 nd july is going be about the typical Japanese food from Tokai & Chubu region . Difference then other regions is its stronger taste in all the forms as they use red Miso and red chilies in the sauces and in base and marinates.Form of cooking is mainly in grills / skewers and served with hot Japanese style rice with veg /non veg condiments.

This event is being hosted by city industrialist Gagan Sial who spoke exclusively to Nagpur Today about it last evening at his lovely and gracious home in Siyal layout.

” Nagpur has made me what I am and given me everything in life… Beginning my working life here I traveled the world – Indonesia, Japan, China, Mediterranean …everywhere. I wanted to bring a bit of every place back to Nagpur! This is my labour of love for the city and for its people – it is NOT a commercial venture for me” he says.

His friend and international chef Gurvinder Singh is in charge of the food. Everything has been flown in either from Delhi or Japan.

Salmon, other sea food, tofu, sea weed packets, sauces, spices and even salt from Japan and cooking equipment from Delhi.

On offer to each guest will be a choice of 4 veg or non veg dishes cooked in front of them.

“Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. The word teppanyaki is derived from teppan which means iron plate, and yaki (焼き), which means grilled, broiled, or pan-fried. In Japan, teppanyaki refers to dishes cooked using an iron plate, including steak, shrimp, okonomiyaki, yakisoba, and monjayaki.
Modern teppanyaki grills are typically propane-heated flat surface grills and are widely used to cook food in front of guests at restaurants. Teppanyaki grills are commonly confused with the hibachi barbecue grill, which has a charcoal or gas flame and is made with an open grate design. With a solid griddle type cook surface, the teppanyaki is more suitable for smaller ingredients, such as rice, egg, and finely chopped vegetables.” Explains chef Gurvinder.

Nagpur is growing fast and developments like the Nagpur metro and MIHAN are going to bring many expats to the city. We should be prepared for them, says Gagan.

“All Indian metros like Mumbai. Delhi, Chennai and Banglore have many Japaense restaurants which are doing booming business. Afterall Japanese cuisine is growing in popularity world over. It is the healthiest of foods and foodies are realizing this!”

Tonight’s event has already been sold out.

“But we will be doing this again, soon. Probably around Diwali. And I plan to bring not just Oriental but many international foods to Nagpur. Just wait and watch” promises Gagan. We have already seen him in action dishing out tasty burgers at Nagpur’s Wine lovers annual meets.

This enthusiastic Nagpur Foodie delivers what he says.

Gagan Sial combines love for Nagpur and his passion for food to create a unique festival – Umamiya

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Nagpur: Feeling the heat of widespread criticism of shabby construction of roads in city, the Chief Engineer of Nagpur Municipal Corporation Ulhas Debadwar put his foot down and withdrew three works to be awarded to M/s Seth Construction Company from Standing Committee’s agenda.

The firm was supposed to asphalt roads worth Rs 1.69 crore in Mahatma Gandhi Nagar in Asthavinayak Colony, Indira Nagar in Ward No. 50 and asphalting of internal roads in Sambhaji Nagar, Bandu Soni Layout, Subhash Nagar, Lokhande Nagar. After the tender procedure, the NMC had shortlisted the firm. However, on July 20 General Body Meeting of the civic body, Debadwar informed the House that 18 roads under defect liability period got damaged due to poor works. A road asphalted by Seth Construction Company in Prabhag No. 72, too got damaged due to shoddy work though the road was tarred in August 2015. Taking cognizance of the poor quality of road work, the Chief Engineer withdrew the three proposals from the Standing Committee’s meeting. Sources said under fire for bad roads across the city, the NMC may blacklist this contractor too along with other three contractors indulged in shoddy road works.

– Rajeev Ranjan Kushwaha ( rajeev.nagpurtoday@gmail.com )

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Nagpur: Sitabuldi police have arrested three persons on the charges of forgery and withdrawing a huge amount from the bank account of a man. The arrested accused are Anand Babulal Gupta (30), Rajesh Jagdeesh Satpute (36), both residents of Ambazari Hill Top and Ramdev Appaldev Lakoti (31) of Gayatrinagar. The three accused have been charged with forging cheques and encashing them for withdrawal of Rs 24.42 lakh from Dharampeth Branch of IDBI Bank. On the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim Vivek Vasantrao Gadkari, the three fraudsters were arrested.

The complainant Vivek Gadkari (54), resident of Raghukul Apartment, Karvey Nagar, Wardha Road, told police that the accused Anand Gupta, Rajesh Satpute and Ramdev Lakoti prepared forged cheques in the name of one Brijmohan Maparia holding account in Agra-based branch of IDBI Bank and deposited the cheque for encashment in the account of Shree Agency, run by the brother of one of the accused. With this forged cheque, the accused withdrew Rs 24.42 lakh. Thus the accused defrauded the account holder Brijmohan Maparia as well as the IDBI Bank.

Sitabuldi API, acting on the complaint, booked the three accused under Sections 465, 467, 471, 420, 511, 34 of IPC and placed them under arrest.

3 arrested for cheating IDBI Bank account holder of Rs 24.42 lakh

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Nagpur: In a grand gesture, the Maitree Pariwar Sanstha, Nagpur, dispatched a truck load of clothes and household materials to adivasis of interior Gadchiroli District. The clothes sent are useful for men, women, children and the household materials include vessels, two TVs etc. The material will be distributed among adivasis residing in the jurisdiction of 52 police stations of Gadchiroli district. The Social Welfare Department of Gadchiroli undertakes various ventures for the welfare of adivasis and rural people of the district.

Apart from the clothes and household materials, the Maitree Pariwar Sanstha distributes medicines worth Rs 50,000 to the poor adivasis and other people of Gadchiroli District every month. Similarly, with the cooperation of Dande Foundation, Health Camp is organized every three months. The Police Department also distributes Bharat Bharti books to children for inculcating cultural values among them.

The truck load of clothes and household material was sent to Gadchiroli adivasis on July 20 under the guidance and inspiration of Director General of Police Praveen Dixit. The Police Inspector Kishore Mersjaye and his team, who had specifically come to Nagpur, were handed over the truck load of material. Present on the occasion include President of Maitree Pariwar Sanstha Sanjay Bhende, Prof Pramod Pendke, Manoj Band, Sanjay Nakhate, Rajiv Jaiswal, Akshay Bhelande and others.

Maitree Pariwar Sanstha, Nagpur, as a part of its social welfare activity, collects waste paper as well as old/new clothes, household materials etc. The collected material was sent to the adivasis of Gadchiroli District. People who are interested in donating useful material can contact 8806667753. The members of Maitree Pariwar Sanstha will collect the material from their houses.

Maitree Pariwar Sanstha gesture to adivasis of Gadchiroli

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Nagpur: Jolted by the rape of a 12-year old girl at a deserted area of TB Ward on Wednesday night, the Imambada police have released a sketch of the suspected rapist. The sketch describes the suspect as wheatish in colour, 5’7’’ in height, aged 25-30, speaks Hindi, Marathi languages, wearing cement-coloured T-Shirt and blue jeans. The suspect has penchant for wearing two rings in both the ears.

It is pertinent to recall, a 12-year old girl was raped by a criminal at a deserted area of TB Ward here on Wednesday night. The heinous crime sparked tension across the nearby localities and the enraged residents had demanded immediate arrest of the offender. Cops, after registering a case, mounted a massive hunt to apprehend the culprit.

According to Imambada police, the 12-year old girl was raped at a dilapidated and deserted quarter in the premises of TB Ward. The girl is resident of the same area, it is learnt. After the incident, the victimized girl reached her house and disclosed the rape to her parents. Shocked by the revelation, the parents straightaway reached Imambada Police Station and registered a case in this connection. A social activist and other residents of the area also dashed to the police station and demanded immediate arrest of the offenders. The citizens claimed that such incidents are routine at the deserted quarters of the TB Ward but neither the police nor GMCH authorities take any measures to curb the crime.

Cops release sketch of suspect in rape of 12-yr old girl in TB Ward area

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NMC panel moots a minor hike on erring stray cattle owners

Stray Cattle on the road in Sadar area on Mount Road

Nagpur: The NMC’s stray cattle catching squad seems to be in deep slumber. On almost every major square or important roads including WHC road, large herd of cattle can be seen standing and blocking the smooth flow of road traffic.

Many of them defecate on the roads causing the already slippery roads with rain-water more slippery especially for the two-wheeler riders.

Well, the traffic cops can’t shoo them away because it is not their duty. It is time that NMC takes serious cognizance of stray cattle on the roads. All the special drive to free residential areas of stray cattle proved to be an act in futility. All the impounded heads of cattle are returned to the owners for a few hundreds and the cattle is back on the roads.

Negligible hike on erring stray cattle owners by NMC panel
Probably under the compulsions of not displeasing their vote bank, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation is set to drastically scale down the proposed hike in penalty to be imposed on stray cattle owners. Refuting the proposal to hike the fine by almost 13 times, a four-member committee of Corporators from the Standing Committee has reduced the penalty to mere two times.

The committee had suggested hiking the fine from Rs 550 to Rs 1,100 to be slapped on cow or horse owners as against the earlier proposal of Rs 5,000. Now, the panel’s proposal will be tabled before the standing committee for its nod.

Cattle on the road

On May 13, 2016 the NMC’s health department had proposed a massive hike in fine for violation. As per the proposal, the highest hike in penalty was for calf, from Rs 24 earlier to Rs 2,500. Similarly, fine for an elephant and cow was proposed to be increased to Rs 10,000 from the earlier Rs 1,828, while the penalty for stray cattle was to be hiked to Rs 5,000 as against the present Rs 550.

By Samuel Gunasekharan.
Pics by Roshan Singh.

Are NMC’s stray cattle catching squads sleeping?

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Nagpur: The nasty affairs being run in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) at almost all fronts seem to have done a good cause for one entity if not to the citizens. The dithering and drifting Congress party in city showed the signs of unity when it staged demonstrations at the Headquarters of NMC and protested against the administration over a host of issues of public interest. The next year’s election to the civic body could also be the reason for the show of unity. The message of Congress unity turned widespread within hours and the talk of the NMC poll turning interesting made the rounds.

The In-Charge of Nagpur District and City and MLA Vijay Wadettiwar, in the past week, had held a closed door meeting of office-bearers of various units of the party. The meeting in one voice had expressed its concern over the inactiveness of many of senior party leaders and its effects on the next NMC poll. The closed door meeting was skipped by former minister Anees Ahmed and the lone party MLA from the district Sunil Kedar. The absence of the two leaders has sparked a kind of speculation with a section of partymen saying the two leaders were not invited and other section saying the invitations were extended but the personal work forced them to skip the meeting.

Whatever may be reasons, the agitation at the NMC HQ on Thursday witnessed steady stream of workers and leaders of different groups coming together. Those prominently present include Praful Gudadhe Patil, Sandeep Sahare, Abha Pande, Dr Prashant Chopra, Arun Davre and others. At the same time, the enthusiasm of hundreds of workers and other leaders namely Deepak Kapse, Sanjay Dubey, Zulfikar Bhutto, Tanaji Vanve, Harish Gwalvanshi, Prashant Dhavad, Sanjay Mahakalkar, Anil Pande, Umakant Agnihotri et al under the leadership of City Congress President Vikas Thakre was impressive. The united show clearly hinted that the internal bickering among the partymen was thing of the past. All the leaders and workers were demanding in one voice action against the guilty officials and office-bearers of NMC during the over 9-year rule of BJP.

Vikas Thakre has issued an ultimatum to the NMC Administration that if the wrong is not corrected by July 25, an intense agitation will be launched from July 26.

Hazare demands not to sideline Anil Pande:
The Congress Corporator Purshottam Hazare has demanded the party high command to take chief of Rajiv Gandhi Vichar Manch Anil Pande along in the next NMC polls. Sidelining of Pande could cost many Congress candidates dear in the election. Pande is an Independent Corporator and is reportedly planning to field a group of 2-3 independents from each of the Prabhags. The independents undoubtedly slice the votes of Congress. Sources said that the Congress is willing to concede only the candidature of Pande but he is demanding candidature for his six more supporters. This equation looks impossible. Hence Pande is in touch with the leaders of Third Front and if the talks fail to break the ice then he may field his supporters as independents.

Many Congress Corporators in exodus mood:
Sources said that the present 4-6 Congress Corporators are cherishing to contest the next NMC election under BJP banner. These Corporators mainly belong to Central and South Nagpur. Some are willing to be in the fray on Congress ticket as well. A former BSP Corporator seems to be in the Congress queue. Now the only wait for all the political parties is the carving out of the structure of Prabhags and also the outcome of a pending case in the High Court in this regard.

Nasty affairs in NMC unites drifting Congress

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Nagpur: Come monsoon season and the only ones who enjoy the season are the school going children. En route to their schools and back to home, they play with the puddle, make paper boats and come back with their clothes all dirty. They enjoy getting wet in the rains too. Though the parents buy costly rain-coats, they somehow carry the rain-coats in the bag under the duress of their parents, but conveniently forget to wear the rain-coats.

Playing football in the rain!
Playing football in a rain-drenched slushy ground gives a heavenly pleasure. The sliding, the way the ball slides on the slightest kick and the way the players fall all add to the fun quotient.

Many youngsters are seen playing football in the Kasturchand Park grounds. The kick of the football to your team members away from the opponent team members is a pleasure that is unequalled.

Umbrellas
While many school students use raincoats, especially those who go to school in their cycles, many use colourful umbrellas. Students can be seen with umbrellas in vibrant and myriad colours, can be seen opened when the last period gets over and the school bell rings.

By Samuel Gunasekharan.
Pics by Roshan Singh.

Rain rain go away, for little Johny wants to play, come again some other day

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Nagpur: Even as the issue of alleged telephonic conversation between the state minister Eknath Khadse and dreaded fugitive Dawood Ibrahim is yet to settle down, yet another controversial camarederie of Nagpur’s gangster Santosh Ambekar and couple of ministers and netas has come to the fore on Friday, which also happens to be the birthday of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

A battery of ministers and political leaders reportedly lined up to visit ailing Ambekar at a Mumbai hospital. While this incident has sparked a fresh row over the alleged gangster-politician nexus, it has also made the atmosphere unpleasant in the political circles.

Sources informed that dreaded gangster Ambekar has been keeping ill for the last few days and had to be admitted to the hospital in Mumbai where the monsoon session of state assembly is underway. Sources claimed that the moment, news of Ambekar’s hospitilization spread, few of the ministers from the ruling party along with a battery of white collared executives touched down the hospital to see Ambekar and wished him speedy recovery.

Sources from the concerned hospital said that senior hospital authorities were shocked to see the ministers visiting the goon, and that too on a day when the Chief Minister Fadnavis was celebrating his 43rd birthday.

Sources said a corporator from Nagpur was also seen among the visitors. This corporator is often seen in Mumbai around every assembly session or state cabinet meetings. A Congress MLA from Mumbai was also among those dropping to see Ambekar.
Unconfirmed sources informed that Ambekar suffered a heart attack while he was in Mumbai and was admitted after the said condition. However the report could not be confirmed yet. Few others informed that Ambekar was down with food poisoning and had to be hospitalized.

Reliable sources informed that last year when Ambekar was imprisoned in Nagpur central jail, a local MLA had visited the jail premises and celebrated his birthday. It is learnt that the public representatives and ministers throng Ambekar’s home whenever the latter organises any programme. Ambekar’s proximity with a former Nagpur Police Commissioner also became the talk of the town for long time.

Ministers, netas visit ailing gangster Santosh Ambekar at Mum hospital

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Nagpur: Activists of Congress led by the Regional Secretary Mujib Pathan took out a morcha to the Butibori-based office of Mahavitaran (MSEDCL) and staged a dharna demonstration to press for their various demands. Cornered by the agitation, the Executive Engineer Ghatole and Deputy Engineer Tembhekar invited a delegation of the protesters for discussion and resolving the issue.

During the discussion, the Executive Engineer gave a written assurance to Pathan that the works of maintenance and repairs would be carried out immediately in Butibori city and rural areas, single-phase meter connections for residential purpose will be provided within seven days of application, the office of Butibori (City) Assistant Engineer would be shifted to Butibori city, the new power meters will be installed in the presence of consumers, problems of agriculture pump consumers will be resolved on priority, and the new connections will be provided immediately. Similarly, a new sub-centre will be started in Butibori (Rural) Division and the consumers will be issued power bills according to meter readings only.

After receiving the written assurance on their demands from the Executive Engineer, the Congress activists called off the dharna-agitation.

According to the local Congress leaders, the newly-appointed District (Rural) President Rajendra Mulak is touring the Butibori area on Saturday (July 23).

MSEDCL assures Congress to resolve various problems in Butibori

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Nagpur: A school-bound 16-year old girl went missing in Siraspeth area on Friday morning and was reportedly abducted by an unidentified person. Cops have launched a search to trace the girl.

The 16-year old girl, resident of Siraspeth, coming under Imambada Police Station jurisdiction, left her home at 11 am on Friday for going to school. However, she did not return home till late night forcing her parents to search her at the places of friends and relatives. But the search failed to locate the missing girl. Finally, her relative (58) approached Imambada police and lodged a missing complaint.

PSI Mohekar, following the directive of Supreme Court which says that if any minor girl or boy goes missing then the case be treated as that of kidnapping, has registered a case under Section 363 of IPC and launched a search to trace the girl.

School-bound 16-yr old girl goes missing in Siraspeth

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Nagpur: A married woman who is doing PhD from Nagpur University was robbed of her gold chain worth Rs 75,000 by a motorcycle-borne goon on Ambazari Hilltop Road here on Friday night.

Mrunal Milind Yavalkar (41), resident of Plot No. 147, Amardhan Laxmi Apartment, Ambazari Hilltop, was returning home around 8.30 pm on Friday after purchasing fruits from Gokulpeth Market. Mrunal, who is doing PhD from RTMNU, was riding Scooty moped (MH-31/CX 1856). When she was nearing her home, an unidentified miscreant riding a white-coloured two-wheeler came from behind and snatched gold chain worth Rs 75,000 Mrunal was wearing. The chain-snatcher speeded away even before Mrunal could raise an alarm. The only thing she could do was to approach Ambazari police and register a case in this connection.

API Mandal has booked the unidentified robber under Section 392 of IPC and searching for him.

PhD student robbed of gold chain worth Rs 75,000 in Ambazari

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Nagpur: Citizens are in for a sort of trouble or say they will have to run from pillar to post if they visit different courts for any judicial work in the next three days. The stamp vendors across the State have called for a one-day strike on Monday (July 25) to press for their various demands. The Vidarbha License-Holding Stamp Paper Vendors Association has given the call for the one-day State-wide strike. The Monsoon Session of Maharashtra Legislature is going on in Mumbai and to draw the attention of Government towards their various demands, the stamp vendors will organize a dharna demonstration from 10 am to 5 pm on Monday at the local Azad Maidan.

Since today (July 23) is holiday on account of fourth Saturday and July 24 being Sunday, the stamp vendors will not be available for three consecutive days including the Monday strike. This dreadful aspect led to the litigants running from pillar to post for securing the vital stamp papers and other court material.

Taking advantage of the “ripe” situation, the unscrupulous elements sold the stamp papers and other material at a premium. Those who wanted to avoid the unnecessary hassle, are preferring to get the court job done on Tuesday but will have to face unprecedented rush of the needy.

When contacted, the President of District Bar Association Adv Prakash Jaiswal said that the citizens should press panic button as the strike is only for one day. The strike may put the State Government at a revenue loss. The citizens may also face inconvenience as well. When asked about the black marketing of stamp papers and other material by some unscrupulous elements, Adv Jaiswal said that the District Administration should initiate measures to curb the practice and a vendor is found guilty, his license should be cancelled.

Citizens in for a trouble as stamp vendors call for 1-day strike on Monday

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Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) is going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which had developed this technology.

Nagpur: Taking a step ahead to be the greenest Metro Rail in the country, Nagpur’s Majhi Metro has decided to install bio-digesters or mini sewage treatment plants (STPs) at all its stations and buildings.

Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) is going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which had developed this technology. The NMRCL said that the bio-digesters would take care of human waste disposal at the stations and offices. The sewage system of the city is already overburdened. Therefore, we have decided to treat the waste generated on our premises ourselves, the NMRCL said.

“The DRDO bio-digester technology is environment friendly, maintenance free and efficient without depending on conventional energy sources. The effluent is odourless and gets rid off most of the pathogens. Hundreds of bio-digesters have been installed at various locations in Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Subsequently, the technology has been introduced in the Indian Railways for on-board treatment of human waste. Hundreds of these units are in operation in different trains,” an official of Majhi Metro stated. Explaining the bio-digester technology, the source said, “It has two components — anaerobic microbial consortium and specially designed fermentation tank. The consortium is developed by enrichment of bacteria at low temperatures and bio-augmentation with critical group of bacteria. The fermentation tank (bio-digester) is a device for accelerated microbial degradation of organic waste. This tank is made up of special material and has the power of immobilizing the bacteria in large numbers.”

Highlights of the Bio Digester Technology:

• Eco-friendly and cost effective since there is no recurring cost
• Wide applicability under different climatic conditions
• Easy to transplant and install anywhere
• Water consumption is minimized
• 100% Effluent water is recycled, thus reusing the waste water for flushing & gardening
• Reduction in organic waste by more than 90%
• More than 99% pathogens reduction
• NMRCL has planned to use this technology for its proposed 36 stations, 2 depots and Nagpur Metro buildings
• Human waste disposal in innocuous form is an ever growing problem leading to aesthetic nuisance, threat of organic pollution & several diseases in epidemic proportions due to contamination of ground water and drinking water resources in highly populated and developing countries, like India. Untreated waste is responsible for several diseases like, dysentery, diarrhea, amoebiasis, viral hepatitis, cholera, typhoid etc. taking the life of lakhs of children annually. DRDO has perfected an eco-friendly biodegradation technology for human waste disposal for armed forces deployed at high altitude locations and glaciers. DRDO developed Biodigester technology is environmental friendly, maintenance free and efficient without depending on conventional energy sources. The effluent is odorless and gets rid-off most of the pathogens. Hundreds of such bio-digesters have been installed at various locations in J&K, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Subsequently, the technology has been extended to Indian Railways for on-board treatment of human waste. Hundreds of stainless steel made biodigesters are in operation in different trains of Indian Railways.

The Anaerobic Digestion Technology

• The bio-digester technology has two components: anaerobic microbial consortium and specially designed fermentation tank
• The Anaerobic microbial consortium is developed by acclimatization/enrichment of microbes at low temperature and bio-augmentation with critical group of bacteria
• Fermentation Tank (Biodigester) is a device for accelerated microbial degradation of organic waste
• Fermentation tank is made of mild steel/SS/FRP/Bricks and has the provision of immobilizing the bacteria in large numbers.

Majhi Metro to install bio-digesters at all stations

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

Nagpur Today.

Rajpal Yadav, who has taken the Bollywood comedy genre by storm in the series of masala movies, has been away from big screen for long time. Now he is back with the fresh comedy flavor of the season which he is set to bring in his upcoming movie “Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai”

The film Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai is an effort to focus on how a dying scared culture deprived of support from the various sections can metamorphose into current corrupt form. The film reflects the dehumanizing situation that the commercially sexually exploited women (CSEW) face in our country.

Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai is Comedy film with some serious matters which is expected to release on August 5, 2016.
In Nagpur to promote his movie, Rajpal Yadav took time to catch up with Nagpur Today and engaged in a free wheeling discussion.

You like to be called as an entertainer rather than a comedian. Why?
Both “Taare Zameen Pe and “Partner” were box-office hits, but there’s a difference between the two. Taare Zameen Pe was serious entertainment while Partner was comic entertainment. Every actor follows director’s interpretation. Director is the one who decides whether the actor should act on serious entertainment script or comic entertainment script.

How do you deal with the script?
I study the character to get best dialogue delivery.

What is important in Bollywood… physical appearance or talent?
What matters in this Industry is the original you not your fake behavior.

If not actor what career would have you chosen?
I never thought for it, but yes I would love to go for politics.

Your role in “Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai?
I am playing role of unemployed village boy who helps as well will be seen destroying a girl’s life who struggles for her survival.

Tell us something about the story line of the film?
Film is based on the Bedni community of Bundelkhand and the film’s story narrates the painful situations encountered by women of the Bedni community and how they are being exploited by powerful politicians and businessmen.

“What matters in Bollywood is original you, not fake” : Rajpal Yadav