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MUMBAI: Chief Minister Devendra Phadnavis on Friday decided to allot 20 acres of land at MIHAN in Nagpur for a project proposed for manufacturing of defense goods. This manufacturing cluster is expected to provide jobs to 50,000 people.

The Chief Minister took the decision while chairing a meeting of the board of directors of Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) at Sahyadri Guest House. The meeting reviewed the progress of ongoing works at different airports in the State.

The meeting passed a proposal to allot 20 acres of land to Vidarbha Defense Industrial Hub Company for manufacturing of defense goods.

The CM reviewed the progress of airport works going on at Purandar, Belora (Amravati), Chandrapur, Solapur, Seoni (Akola) and Gondur (Dhule). He directed to start night landing facility at Shirdi airport at the earliest. The meeting was informed that the aiports at Nanded, Nashik, Jalgaon and Kolhapur were getting good response. After the inauguration of international airport at Shirdi, around 50,000 passengers were transported to and from the place through 2000 flights, the meeting was informed.

Those present in the meeting were CM’s Upper Chief Secretary Pravin Pardeshi, Upper Chief Secretary (Finance) U P S Madan, Upper Chief Secretary (Industries) Satish Gawai, CM’s Chief Secretary Bhushan Gagrani, Chief Secretary (Town Planning) Nitin Karir, MADC’s Managing Director Suresh Kakani and other officers.

CM sanctions land for defense goods making project in MIHAN

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NAGPUR: The government at the Centre as well as in the State and leaders of the ruling party have failed to bail out Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) from its financial crisis. The NMC administration and its office-bearers are now frustrated over the fact that the Corporation is being disowned and is forced to surive on its own. Development works in Nagpur have come to a standstill and contractors are agitating to recover their pending dues.

When the red bus operators went on strike from Thursday, the NMC paid Rs 1.5 crore each to the bus operators on Friday and assured to pay remaning dues in installments after three days. The buses started running after this deal. It is said that hectic efforts were made to end the strike to escape the wrath of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who has called a meeting of the NMC on coming Sunday.

When it came to negotiate a deal with the bus contractors, the NMC suddenly remembered Bunty Kukade, the chairman of NMC’s transport committee who has been constantly neglected by the administration. The NMC had initially not taken the strike seriously but from Friday morning it started pressurizing Kukade to end the strike at his level. Looking at the circumstances, Kukade talked to the agitating contractors and succeeded in cracking a deal. When the contractors raised the issue to pending dues of around Rs 13 crore, the NMC administration avoided making any assurances by sayinComing g that the due will be paid.

As per sources, the NMC administration knew that once the buses started plying on roads, it will be difficult for the contractors to go on strike again in the near future. The bus operators had called the strike after numerous warnings to the administration. Moreover, the strike ended in 26 hours without achieving the results.

Secondly, the NMC administration didn’t want to face the wrath of Nitin Gadkari, who is known to scold the officers if his directives were not followed. Therefore, the NMC made all efforts to end the strike of the bus operators.

What will happen in Tuesday?
The NMC paid Rs 1.5 crore each to three red bus operators on Friday. This amount was used to clear salaries and dues of petrol pump owners.

The NMC has promised to pay remaining dues in installments after three days, starting last Friday. Therefore, there are chances that coming Tuesday may again witness strike-like situation if NMC failed to pay the revenues generated from ticket sales to the three contractors equally.

Red buses may stop again if dues are not paid by Tuesday

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Nagpur: Sandeep Dwellers Pvt Ltd, Nagpur’s highly prestigious and well established name in real estate projects since last 30 years, has once again turned its efforts towards betterment of society by providing affordable homes to the economical and budget savvy people in the city and around. In order to make housing affordable to all, SDPL has been providing bigger chunk of benefits under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, wherein all eligible candidates shall receive a government subsidy of Rs.2.30 – 2.67 lakh on buying their home for the first time.

SDPL is currently building various projects at different locations of Nagpur. Currently the projects like Ashray at Dabha, Ashray at Wanjara, SDPL Classic, Greens, Paradise, Nilgiri, Swaminarayan Enclave, Business Enclave and Tathastu are underway under the SDPL. Besides, SDPL is also spearheading the construction of Delhi Public School – nation’s most trusted schooling chain.

Till date, SDPL has successfully accomplished various construction projects and provided happy homes to hordes of buyers for whom owning a home was a distant dream. Realising the dreams of such home buyers, SDPL has constructed properties across budgets and affordability. These include residential (1 BHK, 2 BHK, 3 BHK, 4 BHK, Flats, Apartments, Duplexs, Row houses, Bungalows and Townships) and commercial complexes. The buildings herald not only structural elegance but also a warm atmosphere.

Besides, all the past and present housing projects by SDPL boast of world class amenities which are considered as the best in the industry. As SDPL caters to all budgets and needs, it has also proven itself as the best avenue for real estate investments and customized homes for the customers.

All its projects are made using using high quality construction materials and thoroughly approved by NIT/NMC and conform to all legal verification. It has also made it open for every buyer to get a copy of the legal verification from its office.

With Independence Day around, SDPL has come up with a special offer for the customers seeking their dream home.
It may be mentioned that SDPL Group was founded by Late Shri Subhash Agarwala, a renowned industrialist who was known for his commitment to business ethics, a highly respected social figure and an accomplished sportsman of international fame.

To avail Independence Day Special Offer and get benefits under PMAY.
Contact: Sandeep Dwellers Pvt. Ltd, 3C, Gulmohar Apartments, Opp. Hislop College, Temple Road, Civil Lines, Nagpur – 440001.
Mobile – 9765550608

This Independence Day, Sandeep Dwellers turn up for bigger social cause

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The 74th Annual General Body Meeting of the Nag Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce was held in meeting hall of the Chamber today the 11th August, 2018 presided by Shri Hemant Gandhi.

Shri Hemant Gandhi – President
Shri Arjundas Ahuja – Vice President
Shri Ashwin Mehadia – Vice President
Shri Farooque Akbani – Vice President

were elected unopposed to the Office Bearers of Executive Committee of the Chamber for the year 2018-19.

Newly elected president convened the 1st Executive Committee Meeting on same day at 12.30 p.m. After brief introduction of newly elected executive committee members, the newly elected executive committee unanimously elected Sanjay K. Agrawal as Hon. Secretary, Sachin Puniyani as Treasurer, Ramawatar Totla, Shri Umesh Patel & Swapnil Ahirkar as Jt. Secretary and Shabbar Shakir was nominated as Public Relation Officer for the term.

Following Members were declared elected unopposed as Members of the Executive Committee for the year 2018-19 —

Hemant Gandhi & Sanjay K. Agrawal re-elected as President and Secretary for 2018-19

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NAGPUR: Targeting the Centre on the 2015 deal to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, the Congress on Sunday accused the Narendra Modi government of ignoring the national interest and catering only to its self-interest.

It quoted from the 2016 annual report of Dassault Aviation and a press statement of Reliance Defence Ltd, the local partner chosen by the French firm to meet its ‘offset’ obligation under the contract, and alleged Prime Minister Modi had made the announcement of “off-the-shelf” purchase of the fighters in Paris after paying an “extra amount”.

“Rafale is a scam and the government is in scam. Indians feel deprived while the BJP ensured that crony capitalism thrived. Instead of protecting India’s interest we have the Modi Sarkar protecting their self-interests,” Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi said in a Press conferance in Nagpur. She was joined by Youth Congress leader Vishal Muttemwar who along with Pradeep Maitra of Press club of Nagpur was present.

“The prime minister announced off-the-shelf purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft in Paris on April 10, 2015 for euro 7.5 billion (Rs 1670.70 crore per aircraft which is Rs 60,145 crore for 36 aircraft,” Chaturvedi said.

India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in 2015 for 36 Rafale fighter jets in ‘fly-away’ condition.

The president of the ruling BJP, Amit Shah, on Friday rejected allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal, saying credence should be given to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement.

Shah said, Sitharaman has said the base price of Rafale fighters negotiated by the government is less than what was finalised by the previous UPA dispensation.

But the Congress leader said when the international bid opened on December 12, 2012 for Rafale jets, the price negotiated by the UPA government was Rs 526.10 crore per aircraft for 126 aircraft.

As per the UPA deal, the price of 36 aircraft would have been Rs 18,940. Chaturvedi demanded an explanation on why an extra amount of Rs 41,205 crore of the public money is being paid for the jets.

She claimed that by announcing the deal in 2015, Modi had violated the mandatory “Defence Procurement Procedure”.

She asked why the prime minister and the defence minister were averse to placing the details of the commercial purchase price before Parliament.

The government has said that a secrecy clause in the 2008 pact between India and France prohibits it from disclosing the pricing details in the purchase of the Rafale fighter jets.

Experts describe the Rafale as a twin-engine “air-dominance” aircraft. In French, “Rafale” means a gust of wind.

Modi government catered to self-interest in Rafale deal: Priyanka Chatruvedi

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Nagpur: With the recent rains leaving the lush green effect on trees lined up along Nagpur streets, there’s more to it than meets the eye! Behind the swaying leaves and bouncing branches is the pain that many of the trees in busy areas has to suffer.

As if choking of roots through concretization and excessive pollution was not enough, the trees are now bearing new tyranny of mankind. Most of the trees are now being used as support to endorse commercial purpose of many so called professionals and advertisers. Moreover, various services and announcements are being made through trees, and how? The bill boards and sign boards have been mercilessly nailed into these trees.

While most of us are still aloof to this emergent situation that has reached an alarming level, an aware citizen and one of our readers Avinash Gowardhan has shared few pictures narrating the ordeal of such trees.

In one of the pictures that Gowardhan shared, a tree near Laxminagar at Aath Rastaa Square is seen nailed with a display board showing name of a cost accountant.

In his mail sent to Nagpur Today, Gowardhan shares, “As a responsible citizen, we should never attach any objects to trees with nails, screws or anything that penetrates the outer bark. It can damage the cambium, the area just beneath the bark where cells rapidly divide and increase tree girth. It also can wound the phloem, the cells that carry nutrients from the canopy to the roots; and the cells that transport water and nutrients to the canopy.”

He stated that nailing trees and harming them in any way is an offense under the Tree Preservation Act. Further, using tree for advertisement also amounts to offense under as using public space for advertising, free of cost.
Not only Gowardhan NT too feels that there should be some mechanism to penalize the advertiser to stop this menace.

Green Concern : Trees bleed in agony as advertisers nail billboards

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Nagpur: Maharashtra NEET Counselling: The Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has released the second selection list for 2018 MBBS and BDS courses.

The candidates who have registered for the counseling process can check dmer.org to access the allocation list.

NEET was conducted by the CBSE for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in colleges run with the approval of the Medical Council of India and the Dental Council of India. Over 13 lakh students, seeking admission to government and private medical colleges in India appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2018.

Last Date of joining the respective college: 18/08/2018 upto 5 pm (Excluding 15.08.2018).

► Last Date to fill the Status Retention Form at College: 18/08/2018 upto 5 pm(Excluding 15.08.2018).

► Candidate should submit all the original documents and pay requisite fees in the selected college within the stipulated time; failing which this selection stands cancel.

► Admitting Institute will verify the documents and ascertain eligibility of the candidates as per the NEET(UG)-2018 brochure.

► Admission to PWD Quota seats are subject to outcome of Court Case at Mumbai High Court Nagpur Bench in WP No. 4450/2018.

► Candidate(s) who have passed SSC from Outside of Maharashtra, has been deleted from the list as per the judgment of Hon’ble HighCourt Mumbai, in WP No. 2393 of 2017 and other petitions.

Maharashtra NEET Counselling: Second selection list for 2018 MBBS and BDS courses released

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Nagpur: Yeshwant Stadium in Nagpur, which stood tall to add to the sporting glory of the city would soon be developed at international level. If things go as planned, the stadium along with its surrounding will be developed on the lines of central business district. The project to this regard has been recently cleared by Nagpur MP and Union Minister for road transport, highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari.

As per the informaton the existing Yeshwant Stadium and few other places like Patrakar Bhawan, Government Library and bus parking area would be replaced by this project. The project would come up in 15 acres of total land at an estimated cost of Rs 600 crores. Of the said area, 27 lakh square feet would be developed as commercial space.

There will be 2-floor underground parking space. Again there will be parking space above 3rd floor.
As per the presentation, the buildings upto 26 floors were proposed.

The design has been prepared by architect Ashok Mokha and his team, including Kunal Bhisikar.

Besides Gadkari, Mayor Nanda Jichkar, other office bearers and legislators were also present on the occasion. Following the presentation, Gadkari directed MahaMetro to execute the project in association with NMC.

Mokha informed that an open and an indoor sports stadium with ground plus two floors commercial tenements, and stage will replace the existing Yeshwant Stadium. “Five towers of 15 floors each will come up in the area between Panchsheel Square and Munje Square. India’s first pedestrian walking street will be part of the project. It is likely to cost around Rs 600 crore,” he said.

The project is also likely to end a long pending demand of Ambedkarites as it includes an Ambedkar Convention Centre.

Gadkari also directed MahaMetro to take up development projects proposed on areas surrounding Railway Station, including demolition of flyover in front of the station. He also asked MahaMetro to construct four railway over bridges (RoBs), one each at Pachpaoli and Mankapur, and two at Kalamna. He also assigned the task of Futala development project, comprising a underpass, viewers gallery, musical and laser show etc, to MahaMetro.

Yeshwant Stadium to be transformed into business district, Patrakar Bhawan to go!

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Nagpur: Securing the best 74 marks out of 80, underworld don Arun Gawli who is serving his lifer in Nagpur central jail has grabbed top slot in the examination on Gandhian thoughts held last year.

As many as 160 inmates from the jail participated in the exam in which Gawli was one of the candidates. The exam is conducted every year on October 1, by Sahyog Trust and Sarvoday Ashram.

Gawli, also a founder of political outfit Akhil Bharatiya Sena, was pronounced life sentence after found guilty in the murder of Shiv Sena MLA Kamalkar Jamshedekar in 2012.

Besides, he has was involved in other serious criminal cases.

He was arrested by Saki Naka police in Mumbai under section 302, 149, 120B and sections 3(1), 3(2) and 3(4) of IPC.

Last year, a biopic on him was also released. Arjun Rampal played his character in his biopic titled Daddy.

He is notorious for his illegal activities in Dagdi Chaal in Mumbai and he was often called Godfather of that area.

Arun Gawli secures top slot in exam on Gandhism in Nagpur jail

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Nagpur: Ethanol-run Green bus service, the ambitious project of Union Minister for road and transport and highways Nitin Gadkari seems to have failed drastically in Nagpur. Scania, the Swedish bus maker company issued its termination notice to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) stating they are not likely to run Green buses from August 13.

While the experts have alleged NMC for maintaining casual approach, some few high operaton cost in running the project.

Ankit Yelekar who works with a private firm expressed his anguish stating, “This was the prominent project, seeking to create ideal environment in local transport. However people more often use personal vehicle, so it won’t be a big issue. When it comes to daily commuters they have enough of options to choose from, nonetheless, Ola and Uber. Eventually they had to shut this project. Sadly good initiative won’t reward you money.”

Punyajeet Chauhan, a student laments, “No wonder lack of administration’s attention cost Green buses its vitality. At the onset they charged more compare to other public transports. I’m not a management student who can give expert comments but one thing is for sure – you should charge more at the beginning. Plus when they knew that high pricing is affecting the choice of commuters, then instead of reducing price they continued with their ways. This clearly shows how serious were NMC officials when it comes to keep such a big project floating.”

Kaustav Chatterjee, environment expert and founder Green Vigil Foundation, says, “Implementation of bio-fuel is certainly a boon for the environment and in absence of Green buses that it will have adverse effects on surrounding. With sugar cane and corn being the main constituent, unlike petrol and diesel, ethanol is a renewable source of energy which has upper hand when it comes to creating ideal environment.”

“With ongoing construction of metro and highways, vehicles emit more carbon after getting stuck in traffic. Poor marketing and casual approach of NMC officials cost us Green bus. NMC could have educated people that by using Green buses we are contributing towards environment. People are often inclined to choose pocket-friendly rides compare to luxurious ones. A high price of the ticket is another reason why this project sank without trace,” he added.

NMC had launched the nation’s first ethanol-run bus in the city and included it into its fleet of local transport in association with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Swedish bus manufacturer Scania. MP Nitin Gadkari had also planned to launch the buses throughout the nation based on the reports of the pilot project which has now failed drastically in Nagpur.

… Shubham Nagdeve

It’s end of road for Green bus as Scania pulls out of NMC net

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Nagpur: Even as entire nation including aapla Nagpur is set to grace Nag Panchmi which is falling on 15th August this year, animal rights activist have once again come out to aware people against cruelty to snakes. It may be mentioned that as per Hindu mythology snakes are believed to be divine creatures associated with Lord Shiva and worshipped on the Nag Panchami.

Taking the ritual into account, People for Ethical Treatment to Animals (PETA), India have appealed for being sensible to the wild creature. PETA has also carried out a sign reading ‘Be Kind to Snakes, Have a Cruelty-free Nag Panchami’ at Samvidhan Chowk on Monday where two volunteers were dressed and painted to resemble snakes. The motive was to remind the commuters that the animals experience pain and illness when they are deprived of their natural food and are force-fed the cow milk during festival celebrations.

“The best way to honor snakes is to let them live free in their natural habitats during Nag Panchami’ said Radhika Suryavanshi PETA, India.

‘PETA India is calling on residents to spare snakes the terror and misery of capture, confinement and potential death by holding snake free celebration’. As many snakes which are captured during the festival die a horrible death.

PETA out to protect snakes this Nag Panchami

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Pune, Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai from Maharashtra were ranked today India’s three most livable places on the government’s inaugural ‘Ease of Living Index’, where the national capital came at 65th place out of total 111 cities.

Rampur in Uttar Pradesh figured at the bottom of the livability index released by the housing and urban affairs ministry.

Chennai has been ranked 14th, while Kolkata did not participate in the survey.

Kohima (Nagaland) and Patna (Bihar) were also placed in the bottom-three.

In the top-ten, the three cities from Maharashtra were followed by Tirupati, Chandigarh, Thane, Raipur, Indore, Vijayawada and Bhopal.

Varanasi is at 33rd place, Ahmedabad at 23rd and Hyderabad at 27th.

This is the first-ever exercise undertaken by the ministry to rank the country’s major cities on the basis of four parameters of ease of living — governance, social, economic and physical infrastructure.

The ministry said evaluation of cities has been done on a 100-point scale across 78 indicators — institutional and social pillars carried 25 points each, 5 points were given for economic pillar and 45 points for the physical pillar.

Releasing the index, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said this assessment is first of its kind globally in terms of scale and coverage and the ranking marks a shift to a data-driven approach to urban planning and management and promotes healthy competition among cities.

No city from Uttar Pradesh or Tamil Nadu figured in the top-ten.

While Rampur is ranked the lowest, those in the bottom-ten also include Kohima, Patna, Bihar Sharif, Bhagalpur, Itanagar, Pasighat, Kavaratti, Saharanpur and Silvassa.

Srinagar is ranked 100th, Jammu at 95th, Panaji 90th, Aligarh 86th, Gurugram at 88th and Meerut is 101st. Ghaziabad is ranked 46th and Rai Bareli is at 49th.

After the ten most livable cities, Karim Nagar (Telangana) has been ranked 11th, followed by Tiruchirappalli, Bilaspur, Chennai, Jabalpur, Amravati, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Surat, Vasai-Virar city, Nashik, Solarpur, Ahmedabad, Ujjain, Coimbatore, Erode, Hydrabad, Madurai, Tiruppur, Jainpur, Nagpur and Gwalior among others.

Pune India’s most liveable city, Nagpur also in the list

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NAGPUR: Even as Metro Joy Ride is proving to be the new flavour of Orange City, Journalists from across the state had a gala time riding the Metro train, here on Saturday. Senior journalists from various newspaper, publications and electronic channels across the state participated in the Ride.

Journalists and other senior-level officials from the Directorate General of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR), Government of Maharashtra were part of the Ride, which started form Airport South Metro Station. The journalists were part of the state-level accreditation committee, set up to look after the various aspects of the journalism fraternity.

Before the Ride, the journalists telephonically interacted with Maha Metro MD Dr Brijesh Dixit who welcomed them and explained various aspects of the project. The accreditation committee members were given presentation about the progress of the project. They also sought to know certain aspects of the project. The presentation was followed by Joy Ride.

The committee members had a nice time during the ride. They also went across Khapri and New Airport Metro Stations and were full of praise for the way two stations were constructed and intricacies which were taken care of during construction. “ Metro Stations’ architecture is the best in Central India,’’ said Yadunath Joshi, Chairman, Accreditation Committee.

Senior Journalist and Member of Accreditation Committee Pradip Kumar Maitra congratulated Maha Metro MD Dr Dixit for speedy implementation of the project and launching of Joy Ride so soon. Added, Yadunath Joshi, the Joy Ride has helped the committee members in understanding the Metro Project in a better way.

All the Committee Members admitted that they are mesmerised with the way the project work has been going on and are keen to see completion of the project.

State-level Journalists Enjoy Maha Metro

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Nagpur: After serving as Divisional Commissioner for four and half years, Anoop Kumar, a senior IAS officer of 1990-batch has been shifted as Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries (ADF).

Dr Sanjeev Kumar, a 2003 batch officer has been named as Additional Divisional Commissioner, while Ravindra Thakre, the present Additional Divisional Commissioner will be new Additional Municipal Commissioner. Thakre is also nodal officer looking after revival of Mother’s Dairy and White Revolution in Vidarbha region and has played an important role so far in sprucing up the infrastructure.

Anoop Kumar who has served in Vidarbha for past many years is known for his passion for agriculture and allied subjects and has headed 16 important committees and played an important role in preparing road-map to address agrarian crisis, revive traditional water tanks, rationalise electricity tariff, resolve the long pending zudpi jungle issue and streamline many archaic procedures of Revenue Department. Kumar will succeed Kiran Kurundkar after his retirement. He is also heading the Vidarbha Development Board and has played an instrumental role in evolving norms to distribute more funds for backward regions.

Abha Shukla (1993 batch), earlier posted as Resident Commissioner, Maharashtra Sadan, New Delhi, has been posted as Principal Secretary (Co-operation).

Dr Sanjeev Kumar, (2003 batch IAS) presently working as Commissioner (Family Welfare) and Director, National Health Mission, Mumbai has been posted as Additional Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur Division, Nagpur and has been asked to take Additional charge of Divisional Commissioner from Anoop Kumar. Ravindra Thakre (2010 batch IAS), Additional Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur Division, Nagpur has been posted as Additional Municipal Commissioner of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation.

Anoop Kumar shifted as Principal Secy ADF

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Nagpur: Three students of LAD college reportedly met the tragic end on Tuesday morning when the scooter (MH-49 AZ 1502) on which they were riding hit a crane engaged in Metro rail works on the road near Ambazari T-point police station in Bajaj Nagar. They were immediately rushed to the nearby Wockhardt hospital where two of them were declared dead while other succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment. The deceased has been identified as Ruchika Vijay Borikar, 18, resident of Tandapeth, Nagpur; Vismriti Rajesh Banwari, 18, resident of Ambazari Tekdi, and Sneha Vijay Ambadkar, 18, resident of Hilltop Ambazari. The girls were reportedly in college uniform. It was still unclear as to where they were going.

Video : CCTV shows how 3 girls met tragic end on Ambazari road

Sources said that the crane driver was allegedly reversing the vehicle and suddenly turned up on the road before the girls could slow down their scooter. Sources said that as the girls spotted the crane they lost control over the vehicle and rammed into the giant machine. Police have arrested crane driver after the accident.

Such was the impact of the collision that two of the girls died on the spot, while Ruchika Borikar succumbed to injuries at Wockhardt hospital. Ruchika was reportedly an orphan who was adopted by a family.

Meanwhile, the bodies of all the three were sent to medical for postmortem. Bajaj Nagar police is further investigating the case.

Sources said that when the hydra crane was being reversed there was no volunteer on the spot, who has to be compulsorily in place while navigating such heavy vehicles towards road.

Meanwhile, Metro Rail PRO Kokate – Administrative has assured that they were looking into the matter and would investigate the CCTV installed at the spot. He added that if lapses will be found on the part of driver, strict action would be taken against afcons infrastructure – the company engaged in Metro works.

“We have taken swift action previously too and would do it this time also”, he said.

3 LAD college girls dead as they hit Metro crane on Ambazari road

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Nagpur: The movement she reached The Government Medical College (GMC), Vaishnavi Ganvir, laments only thing, “This catastrophic would have never occurred if Sneha listened to my behest on the first place,” while weeping for her best friend.

Sneha and Vaishanavi was best friend from 11th standard. From combine studies to volleyball they covered everything together.

“Sneha, was a leitmotif of our group. From studies to sports, she was top of her game. I met all three of them today morning. They were hanging out in college ground. However I opposed them when they told me that they are planning a fun trip. But they eluded me,” informed Vaishanavi Ganvir, student of B. Com. 1st semester LAD college with tears in her eyes.

It is learnt that Vishruti and Sneha were belonged to same locality. With the onset of B. Com 1st semester, they met Ruchika in the college. With lots of chit-chat and common interest their friendship came to vitality.

Among three friends, Ruchika’s struggle was more disheartening compare to other two. She was abandoned by her mother when she born and after her father’s death, amid distress and loveliness she move to her uncle Bhojraj Parate’s resident in Tandapeth. She always wanted to get out of her misery regarding her past. However she did found a new avenue which was her friendship with Virshruti and Sneha. But sadly that didn’t even last a single semester.

To mark pre-Independence celebration all three planed this trip, with Ruchika’s moppet, which came to an unpleasant end, informed a source.

Also Read : 3 LAD college girls dead as they hit Metro crane on Ambazari road

Where deceased’s kin demands strict action against metro officials and had one question in common that, “How many more life will this concrete jungle consume on the pretext of development?”

Meanwhile, Metro Rail PRO Kokate has assured that they were looking into the matter and would investigate the CCTV installed at the spot.

Ruchika Vijay Borikar, 18, resident of Tandapeth, Vishruti Rajesh Banwari, 18, resident of Ambazari Tekdi, and Sneha Vijay Ambadkar, 18, resident of Hilltop Ambazari, three students of LAD college reportedly met the tragic end on Tuesday morning when the scooter (MH-49 AZ 1502) on which they were riding, knocked down by a crane engaged in Metro rail works on the road near Ambazari T-point.

Subsequently they were rushed to Wockhardt hospital where two of them were declared dead while other succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment. Later the corpses have sent to GMC for postmortem.

A case has been registered under the jurisdiction of Bajaj Nagar police station. Further probes are underway.

Shubham Nagdeve

“How many lives will this concrete jungle consume on the pretext of development?” ask deceased’s kin

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Nagpur: In a historic verdict, The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court granted ST reservation to Govari community on Tuesday.

The bench comprising justice Ravi Deshpande and justice Arun Upade told the gathering that Gond-Govari are not two different community in Maharashtra. Govari people are the integral part of Gond-Govari community. Thus the Govari community comes in tribal people.

The court also made it clear that, the Gond-Govari community came to an extinct in 1911. Hence on October 29, 1956 the state included Gond-Govari tribe in ST community and they cannot be denied the benefit of people of the scheduled caste.

HC grants ST reservation to Govari community

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Nagpur: Wrinkled Stories, the second pre-event to Indian Youth Conclave (IYC) was organized at Rani Kothi on Monday. Wrinkled Stories, a human library where the elderly shared their stories, left a feeling of belongingness amid the attendees. A place where they borrowed a human to read, instead of a book.

The Climber, Indian Youth Conclave is scheduled to take place on 18th and 19th of August 2018. Hitting the town for the third time, IYC is Central India’s largest youth fest that brings together TEDx speakers, artists, entrepreneurs, writers and poets to beguile the young minds of the city.

The event had elderly speakers, who gave the vibe of grandparents to the attendees. One of the speakers, Anjali, shared a series of life events of an old woman, who is left forgotten by her near and dear ones. She had been a giving person all her life but receives nothing when she needed the most. She spoke about how this fast changing life is compelling the youths to drift away from their cultural roots.

Another speaker, Shashi Kanoria, was deeply concerned about today’s education system and the way it is changing the youth. By her words, she compelled the attendees to give a thought on whether or not being well-settled meant being a righteous human being. She also shared thoughts on waste management.

Vinita Randive shared her transition from being a housewife to the principal of a school. Women must have an identity in the outside world, apart from that of a homemaker.

Kamini Thawrani interacted with the attendees based on philosophy of life and cleared their minds regarding the differences between confidence and overconfidence.

D L Naware spoke of his fight with depression as a young architect. He spoke of his struggle in defined as a well-settled man.

Jugal Kishore Chandak expressed his love for his passion. He spoke about how he pursued varied passions at one time; being a horse rider, magician, pilot and writer.

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Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

Mumbai: A proposal to allot government land for housing projects for police personnel in major cities of Maharashtra is under consideration, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said.

The government was considering a proposal to provide houses to police personnel in cities such as Nagpur,Aurangabad, Nashik, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune by providing land to state housing agencies CIDCO and MHADA, the chief
minister said.

Also, 43 projects including 21 residential ones for police personnel worth Rs 1,690 crore are in progress in the state, Fadnavis said at a review meeting, officials informed.

Tenders are being issued for 5,611 projects worth Rs 1,280 crore. These projects are located in suburban Goregaon, Mulund and Marol in Mumbai, and at Akola, Satara, Jalgaon,
Thane, Beed, Nanded, Raigad, Malegaon and Osmanabad.

The chief minister asked the police commissioners and superintendents of police to personally monitor and speed up the process to provide house to every police personnel,
officials added.

Minister of State for Home Ranjeet Patil, Director General of Police Datta Padsalgikar, Mumbai police commissioner Subodh Jaiswal and other senior officials were present at the meeting.

Maha Govt mulling police housing projects in big cities

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

NAGPUR: In a perturbing incident, a 26-year-old woman employee of the Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) was gang-raped by four persons in broad daylight in the premises of Gokul mines in Bhivapur taluka in the district. In more horrifying act, the accused tried to kill the victim by attacking her with stones. The victim lost both her eyes in the attack.

The incident took place at a makeshift toilet on Tuesday afternoon around 2.30 pm when preparations for the Independence Day celebrations were going on every where. An aged truck driver somehow noticed the crime and alerted the nearby people. The four accused are reportedly truck drivers and conductors and two of them have ben arrested by the police while two were still at large.

The victim was admitted in a critical condition to WCL Hospital, where she was given primary medicare but she was immediately referred to Nagpur for further treatment. The Umrer police was yet to register a case in this regard till the filing of this report.

Victim comes from farmer’s family

The Gokul mines, which are operational since last three years, come under the WCL Umrer area. The victim hails from Madhya Pradesh and is currently residing at her grandfather’s place at Hevti in Umrer. Their farm was acquired under the mines and therefore the woman was given compensatory job as a clerk at the weighing machine at Gokul mines.

Aged truck driver alerted the office

The victim had her lunch in the noon and went to the makeshift toilet, which is just 400 meters from the machine. The four accused, who were following her, dragged her inside the toilet and forced themselves upon her. The incident could not be noticed immediately by anyone as it was raining heavily at that time. After the rains stopped, an aged truck driver was passing from there and he heard the cries of the helpless woman. He saw the injured woman lying in very bad condition. The aged man immediately informed this to the office.

Accused arrested from nearby trucks

After learning about the incident, the office people started searching the accused in the area. They noticed two people hiding in nearby truck in suspicious conditions. The workers caught hold of the two, who had blood stains on their clothes. The workers also learnt that two accused had fled the spot.

WCL woman worker gang-raped in broad daylight