A devastating fire reduced large parts of Dhamangaon village in Bhivapur tehsil of Nagpur district to ashes after flames spread rapidly from nearby agricultural land and engulfed homes within minutes. The fire forced villagers to flee in panic to save themselves. According to officials, the fire started when some villagers set dry agricultural waste on fire in nearby fields at around 6 pm. Due to strong winds, the flames quickly went out of control and began moving towards the village. Dhamangaon, which has many old houses made of wood and traditional materials, became highly vulnerable as the fire reached residential areas. Eyewitnesses said the situation worsened as night fell and electricity supply was disrupted which plunged the village into darkness. “There was fire everywhere and complete darkness. People were shouting and running to save their lives,” said a villager. As the fire entered the village, it spread rapidly from one house to another. Cattle sheds and storage areas als...
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There are 450 men working with Railway Protection Force (RPF) and as many as 150 posts in RPF are lying vacant across Nagpur Division of Central Railways. Considering the vacancies, the Railways administration decided to deploy Home Guards at Nagpur, Ajni and Wardha stations. Accordingly, Home Guards were deployed on June 2, 2012. They were deployed on various duties including in parking areas, scanners, and other places.
Home Guards proved their worth with their performance. A Home Guard at Nagpur railway station nabbed a passenger carrying country-made revolver. Taking note of such positive results, Senior Divisional Security Commandant of RPF Ibrahim Sherrif moved a proposal for continuation of services of Home Guards and sent the same to Nagpur Division office, which forwarded it to head office of Home Guards one-and-a-half month back.
However, sources said, RPF did not receive approval to the proposal from Home Guards’ headquarters at Mumbai. As a result, services of Home Guards were discontinued from October 2, 2012. Asked about reason behind lack of approval, sources said that a ‘babu’ at Mumbai headquarters of Home Guards got transferred a month back. Already, a time of 15 days had passed by till then. Since transfer of ‘babu’, nobody cared for the proposal.
At present, a total of 1,852 personnel are attached to Nagpur district headquarters of Home Guards. As per the norms, Home Guards could be deployed with any Government agency for four months only and continuation of deployment requires approval from head office of Home Guards.
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