Dabo club Nagpur Efforts to reopen the controversial Dabo Club, which was shut down for 45 days following the murder of two young men, have triggered strong anger and fear among the families of the victims. The incident took place in the early hours of December 26 last year during a Christmas party at Dabo Club. Pranav Ranavare (27) was allegedly killed after a minor dispute. His friend, Gaurav Karda (34), was badly injured in the same incident and later died during treatment. The Sonegaon police arrested six accused - Soumya Deshmukh, Mehul alias Monu Rahate, Rajiv Chawla, Abhay Jhamtani, Gappu Sharma and Tushar Nankani. All the accused are currently lodged in jail. The club is owned by Directors Devyani Vijay Wadettiwar, Karan Vikram Thakkar and Mohd Hamza Rayeen. It may be mentioned here that Dabo Club has a long history of complaints related to harassment and assaults. Police sources said repeated warnings were ignored by the management. During the investigation, it was found...
By Dheeraj Fartode
Apathy of Democratic Front (DF) government in resolving the problem in Orange cultivation in Vidarbha is killing the prosperous Orange yards. Now just two crore trees have remained as equal number of them fell to various germ attacks and lack of support on irrigation front from State Government, alleged, Sunil Shinde, ex-MLA here on Thursday.
| Former MLA Sunil Shinde |
Farmers need support from government to enable them to tide over huge losses due to fall in yield of Orange crop due to scattered rainfall. The flowers did not bloom as during the crucial period the rains dried-up in the Orange belt. The ex-legislator alleged that Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Horticulture minister do not have time to even discuss the problems facing the Orange cultivators.
Shinde who was once close confidant of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo, Sharad Pawar, was addressing a press conference at Vidhan Bhavan premises. Technology Mission on Citrus started after initiative taken by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, however the project was not effectively implemented by the DF government.
He demanded a compensation of Rs 8,000/hectare; implementation of Citrus Estate on the lines of Punjab; Rs 14.2 crore for Regional Fruit Research Centre of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University; 50 per cent grant on plastic crates and corrugated boxes for transportation of Oranges; availability of good quality saplings from Agriculture Department; grant of licence for extracting Orange juice pulp and for making products from Oranges; government help for Orange winery on the lines of one given to grape based wineries in West Maharashtra.
Deputy Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Legislative Assembly, Nana Patole, MLA Nana Gawande were present at the press conference.
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