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A Village Burnt Overnight: Tears, Loss and Survival in Dhamangaon Blaze

  Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...

Secundarabad-Patna Express detained for two hours over malfunctioning of AC


Detained 12791 Secundarabad-Patna Express at platform no 1 of Nagpur railway station.

As the passengers got irate over malfunctioning of Air Conditioner of AC coach of train, 12791 Secundarabad-Patna Express was detained at Nagpur Railway Station for around 2 hours on Wednesday.Divisional officers of Central Railway assured the passengers to repair the fault in running train, but the passengers were not in position to hear urge of the officers and created scene at the railway station. AC of B1 coach of the train was malfunctioning from source station and passengers were demanded repair of AC at every station. However, railway officers of other divisions only assured the passengers that the fault will be repaired at next station. The train arrived at Sewagram station at 6 pm. As the train started journey, the passenger pulled the chain. Sources said that the train was detained for 38 minutes at Sewagram station. 

After reaching at Nagpur station at 8.55 pm, staff of electrical department rushed to the spot and started operation. Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) and Assistant Commercial Manager (ACM) Rao also rushed to the spot. The officers explain the passengers that fault can repair in running train and central railway ready to depot staff in the coach. But, the passengers were not in position to hear plea of the officers. After repairing of fault, again the officers approached the passengers and informed that cooling will be start when train will run. Again the passenger refused the plea. After 30 minutes the passengers boarded in the train and the train resumed journey at 10.40 pm. Large number of staff of Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police was deployed at platform no 1 to avoid any unlawful incident. Senior Divisional Security Commandant Ibbrahim Sheriff, Police Inspector Chandrashkhar Bhabal, RPF Inspectors Kalyan More, R N Singh, Sub-Inspector P K Haldar were attended the train.

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