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Nagpur-Katol Road inspection exposes serious safety lapses, High Court issues notice to NHAI

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By Dheeraj Fartode The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has taken strong note of serious deficiencies on the Nagpur–Katol–Kalmeshwar road after a detailed inspection by a three-member committee. Based on the committee’s findings, the court on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to the project director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and asked for a reply by January 6. The matter was heard by Justices Anil Kilor and Rajnish Vyas. Earlier, the court had ordered a site inspection to verify whether the development work on the Nagpur-Katol road was completed as claimed by NHAI and to assess how much work was still pending. Accordingly, a committee comprising Advocates Ashwin Deshpande, Prasad Bawankule, Aradhya Pandey, along with NHAI’s lawyer Adv Anish Kathane, conducted the inspection on Saturday and submitted its report on Monday. In its report, the committee stated that many directions issued by the High Court in earlier orders have not been followed. The court ha...
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Crime against women increases in Nagpur range

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Crime against women in Nagpur Range

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District Rape Molestation
2011 2012 2013         2011 2012 2013
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Nagpur Rural 44 29 58 65 82 107
Wardha 34 40 51 88 93 149
Chandrapur 56 47 74 108 119 135
Bhandara 22 26 33 29 36 63
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Total 156 142 216 290 330 454
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(Data for the year 2013 is up to September)


Cops attribute increase in number to courage shown by victims in registering cases

By Dheeraj Fartode 
Nagpur Range comprising four districts of Eastern Vidarbha has registered 65 per cent rise in number of rape and molestation cases in first nine months of this year, over the previous year. Cops, however, have attributed this increase in number of rape and molestation cases to increased awareness among victims and courage shown by them.
As per the official data, four districts under Nagpur Range had registered a total of 156 cases of rape nad 290 of molestation in the year 2011. The next year, the Range saw a dip in number of rape cases but a rise of 40 cases of molestation. However, after the national outrage over brutal gang-rape and murder of 23-year-old paramedical students in Delhi, there has been spurt in registering of rape and molestation cases in Nagpur Range also. In the first nine months of this year, 216 cases of rape and 454 cases of molestation have been registered. This indicates 65.70 per cent rise in rape cases and 72.68 per cent rise in molestation cases.
Nagpur Range comprises four districts namely Nagpur Rural, Wardha, Chandrapur, and Bhandara. If one considers district-wise scenario, Nagpur Rural has seen cases of rape double. In 2012, the district had recorded 29 cases of rape. In first nine months of 2013, the number has gone up to 58. In Chandrapur district, number of rape cases rose from 47 in 2012 to 74 in 2013 (till September). Wardha and Bhandara districts also registered rise in rape cases over the previous year. It remains to be seen whether there is further increase in number of rape cases in remaining three months of this year.
Similarly, there has been rise in number of molestation cases also. Chandrapur district had registered 108 molestation cases in 2011 and the number rose to 119 in 2012. In 2013, the number has increased to 135. Nagpur Rural, which had registered 65 rape cases in 2011 and 82 in 2012, saw 107 cases registered between January and September this year. Wardha district saw 149 cases of molestation registered this year, as against 93 in 2012. Bhandara recorded 63 cases of molestation against 36 in previous year.
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Asked about the spurt in number of rape and molestation cases, Special Inspector General of Police (Nagpur Range) Rajinder Singh said, “The rise in reporting of cases could be attributed to increased level of awareness in victims of these crimes, especially after the Delhi incident.” According to him, registration of more number of cases was a positive sign as far as courage of victims is concerned. The cops also were made aware of issues and they registered cases on receipt of complaint from women. “We take care that no woman faces atrocities. We also assure that atrocities against women will not be tolerated,” he added.

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