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,...
- Top police brass in Nagpur Police Commissionerate seems deeply untouched at non working of surveillance system
By Dheeraj Fartode
The next time city police dishes out expert advice, especially to keep a check on intruders, citizens or business should dare to ask back the cops, have they done it themselves? The question has arisen as the close circuit televisions (CCTV) system at office of Commissioner of Police have been rendered useless. The reason, CCTV at CP office are out of order for past one year or so.
Sources informed that the cameras were installed during the tenure of then CP Pravin Dixit who then ordered police station to advocate using CCTV after receipt of theft complaints. After working for a year, the system developed a technical snag during the tenure of Ankush Dhanvijay as CP. Dhanvijay paid little heed to repair the CCTV. K K Pathak took over reins of Nagpur Police Commissionerate in November 2012, and with the defunct CCTV system also, now it is learnt.
Pathak too had batted for CCTV cameras and asked the force to pursue the policy promoted by his predecessor Commissioner of Police Pravin Dixit. As such Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), Police Station Officers (PSOs) are consistently appealing shop owners in city to go for CCTV cameras as cops argue the footage come in handy during investigations as it offers important clues.
Sometimes back, Commissioner of Police had announced a plan to install CCTV at strategic locations in the city to help in better policing the city. A plan too was drafted wherein it was mentioned that the cameras would help police combat street crime, especially chain-snatchers and also help in keeping effective check on traffic violators and hoodlums. CP had contacted Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL) and Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) to sponsor the equipment and installation for 100 CCTVs as part of their corporate social responsibility.
However, city police initiative for CCTV coverage of city is contrary to its own disinterest in putting its house in order. Or should one think the cops do not like the obnoxious CCTV to record happenings in office of top cop of city.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Sunil Kolhe who is in-charge for overlooking administration at CP office was not available for comment. Repeated attempts to contact him failed.
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