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

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  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,...
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Mahagenco files police complaint against coal washery operators

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  • The washery operators were engaged to wash and minimize the ash content in coal received from Western Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 

By Dheeraj Fartode
Accusing coal washery operators with embezzeling 6.16 lakh metric tonne coal worth Rs 122 crore, Maharashtra State Power Generatioon Company Limited (MSPGC) has filed a complaint with Sadar police against six operators requesting to register offence against them for criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating and fraud. 
According to Mahagenco, the washery operators were engaged to wash and minimize the ash content in coal received from Western Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and the alleged discrepancy took place during 2009 to 2011. The contract with washery operators was terminated in August 2012 and their bank guarantee was confiscated. It was followed by long and bitter legal proceedings between Mahagenco and washery operators and matter is pending before the Supreme Court. 
Mahagenco claimed that operators did not supply the recoup quantity of coal to the tune of 5.64 lakh metric tonne and balance quantity of raw coal lying with operators to the tune of 52,454 MT due to non-fulfillment of required parameters and as such 6.16 lakh MT tonne coal belonging to Mahagenco tantamount to various offences. 
The Mahagenco has named M/s Gupta Coalfields and &Washeries Ltd, Nagpur; M/s ACB (India) Ltd formerly M/s Aryan Coal & Benefication Pvt Ltd; M/s Indo Unique Flame Ltd, Nagpur; M/s Bhatia International Ltd, Indore and Nagpur; M/s Spectrum Coal&Power Ltd, New Delhi and Hyderabad; M/s Global Coal &Mining Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon in the complaint. The Mahagenco has given bifurcation of coal lifted by each of the washery operator from three coal utilities, actual coal supplied and balanced raw coal not liquidated to substantiate its allegations. 
Mahagenco alleged that washery operators have not come forward to sign the joint reconciliation statement and also failed to liquidate the raw coal stock holding with them and thus they have cheated Mahagenco and State of Maharashtra. The complainant claimed that washery operators lifted more quantity and supplied less than the agreed recoup quantity and one-sided calculations were done by Mahagenco in May 2012 and later decision to encash bank guarantee of washery operators was taken. Sadar Police has registered the complaint but yet to file FIR against non-applicants named in the criminal complaint filed by Mahagenco on Saturday. 

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  1. UMAKANT30 April 2016 at 14:46

    Issue Managed successfully

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  2. UMAKANT30 April 2016 at 14:47

    Complaints asked to show criminality against each operator.

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