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Shocker : Push to reopen Dabo Club after Christmas Night double murder

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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...
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Government made speed government mandatory for commercial vehicles

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By Dheeraj Fartode
In a move to restrain reckless drivers of commercial vehicles, Government have made it mandatory for all such vehicles to have speed governors. The Government has fixed the upper speed limit to 80 km/hour for such vehicles and the restriction comes into effect from April 1. As per the amendment to Motor Vehicles Act, the Government has now made it compulsory for manufacturers to roll out vehicles with pre-installed speed governors. State Transport Department have directed all vehicle manufacturers to install the device in their vehicles at manufacturing stage or either at distribution stage.

It can be mentioned that Volvo buses, MSRTC buses and other long haul vehicles ply with speed of 100 km/hr and at time beyond it also. Accidents of such public transport vehicles has resulted in deaths  on large scale across many parts of States.
Speaking on the development, Regional Transport officer (RTO), Nagpur City, Sarjerao Shelke informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the decision is most welcome and should help in decrease road fatalities. RTO would not permit registration of new vehicles sans speed governors.
It can be mentioned that Union Government had amended Motor Vehicles Act 1989 through issuance of a Government Resolution GSR 943 (E) on December 31, 2012 and the amendment comes into effect from April 1, 2014 onwards. As per the amendment all vehicle manufacturing companies (vehicles that have yellow number plate) are directed to mandatorily install speed governors.

Bus Body Code

A new bus body code (Automotive Industry Standards or AIS: 052) also comes into force from April 1 onwards and this is aimed at averting accidents. Bus body code lays down specification about service doors, emergency exits, seats, leg space, windows, floor height, gangways, hand rest, steps and other aspects for buses.
Bus body code defines each and every internal and external aspects of the bus body and it also provides guidelines about material to be used, apart from mandatory technical and safety requirements. The code will standardise bus bodies and restrict on building oversize buses. It takes care of every aspect of bus body building, irrespective of passengers' carrying capacity and type such as non-deluxe, deluxe, semi-deluxe and air-conditioned.
The implementation of this measure is to ensure that buses are built according to the specified standards, stipulated by the Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) which has specified ergonomic  design, safety and other aspects. It can be mentioned that while cars carry only three to four persons but it has more safety standards than a bus which transports a large number of people.

Vehicles price will increase

Price of the vehicles would increase by Rs 4,000 to 10,000 after April 1 as companies are going to pass on the cost of speed governors on customer. The device is available in the market in range of Rs. 12,000 to 20,000.
Additional RTO, Ravindra Chavan said that autorickshaws, delivery vans, trucks, buses falls in the category of commercial vehicles. The speed governor will be an electronic control unit (ECU) and it restricts fuel supply to the engine and inter alia prevents its acceleration beyond the permissible limit. The device is tamper proof and any smarties attempting to by-pass would see the vehicle getting jammed.

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