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,...
------------------------
Year Morchas
------------------------
2005 86
2006 53
2007 53
2008 77
2009 81
2010 95
2011 83
2012 91
2013 101
2014 95
2015 123
----------------------
By Dheeraj Fartode
The winter session of Maharashtra Legislature held in city this year witnessed highest number of morchas. About 123 different organisations marched to Vidhan Bhavan to press for their various demands. After Gowari stampede in 1994, casualties during the morcha were witnessed this year only. A farmer and a youngster lost their lives during the course of morchas. Beside an underlying feature this year was that organisation taking out morchas were more vocal and desperate and put pressure on the policemen deployed on bandobast leading to use of force. The police were required to use force twice during this year winter session, leading to injuries.
The morchas of Maharashtra Rajya Sanganak Parichalak Sanghatana and Matang community tried to break through the barricades leading to scuffle with policemen on duty. Many youngsters were seriously injured in the cane-charge-charge and were admitted to hospital.
In shocking incident a participant in the morcha of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) consumed poison and later died at hospital on December 17. The incident sent shock waves in the State as this is for first time a farmer committed suicide near Vidhan Bhavan. “Thousands of farmers have committed suicide in their villages but this was first such incident in viccinity of seat of power.,” said a social worker.
A participant of morcha of Maharashtra Rajya Sanganak Parichalak Sanghatana fell unconscious during the morcha. He was admitted at hospital and died after two-days of treatment. Nearly 10,000 computer operators from across the State stayed put at morcha point for a week and did not budget till Government gave in and agreed to their demands. This was also a rare case when those participating in morcha battling nature refused to disperse and forced Government to accept their main demand of hike in salary.
Another attempt to commit suicide was reported on December 14, when a farmer from Amravati district, tried to hang himself from a tree near Hislop College. He was rescued by the cops in nick of time and avoiding another controversy.
Repeating annual’ practice, the city police had allocated five morcha points -- Tekdi Road, Morris College T-point, Empire Point-- LIC Square and Liberty Talkies Square. Varun (Water canon), personnel of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) along with state police were deployed at the morcha points for bandobast. Apart from morchas, 93 agitation, 36 chain hunger strike were also held during the course of three week session. As per the statistics, least number of morchas were taken out in years 2006 and 2007 i.e. 53.
Year Morchas
------------------------
2005 86
2006 53
2007 53
2008 77
2009 81
2010 95
2011 83
2012 91
2013 101
2014 95
2015 123
----------------------
By Dheeraj Fartode
The winter session of Maharashtra Legislature held in city this year witnessed highest number of morchas. About 123 different organisations marched to Vidhan Bhavan to press for their various demands. After Gowari stampede in 1994, casualties during the morcha were witnessed this year only. A farmer and a youngster lost their lives during the course of morchas. Beside an underlying feature this year was that organisation taking out morchas were more vocal and desperate and put pressure on the policemen deployed on bandobast leading to use of force. The police were required to use force twice during this year winter session, leading to injuries.
The morchas of Maharashtra Rajya Sanganak Parichalak Sanghatana and Matang community tried to break through the barricades leading to scuffle with policemen on duty. Many youngsters were seriously injured in the cane-charge-charge and were admitted to hospital.
In shocking incident a participant in the morcha of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) consumed poison and later died at hospital on December 17. The incident sent shock waves in the State as this is for first time a farmer committed suicide near Vidhan Bhavan. “Thousands of farmers have committed suicide in their villages but this was first such incident in viccinity of seat of power.,” said a social worker.
A participant of morcha of Maharashtra Rajya Sanganak Parichalak Sanghatana fell unconscious during the morcha. He was admitted at hospital and died after two-days of treatment. Nearly 10,000 computer operators from across the State stayed put at morcha point for a week and did not budget till Government gave in and agreed to their demands. This was also a rare case when those participating in morcha battling nature refused to disperse and forced Government to accept their main demand of hike in salary.
Another attempt to commit suicide was reported on December 14, when a farmer from Amravati district, tried to hang himself from a tree near Hislop College. He was rescued by the cops in nick of time and avoiding another controversy.
Repeating annual’ practice, the city police had allocated five morcha points -- Tekdi Road, Morris College T-point, Empire Point-- LIC Square and Liberty Talkies Square. Varun (Water canon), personnel of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) along with state police were deployed at the morcha points for bandobast. Apart from morchas, 93 agitation, 36 chain hunger strike were also held during the course of three week session. As per the statistics, least number of morchas were taken out in years 2006 and 2007 i.e. 53.
Comments
Post a Comment