The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
The state is facing severe power outages due to shortfall of almost 3,500 MW and situation could be worsen in next two days. This major gap of demand and supply has forced Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) to resort load-shedding across the state.
According to information, the MSEDCL has seen 20 per cent rise in the demand this year. Current demand of the state is between 18,000 MW to 18,500 MW which is 2,000 MW more as compared to last year.
An official said that Koradi set No. 10 (660 MW), Set No. 2 of Khaparkheda (210 MW), Parali’s set No 8 (250 MW), Adani set No 1 (660 MW), Rattan India’s set No 4 and 5 (270 MW each) are shut down owing to technical reasons.
The MSEDCL have rescheduled the power supply to agricultural feeders and power will be available for agriculture pumps between 1 am to 7 am. A senior official of MSEDCL said the load-shedding has been carried out mainly at areas with higher bill defaulters. Now, situation is under control but it would be depend upon the climatic condition.
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