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,...
South East Central Railway (SECR) has approved a proposal for construction of three kennels at Nagbhid, Dongargadh and Bilaspur station for dedicated detective dog squads. Railway Protection Force (RPF) of SECR will get a helping hand with the dog squad for checking of trains and passenger luggage.
Divisional Security Commandant (DSC) Ashutosh Pandey informed The Hitavada that tendering process would be start this month. Similarly, three dogs will be purchased from the Hydarabad this month. “The dogs will be inducted in the service after eight months of training,” he said and added that funds for maintaining the canines have already been sanctioned.
The RPF is entrusted with the responsibility of escorting passenger trains and providing security on platforms, passenger and circulating areas besides protecting railway property. The SECR RPF have two dog squads stationed at Motibagh and Gondia railway stations. These squads have pair of sniffer and tracker dogs each.
The construction of kennels is the part of integrated security system of railways. It will house sniffer dogs only. The sniffer dogs would help RPF by detecting the presence of drugs and narcotics including Marijuana, cocaine and heroin. An indication from a sniffer dog can be enough for RPF to search for drugs.
RPF personnel would be deputed as handlers to maintain the canines. The idea of forming the squads is cater to emergency requirements swiftly at the stations and for those situated few hours from the important railway stations, said DSC Pandey.
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