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,...
Date 15-10-19
An Auto-rickshaw driver was killed in road accident while trying to avoid a stray dog in Yashodhara Nagar area. Just then when they neared the petrol pump, a stray came in the middle of the road.
A 72-year-old autorickshaw driver died on Monday from injuries sustained in a road accident that took place while he trying to avoid running over a stray dog in Yashoda Nagar area of Maharashtra's Nagpur, police said. According to police, the Auto-rickshaw (MH-49/AR-4079) driver - Bhagwandas Govardhansingh Verma (72) - was heading towards Mohd Ali Petrol Pump from Naglok after attending a wedding when the accident occurred on Saturday at 8.30 pm. The accident happened on Saturday night when driver Bhagwandas Verma was heading towards a petrol pump, an official said. "A dog came in his way and he tried to swerve and the vehicle overturned in the process. He sustained serious injuries to his head. He died in hospital on Monday," an official said.
In another case, an unidentified vehicle knocked a pedestrian dead in Koradi area on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Ramnaresh Laxman Choudhary (75), a resident of Om Nagar. According to police, Ramnaresh was walking on the road near Om Sai Nagar gate at 7.30 pm. An unidentified vehicle came from another side and hit Ramnaresh. He sustained grievous injuries in the mishap. Onlookers rushed profusely bleeding Choudhary to hospital where he breathed his last. Koradi police have registered the case under Sections 279 and 304 (a) of Indian Penal Code.
A 72-year-old autorickshaw driver died on Monday from injuries sustained in a road accident that took place while he trying to avoid running over a stray dog in Yashoda Nagar area of Maharashtra's Nagpur, police said. According to police, the Auto-rickshaw (MH-49/AR-4079) driver - Bhagwandas Govardhansingh Verma (72) - was heading towards Mohd Ali Petrol Pump from Naglok after attending a wedding when the accident occurred on Saturday at 8.30 pm. The accident happened on Saturday night when driver Bhagwandas Verma was heading towards a petrol pump, an official said. "A dog came in his way and he tried to swerve and the vehicle overturned in the process. He sustained serious injuries to his head. He died in hospital on Monday," an official said.
In another case, an unidentified vehicle knocked a pedestrian dead in Koradi area on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Ramnaresh Laxman Choudhary (75), a resident of Om Nagar. According to police, Ramnaresh was walking on the road near Om Sai Nagar gate at 7.30 pm. An unidentified vehicle came from another side and hit Ramnaresh. He sustained grievous injuries in the mishap. Onlookers rushed profusely bleeding Choudhary to hospital where he breathed his last. Koradi police have registered the case under Sections 279 and 304 (a) of Indian Penal Code.
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