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A Village Burnt Overnight: Tears, Loss and Survival in Dhamangaon Blaze

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  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,...
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60% policemen were victims of road accidents out 840 policemen killed on-duty

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Published on November 9, 2019

More police personnel died in road accidents in the country than and terrorist and left-wing extremist (LWE) attacks in year 2017. A total of 502 police personnel (59.67%) were killed in road accidents out of total 840 police personnel killed, said National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in its recently released report.
Maharashtra lost two police personnel in naxal attacks and one due to accidental firing of weapon.  In sharp contrast, 30 were killed road accidents in the state which describe need of providing secure vehicles and safeguards to the policemen. 
In Jammu and Kashmir 237 police personnel were killed including 157 killed by riotous mobs and 71 in action against terrorists, 93 policemen were killed in Uttar Pradesh, 78 were killed in Punjan including 72 in road accidents, 51 were killed in Tamil Nadu including 50 in road accidents, 50 were killed in Madhya Pradesh including 39 in road accidents while nine by riotous mob, 41 policemen were killed in Haryana including 40 in road accidents, 40 were killed in Gujarat including 39 in road accidents and so on. 
A senior police officer said that the trend of killing of good policemen in accidents in needs to be taken seriously. “We are lossing our personnel due to negligence of the drivers. The checks would prevent accidents due to drivers’ mistake,” he said.
A retired officer said that conducting periodic tests of police drivers is need of an hour. Medical tests of policemen using motorcycle for patrolling should also be conducted including their eyesight and also their alcoholic habits.

2,684 policemen injured 

As many as 2,684 policemen were injured on-duty during operations across the country in year 2017. However, number of policemen injured in road accidents just 350. According to statistics, 308 police personnel were injured in Maharashtra in year 2017. Of them, 45 were injured in operations against terrorist and naxals, 28 during anti-dacoity operations, 128 by riotous and 57 in attacks by criminals. 

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