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,...
By Dheeraj Fartode
Amid round the clock bandobast duties for implementation of lockdown, Maharashtra police have extended the date of submission of forms for General Transfers (GT) by a week. The GT may get delayed this year as police staff assuming longer period of lockdown, claimed sources.
However top officials are confident that despite the outbreak of coronavirus, the transfer would be carried out as per routine. Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Establishment Board Kulwant Sarangal told ‘The Hitavada’ that the date was extended as the police officials are busy with bandobast duties. “Approval from Unit Commander and Inspector General of Police (IGP Range) is needed to approve the submitted forms. However, these senior officials are busy in implementation of lockdown in the state,” he said and added that the transfer orders would definitely be issued before May 31st.
ADG Wireless Retesh Kumaarr has sent a wireless message to all police units alerting them about extended date. The wireless message stated - Regarding submission of on-line applications for GT and request transfer- 2020 in the rank of officers - Assistant Police Inspectors (APIs) and Police Sub-Inspectors is underway. The time line to submit the on-lice application by the officers has been given till March 26th. On the ground of COVID-19 virus, since most of the officers are engaged in bandobast duties as well as very less numbers of ministerial staff is attending the office. It has been decided to extend the timeline for submitting the on-line applications by one week. In this regard, all Unit Commanders are hereby informed that the date of submission of “Three choices for posting” for the officers has been extended by one week upto April 2nd.
It may be mentioned here that Establishment Board of Maharashtra Police starts process of GT in February and transfer orders are issued during last week of May every year.
This year, the Wireless Department of Maharashtra police have digitised data of 17,000 police personnel under Maharashtra Police Information & Analysis System (MPIAS). The cops are first time using the digital tool for fling their transfer forms.
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