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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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Maha police calls for additional manpower to enforce lockdown

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Police personnel on deputation to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) are now being drafted for regular duties with uniformed personnel as Maharashtra Police gears up to face the onslaught of novel coronavirus in the State. Maharashtra Police move comes as the current manpower is falling short in coping up with increasing demand for cops in the stepping-up fight against COVID-19. 

Director General of Police (DGP) Subhodh Jaiswal issued an order directing CID (Crime), ACB and Protection of Human Rights (PCR), considered as non-regular units, to release personnel who are told to report to their respective police units immediately.

A police official said that the additional manpower is required to maintain law and order in the State amid increasing number of asymtomatic and positive patients. Staff of these special units are appointed on deputation from State police. The police staff would be deployed in the state for manning bandobast, informed the official. 
The order was issued by Shrishail Chandappa Imde, Office Superintendent, DGP Office, stated that as the coronavirus is spreading its tentacles in the State, preventive measures are needed to be taken immediately. The current staff available with Commissioner of Police (CP) and Superintendent of Police (SPs) is falling short and hence all non-executive staff and officials should be released as per the need,” the order stated. 
As per information, Maharashtra police has 2.20 lakh police personnel on its rolls, it includes 10 per cent staff serving in CID, ACB and PCR. After State ordered lockdown to prevent spread of coronavirus, entire police staff was deployed for enforcement of lockdown. Units of HomeGuards were also roped-in for the field duties to shoulder the load of picket points put up at various places. Still the field officials are facing staff crunch for maintaining bandobast duties as the existing force is stretched to its limits. 
Sources claimed that drafting of additional manpower could be an indication that the lockdown period may get extended, if not in entire State but in specific areas that would required putting up extra picket point, claimed sources. 



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