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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 registers 27,432 offences for violating lockdown

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The Maharashtra Police, till Wednesday evening, registered 27,432 First Investigation Reports (FIRs) against thousands of people for violating the lockdown orders. Of them, 4,535 offences were registered in the Vidarbha region including massive 1,999 in Nagpur Police Commissionerate alone. 

Law and Order (L&O) Department of State police issued the statistics on Wednesday evening. Besides registering massive number of offences for violation of lockdown, the police have booked 438 persons for violating quarantine measures. Shockingly, a total of 60 policemen were attacked across the state while performing duty and 161 persons were arrested for the offences. Two policemen were infected in the State while saving the citizens from coronavirus infection and they are placed under quarantine. 

Similarly, the police have registered 977 offences for illegal transportation of various goods including liquor. A total of 1,886 persons were arrested and massive 12,420 vehicles were seized by the police. The police have imposed fine of Rs 95.56 lakh against the violators during the lockdown period. 
The entire police force is on the streets to manage the smooth flow of essential services across the State. As the State government ordered sealing of borders of districts and state, a large number of policemen deployed at entry points all cities. This nakabandi resulted into prohibiting vehicles from plying unnecessarily. 
In Vidarbha, Nagpur police have registered maximum 1,999 offences, followed by 637 offence by Buldhana police, 417 by Washim police, 407 by Amravati City Commissionerate, 308 by Yavatmal police, 154 by Amravati Rural, 131 by Bhandara police, 112 Gondia police, 104 by Wardha police, 95 by Chandrapur police, 69 by Gadchiroli police, 62 by Nagpur Rural and 40 by Akola police. 

Nagpur police tops chart of receiving 
phone calls regarding COVID-19

The Nagpur City Police topped the chart in the state for receiving phone calls at Control Room. In Maharashtra, a total of 58,009 phone calls were received till Wednesday. Of them, massive 17,668 phone calls were received at Nagpur Police Control Room followed by 14,698 at Mumbai Police, 6,885 by Pune police and so on.

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