Dabo club Nagpur Efforts to reopen the controversial Dabo Club, which was shut down for 45 days following the murder of two young men, have triggered strong anger and fear among the families of the victims. The incident took place in the early hours of December 26 last year during a Christmas party at Dabo Club. Pranav Ranavare (27) was allegedly killed after a minor dispute. His friend, Gaurav Karda (34), was badly injured in the same incident and later died during treatment. The Sonegaon police arrested six accused - Soumya Deshmukh, Mehul alias Monu Rahate, Rajiv Chawla, Abhay Jhamtani, Gappu Sharma and Tushar Nankani. All the accused are currently lodged in jail. The club is owned by Directors Devyani Vijay Wadettiwar, Karan Vikram Thakkar and Mohd Hamza Rayeen. It may be mentioned here that Dabo Club has a long history of complaints related to harassment and assaults. Police sources said repeated warnings were ignored by the management. During the investigation, it was found...
A TOTAL of 482 coaches of Central Railways are lying idle after being converted into modified isolation wards for COVID-19 patients. The coaches are unused as the State Government has not yet requested for deployment of the coaches, stated a top-rank railway official.
According to information, Central Railways has modified 482 coaches for COVID-19 patients as per the directives of Ministry of Railways. Of them, 60 quarantine coaches with capacity of 16 persons in each were prepared by Central Railways Nagpur Division while 120 were prepared by Central Railways Carriage workshop, Matunga, Mumbai.
Responding to Right to Information (RTI) query filed by Ajay Bose, Central Railways stated that Rs 77,678/- were spent for modification of each coach. The coaches have facilities of two bottle holders, two coat hooks, oxygen cylinder bracket, three sets of foot-operated dustbins, bathing arrangement, health faucet, bathing seat, mug, bucket. Each coach having separate block for nurse and doctors by making provisions of transparent plastic curtains, sufficient converted electrical points to accommodate other medical accessories. In all these coaches, middle berth was removed to create extra space, Central Railways replied to RTI query.
The middle berths had been removed and the lower portion of the compartment was plugged by plywood during modification. These coach isolation wards can be used for patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19 infection. While health infrastructure is exhausting in the State and many patients are not getting beds in the hospital, the State Government can use the coaches for patients.
Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Shivaji Sutar of Central Railways told ‘The Hitavada’ that protocol for the coaches was defined. As per the protocol, the State Government would request for the coaches when their existing health infrastructure would exhaust. The State Government would send the request to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which directs the Railways for deployment of coaches. The Railways have nominated one official as Nodal Officer for the same, CPRO Sutar said.

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