With the seizure of 28 illegal fire-arms and 57 cartridges, registration of 4,712 liquor cases, and a sharp rise to 862 NDPS cases , the Nagpur Rural Police delivered one of their toughest crackdowns on crime in 2025. Along with this, preventive action was taken against 2,178 accused involved in illegal activities. Large-scale operations against crime and unlawful businesses led to seizures worth Rs 7.7 crore by the police during the year. Preventive action against 1,496 According to official records, preventive action under Section 126 of the BNSS increased sharply from 569 cases in 2024 to 1,496 cases in 2025 which marked a 163 per cent rise. Preventive actions under Section 129 BNSS also increased from 1,644 cases to 1,965 cases. Violations of preventive bonds rose from 85 cases in 2024 to 201 cases in 2025, and fines recovered through courts jumped from Rs 11,600 to Rs 23,66,200. The number of externed accused increased from 42 to 106, while detentions under the...
As Mucormycosis is emerged as the new challenge, the District administration has also pulled up socks to tackle the fungal infection. As a precautionary measure, testing of Sugar levels of Covid-19 patients will be done across the district and 1.5 lakh Sugar testing kits have been purchased for the massive exercise.
District Collector Ravindra Thakre informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the testing of Covid-19 patients would be conducted by health workers across the city from next week. Cured patients of Covid-19 will be tested by the health workers during the drive, he said and added that training for the drive has already begun. After finding high sugar levels of patients, the health workers will offer them proper medication. The testing will be done sub-centers under Primary Health Care Centre, he said.
It may be mentioned that 1,42,053 persons were tested positive for Covid-19 in Nagpur district till June 1. Whopping 2,290 patients died while battling with infection of the virus. According to statistics, a total of 1097 Covid-19 patients are infected with Mucormycosis till May 31. Of them, 97 breathed their last during treatment.
Mucormycosis, known as ‘Black Fungus’, is a fungal infection that mainly affects people who are on medication for other health problems that reduces their ability to fight environmental pathogens. Sinuses or lungs of such individuals get affected after fungal spores are inhaled from the air.
People with uncontrolled diabetes are most vulnerable for the black fungus. It can be also triggered by the use of steroids in Covid-19 patients.
The black fungus affects nose, eyes and brain of the patient. In the initial stage, the patient experience either nasal blockage or congestion, nasal discharge (bloody or brown/ black) and localized pain inside the nose. The patient will then start to develop facial pain, numbness or even swelling of the face.
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