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,...
Acting on the directives of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court, Commissioner of Police (CPAmitesh Kumar has directed all police stations to survey the population of stray dogs in their jurisdictions.
In an order, the CP directed the police personnel to compile a data of complaints received at police stations against stray dogs. The police station staff will also visit the spots where the stray dogs are creating nuisance and count their population, the CP’s order stated. The police will also share the data with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and the monitoring committee so that the citizens would get rid of nuisance creating stray dogs. The CP also tasked policemen to check whether complaints from Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) about stray dogs are received or not at police stations.
The top cop also directed the personnel to prepare a list of dog bite cases reported in each police station in the past three years. As the stray dogs used to gather where they get food, the police staff have been directed by the CP to make a list of such spots. The cops will also keep watch on the spots where NGOs or citizens are offering food to stray dogs, as per the order.
It may be mentioned here that the High Court, while considering the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning the stray dog menace in the city, had directed the CP to exercise the powers under Sections 44 of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, to bring under control nuisance created by street dogs.
The Division bench of Justice Sunil Shukre and Justice M W Chandwani had also asked the NMC to show enthusiasm and must take the requisite initiative for complying with those directions; and doing so by it, would only lead to substantial reduction or elimination of the nuisance caused by ferocious and aggressive dogs. The bench will hear the matter on December 7.
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