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,...
Around 7,000 police personnel will be deployed for security of Winter Session of State Legislature slated to begin here from Monday. The security arrangements are being monitored by Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar and Joint CP Aswati Dorje. Director General of Police (DGP) Rajnish Seth would review the bandobast plan likely on Sunday.
The police are geared up to ensure that no untoward incident takes place during the Session. The top officials conducted a meeting of officials and issued necessary instructions.
The security cover for the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have also been strengthened. Security at the Vidhan Bhavan, where the two houses of the legislature meet, 'Ramgiri', the official residence of the Chief Minister and 'Devgiri,' the official residence of the Deputy Chief Minister, has been beefed up. No person without valid photo identification would be allowed entry at the three places. Security had also been tightened at MLA Hostel and Nag Bhavan, said CP Amitesh Kumar.
These places would be guarded by the posse of armed policemen round the clock. Commandos of ‘Force One,’ and Quick Response Team (QRT) and armed policemen have been deployed in the ‘three tier’ security at Vidhan Bhavan. Staff at CCTV control room also increased for effective round the clock monitoring. A total of 600 vehicles have been allotted for police duties, he said.
Around 2,500 police personnel from various units across the State have reached Nagpur for bandobast duties, said CP Kumar. Apart from this, seven companies of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), 1,000 Home Guards will be also support police in the bandobast. Six teams of Riot Control Police (RCP), seven teams of QRTs, Riot Control Vehicle (Vajra), Vehicle Mounted Water Cannon (Varun), Dog squads and Bomb Detection and Disposal Sqads will remain on toes for immediete response to emmrgency situation. Weekly leave of police personnel has been canceled till January 3, he informed.
Temporary residential arrangements for woman police personnel have been made at Lakadganj Police Quarters while men police personnel will rest at New Sarai in Motha Taj Bagh, Police Colony in New Kamptee, Police Training Centre, Tirpude College and other places, the CP informed.
According to initial reports, around 70 morchas will be taken out by various political and social organisations during the session. So far, eight organisations have received green signal for Morchas on the first day -- Monday. Twenty Dharnas and three chain hunger strikes have also been allowed by the police.
The Morchas will be blocked at Morris College T Point, Shree Mohini Complex, Tekdi Road, Liberty T Point and LIC Chowk. A DCP rank official will be the in-charge of Morcha points. The traffic movement on this route will also be diverted. Mobile Surveillance vehicles will remotely monitor movements of Morchas.
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