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Now, fly to Bengaluru from next month After starting the Aurangabad-Hyderabad-Tirupati air service, Turbo Megha Airways will start Hyderabad to Bengaluru via Aurangabad air service from September 10. The passengers from Aurangabad will be benefited from this service. Considering the inflow of the passengers to Shirdi and passengers going to Tirupati, Turbo Megha Airways started Hyderabad to Aurangabad air service from July 26. Now, the airlines will start Hyderabad-Bengaluru service via Aurangabad due to the demand of the passengers.
There was a demand for an air service to visit Shirdi from the devotees coming from South India to Aurangabad. Aurangabad has got the connectivity to Hyderabad with this service and now it will be connected to Bengaluru next month.
Megha Turbo Airways is also planning flight between Aurangabad to Chennai, Goa and Mumbai soon, sources said. Meanwhile, airport director Alok Varneya said that Aurangabad has been included in the route of Hyderabad to Bengaluru flight to be started from September 10. The passengers need not change flight while going to Bengaluru from Hyderabad, he said.
The kin of freedom fighter Ratilal Jariwala could not stop their tears as the veteran leader began his final journey, on Thursday. Senior freedom fighter and staunch Congress activist Ratilal Jariwala's (99) mortal remains were consigned to flames on Thursday at 1 am. Dignitaries from all walks of life, including many freedom fighters, were present during his last journey. Jariwala, who played a lead role during Marathwada liberation movement, passed away on Wednesday afternoon. Freedom fighters from the city and district along with political leaders, educationists, social activists, Congress activists and hundreds of city residents gathered at his residence to pay last respects to the departed freedom fighter. Jariwala's funeral procession started from his Kunwarphalli-based residence and passed through Raja Bazaar, Jadhavmandi, Old Mondha, Gandhinagar, Laxman Chawadi before reaching Kailasnagar crematorium. His son Dr Nilesh Desai, daughters Dr Jyotiben Desai and Dr Amita Nagori performed last rituals amid chanting of 'mantras' by Dayaram Basayye and Jagannath Basayye and consigned the mortal remains of Jariwala to flames. A two-minute silence was observed in respect of late Jariwala. His wife and senior freedom fighter Chandaben Jariwala, freedom fighters Govindrao Sonde, Rambhau Phatangde, N V Deshpande, Tarabai Ladda, Muralidhar Bhus, Lala Laxminarayan Jaiswal, Adv Kashinath Nawandar, Dinkar Borikar, and others were present.
6 shops burgled, goods, cash worth Rs.3.5L stolen In a spate of shop burglaries, thieves targeted six shops in a row and made off with goods and valuables worth Rs 3.5 lakh in Deluxe Complex at Deolai Chowk on Beed Bypass on Monday night. Traders left for their homes after locking their shops between 9.30 pm and 10 pm on Monday and were shocked to see seven shops in a row broken this morning. Thieves first broke office of Icon Builders but did not get anything. Then they targeted Metro Electricals from where they lifted products worth Rs 3 lakh and broke a laptop before leaving this shop. Next was Bajrang Steel Traders, where they laid hands on Rs 20,000 in cash. They also stole Rs 15,000 from another shop Jay Balaji. They also targeted Patanjali medical shop and Samarth Furnishing from where they picked up Rs 2,000 each. In all the shops they targeted, the thieves damaged the shutters for entering the establishments.
It may be noted that a couple of weeks ago, the office of an estate broker and builder, Imtiaz Patel, was burgled and Rs 1.20 lakh were stolen in the same shopping complex. As reported earlier, in the heart of the city, thieves had broken popular Dulha-Dulhan shop on Sunday night, from where the booty of Rs 2.9 lakh was stolen. The spree of thefts has triggered panic among traders. news-lt
The crime branch of the city police arrested a man on the charge of seeking ransom of Rs 1 crore from the director of Rucha Engineering Company, Umesh Dashrathi, at a hotel in Waluj on Monday night at 9. The man accused of extortion has been identified as Mahesh Prabhuanna Chikankar (22, Pawannagar, Ranjangaon). He is a native of village Peer Mangrul in Washim district. He was arrested after 5 days of hide-and-seek between him and the crime branch cops and had agreed to accept Rs 30 lakh after bargaining.
The crime branch police inspector, Avinash Aghav, said that the Rucha Engineering manager, Nagnath Karade (35, Bajajnagar, Waluj), lodged a complaint stating that he received a call on his mobile phone from an unknown man on Thursday night at 8.30. The caller told Karade that he is in possession of a CD, of the company owner, Umesh Dashrathi, which he will hand over in lieu of Rs 1 crore and sought his mobile number. The wise manager, Karade, gave his another of his own mobile number saying that it was Dashrathi's number and as anticipated he received a call on that mobile phone immediately. This time Karade spoke like Umesh Dashrathi and started bargaining, that Rs 1 crore is too big an amount and he wouldn't be able to pay it. The extortionist agreed to hand over the CD to him at Rs 30 lakh. The deal took 2-3 days and 5-7 calls. Meanwhile Umesh Dashrathi in person approached the police and informed them about the crime. The deputy commissioner of police (DCP, HQ), Vasant Pardeshi, directed PI Aghav to look into the matter and acting on the directions, Aghav laid traps for 5-6 times, but failed to nab the extortionist as he grew suspicious that the police were alerted.
Dahi-Handi trick worked
PI Aghav told Karade to tell Mahesh that it won't be safe to exchange CD and money in the city due to tight security for Dahi-Handi. Police were checking vehicles and Nakabandi had been enforced. So it would be safer to do meet in Waluj and Mahesh agreed. Karade phoned Mahesh and told him to come with the CD to Trupti Guest House in Maharana Pratap Chowk in Waluj on Monday night, where he would give the bag stashed with cash and Mahesh would give the CD. Mahesh agreed to do so and came at the guest house and was nabbed by the crime branch cops.
Athlete dies at GMCH, negligence alleged A 19-year-old woman athlete died in the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Wednesday night following alleged negligence by doctors. According to details, Ashwini Bolkar, who was a rising star at national and international levels, was suffering from fever since July 22. She visited a clinic near her house. Following vomiting, she was later shifted to the municipal hospital (N-11), suspecting dengue. She was put on saline and administered an injection. Her CBC test was conducted as vomiting continued.
The athlete was shifted to the GMCH on July 28 after it was found that white cell count in her blood had reduced drastically. The GMCH doctors asked her family members on Monday that a sonography test could not be done on Tuesday being a public holiday. Due to this, she was rushed to the Hedgewar Hospital, where she could not be admitted due to lack of room. So, the patient was shifted back to the GMCH. Sahadu Bolkar, father of the victim, claimed that the doctors kept administering saline throughout the day on July 29. "Even on July 30, doctors ignored her condition. They removed water from her back for test. Her condition deteriorated further when she saw blood in the injection," he said. Ashwini Bolkar was shifted to the ICU. The doctors did not know that her white cell count had gone down to 21,000 from 48,000. She breathed her last at 11 pm on Wednesday. She was cremated at a crematorium in N-11 on Thursday morning.
Sahadu Bolkar said the doctors of the GMCH refused to give the medical report of his daughter.
GMCH Medicine Department Head Dr Mangala Borkar denied the allegations of negligence by her parents. "Her condition was fine till Wednesday afternoon. However, it deteriorated in the night and she died. We were also shocked," Dr Borkar added. News-LT
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) dream of streamlining the city's unorganised fish market is all set to come true in the next 30-40 days. Its new and centralized state-of-the-art fist market at Shahganj will be ready soon. Afsar Siddiqui, executive engineer in the AMC and project in-charge, said all the civic work of the market was ready. "We are now installing commercial category refrigerators in it. There will be five such refrigerators in the market and we have already completed work on two units. Three more units are to be installed in the next 10-15 days," he said.
To streamline the fish trade, the municipal corporation is constructing the modern market on a 60x20-metre plot in the heart of the city. The market will have 50 counters, a storage room and a 10,000-litre effluent treatment plant in the mutli-storied building. B S Naikwade, animal husbandry officer in the AMC, said the civic body had identified 54 fish dealers in the city, who will be relocated to the market. "We will soon set up a committee comprising corporators, civic authorities and representatives of fish sellers to facilitate allotments of blocks in the market," he said.
At present, fish sellers are located at 10-11 different spots in the city including Central Naka, Mukunwadi, Jatwada Road, Harsul and Padegaon. "But the civic body is planning to bring them all under one roof for providing better facilities. The new market will also help the civic body to control management of waste generated in the markets," he said. The civic body said that it would not allow sale of fish on open spaces once the new market becomes operational. "Those (dealers) who do not wish to operate from the centralized market would be allowed to stay at their old locations. However, they will have to follow all the norms of solid waste management and take fresh permissions from various departments," Naikwade added. The project is being carried out through special funding from the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB). Of the total project cost of Rs 1.84 crore, the NFDB is providing 90% of the fund. News-TOI
District collector, Vikram Kumar announced organising the annual Ellora festival after the gap of one year. He said the festival was not organised last year, but it will be organised this year as it is the cultural identity of the Aurangabad city. Similarly, new events will be organised during the festival considering the tourism development.
Ellora festival was regularly organised in the city till the past six years. However, in 2008, the festival was not organised due to the terror attack at Mumbai, in 2009 the reason was swine flu and the consecutive next two years it was not organised due to drought. In 2012, the festival was organised but not last year. This year, the festival will be organised for which the expected expenditure will be Rs 1 crore, Vikram Kumar said. The first Ellora festival was organised in 1986 at Ellora Caves while it was organised at Aurangabad in 2002. Since then it is organised at Soneri Mahal at the university premises. The festival is organised in November while eminent artists like Hema Malini, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Zakir Hussain, Ustad Rashid Khan, Ranu Mujumdar and others have participated in the festival so far. Considering the tourism development, the administration is considering to provide the facility of hot air balloon at Ellora. The tourists can enjoy the beauty of the caves from the sky in the balloon. The administration will purchase these balloons from an international company. The discussion is going on with the company in this regard. Similarly, Volvo bus service will be started for Ellora and Ajanta from Aurangabad soon. A fund of Rs 1.80 crore has been provided to purchase the buses, Kumar informed. News-LT
City traders observed spontaneous bandh on Tuesday as soon as the news of BJP senior leader and Union rural development minister Gopinath Munde's death spread. A pall of gloom descended on the city markets. Digital hoardings were placed in city's main chowks with Gopinath Munde's photo and a slogan 'Gad aala pan Sinh gela'. Majority of shops at Gulmandi, Paithan Gate, Tilak Path, Aurangpura, Kumbharwada, Machhali Khadak, Supari Hanuman Road, Anguribaugh, Bhendi Bazaar, Kasari Bazaar, City Chowk, Sarafa Bazaar, Shahgunj, Rajabazaar, Jadhavmandi, Mondha, Diwan Deodi areas remained closed for the day. Traders at Cidco Connaught Place also observed unprompted bandh in respect of Gopinath Munde. Avishkar Colony, Bajrang Chowk, Cidco N-7, N-9, Pharshi Maidan area, TV Centre shops were also closed due to which the roads in these areas wore a deserted look. In Hudco area, around 100 to 150 activists were appealing the traders to close their shops.
City bandh also evoked same response at Mukundwadi, Cidco N-2, Kamgar Chowk, Pundaliknagar, Gajanan Maharaj Mandir area, Jawahar Colony, Trimurti Chowk, Sutgirni area, Shivajinagar, Devanagri, Shahnoorwadi areas. Gopinath Munde's photos were placed in several city junctions by BJP and Shiv Sena activists and tributes were paid at several wards by garlanding the photographs. Trading activity too at city market halted and on the other hand Jadhavwadi and Mondha trading remained closed in respect of Munde. News-LT
An electronic appliances shop was reduced to ashes in Aurangpura area in a major fire on Thursday afternoon. No casualty was reported in the incident, though the shopkeeper suffered losses to the tune of crores of rupees.
The fire could not be put out till late in the evening.
According to details, Laxman Sawnani runs the shop 'National Electronics' in a three-storey building in the business centre of the city. The fire broke out on the top floor at 1.50 pm and the information of the incident was passed to the fire brigade by a salesmen. Three fire tenders and some private water tankers were rushed to the spot. The shop was packed with TV sets, refrigerators, LCDs, LEDs and other electronic appliances, which were gutted in the blaze. Some salesmen and customers were present in the shop when the fire broke out. But they ran out of the shop.
The exact cause of the fire couldn't be confirmed as the shopkeeper, Sawnani, and the chief fire officer of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Shivaji Jhanjhan, weren't available for their comment. There were around 25 firefighters engaged in the daunting task of dousing the flames. They had to break a wall in the shop to douse the flames. The smoke was emanating from the shop. The work of extinguishing fire was in process till late evening. The place falls is in the old city area. The fire incident attracted thousands of onlookers. They were inching closer to the shop and the police had a tough time driving them away from the spot. The adjacent shops were reported to be safe.News-lt
The government has released yet another instalment of Rs 75 crore to the district administration on Saturday to pay compensation to those farmers whose land was acquired for the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Earlier, the government had released two installments of Rs 100 crore and Rs 150 crore.
Farmers of Bidkin, along with four other villages, will get a total compensation of Rs 1,314 crore in installments.
"The first instalment of Rs 100 crore has already been disbursed among farmers, while the disbursement of the second instalment of Rs 150 crore will start from Monday onwards," land acquisition officer Sambhaji Adkune said, adding that so far the district administration has received Rs 325 crore out of the total Rs 1,314 crore, while the remaining amount is expected to be received soon.
In all, 2,351 hectares of land in the five villages, namely Bidkin, Nilajgaon, Nandalgaon, Bannitanda and Banglatanda, was acquired at the rate of Rs 23 lakh per acre. The administration had sent a proposal for the compensation to the industry department much before starting the land acquisition process, which was sanctioned in February. However, disbursement of compensation got delayed due to the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections. The industry department had sent the first instalment of Rs 100 crore to the district administration at March-end and Rs 150 crore after 15 days. On Friday, the administration received the third instalment of Rs 75 crore. News-lt