KOLHAPUR: During a surprise raid by two Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) teams, twelve reels of nylon manja were seized from two sellers in Paan lane and Papachi Tikti area. The licensing department of the KMC has proposed to suspend the license of these two shops. KMC license inspector Balasaheb Jadhav said, "Two traders from Paan lane and Papachi Tikti area were found selling banned manja on Friday evening. Action has been taken against these two traders jointly by KMC's health department and licensing department. 12 reels of nylon manja have been seized and a proposal has been sent to suspend the licence of these shopkeepers."Meanwhile, Sanjay Shinde, the incharge collector for Kolhapur, has given instructions that strict action should be taken against the shopkeepers found selling nylon manja. To ensure that nylon manja is not sold clandestinely in the city, special teams have been formed to inspect the shops. If nylon manja is found at shops, strict action will be taken against the concerned shopkeepers. There are restrictions on the purchase, sale, use and transportation of such manja strings. School, college students and citizens should be aware of this," added Shinde.Incharge district collector Rahul Rekhawar said, "Many birds, animals and humans are severely injured due to the nylon strings used for flying kites. To avoid further harm, the citizens should not buy or use nylon manja."
NASHIK: The Bhadrakali police have arrested two persons for selling nylon manja covertly at around 12.15 pm near a hotel at Ganjmal bus stand.According to Bhadrakali police officials, the action was based on a tip-off about a person selling banned manja, which was hidden inside the glove box of a two-wheeler. The police received information that since the sale of nylon manja has been banned, people engaged in the business are taking different routes to reach the consumers. The accused are responding only when they are confident about the sale of manja to avoid getting trapped by the police. Hence, the police sent a person to contact him and buy a nylon manja spool from him. “The seller took out the spool from the glove box and sold it to the customer. After it was confirmed, we took 24-year-old Suraj Upam into custody. During interrogation, it was revealed that Upam would sell the banned strings and move about to avoid being tracked and arrested by the police,” said a police official. The police seized manja worth Rs 7,400 from him and a vehicle he was using for the business, totalling Rs 25,000. In another case, one more person was arrested by the Bhadrakali police. He had hidden spools in a gunny bag near a shop. The police found him selling the manja to prospective clients and recovered goods worth Rs 1,200 from him. So far, 33 persons have been booked for selling nylon manja in the city.
Kolhapur: Sunil Deshmukh, a former Wall Street commodity trader, who started the Maharashtra Foundation while residing in the US — to recognise the change makers from Maharashtra — passed away at the age of 74 in Miami on Wednesday. For anyone visiting the US from Maharashtra, Deshmukh’s house, located along the Miami beach in Florida, was available for stay for free as long needed, recalls Arun Naik fof rom Kolhapur.Deshmukh, born in Sangli, went to the US in 1970. He scaled the ladder to reach the peak of his career in his mid-40s, only to finally resign and start recognising the change makers from Maharashtra in 1992. Deshmukh was a poet, thinker and, most importantly, a vocal activist supporting many progressive causes. He started recognising the change makers from the state and awarded them a hefty amount after leaving his job. He also promoted the awards through the Maharashtra Foundation, the forum of Maharashtrian people living in the US. He donated Rs 2 crore to fund the prize amount back then when he could have easily purchased a house at Malabar Hill in Mumbai, one of the costliest places, as he had said in one of the public interaction programmes. Naik said, “His home in the US was always full of Marathi people, who had gone there for some temporary work or help. I met him a few times when he visited Sangli. He studied at the City High School. Whenever he used to visit for 10-15 days, he would have a lot of discussions with people and gather minute details of the things happening in the literature and social work.”These were the two sectors from which the change makers were felicitated. Every year, he used to find the people quietly contributing to Maharashtra’s progressive culture. For instance, this year, the award was given to Pramod Zinjade, an activist leading the movement to end the inhuman widow practices followed in rural Maharashtra. “Deshmukh was a staunch supporter of Narendra Dabholkar’s movement to free Maharashtra from superstitions. The Maharashtra Foundation had declared Dabholkar an activist of the decade and gave him prize money of Rs 10 lakh, which Dabholkar later donated to his movement. Deshmukh provided financial help to make the newsletter started by Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmoolan Samiti available in 12,500 schools across Maharashtra,” said Rahul Thorat, an Islampur-based activist of the Dabholkar movement.
KOLHAPUR: Sunil Deshmukh, a former Wall Street commodity trader, who started the Maharashtra Foundation while residing in the US - to recognise the change makers from Maharashtra - passed away at the age of 74 in Miami on Wednesday. For anyone visiting the US from Maharashtra, Deshmukh's house, located along the Miami beach in Florida, was available for stay for free as long needed, recalls Arun Naik fof rom Kolhapur.Deshmukh, born in Sangli, went to the US in 1970. He scaled the ladder to reach the peak of his career in his mid-40s, only to finally resign and start recognising the change makers from Maharashtra in 1992. Deshmukh was a poet, thinker and, most importantly, a vocal activist supporting many progressive causes. He started recognising the change makers from the state and awarded them a hefty amount after leaving his job. He also promoted the awards through the Maharashtra Foundation, the forum of Maharashtrian people living in the US. He donated Rs 2 crore to fund the prize amount back then when he could have easily purchased a house at Malabar Hill in Mumbai, one of the costliest places, as he had said in one of the public interaction programmes. Naik said, "His home in the US was always full of Marathi people, who had gone there for some temporary work or help. I met him a few times when he visited Sangli. He studied at the City High School."
Kolhapur: The state government has prepared a report regarding increasing the height of Almatti dam on the Krishna river, said Kolhapur district guardian minister Dipak Kesarkar.The report will be shared with Karnataka government, requesting the neighbouring to restrain from increasing the height of the dam.Activists from the district have been putting partial blame for the floods (since 2005) in Kolhapur and Sangli districts on Almatti dam built by Karnataka to harness water of Krishna river for irrigation purposes. The region had witnessed unprecedented floods in 2005, the first since the dam was built. Later, floods were witnessed in 2010, 2015, 2019 and 2021. Lakhs of hectares of crop was destroyed due to the floods. Moreover, thousands of people were left homeless.Kesarkar, speaking over Karnataka’s plan to increase the height of the dam, said, “The state government has prepared the report over Almatti’s effect on floods. We will share it with Karnataka and request them not to raise the height of the dam. We have witnessed better coordination between the two states in the last couple of years, owing to which large scale floods in the region have been averted. Karnataka has released water from the dam whenever the rivers from our side were reaching alarming levels.”The Karnataka government is going to increase the height of Almatti dam from 519 meters to 524 meters. Recently, MLA from Kagal Hasan Mushrif had raised the issue in Maharashtra’s assembly. Responding to the same, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Maharashtra government will request the Karnataka government not raise the height and if it tries to do so, Maharashtra government will move a petition in the Supreme Court to restrain Karnataka.
KOLHAPUR: The state government has prepared a report regarding increasing the height of Almatti dam on the Krishna river, said Kolhapur district guardian minister Dipak Kesarkar.The report will be shared with Karnataka government, requesting the neighbouring to restrain from increasing the height of the dam.Activists from the district have been putting partial blame for the floods (since 2005) in Kolhapur and Sangli districts on Almatti dam built by Karnataka to harness water of Krishna river for irrigation purposes. The region had witnessed unprecedented floods in 2005, the first since the dam was built. Later, floods were witnessed in 2010, 2015, 2019 and 2021. Lakhs of hectares of crop was destroyed due to the floods. Moreover, thousands of people were left homeless.Kesarkar, speaking over Karnataka's plan to increase the height of the dam, said, "The state government has prepared the report over Almatti's effect on floods. We will share it with Karnataka and request them not to raise the height of the dam. We have witnessed better coordination between the two states in the last couple of years, owing to which large scale floods in the region have been averted. Karnataka has released water from the dam whenever the rivers from our side were reaching alarming levels."The Karnataka government is going to increase the height of Almatti dam from 519 meters to 524 meters. Recently, MLA from Kagal Hasan Mushrif had raised the issue in Maharashtra's assembly. Responding to the same, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Maharashtra government will request the Karnataka government not raise the height and if it tries to do so, Maharashtra government will move a petition in the Supreme Court to restrain Karnataka.
KOLHAPUR: Three women died and three others were critically injured in a fire that broke out at a fireworks manufacturing unit at Pangti village of Barshi tehsil in Solapur district on Sunday afternoon. Seven others too are recuperating from their injuries. According to local authorities, the factory has more than 40 workers - most of them women. The fire broke out while the explosive material, used in the manufacture of fireworks, were being handled, said an official.The injured workers were immediately taken to Barshi's public hospital. Virendra Patil, the health officer, said three women were dead on arrival. They had died of burn injuries. The three others are still critical, he added. District collector Milind Shambharkar said fire tenders were sent to the spot. He said the work to identify the deceased and injured was still going on.According to eyewitnesses, the entire factory was up in flames. The blaze was so massive that dry grass over two kilometres from the periphery of the factory too was singed. A heavy earthmover too was gutted in the fire.
Three persons died and three persons got seriously injured in a major fire and several resultant blasts at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Barshi taluka of Solapur district Sunday.The Solapur rural police said the incident took place around 2.30 pm at the firecracker manufacturing unit which was running from makeshift sheds next to an agricultural field in Shirola village of the district.Shirish Sardeshpande, superintendent of police for Solapur rural, said: “Three persons are reported dead, and three more were critically injured in the fire. Rescue and relief operations are currently on. Teams from the local police, fire brigade, and other emergency response entities reached the spot after the incident.”Officials said that while the fire had been brought under control, the search for casualties was still on. Multiple subsequent blasts of firecracker powder were posing difficulties for the responders, they added.Solapur Collector Milind Shambharkar said those injured in the fireworks factory blast have been hospitalised and the fire has been brought under control.“We got information about the fire at 3.15 pm and dispatched fire tenders from nearby fire stations including those from Osmanabad and Pandharpur. Those injured have been sent to Rural Hospital, Pangri. The fire has been brought under control,” Shambharkar said.According to a Barshi local, 12-15 labourers usually work in the factory unit where the blast was reported.
After being alerted, the fire brigade and police personnel rushed to the spot. (Representational)Solapur: At least three persons were killed and as many others injured in a major fire that broke out after a blast at a firecracker factory in Maharashtra's Solapur district on Sunday, police said.The blaze erupted at the unit located at Shirala in Barshi taluka around 3 pm, an official said."There was a blast inside the firecracker manufacturing unit, which led to the fire," he said."After being alerted, the fire brigade and police personnel rushed to the spot and started a rescue operation," he said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comBarshi is located around 400 km from Mumbai. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
