Families displaced for NDA await rehab, HC pulls up Pune collector
The Bombay high court has directed the Collector, Pune to explain as to why he did not take concrete steps for resuming over 38 acres land at Hingne, meant for rehabilitation of Kopare villagers displaced by the National Defence Academy (NDA), from M/s Kakade Constructions Private Limited after the firm purportedly failed to complete the rehabilitation project.
The division bench of justice SC Dharmadhikari and justice RI Chagla has also directed the Collector to disclose in the affidavit if he was feeling inhibited in any manner from taking the requisite steps or exercising powers conferred on him by the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code to protect and safeguard the public property.
The bench has directed him to file the affidavit by December 11, 2019.
The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Shree Kamladevi Gramvikas Pratishthan espousing cause of the families waiting for their proper rehabilitation and separate petitions by some of the affected families. The petitioner body complained that there was no progress in the work of their resettlement, which has been entrusted to Kakade Constructions.
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A day after an improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered from under the sports utility vehicle (SUV) of a sub-inspector in the Ranjit Avenue area, police on Wednesday said they have sent their teams to different states to arrest the suspects after getting some clues. Additional director general of police (ADGP), internal security, RN Dhoke said the IED weighed about 2.7kg and contained RDX. Sub inspector Dilbagh Singh's driver had noticed the explosive while cleaning the vehicle.
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Jaipur woman, 32, set afire by relatives dies: Police
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Supertech twin towers: FIR against three former fire officers over issuing NOC
An FIR has been lodged against three former chief fire officers (CFOs) of Gautam Buddh Nagar over alleged irregularities in providing no objection certificate to Supertech's illegal twin towers in Noida. The FIR has been lodged at the Phase 2 police station on the complaint of a current fire department official in the wake of an inquiry conducted by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Fire Service Headquarters (Lucknow).
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Lots in a name: Row brews over new districts carved out in West Bengal
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Bhopal: 2 revenue officials washed away while crossing bridge over Siwan river
In a tragic incident, a tehsildar and a patwari (village accountant) were washed away while crossing a bridge of the swollen Siwan river in a car on Tuesday night, said police. Police recovered the body of patwari Mahendra Rajak and the car about 4km away but tehsildar Narendra Singh Thakur remains missing. The rescue teams are trying to locate tehsildar. Rescue teams continue looking for Thakur across the river.
