Maharashtra
Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion: Ajit Pawar Gets Finance Portfolio, Chhagan Bhujbal Gets Agriculture, Says Report

Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion has been a talking point for quite some time now since Ajit Pawar and nine other leaders of NCP joined the Shinde-Fadnavis government. Amid speculations of clashes due to ministerial berth allocations, a scribe has shared the list of portfolios that Pawar and leaders backing him have been given.
Reportedly Ajit Pawar has been alloted Finance portfolio while Chhagan Bhujbal has received Agriculture portfolio. Dilip Valse Patil will be heading the Cooperation Department while Dharmarao Atram will preside over Transport Department. Dhananjay Munde has been alloted Social Justice Department. Nextly, Anil Bhaidas Patil has been given Food Civil Supplies portfolio. Aditi Tatkare has been entrusted with Women Child Welfare Department while Sanjay Bansode was given Sports. NCP Leader Hasan Mushrif will look after Minorities Department.
Delhi visit
On Wednesday (July 12), with the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP trying to work out their respective party participation in the cabinet expansion, Deputy Chief Minister and NCP rebel Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.
Pawar and his loyalists had joined hands with the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on July 2, but there has been no consensus on the distribution of portfolios thus far, which was already long due.
On August 9, 2022, 18 ministers were inducted in the Shinde-Fadnavis government after it came to power in June, while as per rules the council of ministers in the state can have a maximum of 43 members.
After much speculation, Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that the cabinet expansion will happen within 24 hours.
Maharashtra
Kasara mumbra railway accident Media is not interested in general issues: Raj Thackeray

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray described the Kasara Mumbra train accident as unfortunate and said that travelling by railway is the most difficult thing. In the evening, the platform is so crowded that it is difficult to board the trains. Despite this, passengers travel by railway. There is no planning in the cities. This is the reason why the condition of the railway is poor. Accidents happen to those travelling by railway every day. Cities are only building skyscrapers in the name of development projects, in which there is no parking arrangement. The traffic problem is the same as it is. The traffic problem in Mumbai and Pune police stations is very worrying.
The burden of passengers on the railway has increased. There is no separate arrangement for the people of Mumbai in the railways. The condition of the passengers is bad, but the media has nothing to do with these problems. Instead of running the news of when Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray will come together, if they had drawn the government’s attention to these problems, a solution would have been found. Cities will not develop with metro and monorail alone. Despite metro and monorail, vehicle registration has not stopped. There is no study of who travels by metro and monorail. The problem of traffic on the roads still persists. In such a situation, there is a need to pay attention to urban problems. I demand the Ministry of Railways to pay attention to this.
Maharashtra
Hunger strike against installation of cement pillars on Kurla Sheetal Pond

Mumbai: Local slum dwellers have started a phased hunger strike in an attempt to hide slums due to the beautification of Kurla Sheetal Pond. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Pond is a religious pond and Ganpati and Devi are immersed here. This year, cement pillars have been installed on the banks of the pond to hide the slum dwellers adjacent to the pond, which has angered the people.
Nationalist Congress Party Ajit Pawar Group leader and social activist Ghanshyam Bhapkar had started a hunger strike on this issue, but due to his deteriorating condition, he was taken to the hospital. But now local people have started joining this hunger strike. Now this hunger strike has turned into a phased hunger strike. Ghanshyam Bhapkar, who is on hunger strike, alleges that this work has been done to hide the slums, whereas if any accident happens, it will be difficult for the slum dwellers to escape and this also endangers the safety of the residents. There is opposition to this project, but the BMC administration is adamant and the work is going on, that is why we are also on a hunger strike. When Assistant Municipal Commissioner of Kurla L Ward Dhanji Harlekar was asked about this matter, he did not receive the call. Bhapakar has alleged that the people living in slums are worried about these cement pillars. This work has been done only to hide the slums, which is not acceptable to the public. He said that if there is a fire in Sangdewadi, then this is the only route from where people can be evacuated, but this is also being stopped. Making serious allegations, Bhapakar has called it a conspiracy to close the way to Sheetal Lake for the people living in slums. A campaign has been started to save Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Lake and a hunger strike is also going on in this regard.
Maharashtra
CSMT-bound train accident: 5 passengers die after falling from train, CM Fadnavis offers condolences, Railways department to conduct inquiry

Mumbai: 10 passengers in a fast local running from Thane Mumbra Kasara to CSMT were hit by an express train when both the trains were passing. The accident occurred at 9:25 am. About 5 passengers died in this accident. These passengers fell down from the train, out of which one died on the spot. A total of 13 passengers were injured in this accident. In this accident, 2017 batch GRP officer Vicky Mukhildar died in the accident in Mumbra. According to information received from sources, the Paspak Express was traveling with a passenger hanging on the gate, which due to jumping in the air, hit the passengers standing at the gate of the local train and the balance of the passengers of the local train was disturbed, due to which 9 people were seriously injured and five passengers died. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis his condolences over the accident at the local station. He said that this accident is very sad. Our condolences to the families of those who died in this accident. He said that the injured were taken to Shivaji Hospital in Thane and their treatment is ongoing. Devendra Fadnavis said that the Railway Department will investigate how the accident happened.
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