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Maharashtra farmers suicides: Congress demands cases against state govt

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 Attempting to turn the tables on the ruling alliance of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and BJP’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, the opposition Congress on Monday demanded cases should be lodged against the Maharashtra government for continuing suicides by distressed farmers across the state.

Congress state President Nana Patole said that in several parts of the state like Vidarbha and Marathwada, heavy rains have caused huge damage to farmlands, and there is “a need to declare a wet drought”.

“The Shinde-Fadnavis government is anti-farmer and there is no let-up in farmers’ suicide in the state. When the BJP was in the opposition, they demanded cases should be filed against us (the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi). Now, we want cases to be lodged against the Shinde-Fadnavis regime,” he demanded.

Terming the ex-gratia payment announced by the state government as “insufficient”, the Congress chief said that the claims that it was higher than the NDRF norms was “fooling” the people and reiterated that the administration is insensitive to the farmers.

“The NDRF norms are now outdated as the prices of fertilisers, seeds, and pesticides have increased a lot. The aid announced by the government does not reflect the inflation, and even the Centre has left the farmers in the lurch,” said Patole.

He reiterated the demand for Rs 75,000 per hectare to farmers who suffered losses in the non-irrigated lands and Rs 150,000 for those in the irrigated and horticulture lands.

Patole said that the Congress leaders have visited and inspected the flood-affected regions where a ‘wet-drought’ type of condition prevails, and the farmers rued that the state government is neglecting them.

For the third day, the opposition Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Shiv Sena and other parties continued their protest on the footsteps of the Maharashtra Legislature.

They raised slogans against the Shinde-Fadnavis government, terming Shinde and his rebel Shiv Sena MLAs as ‘gaddar’ (traitors), mocked them on ’50 khoke’ (Rs.50 crores) and that those who faced the ED ran to the BJP.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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