Maharashtra
Shiv Sena leader’s SOS to CM, DyCM – ‘Stop dancing, halt farmers’ suicides’

Shiv Sena’s farmer leader Kishore Tiwari on Tuesday slammed the ruling coalition of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Bharatiya Janata Party Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis for the record number of farmers’ suicides this year in Maharashtra.
Considering the terrible scenario, instead of tackling the agrarian crises which has assumed demonic proportions, ministers and leaders of the Shinde-Fadnavis are “busy dancing” in different areas, claimed Tiwari, who is Chairman of the Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission (VNSSM).
“This year may prove to be the worst in terms of farmland suicides as from January till date, a staggering 1,050 peasants have ended their lives, and the worst spell started from July-August, which is the peak crop season during monsoon,” said Tiwari, on tour of several affected villages.
“Rather than inform the top leadership of the farmers’ tragedy, ministers like Gulabrao Patil and Abdul Sattar, or leaders Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Navneet Kaur-Rana, and more, were seen dancing or indulging in ‘fugdi’ at various festive occasions in recent days…” Tiwari said.
In the past one week alone, over two dozen farmers have taken the extreme step, apparently under the burden of heavy debts from local money-lenders or micro-finances touts but no steps were initiated by the administration or the political leadership.
“In many villages that I am touring, no state official has visited the families of the farmers who committed suicide, and the people have complained that they have not received any aid despite tall claims by the government and ministers,” fumed Tiwari.
Giving details, he said the Shinde-Fadnavis regime has made tall announcements on giving aid, but the situation at the ground-level is starkly different and “the grieving families are furious at being ignored in their time of need”.
Currently, he said the worst-hit by suicides are Amravati, Yavatmal, Chandrapur, Bhandara and Wardha district in the state’s eastern region of Vidarbha, and last month (August), Yavatmal alone notched 40 deaths.
The VNSSM chief rued that the Shinde-Fadnavis government is devoted fulltime “to political strategies for winning the upcoming civic elections”, even as scores of suicide-hit families in the state are in mourning during the happy festival of Ganeshotsav.
“I urgently appeal to the CM and DyCM to leave politicking aside and spare some attention for the plight of the farming community in the grip of the agro-crisis. After all, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shinde have both promised to make the state free of farmers suicides… Now you are in power, so fulfil your assurance,” said Tiwari grimly.
Over the next week, the VNSSM head plans to tour several Vidarbha districts to get a first-hand ground assessment on the prevalent situation with crowds gathering in all villages he visits.
disaster
Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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

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

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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