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Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Explosions At 'Mecca Of Ammunition' Leave A Temple Wrecked

 
PULGAON: 

HIGHLIGHTS

  1. Eighteen people, including two Army officers, 13 fire-fighters killed
  2. Defence Minister visited Pulgaon, said he did not rule out foul play
  3. Pulgaon is home to the country's biggest military ammunition depot
 "Mecca of Ammunition" says a board outside Pulgaon's Central Ammunition Depot, Asia's biggest. A fire there yesterday killed at least 19 people, including two Army officers and many fire-fighters who had rushed to douse the blaze that broke out a little after 1 am.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who visited Pulgaon in north Maharashtra on Tuesday afternoon, said the exact cause of the fire would be known only after inquiry, but added, "We are not ruling out any possibility...there is no sabotage as such." He also said it was "too early to speculate about the cause."

Firemen fought the flames for over six hours, losing at least 13 colleagues one by one. The two Army officers who died, Lt Col RS Pawar and Major K Manoj, the chief security officer of the depot, had rushed towards the flames to prevent crucial ammunition from being blown up. 17 people were injured.

 
Fire at Pulgaon's Central Ammunition Depot yesterday killed 18 people
Two more bodies were recovered today. They are yet to be identified. One person is missing.

As evening descended over Pulgaon, in Maharashtra, on Tuesday, the conversation veered towards the firemen who lost their lives, among them locals.

"Local people are among those firemen who died. There also are those jawans who have retired and are now again in service," said a bespectacled man outside the depot gate.
 
Agargaon village, located at one end of the sprawling 7,000 acre defence property, was one of about 10 villages near the ammunition depot that was evacuated as the fire broke out. By evening the residents were back, but were visibly shaken as they stood outside their homes late into the night.
 
"After the explosions we are scared. So people are staying in the open till late," said a villager Visheshwar Kokande, as his wife pointed at their goat and a lamb, adding that the animals too were agitated.
 
The impact of the explosions nearly 5 km away are clearly visible in the village.
 
At the Bhavani temple in Agargaon village, powerful explosions after Pulgaon depot fire blew off seven window frames of a wall
"The entire house was shaking and there were cracks everywhere. We ran to the temple. The beam came off the ceiling and then uprooted the cement and plaster," said Akash Pandre, 20.
 
At the Bhavani temple where they took shelter, the powerful explosions from the fire blew off seven window frames of a wall. Shattered black glass lay strewn all over. Even metal frames were bent by the vibrations.

Aaj aane ki zid na karo: India needs better than Rahul Gandhi

 
There’s a growing realisation within the Congress that whatever Rahul Gandhi's showing as the party’s de facto leader, it appears that the Congress has no choice but to embrace his leadership. But here’s the thing…
Rahul Gandhi's umpteenth threat of finally becoming president of the Congress reminds me of a famous ghazal by Fayyaz Hashmi popularised by Farida Khanum: Aaj aane ki zid na karo (Don't insist on coming today).
Ok, ok, I know the original was an entreaty to the beloved for not leaving. And here we are talking the exact opposite. A sort of polite reminder that you are no longer needed. To complete the ghazal, if you insist on coming, haaye lut jayenge, haaye mar jayenge (we will be destroyed, we will die).
Rahul Gandhi. PTI
Rahul Gandhi. PTI
Ask around, this is what almost every Congressman is singing privately, both as a lament and a bhajan. For, when it comes to you, it is not the time to come, but to go. For the sake of the country, for the benefit of the Congress and, as I argued earlier, for your own good. Don't think of your anointment. Just abdicate, find some excuse, find some other interest. If nothing else, for god's sake, do an Edward VII to the Congress.
It is absolutely absurd, though understandable in the context of its dynastic culture, sycophantic nature and what-will-we-do-without-Gandhis psychosis, that the Congress is now thinking of promoting Rahul Gandhi to the party chief's post. According to reports, the party is planning a complete overhaul in the next few weeks by bringing in a new team under Rahul. This would be historic. Never before in the history of Indian politics have we heard of somebody being rewarded for a string of failures, handed over the reins of a party he is driving to destruction.

RBI chief Raghuram Rajan wins over Modi despite broad mistrust

 
Finance ministry officials were frustrated by his reluctance to cut interest rates to stimulate growth, and moves were afoot to ease him out of the job. Some were airing their reservations about Rajan's hawkish stance in the media.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of senior finance ministry staff that December to hear their complaints, said a person who was present.
At the end, the leader delivered a stern message: do not indulge in a public spat with the central bank.
Raghuram Rajan with Narendra Modi in a file photo. PTI
Raghuram Rajan with Narendra Modi in a file photo. PTI
The moment marked a turning point in ties between the heads of the newly installed government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Since then, Modi and Rajan have developed a close working rapport, government officials and people close to the governor say, and that could be crucial to the $2 trillion economy.
With Modi's patronage, it is more likely the government will reappoint Rajan, whose three-year term expires in September, should he wish to stay on, the sources said.
That would allow him to try to revive India's banking sector that has been smothered by distressed debt, which, in turn, is choking off economic recovery.
"Rajan will get another term and he will accept it," said Arvind Mayaram, India's former finance secretary who Rajan worked with closely first as the government's chief economic adviser and then as RBI governor. "He is well entrenched in India's political economy."
A top government official said the decision rests with Modi and the leader has not yet said what he wants to do. Modi recently told The Wall Street Journal that Rajan's reappointment would come up only in September.
The official, speaking anonymously because he was not authorised to discuss the matter with the press, added that the prime minister was "proud" of the RBI governor and that a campaign against Rajan would not affect Modi's decision.
The prime minister's office and finance ministry did not respond to requests for comment. Rajan, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, has not disclosed his plans, and did not respond to requests for comment for this article.
Modi's support is key
Modi's support would be important if the 53-year-old RBI chief is to get the big state banking sector to complete a cleanup of massive debts and force defaulters to pay up.
Banks making provisions for bad debt are reluctant to issue new loans, leading to criticism within the sector and complaints from smaller businesses and politicians.
Patronage from above will also help shield Rajan from lingering opposition within the ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a man known for his straight talking and willingness to question government policy and achievements.
As the personal understanding between Rajan and Modi appears to grow, some officials still resent him.
The fact that Rajan was appointed by the previous Congress government did not help him win friends in Modi's BJP, and the former University of Chicago professor has been viewed by some with suspicion as a product of the West, not India.
BJP parliamentarian and economist Subramanian Swamy, one of those leading a campaign to remove Rajan, recently accused him of "wilfully and deliberately wrecking the Indian economy."
The governor's penchant for blunt commentary raises hackles.
Rajan's appeal for tolerance late last year was perceived to be a veiled criticism of the government for appealing to the Hindu majority at the expense of minority communities, prompting Swamy to rebuke him for speaking like a "grandfather".
Rajan recently compared India's fast-growing economy to a "one-eyed king in the land of the blind". Trade Minister Nirmala Sitharaman publicly censured his comments.

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