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Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Nagpur Police Task Force soon to crush ‘D-gangs' usurping prime land with forged documents
Nagpur: The Nagpur city police are set to form a 'Task Force' with an aim to dismantle the notorious 'D-gangs' that have terrorised the city's real estate sector. The term 'D-gang', on the lines of the D-gang of international don Dawood Ibrahim, was coined to describe the land mafia that used duplicate documents and forged govt records to usurp and sell prime properties. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The gangs are taking unfair advantage of city's rapid progress towards becoming a metropolitan, with projects like Mihan-SEZ and Metro rail extension driving land prices upwards, said sources adding these 'D-gangs' have targeted vulnerable people, including farmers, senior citizens and women. According to sources, the Task Force will prioritise dismantling these networks, tracing forged documents and arresting kingpins. The Task Force is the brainchild of commissioner of police Ravinder Singal. "We have identified names of some big fish among the land mafia. A dedicated and focused team is being set up. Stringent legal actions will be taken against the syndicate," he said. As per police records, there have been over 150 land-grabbing complaints in the past year alone, with many involving violence or coercion. The Task Force is expected to be operational within weeks, with initial targets including gangs linked to big-scale encroachments in areas where new plots and layouts are coming up along Wardha Road, Godhni, Mihan, north Nagpur's few patches and so on. This is, however, not the first such initiative by the city police to take on the land mafia. During former CP K Venkatesham's tenure, a special investigation team (SIT) was formed, but it lost momentum after a couple of months despite strong actions, including a crackdown on Gwalbanshi groups. The city police's latest move is seen as a decisive step towards curbing the land mafia menace. However, experts warn that without systemic reforms, the mafia's ugly head may rise again.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Mihan-SEZ exports more than double at Rs4,000 cr
Nagpur: Exports from Mihan-SEZ more than doubled during the financial year ending March 2025. This is considered the biggest ever year-on-year growth for the SEZ, which is seen as a catalyst for Vidarbha's economic units in Mihan exported goods and services worth Rs 3,961 crore during the , compared to Rs 1,786 crore in the previous fiscal. Data to this effect was maintained by the development commissioner's office, a part of the ministry of commerce which oversees activities in a SEZ. As part of an SEZ, the units must post net foreign exchange earnings, which can be achieved through said the exports this year were driven by the . Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Lupin Pharma has a plant in SEZ that caters to US and other foreign markets. The aviation sector includes units by Tatas TAAL, which makes floor beams for aircraft, the maintenance, repair, and overhaul depot of Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL), and Indamer. Even Dassault Reliance Aviation Limited (DRAL), a joint venture between France's Dassault and Reliance, is a major player in the sector. According to an independent data maintained by the ministry of commerce, aircraft category from Nagpur made exports worth Rs 580 crore during the year. This relates to the exports of components made in said the run-up to the US tariff war is also expected to be a factor, as units scaled up dispatches before the rates were hiked. Another source in Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), developer of the Mihan-SEZ, said the software industry has also been a major contributor to the exports. The SEZ hosts major IT companies like HCL, TCS, Infosys, and Tech said amid rising exports, the MADC still has land to accommodate more players in the SEZ. As much as 150 hectares of land is still vacant and can be allotted to fresh investors. There are also plans to auction land parcels in the domestic tariff area (DTA) for industrial establishments, said a source.
