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CIDCO proposes 6thTown Planning Scheme

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Intention very soonNAVI

MUMBAI:TheCIDCOBoard ofDirec-tors, initsmeetingheld on19thJuly,2019gave its approval forthe Declaration ofIntention to makeTown PlanningScheme No. 6 (TPS-6).CIDCO has declaredfive town planningschemes for itsNAINA Project priorto this.

The Government ofMaharashtra, withthe purpose of the

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22 Green Highways Including OneBetween Mumbai -Delhi To Improve

Connectivity: Nitin GadkariMultiple informative sessions on Future of passenger mobility and BOCI Excellence

Awards ceremony receives huge response Thought leaders from across the country

converge at Prawaas to discuss the future of passenger mobility

By Ashok DhamijaNAVI MUMBAI: Num-

ber of informative ses-sions powered by Sub-ject Matter Expert andThought leaders fromacross the country andBOCI ExcellenceAwards ceremony werethe highlight of thesesecond day of Prawaas2019, India’s most defin-itive conference on pas-senger mobility.

Chief Guest NitinGadkari, Hon’ble Min-ister for Road Trans-port, Highways andShipping Ministry ofMicro, Small and Medi-um Enterprises, Gov-ernment of Indiain hiskeynote adddress to thedelegates highlightedthe Union Govern-ment's commitment to-wards focusing on re-ducing crude oil im-ports which not onlyadds to rising pollutionbut also drains forexreseves. Green fuels ofthe likes of ethanol ,CNG or electric can be

ministry is all willing tobe part of the zero emis-sion electric vehiclesand will provide neces-sary support to all thoseinvolved in making this

realize it. Hon’ble

M i n i s t e rNitin Gad-kari latteralso gaveaway BOCIExcellenceAwards rec-ognized theextraordi-nary contri-bution ofv a r i o u sstake hold-ers and op-erators invarious cat-egories forpromoting

best practices, showcas-ing achievements andencouraging innova-tion. Individuals andcompanies that rede-fined the paradigms ofpassenger mobility

Earlier in the day

the session about 'StageOperations and itschanging role' has emi-nent speakers articulatethe changing paradigmsof public transport.Jalaj Gupta, Head SalesGlobal Buses AshokLeyland said,” Govern-ment, OEMs, Operatorsand aggregators are the4 stakeholders playingimportant role in trans-portation sector. Gov-ernment must play im-portant roles in basicthings like implementa-tion of bus body code oruniform implementa-tion of AS153. So, thecode must apply toOEMs as it should tobus body builder.”

An interesting Ses-sion on 'School bus chal-lenges', chaired by Sid-diq Gandhi, Vice Presi-dent BOCI had panelistslike Sanjay Kumar,Head Marketing (BUS)Volvo Eicher Commer-cial Vehicles Ltd., S N

Nitin Gadkari, Hon'bleMinister for Road Trans-port , Highways and Ship-ping ministry of micro,small and medium enter-prises Govt. of India de-livering key note address.

used as substitutes inVehicles (public and pri-vate). He also highlight-ed on the need to con-vert knowledge in to vi-able solutions which iskey to suc-cess. "One ofthe key ini-tiative un-der taken byhis ministryis to develop22 GreenHighwaysacross thec o u n t r ywhich in-cludes a ded-icated 12lane 1300km concretehighway be-t w e e nM u m b a iand Delhiwhich will ensuresmoother and efficientmovement of passengersgoods between and com-muters. Sixty percent ofwhich is already com-pleted" said Nitin Gad-kari. He reiterated his

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Rainfall 25/07/19, 8:30 am To 26/07/19, 8.30 am

Belapur - 64.20mmNerul - 49.00 mmVashi - 47.40 mmAiroli - 57.60 mmAverage - 54.55 mmTotal rainfall - 1884.85 mm

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planned developmentof the surroundingarea of Navi MumbaiInternational Airport(NMIA), appointedCIDCO as SpecialPlanning Authority(SPA) vide the notifi-cation dated 10/01/2013 for Navi MumbaiAirport InfluenceNotified Area (NAINA)comprising 256villages of RaigadDistrict and 14villages of ThaneDistrict encompassingabout 560 sq.kms.Later, with theappointment ofMSRDC as SPA forfew villages vide theGovernment Order,the scope of NAINAProject has been nowlimited to 224 villagesencompassing 474Sq.kms.

After consideringthe demand for speedydevelopment of anarea of 36.83 Sq.km.(3683 Ha.) adjacent toPanvel, the need forexpanding the infra-structure facilitiesprovided by CIDCOwas realized and theGovernment ofMaharashtra sanc-tioned the InterimDevelopment Plan(IDP) of NAINAProject for 23 villageson 27.04.2017 whilethe Development Planfor the remaining 201villages has beensubmitted to theGovernment for itssanction.

CIDCO with theadvice of the Govern-ment took the initia-tive and decided toimplement NAINAProject through theTown PlanningSchemes as it consid-ered that the ameni-ties included in theIDP for 23 villagescan be developedbetter through landpooling schemes.

NAINA Project isbased on the Partici-patory Model in whichthe plots will be

developed without theactual acquisition ofland. The beneficiariesparticipating in theschemes underNAINA shall get net40% of original landas final plot with thepermissible FSI of 2.5.The remaining 60%land will be used todevelop the infrastruc-ture in the scheme.This will be a win-winsituation for all andwill help to maintainthe balance of develop-ment. CIDCO willplay the role offacilitator in theProject.

Under TPS 6, thearea admeasuringabout 243 Ha frompart of villagesChikhale, Moho,Shivkar and PaliKhurd of TalukaPanvel, DistrictRaigad will be devel-oped. The Schemecomprises of IDPreservation 37.7% forpublic amenities likeschool, playgrounds,Central Park, crema-torium, PHC, dailybazar etc. The reser-vation also includesGrowth Centers. TheScheme will haveapproach throughproposed interchangeconnecting MultiModal Corridor and 60meter spine road.

The intentions forthe previous fiveschemes have beendeclared. TPS 1 andTPS 2 have receivedapproval from the VC& MD, CIDCO. TPS 3has been submitted tothe Director, TownPlanning for consulta-tion. TPS 4 and TPS 5have been approved bythe Board of Directorsof CIDCO. For theimplementation ofIDP of NAINA, total11 Town PlanningSchemes are proposed.The implementation ofNAINA Project can bedone at a fast pacethrough the TownPlanning Schemes.

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Seminar on ‘Holistic Approach Towards Sports’ gets good responseBy Ashok Dhamija

NERUL: NerulGymkhana had ar-ranged a Seminar onHolistic Approach To-wards Sports held onJuly 24, 2019 at Ner-ul Gymkhana. Therewas good participationof athletes, coachesand parents in thissession.

Mr. Subodh Gadg-il, Director, AsphiraPathlab and Diagnos-tics Limited spokeabout the concept ofperformance manage-ment in sports. He up-dated the audienceabout the latest thingshappening in the areaof sport’s manage-ment and how a teamapproach was essen-tial to achieve the de-sired goal.

Ms. Anuja Patel,Sports Nutritionist,Co-founder ChirayuFitness spoke aboutthe importance of nu-trition in Sports. Shehighlighted the im-pact of nutrition onperformance by quot-ing real life example ofathletes. She also pro-vided simple tips tomanage dietary re-quirements of the ath-letes.

Dr. R. D. Dixit,Specialist in Genomicsspoke about genomicsand how it can provideinsights to the coach-es and the athletes totailor their trainingprograms based on thenatural talent of thesportsman. He gaveexamples of how theseinsights helped ath-letes perform better.

Dr. Shweta Warke,Sports Physiotherapy

Founder of PhysioQinesis spoke aboutthe importance ofphysiotherapy insports. She empha-sized the importanceof pre-habilitation.She provided practicalinsights to the coach-es to design the work-out schedule for theathletes.

The session was fol-lowed by Questions &Answers:-

The Chief Guest forthe Seminar was Hon.Mr. Nitin Kale (Dy.Commissioner, Sportsand Cultural Depart-ment, NMMC). Hespoke about the initi-atives and support pro-vided by NMMC to fos-ter the culture ofsports in Navi Mum-bai. He assured hisfull help and supportin this regards.

Mr. Vinoo Raina,Chairman, Board ofTrustees, Mr. ShashiPandey, Hon. Presi-dent, Managing Com-mittee, Mr. Dhanan-jay Vanmali, Hon.Gen. Secretary, Man-aging Committee, Mr.Kiran Stanley, Hon.Member, ManagingCommittee, Mrs. Kir-ti Mangudkar, Hon.Member, ManagingCommittee werepresent from NerulGymkhana.

Quick Tiffin Hacks for mothersBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Pack-ing a simple yet deli-cious lunch box everymorning is always achallenge for mothers.But nothing to worry!!!Seawoods Grand Cen-tral Mall brings an ex-cellent opportunity formothers to learn forfree simple tiffin hackswithout using oil andgas.

On 31st July, moth-ers will get a chance tolearn some simple, de-licious and quick-to-prepare lunch optionslike cheese mint potatowedges, oil-free chole,bread dahi wada, pastasalad, nariyal ka halwadirectly from an indus-try expert.

The workshop willbe held four times dur-ing the day — betweennoon to 8pm — makingit convenient for both

housewives and work-ing women to attend.Registrations can bemade directly at themall besides partici-

pants can also pre-reg-ister at free of costthrough the mall’s Fa-

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The NMMC has accepted all my suggestions and has agreed to conduct Mayor TrophyChess tournament in Navi Mumbai every year. He made this promise when he visitedVrirungal Kendra at Sanpada. Let’s hope good things will happen in the life of seniorsin the days to come. (By C K Subramaniam)

NMMC Commissioner’s courtesyvisit to Virungala Kendra, Sanpada


cebook and Instagrampage.

As part of ‘Women’sWoohoo Wednesdays’,women can enjoy com-plimentary services —nail art and hairstylesby Envi Salon and foot

massage to first 10women by Bodhi Luxu-ry Spa. Apart fromthese free services,women can also avail ofhefty discounts on pop-ular brands such asPizza Hut, Mad OverDonuts, Globus,Smaaash, Envi Salon,One Stop, Organic Har-vest and Big Bazaar

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Gen NXT. Women canalso avail free valetparking at the mall.

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KR To Run Special Trains DuringThe Feast of Our Lady of Good

Health at VelankanniBy Ashok Dhamija

CBD BELAPUR:Konkan Railway hasdecided to run SpecialTrains on Special farebetween SawantwadiRoad / Vasco - Da -Gama and Velankannifor the devoteesduring the feast ofOur Lady of GoodHealth at Velankanni.The details s are asunder:

A) SawantwadiRoad – Velankanni– Sawantwadi RoadSpecial:

Train No. 00107Sawantwadi Road –Madgaon Jn. –Velankanni Special onSpecial fare consistingof three coaches willleave from Sawantwa-di Road at 10:25 hrson Wednesday 28thAugust, Tuesday 03rdSeptember & Friday06th September 2019.Further this train willbe attached to TrainNo. 07315 Vasco-Da-Gama - VelankanniSpecial Train onSpecial Fare atMadgaon Jn. at 12:45hrs. Train will reachVelankanni at 12:30hrs on the next day.

Train No. 00108Velankanni - MadgaonJn.- Sawantwadi RoadSpecial Train onSpecial fare consistingof three coaches(attached with TrainNo. 07316 Velankanni– Vasco-Da-GamaSpecial Train onSpecial fare) will leavefrom Velankanni at20:15 hrs on Thurs-day 29th August,Wednesday 04thSeptember & Sunday08th September 2019 .This train will bedetached at MadgaonJn. at 21:35 hrs onthe next day and willreach SawantwadiRoad at 23:55 hrs.

Train will halt atThivim, Karmali,Madgaon Jn., Karwar,Kumta, Honnavar,Bhatkal, Kundapura,Udupi, Mulki, Surat-kal, Mangaluru Jn.,Kasaragod, Kannur,

Kozhikkode, Tirur,Shoranur, Palakkad,Coimbatore, Tiruppur,Erode, Karur, Tiruch-chirappalli, Thanjav-ur, Tiruvarur andNagapattinam sta-tions in both direc-tions.

The composition ofthree coaches includesOne 3 Tier AC Coach,One Sleeper Coachand One SLR Coach.

B) Vasco-Da-Gama – Velankan-ni – Vasco-Da-Gama Special:

Train No. 07315Vasco–Da–Gama –Velankanni Specialon Special Fare willleave from Vasco – Da– Gama at 11:10 hrson Wednesday 28thAugust, Tuesday 03rdSeptember & Friday06th September 2019.Train will reachVelankanni at 12:30hrs on the next day.

Train No. 07316Velankanni - Vasco–Da–Gama Special onSpecial Fare will leave

from Velankanni at20:15 hrs on Thurs-day 29th August,Wednesday 04thSeptember & Sunday08th September 2019.Train will reachVasco–Da–Gama at22:30 hrs on the nextday.

Train will halt atMadgaon Jn, Karwar,Kumta, Honnavar,Bhatkal, Kundapura,Udupi, Mulki, Surat-kal, Mangaluru Jn.,Kasaragod, Kannur,Kozhikkode, Tirur,Shoranur Jn.,Palakkad, Coim-batore, Tiruppur,Erode, Karur, Tiruch-chirappalli, Thanjav-ur, Tiruvarur andNagapattinam sta-tions.

The above Specialwill have 20 Coachesincluding Two 3 TierAC, 16 Sleeper Classand Two SLR Coach-es.

Passengers arerequested to kindlyavail the services

Aadi Krithigai celebrationsat Sanpada

Shree Subramanya Seva Samaj Sanpada conducted Sa-hasrama archanai at the temple premises (By C K Subra-maniam)

Congressmen meet fordiscussion at Airoli

Launch a strong attack on BJP and its alliance


NAVI MUMBAI: TheCongress regional pres-idents of Navi Mum-bai, Raigad, Panvel,Thane city, MiraBhayander, Thane ru-ral, Ratnagiri, Sidhu-durg, Palghar, Vasai-

Virar, Kalyan-Dombiv-ali, Ulhasnagar andBhiwandi CongressCommittee’s officebearers met at MhatreAuditorium at Airoliand held discussionduring Konkan Divi-sion meeting. Regional

president BalasahebThorat first welcomedthe officer bearers ofdifferent places in thepresence of party work-ers. During the meet-ing a strong attack waslaunched on the BJPand its Alliance.


NAVI MUMBAI; On the occasionof death anniversary of Bhajan-yatri Hansarambuwa Nerulkar,Navi Mumbai Municipal Corpora-tion’s School’s art teacher AmrutPatil Nerulkar distributed schooluniforms among the students ofsecondary school at Kharpada.He also addressed the gathering

School uniforms distributedamong students

in capacity of chief guest. On thedais were school’s founder HIrajiPatil, president Shashikala Patil,Kharpada grampanchayat’smember Sanjay Gharat, ChayaGharat, folk artist DamodarShirwale, social worker prof.Arun Khatu, principal R RTemkar and other importantpersons.


Sports Talks : National game isbecoming a matter of national shame

Cricket is like aBanyan tree and otherforms of sports andindividual eventssuffer underit. One morething is thebig cricketevents takeplacethroughoutthe yearwhen stu-dents mustbe busy withtheir studies,with theeffect theirperformancesuffers. Buthockey islosing itsshine because of highhierarchy IndianHockey is sufferingfrom the grass rootlevel and now it isreached to the highestlevel also. Hockeyhierarchy proved thatwe are not up to theInternational leveland good only toblame the coaches forthe dismal show oreven good show.

The national gameof Hockey is sufferingat the hands of greedyofficials and overhyped player. WhenEuropean countrieshave learnt the finerpoints of the game,the players andAssociation are lockedin a bitter fight that islikely to spoil India’schances at the Inter-national level.

In a country,where the game ofcricket is given undueimportance the gameof hockey is totallyneglected. We witnesshow hockey is shabbi-ly treated in India inthe last two decades orso. But it was not soeasier. In 1928, theteam won its firstOlympic gold medaland until 1956, the

Indian men’s teamremained in theOlympics, winning sixgold medal in a row.In all, the Indianhockey team woneight gold medals-thehighest among allnational teams.

We had legendaryplayers like DhyanChand, who broughthonour for the coun-try. He was widely

regarded as thegreatest players of alltime. A legendarycenter-forwards, he isremembered for hisgoal scoring feats,both as a player andlater as a captain.Chand won threeOlympic gold medalsand was awarded thePadma Bhushan.India’s third highestcivilian honour, in1956.

Now to resolvevarious issues acommittee has beenset up to look intovarious aspects of thegame. Where is themoney given bysponsors gone. Wechange the sponsorsin greed of money andit does not reach theright place for improv-ing the standard ofthe game. The gamehas gone to the dogs.So the national sporthas become nationalshame. Players knowthat the momentum iswith them and theofficials have nooption. We have seenenough of hockeyfiasco in the last twodecades.

August 29, DhyanChand’s birthday is

celebrated as anational sports day inIndia. The Presidentof India gives awaysports awards such asthe Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna, Arjuna Awardand DronacharyaAward on this day atthe RashtrapathiBhawan. We must notmerely resort to suchtokenism, but admin-istrators and players

must work together torestore glorious daysof hockey. Hockeyhierarchy proved thatwe are not up to theInternational leveland good only toblame the coaches forthe dismal show oreven good show.National game isbecoming a matter ofnational shame.

By C K Subramaniam

Issue : 75 27 July, 2019

Standing Committee approvesvarious civic works

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporations various civic works pro-posal were put forward to NMMC’s Standing Committee by mu-nicipal commissioner Annasaheb Misal and chairman Navin Gavtegave approval to all the proposals.

The proposal includes constructing of main medical dispensaryon plot no. 3 at Ghansoli Sector 9. This place will have automationand the necessary materials required for it will be called for. Thereis a main medical dispensary Mother Children Hospital buildingat Belapur too but the space here is not enough. Hence it wasdecided that another dispensary should come up at Ghansoli Sec-tor 9.

Standing Committee of NMMC has also given approval to workof repairing and improving the CIDCO constructed unrepairedgutters at Belapur ward Sector 44, Nerul.

Approval was also given to work of concretization of main roadsfrom Vinamra Swarajya Hospital at Vashi Sector 11 to Rishabh So-ciety at Vashi Sector 9. This place has schools, colleges, hospitalsand gardens in big number. This will give relief to both pedestri-ans and vehicle drivers.

Lastly, approval was given to the work of improving and deco-rating of Dharmavir Sambhaji garden/playground and nearby openspaces at Vashi Sector 9.

So these are the variety of civic works to which NMMC stand-ing committee has given green signal too. That’s really great!

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Sujata Rao Installed As WE District PresidentBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Vashibased Sujata Rao wasinstalled as the WEDistrict 323 A2 Presi-dent for the year 2019-20 by WE Kawal Re-khi, Past Multiple Dis-trict President & theFounder of WE Club ,in a glittering functionwhich organised andwas well attended byWE Club membersfrom various parts ofthe city, Mumbai,Thane and Raigad dis-tricts.

The Chief GuestWE Saroja Mekal,Multiple District Pres-ident, Guest of HonourWE Mala Shetty, theImmediate Past Pres-ident along with otherdignitaries on the oc-casion lighted the tra-ditional oil lamp earli-er on the auspiciousoccasion. This was fol-lowed by a beautifuldance by the studentsof Sahana Bhardwaj,well known danseuseof Navi Mumbai. Newmembers were induct-ed and badges of WEwere presented tothem. New memberstoo were inducted andbadges of WE were

Artistic impression....WEClub Logo made with flow-ers

Lighting of the lamp by founders of WE Club, Chief Guest, Guest of Honour and new President marked the com-mencement of the event.

Sujata Rao the newly installed President of WE District 323 A2 along with her better half , other office bearers,members of WE Club of Vashi, Navi Mumbai and well-wishers pose for a group photograph.

Newly installed Presidentof WE District 323 A2 Su-jata Rao touched thehearts of the gatheringwith her emotional ad-dresses

presented on the occa-sion.

Sujata Rao who inthe process became thethird President of theprestigious WE Dis-trict 323 A2 since itsinception in 2017 andis an active committeemember of WE ClubVashi, was adminis-tered the oath along

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22 Green Highways...Cont. from pg. 1

Dhole, Scientist C, Vehicle Certification Safety &Homologation Division, CIRT, and Kalpana Dwive-di, Principal St. Joseph CBSE, Panvel among oth-ers. They spoke about the opportunities in runningschool buses as against challenges. One of the keyconcern is safety and everyone needs to treat it likea state of mind more than just a gadget on thevehicle. The authorities have introduced guidelinesto ensure children’s safety, the buses must be fit-ted with features like Panic Button, Tracking Sys-tem and cameras that can be monitored. AIS143 isan eye opener, which will increase safety howeverthis will increase initial cost.

'YUVA BOCI' was one of the most sought-aftersessions in this edition of Prawaas. The sessionencompassed the spirit of BOCI in the next genmobility solutions. The new age entrepreneursworking towards easing commuters pain and solv-ing day to day problems that would help take thepublic transport to the next level. Host of startupspresented out of box solutions on Accessibility andInclusivity, Sustainability and Carbon Footprint,e-mobility solutions and use of innovative technol-ogy such as IoT in transport.

The session on 'Public Private Partnership inDelivering Bus Transport' was chaired by SK Lo-hia, Managing Director, IRSDCL. The panelistsincluded Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officerand

Director of Customer Experience, Transport forLondon, Gerard Ollivier, Lead Transport Special-

ist, The World Bank, Shivanand Swamy, Execu-tive Director, Centre of Excellence in Urban Trans-port, Research & Development Foundation amongothers. The audience were in rapt attention whilethe panelist discussed the important roles Govern-ment, OEMs and Operators and aggregators playin forming an ecosystem for seamless passengerconnectivity and mobility.

“The most effective cities in urban mobility likeSingapore, Paris or Hong Kong, leverage buses for30 to 54 percent of their public transport trips, as acore component of their mobility system,” mentionsGerald Ollivier, Lead Transport Specialist for theWorld Bank. “They design services that are fre-quent, reliable, simple to understand, service alland are cost effective like in London. With backingof clear laws at state or local level, clear planningand funding responsibility can be established, likein Lyon with the use of a metropolitan level agen-cy, Systral. Since fare-based revenues typically onlycover part of bus operating costs, their authoritiesneed to create non-fare based revenues and subsi-dies to supplement those, reflecting the positiveimpact of bus services on overall mobility. For In-dia, such experience can be helpful in upgradingurban bus services by combining a clear vision formobility backed by law, institutions with clear plan-ning, funding and performance monitoring respon-sibilities, and balanced contracting with privateoperators backed by secured funding and key per-formance indicators monitored through IT sys-tems.”

One of the topical issues on 'Shared mobility: Agame changer or trouble maker?' was chaired by

Shreya Gadepalli, Director South Asia, ITDP andthe panel included Ashish Kumar Singh (IAS) Prin-cipal Secretary, Transport & Ports, Maharashtra,Ramnath Subramaniam, Executive Director, MahaMetro Rail Ltd and Iravati Damle, Head PublicPolicy, Uber among others. The panel discussedvarious aspects of shared mobility. The panel point-ed that shared mobility is the ultimate solution toincreasing congestion and pollution in our citiestoday. The policy needs to address taxation in away that shared mobility is economical and afford-able thereby reducing the need for personal vehi-cles. Good infrastructure and safety are also someof the key concerns that become prohibitive toshared mobility.

The session on 'Role of mobility in promotingtourism' was chaired by Kanwarjit Singh Sawh-ney, Managing Director, Bakshi Transport Service(P) Limited and Radhakrishna Holla, Chief Exec-utive Officer, Cauvery Cars, Bengaluru. The panelincluded Abhimanyu R. Kale, Managing DirectorMaharashtra Tourism Development CorporationLtd and Jenu Devan, IAS, Managing Director &Commissioner of Tourism, Tourism Corporation ofGujarat Ltd. The panel iterated that mobility playsa crucial role in tourism promotion. In a countrylike ours, which is richly endowed with culture andheritage, tourism has largely under performed dueto inadequate connectivity. Ensuring safe and se-cure transport would positively impact tourism bothfrom within the country as well as foreign tour-ists. The government and private operators mustcome together to make tourism viable through bet-ter mobility options.


The roads which were repaired before the monsoon started are once again in a horrible condition. Potholes have appeared once again on these roads owing to which the rainwater get accumulated in these pothole and poses untold miseries for the vehicle drivers. (By Sumit Renose)

Roads repaired before monsoon once again damaged

Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 registration launch

Open 10K now exclusively for Women & Charity • Relaxed timing criteria in Half

Marathon for Silvers and Runners with Disability


Procam Interna-tional, pioneers of dis-tance running events inIndia, today announcedthe launch of registra-tions for the 17th edi-tion of Tata MumbaiMarathon (TMM), be-ginning Friday, 26thJuly 2019. Asia’s mostprestigious marathonwill witness 50,000runners take a step for-ward in an event thatinspires everyone ittouches, to #BeBetter.As per tradition, therunning extravaganzahas set its date for theMaximum City, on thethird Sunday of theNew Year, 19th Janu-ary 2020. • Open 10K registra-

tions, reserved forWomen & charitybibs, will be openfrom 13th Augusttill 27th September2019.

• Full Marathon reg-istrations will openfrom 26th July 7amand stay open till29th November2019

• Half Marathon reg-istrations will beopen from 1st Au-gust until 30th Au-gust 2019

• Dream Run will beopen from 5th No-vember until 22ndNovember 2019

• Senior Citizens’ Runand Champions withDisability will openon 19th August andstay open until 29thNovember 2019.

• To register log onto: -procam.in / tata-mumbaimarathon Unlike any other

event in the country,Tata Mumbai Mara-thon has the privilegeof being hosted andlaunched from the glo-rious precincts of RajBhavan. The Raj Bha-van welcomed to itsmajestic environs, dig-nitaries and sponsors ofthe event including Su-prakash Mukho-padhyay Company Sec-retary, Tata Sons,Ujjwal Mathur-VicePresident and Country

Head, Tata Consultan-cy Services, the titlesponsors of the eventand Anil & Vivek Singh,Promoters Procam In-ternational. The firstcitizen of the state, theHonorable Governor ofMaharashtra, Shri.CH. Vidyasagar Raosigned on, as the firstparticipant of TMM2020.

Honorable Governorof Maharashtra, Shri.CH. Vidyasagar Raosaid,”The Tata MumbaiMarathon have growntremendously over the

years and it’s a delightto be the first one to reg-ister for this prestigiousmarathon. The journeyof the Mumbai Mara-thon is truly spectacu-lar which has touchedlives of millions of peo-ple while synonymous-ly creating fitness con-scious society. It hasbecome a single largestfundraising platformwhich is benefittingthousands of people.The marathon repre-sents the secular anddemocratic feature ofour country.”

He added that, “Ihave attended all themarathons and thecharity events whichentitles me to be calledas Marathon Man. “

Harish Bhat, BrandCustodian Tata Sons

said, “We are delightedto continue our part-nership with India’spremier marathon theTata Mumbai Mara-thon. We hope the eventis even more enabling,engaging and inclusive.As the largest mara-thon in Asia, the TataMumbai Marathon iswhere runners, ath-letes, activists and citi-zens come converge asthe face of new India tothe world.”

Ashish Shelar,Sports and EducationMinister Maharashtra

said, “It is my firstevent where I am par-ticipating as a sportsminister of the stateand I wish the presti-gious Tata MumbaiMarathon a great suc-cess. The contributionof the organizers iscommendable. It’s acelebration whichbrings people from dif-ferent walks of life andthe kind of enthusiasmshown by everyone por-trays the togethernessand enables the run-ners to feel and connectwith the city of Mum-bai.”

Vivek Singh, JointMD, Procam Interna-tional said, “The regis-trations for TMM beginsix months in advanceto ensure an equal op-portunity for all to be a

part of this megaevent. Each year westrive towards engag-ing with and inductingnew participants intothe running fraternityand this year, we lookforward to welcoming50,000 runners atTMM 2020. For 2020,we have the Open 10Kexclusively for womenand those running fora cause.

Decades ago, whenthe inaugural editionwas announced in 2004,we could hardly imag-ine a running move-

ment that would sweepacross the country.This event has inspiredcitizens to come togeth-er on a common plat-form, beyond bound-aries of sport, religion,race and colour. We arehumbled and gratefulto our sponsors, part-ners, city authoritiesand importantly partic-ipants from across In-dia and the world; theyhave all played a cru-cial part, in makingthis event the sportingFestival of Mumbai!”

Registration Details

• The Full Mara-thon registration forthe TMM 2020 willcommence on Friday,26th July 2019 at 0700hrs and stay open until29th November 2019 ortill running places are

filled, whichever is ear-lier.

• Registration forthe Half Marathon willstart on Thursday, 1stAugust 2019 at 0700hrs and close on Friday,30th August 2019.Owing to the growingpopularity of the HalfMarathon, this year theevent has introducednew qualification crite-ria for:

- Fastest RunnersFirst - Half marathonregistrations in “Fast-est Runners First” cri-teria will not be on first

come first served basis,entries with fastesttiming certificates inrespective gender andage preference slab willget confirmed first. Dueto finite number of run-ning places, achievingone’s qualifying timedoes not guarantee en-try to the event, butsimply the opportunityto submit application.

- Good for Silvers(60+)

- Runners with Dis-ability

- Half Marathonregistrations in women,overseas, runners withdisability, good for sil-vers (60+) criterion willclose on Friday, 29thNovember 2019 or assoon as running placesare filled, whichever isearlier.

• Registration forthe 10K category for allamateur women run-ners including charitybibs will open on Tues-day, 13th August 2019at 11:00 am and closeon Friday, 27th Sep-tember 2019 or till run-ning places are filled,whichever is earlier.

• The Dream Runregistrations will com-mence on Tuesday, 5thNovember 2019, at0700 hrs and close onFriday, 22nd Novem-ber 2019 or till runningplaces are filled, which-ever is earlier.

• Registration forthe Senior Citizens’ Runand Champions withDisability category, willopen on Monday, 19thAugust 2019 at 0700hrs and close on Friday,29th November 2019,or till running placesare filled, whichever isearlier.

• Physical entriesfor all the categories,will close on 30th Au-gust 2019

• Only online regis-trations will be accept-ed in Dream run andOpen 10K race catego-ries.

• For more registra-tion details, pls log ontowww.procam.in/tata-mumbaimarathonABBOTTWMM WANDA AGE

GROUP WORLD RANKINGS

Tata Mumbai Mar-athon 2020 will contin-ue to be a qualifyingrace of the AbbottWMMWanda Age GroupWorld Rankings. Ama-teur full marathon par-ticipants will get anopportunity to be a partof the world rankingsystem and be rankedin their respective agegroup globally. It alsoextends a chance forthe top-ranked age-group athletes to quali-fy and participate in theAbbottWMM WandaAge Group WorldChampionship in 2021.For more details, log ont o

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Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri. CH. Vidyasagar Rao signed on, as the first participant of TMM 2020, in thepresence of Suprakash Mukhopadhyay-Company Secretary, TATA Sons, Ujjwal Mathur-Vice President and CountryHead, TATA Consultancy Services, Sudhir Mungantiwar- Hon’ble Minister, Finance, Planning and Forests, AshishShelar-Youth & Sports Minister along with partners of the event.


www.abbottwmm.comRUN FOR FULL – “MUMKIN

HAI” Initiative

Introduced last yearby Procam Internation-al in association withSTRIDERS – the fore-most fitness-traininggroup in India, TMM2019 saw a 21% in-crease in Full Mara-thon participants. Thistransition from the halfto the full marathon,speaks highly of thetraining and motiva-tion that Striders isable to impart onground.

PROCAM SLAM

2019-20 edition ofProcam Slam islaunched with renewedvigour. Runners will berewarded with a Run-ning Kit, get to choosetheir special numberRunning Bib, ProcamSlam Medal, a com-memorative ProcamSlam Frame, ExtendedRegistration Period,Cash prizes and more.

A runner’s ProcamSlam cycle shall com-mence from the Eventhe/she first registersand finishes (featurerace category only),w.e.f. 1st April 2019. Itis clarified that therunner will not be eli-gible for more than oneProcam Slam cycle,from their 1st event tillthe 4th consecutiveevent.

• Bengaluru –Mumbai cycle – By28th February

• Delhi – Bengalu-ru cycle- By 30th June

• Kolkata – Delhicycle – By 30th Novem-ber

• Mumbai – Kolka-ta cycle- By 31st Janu-aryREGISTRATION AVENUES:

1. For online registra-tions log onto theevent websiteprocam.in / tata-mumbaimarathon

2. Duly filled entryforms with the req-uisite entry fee canbe mailed to P.O.Box No. 11017, Ma-rine Lines Post Of-fice, Mumbai - 400020.

3. Mumbai residentscan also deposit theirapplication formswith the requisite ap-plication fees at se-lect Asics stores andselect Selection Cen-tre Sports stores, de-tails of which areavailable on theevent website.

4. Entry forms will alsobe available at selectAsics stores, selectSelection CentreSports stores, AsianHeart Institute,United Way Mumbaioffice and availablefor download onlineat procam.in/tata-mumbaimarathon

5. For further detailslog on to procam.in/tatamumbaimara-thon, or call the eventh e l p l i n e+91.22.42020200,Monday to Saturdaybetween 10 am and7 pm. You can alsoemail us at [email protected]

TATA IN SPORTS

Tata Group, a globalenterprise with com-bined revenues of US$110.7 billion (2017-18),

along with Tata Con-sultancy Services(TCS), one of theworld’s leading IT ser-vices, consulting andbusiness solutions or-ganisations, are the ti-tle sponsor of the TataMumbai Marathon.

Sport has alwaysbeen an integral part ofthe Tata group for over75 years. Tatas associ-ation with multiplesports ranging fromcricket, football, hock-ey, badminton, chess,athletics, mountaineer-ing and motor racing,among others, has pro-duced many award-winning sportspersons,helped the developmentof marginal communi-ties and supportedsporting teams, nation-al and internationalevents as well as train-ing academies. TheTata Sports Club wasset up in 1937 to en-courage sports amongits employee baseacross the country.

TCS is the sponsorof many premier globalmarathons across theworld like the TCS NewYork City Marathon,

the TCS AmsterdamMarathon, and the TCSLidingloppet (theworld’s largest cross-country run), and thetechnology partner ofthe marathons held inLondon, Chicago, andBoston — all part of thecompany’s effort to pro-mote health and fitnessin the communities, theworld over.

ABOUT PROCAM

INTERNATIONAL

Since its inception in1988, Procam Interna-tional has been the driv-ing force behind thegrowth and develop-ment of sports manage-ment in India. Envi-sioned by founders Aniland Vivek Singh, Pro-cam, is one of the lead-ing companies in holis-tic sports management,sports consultancy, andlive television program-ming. With astute plan-ning and exemplary ex-ecution, Procam has atrack record of concep-tualising and promotingover 100 internationalevents, across disci-plines -Powerboat Rac-ing, Cricket, Football,Tennis, Distance Run-

Tata MumbaiMarathon

2020...Cont. from pg. 16

ning, Squash, WWE,Horse Racing, Volleyballamong others. Theseevents have elicited theparticipation of thehighest calibre of ath-letes, as well as hugepublic interest and at-tendance.

Pioneers of the dis-tance running move-ment in India, ProcamInternational’s Big 4 –Tata Mumbai Mara-thon, Airtel Delhi HalfMarathon, Tata Consul-tancy Services World10K and Tata SteelKolkata 25 K are globalleaders in their respec-tive distances. Theseevents have ushered ina running revolutionthat has helped to re-define, the health, fit-ness and giving para-digm of our country.

For more details fol-low:

procam. in / ta ta -mumbaimarathon

twitter.com/Tata-MumMarathon

instagram.com/tata-mummarathon/

youtube.com/user/procamrunning

facebook.com/Tata-MumMarathon/

Recipe : Spiced roastside of salmon

PREP: 10 MINSCOOK: 20 MINSEASY SERVES 6

Ingredients1½ kg side of salmon, skin on1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for brushing½ tsp ground ginger1 tsp paprika

½ tsp coarsely ground black peppercorns1 tbsp wholegrain mustard1 tsp honey1 lemon, cut into wedges, to serve

MethodHeat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line a

big roasting tin with baking parchment or foil –this helps to prevent the fish from sticking tothe tin as it cooks. Brush the salmon skin withoil and place it, skin-side down, on the paper.

Mix the ground ginger with the paprika,pepper, mustard, honey and 1 tbsp olive oil.Spread it evenly over the fleshy side of the fish.

Roast, uncovered, for about 20 mins until thesalmon is cooked through – check by poking aknife into the fillet and making sure the fishflakes easily.

Serve directly from the tin, or use a couple offish slices to carefully lift the salmon onto a bigplate. Slice into portions and serve with lemonwedges on the side.

Recipe : Creamybeetroot curry

PREP: 15 MINSCOOK: 45 MINSEASY SERVES 4

Ingredients1 tbsp vegetable oil2 onions, very finely chopped2 tsp yellow mustard seed3 tbsp Madras curry paste1kg (peeled weight) raw beetroot, peeled,

halved and thickly sliced1 green chilli, halved lengthways400g can chopped tomato3 tbsp ground almond4 tbsp low-fat natural yogurt, plus extra to

servebasmati rice, to serve (optional)

MethodHeat the oil in a large lidded pan, stir in

the onions and cook for 8 mins until soft. Tipin the mustard seeds and cook for 1 min untiltoasted. Stir through the curry paste andsizzle for 3 mins.

Mix the beetroot through the spicy onions,then add the chilli, tomatoes and 2 cans ofwater. Cover and simmer for 30 mins, stirringoccasionally, until the beetroot is tender.Remove the lid, turn up the heat and cookuntil the sauce is thick.

Take off the heat, then stir through thealmonds, yogurt and some seasoning. Topwith yogurt and serve with basmati rice, ifyou like.


Congratulations to ISROon successfully launching

Chandrayaan 2I understand that ISRO is searching for a

suitable name for Vikram Rover’s Landing Siteon Moon’s South Pole this September.

The ideal name is Dr. Vikram SarabhaiBase. This sounds more appropriate and befit-ting to Dr. Sarabhai.

Other names are Vikramaditya, Bharat,Shanthi, Chandrasekhar (After late Nobel Lau-reate Dr. Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, thegreat Astro Physicist of Chicago University),Dakshin Chandra, Poornima, India 2.0 etc

- Lakshman Sundar, Vashi

Stop that suicidal tendencyThere’s a gruesome new fashion taking root

in our society today. High-tech suicide. And justas a model would walk the ramp showing off aswirling dress, someone shows off taking theirown lives on camera, for the world to see.

In fact, the recent spate of suicides is the offshoot of failure to understand the concept ofsimple living and high thinking. Youth today,tend to compare themselves with others andfeel inferior when they don’t match up to theirpeers. Only if they understood that by compar-ing them to others, they are being highly un-fair to themselves because they are limitingtheir capability to that of their peers.

Today, we tend to confuse simple living withlack of ambition. If we see someone leading asimple life, the general tendency is to assumethat the person lacks the fire-power needed tolead a successful life. What we need to under-stand is that such a person is at peace withhimself. And when you’re in peace, you’re suc-cessful in your own right. Talking about therecent spate suicides all over the country weanalyse the following:-

Depression is a state of low mood and aver-sion to activity. Stop depression by listening tomusic, play few boards of carom to reduce ten-sion and try your hand Table Tennis for somephysical movement. Anxiety, tension, broken-ness, conditional love, death, dejection, empti-ness, insignificance. guilt, hopelessness, illness,falsehood and a sense of shame on failure ordue to shameless act by colleagues creates sui-cidal tendency. The very essence of the valueof life is explained in Bhagwat Gita in a verysimple and common language.

The present generation refuse to acceptthese norms and end up in taking drastic steps.If only if they understand this simple languageas they are used to only SMS and contractedlanguage. Bill Gates has said that if you com-pare yourself with others then it is an insult toyourself.

Depression is a strong mood involving sad-ness, loneliness, discouragement, despair orhopelessness that lasts for weeks, months orever for a longer period creates the guilty feel-ings. Over 18 million people suffer from depres-sion every year. Many never seek treatmentyet most cases of depression or treatable witheffective therapies and medication. When wethink of a depressed child, we often envision amorose child, who is a consistently sad. How-ever, sadness, may not be the symptom thatdefines a depressed child. A study of research-ers at the Columbia University in New York

city reported that bad parenting may put theirchildren at high risk for anxiety and depression.Anxiety and Depression is the root cause for themost of the suicides in India. Farmers commit-ted suicide because of their debt level increasedmaking them to take the extreme step. Stitch intime saves nine is true. If the remedial mea-sures are taken timely then the suicidal rate willdiminish among all. A simple living and highthinking can bring cheer in life all the time.

To get rid of the suicidal tendency, the bestmedicine is to meditate through yoga and winyour heart and soul work according to your com-mands and not to give scope for diversions. Yogaplay a pivotal role and the essence of what youlearnt through yoga come handy when a personhandle sadness or sensitive issue with a mind toface any situation. There lies the success of yogaand yogis and now common people follow the bet-ter way to live a cheerful and happy life.

Depressed teenagers typically give off clearwarning signs through their behaviour. But un-fortunately, human beings are not all that goodat picking up on these signals. These could in-clude changes in sleep patterns and appetite, adrop in social interaction or a reduction in activ-ity level. A smart watch or phone could help de-tect these patterns from where a neural networkcould pick up on them.

The intrusion into the privacy of those whoturn out not to be thinking of suicide or beingdepressed is a frightening prospect. Finally re-vealing and not hiding the problem is the firstand most important step in awareness for anymedical or psychiatric illness. Suicide attemptdecriminalisation in India will go a long way inbringing out the issue into the open and ultimate-ly reduce stigma associated with suicidal behav-ior. The next time a person attempting suicide issent home from the hospital, he/she would feelfree and well equipped to handle problems andnot threatened by the dagger of law hanging overhis/her head.

- C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

A parent is a child’sfirst teacher

Everyone of us keep dreaming of birthdays,wedding anniversaries and other special occa-sions. The birthday parties, graduation dinnersand wedding anniversaries are one of the specialmoments that we all cherish and eagerly waitfor. Among youngsters and children, parents alsohave a right to hold special occasions to cherishtheir children up.

Just like Mother’s Day, which is celebratedon the second Sunday in May, Father’s Day,which is celebrated on the third Sunday in Juneand Children’s Day which is celebrated on No-vember 14, Parent’s Day, which is celebrated onthe fourth Sunday in July, is celebrated to ho-nour both the parents — i.e. the father and themother. This year, Parent’s Day is being cele-brated on July 28th.

Parent’s Day is dedicated to parents all overthe world and is an occasion to show apprecia-tion for the commitment to strengthen the fam-ily bond and to create an atmosphere of happi-ness, love and understanding. It is the parents’who mould their child’s/children’s personalityaccording to their inherit strengths, talents and

bequeath to them moral values and the spiritof living life wholly.

Parent’s Day acknowledges the overpow-ering presence of parents in the life of theirchildren.

My parents have always remained the pil-lar of my life, I have never seen them cryingeven in the darkest moments of their life.

Parents play an important and a preciousrole in every child’s life. Utilizing this oppor-tunity, I would especially like to thank mymother because it is only a mother who sacri-fices and goes through a painful journey to raiseher child up. Behind every successful personthere is a mother who is always ready to sacri-fice anything just to see her child happy. Amother is a goddess who goes through a lot ofpain and sacrifices her own blood to give usbirth.

We all goes through many ups and downsand the only people who stand by us and willstand by us are our parents. There are manyrelationships we have in our lives, but they areflimsy most of the times and there is only onerelationship that remains till our last breathand that relationship is what we share withour parents. Parents are the only people whonever step back at the time when we need themand they are always there for us does not mat-ter how difficult the situation is.

My parents are the actual reason for mysuccess in my career and without them I wouldbe nothing. It is completely unimaginable forme to think about a life without my parentsbut there are some people who do not have thisblessing and are unaware of this love whichwe get from our parents. On seeing them, itfeels very fortunate that I have a loving fatherand a caring mother. My only aim now is toprovide my parents with the best of everythingbecause they deserve the best after all suchsacrifices they did for me.

It is a gesture of gratitude for the sacri-fices, nurturing and care, emotional strengthof parents, as they see their children grow upthrough a series of phases and beyond. Not justa provider of material needs, parents also takeon more important roles of a guide and mentorwhich has a salutary effect on their child’s/chil-dren’s attitude and behaviour. This constantflow of positive energy from the parent to thechild nourishes and strengthens the familybond and sustains for a lifetime. Parents havean imperative and indispensable role in start-ing a family, which brings with it a host ofresponsibilities and commitments.

Parents are the most important people inour lives. They bring us into this beautifulworld, care for us with love and care and pro-vide us with education so that we may grow upinto responsible and level headed human be-ings. Nevertheless, we often fail to notice thecontributions of our parents in our upbringingand take them for granted. Parent’s Day givesus the opportunity to thank our parents for ev-erything they have done for us. If you too feelgrateful for having the best parents on earthand want to let them know your heartfelt feel-ings, then Parent’s Day is the perfect time foryou to convey your emotions. Writing a poemis a fantastic way to express your feelings tothem.

I wish my parents ‘A Happy Parent’s Day’on this joyful occasion. May the Heavenly Fa-ther guide and protect them always.

- Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor....


with her other officebearers including WESudha Kamath - Dis-trict Cabinet Treasur-er, Arti Bhatia – Dis-trict Cabinet Secretaryand JayashreeMurkunde – DistrictCabinet Secretary byWE Kawal Rekhi.This was followed by agrand procession of allthe representativesfrom various WEClubs led by theirPresident, Treasurerand Secretary uphold-ing their Club banner.

The newly installedPresident Sujata Raowho is also the currentSecretary of Vashibased Navi MumbaiKannada Sangha in

her acceptance speechthanked one and allincluding the founderof WE Club, the imme-diate Past Presidentand all the WE Clubmembers under theumbrella of WE Dis-trict 323 A2 for theirfaith reposed in herand her team. She alsoreiterated that the slo-gan for the year is ‘Fel-lowship to Service’.Chief Guest WE Saro-ja Mekal one of thefounder members ofWE Club in her briefspeech advised all themembers to live up tothe principles of theassociation and con-tribute as a team tothe welfare of the com-munity at large. “WEwill go ahead, and issucceeding”, said CBDBelapur based Savitha

Nayak, one of thefounders of WE Club.

“Sujata Rao is anactive committeemember of KannadaSangh, Vashi and hasheld several posts inthe committee. Her in-stallation has beenunanimously approvedby all the members ofWE Club for the postof WE District 323 A2President. The formalfunction was conduct-ed beautifully and wasenhanced as the new-ly inducted office bear-ers pinned lovely co-lourful flowers on theWE logo. Orange,green, yellow, blueflowers were pinned assoon as the oath wasadministered” sharedDr Veena Adige who isalso a member of WEClub Vashi.

Sujata RaoInstalled...

Cont. from pg. 4


Homage paid tomartyrs at Konkan

Bhavan on Kargil Day

By Sumit Renose

NAVI MUMBAI: OnKargil Day, NCC Ca-dets paid homage to themartyrs at KonkanBhavan, Belapur.Present during this oc-casion were divisional

revenue commissionerShivajirao Dound, statetax joint commissioner,sales tax, Bhavan,Raigad division Shivaji

Kenavdekar, state taxjoint commissionerRamesh B Jaid, deputycommissioner (supply)Shivaji Kadbane, depu-ty commissioner (plan-ning) B N Sabnis, med-ical officer Dr Ganesh

Dhumal and govern-ment rehabilitation ofex-servicemen union’sKonkan Division presi-dent were present and

they too paid tribute tothe martyrs.

The Konkan Divi-sion’s current andformer soldiers and offic-ers and workers werealso present and theytoo paid homage to themartyrs. The event wasorganized by KonkanDivision president AjitNyaynirgune and DilipAhire, salestax officer,Subhash Tekekar, Ash-wini Choudhary, Ma-hendra Gawai, Raghu-nath Patil, Nayab teh-sildar Madhuri Dongreand all the ex-service-men of Konkan Bhavan.

�Vol 23 � No 13�Navi Mumbai � 27 July - 2 August, 2019 �RNI No. 71478/97 �Pages 6� Price Re.1

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NAVI MUMBAI: Theincrease in populationin the city of NaviMumbai and to controlthe air pollution, therewas need to start watertransport service in thecity, Thane MP RajanVichare came up withwater transport propos-al and plan in 2015. OnJuly 28, 2016 the plangot a green signal fromthe central ministerNitin Gadkari.

Recently MP RajanVichare did the inspec-tion of work on Neruljetty which is water ter-minal also. This workis being carried out bythe City and Industrial

MP Rajan Vichare doesinspection of work on Nerul Jetty

The work to be completed by 3 April 2020

Cont. on pg. 5

Journey through heavily floodedwater along railway subwaysCauses havoc among vehicle drivers and pedestrians


NAVI MUMBAI:

There is a subway con-structed for the vehicledrivers and office bear-ers near Trans Har-bour Route railway sta-tion to move from westto east or vice viers.Owing to the floodingof rain water in thissubway, the vehiclesare facing problems ofbreaking down. Theflooded water alongthis subway, in fact,appears like a lake.Even the pedestrianshave to wade throughwater which is accu-

mulated to the heightof 2 to 2.5 foot. Eventhe electricity goes offat this place owing to

which the pedestriansand vehicle drivershave to risk their liveswhile going through

this subway. Since theauthorities have not


NAVI MUMBAI: Al-though half of Julymonth is completed,yet the entry of fruitsinto the market has notstarted. There is no en-try of fruits like pome-granate. Sitaphal comein small number. Pa-paya is also coming insmall quantity. Mo-sambi and Ananas isalso scarce in the mar-ket. This is all owingto the rain having ar-rived at wrong time ofJuly. This has affectedthe production of fruitsand in the process thereis less entry of fruits inthe market. This hasled to the rise in pricesof fruits.

Currently 250 to270 vehicles loaded

Less entry of fruitsin the market leads

to rise in their prices

with stock of fruits en-ter the market. Nor-mally at this time 350vehicles enter. 250-270quintals of ananas, 100quintal chickoo, 400quintal pomegranate,500-550 quintal water-melon, 100 quintalmosambi, 1200 to 1400quintal papaya, 150quintal sitaphal and500 quintal kharbujare entering the mar-ket. Normall, the en-tries of all these fruitsare much more in num-ber.

Owing to the rise ofprices of fruits in thewholesale market, theprices in the retail mar-ket too have risen.

The prices of fruitsin APMC wholesalemarket is as below:

Fruits July 2018 July 2019Rs. (Per Kg) Rs. (Per Kg)

Ananas 15 - 22 28 -36

Pomegranate 25 - 40 40- 52

Watermelon 6- 12 8-14

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NAVI MUMBAI: ShriGovardhani SarvajanikSeva Sanstha has orga-nized ‘MangalgouriMahila Mahotsav’ on 28July 2019 at ‘WarkariBhavan’ at CBD Be-lapur Sector-3A for thebenefit of women be-longing to Belapur Leg-islative Assembly. Thisevent is to give an op-portunity to women todisplay their varioustalents like dancing,singing, fashion, tradi-tional fancy dress, dra-

‘Mangalgouri Mahila Mahotsav’on 28 July at CBD Belapur

matics etc. The eventwill take place in twophases – 10am to 1 pm

and 1 pm to 6 pm. Therewill be various prizes

kept for the winners ofthe competitions. Thewomen who want toparticipate in this eventwill have to registertheir names with AartiRaul – 9967648091, RR Patil – 9137654029,Hemant Koli –9167302827. They cancontact these persons at‘Gaurav, Plot no. F-8,Sector 29, Agroli vil-lage, Belapur NaviMumbai’. MLA MandaMhatre is the master-mind behind organiz-ing this event.

S J Divyang Centre of Khargharvisited by Social Justice Minister


NAVI MUMBAI: TheSocial Justice Minis-ter Dr Suresh Khadevisited BeautifulTomorrow directed SH Divyang Centre,Kharghar.

The minister wasall praise for the wayS H Divyang Centrewas functioning. Heappreciated the workthat the centre wasdoing for differentlyable childre. Heinformed the people

over there that theGovernment is focus-ing on bringing aboutall round developmentof such persons.

The felicitation ofthese students by theminister was also held.Present during thisevent were the organi-sation’s guide UjwalaHaware, director DrSwati Khade, SmitaSwami, Dr. ChetanPatil and also theorganisation’s officebearers, workers and

students.These students

also presented cultur-al program. Theorganization, everyyear, comes up withdifferent types ofprograms for thesestudents to display alltheir inner talents.Minister Dr SureshKhade made a specialmention of UjwalaHaware who, he said,gave wonderfulguidance to theorganization.

Municipal Commissioner prepares hismen for Cleanliness Survey 2020

NAVI MUMBAI: “NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation’ has beenmaintaining their topposition in the Cleanli-ness Survey that takesplace every year. Thisyear, in the CleanlinessSurvey 2020, NaviMumbai should occupyone of the top three po-

sitions. We should keepthis goal in mind andplay our role according-ly,” said NMMC Com-missioner AnnasahebMisal while addressingthe municipal officersand workers. He wasspeaking at NMMCheadquarter’s Gyank-endra while gathering

from his people the in-formation related toCleanliness Survey2020. He held a dialoguewith related officersand workers.

Present during thisevent were additionalcommissioner Mahavir

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Standing Committee approvesvarious civic works

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporations various civic works pro-posal were put forward to NMMC’s Standing Committee by mu-nicipal commissioner Annasaheb Misal and chairman Navin Gavtegave approval to all the proposals.

The proposal includes constructing of main medical dispensaryon plot no. 3 at Ghansoli Sector 9. This place will have automationand the necessary materials required for it will be called for. Thereis a main medical dispensary Mother Children Hospital buildingat Belapur too but the space here is not enough. Hence it wasdecided that another dispensary should come up at Ghansoli Sec-tor 9.

Standing Committee of NMMC has also given approval to workof repairing and improving the CIDCO constructed unrepairedgutters at Belapur ward Sector 44, Nerul.

Approval was also given to work of concretization of main roadsfrom Vinamra Swarajya Hospital at Vashi Sector 11 to Rishabh So-ciety at Vashi Sector 9. This place has schools, colleges, hospitalsand gardens in big number. This will give relief to both pedestri-ans and vehicle drivers.

Lastly, approval was given to the work of improving and deco-rating of Dharmavir Sambhaji garden/playground and nearby openspaces at Vashi Sector 9.

So these are the variety of civic works to which NMMC stand-ing committee has given green signal too. That’s really great!

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Development Corpora-tion (CIDCO).

CIDCO officers in-formed MP Vicharethat 50% of the jettywork has been complet-ed and that the workwill be finished by 3April 2020.

Rs 111 crore hasbeen spent by CIDCOon this project. The

project is being carriedout on two parts - onland 650x30 meterroad is being built andin water area 400x20meter in which 80x55meter is used for park-ing. In this project, ter-minal building, ticketwindow, waitingrooms, food court areincluded. In the park-ing space, 25 cars and11 buses are parked.

It is expected that40,000 passengers willuse this terminal dai-ly. To reach Nerul to

Bhaucha dhakka with-in 30 minutes there willbe water-transport, andMandva, Alibag will bereached within anhour. Thus the trans-portation for NaviMumbaikars will be-come easier

During MP Vi-chare’s visit, CIDCO’sadditional chief engi-neer KM Godbole, Su-perintendent engineerChandel Maksud, andMaharashtra MaritimeBoard officers werepresent.

MP RajanVichare doesinspection...

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done any repair workhere, like they used todo every year in thepast, the travelersthrough this subwayhave to forcibly wadethrough the heavilyflooded water.

Thiere is similar

problems along sub-ways near six railwaystations along TransHarbour route fromVashi to Airoli. Twosubways for vehicledrivers and pedestri-ans at Koparkhairanehave not walls result-

Journey through heavilyflooded water...

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ing in heavy flooding ofwater over there too.The flooded waterneeds to be extractedwith electric motor butwhen the heavy rainspersists even the motorgets damaged. Suchproblems are found inKoparkhairane, Ghan-soli, Rabale, Airoli andSanpada’s railway sta-tion’s subways.

Maharashtra Police Squadstands first in the country

By winning 12 Medals under the leadership of Rabale MIDC

police station’s senior police inspector Nitin Gite

In the Akhil Bharatiya Police Kartavya Melawa,

By Vikram Gaikwad

NAVI MUMBAI: In the62nd Akhil BharatiyaPolice Kartavya Mela-wa, held at Lucknowjust recently, Maha-rashtra Police Squadwon 12 medals andstood first in the coun-try. Under the leader-ship of Navi Mumbai’sRabale MIDC PoliceStation’s senior policeinspector Nitin Gite, 40participants’ team won5 gold, 3 silver and 4bronze. In this compe-tition, 30 police force

with 1250 policemenparticipated.

In order to improvethe skills of police force’sofficers and workers,Akhil Bharatiya Kar-tavya Melawa is beingorganized since 2002.

Special training is im-parted in matter of sci-entific detection, com-puter competition, po-lice photography, policevideography, etc. Thoseselected in this are thengiven more special

training. During thetraining 40 police offic-ers and workers werechosen.

The medal winnersincluded Navi Mum-bai’s police inspectorNitin Gite (silver).

CIDCO Chairman Prashant Thakurinaugurate NAINA Mobile App

Developed for NAINA area by

Naina Builder’s Welfare Association

NAVI MUMBAI: TodayNAINA Builder’s Wel-fare Association havelaunched an informa-tive mobile Applica-tion for NAINA area.By using this App in-dividuals can get var-ious informationabout NAINA area inone single click.Through this App youcan find villages maps,zone of land parcels,zone wise permissibleuses, permissible FSI,reservations (if any)etc.

The App waslaunched by Hon’bleChairman of CIDCOShri Prashant Thakurin opening ceremonyheld at his office in CI-DCO premises. ThisApp was developed byNAINA builder’s Wel-fare Association bykeeping view the needof farmers, landown-ers, developers, archi-tects and other keyplayers of the real es-tate industry said Mr.Prakash Baviskar,president of the Asso-ciation. He also statedin his welcome speechthat; this App is devel-oped to simplify the in-formation source forcommon public.

Mr PrashantThakur appreciated

the efforts of the asso-ciations and the mem-bers available for thisApp launch ceremony.He also said that de-velopers and PAPs arepartners of CIDCO indevelopment and suchinitiative from devel-opers and their asso-ciation is positive signtowards development.He assured that, ifthere is step taken for-wards from developersthen CIDCO also willcome forward as de-velopment authorityand sort out problemsbeing faced in develop-ment. Mr. Thakursaid CIDCO is positiveabout approval of NAI-NA IDP – II fromGovt. of Maharashtraand explained thatNAINA authority isworking positively onapplying phase wiseTP Schemes in thearea.

Members from oth-er associations i.e.Adv. Santosh Patil,Secretary & Mr. DilipVadhavkar, Treasurerof NAINA Builder ’sWelfare Association,Mr. Madhu Patil andMr. Vikas Bhamrefrom MaharashtrianBuilders Association,Mr. Manoj Awasthifrom MCHI Navi-

mumbai, and Ar.Ravindra Deshpandeand Ar. Yawar Khanwere also present. Allthese members metnewly appointed Jt.MD of CIDCO Dr.Prashant Narnawareand welcomed him bycongratulating himfor his appointment.Mr. Prakash Baviskargave him informationabout the NAINA App,and all the membershave also shared theirconcerns.

Dr. Narnaware ap-preciated the effortstaken and said that byuse of the features ofthis App people will getcorrect information.This will certainlystop the malpracticesbeing carried out bygiving false informa-tion and multiple deal-ings of land parcels.He also assured to allthe attendees to comeforward with theproblems and solu-tions expected fromCIDCO, so a meetingcan be arranged, andproblems can be dis-cussed in depth. TheNAINA App is nowopen for general pub-lic and it can be down-loaded from play storeor app stores fromsmart phones.

Pendari, waste man-agement deputy com-missioner TusharPawar, zone 2’s deputycommissioner Dadasa-

heb Chabukswar, assis-tant commissioners ofall the departments,ward officers, executiveengineers, deputy engi-

neers, branch and jun-ior engineers and alsocleanliness officers,cleanliness inspectorsand deputy inspectors.

Municipal Commissioner... Cont. from pg. 2

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