Traffic snarls and water logging as rain lashes Navi Mumbai

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Traffic snarls andwater logging as rainlashes Navi Mumbai

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Therewas waterlogging in lowlying areas in Airoli,Rabale, Sanpada andGhansoli which ham-pered the traffic move-ment following thethunder and heavyshowers that lashedthe city from Thursdayevening due to the sea-turbulence caused byhigh-pressure cycloneMaha. The traffic wasalso hit on the on theThane-Belapur road

and Sion-Panvel High-way.

The rains that be-

gan at around 6.00 am

PCMC takes actionagainst unauthorized

mobile towersThe Panvel City Mu-

nicipal Corporation’s(PCMC) encroachmentdepartment on Friday tookaction against unautho-rized mobile tower underits jurisdiction. The squadhas initiated anti-encroach-ment drive since Mondayagainst various illegal en-croachments…

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Caretaker allegedlyloots senior citizens of

gold jewelleryA young man who was

hired a caretaker to lookafter an elderly couple al-legedly stole jewelleryworth Rs 4 lakh 15 thou-sand from an elderly cou-ple’s house. The accusedis absconding. The Vashipolice has initiated asearch…

(More on page 3)A tour to Goa forPediatric Cancer

patientsEvery year a tour is

organised for Pediatriccancer patients of TATAMemorial Hospital by Kon-kan Railway, as a goodwillgesture to sprinkle happi-ness on the faces of the lit-tle angels. This year too,the trip was organised on06th November 2019..

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NEWS INBRIEF

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Photo by Sumit Renose


VASHI: To enhancesecurity and preventpeople from roamingthe facility unnecessar-ily, the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) has intro-duced the system of is-suing visitor’s passes

in the First ReferralUnit (FRU) Hospitallocated at sector 10A,Vashi.

“There are variouselements that must beconsidered when set-ting up an effective hos-pital security system.Video surveillance,alarms, and employeeID badges are some of

Visitor passes nowmandatory in FRU, Vashi

System will enhance security

the excellentways to pro-tect patients,doctors, hospi-tal staff andi m p o r t a n tm e d i c a lrecords. Manyhospitals havemade it man-datory for thedoctors andemployees towear photoidentificationbadges. Anoth-er effective se-curity ar-rangement is

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ULWE: The commuters ofNavi Mumbai andneighbouring areas likeUlwe are concernedabout their safety, espe-cially when travellingat night. The newlyformed station- Baman-dongri and Kharkopar-have only one policemaneach, which the com-muters feel is highlyinadequate. In addition,

Ulwekars demand more police personnelat Kharkopar & Bamandongri stations

Commuters worry about safety at night

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September 2019.Person/s, any Govt. / Non Govt. Authorities and/or any otherConcerned Authorities, if any, having any right, title, claim etc.against or in the aforesaid Room/Unit by way of aforesaid lostAgreement and/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage,possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance,development, easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in anylitigation or otherwise or any other right or interest whatsoever is/are hereby required to make the same known in writing to theundersigned within a period of (15) fifteen days from the date ofpublication hereof.If no claim is made or received as required hereinabove, my Clientwill be at his liberty to complete the transaction in respect of the saidRoom/Unit without any reference or regard to any such purportedclaim or interest, which shall be deemed to have been waived forall intents and purposes and not binding on my Client.

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Ayodhya Verdict; Mock drill at Uran

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Following theverdict to be declaredby the Apex Courtwithin few days onRam Janmabhoomi -Babri Masjid, a mockdrill was held at Uranunder the guidance of

ACP VitthalraoDamgude and seniorpolice inspectorJagdish Kulkarni ofUran police station, onFriday at Charphata –Uran ST stands. Dur-ing the drill One PI, 11API and PSI and 50 po-

lice staff, Nhavaashe-va police station 1 API,3 police staff, CIDCOfire brigade I officerand 11 staff, likewiseONGC fire brigade oneofficer and 3 personand 4 beat marshalswere present.

Indira Gandhi ruralhospital doctor andstaff, RCP Navi Mum-bai 1 PSI and 23 staffwere also present. Thedrill was held to ensurethat no untoward is-sues occur during theverdict.

and stopped at around10.00 am. As per thedata from the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation fromThursday 8.30 am toFriday 8.30 am the cityreceived 7.10 mm ofrainfall. Airoli receivedthe highest rainfall of20.00mm, followed byBelapur which received05.20 mm; Vashi andNerul which received02.00 mm and 01.20

mm respectively. As the rains had

stopped during October,the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation(NMMC) had removedpumps for removingwater from low lyingareas. Due to suddendownpour, waterlog-ging was reported fromAiroli, Rabale, Ko-parkhairane subway.Traffic snarls were seenfrom Rabale to Ghanso-li. As there were trafficcongestion on theThane Belapur road,motorists started usingthe internal road fromGothivali. “After we in-

formed about the traf-fic congestion toNMMC, pumps wereinstalled near Rabale T-Junction”, informed P AAuti, Traffic Police In-spector, Rabale.

No only motoristsbut pedestrians toowere taken by surpriseto see water loggingnear Mukund companycircle and Witava sub-way which generallynever faces waterlog-ging issues.

Meanwhile, the of-fice goers who usuallytravel by auto-rick-shaws had to face diffi-culty as many autos re-

fused to ply towardsAiroli, Digha andThane. “I waited for 30minutes for an autofrom Mukund Companyto Airoli, Sector 5. Buteven after half an hour,no rickshaw was readyto ply due to waterlog-ging. After a long wait,I got one auto whichagreed to drop me to sec-tor 3 in Airoli”.

‘There was trafficcongestion near IndiaPower Circle as well. Adistance which usuallytakes 5 minutes, tookmore than 15-minutes,”said Snehal Rhode, acommuter.

Traffic snarlsand waterlogging...

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to issue temporary IDbadges to all visitorsentering the hospital,”says NMMC heathcommittee chairpersonVaishali TukaramNaik.

“With a visitor

Visitorpasses now..

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badge system in place,it would be easier tospot a person roamingthe facility without vis-ible identification. Any-one who now enters thehospital is required toregister before receivinga badge and gainingaccess to the hospital,”she informs.

Only one pass will be

issued to the caretak-ers, who would be re-quired to hand it overonce the patient getsdischarged from theHospital, she said.

“Hospitals are someof the most visitedbuildings— and not justby the sick. Maintain-ing security in hospitalpremises is highly es-

sential. This systemshould have been intro-duced long time back.But as they say it isbetter Now or Never,”remarked Shirish Das,a care giver.

The ID systemwould be introduced inphased manner in oth-er NMMC hospitalstoo, informed Naik.

CR To Run One Way Superfast Special On Mumbai—Nagpur RouteBy Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) will run a OneWay Superfast Special on Mumbai—Nagpur routein order to ferry extra passenger as per the follow-ing schedule. The details as under

Train No. 02021 Superfast Special will leaveLokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), Mumbai at 16.40hrs on Monday 12 Nov, 2019 and will arrive Nag-pur at 06.40 hrs on next day. The above Specialwill include Two AC-3 Tier, Fourteen Sleeper Class

and Six General Second Class Coaches*. Halts en-route includes Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nashik Road, Jalg-aon, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera and Wardha stations

Reservation for Train no. 02021 Superfast Spe-cial train on ‘Special Charges’ will open on Sunday10 Nov, 2019 at all PRS locations and on websitewww.irctc.co.in.

*General second class coaches of these specialswill run as unreserved coaches and will be bookedthrough UTS system.

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Preparations have been initiated by Vashi police to prevent any untoward incident inthe city in the wake of the verdict Babri Masjid and Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in a fewdays. (By Sumit Renose)

On the occasion of Kartiki Ekadashi, a palki procession was organized at the VitthalRakhumai Temple at Belpada (Kharghar). During the procession former MP Ram ShethThakur was present. A large number of villagers participated in the procession.

PANVEL: The PanvelCity Municipal Corpo-ration’s (PCMC) en-croachment depart-ment on Friday tookaction against the un-authorized mobile tow-er under its jurisdic-tion. The squad has ini-tiated anti-encroach-ment drive since Mon-day against various il-

PCMC takes action againstunauthorized mobile towers

legal encroachments.The action was tak-

en following the ordersfrom the Panvel CityMunicipal Commis-sioner Ganesh Desh-mukh under the lead-ership of Deputy Com-missioner Jamir Len-garekar. During theaction, 65 mobile tow-ers were sealed. “This

action will continueeven in future,” saidLangarekar.

The unauthorizedmobile tower zone wise:

Kharghar Division -22

Kalamboli Division -20

Kamothe Division -12

Panvel Division - 13

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Ayoung man who washired a caretaker tolook after an elderlycouple allegedly stolejewellery worth Rs 4lakh 15 thousand froman elderly couple’shouse. The accusedhas been identified asRupesh who is ab-sconding. The Vashi

Caretaker allegedly loots seniorcitizens of gold jewellery

police has initiated asearch.

The victim’sdaughter, SuchitraDeshpande had hiredRupesh for 12 hours jobto look after her agingparents, who live inVashi Sector-28.However, last month,Rupesh suddenly quitthe job.

Meanwhile, on

Wednesday morningwhen the victimchecked the jewellerykept in the cupboard,they were missing.Following which thefamily suspected thatthe caretaker Rupesh,must have looted thejewellery worth 4 lak15 thousand and lodgeda complaint at theVashi police station.

Sunni Gaussia Chishtiya Charitable Trust will be celebrating Eid e Milad (MohammedProphet) birth anniversary on Saturday 9th November at New Sushma Patil Vidyalaya,Sector 11, Plot no. 19 Kamothe.

Former MP Ram Sheth Thakur and MLA PrashantThakur to attend Eid e Milad programme

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: An un-identified gang has al-legedly cheated a wom-an of Rs 45,000 by giv-ing false assurance togive IPhones andwatches. Vashi policehave launched a probeinto this case by lodginga criminal case againstan unknown gang.

The victim Sushmi-ta Mukhiya, 37, wholives in Juhuga, Vashiwanted to start an iP-hone mobile and watchsales online business.She needed iPhone mo-bile handsets at whole-sale price. So last

Woman orders IPhones and watches;cheated by unknown gang

month, Sushmita gaveher mobile number onthe website of IndiaMart, stating thatthere was a need for 10iPhone mobiles and 2Apple company watch-es. Within days, a mannamed Rafiq contactedSushmita’s mobilestating that he was inUnited Kingdom andagreed to give the iP-hone and the watchesat a cheap rate, follow-ing which Sushmitaasked Rafiq to send 10iPhones and 2 watch-es.

Rafiq asked Sush-mita to send Rs 45,676

as shipping charges,insurance charges, im-port-export license andshared different bankaccount numbers andasked Sushmita totransfer the money. Af-ter receiving the mon-ey he again contactedher and demanded fur-ther Rs 60,000.

Suspecting Rafiq,Sushmita sent anemail to India MartCompany and learntthat she was cheatedby an unknown gang.Subsequently, Sushmi-ta rushed to court, thecourt ordered her to befile a case.

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Boeing forecasts USD770 billion India market forcommercial aircraft and services through 2038

Growth in travel and tourism will drive demand for 2,380 new airplanes, valued at USD330 billion

Boeing [NYSE: BA]forecasts air carriers inIndia will need 2,380new commercial air-planes, valued atUSD330 billion, to han-dle the growing de-mand for air travel overthe next 20 years.Tooperate and maintainthe expanding fleet, op-erators are expected tospend USD440 billionon aviation services,including ground, sta-tion and cargo opera-tions, along with main-tenance and engineer-ing.

The forecast is partof Boeing’s annual In-dia Commercial MarketOutlook (CMO), re-leased in New Delhi to-day. While many of thenew airplanes will re-place aging aircraft,most will help operatorsgrow their network asIndia’s airplane fleet isprojected to quadruplein size to approximate-ly 2500 airplanes by2038.

“It is impressive to

witness the passengergrowth in India. Thismarket continues to beone of the fastest-grow-ing in the world. Overthe past decade, domes-tic air traffic has tri-pled, while internation-al air traffic has morethan doubled. And wesee tremendous poten-tial for even moregrowth as India’s mid-dle class expands andmore consumers areable to fly,” said DarrenHulst, deputy vice pres-ident of CommercialMarketing for The Boe-ing Company.”In thenext few years, we seecommercial operatorsexpanding their net-works to offer more di-rect flights domestical-ly and open new long-distance options for pas-sengers.”

Market Segments:• Low-cost carriers

continue to lead inthe Indian markethaving expandedsix-fold in the lastdecade

• India also added ap-proximately 30 in-ternational citypairs in the pastyear, and the 10longest haul routesare all flown by Boe-ing wide-bodied air-craftIn India, single-

aisles will lead the de-mand for airplane deliv-

eries - comprising 87percent of all new air-planes - to meet re-quirements for domes-tic network connectionsand service to new air-ports. Widebody air-planes will make up 13percent of new airplane

deliveries, helping toenable new long-rangeflights.

“To support this suc-cessful and continuedgrowth of the aviationmarket in India, Boe-ing is committed to de-veloping the Indianaerospace ecosystem,”said Salil Gupte, presi-dent of Boeing India.

“Our ongoing invest-ments in India spanacross development ofaerospace technology,innovation, productioncapacity, supply chain,aerospace skilling cen-tres, manufacturingand modernization of

airport infrastructureand airspace,” addedGupte.

Beyond India, theglobal commercial jetfleet is expected to dou-ble in size by 2038 asairlines will need 44,000new airplanes valued atUSD6.8 trillion, anddemand more thanUSD 9 trillion in avia-tion services. The com-plete forecast is avail-able at http://www.boeing.com/cmo.

Boeing is the world’slargest aerospace com-pany and leading man-ufacturer of commer-cial jetliners, defense,space and security sys-tems, and service pro-vider of aftermarketsupport. Providing themainstay of India’s civilaviation sector for morethan 75 years, Boeing’sperformance driven air-craft are also playingan important role inmission-readiness forthe Indian Air Forceand Indian Navy. Boe-ing is focused on deliv-

ering value to Indiancustomers with ad-vanced technologiesand is committed to cre-ating sustainable valuein the Indian aerospacesector – developing lo-cal suppliers, and shap-ing academic and re-search collaborationswith Indian institu-tions. Boeing hasstrengthened its supplychain with over 160partners in India, anda JV to manufacturefuselages for Apachehelicopters. Annualsourcing from Indiastands at $1 billion.Boeing currently em-ploys 3500 people in In-dia, and more than 7000people work with itssupply chain partners.Boeing’s employee ef-forts and India country-wide engagementserves communitiesand citizenship pro-grams to inspire changeand make an impact onmore than 200000 lives.For more information,visit www.boeing.co.in

CR Mega Block On Sunday

Harbour, Trans-Harbour, Fourth Corridor

& Main Line services to be affected

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Cen-tral Railway willoperate Mega Block onits Suburban Section(Harbour line, Trans-Harbour, Fourth Corri-dor Services for carry-ing out maintenancework and infrastruc-ture upkeep and safe-ty o-n Sunday 10 Nov,2019. The schedule ofthe same is as follows:

A) Panvel- VashiUP and DN Har-bour Lines

From: 11.30 amto 4.00 pm

UP Harbour lineservices towards Chha-trapati Shivaji Maha-raj Terminus (CSMT),Mumbai leaving Panv-el / Belapur / Vashifrom 11.06 am to 4.01pm and DN Harbourline services to Vashi /Belapur Panvel leav-ing CSMT, Mumbaifrom 10.03 am to 3.16pm will remain sus-pended. However, Spe-cial local trains will

run o-n CSMT, Mum-bai – Vashi.

B) Panvel –Thane UP and DNTrans- HarbourLines

Up Trans-Harbourline services towardsThane leaving Panvelfrom 10.12 am to 3.53pm and DN Trans-Harbour line servicesfrom Thane to Panvelleaving Thane from11.14 am to 3.20 pmwill remain suspended.Trans-Harbour line ser-vices will be availablebetween Thane-Vashi /Nerul station duringthe block period.

C) Belapur-Sea-woods-Uran FourthCorridor Lines

DN services fromNerul to Kharkopar

leaving Nerul from11.45 am to 2.45 pmand UP services fromKharkopar to Nerulleaving Kharkopar

from 12.15 pm to 3.15pm will remain sus-pended.

Services betweenBelapur and Kharko-par will run as perschedule during theblock period.

Panvel - Andheriservices will remaincancelled during theblock.

D) Mulund-Ma-

tunga UP MainFast Line

From: 11.30 amto 4.00 pm

All UP Fast Mainline services leavingKalyan from 10.37 amto 3.06 pm will be di-

verted o-n UP Slow linebetween Diva andParel stations haltingat all stations up toParel and further re-diverted o-n UP FastMain line and will ar-rive destination 20minutes behind sched-ule.

DN Fast /Semi- fastMain line services leav-ing Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT), Mumbai from10.05 am to 3.22 pmwill halt at Ghatkopar,Vikhroli, Bhandup,Mulund and Diva sta-tions in addition totheir respective sched-uled halts and arrivedestination 20 minutesbehind schedule. AllSlow line services leav-ing/arriving CSMT,Mumbai between 11.00am and 6.00 pm willarrive destination 10minutes behind sched-ule.

All Mail / Expresstrains arriving Dadarand CSMT, Mumbai s

during the block periodwill be diverted o-n UPSlow Main line betweenMulund and Matungastations and will arrivedestination 20 minutesbehind schedule.

E) Short Termi-nation Of PassengerTrains

Train no. 50104 Rat-nagiri – Dadar Passen-ger will be terminatedat Diva Jn. and Trainno.

50103 Dadar – Rat-nagiri Passenger willdepart from Diva Jn. ASpecial suburban ser-vice will be run fromDadar to Diva for pas-sengers of Train no.50103 which will de-part from Dadar at3.40 pm, Thane at 4.06pm and arrive Diva at4.13 pm.

Due to these blocks,suburban trains arelikely to be morecrowded than usual.Passengers are re-quested not to take anyrisks while travelling.


Home away from homeBy C.K. Subramaniam

With reverse migra-tion from West Asia tothe State turning out tobe a major concern, theDepartment of Non-Res-ident Keralites’ Affairs(NoRKA) has stream-lined the rehabilitationand reintegration of thereturnees into the soci-ety.

To facilitate various

schemes of NoRKARoots, there are mainoffices in Thiru-vanathapuram, Er-nakulam andKozhikode. In Vashi,they have a special of-fice situated at KeralaHouse in Vashi withMr. S. Syam Kumar, Jt.Secretary to Govern-ment heading the de-partment for the peoplefrom Kerala living inMumbai and NaviMumbai. NORKARoots have lots ofPravasi Welfare

Schemes. Pravasi Wel-fare Fund Board func-tions for various servic-es.

The Non-residentKeralites Welfare FundAct, 2008 has developedsome welfare schemesfor the benefits of Non-resident Keralites, suchas Pension Scheme,Family PensionScheme, Pension

Scheme for invalids,Scheme for financialassistance to depen-dents of a deceasedmember, scheme forassistance for marriageof daughters of mem-bers, Scheme for pay-ment of financial assis-tance for maternity,Scheme for payment ofeducational grant,scheme for payment offor housing and self-employment etc.

With nationalisa-tion policies in the GulfCoordination Countries

(GCC) forcing the re-turn of hundreds of mi-grants to the State, thedepartment’s focus nowis on ensuring sustain-able livelihood for re-turn emigrants by pro-moting self-employ-ment ventures. TheNORKA DepartmentProject for Return Em-igrants (NDPREM)will help returnees com-

mence self-employmentventures with the helpof leading financial in-stitutions. Identitycards are issued formembers and one canregister throughnorkaroo t s . o rg o rww.norkaroots.net.NRK insurance cardsissued and throughwhich you can enjoymedical facility andapart from that Ambu-lance and other facili-ties.

By Dilip Sengupta

People born duringthis week of any yearwill keep themselvesbusy, happy, enter-tained. Fresh and vast-ly beneficial insightsflood your psyche andyour relationships pros-per too.

In this mood of rec-onciling and resolvingyour personal views,even issues with yourloved ones, you will befar more assertive,more definite and alsomore committed. TheLord assures you againthat only good thingswill come as a result.In money matters youwill be daring, gam-bling and speculatingwith rare insightswhich may be likely toclick quite brilliantly.Even speculation andinvestment could planout very well and takecare of your financialconcerns for some timeto come. At the sametime, genuine interestin occultphenomena and prac-tices-my other favouritephrase-tantra and man-tra, spirituality, thestudy of metaphysics,religion and its arcanemysteries-all thesecome in this month ofrare and beautifulgains. Their impact onyour total mindset andbehaviour will be won-derful. You get to workwith commitment andsincerity and will gettruly mind boggling re-sults that will exceedall your flights of imag-ination. You are sure tocome up with genuine-ly creative and brilliantideas and their execu-tion will be equally bril-liant to match.

This year is provingto be good year for you.Arians and your gainsare somewhat intangi-ble but extremely valu-able and long lasting.

You have realized theneed to create both fun,yet control and care inyour love life and mari-tal status and equa-tions. Your loving qual-ities will remain butthere is also a level -headed and caring sideof you. It is this sanestreak that may bringyou quick gains infunds but they’ll beshort lived. You willsoon realize that extramoney comes from ex-tra work. And usually,you are capable of doingsome brilliant and im-pressive work. If youreally get enthused orinspired. You should lis-ten to others, too, nomatter how brilliantyour own performance,says the Lord. This willapply equally to workand love –both couldsuffer as a conse-quence. The give andtake equation prevailsthere too. You must ex-hibit both wisdom andmaturity in your ap-proach and handling.Accept responsibilityand also make subtleadjustments by themonth end. You willmost definitely gainmuch more than whatyou give! Your love forlife, for the entire hu-man race and thoseclose to you ensuresthat for you. Yet, theentertainments andgood times will contin-ue as will your geniusat inspiration and inno-vation. Work will be apleasure rather than achore as you execute allthe bright ideas thatwill flood your mind inthis month. All forms ofentertainment, the me-dia, sports, the arts areyour special field, yourforte. Infinitely morefocused and focused andactive. It makes yourschemes and cannymoves click into place.

What clicks, above allelse and serves to bal-ance, control and reinyou in, is the love andspirituality that yougain.

The growth withinyou is just aimedfurther this month andyou will now exhibittrue creativity and un-derstanding. You arepatient, now, indifferences overtastes,ideas, aesthetics, evenfamily affairs, that mayhave been bones of con-tention earlier. Therewill be no major finan-cial worries either.

The money comesfrom the clever, intui-tive decisions and ac-tions that you take thismonth. There is nodoubt that you can earnwell. The doubts couldbe about your ability todo it on a regular sus-tained basis.

You may once againbe tempted to takeshortcuts, even dosomething unethical. If

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Young Vignesh Shankaranarayanan- A rising star of the Carnatic MusicBy Lakshman Sundar

Music these daysattracts a lot of youngpeople. They pick upvery fast, learn thetechniques, gain confi-dence, get more oppor-tunities and rise up inthis noble field rapidly.Soon, they make amark and adopt musicas their career. Onesuch child prodigy isVashi Fine Arts award-ee Shri. Vignesh Shan-karanarayanan. Borninto a family of musi-cians he is the son ofMridangam VidwanMumbai Shri. Shan-karanarayanan. Hestarted learning vocalmusic at the tender ageof five under Guru Smt.Vidya Harikrishna.

Currently, he is alsoundergoing trainingunder Shri Delhi P Sun-derrajan. He gave avery impressive debutconcert at Sri AhobilaMutt, Chembur in2013.

During Navratricelebrations, Shri.Vignesh Shankarana-rayanan has been giv-ing performances in cul-tural organizations andfamous temples inMumbai, Navi Mum-bai, Dombivili, Kalyan,Thane and Pune.

He is also an AIRartiste. He was fea-tured by Sankara TVChannel as part of theSangeethotsavam pro-

Rotarians undertake Mission WASH in city schools

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Highlights importance of water, sanitation & Hygiene among Children

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to highlight theimportance of Water,Sanitation and Hygiene(WASH) along with pri-mary education as afundamental right of

Students of Vishwa Bharti School, Koparkhairane get hands on experience on hy-giene from volunteers of Rotary Club of Satellite City Navi Mumbai

An initiative being organised by Rotary Club of Millennium City Navi Mumbai volun-teers at Mahatma Gandhi Hindi High School Airoli.

Enthusiastic students of Mother India Mission English School Koparkhairane learnthe art of Hand washing from the experts from Rotary Club of Satellite City NaviMumbai

Volunteers from Rotary Club of Navi Mumbai Sunrise, Kharghar organise a camp at acivic school in Owe Camp

every child, Rotary In-ternational’s has em-barked on a mission tospread this messageamong educational in-stitutes across theglobe. The regional Ro-tary Clubs including

those across NaviMumbai and surround-ing areas in Thane Dis-trict as part of this ini-tiative has been con-ducting hand-washingdemo sessions in manyschools (aided , non-aid-

ed and civic schools)over the past couple ofweeks as part of theGlobal Hand WashingDay celebrations whichis observed on 15th Oc-tober. Rtn Sonal Modi,

Rotary Co Chair forWASH in Schools inNavi Mumbai on theoccasion said that “Chil-dren need to get intothe habit of proper handwashing before and af-

ter taking food and alsoafter using a toilet.Dirty hands cause diar-rhoea, influenza andmany other avoidable

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For the Love of Science & its numerous applicationsBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Well-known American Phys-icist once said “Scienceof today is the technolo-gy of tomorrow”. In-spired by this well-known adage and tospread awareness aboutthe importance of sci-ence and its applicationin the daily life of thepeople among its youngstudents, Ryan Chris-tian School observed‘Science Day’ at itsschool premises inVashi.

To mark the occa-sion the reputed ICSEBoard institute hosted a‘Science Exhibition’ onthe occasion.

The young buddingscientist grabbed thisgreat opportunity toshowcase their modelsand futuristic technolo-gy with their own re-search and guidancefrom their teachers andparents. Certificateswere distributed to thewinners of best modelsexhibited.

Science Day is cele-brated to spread aware-ness about the impor-

RCS Vashi students showcase their model projects during the science exhibition.

Budding scientists showcase how intelligent networkin future will support the digitalization of industries andsociety.

hind it. The same in-cluded many projects,which was open to allthe students and par-ents alike and adjudi-cated by independentpanel of judges. The win-ners of best models ex-hibited were also felici-tated,” shared EdwinFernando, Headmis-tress of the institute.

She further added“The Science Exhibitionwas a grand success andthe same would havebeen possible withoutthe hard work of all theyoung participants,teachers and others. Allappreciated this effortand also learnt the tech-nology behind the func-tioning of variousprojects on display”.

The exhibition was open to all and well received.

tance of science and itsapplication in the dailylife of the people. In or-der to inculcate thisspirit we organised aScience Exhibition in

our premises for our stu-dents who willinglygrabbed this great op-portunity to showcasetheir models and high-light the technology be-

Despite rain delay, District Level U-17 Kho Kho Tournament- A successBy Jim George

BELAPUR : The chil-dren from variousschools put up a stellarperformance in the U-17District Level Kho-KhoTournament held atRajiv Gandhi Stadium,Belapur on 8th Novem-ber, 2019. The matcheswere fierce and thecoaches even fiercer asthey kept pushing theirstudents to do their best.However, the fast pacedmovements of the kidswere delayed by an hourdue to the rains experi-enced early in the morn-ing across the city. Atthe end, R.F. Naik Vidy-alaya was the happycampaigner as theybagged the top prizes inboth the boys and girlssections.

The first match ofthe day saw the girls ofD.A.V Public School,Airoli defeat BharatiVidyapeeth. Studentswith their players likePritika Kurup, Sansk-

ruti Kenjale and Amri-ta Sinha of grade 9 puton brilliant performanc-

es to help D.A.V PublicSchool power their waythrough to the finals

even though they played

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Issue : 159 9 November, 2019

not downright illegal.But there is no needbecause you will find

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NoRKA Roots takescare of the screening,orientation, and train-ing to boost the mana-gerial capabilities of theentrepreneurs. TheCentre for Manage-ment Development(CMD), an autonomousinstitution under theDepartment of Indus-

tries, is the nodal agen-cy for giving sector-wisetraining to the appli-cants. The CMD alsomakes available freeproject reports to poten-tial entrepreneurs andhelps them start newventures.

Three authentica-tion centers are func-tioning in Thiruvanan-thapuram, Ernakulamand Kozhikode under

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Government of Keralafor the authenticationof the educational cer-tificates of Keralites.Authentication Officersfrom the General Edu-cation Department areauthenticating the ed-ucational certificatesand the MHRD guide-lines are followed forauthentication. The writer is freelancer from

Sanpada, Navi Mumbai

that there are thingsworking for you now.

Enquiries, if any aresolicited on No. 9869472971. Howeveronly calls from mobile /

cell phones will be en-tertained. Marriagematch of any commu-nity, caste or creed willbe done at a nominalcost.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheEconomic OffencesWing has registeredcase against two unau-thorized companies-Capital Club and M Pic-tures which were foundto be collecting depositsby offering lucrative re-turns and various fi-nancial incentives togeneral public. “These

Case registered againstunauthorized financial firms

companies are not reg-istered under the gov-ernment regulation,”said crime branch dep-uty commissioner,Pravin Patil.

He further appealedthe people to check au-thenticity of the compa-nies and the offers be-fore making invest-ments. “People shouldensure that the institu-

tions have all the nec-essary permissions ofthe governing bodiesbefore investing. If anycompany offers lucra-tive offers on invest-ment, people should in-form the Navi MumbaiPolice and strict andlegal action will be tak-en against all unautho-rized companies,” hesaid.

Sindhudurg residents held an agitation at Konkan Bhavani at Belapur in Navi Mumbaidemanding relief due to heavy rains that lashed during post-monsoon. (Sumit Renose)

a match more than theother teams.

The most competi-tive matches of the dayinvolved the students ofR.F. Naik Vidyalaya asboth the boys and girlsbegan their journey inthe tournament facingRajarshi ChhatrapatiShahu Maharaj Vidya-

laya. Both the matcheswere standouts as eachathlete gave it their all,putting their bodies onthe line.

With time runningout, authorities decidedto play the boy’s semi-final on another ground.Finally, R.F. Naik Vidy-alaya put on a matchwinning performance oftheir own.

The final two match-es were the 3rd place

match between ASPPublic School and Airo-li Madhyamik Vidya-laya and the finals be-tween R.F. Naik Vidya-laya and DVS Schoolwhich were completecontrasts to one anoth-er. The 3rd place matchwas quick as ASP Pub-lic School took control ofthe match from the get-go while the Final wasaction-packed through-out.

Despiterain delay...

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Widening tax base for largerrevenue and faster developmentIn the early 90’s our country made remarkable strides in eco-

nomic growth with higher exports and industrial output. Unfortu-nately, the same development process could not continue for longas there was overall economic recession and the revenue fell farshort of expenditure. Today, the statistics of industrial output andeconomic growth is quite disheartening. The government in itsbid to contain deficits and carry out development process findsraising the tax rates of the introduction of new taxes as the easiestway out.

However, frequent and disproportionate hikes in tax rates notonly put an additional burden on the masses but also encouragetax theft and evasion. It should be realised that the hikes can bemade more acceptable to the people if they are done in small pro-portions. Similarly, after paying huge taxes, citizens have everyright to know where the money is spent. Consumers definitely willnot be happy to pay the increasing taxes if they continue to faceproblems and poor quality services.

While it is true that it is absolutely necessary to generate moreand more number of tax payers but practically things are different.High rates of tax are generating a feeling of burden in the masses.Every common man shells out his maximum income to the gov-ernment by way of taxes. No one can escape the tax trauma. Be-cause of high tax rates, people are either reluctant to pay or aremanipulating and concealing true income to save on taxes. Theyare able to do this because of loopholes in the policies. As a result,the tax base of our country and the state is not widening at thepace at which it should have grown.

To increase the revenue, government should try to widen thetax base and this would be possible only when the tax rates aremade reasonable. This will automatically generate voluntary taxpayers. Apart from this, stringent policy measures should be madeand adopted to prevent tax evasion. Methods of calculation of tax-es should be simplified so that there is least possibility of manipu-lation and evasion of taxes. With simple rules and reasonable rateof taxes, the government will be able to widen the tax network,which will ultimately result in larger revenue and faster develop-ment process as a whole.

diseases. In order toovercome it a Handwashing ((WinS) move-ment has beenlaunched in variousschools. As part of thisinitiative various Rota-ry Clubs has been pro-moting daily hand-washing with soap atthree critical times -before & after eatingmeals and after usingtoilets”.

Speaking about theinitiative Rotary Dis-

trict 3142 Avenue Chairfor WinS and formerClub President of Rota-ry Club of Satellite CityNavi Mumbai, RtnAshesh Jain said “Over200 schools in ThaneDistrict including NaviMumbai, Thane, Kaly-an, Dombivli, Ulhasna-gar etc are being tar-geted by our trainedvolunteers from vari-ous Rotary clubs. On anaverage the same is be-ing attended by over250 students per schoolwhich in turn will leadto spreading informa-tion to around 50,000students. The teachersand management of

these schools who haveshown keen interest inthis initiative will l alsoplay a key role in itsimplementation duringrecess hours and thosebefore meals. Rotary In-ternational andUNICEF will recogniseschools who meet thebasic requirements ofsanitation and hygienein their premises subse-quently after review”.Photo feature showssome of these initiativestaken at various schoolswhich will not only im-prove hygiene amongchildren leading to re-duce child mortality andadvance gender equality.

RotariansundertakeMission...

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Costa Cruises commences 4th India Sailing season with a larger ship Costa Victoria

Costa Cruises is the only international cruise company to homeport a ship in India for the 4th season

For more than 70years the ships of thehistoric Costa Cruisesbrand have plied theseas of the world, offer-ing the most diversechoice of cruise holi-days with the uniqueItalian touch, based onItaly’s finest concept interms of hospitality,gastronomy, style andfun.

Costa Victoria, oneof the fascinating shipsof the Costa fleet, ar-rived at Mumbai today,where she will be homeporting for the 4th In-dian season of the pop-ular Italian brand. Thestart of her Indian sea-son was celebrated inthe presence of ShriMansukh L. Man-daviya, Hon’ble UnionMinister of State forShipping India, ShriSanjay Bhatia, Chair-man Mumbai PortTrust and Ms. NaliniGupta, Managing Di-rector Lotus Aero En-terprises, Representa-tive of Costa Cruise In-dia.

Shri Mansukh L.Mandaviya, UnionMinister of State forShipping India, stated,“Cruise Tourism is cur-rently one of the fast-est developing verticalsin the tourism sectorin India. Over theyears, Cruise Tourismhas been recognized asan active component inthe economic growth ofany country and wealso see it as a majorsource of employmentbecause of its labor-in-tensive nature and thesignificant multiplier

effect on employmentin related sectors. Iwould like to congrat-ulate Costa Cruises fortheir successful home-porting since 2016.”

Costa Victoria willcommence cruisesfrom 8th November2019 to 29th February2020. This is the 4thseason that Costa

Cruises will be home-porting in Indian wa-ters and is the only in-ternational cruise lin-er in India to offer reg-ular cruises of 3 to 7Nights cruise itinerar-ies from Mumbai toKochi, Kochi toMaldives, Mumbai toMaldives and Maldivesto Mumbai, confirmingits strong interest inproactively developingthe Indian cruise mar-ket.

Commenting on theoccasion, Shri. SanjayBhatia, Chairman ofMumbai PortTrust said, “This is asuitable time for cruiseliners to come to Indiaas the Government au-thorities are taking pro-

active steps to finallyuse our long coastline.I would like to ac-knowledge the initia-tives of cruise compa-nies like Costa Cruisesthat have taken the ini-tiative to start sailingsfrom Mumbai and ex-hibited their confidencein the Indian Govern-ment and Indian mar-

ket. We are looking for-ward to homeportingmany more ships andbuilding the Mumbaiport as a leading port ofIndia. We aim to exceedthe expectations of thecruise liners and thecruisers, both domesticand international.”

While, the CostaCruise India office hasalways seen high inter-est in the 3 to 4 Nightssailings in the previousthree seasons, thisyear, there is a signifi-cant increase in book-ings on the 7 NightsMumbai to Maldivesand Maldives to Mum-bai sailings. This is apositive sign indicatingthat the Indian travel-er is now willing to ex-

plore cruises of a long-er duration. Thebooked clients are acombination of individ-ual travelers, corporategroups, large familiesand weddings, showcas-ing the diversity of theIndian market.

Ms. Nalini Gupta,Managing Director, Lo-tus Aero Enterprises,

Representative of CostaCruises in India, said“We are very excited tocelebrate the success ofour past three MumbaiMaldives sailing sea-sons. Today, cruise lin-ers cater to multiplesegments of travelerswith their diverse facil-ities and amenities on-board. I am confidentthat this mode of holi-daying will provide anexclusive way of travelfor visitors seeking todiscover new avenues oftourism.” Itinerary from India to

Maldives This 7-nights itin-

erary starts in Mum-bai, with a two-day callto discover the fasci-nating capital of the

state of Maharashtra.From here the south ofIndia with New Man-galore and then Kochi.The excursion in Ker-ala on board a house-boat is very fascinat-ing, among the tropicalcanals of the inner areaof the city, a vast sys-tem of lagoons rich inmangroves and rain-forests. After a day ofsailing Costa Victoriawill arrive in Male,where it will stop twodays to allow its gueststo end their holiday inthe relaxation of thewhite beaches andcrystal waters of theMaldives, before re-turning home.

Itinerary from Maldivesto India

This 7-nights itin-erary starts in Male,with a two-day call toenjoy at maximum thewhite beaches of theMaldives and the coralreef. The second desti-nation visited by thisitinerary is Sri Lanka,famous for its beauti-ful natural trails. Un-missable, reachablefrom Colombo, is thevisit to the Pinnawelaelephant orphanage,one of the island’s mostfamous attractions.Finally, India, with itsmillenary culture andintense colors, withstops in Goa, knownthroughout the worldfor its beautiful beach-es and architecture,and Mumbai, whereCosta Victoria will stopfor two days to allowguests to fully savorthe characteristic city.

The fascinating Cos-

ta Victoria is a cruiseship of extraordinarybeauty and a Mediter-ranean taste to enjoy.She is ready to amazeher guests with awhole new look andmakeover with metic-ulous attention to de-tailing. The area dedi-cated to relaxation andfun is more elegant -from the Grand Bar tothe Casino, from theSpa to Suites, every-thing is under one roof.On Costa Victoriaguests will also be ableto find entirely newdrinks and gourmetareas which includesthe Aperol Spritz Bar,the Gourmet Burger,the PizzeriaPummid’oro and theTapas and Paella Res-taurant. Keeping inmind the evergreen de-mand for Indian food,there will also be anIndian food buffet op-tion, available for allmeals.

The ship includes 3swimming pools (onecovered), 5 restaurants,10 bars, a wellnessarea, a gym, joggingtrack, shopping area,theatre, casino, confer-ence rooms and solari-um. Costa Victoria aimsto provide plenty in or-der to entertain theguests from magicshows, operas and bur-lesque dancers that willcaptivate even the mostwell-travelled folkswith spectacular per-formances. This classiccruise ship has a totalof 964 staterooms, in-cluding sea view, balco-ny and suites.

the women commutershave demanded Govern-ment Railway Police(GRP) personnel in theircompartments, especial-ly during night.

A senior official fromMumbai Railway Policeon the condition of ano-nymity said, “The gov-ernment has not giventhem the responsibility

of the new corridor andhence their officials arenot patrolling the area.At present it is the dutyof the local police to takecare of the commuters.”

Earlier in August theGRP showed its ineffi-ciency and told the stategovernment that theywould not be able to pro-vide security in the newcorridor as they do nothave sufficient manpow-er. Till date the state gov-ernment has not ad-

dressed the issue andthe reason officials arenot guarding the trainsto Kharkopar leavingfrom Belapur and Nerulstations, it is learnt.

The two newlyopened stations that areBamandongri andKharkopar are opera-tional in the new corri-dor, but they are usual-ly deserted.

Sunita Menon (38), aresident of Ulwe, Sector8 said that she was sur-

prised to see that therewas no GRP official inher compartment whenshe boarded the trainfrom Belapur toKkarkopar at 9.32 pm,which is the last train.“I was scared when thetrain crossed the isolat-ed stretches,” she re-marked. “Sometimesmen board women com-partments whichmakes the womencommuters feel unsafe,”she added.

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Need to control rising inflationThe government of Maharashtra and the gov-

ernment of all other states of India must controlinflation and must do something to bring downthe price of onions and other essential commodi-ties as a relief to the common man. The price of onions to Rs 80 a kilo isbringing tears to our eyes much before we cut them.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Bangladesh cricketers succumbeasily to pressure

Time and again, Bangladesh proved its immaturity and succumbedto the pressure exerted by Rohit Sharma’s Indian Team at Rajkot. Aftergoing 1-0 up it was up to them to apply composure. Instead complacencycaught up with the team and made a mess of the match. After being 83for 2 in the 11th over, the Bangla team ought to have gone for pinchhitters for the next ten over and ought to have a match of it. They playedlike school boy cricketers.

Khaleel conceded nearly 7 fours on the trot and that was not enoughto boost a near 200 total in 20 overs. Mohamadulla failed to motivate theside and Team India ran home victors with Rohit made an easy prey ofthe Bangladesh bowlers.

Akhilesh Krishnan, Sector 13, Hare Krishna

Letters to the Editor....

gram in July 2019.Mesmerising Voice!Blessed with a mes-

merising, magnetic anda mellifluous voice,Shri. Vignesh Shan-karanarayanan estab-lishes instant rapportwith the audience atthe opening song itself.Then onwards a nectarof music flows freelyfrom his mouth like theholy Ganga flowing infull force at TriveniGhat, Rishikesh (Utt-arakhand) transport-ing the attendees to acelestial world. Verve,velocity, vivacity, com-plete confidence andconsummate ease arethe hallmarks of hisconcerts. At this youngage of 18 he performslike a seasoned artisteand thereby increasinghis circle of fans afterevery program.

Awards & HonorsShri. Vignesh Shan-

karanarayanan hasbeen winning numer-ous awards and honorsin various competitionsorganized by the cul-tural institutions inMumbai & Navi Mum-bai. Notable amongthem were:• 2015- Pandit Vish-

nu DigambarPaluskar Award inthe vocal competi-tion organized bySri Sharada San-geetha Vidyalaya,Mumbai.

• 2014-Won SilverLamp in the compe-tition organized by

Special Traffic and Power Block On MainLine On Two Consecutive Sundays

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: CentralRailway (CR) will oper-ate a Traffic and PowerBlock on UP and DNMain lines betweenAsangaon and Kasarastations from 11.00 hrs.to 13.00 hrs for remov-al of 2 Tonne BroadFlange Beam (BFB) off-loaded portal & anchorstructures and othermaintenance relatedactivities on two consec-utive Sundays, viz .10and 17 Nov, 2019. Dueto this infrastructureupgrade block, thetrain running patternwill be as under:

A) Regulation ofM a i l / E x p r e s sTrains:

i) Train no.11055LTT- Gorakhpur Ex-press leaving Lokman-ya Tilak Terminus at10.55 hrs will be regu-lated at Asangaon from12.20 hrs to 13.00 hrs.

ii) Train no.12542LTT- Gorakhpur Ex-press leaving Lokman-ya Tilak Terminus at11.10 hrs will be regu-lated at Vasind from12.25 hrs to 13.00 hrs

iii) Train no. 12869CSMT- Howrah Ex-press leaving Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus at 11.05 hrswill be regulated atKhadavli from 12.26hrs to 13.00 hrs

iv) Train no.12812Hatia - LTT Expresswill be regulated atKasara from 11.34 hrsto 13.00 hrs and willarrive Lokmanya TilakTerminus at 15.00 hrsinstead of 13.35 hrs.

v) Train no. 11094Varanasi – CSMT Ma-hanagri Express will beregulated at Igatpurifrom 11.00 hrs to 12.30hrs and will be termi-nated at Dadar station

vi) Train no. 12294Allahabad-LTT Duron-to Express and 12142Patliputra-LTT Ex-press will arrive Lok-manya Tilak Terminus5 to 15 minutes behindschedule.

B) Cancellation ofExpress Trains:

i) Train no. 12117LTT – Manmad Expressand 12118 Manmad-LTT Express will be can-celled.

C) Short Termi-nation / Cancellationof Suburban Trains

i) Locals for Kasaraleaving CSMT at 9.41hrs and 10.16 hrs willbe terminated at Asan-gaon

ii) Local for CSMTleaving Kasara at 11.12hrs will depart fromAsangaon at 11.49 hrs

iii) Local for CSMTleaving Kasara at 12.19hrs will be cancelled ful-ly.

A Special train willalso be run to Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT) de-parting Asangaon at12.27 hrs.

Apart from theabove, DN Mail/Expresstrains and CSMT-Kasa-ra locals will arrive Ig-atpuri / Kasara 15-20minutes behind sched-ule.

These special blocksare essential for infra-structure enhance-ment. Passengers arerequested to bear withthe Railway Adminis-tration for the inconve-nience caused due tothis block.

Sri Shanmukanan-da Fine Arts & San-geetha Sabha in theVocal Music catego-ry.

• 2013- Swept all theprizes by winning insix categories in acompetition orga-nized by Vashi FineArts.

• Awarded the Gov-ernment of IndiaCultural Scholar-ship for Vocal Musicin 2015.As a Government of

India Cultural Scholar-ship holder, recently,Shri.Vignesh Shan-karanarayanan hadthe privilege to performat the 150th GandhiJayanti Celebrations atRajghat, New Delhi inthe august presence ofour Honourable Presi-dent Shri RamnathKovind & HonourablePrime Minister ShriNarendra Modi.

South Zone Cultur-al Centre (SZCC) ar-ranged his concert atThanjavur, TamilNadu at its centrewhich was attended byThe Prince of Thanjav-ur himself.

He also performedat the Kumbh MelaCelebrations, January2019 at Prayagraj (Al-lahabad) as a sole Car-natic Music representa-tive all over India.

During the Brah-motsavam of Lord Bal-aji, Shri. Vignesh Shan-karanarayanan per-formed at the Tiruma-la Tirupati Devastha-nam.

Shri. Shankar Ma-hadevan Academy host-

ed Shri.Vignesh in aMusic Concert as partof SANGAM 2016 atNCPA, Mumbai. Theconcert was attendedand appreciated byShri.Shankar Mahade-van himself and thehuge audience.

Shri.Vignesh is alsoa self-taught Ganjirastudent and has givencouple of performances,notable being perform-ing along with Smt.Shreya Devnath atBRR Sabha, Anushak-thinagar, Mumbai.

EducationA bright student of

Arya Vidya Mandir(AVM) & SIES Collegerespectively, Shri.Vignesh graduated in10th & 12th grade withflying colours. Hescored 99.8% at the en-trance examination andjoined this August theInstitute of ChemicalTechnology (ICT) topursue his Bachelor’sDegree in Pharmacy.

Mark Twain used tosay that he never al-lowed his schooling tointerfere with his edu-cation! Likewise,young Vignesh has notallowed his studies tointerfere with his mu-sic career. He is a shin-ing example of the fa-mous adage of “Wherethere is a will, there isa way.” In both aca-demic and music fieldsthis youngster is shin-ing brilliantly. Vigneshis well poised to carryof torch of music for-ward and carve aunique name in thecoming decade.

YoungVignesh...

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A tour to Goa for Pediatric Cancer patients

Every year a tour is organised for Pediatric cancer patients of TATA Memorial Hospitalby Konkan Railway, as a goodwill gesture to sprinkle happiness on the faces of thelittle angels. This year too, the trip was organised on 06th November 2019 and one AC 3tier coach was attached to Train No. 12133 Mangaluru Express from Mumbai to Goa &back. In this tour, 29 pediatric cancer patients along with their guardians availed thisfacility by Konkan Railway.


Rise in ATM Frauds – Why?By Vinod C. Dixit

The problem of ATMfrauds is global in na-ture and its ramifica-tions have been felt inIndia as well. ATMfrauds in India are in-creasing at an alarmingrate. If we add to it thecases of Credit CardFrauds, Internet Bank-ing Frauds and fraudscommitted using Ph-ishing techniques, thenumbers are reallyshocking. With mobilephones being increas-ingly used for transac-tions, instances havebeen reported of fraud-sters intercepting one-time passwords by ob-taining duplicate SIMcards. The ATMs needto be highly secured ascardholders are igno-rant about such tricks.ATM Frauds happen

when someone leaveshis/her credit card un-attended in a vehicle orchanging room or al-lows anyone else to usethe card or loses thecard that is misused byothers or discloses thePersonal IdentificationNumber (PIN) to oth-ers, etc. Fraudsters aremuch more advanced.The Technology can alsobe used to minimizecases of ATM Frauds inIndia. The technologi-cal mechanisms likeDesignated time, Mi-crochip technology, Bi-ometric tokens, En-hanced security, ATMMonitoring, Custom-ised software, Custom-er motivation, Alerts,

etc. can be used to min-imize and prevent ATMfrauds in India.

It not only causes

financial loss to banksbut they also underminecustomers’ confidence

in the use of ATMs. Itis one of the most com-mon types of fraud butthere are some mea-

s u r e sthat peo-ple whoown cred-it cardsand debitcards cantake toa v o i dtheft oft h e i ridentity.C r i m i -nals ares c o r i n gt o pm a r k s

for their devious ways.Statistically, cardskimming is now the

preferred method ofATM fraud, though it’snot only limited to theATM environment.Skimming was oncesolely limited to creditcards, but the reality isthat it now also in-cludes debit cards. TheATM fraud is not thesole problem of banksalone. It is a big threatand it requires a coor-dinated and cooperativeaction on the part of thebank, customers andthe law enforcementmachinery. Being aBank employee, I wouldlike to point out that to-day, everyone is keep-ing a bank account withan ATM card. Manywrite the PIN in the

space provided for sig-nature, and this is anopen invitation tothieves. The security ofthe password need notbe overemphasizedwith increasing theftsand frauds on the Inter-net. It is high time torevoke the Cyber Lawof India as soon as pos-sible and enact Strongand Effective Laws inthis regard. Till wehave suitable and aptlaws, we must applyexisting laws in a pur-posive and updatingmanner. There is thusa need to take precau-tionary and insurancemeasures that givegreater “protection” tothe ATMs, particularlythose located in less se-cure areas.

The writer is freelancer,writer and cartoonist.


City resident- Mrs Deepali Kumbharey Gokhe bags‘Mrs. Tourism Brand Ambassador 2019’ title


KHARGHAR: A resi-dent of Kharghar,Navi Mumbai, Mrs.Deepali KumbhareyGokhe recently bagged‘Mrs. Tourism BrandAmbassador 2019’ titlein the Mrs. TourismPageant-2019 held inManila, Philippines.The pageant was orga-nised by Megastar Pro-ductions under the Di-rection of Ovette Rical-de.

Out of 26 partici-pants from differentcountries, the 40 yearold Mrs Deepali baggedthe coveted title andbrought laurel for thecountry.

An avid traveller,Deepali always desiredto promote travellingdestinations of India ona global platform. In2017, she participatedin the pageant ‘Mrs.India Pride of Nation’held in Gurugram andlater in TRI India pag-eant. “I wanted to pro-mote India on a globalplatform and hence de-cided to participate inthe International Mrs.Tourism Pageant,”says Deepali, whoholds a double postgraduate degree in Sci-ence and Educationand was the formerHead of Podar Interna-tional School and Rad-cliffe School, NaviMumbai.

The journey, how-ever, was not easy andthere were several hur-dles along the way.“Firstly, I was over-weight,” recalls Deep-ali who had to workhard to reduce around13 kg in a span of 8-9months, which she didwith the help of regu-lar exercises, balancedfood and meditation.“This helped me to be-come fit as well as morefocused,” she says. Sec-

ondly, as she had tokeep abreast with thecurrent affairs, shehad to become an avidreader. However, “Themost challenging wasto walk the rampwearing sandals withheels,” she says with asmile. In addition, shehad to balance herpractice sessions withthe household work andother duties. “It is achallenge to manage

home, a child and oth-er responsibilitiesalong with the passionthat one wants to pur-sue,” says Deepali.However, with the sup-port from her parents,husband, her 12 yearold daughter,Saumyaa, Deepali wasable to overcome all thechallenges with ease.

As a brand ambas-sador, Deepali will nowbe promoting travel-

ling locations of Indiaand the host Philip-pines and would also be

spreading awarenesson the need to takecare of our surround-

ings, Nature etc.“Our advocacy is‘Mothers who care forthe World’ and henceas ambassador myduty would be to pro-mote the need to con-serve Nature, our sur-roundings etc.” saysDeepali.

Deepali’s journey,which started from asmall town ‘Chandra-pur ’, has todayreached to a levelwhich is inspiring notonly for the womenaround her as well asfor all the Indians.

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By Vikram Gaikwad

NAVI MUMBAI: The1098 Child HelplineEmergency Serviceaimed at helping chil-dren in distress or trou-ble, is all set to belaunched in the satellitecity soon. The Ministryof Women and ChildDevelopment, UnionGovernment had re-cently given permissionto a youth organizationin Kharghar to launchthe facility which willbe started from theYouth Centre inKharghar.

Since Navi Mumbaidoes not have a dedicat-ed child helpline forchildren, calls for 1098were going to the Mum-bai Helpline. As a re-

Child Line-1098 EmergencyHelpline service to be launched

in Navi Mumbai soonHelpline will help children in distress

sult, the children in thesatellite city were fac-ing difficulty in gettingtimely help. Due tothis, various organiza-tions were demanding

the launch of the ChildHelpline in New Mum-bai. Finally, the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)

gave its approval for theservice. “The Child Line1098 will run 24 hoursto help children in NaviMumbai,” informed Vi-jay Kharat, project co-

ordinator.The youth organiza-

tion has been workingin Mumbai for the lastseveral years and has Contd. on pg. 2

been addressing the is-sues related to therights and safety ofchildren living on thestreet as well as the un-derprivileged and vul-nerable children. Simi-larly, the youth organi-zation has been operat-ing the Child Line Hel-pline in Mumbai formany years. Apartfrom this, the youth or-ganization Child LineHelpdesk is running atthe Dadar Railway Sta-tion in collaborationwith the railways. Con-sidering their experi-ence in social work theorganization has beenselected to start childservice in Navi Mum-

Vishnudas BhaveAuditorium’s makeoverto get further delayed

NMMC loses on entertainment

tax due to delay

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI:Despite assurances bythe civic authorities,the makeover work ofthe lone auditorium ofthe satellite city,Vishnudas BhaveNatyagraha, isunlikely to get com-pleted in the stipulat-ed deadline of thismonth end. Due tothis delay not only theresidents are unableto enjoy the plays, but

the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) is also losingon the entertainmenttax. Previous financialyear the civic bodycollected Rs 78 lakh asan entertainment taxfrom Vishnudas BhaveNatyagruha.

The auditoriumwas closed for com-plete renovation from11th March, 2019 andthe deadline set forthe completion of itwas eight months.Earlier in June 2019the former civic chiefDr. Ramaswami N.had inspected the

work and had askedthe engineers to pullup their socks andcomplete the work bythe end of October,2019. On 22nd Septem-ber, 2019 the NMMCcivic chief AnnasahebMisal along with theMayor Jaywant Sutaralso inspected theauditorium’s ongoingwork and had in-structed the engineersto get the workcompleted by the end

of November, 2019.However, the work isunlikely to get com-pleted before January,2020, it is learnt.

Talking withNewsband, NMMCCommissioner Anna-saheb Misal said, “Ihad inspected thework at VishnudasBhave Natyagraha on22nd September, 2019along with the Mayor.The auditorium hasits own charm andmost of the eventstake place here. Dueto the makeover,

Contd. on pg. 2


NAVI MUMBAI: The Etoilets which have beenlaunched by the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC) toeradicate open defeca-tion in the city, appearto be turning into vehi-cle washing centres. Anauto rickshaw driverwas caught washing hisvehicle at TalavaliNaka, Ghanosli byNewsband Reporter.

“There is rampant

E toilets turning intovehicle washing centres

Rampant stealing of water, say residents

stealing of water. Slumdwellers can be seenstealing water from thepipeline and using it forvarious purposes.While, NMMC urgescitizens to save everydrop of water, no actionis taken to stop such il-legal stealing whichleads to wastage of wa-ter as well,” says NehaGaikwad, a resident ofNerul.


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bai as well.In Navi Mumbai

too, the children faceinnumerable issueswhich include child beg-gars, child labour, phys-ical and sexual abuse inschools/ residential ar-eas, neglected children,children living on thestreet, children runningaway from home etc. Adedicated Helpline ser-vice for child line-1098will certainly help in ad-dressing these problemsto a greater extent, feelsocial activists.

The Helpline ser-vice will be operational24x7 between Dighaand Belapur in theMunicipal Corporationarea of Navi Mumbaiand 7 trained helplineassociates will work in

three shifts. There willbe 3 volunteers and 1coordinator to overseethem. Helpline Associ-ates working on theHelpline will contactthe Helpline if theyfind a child who is incrisis or provide imme-diate assistance fromother agencies.

What is a Child Line?

ChildLine-1098 is anational emergencyhelpline phone servicethat helps childrenwho are in distress,children who are ex-ploited, or who needhelp and protectionthrough the ChildLine 1098 Helpline.The helpline is run bythe Ministry of Wom-en and Child Develop-ment under the cen-

tral government’s Inte-grated Child Protec-tion Scheme. The Hel-pline is chosen by var-ious social organiza-tions working withchildren across thecountry. Subsequently,these social organiza-tions work in coordina-tion with the ChildLine India Foundation.

How the Child Line Works

On getting a call onthe Helpline 1098 onchildren who are in dis-tress or difficulty, Childline volunteers try toprovide immediate re-lief to these children, aswell as try to rehabili-tate them with the co-operation of the police,the District Women’sChild Development De-partment, the DistrictChild Protection Celland the Child WelfareCommittee.

Child Line-1098 Emergency..Contd. from pg. 1

Need for better planningDespite repeated action by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Cor-

poration or the City and Industrial Development Corporation Ltd.hawkers continue to pose a serious problem in the city. Due tothe hawkers on the footpath, not only the pedestrians are forcedto walk on the roads, but the poor disposal habits of the hawkershave started creating environmental problems and health haz-ards.

There has not been dearth of anti encroachment drives fromNMMC or CIDCO. But due to lack of constant supervision, thehawkers come back to their original places and continue withtheir business unperturbed.

There is no denying that like slums, hawkers are the inevita-ble by-product of the development process and that with thegrowth of the city in terms of industrial and economic develop-ment, it is natural for people to immigrate from the nearby plac-es. Further, in Navi Mumbai, where there is dearth of shoppingplazas, hawkers are patronized by the residents themselves asthey provide essential services at competitive prices and at stra-tegic locations. Moreover, many political parties who view themas vote banks during elections, also whole heartedly supportthem.

Hence it is impossible to make Navi Mumbai a hawker- freecity. But these hawkers can be made to conduct business fromstipulated zones only so that the footpaths remain free for thepedestrians. This is exactly what NMMC did in the beginning. Ittook upon itself the task of creating hawker free Navi Mumbai.The task was indeed difficult and extremely sensitive as it in-volved the human beings themselves and their source of liveli-hood. Nevertheless, NMMC successfully removed the hawkersfrom the footpath along with their shabby settlements and suc-ceeded in installing “No hawking zone” boards at various strate-gic locations. However, it failed miserably in creating hawkingzones in all the nodes.

Illegal hawkers have become a biggest problem. If timely ac-tion is not taken now itself, it will become impossible for NMMCto deal with the situation. The residents, on their part, can helpby not patronizing these hawkers. While it is easier to buy prod-ucts from the hawkers available right at the doorstep, it wouldbe better, in the larger interest of the society, to buy productsfrom the shops and shopping plazas.

Marathi play aficiona-dos are going all theway to Mumbai towatch the plays.Moreover, the delay incompletion of the workis costing the civicbody Rs.78 lakh.Previous financialyear the civic bodyhad collected Rs 78Lakh as an entertain-ment tax from Vishnu-

VishnudasBhave...Contd. from pg. 1

das Bhave Natyagru-ha.”

Vishnudas Audito-rium was last reno-vated in the year2008. After 11 yearsthe auditorium isgetting a total faceliftwhich includesimproving the sittingcapacity, soundsystem, constructinglift and escalators andalso facilities for thephysically challengedpeople along withparking facility. “All

the work will definite-ly take some time.End of November orfirst week of Decem-ber was the deadlineset for the completionof the VishnudasBhave Auditorium butnow I think that itwill be completed byfirst week of January,2020. The people ofNavi Mumbai canstart visiting theirfavourite auditoriumin the New Year,”added civic chief.

Nerul-Belapur-Kharkopar railwayline to be examined by CR

Examination to prevent mudslides in near future

By Abhitash D.Singh

KHARKOPAR: The Central Railway(CR) has formed a team to examinethe strength of the soil under thetracks on the Nerul-Belapur-Kharko-par railway corridor in order to pre-vent the incidents mud slides in thefuture. Recently in September dur-ing monsoon the railway corridor hadseen mudslide and due to it both theroutes wereclosed on Sep-tember 4, 2019.

The seniorrailway officerfrom CentralRailway Stationon the conditionof anonymityinformed, “Afterlearning aboutthe incident, ateam wasformed to exam-ine the strengthof the soil under the tracks to pre-vent any such similar incident in fu-ture. All the corrective measures willbe undertaken to ensure that the in-cidents of mudslide do not disrupt ser-vices in coming days.”

The first phase of the proposedNerul-Uran railway line was inau-gurated last year and it is, as of now,12km long. The total length of theentire line up to Uran will be 27km.

Central Railway Chief Public Re-lation Officer Shivaji Sutar said,“Earlier before initiating and start-ing the corridor all requisite stepswere taken to ensure that there wouldbe no issues in running trains dur-ing monsoon. This year, there was in-cessant rainfall and the loose soil nearPalm Beach Road paved way on Sep-tember 4, 2019. The services were sus-

pended for the entire day on 4th Sep-tember. Now we have divided the cor-ridor into multiple sections and eachsection is being examined by the teamof engineers.”

He further added, “If our team ofengineers find any issue in their sec-tions, it will be reported to the seniorsand all the requisite measures willbe taken at the section on a prioritybasis.”


By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: To ensure thebirth anniversary ofMohammed Prophetwhich will be on No-vember 10th is celebrat-ed peacefully, a meet-ing of the senior policeofficers of the Mora Po-lice Station was heldon Wednesday.

A meeting of the

Senior police officersconvene meeting

Peace Committee wasalso convened at MoraPolice Station underthe guidance of Sand-ipan Shinde, seniorpolice inspector ofMora Police Station.

PSI Gaikwad, PSIPatil, confidential de-partment SachinGode, corporatorGanesh Shinde, cor-

porator NandkumarLade, corporator AshaShelar, Kailas Patil,Hanuman KoliwaliTrustees NomanMukri, Rajit Fasate,Digambar Mhatre,Secretary, Mankesh-war Dev Trust, RaziaSheikh, Syed Abdullaand others werepresent.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: TheEducation departmentof IMC Chamber ofCommerce andIndustry is organis-ing a two day Techni-cal Skill DevelopmentProgram on ‘BusinessData Analytics WithPython’ at its VashiCentre on 29th &30th November 2019.The same will beconducted from 9 amto 5 pm daily, byexpert panel of speak-ers which included Dr.Mrs. Deepali Vora:(M.E., Ph.D.) Doctor-ate in Data Scienceand Analytics; Prof.‘Shrikant Velankar:(M.E., FIE, FIETE,C.E.) with 33 years ofvast experience inIndustry, academiaand Technical Train-ing, Prof. Anuja Goteand rof. Mohit Gujarboth Python experts

IMC To Organise Two Day Program On‘Business Data Analytics With Python’

Registration open

For representational purpose only

and having goodindustry experiencein implementingPython projects.Scheduled to be heldfrom 9 am to 5 pmdaily under theguidance of expertspeakers. The venuefor the program isIMC Navi Mumbai

Conference Hall, 6thFloor, The CommodityExchange Bldg, IMCMarg, Sector 19A,Vashi, Navi Mumbai400705. For registra-tion and furtherdetails, please contactthe Education Depart-ment of IMC Ph No022-71226633.

Nerul-Belapur-Kharkopar railwayline to be examined by CR

Examination to prevent mudslides in near future

By Abhitash D.Singh

KHARKOPAR: The Central Railway(CR) has formed a team to examine thestrength of the soil under the trackson the Nerul-Belapur-Kharkopar rail-way corridor in order to prevent theincidents mud slides in the future. Re-cently in September during monsoonthe railway corridor had seen mudslideand due to it both the routes were closedon September4, 2019.

The seniorrailway officerfrom CentralRailway Sta-tion on the con-dition of ano-nymity in-formed, “Afterlearning aboutthe incident, ateam was formed to examine thestrength of the soil under the tracks toprevent any such similar incident infuture. All the corrective measures willbe undertaken to ensure that the inci-dents of mudslide do not disrupt ser-vices in coming days.”

The first phase of the proposed Ner-ul-Uran railway line was inaugurated

last year and it is, as of now, 12kmlong. The total length of the entire lineup to Uran will be 27km.

Central Railway Chief Public Rela-tion Officer Shivaji Sutar said, “Earli-er before initiating and starting thecorridor all requisite steps were takento ensure that there would be no is-sues in running trains during mon-soon. This year, there was incessant

rainfall andthe loose soilnear PalmBeach Roadpaved way onSeptember 4,2019. The ser-vices were sus-pended for theentire day on4th September.Now we have

divided the corridor into multiple sec-tions and each section is being exam-ined by the team of engineers.”

He further added, “If our team ofengineers find any issue in their sec-tions, it will be reported to the seniorsand all the requisite measures will betaken at the section on a priority ba-sis.”

Residents allegethat there is rampantstealing of water from

the pipeline by the slumdwellers in sector 2,Nerul. Similarly, atSambhaji Raje Garden,Sector 16, Nerul wateris drawn to wash vehi-cles every morning and

is reportedly being soldat Rs 5 per bucket.

When contacted anofficial from NMMCsaid that the issue willbe looked into serious-ly.

E toiletsturning...

Contd. from pg. 1

PANVEL: CIDCOPresident and MLAPrashant Thakur in-spected the ongoing con-struction of the subwayalong with CIDCO andRailway officials onThursday along withFormer Deputy MayorDr. Charushila Garat,Division ‘D’ ChairmanTejas Kandpile, formerSub-Vice President Sub-hash Bhujbal, Presidentof the Traffic Associa-tion. BhaktikumarDave, Shrikant Bapat,Dr. Manish Behre,Pravin Dhonde, and oth-ers were present. Theproposed subway willconnect New Panvel toPanvel.

The resident of NewPanvel residing in Sec-tor 15, 15A, 16, Podiand Vichumbe have to

MLA Prashant Thakurvisits subway at Podi

Asks in-charge officials to complete the pending work

cross the railway gatenear Podi or take a long-

Contd. on pg. 6


Uran to Shirdi Pad YatraBy Dinesh Pawar

URAN : ShraddhaSaburi Padyatra Man-dal, Shri Sai Mandir,Bori on behalf of theBori Pakhdi TalukaUran will host its an-nual divine walk from9 th November to16th November. The di-vine walk will com-mence from Shri SaiBaba Temple Bori onSaturday.

Suresh Iyer (Anna),

Dhananjay Bhore(Chairman), DeepakThali, Rajesh Purv,Hariram Sharma, Yo-gesh Mhatre, Sid-dharth Mhatre, Sid-dharth Surve, Pras-hant Shirdhankar,Chetan Mali, JayeshMhatre, Rohan Pardhi,Ashu Mayara, MishraMahekar. Bhushan Pa-til and Bori Villagerswill be present in largenumbers.

Virag Madhumalati & Team AimTo Set World’s Longest Singing

Marathon Guinness RecordTo sing nonstop for 42 days for

promoting national integration and

supporting various social causes

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: ComeSaturday 9 Nov, 2019Virag Wankhede alongwith his other halfMadhumalati & hisentire team are all setto establish World’sLongest SingingKaraoke MarathonGuinness WorldRecord at Little WorldMall, Kharghar, NaviMumbai. The holder ofcreated four Guin-ness’s Book of Worldrecords in music willaim to overwhelm theexisting world record of792 hours set by Chi-nese artisans. In orderto achieve this task,Virag Madhumalati &group have embarkedon an ambitious taskof singing non-stop for42 hours and set thebench mark to 1000hours till 21st Decem-ber 2019. During thisinitiative the Indianartisans (amateursand professionals) willalso promote varioussocial issues like Or-gan Donation, BetiBachao – Beti Padhao,Stop Global Warming,Save Water – SaveTrees, Campus withHelmet & Blood Dona-tion. Singers from

various communitiesand religions fromacross the nation aregoing to participate inthe same. The grandevent which will pro-mote national integri-ty is going to be musi-cal feast of differentlanguages & differentcultures of united In-dia. During the entirehistorical record dura-tion of 42 days, almost18,000 to 20,000 songsshall be sung. Organdonation shall be pro-

moted & pledges shallalso be accepted dur-ing the record.

Famous Bollywoodplayback singers of thelikes of AnuradhaPaudwal, Suresh Wad-kar, Sadhana Sargam,Actress Alka Kubal &Cultural Minister Vin-od Tawade along withartists, political heavy-weights and peoplefrom all walks of lifeare expected to witnessthis musical history inthe making.

Lions Club Kamothe launche-waste drive with PCMC at Kamothe

E-waste tsunami looms large: environmentalist B N Kumar

NAVI MUMBAI: Focus-ing on solid waste man-agement, Lions ClubKamothe launched e-waste awareness drivewith Panvel City Mu-nicipal Corporation(PCMC) on Tuesday.

Lions Club andPCMC launched a redbin at the event withthe dignitaries formal-ly depositing e-wastesuch as discarded mo-bile phones cords, CDsand set-top box.

Environment activ-ist B N Kumar, direc-tor of the Nature Con-nect, explained the sig-nificance of the drivemanagement as justabout 5%of the wastegenerated in the coun-try is recycled withmost of it going to theunorganised sector. TheNature Connect, align-ing with the World Elec-tric and Electronic Fo-rum, launched the cam-paign to create aware-ness to scientificallydispose of e-waste. “E-waste tsunami is loom-ing large as telecomboom sweeps the na-tion,” Kumar said.

Lions club conduct-ed a training session forPCMC’s sanitary divi-sion Kamothe Ward atKaradi Samaj Hall.Over 175 employees in-cluding the Ward In-charges and sanitaryinspectors attended theprogramme.

Lion Ajay Jain chiefcoordinator of the pro-gramme trained theemployees in handlingof personal safety equip-

ment and for adoptingpreventive measureswhile handling varioustypes of solid waste in-cluding chemical andbiological waste. The

participants also took apledge to segregate e-waste while disposingoff garbage.

While addressingthe gathering MsMadhupriya, senior ad-visor on Swachhta Ab-hiyan for PCMC, em-phasised on safety ofworkers and highlight-ed the expectation of thesociety from the corpo-ration.

Corporator Dr. ArunBhagat appreciated theLions Clubs Interna-tional in supporting thecause of environment.

Lion L. J. Tawari,2nd Vice district Gover-nor of District 3231 A2,highlighted the need forproper segregation anddisposal of solid waste.

PCMC Senior

Health inspectorShaiklesh Gaikwadand Health inspectorBhavesh Jayant Chan-dane coordinated fromthe civic body.

The entire pro-gramme was coordinat-ed by Lion Hari Arorathe president of LionsClub of Kamothe, itsmembers and otherclub members of theRegion headed by LionWing CommanderRajendra Mahanubhav(Rtd.). Other LionsClub office-bearers suchas Rajendra Shah, Dis-trict Convenor - Envi-ronment, Bipin Gor, Sindhu Ramchan-dran, B Vijaylakshmi,Naresh Gupta and Nir-mala Arora also attend-ed the programme..

Lions Club will con-duct similar trainingprogrammes for em-ployees of all 18 wardsof Panvel City Munici-pal Corporation.

er route to reach thenational highway.Meanwhile, the inter-secting road faces traf-fic snarls as the trafficcomes from MatheranRoad and from the D-Mart area. As a resultto avoid traffic the resi-dents are seen crossingthe railway gate nearPodi. Therefore, a sub-way was sought on thePodi.

This subway had tobe completed in May asper the contractor’s ten-der period. But from

December 2017, thework was stopped.While corporator ManojBhujbal and corporatorTejas Kandpile high-lighted the issue withMLA Prashant Thakur,following which MLAPrashant Thakur metthe Railway officials tostart the work and de-manded that the workbe completed.

“The demolition ofthe cement block for thissubway is complete. Anadditional block hasbeen placed in the east

to prevent problems ifthe railway line is in-creased in future. Thereis little work left onboth sides of the road.Railway officials in-formed that work wouldbe completed in Decem-ber,” said Mr. Thakur.

The tender for mov-ing the electrical towerof MSEDCL has beenannounced and the lastdate is November 13and an agent will be pro-vided soon. Meanwhile,CIDCO officials saidthat it would take sixmonths to complete theroad work between NewPanvel to Podi.

MLA Prashant Thakur visits..Contd. from pg. 5

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