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CIDCO getsRs. 157 croresfrom 5 plots

in Kharghar andNew PanvelFrom the five

plots that were auc-tioned in Khargharand New Panvel,the City and Indus-trial DevelopmentCorporation hasbeen able to fetchRs. 157 crores. CI-DCO had fixed baseprice of Rs. 73,635per sq m for plot no.2 in Sector 12,Kharghar. The plotreceived Rs.2,06,635 per sq m.Arham Buildersmade the bid for the2731.96 sq m plot.Similarly, CIDCOhad fixed a baseprice of Rs. 63,332per sq m for plotnos 6 (2271.45 sqm) and 22A(1543.57 sq m) anda base rate of Rs.51,604 per sq me forplot nos 9 and 21 inSector 17, NewPanvel. All theplots fetched morethan double theirbase rate.

Workshop forparents

With an aim tohelp parents under-stand the physicaland psychologicalchanges in chil-dren, Aapla KattaSanstha is organiz-ing a workshop on15 th December,2019 at TerapanthBhavan, Near Ab-hudaya Bank, Sec-17, Airoli from 5.30p.m…

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Panvel RTO fines 185 illegalschool vans and buses

Fine to the tune of Rs 4 lakh 18 thousand collected

By Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Undera special drive conduct-ed from November 25to December 10, 2019,the Panvel RTO fined185 illegal school vansand buses who were fer-rying students underthe four sub-regionaldepartments of Panvel,Pen, Sindhudurg andRatnagiri. During the15 days’ drive, the offi-cials also seized 26 ve-hicles and recovered afine to the tune of Rs. 4lakh 18 thousand. Thedrive was carried fol-lowing the directives ofthe state transport de-

partment.The drive was car-

ried following com-plaints from the resi-dents that many schoolbus drivers were violat-ing traffic rules. Thespecial drive was held

to check the school bus-es and other vehiclestransporting school stu-dents.

During the drive,driver’s license, vehicle

Contd. on pg. 2

PAP’s still waitingfor basic amenities

Few villagers have refused to vacate

land if demands remain unfulfilledBy Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Whilethe Navi Mumbai Inter-national Airport(NMIA), one of themega projects of thesatellite city, is gainingmomentum, manyproject affected peoplewho are unhappy withthe compensation andthe basic amenities,have refused to vacatetheir land.

The City and Indus-trial Development Cor-poration (CIDCO) havealready set 15th De-cember, 2019 as thedeadline to relocate.The planning authori-ty have also providedthe project affected fam-

ilies with alternate landin Ulwe itself. Manyvillagers have evensigned deals with thebuilders to build hous-es on their respectiveplots. However, thereare many villagers whoare unhappy with the

compensation beingprovided.

Prashant Bhoir whois advocating and fight-ing for the rights of af-fected villagers says, “Itis really shame that the

Contd. on pg. 2

By Vikram Gaikwad

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation’s CityEngineer has ordered

an enquiry and the for-mation of a committeefollowing reports of ir-regularity over the de-velopment work of DrBabasaheb AmbedkarMemorial Bhavan atAiroli, a multipurposebuilding being con-structed at sector 14,Vashi and the construc-tion work of subway atT-junction on Thane-Belapur road.

For the first time in

NMMC forms committeeto check construction

irregularities

The committee will examine the work

undertaken at Dr. Babasaheb

Ambedkar Memorial Bhavan;

multipurpose building at Vashi and

T junction on Thane-Belapur

28 years, such a dras-tic measure is being un-dertaken to prevent cor-ruption in the civicbody. The decision tak-

en by the authority hasbeen widely welcome by

Contd. on pg. 8

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Konkan Railway to run additional special trainsduring Winter/ Christmas / New year

BELAPUR: Realis-ing the rush duringwinter vacation,Konkan Railway hasdecided to runadditional specialtrains between PuneJunction & Karmaliand Karmali &Nagpur Junctionduring Winter/Christmas 2019/New Year 2020 in co-ordination withCentral Railway.Details are as under:

1) Train No.01497 Pune Jn. -Karmali One waySpecial:

Train no. 01497Pune Jn. - KarmaliOne way Special willleave fromPune Jn.at 20.10 hrs onMonday 23rd &30th December 2019.The Train willreach Karmali at 12.30 hrson the next day.

Train will halt atChinchwad, Lonava-la, Kalyan Jn.,Panvel, Roha,Mangaon, Khed,Chiplun, San-

gameshwar Road,Ratnagiri, Vaib-havwadi Road,Kankavali, Sindhu-durg, Kudal,Sawantwadi Roadand Thivim stations.

Composition :Total 20 Coaches = 2Tier AC - 01 Coach, 3Tier AC - 05 Coach-es, Sleeper - 08Coaches, General -04 Coaches, SLR –02.

2) Train No.01498 Karmali -Nagpur Jn. Oneway Special:

Train no. 01498Karmali - NagpurJn. One Way Specialwillleave from Karmali at 13:00 hrson Tuesday 24th &31st December 2019.The Train will reachNagpur Jn. at 14:30hrs on the next day.

Train will halt atThivim, SawantwadiRoad, Kudal,Sindhudurg,

Kankavali, Vaib-havwadi Road,Ratnagiri, San-gameshwar Road,Chiplun, Khed,Mangaon, Roha,Panvel, Kalyan Jn.,Igatpuri, Nashik,Manmad, Bhusawal,Malkapur, Shegaon,Aakola, Badnera,Dhamangaon andWardha stations.

Composition :Total 20 Coaches = 2Tier AC - 01 Coach, 3Tier AC - 05 Coaches,Sleeper - 08 Coaches,General - 04 Coaches,SLR – 02.

3) Train No.01467 / 01468Pune Jn. – Er-nakulam Jn. -Pune Jn. WeeklyHumsafar Specialis re-routed viaKalyan Jn. insteadof Karjat - Panvel.

Passengers arerequested to kindlynote the same andavail the services.

Panvel RTO fines...Contd. from pg. 1

certification, insurancecertificate, fire safetytools were checked. Theofficials also checkedthe emergency exitdoors, picture showingthat the vehicle is be-ing used for school pur-poses only, internalseating, First Aid Boxetc. A total of 409 schoolbuses were inspectedunder the entire Panv-el RTO. Also, 121 oth-er vehicles ferrying stu-dents were inspected.

“During the drive,103 school buses and 82other vehicles trans-porting school studentswere found to be violat-ing rules. Of these, 26vehicles were seized anda fine of Rs. 4 lakh 18thousand was collect-ed,” said Panvel Re-gional Transport Offic-

er Laxman Darade. Hesaid that the drive willcontinue in future aswell.

Under the DeputyRTO office at Vashi, 181vehicles ferrying stu-dents were checked dur-ing the same period outof which 74 vehicleswere fined and a fine ofRs 54 thousand was col-lected. Out of the 74vehicles, 64 were schoolbuses and 10 were oth-er vehicles.

“The seized vehiclesand cases have beenfiled in the court. Peo-ple should come for-ward and notify theRTO if they see driversflouting traffic rules,”said Deputy RegionalTransport Officer,Vashi, Dashrath Wa-ghule.

planning authority istrying to mislead us. Iknow that there arestill several project af-fected families whohave not been compen-sated properly eventhough the airport workhas already begun.Some villagers havebeen given compensa-tion but many basicamenities like bus de-pot, cremation ground,schools, drinking wa-ter, markets, hospitalshave not been providedto us so we have decid-ed to reject the compen-

sation and also not tovacate the land.”

He further added,“Even CIDCO has de-clared 15th December,2019 as a final deadlinefor relocation but untiland unless we get prop-er compensation we willnot leave and we willstick to our demands.”

Bhoir said that therent offered by CIDCOis “peanuts”. “Therent of Rs.12 persquare ft and that toofor the limited period of18 months shows thatthey are playing withus. Also they have notdecided any adequatecompensation for thefishermen till date.

Fishermen will not onlybe going to losing theirland and house but theywill also be losing theirlivelihood. Is it possiblefor them to earn a liv-ing if they move to an-other area?”, he asks.

One of the villagersinformed, “ We havebeen given the compen-sation according to thecalculation in 2011while the compensationshould be calculatedaccording to present fi-nancial year. The mar-ket rates will not besimilar today. I am un-happy because the com-pensation which I havereceived is really notenough.”

PAP’s stillwaiting...

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Workshop to help parents understand physicaland psychological changes in children

AIROLI: With an aimto help parents under-stand the physical andpsychological changes inchildren, Aapla KattaSanstha is organizing aworkshop on 15th De-cember, 2019 at Tera-panth Bhavan, NearAbhudaya Bank, Sec-17,Airoli from 5.30 p.m.

“Every parent needsthat their child must be

perfect in all aspects ofhis life. As a parent weare more concernedabout their future.When an adolescentchildrefuses to do whatis being asked to showsattitude over stuff, theparents are at a loss tounderstand how totackle the situation,”says a member of theSanstha. The workshop

will help in bridgingthe gap between theparent and the child.The workshop will beheld under the guid-ance of Dr. BharatiMorey (MD, FICOG,Consultant in Obstet-rics & Gynecology) andDr. Vikas Deshmukh(MBBS, MD, Neuropsy-chiatrist & Sexologist).Entry is free.


PANVEL: Shri Ma-hakaleshwar Templeheld Pranaprathishthaceremony on Wednes-

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Shri DuttaJayanti festival was cel-ebrated with great de-votion on Wednesday at

Shri Dutta Jayanti festival observedwith great devotion in Uran

Mahakaleshwar TemplePranaprathishtha ceremony held

day at Smart EchoPark, Usherly, Panvel.Panvel City MunicipalCorporation’s opposition

Shri Dutta Mandir,Uran. Like every year,hundreds of devoteesvisited the temple toseek the blessing of the

Lord. Maha Prasadwas organized for thedevotees. MLA MaheshBaldi too visited thetemple.

leader, Pritam Mhatreattended the inauguralceremonies along withother dignitaries.

NAVI MUMBAI: A bodyof an unidentified per-son was found on Tues-day morning on theshores of the ONGC inUran. The Nhava She-va police rushed to thespot and have recordedthe case as accidentaldeath and have initiat-ed further investiga-tion.

The official said,“We received informa-tion at around 11 am onTuesday and we rushedto the spot. The de-ceased is aged between35 year and 40 year

An unidentified body foundin Nhava Sheva

and there is a tattoo onright hand ‘Mom andDad’ and a tattoo on thechest. The deceased per-son wore a dark blueshirt and blue jeans.The body has been bit-ten by fish.” If any per-son identifies the de-scription should con-tact -9702611177/02227472264 or Depu-ty Superintendent ofPolice Yadav 9702409680 at Nhava-ShevaPolice Station in-formed, Senior PoliceInspector PramodJadhav. Text and Photo

by Sumit Renose

Navi Mumbai: Toprovide relief to theresidents from the skyrocketing prices of on-ion, the MaharashtraNavnirman Sena lead-er, Suresh Madhavi

MNS sells onions at nominal rates

sold onions at Rs 40 atSanpada on Wednes-day. MNS city presi-dent Gajanan Kale,city secretary VilasGhone, city secretaryDinesh Patil, depart-ment president YogeshShete, women deputy

city president AnithaNaidu, sub-divisionpresident Sanjay Patil,sub-division presidentDevendra Pillay, Man-vise sub-division pres-ident Shrikant Atariand social workerswere present.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Asquad of crime branchunit-1 has arrestedthree people in connec-tion with the theft ofrickshaw and motor-cycle. The trio havebeen identified asAamir MohammadSheikh alias Patel (1),Bipul Namdev Jung-hare (9) and PiyushArun Naidu aliasPrince (29). The policehave seized the stolenrickshaw and twomotorcycles.

Navi Mumbaipolice commissioner

Vehicle theft case solvedhad ordered fastinvestigation andvarious measures forpreventing theft ofvehicles. Accordingly, ateam of Crime BranchUnit-1 started trackingdown the gangs in-volved in vehicle theft.According to the crimebranch, in the vehicletheft under Khandesh-war Police Station,Amir Sheikh, BipulJunghre and PiyushNaidu were found to beinvolved. The crimebranch team detainedthe trio from Panvel,Kharghar and Taloja

areas and initiatedinquiries.

During interroga-tion the accusedconfessed to havestolen 2 rickshawsand 6 motorcyclesfrom different places.The three thieves stolerickshaws fromKhandeshwar andKharghar areas, whilethe motorcycle wasstolen from NRICBD Belapur, APMC,Kharghar, Panvelcity, said crimebranch unit-1 seniorpolice inspector K RPopere.

Workout and exercises must to keepbody healthy - Chandrakant Gharat

URAN: Speakingduring the AnnualSports Competition ofBhagubai ChanguThakur Vidyalaya onWednesday in Uran,Chandrakant Gharat,

chairman of theschool said, “studentsshould follow a strictdiscipline and doworkout and exerciseregularly to keep bodyhealthy.”

PrincipalAnuradha Kate,Poonam Patil, MonaPatil, Mr. Khedekar,Kishore Patil andothers were presenton the occasion.


Issue : 187 12 December, 2019

Choose choicestChandeliers for your home

For an object that isconsidered the epitomeof lighting decor, thechandelier did not havea very glamorous be-ginning. Back in the15th century, when re-sources were scarce, achandelier was simplya cross made of twowooden beams withcandles fixed onto it.These were lit and thenhoisted up by a rope toilluminate a room, andthat too only on specialoccasions. From thishumble start, chande-liers soon acquiredglass and crystal, met-al and gilded wood, andbecame more than ameans to light up alarge room – it becamethe status symbol andobject of desire that weknow it to be today.

Chandeliers are anattractive lighting op-tion, and basic installa-tion using a strong, ex-isting ceiling supportshould take an hour orso. Be sure to take theextra time to install anappropriate support asdescribed below if yourchandelier is heavierthat your previous lightfixture. An assistant isrecommended to makethis process faster andeasier. The balance ofthe chandeliers shouldbe even and the hookshould carry the weightand should not tilt onone side.

A chandelier canmake a dramatic de-sign statement in yourhome. Adding a newchandelier can changethe look and feel of aroom as well as light it,reflecting your stylewith a functional fix-ture. Costs for install-ing chandeliers varywith the type and loca-tion of fixture youchoose, and whether anelectrician or other con-

By C K Subramaniam

tractor will be neededto prepare the site. Add-ing or replacing a chan-delier is an excellentway to update or changethe decor in any room.Be sure to consider thecondition and height ofyour mounting site asyou choose your fixtureand plan for installationand maintenance costs.

The height of theceiling where you willplace your chandeliermay contribute to thecost of the project.Since installations onstandard 8’ ceilings gen-erally do not requirespecial equipment, ma-terials or tools, theproject averagesRs.10000 notionally,but higher ceilings

present a range of chal-lenges. The averagecost for installations on14’ ceilings is consid-ered, since the install-er may need extra man-power or equipment tolift and support yournew fixture. Also, anywiring changes or up-grades will be affectedby the height, angleand accessibility of theceiling and specialhardware or accessoriesfor mounting yourchandelier will add tothe installation price.

Additionally, thelong-term maintenanceof a higher chandelierwill contribute to youroverall costs sincecleaning and changingbulbs on the fixturecannot be accomplishedas easily as with thoseon standard height ceil-ings. Consider whetheryou will be able to main-tain the fixture yourselfor if it is more practi-

cal to hire a service per-son to handle the task.An optional chandelierlift will enable you, oryour service contractorto easily lower the fix-ture for maintenance,simplifying upkeep.These hoist systemscome at a premium,but can provide signifi-cant convenience andlong-term savings onownership of yourchandelier.

Since dining roomsare the usual favouritespot to show off a chan-delier, hanging heightis an essential factor –you do not want yourguests to be forced toadmire the chandelierby having it block theirview of the other

guests. If a large crys-tal piece that is any-where between 24 to 48inches wide and hangsat about 30 inches, thenthe large room wouldneed a ceiling that isabout 10 feet high tofully do justice to it. Onthe smaller side, if thechandelier is below 24inches in width, a ceil-ing eight feet high willsuffice.

Chandelier provide agood look and a colour-ful environment to yourliving room and providemuch needed face lift toan otherwise normalhall with posh furni-ture and show pieces toadore the place. Initiallook to your hall willgive the entire flat apresentable look andgive a pleasant feelingto your guests andfriends. Even youngchildren at home enjoy

Cont. on pg. 9

De- politicization is the keyThe earlier decision of the Central Board of Secondary Educa-

tion to do away with examinations upto class V and not to givehomework till class II had been widely appreciated by the parents.

It has finally dawned upon everyone that the children at leasttill the age of 12 should remain carefree birds and that learningshould be made fun with no tension or fear for examination. It isnow widely acknowledged that many younger children who may begood in studies are not comfortable in writing examinations hencetheir knowledge may not get reflected in the result. To penalizethem with failure at such an early stage may have far reaching re-percussions and may adversely affect their performance. But thisis only correction of minor aberrations, as bigger holes still existin the education policy being pursued in the country.

The field of education has never been marred with so muchcontroversy as it is today. Not only the interference of politicianshas been increasing in recent years, a new trend has set in wherethe education ministers decide the content of the books to be taughtin schools. Because of this, though the academic session is on, thebooks to be followed are not available. The political rivalries havespilled over into schools and the victims are the children who areat a loss to understand what is correct. The education departmentand institutions are being run by the politicians as their personalfiefdoms where their thinking and ideas are the writ.

It is quite unfortunate that the system of education has neverbeen given much thought in our country. Lack of schools and col-leges especially those run by the government have made mattersstill worse. Due to the widening gap between the demand and thesupply, there is a fight for admission at every stage of learning.The scapegoats in this tussle are the children. Whether it is ad-mission for nursery or higher standards, the children are made toundergo rigorous mock interview practices, which ends only whenthey get admission in the institutions of their choice. Lack of edu-cational institutions has also led many private institutions to startthe policy of auctioning the seats in their institutions by way ofdonations. Since the demand can be met only by the privilegedfew, the gap between the learning opportunities for the poor andsocially disadvantaged and the effluent lot, has widened.

Like the CBSE, other education boards should also do awaywith the examination systems till at least standard V. This wouldenable the child to develop all the faculties of learning- intellectu-al, physical and creative. System of rote learning kills the spirit ofinquiry and snatches away the childhood. Political interferencesshould be rooted out and the education policy should be decidedby board of eminent scholars who have credible experience andimage, rather than rightist or leftist politicians who want to twistthe system to suit their taste.

Differently abled children of Aashray School, Sanpada getting Dental care at the med-ical check up camp organised in the school (Photo courtesy: C.K. Subramaniam)


ITM surpasses last year’srecord by building promising

careers of the Youth, yet againBFSI sector giant HDFC Bank has been the biggest recruiter so far, with

49 offers made. My Gate consultancy services hired 36 studentsfollowed by IT giant TCS who made 25 confirmations and Deloitte with18 selections. The highest package was offered by Landmark Dubai at

22 Lacs for the Marketing and Retail Management students.

NAVI MUMBAI: ITMBusiness School, NaviMumbai, successfullyinitiated its placementprocess by conductinga campus drive with60+ companies acrossvarious sectors. Thedrive in the firstphase itself witnesseda total of 318 studentswith attractive salarypackagesthus addingvalue to theirlives.

A campusdrive wasinitiatedexclusivelyfor post -graduatestudents ofManagementacrossvariousspecializations like,International Busi-ness, HR, RetailManagement,SC&OM, Marketing,Finance, IT & Analyt-ics and FinancialMarkets impartingoptions of the bestcaliber in the indus-try. An excellentopportunity to gainexposure of thecorporate world waspresented and detailedguidance was given tostudents to make afinal career decision.

Several studentsparticipated in thedrive. The placementprocess comprised of 3stringent rounds –Group Discussion,Written Test and

Personal Interview. Toname a few, compa-nies like TCS, Deloit-te, Airtel, AsianPaints, ITC Limited,Nestle, RunwalGroup, Zipgrid,99acres, Lodha,Makemytrip, Emami,Hindustan Unilever,among many otherswere present to give a

heads- up to theyoungest talent. Inthe first place itself 63companies exhibitedinterest and success-fully provided place-ment opportunities to318 ITM students.ITM witnesses aroundmore than 300 compa-nies on campus for theselection of Manage-ment Graduates.BFSI sector’s HDFCbank offered highestnumber of confirma-tions to 49 students;My Gate Consultancyservices hired 36students followed bythe big giant of ITsector - TCS whichhired 25 students(repeated). All thecompanies reaffirmed

their faith in studentsaddressing the needsof an ever-changingenvironment.

Congratulatingstudents on theirlatestachievements, Mr.NitinPutcha CEO of ITMGroup ofInstitutions says “Ithas always been our

endeavor tooffer highereducationwhich isaligned tohigh industrystandards.Collaboratingwith the bestof the organi-zations in thecorporateindustry havehelped us to

gather insights of therequirements of thecurrent trends andstandards. Developingpractical skills apartfrom theoreticalknowledge is of primeimportance so thatstudents can deliverfrom the first day oftheir job. “

By Chandrashekar Hendve

AIROLI: With an aimto boost drama and en-courage people watchthe performance, AkhilBharatiya MarathiNatya Parishad will beholding several playsfrom December 14 toDecember 21 at 6 pm atEuro School auditori-um in Airoli Sector 19.

To ensure largeturnout, the ticket

Akhil Bharatiya Marathi NatyaParishad to stage plays

rates have been keptnominal at Rs 200. Forgroup booking, therewill be further dis-count. On December14, writer-director Ma-hesh Joshi’s play ‘Pra-vah’ will be playedwhile on 15th Decemberwriter and directorPrashant Nigade’s play‘Smile for Sale’ will bestaged. On 16th Decem-ber Sheema play will be

held; on 17th DecemberGhyacha Ka Nahi willbe staged and on 18th

December Bood Bood ReGhamari play will bestaged. On 19th Decem-ber a play written anddirected by SandeepedJangan ‘Eka Shanat’will be staged and on20th and 21st December,Kabul hai and Mi JathTakli will be staged re-spectively.

By Chandrashekar Hendve

Mahanagar gas

pipeline was broken

at Sector 19 in

Airoli due to which

the supply of gas

was stopped in the

area. Thousands of

consumers faced

difficulty


Road shows held depicting Bihar as thepreferred destination for investment

MUMBAI: Under theable leadership of itsHon’ble Minster ShriShyam Rajak, TheDepartment of Indus-tries, Government ofBihar, in collaborationwith Confederation ofIndian Industries (CII)successfully conductedfour road shows inSurat, Ahmedabad,Pune and Mumbainamed as ‘InvestBihar’ Road Show.The road show startedin Surat on 5thDecember, followed byAhmedabad on 6thDecember, and thenmoving to Pune on7th December andfinally concluded inMumbai on 9thDecember 2019.

The main objectiveof conducting theseroad shows was tofacilitate an accessibleplatform for G2Bcommunication andidentify potentialinvestors from thesecities and make Bihara preferred destinationfor investment.Several meetings wereheld between localinvestors and thesenior officials ofDepartment of Indus-tries during the roadshows.

Commenting onthe success of the roadshows, the Ministerfor Industries, Govt. ofBihar, Shri ShyamRajak, said, “We areoverwhelmed with thepositive responsereceived by theinvestors in the statesof Gujarat and Maha-rashtra. Through

such initiatives, ourgovernment’s aim isto create employmentopportunities andsustainability to ourlocal workforce intheir own hometownby inviting invest-ment in textiles,diamonds and othersectors from Gujaratand other states. Weare also very gratefulto the members ofConfederation ofIndian Industries fortheir constant supportin making Bihar’sfuture bigger andbrighter.”

With an aim ofimproving the growthrate to 15% p.a.,generate furtheremployment opportu-nities and to attractinvestment in thestate, the BiharGovernment haddrafted the Invest-ment PromotionPolicy in September2016. In this policy,sectors like foodprocessing, leather,textile, IT, ESDM,tourism, healthcare,renewable energy, andeducation have beenassigned as highpriority sectors.

Likewise, in 2017,the state governmentinitiated the BiharStart-Up Policy toencourage youthtowards entrepreneur-ship. This policy wasalso considered toalign with ChiefMinister’s ScheduledCaste / ScheduledTribe Scheme, whichboosts morale of theyouth of SC and ST

caste to becomeentrepreneurs and setup large industrialbusinesses.

Furthermore, theDepartment of Indus-tries, Government ofBihar has beenendorsing severaldifferent divisions tocultivate more invest-ment opportunities.Such as Directorate ofFood processing, Biharindustrial AreaDevelopment Authority(BIADA) for planneddevelopment of indus-trial areas and promo-tion of industries inthe state, Infrastruc-ture DevelopmentAuthority (IDA) forfacilitating privatepublic partnership inthe state, BiharFoundation, Handloomand Silk Directorate,Bihar State KhadiVillage IndustriesBoard and UdyogMitra, a single windowclearance system forentrepreneurs. As perthe report of NitiAayog, in ‘Ease ofDoing Business: AnEntrepreneur’s Surveyof Indian States 2017’Bihar has emerged astop-most state in Indiain terms of percentageof young and newenterprises.

According toCRISIL state of growth2.0 published inJanuary -2019, Biharis India’s fastestgrowing states byachieving highestgrowth rate of 11.3%putting behind evenAndhra Pradesh andGujarat.

Harley-Davidson brings India’s first FlatTrack Timed trials at India Bike Week

Announces its Rider Training Academy initiative

By Ashok Dhamija

Harley-Davidsonhas had its presence atIndia Bike Week fromthe inception of the fes-tival back in 2013. Atevery iteration of theevent, festival goerswere introduced to anintegral part of the Har-ley-Davidson brandDNA. From launchingthe India H.O.G® Ral-ly in 2013, to unveilingthe Street 750 in 2014the brand showcasedthe flat track capabili-ties of the Street Plat-form in 2017. Therehas been a large de-mand from enthusi-asts and members ofthe media to expandthe sport of FlatTracking in India andH-D went ahead tocurate India’s firstFlat Track Timed Tri-als at IBW in 2019.

For the uninitiat-ed, Flat Track is aform of motorcycle rac-ing that finds its ori-gin in the early 1900’sin America. H-D hasseen tremendous suc-cess over the course ofthe last century withthe fabled XR750 beingthe undisputed FlatTrack motorcycle foralmost the better partof three decades. Theraces are held on ovaldirt tracks where ridersrace against each otherwithout any frontbrakes only using theirskill to slide the rear tireto turn left into fastcorners.

Over 500 registra-tions were received forthe Time Trials whereonly 150 slots wereavailable. RajputanaCustom Motorcyclesprepared 4 Flat Trackracers that were allbased on Harley-David-son Street Rods. Eachracer was given fourlaps around the trackset up specifically forthe event at IBW. Thebest lap was countedand the contestantswith the top 10 best laptimes were invited tocome back to the trackto battle it out once

again. Sanjay Kumaremerged the winner,closely followed byAbrar Bin Ayub andDev Venkatesh.

Harley-Davidsonalso used this opportu-nity to launch the glo-bal Harley-DavidsonRiding Academy for thefirst time in India, es-pecially curated for thelocal market condi-tions. It will offer theskilled rider coursethrough its 32 dealerlocations in 2020 inpartnership with Auto-

car, at unique venues.Expert instructors whohave had special train-ing on how to handleand ride a Harley-Davidson will be im-parting their knowl-edge over both theoryand practical classes.Detailed information onthe schedule of theacademy will be short-ly made available onHarley-Davidson’s In-dia social media han-dles. The first sessionwill be held on14th December 2019, inMumbai.

Mr. Sajeev Rajas-ekharan, ManagingDirector, Harley David-son India says, “IndiaBike Week is the onlytrue motorcycle festivalin the country that cel-ebrates the genuinespirit of Motorcycling.It’s great to see differ-ent brands and genresof motorcycles and rid-ers come together toengage with each oth-er over a glorious week-end. Harley-Davidsonhas been proud to be apart of this great mi-

gration and we applaudthe great work done byIBW to put this festivaltogether. It’s exciting tosee a wide variety ofraces this year and weare overwhelmed withthe participation re-ceived for our FlatTrack Time Trials.With motorcycles get-ting larger and morepowerful year afteryear, it’s important tocultivate the right skillto be a confident rider.H-D India could not finda better occasion to

launch the Harley-Davidson Riding Acad-emy which is a focussedattempt aimed at help-ing current riders en-hance their skill sets tobecome more confidentand safe riders. The pro-gramme will be open forboth competition own-ers as well as Harleyriders.”

Mr. Hormazd Sorab-jee, Editor, Autocarsays, “The biking cul-ture in India is on therise. There has been adrastic increase in thenumber of people head-ing out on road trips,forming communitiesand breaking gendernorms when it comes toriding. We at Autocar,wish to build an em-phasis on safety withinthe biking community.This is where we thinkproperties like IndiaBike Week and Harley-Davidson Riding Acad-emy play a significantrole. We are really ex-cited to bring Harley-Davidson Riding Acad-emy to India to promotea safe biking culture.”


By Salma Prabhu

We have covered amajor part of the vari-ous facets of a personwith high EmotionalQuotient and today Ishall be concluding thistopic and begin withanother topic which isalso related to Emotion-al Quotient. That topicis Relationship.

We all have multi-ple Relationships likefamily, extended fami-ly, friends, colleagues,bosses, neighbors, ac-quaintances etc.While some find itsmooth to managethem all, othershave difficulties.Some begin wellbut are not able tosustain, othershave and maintaineven acquaintan-ces for a life time.

Some of us arealso comfortable inletting some relation-ships go while otherskeep clinging even ifthey are toxic. Some ofus may not meet somefriends or relatives fora very long time, butwhen we meet it is likeno love lost. While oth-ers would ignore if notmet for a long time andhave a grudge for notkeeping in touch.

So what is the dif-ference here. The differ-ence is people with highEmotional Quotient arebasically comfortableand do not judge others.They take people asthey present them-selves and do not getinto too much of analy-sis regarding them ortheir behavior. Theyrespect the individualas that person is notevaluate them accord-ing to their own levelsof values or their ownpersonal thought pro-cess. They do not com-pare others to self or to

Relationships- EQ Xwhat an ideal individu-al should be. They donot have shoulds andmusts in their lan-guage. They are not bi-ased or prejudiced.They are tolerant indi-viduals with a high lev-el of integrity and re-spect for human andanimals. These peoplewill have good Relation-ships with their imme-diate family and alsowith others. They willbe social not to pleaseothers but because theylike to be there. Theywill belong to commu-nity service and alsohave high level of em-pathy and compassion.

The opposite of theabove will be peoplewith low EmotionalQuotient. They will bequick to criticize andcondemn. They willevaluate others from

their own point of view.They will have opinionsabout others in good orbad person. They willjudge others from whatthey personally feel ishow a person should be.They will have biasesand come from the viewpoint of being preju-diced. They would alsoat times have a habit ofdiscriminating otherson the basis of their fi-nancial status or levelin society. They willhave difficulties thus inhaving and maintain-ing good Relationships.Their tolerance level toaccept their mistakewould be low.

So how does onebuild this level of hav-ing good Relationships?1. From the above ex-

planation create achecklist for yourselfand honestly tickmark on what youare.

2. Create your ownblue print. Check if

you have good Rela-tionships and youare a tolerant per-son.

3. Check which are theareas you need tochange.

4. Are you able to for-give and forgetIf not then refer tomy previous articleson the same andmake changes.

5. Are you able to ac-cept your mistakesand say apologize.This also makes youa person who is opento changes.

6. Are you rigid in yourviews or flexiblewith a live and letlive kind of attitude.

7. Are you a personwho gossips andmakes commentson every aspect ofothers even whennot asked.

8. These tickmarks shall helpyou to clearly de-fined your ownEmotional Quo-tient and help youto set parametersfor yourself tochange.

Do not hesitateto take help frommentors and pro-fessionals. Your

own children and fami-ly could be good at help-ing you to change. Atone point of time I hadhigh ego and refused totake criticism. It al-ways hurt me a lot. Iwould cry a lot. I tookhelp from my son, ob-served him, heard hisconversations and prac-tices to take things witha pinch of salt. Today Iam able to listen tocriticism and eitherwork on it or ignore it.

From next columnonwards I shall be tak-ing each Relationshipand write about how toimprove and make itbetter.

Wishing you allgreat level of introspec-tion.Salma Prabhu is ClinicalPsychologist Career Coun-selor and Author of MomDad U R Wonderful andYou are My Star. Readerscan write to her on [email protected] orcall 9322851485

Dutt jayanti was celebrated at Dutt Temple in Sanpada. Hundreds of devotees visitedthe temple to offer prayers (By Sumit Renose)

Former MP Ramsheth Thakur, MLA Prashant Thakur, BJP district spokesperson Y. TDeshmukh visited Shri Dutt temple in Panvel on the occasion of Dutt Jayanti

Kid’s Zone

Mst.Atharva Goyal, Std: VII- D, Ryan International School,Sanpada


India needs five-pronged approach to enhance export competitivenessMUMBAI: An analysis

by MVIRDC WorldTrade Center Mumbaishows India’s growth inexports after the globalfinancial crisis has un-derperformed many de-veloping countries. Datafrom World Trade Or-ganisation shows thatIndia’s exports havegrown at a CAGR of1.0% in the 7-year peri-od from 2011 to 2018compared to a whopping14% growth in Vietnam,3.2% growth in Turkey,3.7% in Mexico, 3.9% inChina and 2.1% in theentire Asia.

The country mustadopt a five-pronged ap-proach to enhance inter-national trade. Theseinclude setting up anofficial trade promotionorganisation, upgradinglogistics infrastructure,revamping policy onSpecial Economic Zones(SEZs), promoting ex-port credit to MSMEsand having an integrat-ed approach to free tradeagreements (FTAs).

“The relativelyweaker performance ofIndia’s exports could beattributed to factorssuch as absence of aninstitutional mecha-nism to promote trade,lack of skilled manpow-

er, poor logistics infra-structure, among oth-ers. Most importantly,India needs an officialtrade promotion organ-isation with its branch-es in foreign countries,on the lines of TAITRA,KOTRA and ProMéxi-co, to promote its goods& services in foreignmarkets,” said Ms.Rupa Naik, Senior Di-rector, MVIRDC WorldTrade Center Mumbai.

Secondly, we need tobring about efficiencyin the logistics sector,which is characterizedby a large number ofunorganized and frag-mented players withlack of coordination andexchange of informa-tion among them. Forinstance, 90% of thewarehousing market is

controlled by unorga-nized sector and most ofthe warehouses in thecountry are less than10,000 sq.ft.in size. De-spite being the secondlargest producer offruits and vegetables inthe world, India has notfully utilized export po-tential in this sectorbecause it loses 25-30%of fruits on account ofpoor cold chain infra-structure.

An efficient logisticsinfrastructure will re-duce the cost of logis-tics, which is current-ly estimated at 13-14%of GDP in India, com-pared to 9%-10% inUSA, 10% in Europe,11% in Japan.

Thirdly, the govern-ment must adopt anintegrated ecosystem

driven approach inSEZs with thrust onease of doing businessand excellent internal& external infrastruc-ture. India’s SEZ poli-cy has limited impacton the manufacturingsector compared to itsimpact on the servicessector on account ofvarious challenges.SEZ units in India facetax, regulatory and in-frastructure con-straints, besides diffi-culties in doing busi-ness. Units in SEZshave to contend withtime consuming andcomplex entry and exitprocess and there is nosingle window mecha-nism for administeringstatutory clearances.Moreover, SEZ unitsare not satisfied with

quality of link and in-ternal infrastructure intheir zones.

In order to attractmanufacturing invest-ment in SEZs, the gov-ernment must provideflexibility to units interms of land leasingnorms and rules re-garding sub-contract-ing on behalf of units inthe Domestic TariffArea.

Fourthly, the gov-ernment and RBI musttake steps to ensureavailability of foreigncurrency loans to ex-porters on reasonableinterest rates and cre-ate awareness about thebenefits of export factor-ing among MSMEs.

Fifthly, India mustadopt an integrated ap-proach while negotiat-

ing future trade agree-ments with countries.India has signed 10 freetrade agreements(FTAs) and six prefer-ential trade agree-ments with differentcountries and tradeblocs. India’s experi-ence with signing FTAhas been mixed as somecommentators point tothe rising trade deficitwith our FTA partners.The government mustcreate a team of expertsto negotiate futureFTAs. The governmentneeds to strike right co-ordination among dif-ferent ministries, stategovernments, industrybodies and other stake-holders to accommo-date their views andconcerns with regard toFTAs.

MUMBAI: X-Mas X-Citement, the annualChristmas Celebrationat the DY Patil Inter-national School (DY-PIS), Worli promises tobe a gala, fun-filledevent this year. Sched-uled to be held on 14thDecember from 4 pm to9.30 pm, at the DYPatil InternationalSchool (DYPIS),Worli. This mega eventis open to one andall. From mini TrainRides to Bull Rides,Rock Climbing to ajumping experience onthe Moon Walker, theseexclusive games havebeen specially con-ceived and designed forthe festive season andare extremely high on

X’Mas X-Citementat DY Patil

International Schoolthe adventure quo-tient. A series ofperformanceslike Carol Singing,Santas Letter Readingand a Live Band havebeen specially lined upfor this grand occa-sion.

The food stalls andthe art stalls promiseto capture the imagi-nation of one and allwith the rich varietyof itemson offer. Canvas ShoePainting and SandBottle Art are theextremely temptingstalls in the artsection. Live DJmusic, Movie screen-ings, and Karaoke arealso the highlights ofthis grand celebration.

the citizens.The committee appointed will inspect the tech-

nical matters from the perspective of the safety ofthe citizens in the development work undertakenby the municipal corporation, check the suitabil-ity and financial viability of the work, and theengineers, architects, consultants and contractorsresponsible for the development work. Detailed in-formation report of the work has been ordered tobe submitted within eight days.

The inquiry committee appointed by the CityEngineer comprises of Executive Engineer Shub-hangi Dode, Deputy Engineer Vivek Mulay, BranchEngineer Nilesh More. EPCON Consultant Pvt.will assist the committee in checking the worksbeing carried out for Dr. Babasaheb AmbedkarMemorial Bhavan and Multipurpose Building atVashi. On the other hand, construction of subwayline at Airoli T-Junction and improvement of gut-ters will be checked by TPF Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

“The structure of the dome at Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar Memorial Bhavan has been under con-troversy right from the beginning. An alumini-um bolt worth crores of rupees, which has fittedon the marble has caused the structural damageto the dome. In the future, who will be responsi-ble if the marble falls and an accident happens?Therefore, the task of determining the responsi-bility of the officers, architects and consultants

will be done by the committee, “said the city engi-neer Surendra Patil.

Likewise, while constructing a multipurposebuilding at Vashi, due to the negligence of the con-tractors and municipal officials, who failed to prop-erly examine the structural design of the build-ing, the slab of the three-storeyed building is 20cm less and the structure has been damaged dueto this. In the future, who will be responsible ifanything happens?,” asks Patil.

NMMC forms committee...Contd. from pg. 1

One arrested forcheating cab drivers

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: The MIDC police have arrestedYusuf Amir Khan (27), a member of a gang forcheating taxi driver and Ola car driver by offer-ing them US dollars at cheap rate. Police havenow started searching for other accomplices. Thepolice believe that the gang would have alleged-ly cheated many people in a similar way.

Last week, the gang had allegedly offered topay Radheshyam Yadav (40), who lives in Thane,and Chetan Gaikwad, 36, who lives in Panvel,US Dollars at a reduced price. The gang hadtaken Rs 2 lakh from Radheshyam at MahapeMIDC and Rs 2 lakh from Gaikwad at Juhuga-on and handed them bundle of fake dollars. Fol-lowing which the Turbhe MIDC and Vashi po-lice station have registered fraud cases.


Know what is Citizenship Bill 2019?By Vinod C. Dixit

Citizenship isthe legal right to belongto a particular country.In other words, citizen-ship bestows upon indi-viduals membership ina national political com-munity. Citizens enjoycivil and politicalrights in a sovereignstate. Kudos to PMModi and Home Minis-ter Shah for passingthis historic bill in LokSabha. Our PM Modihas rightly expresseddelight over the pas-sage of the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill inthe Lok Sabha, sayingthe proposed law is inline with India’s centu-ry’s old ethos of assim-ilation and belief in hu-manitarian values. It isnice that the Lok Sab-ha passed the Bill with311 votes in favour and80 against it a littlepast midnight after adebate that lasted morethan seven hours.Shah has rightlyclaimed that theNarendra Modi govern-ment was correctingthe failure of the pactthat Jawaharlal Nehruand the then PakistanPrime Minister Li-aquat Ali Khan sealedin 1950. As stated byShah, the bill had noth-ing to do with the Na-tional Register of Citi-zens and promised theNRC would indeed beimplemented across thecountry and not a sin-gle “infiltrator” wouldbe spared. Accordingto Citizenship Act 1955,an illegal migrant is aforeigner who entersthe country withoutvalid travel docu-ments, like a passportand visa, or enters withvalid documents, butstays beyond the per-mitted time period. Il-legal migrants may beimprisoned or deportedunder the ForeignersAct, 1946 and the Pass-port (Entry into India)

Act, 1920.It is a step in the

right direction for allthose suffered at thehands of these 3 coun-tries. Government hastaken right decision ofaccepting the refugeesparticularly of Hinduswho are forcibly con-verted into other reli-gions than Sikhs Bud-dhists parses etc. Thebill aims at providingIndian citizenship to 6minority communitiesfrom Bangladesh, Pa-kistan and Afghani-stan. The communitiesare Hindu, Christian,Sikhs, Buddhist andJain. Currently for aperson to get Indian cit-izenship, he shouldhave resided in thecountry for 11 years.The bill intends toamend this as 6 years.Introduced on July 19in the Lok Sabha, theCitizenship Amend-ment Bill 2016 seeks toallow illegal migrantsfrom certain minoritycommunities in Af-ghanistan, Bangladeshand Pakistan eligiblefor Indian citizenship.In other words, itamends the Citizen-ship Act of 1955.

According the Citi-zenship Act, 1955, ille-gal migrants can eitherbe sent to jail or backto their own countries.In Assam, the protest ison rights and livelihoodof ethnic communitieson passage of the bill.After the bill is passed,thousands of illegal mi-grants will be deportedaccording to AssamAccord. The Citizen-ship Act, 1955 prohib-its illegal migrantsfrom acquiring Indiancitizenship. The Billamends the Act to pro-vide that the followingminority groups willnot be treated as illegalmigrants: Hindus,Sikhs, Buddhists,Jains, Parsis andChristians from Af-

ghanistan, Bangladeshand Pakistan. Howev-er, to get this benefit,they must have alsobeen exempted from theForeigners Act, 1946and the Passport (En-try into India) Act, 1920by the central govern-ment. It also appeals forthe minimum years ofresidency in India toapply for citizenship tobe lessened from atleast 11 to six years forsuch migrants.

The bill is applicableto all states and unionterritories of the coun-try and the beneficia-ries of the can reside inany part of the country.According to the Citi-zenship (Amendment)Bill, 2019, members ofHindu, Sikh, Buddhist,Jain, Parsi and Chris-tian communities, whohave come from Paki-stan, Bangladesh andAfghanistan, till De-cember 31 2014, facingreligious persecutionthere, will not be treat-ed as illegal immi-grants but given Indi-an citizenship.

The Union HomeMinister has alreadyassured full support forthe state governmentsin the implementationof the bill. There is nodoubt that this bill willprovide the right to livewith dignity to the mi-norities from thesethree countries thathave suffered religiouspersecution and lived ahellish life for decades.Let us see the Bill in apositive light as itseeks to address theplight of persecutedminorities who had noother option aside fromcoming to India illegal-ly. The governmentmust also take suitablesteps to assure that therights and socio-cultur-al identity of indige-nous people is not af-fected.

The writer is freelancer,

writer and cartoonist.

the colorful set of bulbsin the chandelier,which is put up on acircular POP to give a

gorgeous look to yourcompact flat on anyfloor of the building.Choosing the choicestchandlers can enhanceyour rental and salevalue as well, if youhave any such plan.

Choosechoicest...

Contd. from pg. 4

A day in the life of aNewspaper Journalist

By Jubel D’Cruz

Newspaper journal-ists, also called report-ers, investigate andwrite stories for local aswell as national news-papers. To become anewspaper journalist,one need to have an in-vestigative mind andshould have a knack fordoing research. The can-didate also needs to bedetermined and persis-tent to make sure thathe/she is aware aboutthe latest report. Onecan make a foray intonewspaper journalismby pursuing a course injournalism or by simplyworking as a traineejournalist in a localnewspaper office. Forboth types of entry, itwill help if you possessrelevant experience, ei-ther through volun-teering, paid work orsending articles whichyou’ve written duringyour spare time. It is agood idea to keep clip-pings of your publishedwork and present thembefore the potential em-ployers. To build upyour experience, youcan volunteer for stu-dent and communitynewspapers, submit ar-ticles to websites ormaintain an online jour-nal or blog.

Newspaper journal-ists cover up any eventof interest to their spe-cific audience, rangingfrom reporting on coun-cil meetings and schoolfetes for a local newspa-per, to general electionsand world events for thenational press.

As a newspaper jour-nalist, your work wouldtypically include inves-tigating a story as soonas it breaks out follow-ing up potential leads,developing new con-tacts, interviewing peo-ple, both personally andover the phone, attend-

ing press conferences,recording meetings andinterviews, using re-cording equipment orwriting in shorthand,coming up with ideas fornew stories and featuresand writing articles ina style that will appealto the intended audi-ence. One can opt forspecialisation in a spe-cific subject such assports, politics or enter-tainment. Most newspa-pers have an online edi-tion; you may also writefeatures and stories fortheir websites. Newspa-per journalists some-times work as sub-edi-tors, editing the newsfiled by reporters. They

process the stories andrectify the errors andalso check the facts.

As a journalist, oneneeds to remain flexibleabout working hours.Following up stories,responding to breakingnews and meeting dead-lines can mean workinglong, irregular hours,including late nights,weekends and on publicholidays.

Journalists work inmany areas of life, find-ing and presentinginformation. In myopinion, the main re-sponsibility of a news-paper journalist is toreport the news in atruthful, unbiased andapolitical way.

A journalist willusually be working inan open-plan office,

which is likely to be hec-tic and noisy most of thetime. One will also haveto spend their time outof the office and mayhave to travel long dis-tances for following upstories. If you work forthe national or interna-tional press, this couldmean travelling any-where in the world,sometimes at short no-tices.

Journalists have anumber of roles and re-sponsibilities that theymust consider through-out the course of theirentire career; but ofcourse this dependsupon the area of jour-nalism with whichthey are involved.

Newspaper report-ing isn’t fun. It is longworking hours withsometimes the report-er going without foodfor hours together.

News reporters doa marvellous job byproviding us withnews of all sorts fromall over the world.They put their life indanger just to provide

us with information.But unfortunately, thejournalists who give uptheir life and time forus are not well treatedand are beaten upmany-a-times by thepolice and politicians. Ireally appreciate news-paper journalists andtheir passionate jobthat despite being as-saulted many times,they don’t give up andperform their dutieswith perfection andthat too in a truthfulway.

Keep up the goodwork you are doing deareditor and reporters of‘Newsband’. You’re do-ing a wonderful job byproviding us with newsof various kinds.

The author isfreelance writer

Types of chandeliersare based on the mate-rial used such as crys-tal, glass or metal, aswell as the decorativestyles used – tiered,beaded, shaded, andmore. Before the ad-

vent of electricity,chandeliers were usedto light up a space, andhence it made sense touse crystals since theymagnified the lightsource and glass be-cause of its decorative

effect. These days, sincea chandelier is no long-er used as a source oflight, but more as thefocal point in decor, orsimply to add a dramat-ic element, the optionsare no longer limited to

functionality. Lessabout illumination, andmore about decoration,chandeliers have be-come a way to add ele-gance to a space.The writer is freelancer from

Sanpada, Navi Mumbai


Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools opening admissionfor BBFS Residential Academy for the year 2020

Trials for admission to BBFS Residential Academy in Mumbai on 15th December

MUMBAI: With Indiahosting two U-17 FIFAWorld Cups in a spanof 3 years, there is nodoubt that football hasrisen to be a primarysport in the country. Infact, there have beenmany noteworthy initi-atives from the govern-ment – such as MissionXI Million and KheloIndia School Games,and several private sec-tor initiatives from com-panies to encourage thesport and those whoplay it. There is nodoubt that the scope forfootball has greatly in-creased and so have theplatforms for young as-piring football playersto grow and perform.

One such platformis the flagship initiativeof Bhaichung BhutiaFootball Schools (BBFS)in the form of its Resi-dential Football Acade-my. Veteran footballplayer and legend, Bha-ichung Bhutia; formerCOO of the All IndiaFootball Federation,Kishore Taid; and an-other noted football pro-moter hailing from IIT,Anurag Khillani,founded BhaichungBhutia Football Schoolsin 2010 and, its Resi-dential Football Acade-

my in 2018.The Residential

Football Academy es-sentially provides theopportunity for talent-ed young football play-ers to pursue their aca-demics while also re-ceiving the best-in-class football training.The benefits of a Resi-dential Academy goesbeyond just the combi-nation of education andtraining, and looks intoseveral other aspects ofyoung budding players,including their diet,monitoring their phys-ical development, defin-itive competitive expo-sure and career guid-ance.

BBFS has a goldentrack record in terms ofdeveloping homegrownplayers who have goneon to play for India, andfor many top clubs inthe Indian SuperLeague and the I–League. In the shortspan since the Residen-tial Academy has be-gun, two players havealready been selected tobe a part of the IndiaNational Team. Earlierin 2019, Ranjan Soren,hailing from Orissaand Lionel D Rymeefrom Meghalaya, wereselected to be part of the

India’s U-15 Squad andhave represented thecountry internationallyin the on-going season.The young boys havebeen an inspiration tothe other academy play-

ers and are an exampleof how opportunitiesare available to eachaspiring player at theacademy. BBFS hasalso coached and guid-ed more than 20 play-ers who have gone on toplay for India, ISLclubs, I-League clubsand even two who haveplayed for foreign clubs.

Interested studentsneed to report to the de-cided location on theday of trails whereBBFS’ TechnicalCoaching team will con-duct a series of match-es and physical tests forall players. The admis-sions to the residential

academy are open forplayers born between2003-2010, and selectedplayers will be admit-ted into the academy,which provides CBSEschooling along with

the integrated footballtraining program.

Trials will be held inMumbai on Sunday,15th December at So-maiya Sports Academy,Vidyanagar. Those in-terested can register atwww.bit.ly/bbfsrat orcall 84480 20010. Walk-ins are welcome.

The ResidentialAcademy thrives on theBBFS’ core value sys-tem – passion, persever-ance and teamwork.The management be-lieves that opportunityto play, learn and mas-ter the game should beavailable to all whoseek it and no talented

player should be barredfrom the opportunity tomaster the game.Kishore Taid, Co-Founder and CEO ofBBFS elaborates,“From the collectiveexperience of the man-agement and coachingteam of the academy,we know that there isno dearth of talent inthe country and talentcan be found in any cor-ner of India. We wantto make this residen-tial program accessibleto every player, and todo this, we are going toall major cities and foot-ball hubs of the coun-try to reach out to play-ers locally. We havedone this in the past aswell, and now, we haveplayers from 20 statesin the country. I believewe can have represen-tation from all states,and so we are conduct-ing trials in more cit-ies this year to reachout to every child withthe dream of becominga professional footballplayer.”

While many plat-forms are available forplayers in football land-scape, the right guid-ance is paramount forplayers to help themovercome challenges

and equip themselveswith the right tools torise successfully. AtBBFS Residential Acad-emy, the overall develop-ment and success of aplayer is given the high-est importance. Bhai-chung Bhutia, the long-est serving former cap-tain of the Indian Foot-ball Team states, ‘A foot-ball player can succeedin the game, but wewant them to succeed inlife too. Our commit-ment is to provide themwith a balance of educa-tion, training and guid-ance to excel and setthem on the pathway toprofessional football.More so, we will offerscholarships to deserv-ing players from differ-ent backgrounds so thatequal opportunity is pre-sented to every deserv-ing candidate.Details of Mumbai trials:

Date: Sunday, 15th

December 2019; Venue:Somaiya SportsAcademy, Vidyana-gar; Reporting time:07:30 am; Eligibility:Players born between2003-2010.

For more informa-tion or to register, log onto at www.bit.ly/bbf-srat or call 8448020010

Is Navi Mumbai a Safe City?With the help of your esteemed newspaper, I

would like to draw your attention towards thesafety of women and children in Navi Mumbai.I totally agree that Navi Mumbai is one of thesafest cities to reside but you never know whenthings might fall apart. Giving an example ofmy personal experience when I called up on thesafety helpline number just to check on how ex-actly does it work as a part of a social activityin college, it took almost 2-3 minutes for thebell to ring and reach to the main office of thehelpline number. After which the officials tookalmost 5-6 six minutes to reach to the local po-lice station. This is how the total procedureworks but my question is if it takes almost 8-10minutes to reach to the concerned person, inmany cases it would be too late to save the vic-tim. It is of utmost importance that these hel-pline numbers work faster so that the victim orthe person in trouble might reach out to the lo-cal police as soon as possible. Just a singleminute is enough for the crime to happen andthe victim to suffer. Also, there should be strict

Letter to the Editor....

patrolling on quiet and de-serted areas especially dur-ing the afternoon andnight. Employing womendrivers for autorickshawsand buses are also one ofthe ways to improve safe-ty for women in the city.No city can now be termedsafe with the increasingcrimes all over the country.

I would also like to highlight the topic overthe usage of drugs in Navi Mumbai and espe-cially among the students. The current surveyhas asserted that there is a lot of drugs usagethat has increased in Mumbai as well as NaviMumbai in the span of 5 years. These peddlersare spotted usually outside government schoolsand colleges where they come in contact with thestudents and supply drugs to them. Continuouspatrolling should be done in the silent

areas including public parks and deserted roads.Being a college student myself I have witnessedstudents falling trap for such peddlers.

Rhea George, Vashi

Citizenship BillFormer Finance Minister P. Chidambaram

just out on bail after spending 106 days in jail,is talking about the Citizenship Bill in the de-bate and he tried to be too smart as he used tobe. However, even before Congress led opposi-tion opens its cards in the Rajya Sabha, Chidam-baram indicated that the unconstitutional billwill have to be challenged in the Supreme Court.If it is so, why Congress is wasting precioushours of Rajya Sabha.

The bill is already passed in Lok Sabha withthumping majority. This was a deceit admis-sion that the bill may scrap through in RajyaSabha as well. Congress and the opposition isjust making an issue for the sake of creatingone in recent times.

Annapurani Shanthi, Ashok Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP


PANVEL: In the Science Fair organised byBhairavdev Vidyalaya and Ramsheth ThakurHigher Secondary School, the students from class-es V to X showcased their talent. An NSS campand counselling was also held on the occasion. Theprogramme was inaugurated by Principal B MNaik.

Students displaycreativity at Science

Fair


KBP Students shine at CASI Maharashtra Model UN 2019

The KBP College Principal and their mentors lauded the efforts of the participating students for bringing laurels to the college.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: ModelUnited Nations, alsoknown as Model UN orMUN, is a simulation ofthe United Nations ledby students. Studentslearn about diplomacy,international relations,and the United Nations.MUN involves andteaches participantsspeaking, debating, andwriting skills, in addi-tion to critical thinking,teamwork, and leader-ship abilities.

The students ofRayat ShikshanSanstha’s KarmaveerBhaurao Patil CollegeVashi participatedin CASI MaharashtraModel United Nation2019 (MMUNunder theStar DBT CollegeScheme. It was held on6th and 7th December2019 at University ofMumbai, Vidyanagari,Kalina, Santacruz,Mumbai.

The students whoparticipated from theVashi based instituteincluded- Jyoti Veer,Utkarsha Sonawane ,Kiran Thorarkar ,Asma Munshi , TanmayGadankush, RugvedhBabar, Yash Nagvekarand Priyanka Bhosalewho participated in theevent and presentedtheir Position Papersrepresenting differentcountries. UtkarshaSonawane receivedPrize for “Best Innova-tive Idea” as she repre-sented as the delegate ofNigeria. KarmaveerBhaurao Patil Collegewas honored with thePrize of “Best UpcomingFresher Participant”.For teachers and learn-

ers, it was great timefor learning innovativethings.

The students whoachieved success at theMaharashtra ModelUnited Nations underthe guidance from.Y.A.Gaikwad, Head,Dept. of Chemistry andDr. G. C. Wadhawa onthe occasion shared“Model United Nations,also known as ModelUN or MUN, is a simu-lation of the United Na-tions which tests stu-dents all-round skills onvarious parameters be itspeaking, debating,writing, critical think-ing, teamwork, andleadership abilitiesamong many. The par-ticipants in MUN are known as delegates,who are placed in vari-ous committees and as-signed countries to rep-resent, or occasionallyother organizations orpolitical figures, wherethey represent mem-bers of that body”.

Principal of the Col-lege Dr. V. S. Shivankarcongratulated all thevictorious students fordoing justice to the as-signments that weregiven in advance, alongwith a topic or topicsthat their committeewill discuss, “Delegatesconduct research beforeconferences and formu-late positions that theywill before debatingwith their fellow dele-gates in the committee,staying true to the ac-tual position of the mem-ber they represent” headded .

* Maharashtra Mod-el United Nations (MA-HAMUN) is jointly or-ganised by Governmentof Maharashtra; PublicWorks Department,Environment Depart-ment, MaharashtraPollution ControlBoard, MaharashtraMotor Vehicle Depart-ment, Forest Depart-ment, CASI Global andCSR Diary

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