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VOL. 13 • ISSUE 143October

2019SATURDAY

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Theprices of firecrackershave zoomed by almost40% this year againstthe normal increase of10-15% every year.However, this too hasfailed to dampen thespirit of the revelerswho can be flocking tothe firecracker shops inlarge number. Interest-ingly, the environmen-talists seem to be hav-ing their way as thecrackers with less noise

Promising jobin foreign

country, mancheats a civil

engineerPromising a lucrative job inRussia, a civil engineer liv-ing in Gujarat has beenfound guilty of cheating an-other civil engineer. Thealleged accused RahulMishra has been abscond-ing and the Vashi policehave launched a probeagainst him for cheating.The complainant, MehulPadvi, a civil engineerbased in Surat, Gujaratwas looking for a lucrativejob in foreign country. Hehad earlier too worked ascivil engineer in Oman, Af-rica as well as in Gujarat.After returning to India fromAfrica last February, Me-hul was looking for anoth-er onsite opportunity…

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Motorcycle rallyin Kharghar

A motorcycle rally will beheld at Kharghar on Sat-urday, October 19 at 10 amto campaign for BJP, ShivSena, RPI alliance candi-date MLA Prashant Thakur.The rally will start fromnear Sachin Tendulkarground in Sector 8.

NEWS INBRIEF Prices of firecrackers

zoom by almost 40%The spirit of the revelers fails to get dampened

and more of light areflooding the market.

According to Muku-nd Vishwasrao, who

heads the Vashi NagarPhataka Sanghatana

NAVI MUMBAI: Toensure ease of doingbusiness, the City andIndustrial Develop-ment Corporation Ltd

(CIDCO) has decidedto make all theservices related to itsestate department,fully online from 1stNovember, 2019.Applicants can applyfor these onlineservices throughCIDCO’s websitehttps://cidco.maharashtra.gov.in.

The servicesrelated to estatedepartment likeobtaining MortgageNOC, Heirship

CIDCO’s estatedepartment services

to be fully onlinefrom 1st November Initiative undertaken to ensure

ease of doing business

Transfer, obtainingvarious permissionsetc. can now be doneonline. The onlinepayment facility has

also been started.“This will help inreducing the numberof documents re-

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Navi Mumbaikars support‘Vote Kar, Ungli Dikha’ initiativeInitiative aims to increase voting percentage

in the upcoming Vidhan Sabha election

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to increasevoter’s turnout duringthe upcoming VidhanSabha elections, fewactivists are spreadingawareness amongstthe citizens on theimportance of casting

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: OnOctober 15, 2019 WorldStudents Day wascelebrated by InfinityFoundation at MNRInternational SchoolPalasape. WorldStudents’ Day iscelebrated every yearon October 15, on theoccasion of formerpresident APJ AbdulKalam’s birthday. Theday is commemoratedon his birth anniversa-ry because Dr Kalamwas a dedicated teacherand identified himselfforemost in that rolebefore anything else.

The 11th President,who served the nationfrom 2002 to 2007, waswidely referred to asthe people’s presidentand is also credited for

World Students Day celebrated

India’s militarymissile systems aswell as civilian spaceprogrammes.

Drawing competi-tion was held withTheme Kalam: In mylife and Dr. Kalam’smotivation quoteswere discussed and

orated to the students.300 students partici-pated during theevent.

Rajendra Kolkarwas present as theChief Guest at theevent and adminis-tered the pledge. MNRSchools Principal

Maymol, Adminstra-tor Bhagyashree,President Infinityfoundation AyufAkula, GeneralSecretary of Infinityfoundation PavitraSherawat and otherdignitaries werepresent at the event.

quired, allowingapplicants to uploadscanned documents,encouraging appli-cants to make onlineapplications andissuing the permis-sions/NOCs onlinewith digital signature.Even after makingthese services online,

the option for offlinesubmissions of appli-cations at CIDCOCFCs at Nodal Officesis also kept availabletill 31st October,2019,” said PriyaRatambe, PROCIDCO.

“The aim is toensure the ease ofdoing business, whichis the vision of CI-DCO’s Vice Chairmanand Managing Direc-tor. The applicantswould no longer berequired to visit the

CIDCO office frequent-ly for availing estateservices and all theseservices should bestrictly providedonline. From 1stNovember, 2019 alloffline CFC countersshall be discontinuedand only onlineapplications withuploaded scannedcopies of documentsshall be accepted. Alsoall permissions/NOCsshall be providedonline via email only.Hence the applicants

should give details ofvalid email id onwhich necessarycertificates/NOCs/orders will be mailedto them,” she adds.

The residents feelthat CIDCO’s decisionof making all servicesof its Estate Depart-ment fully online willnot only help appli-cants to save theirtime but will alsomake the wholeprocedure moretransparent, easy andspeedy.

CIDCO’sestate

departmentservices...

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By C.K. Subramaniam

KHARGHAR: Thesecond edition ofPinkathon day wascelebrated at Khargharon 13th October 2019.Since 2018, a day inOctober is celebratedas Pinkathon daywhen women and theirfamilies are encour-aged to come out andrun.

Pinkathon isIndia's women's groupthat works for wom-en's health and hy-giene and with themotto 'Never give up'.This year saw theregistration by almost265 residents includingmen, women andchildren. On the Dday, 30 women andchildren joined thecelebration withoutRegistration also. Theday started with bibcollection from therespective age catego-ries counter followedby an energetic Zumbasession by Pink gymcourtesy Ms Anusmita,Abhishek and theteam. The whole eventwas compered by Dr.Seema.

Next was Bollywoodfusion dance performedby Pinkathon

Pinkathon women encouragewomen to never give up

Kharghar team whichwas appreciated byeveryone. Thanks toGoura, Laxmi, Pinky,Prerna, Rekha,Reshmi and Vaishali,the dance session wasa gala success.

Flag off was donefor all the 4 categories( above 45 years, 35-45, 18- 35 & below18). Lead runners ofKharghar PinkathonVaishali, Laxmi Jhaand Nirmala H werethe Pilots for all 3women categories.The purpose of therun was to spreadawareness on the funof running.

Thanks to volun-teers from Ace Run-ners group, MastekFoundation and StarAthletics Group, theMarathon was asuccess withoutcontroversies. Withseveral volunteerswho manned the routethe run was completedsuccessfully by all theparticipants, whowere given medals,banana, fresh juiceand biscuits. Therewere 4 photographersand a videographer(courtesy : Suresh N S, Suresh Digital Foto).

In order to encouragewomen to get intofitness, various awardsin different categorieswere announced for thePinkathon Kharghargirls.

Prize distributionwas done by ShriBrijesh Patel who wasthe chief guest. Theprizes were sponsoredby Mastek Founda-tion. There were selfiebooth and stage totake pictures alongwith placards &women & childrenwere continuouslytaking pictures insingle & in groups.The event ended withhot breakfast andsweet sponsored byKharghar Gurud-wara. The ambassa-dor of KhargharPinkathon Ms.Subhashini Sreeku-mar thanked everyonefor the support alongwith co-lead Ms. AlkaSingh. They alsothanked the trafficdepartment andKharghar Police,Panvel MunicipalCorporation andCIDCO for givingPinkathon teamrequired permission toconduct this run.

Bharatanatyam and Hindustanimusic programme to be held at Vashi

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

VASHI: Marathi Sa-hitya Sanskruti andKala Mandal in associ-ation with Prof. Mani-krao Kirtan on 19 Oc-

tober has organizedBharatnatyam andHindustani music byGuru Sucheta BhideChafekar, at SahityaMandir Hall, Sector 6,

Vashi, Navi Mumbai,from 6.30 pm onwards.There will be perfor-mance by ApekshaMundragi andSumedha Rane.

I have dedicated my life forpeople: Kantilal Kadu

PANVEL: Ever sinceformer Congress vice-president of Raigaddistrict, KantilalKadu has decidedto contest electionas an independentcandidate, he iscoming out withinnovative cam-paigning strategiesthat is catchingthe attention of thevoters. This is thefirst time in thehistory of Panvelthat a candidatehas decided tocontest the electionindependently.

Kantilal Kadu,has campaignedeffectively in the lastfew days as an inde-

pendent candidate. Aspart of his election

propaganda he hasbeen visiting various

social organizationsand individuals and

has also trying toreach out to youthsthrough socialmedia. Varioushoardings havebeen installed atimportant placeswithin the limits ofPanvel MunicipalCorporation. “Ihave been servingpeople and willcontinue to do so”,said Kadu whoseslogan is “Peoplesfriend’s- KantilaKadu”. He hasbeen urging votersto cast theirvaluable votes to

‘Whistle’ which is hiselection symbol.

PANVEL: BJP-ShivSena, RPI alliance can-didate MLA PrashantThakur along with hissupporters are carryingout election campaignsin all earnestness, espe-cially in the rural areasof Panvel.

The campaign was

MLA Prashant Thakur and supporters’campaign in full swing

carried at Kutuk-bandhan, Inampuri,Ovekamp, Ranwanpa-da, Peth, Padghe, Kol-wadi, Palebudruk, Val-ap. Mayor Dr. KavitaChautamol, Panvel ta-luka president of BJPMahila Morcha, Rat-naprabha Gharat, dis-

trict vice president ofBJP Vasudev Gharat,Taluka general secre-tary Prahlad Keni,Dasarath Mhatre,Prabhakar Joshi,Eknath Mhatre of ShivSena, Nandu Patil par-ticipated in the cam-paign.

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Thethree days free filmand media workshoptitled “FilmNation”concluded recently inthe city. The workshopreceived good responsefrom all the aspiringparticipants who wishto pursue their careerin the field of film andmedia industry.Around 200 aspiringstudents participatedin the workshop.

The free workshopwas organised in Vashifrom 11th to 13th Oc-tober, 2019 at Cineb-uzz Academy in Vashi.All the attendees got achance to learn aboutthe nuances of filmand media industry aswell as to interactwith the renowned ac-tors and directors.

Prashant RajaramGhugre, one of the par-ticipants of the freeworkshop said, “Tilldate I have attendedmany workshops re-lated to acting and cin-ema but this work-shop was totally differ-ent and I have gainedimmense knowledge.Many classes teachonly few techniques

“FilmNation” a 3 days film & media workshop in city gets good response

Around 200 aspiring students attended

during the workshop,but here we weretaught all the impor-tant techniques.Without any charge Igot the opportunity tointeract with manyknown actors and di-rectors along withjournalists and radiojockeys.”

National Award

winner director NitinKakkar, director RajuParsekar, Drishyamfame actor KamleshSawant, Singhamfame actor VineetSharma and Taspadifame actor KashyapParulekar guided thestudents on the firstday of the workshop.On the second day of

the workshop, seniorjournalist Ravi Tiwarirevealed his 20-yearjourney in electronicmedia on the bigscreen with his fa-mous interview of su-perstar AmitabhBachchan. During theafternoon session,Gautam Akula guidedthe student about ra-

dio jockey funding andanimation - Graphix.In the evening, all thestudents went to Lok-mat office and learnedabout the procedure ofnews making. Duringthis time everyone in-teracted with journal-ist Sameer Kulkarni,Senior journalistNamdev More and Co-

Vice president of theLokmat group VijayShukla and gainedlots of knowledge fromthem.

Filmnation orga-nizer UmeshChowdhury said, "Onthe last day, we tookthe participants to thesets of "Hum BaneTum Bane" series andduring that senior ac-tor Pradeep Velankar,actress Rani Gunaji,actor Sachin Desh-pande, actor AdityaSarangadhar interact-ed with the partici-pants and explained tothem about the impor-tance of all the crew inthe making of televi-sion serials.

All the studentswho participated inthe three days’ work-shop on the last dayreceived participationcertificates by thebrand ambassador of“FilmNation” and thewinner of DiademMiss India, ShamaShaikh, Noor AlamSheikh of Flixmates,Amritraj Nirmal ofCinematic, AnaghaLad and UmeshChaudhari of AnaghaPR.

PANVEL: Peasants and Workers Party of India supporters from Pisarwe and Khutari villages have joined BharatiyaJanta Party (BJP). They were welcomed by former MP Ramsheth Thakur.

The supporters of Peasantsand Workers Party of India from

Pisarwe and Khutari join BJP PANVEL: The BJPSouth Indian Cellorganized arally inNew Panvelon Thurs-day insupport toMLAPrashantThakur. Ata pro-grammeorganized atShantini-ketanSchoolGround inNew Panvelarea, MLAThakurassured theattendeesthat hewould always try toprove the trust thathad been laid on him.

Meeting on behalf of SouthIndian Cell in support of

MLA Prashant ThakurMayor Dr. KavitaChotmal, Santosh

Shetty, BhaskarShetty were presentduring the event.


By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Promising a lucrativejob in Russia, a civilengineer living inGujarat has beenfound guilty of cheat-ing another civilengineer. The allegedaccused Rahul Mishrahas been abscondingand the Vashi policehave launched a probeagainst him forcheating.

The complainant,Mehul Padvi, a civilengineer based inSurat, Gujarat waslooking for a lucrativejob in foreign country.As he had earlier tooworked as civil engi-neer in Oman, Africaas well as in Gujarat.After returning toIndia from Africa lastFebruary, Mehul waslooking for anotheronsite opportunity. Hecame across a post onFacebook page of theD-Tech Consultancywhich mentioned thatthere was an openingin Russia. Excitedabout the opportunityMehul sent his biodatato the D Tech Consul-tancy Company,following which thecompany called Mehulto Vashi for an inter-view, stating that hisbiodata was selected.

Promising job in foreign country,man cheats a civil engineer

Accordingly, Mehularrived in NaviMumbai and metRahul Mishra whointerviewed him at hisoffice in Arenja Cornerin Vashi and obtainedhis passport. Withintwo days, Rahulinformed Mehul thathe had been selectedfor a job in a Russiancompany and senthim to a lab in Kurlafor medical examina-tion. He also informedMehul that his visawill be availablewithin 15 days.Within a few days,Rahul Mishra sent avisa confirmationletter to Mehul'sWhatsApp and askedhim to send Rs60,000.

As requestedMehul sent Rs 40,000to Rahul’s bankaccount and said thathe would send theremaining Rs 20,000after getting the airtickets to Russia.

To receive theremaining moneyRahul sent Mehul aflight ticket to Russiaon his WhatsAppwithin a few days.Following whichMehul sent theremaining Rs 20,000in his bank account.However, on Septem-

ber 14, Rahul in-formed Mehul that hewould send himanother ticket in thecoming days as thescheduled flight hasgot cancelled. Howev-er, even after the lapseof several days whenMehul didn’t receiveanother flight ticket,he realised somethingwas amiss. He triedcontacting Rahul, whoavoided him. Mehulthen reached the officeat Vashi and startedasking for his moneyand passport. Rahulreturned back hispassport and gave himthe cheque datedOctober 7. However,the cheque gotbounced. Realisingthat he was cheated,Mehul approachedVashi police stationand lodged a com-plaint.

(VNPS), “The ban onchild labour in the firecracker industry haspushed up the price thisyear as has the increasein the price of Sulphuran important ingredi-ent in the fire cracker.”

“The maximumincrease is in the ladiand lavangi itemswhich are now pricedat Rs 280 and Rs 100up from Rs 200 and Rs50 last year as thesewere made by childrenearlier,” he adds.

“The increase incost has however beenoffset by the variety ofcrackers in the mar-ket, especially theChinese made, whichare more towardsfancier side than earshattering. The sutliand the atom bombshave almost disap-peared as there is nodemand for those,” saysa shopkeeper.

Nitin Sonawane whohas a stall of firecrack-ers at Sector 16 Vashimarket behind St.Lawrence School saysthat, “The new arrivalsthis season are thesmall fountains andmusical pendants pricedbetween Rs 100 to Rs200. There are also thesky items like thunder-bolt that are priced upto Rs 500 and of coursethe Sky shot items withshots ranging from 50to 240 shots lighting upthe sky one by onecosting up to Rs 3,000.”

Speaking about thehot picks this season,Shailesh Dongre,another stall ownersays, “The kids simplylove the multiple colourcandles, the pencils,the golden whistle andgold rush and thefountains that makesounds. These are inthe range of Rs 100 toRs 200. The elders aregrabbing mini atombombs, the bulletbombs priced Rs 40 a

piece and of course thesky items.”

Adds Dongre, “Theregular items like thecolour changingbutterfly, a crackerwhich jumps on beingset afire and changescolour every time itjumps (upto Rs 100 fora box of 10 pieces) anda musical cracker (uptoRs 400), which ema-nates musical soundwhen lit, are alsoavailable in differentavtaars.”

The stall owners areconfident of doing goodbusiness this year.

Mukund says,“Diwali comes once in ayear and nobody wantsto miss celebrating it.Also, Diwali is celebrat-ed by people from allcommunities and allage groups. Thechildren make surethat their parents getthem the crackers,their friends have got.We are sure we will dogreat business thisyear as well.”

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DYPU SHTS Organises Bakery Workshop For KidsBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Inorder to impartbakery skills andknowledge about theprocess of cakemaking D.Y. PatilUniversity’s, Schoolof Hospitality andTourism Studies,Nerul organised aworkshop at itspremises for the Sr.KG students of D YPatil InternationalSchool, Navi Mumbairecently.

The studentsexcited at the pros-pects of wear minikitchen apron alongwith the chef cap tookbaby steps lookedforward to the newventure. On theoccasion Chef Ashishexplained about allminor equipment’sand their uses to thelittle chefs children.Chef Ajay and ChefDinesh latter demon-strated Cupcakes andspoke about thevariations of thesame post which theygot a hands onexperience of makingtheir own smallcakes. Chef Shilpaexplained aboutbakery departmentand its importance,while Chef Oliver and A guiding hand for the young chefs.

A cakefull of fruitful experience

Chef Sajis showed allmajor equipment’sand their uses.

Post workshop,the experienced bakerChefs resolvedvarious queries raisedby the special guestsand also gave a briefinsight about theirwork life, theirdepartment andvarious products Theyoung children wenthome who wereserved cupcakes andfood boxes went homewith sweet memo-ries..

“A culinary

workshop provides away to create anintensive educationalexperience in a shortamount of time andalso develop skillsand enhances creativ-ity of the participantsin an informal way.Organised for the SrKG students our staffalong with ChefAnand who took careabout the hospitalityof these students withcare and compassion.In addition to organ-ising an interactiveworkshop on Cupcakethe participants were

also taken by thevolunteers to Bakery& Patisserie Depart-ment to have aglimpse of the BakeryDepartment andbakery products. Itwas overall a greatexperience for thechildren and excite-ment for the facultiesto serve them .DYPatil SHTS studentsand faculties werevery much pleased tohave such workshop”, shared Van-dana MishraChaturvedi Directorof the institute.

Good Nutrition Starts With My PlateBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: On theoccasion of World FoodDay, Ryan Internation-al School, Nerul orga-nized a special assem-bly to create an aware-ness of the need of hav-ing well-balanced andnutritious diet in onesday to day life for ahealthy living, amongits young students. Onthe occasion the tinyRyanites of MontessoriSection excitedly cele-brated the day by car-rying healthy tiffin’s forthemselves. An infor-mative skit based onthe theme on ways onhow to inculcate thegood habit of healthyeating was enacted andperformed for the Pri-mary Section students.Std V and VI createdcollages of well-bal-anced meal based onthe topic ‘Good Nutri-

Montessori students are all excited to lay their hands on home made healthy snacks

Students create collages of well-balanced meal basedon the topic ‘Good Nutrition starts with my plate’

tion starts with myplate’. The Secondarystudents from VII to IXtoo showcased their cu-

linary skills and pre-pared healthy sand-wiches

“16TH October is cel-

ebrated as World FoodDay. This day gener-ates awareness global-ly for those who suffer

from hunger and to en-sure the need for foodsecurity and nutritiousdiet for all. The mainfocus of this day wasthat food is a basic andfundamental Humanright. Our institute toocelebrated this day witha message on the needof having well-balanced

and nutritious dietthrough various activi-ties Our students hadgreat fun and at thesame time understoodthe importance ofhealthy diet andhealthy living” sharedJanet Arhana, HeadMistress of Ryan Inter-national School, Nerul.


By Dilip Sengupta

Today is dominatedby Mrigshira Naksha-tra, Mithun Rashi andnot auspicious for trav-elling. Mahendra Yog.

People fall into thetrap of pre-marital af-fairs, especially if it isunder any kind of influ-ence of the planet Venusafter the age of 14-16years, and if it’s theplanet Mercury’s influ-ence over Saturn, theaffair will be at thestage of school/collegegoing life, which ad-versely affects harmo-ny between husbandand wife during the ini-tial years of their mar-ried life. It will createquarrels and disputesin deals/transactions,involving sale or pur-chases of high valuedarticles. It may delaydecisions in businesstransactions as a resultthat sometimes a gooddeal slips off from yourhands, without evenknowing before it. Dur-ing such period, individ-ual may get trappedinto extra marital af-fairs. It may encouragea tendency for litiga-tion, without botheringmuch about the results/outcome

It induces the na-tive to go out of the na-tive town/district/state/country or settle else-where for a better fu-ture. Saturn is directlyconnected with veneraldiseases and also withAids and allied troubles,so one has to be extracautious. Although it isnormally believed thatonly Mars and the Sungive injuries with bleed-ing, Saturn in the 7th

House is fully capableof inflicting an injuryleading to wounds anddelayed recovery. It issaid that even when ahusband and a wifeshares a room for livingtogether, even if one ofthem is under the influ-ence of 7th House in Sat-urn, the one partneraffected have tendencyto betray the other, bytrying to go to otherman/women for illicitrelationships.

It is also often heardthat such a pair mayeven break their mar-riages by litigations/di-vorce. Enemy action onany invidual or a grouplevel, or fighting in abattle or any kind offighting leads to an in-jury or big would. A ten-dency to work for/witha criminal is also notruled out.

The Earth’s famousAstrologers have saidthat during this tran-sit you will discoverthat your associationwith others will testyou out and make in-creasing demands, of-ten this will be sourcesof difficulty in your life,and dealing with themwill take great effort onyour part, some rela-tionship will end, be-cause they demandmore than they areworth.This transit of-ten coincides with mar-ital breakup. Even agood marriage will haveto confront its flawseven /one of them isunder the influence ofa Saturn in their 7th

House.Co-workers will

make greater demands

on you than in the pastbecause as they see youin someone who canaccomplish things, andthey want you to proveit. This brings us to theother major point.

On entering thehouse, Saturn has onceagain come above thehorizon of your natalchart. This means thatyour attention is againfocused primararilyaway from your innerworld, out into the so-cial world. If you havebeen preparing yourselfproperly during the lastsixteen years.getting toknow who or what youreally are, what youcan do and cannot do,then you will begin toget recognized, duringthis time, but thishouse also calls forthtest of your abilitythrough confrontationswith others. This maybe particularly obviousin your profession, butit applies equally toyour personal life. Thisis another factor in themarital tensions thataccompany thistransit.The better youhandle such confronta-tions, the better yourrelationships will be inthe immediate future.

Enquiries, if any aresolicited onNo.9869472971,howeveronly calls from mobile/cell phones will beentertained.”MATCHMAKING FOR MAR-RIAGE COMPAT-ABILITY OF ANYCOMMUNITY,WILLBE DONE FREE OFCOST”PLEASE TAKEPRIOR APPOINT-MENT”.

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: Following the footsteps oflegendary cricketer Sachin Ten-dulkar, Indian ace opening batsmanRohit Sharma has joined hands withCricKingdom to set up a Cricket Acad-emy at Islam Gymkhana, Mumbaion Friday, 18th October 2019.

As part of this initiative buddingcricketers will be groomed and trainedunder renowned coaches. The train-ees will be put through a holistic pro-gram and the progress of every indi-vidual would be monitored by expertsand their performances throughoutthe training period would be evaluat-ed on a regular basis.

This partnership between the dy-namic Rohit Sharma and CricKing-dom will be a unique set-up unlikethe run-of the-mill academies and itwould ensure that youngsters will begroomed and trained under renownedcoaches. The trainees will be putthrough a holistic program and theprogress of every individual would bemonitored by experts and their per-formances throughout the trainingperiod would be evaluated on a regu-lar basis.

Brand Ambassador, Rohit Shar-ma, who has been excelling in all formof cricket with his explosive battingand is part of the Indian team whichwill play the third and final testagainst South Africa in Ranchi fromtoday, in his message said, “I am de-lighted to be associated with CricK-ingdom for launching a cricket acad-emy in Mumbai. We can promotecricket at grass roots level throughthe tailored annual curriculum, in-house mobile app for training &tracking and global access to CricK-ingdom academies. The amazingteam with its rich experience in run-ning the best in class academy oper-ations would definitely make this ini-

Rohit Sharma Takes FirstStep Towards Coaching

Joins hands with CricKingdom

tiative come true.”Former Indian pacer Dhawal

Kulkarni, Mentor with CricKingdomadded, “Through CricKingdom, we’llbe opening centers not just in the Tier1 cities, but also expanding the sameplatform in Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities inIndia. Parents will have complete vis-ibility on the progress of their wardmaking it more transparent and im-pactful.”

Chetan Suryawanshi – CricKing-dom CEO who was also SingaporeCricket Team captain for 10 yearssaid “CricKingdom is a platform thatconnects cricket, players, coaches andstudents in an integrated ecosystemthat drives seamless engagement, in-teraction, learning and transaction.CricKingdom will remove inefficien-cies that exist today, making everyuser’s experience productive and de-lightful.”

Students of the academy will getmaster class sessions with Rohit andDhawal, subject to their availability.For more information and registra-tion visit crickingdom.com/

Young kids along with the representatives of CricKingdom during the launch of Crick-et Academy in Mumbai

Rohit Sharma... Time to pass on theknowledge to budding cricketers(FilePhoto)


Issue : 143 19 October, 2019

Rising road accident -A cause for concern

In the recent past, road accidents involving two wheeler ridersare increasing at an alarming pace all over the place. While rashdriving, violation of traffic rules etc. are the prime reasons for theincrease in the road accidents, driving after consuming liquor isanother major cause, which has not been seriously considered tillnow.

Long smooth stretches like the Palm Beach Marg allow thedrivers to push the accelerators just for the thrill. The desire be-comes more strong, especially amongst youngsters, after gettingtipsy, or in the company of friends. It is seen that usually whenev-er there is serious accident, one of the drivers is in drunken state.So far, in the absence of proper equipment, the RTO officials wereunable to penalize the offenders. Now equipped with breath ana-lyzers, the task has become easier. These drives should be con-ducted periodically especially at strategic locations. If implement-ed strictly, it would help in curbing the tendency to drive afterconsuming liquor.

Along with stringent measures against drunken drivers, theRTO should also initiate action for not wearing helmets. Whilethe All India Road Safety Programme Implementation Committeeset up by MOST, has recommended use of helmets as mandatoryfor two wheeler drivers, it has not been seriously implemented.

The use of helmets mitigates to a large extent the fatality of theaccidents. It is difficult to understand why this is not being fol-lowed by the motorists themselves when the rule has been framedfor their own safety? Probably, it is the tendency to defy rules,which forces us not to follow rules and regulations. Earlier, rulesof compulsory wearing of seat belts while driving four wheelers orprohibiting talking on mobile phones while driving, also could notbe implemented strictly due to callous nature of the motorists andthe enforcing authorities. It is highly essential that in view of therising accidents, the motorists themselves realize the gravity ofdrunken driving and the peril of not wearing helmets. The author-ities on their part, should continue their drives as these wouldhelp in instilling traffic discipline amongst the motorists. Only trafficdiscipline coupled with safety devices such as helmets and seatbelts can save precious lives.

vote and exercisingthe democratic rights.Inspired by theinitiative and cam-paign of the formerLoksabha candidatefrom AAP and now anactivist MayankGandhi, who hasstarted a uniqueinitiative titled “Votekar, Ungli Dikha”which is gainingpopularity not only inMumbai but also inNavi Mumbai, theactivists from the cityare organising streetplays and are under-taking various otherinitiatives.

Komesh Shah, asocial activist fromNavi Mumbai said,“The youth should bemade aware about theimportance of voting.Youth will be instru-mental in choosingthe right governmentwhich will work forthe benefit of youth aswell as all the citizensof the country. Underthe campaign which isnamed Vote kar, UngliDikha several aware-

ness programmes likeannouncing about theimportance of votingon all the platforms ofNavi Mumbai bothharbour and Transharbour lines, educat-ing the first timevoters about theirrights of voting etc arebeing undertaken.One of the mainpurposes of this typeof initiative is toincrease the votingpercentage which hasbeen quite poor fromlast few elections.”

The activists havealready staged morethan 50 street playsacross the city.

Apart from stagingstreet plays, eightcyclists are travellingall around Mumbaiand Navi Mumbaiwearing T-Shirts withthe message “Vote karUngli Dikha” urgingpeople to come out inlarge number andvote on 21st October,2019. The creator ofthis initiative haseven tied up with thehotels and take-way

joints to offer dis-counts to those whowill vote. The initia-tive is also beingpopularised across allsocial media plat-forms.

Pratik Yadav, oneof the Founders ofNGO ParivartanFoundation said, “Oneof the biggest prob-lems in our country isvote bank politics.Many politiciansencourage it for theirown benefits. Buttoday youngstersshould understandthat voting on thebasis of caste andreligions is reallydangerous for ourelectoral system. Theonly way to curb outthis is to make peopleaware of the pros andcons of candidates andask them to come outand vote in largenumbers and elect theright candidate. I amconfident that thistype of initiative willdefinitely increase thevoter’s turnout thisyear.”

MUMBAI: Canon In-dia one of the leadingplayers in the imagingspace, unveiled the cin-ema prime lens seriescalled “Sumire Prime”at a leading industryplatform, Broadcast In-dia show 2019. Held atthe Bombay ExhibitionCentre, Goregaon,Mumbai from 17the to19th October 2019, theBroadcast India showin one of the most lead-ing platform that show-cases next-gen broad-cast technology, withthe ever evolving mediaand entertainment sec-tor driven by televisionbroadcasting, distribu-tion, film, print, radio,advertising and digital;this exhibition show-cases faster, easier andmore creative ways ofworking for the indus-try.

Inaugurated by Mr.

Canon India exhibits groundbreaking technology at Broadcast

India show 2019Kazutada Kobayashi,President & CEO, Can-on India and Mr. C.Sukumaran Director,Consumer SystemProducts Division andImage CommunicationProducts Division, theCanon stall showcasesa wide array of CinemaEOS range as well asprofessional video cam-eras. The highlight ofthe exhibit was Canon’snew Sumire PL Primeseries of fixed –focal-length cinema lensesthat achieve beautifulskin tones and artisticimage rendering. Itcomes with an inter-changeable PL mount,featuring fast T stopvalues.

Speaking about Can-on’s participation inBroadcast India show2019, Mr. KazutadaKobayashi, President& CEO, Canon India

Pvt. Ltd. said “At Can-on, We are constantlylooking at avenues tofurther promote theimaging culture in thecountry. As one of themost reputed and pre-mium platform for thebroadcasting and cine-ma industry, BroadcastIndia Show has alwaysprovided us with an are-na to demonstrate ourexpertise and interactwith existing and po-tential customers.

Sharing histhoughts, Mr. C. Suku-maran Directo, Con-sumer System Prod-ucts Division and Im-age CommunicationProducts Division said,“Broadcast India Showhas always privided uswith an opportune plat-form to interact withthe audience and gaugefirst hand feedbackfrom them.

Navi Mumbaikars support...Cont. from pg. 1

Asked to clean and sweep jailpremises, a prisoner runs away

By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: One of the seventeeninmates who was taken out of jail toclean and sweep the jail premises, ranaway. The accused has been indenti-fied as Rajesh Chandrakant Jadhav(28), and the Taloja Jail administra-tion has filed a complaint at Khargharpolice station.

On October 11, seventeen prison-ers in Taloja Jail were brought out oftheir cell at around 8 am to clean andsweep the jail premises. Accused Ra-jendra Patil and Kantilal Brahmaniwho are currently in the Police cus-tody were both kept under surveil-lance. At about 10 am after cleaningup the prison from outside, the in-mates were counted and brought toofficers quarters at Aashriwas Build-ing. After appointing four of the pris-oners to clear staircase, the police

went to monitor the remaining pris-oners. At the same time, RajeshJadhav, one of the four inmates as-signed to clean up staircase, on thepretext of dumping the collected gar-bage jumped from the building andran away.

When Jadhav did not come back,the watchman who was waiting forhim informed the jail officer. After thisthe jail official named Patil went andinspected the building. But Jadhavwas not found. He then informed an-other Jail official about the incident.Following this they searched for himat the Kharghar railway station andat his residence at Ghansoli as he wasnowhere to be found. Following whichthe jail officials filed a complaint withthe Kharghar police station. Accord-ingly the police have launched asearch for the absconding prisoner.


&Me, a leading Women's Health Brand, has comeup with a unique campaign, '#Unstoppable’

In a country wherepurchasing sanitarynapkins is still an em-barrassment and theword menstruation issurrounded by taboos,&Me, a leading Wom-en's Health Brand,has come up with aunique campaign,‘#Unstoppable’ tocrush the stigma at-tached to periods byinspiring dialogue cir-cling menstrualhealth awareness andeducation. The 3month-long campaignwhich started on 1stJuly has been plannedin three phases (‘Sheis Unstoppable’, ‘Youare Unstoppable’ &‘We are Unstoppable’),each of which cele-brates women andtheir journeys of over-coming menstrualhealth challenges toremain Unstoppable.

The campaign inthe first month fea-tured over 20 celebrat-ed women achieversfrom across corpo-rates, businesses,sports, and the digitalworld who discussedtheir personal jour-neys and untold sto-ries of menstrualhealth. Sharing expe-riences of Archana Vo-hra (Director Small,And Medium Busi-ness, Facebook, In-dia), Delhnaz Irani(TV & Film Actress),Rani Rampal (Captainof Indian HockeyTeam) amongst otherprominent womenfrom their fields, &Meopened up the stage forthese so- called forbid-den talks. Speakingabout their menstrualexcursions, these suc-cessful women in-spired a million othersto break the deep-root-ed anathema linkedwith periods.

“At the workplace,we are in an environ-ment where there aremen also. While peri-ods are a reality, a lotof women do not ac-cept it. There is somephobia/stigma at-tached to it, that it is

bad and somethingthat you should hide.”says Aparna Sharma,a successful author,and the Former Coun-try Head at LafargeIndia.

Overcoming theshame and secrecy

around periods, every-day women, ‘the localheroes’ shared theirstories around men-strual health in Au-gust. Bringing the fo-cus on ‘You’, the com-mon women, &Me’scampaign encouragedthem to participateand tell their tales un-der its second phase,‘You are Unstoppable’.For instance, sharingher menstrual chal-lenge, Amulya Garg,an engineering stu-dent, recalls that dur-ing her PT exam, shewas unable to run andcouldn’t even tell herteacher about the painshe was sufferingfrom.

“It wasn’t easy totalk about it freely inthe open. The sameclassic statementswere passed, ‘how canyou speak about it inpublic?’. It was a beau-tiful but tough experi-ence. I was excitedabout entering wom-anhood but couldn’ttalk to anybody aboutit due to social ta-boos,” said Amulya.

Talking about thecampaign Sheta Mit-tal, Co-Founder, &Me,

said, “The campaignwas eye-opening. Wewere surprised by howcandidly womenshared their menstru-al health stories, justbecause someone wasthere to listen and pro-vide a solution. We

heard stories of sur-vival and women be-ing in constant painand discomfort, hav-ing to hide it fromtheir family, friendsand close colleagues.With our campaign,we wanted to bringawareness as well asa platform where anunapologetic conversa-tion around periods

could start and we arehappy to have donethat successfully.”

In a period of just12 months, &Me hasbuilt a strong commu-nity with over 1 lakhcustomers and hasreached more than

2.1 million people withthe campaign. In thethird and the last legof the engagement,the brand will take itscustomers behind thescenes and showcasetheir unstoppablegrowth journey under‘We are Unstoppable’,the final phase of thepowerful campaign.

“In today’s compet-

itive market, appeal-ing customers is ex-tremely difficult if youdo not connect withthem. Our campaignhit the chord rightfrom the beginning,we reached above 7lakh people in the first

month itself. The suc-cess of the campaignis extremely gratify-ing as it brings forththe ever neglectedstruggles of womenthrough their men-strual journey, some-thing which has beenlong due and unat-tempted before,” addsSheta.

Founded in 2017,

&Me is a brainchild ofIIT and StandfordAlumnus Ankur Goy-al and is co-founded byex-NIKE and HarvardBusiness School grad-uate Sheta Mittal.&Me is solving forunique functionalneeds of women, com-bining Ayurveda withNutritional Scienceinto a portfolio that in-cludes 5 health drinksfor women. The brandis credited withlaunching India’s 1strange of PMS drinks,which helps womenduring pre-menstrualsymptoms of bloating,cramps, and moodswings. &Me’s first-ever PCOS/PCODdrink aims at bringinghormonal balance,and its Beauty drinkfocuses on makinghair and skin healthyfrom within.

Seed funded by Ma-trix Partners in De-cember 2017, &Me re-cently received thesecond round of fund-ing, jointly from Ma-trix Partners andSauce.vc for furthergrowth. The compa-ny’s vision is to createand own a ‘Women’sHealth’ section in ev-ery store, online andoffline.


Letters to the Editor....

Lend a helping handAt a time when human considerations have be-

come rare, the time has come to lend a helping handto the seniors, especially to women, who toiled hardfor upbringing the family and thereby failed to takecare of failing health and suffer from doing their routine work and suffereven while walking for their regular needs.

Have you ever thought of doing something different? Like, helpingout at a children’s home or planting trees or cleaning up your neigh-bourhood? Try it and in the long run you might even like it. There are somany opportunities available with organisations, and if not, you caneven take the initiative to create opportunities, as volunteering not justhelps you give back to society, but also helps you build confidence, versa-tility, offers you a wider perspective of the world around you and empow-ers you. To add to your educational qualification, it will look good onyour profile as well.

We are a very busy lot, with school work, homework, extracurricularclasses, TV, video games and birthday parties, there are so many thingsthat we pack in a day. What if we could cut down on, say TV time, anddedicate some time to the world we live in? It need not always be aboutsaving the world, but also about bringing a smile on someone’s face orhelping make someone’s life better, even if it is an animal. Volunteeringis not necessarily something that just adults engage in; even you, asschool children, can volunteer in your own capacity and capability —how much time you can spare, your interest, how much you can ven-ture out and so on.

Call neighbourhood NGOs or animal shelters and find out how youcan help. They may need help in different areas like collecting funds,publicity, awareness creation, day-to-day operations or event organisa-tion. Find your neighbourhood or school playground in need of cleaning?Why not gather your friends and help clean up with permission, andunder the supervision of adults. You could sit at home make calls, postrequests online or simple go door to door to raise money for a cause or aparticular NGO. If not money, you could also help organise a clothes/toy/ books drive for a children’s home or an old age home of your choice.Don’t stop with just collecting the material and delivering them, spendtime with the children or the aged at the home. Your time and care arethe most precious things you can give away.

Plant trees in your neighbourhood or school and also tend to them.Volunteer your skills by teaching underprivileged children at homes ora community centre. You could teach them computer skills, English,basic Mathematics and science or events arts and crafts — just aboutanything that will engage them and you productively. And finally, youcan even volunteer your time online to do a bit of social awareness. Putup Facebook updates and tweets on Twitter to advocate a cause that isclosest to your heart – links, tags, pictures, videos or your own opinionon an social issue will help at least a few sit up and take notice.

Some take the opportunity to act as a scribe for a visually challengedstudent or an ably handicapped person. From the childhood we learntthe art of helping each other. We do help within our family and later onextend that to as a social service. We get maximum experience when wekeep in touch with different types of human soles. When we grow older,we help out seniors, who need help during their old age. After all our lifeis to help out and make ourselves busy so that when we are in troublesomeone will lend you a helping hand. Helping each other is a way oflife.

C.K. Subramaniam, Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

Think before you speakUnion Home Minister Amit Shah could have easily avoided the con-

troversy of what he said. Now, after a backlash from the Southern Statesof India where Hindi is not compulsory, he says, he had no intention ofmaking Hindi a compulsory language throughout India. Without think-ing twice, his hasty decision and later regretting it, looks very ludi-crous.

While it is important to preserve our national language, a dogmaticimposition of it on non-Hindi speaking States is not likely to unite themasses. The 'One nation, One language' approach does not ensure har-mony at all. Also, Hindi is not the national language of India; it is justan official language.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

MUMBAI: Smart Asia2019, one of the largestevents focussing onsmart city solutions,smart technology appli-cations, and city devel-opment products andservices, was today in-augurated at the Bom-bay Exhibition Center.Organised by the Tai-wan External TradeDevelopment Council(TAITRA), in associa-tion with Federation ofIndian Chambers ofCommerce & Industry(FICCI), the expo wasinaugurated by Amb.Mr. Chung-kwanTien,Representative, TaipeiEconomic and CulturalCenter in India.

Held for the firsttime in Mumbai, aftertwo successful editionsin Bengaluru, the eventbrings together indus-try leaders in the smartcity domain, and show-cases solutions fromsome of the brightestplayers in Taiwan.Smart Asia 2019 willhelp in facilitatingsmart city solutions forMumbai, in fields suchas smart transporta-tion, smart energy,smart water manage-ment, environmentalsustainability, IoT solu-tions and more.

Ms. Emilia Shih,Executive Director, Ex-hibition Department ofTAITRA said, “Buildingsmart cities is a globaltrend. Reports show thathalf the global popula-

Third edition of Smart Asia 2019flagged off in Mumbai

• The three day event will focus on smart city solutions

catering to energy & transportation challenges

• Inaugurated by Amb. Mr. Chung-kwanTien, Representa-

tive, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India.

tion now lives in cities,and more than two-thirds will be living incities by 2050. Govern-ments are beginning tofocus on building smartcities with smart tech-nologies to improve thelives of urban residents.”

“As the financial

capital of the countryand with the currentpower consumptiontrends, as well as issuespertaining to traffic andwater management, itis imperative for Mum-bai and its surroundingcities to adopt smartsolutions of renewableenergy to ensure a sus-tainable ecosystem. Webelieve that Smart Asia2019, with its primaryfocus on smart energy,transportation and wa-ter management, isbound to make a last-ing change in the re-gion. Furthermore,with the long standingproductive partnershipbetween India and Tai-wan, we are convincedthat Smart Asia is ableto cater to the ever

evolving business needsof India with a mutual-ly beneficial economicgrowth”, she added.

Amb.Mr. Chung-kwanTien, Representa-tive, Taipei Economicand Cultural Center inIndiasaid, “Back in2014, following thelargest election in theworld, my Indianfriends said that this isa great opportunity forTaiwan to do businessin India, and that weshould not miss thebus. My response tothat, was that we havealways been on the bus,and will add more pas-sengers to it! Today, Iam proud to state thattrade volumes betweenthe two countries haveincreased six fold andstand at USD 7.5bil-lion. It is also importantto note that trade bal-ance between Indianand Taiwan has alwaysbeen healthy, and wellbalanced. Coupled withIndian hardware, Tai-wanese software, andsmart education, wecan truly create smartcities in India, and im-prove the lives of count-less citizens. I am ho-noured to be here today,and I take this oppor-tunity to thank my In-dian partners for every-thing. I would also liketo congratulate AbhijitBanerjee for makingIndia proud by winningthe Nobel Prize for Eco-nomics.”


Avian influenza—known informally asavian flu or bird fluis a variety ofinfluenza caused byviruses adapted tobirds. The type withthe greatest risk ishighly pathogenicavian influenza(HPAI). Bird flu issimilar to swine flu,dog flu, horse flu andhuman flu as anillness caused bystrains of influenzaviruses that haveadapted to a specifichost. Out of thethree types ofinfluenza viruses (A,B, and C), influenzaA virus is a zoonoticinfection with anatural reservoiralmost entirely in

birds. Avian influenza,for most purposes,refers to the influenzaA virus.

Though influenza Ais adapted to birds, itcan also stably adaptand sustain person-toperson transmission.Recent influenzaresearch into thegenes of the Spanishflu virus shows it tohave genes adaptedfrom both human andavian strains. Pigscan also be infectedwith human, avian,and swine influenzaviruses, allow formixtures of genes(reassortment) tocreate a new virus,which can cause anantigenic shift to anew influenza A virus

subtype which mostpeople have little to no

immune protection.Avian influenza

strains are dividedinto two types based

on their pathogenicity:high pathogenicity(HP) or low pathogenic-

ity (LP).The mostwell-knownHPAIstrain,H5N1,appearedin Chinain 1996,and alsohas low

pathogenic strainsfound in North Ameri-ca. Companion birds in

captivity are unlikelyto contract the virusand there has been noreport of a companionbird with avian influ-enza since 2003.Pigeons can contractavian strains, butrarely become ill andare incapable oftransmitting the virusefficiently to humansor other animals.

Between early 2013to early 2017, 916 lab-confirmed humancases of H7N9 werereported to the WorldHealth Organization(WHO). On 9 January2017, the NationalHealth and FamilyPlanning Commissionof China reported toWHO 106 cases ofH7N9 which occurred

from late Novemberthrough late Decem-ber, including 35deaths, 2 potentialcases of human-to-human transmis-sion, and 80 of these106 persons statingthat they havevisited live poultrymarkets. The casesare reported fromJiangsu (52),Zhejiang (21), Anhui(14), Guangdong(14), Shanghai (2),Fujian (2) andHunan (1). Similarsudden increases inthe number ofhuman cases ofH7N9 have occurredin previous yearsduring Decemberand January.


PMC Bank’s Deposit holders protest at VashiBy Lakshman Sundar

VASHI: Hundreds ofdeposit holders of PMCBank held demonstra-tion at ChhatrapatiShivaji Chowk at Vashion late afternoon of Sun-day, October 13, 2019.They expressed theiranguish and agony atPMC Bank's brazen at-tempt to defraud theirown genuine depositholders. The protest waspeaceful. The officials ofthe organizer called forthe Government'sprompt intervention tosave their hard-earnedmoney. They also urgedtough punishment forthe head honchos of PMCBank for misappropriat-ing public funds. Simi-lar demonstrations havebeen held in other partsof Navi Mumbai and

Mumbai to plead to theGovernment to takestrong actions againstthe PMC Bank's Man-agement.

It may be recalledthat PMC Bank alleg-edly made more than21,000 fictitious ac-

counts to hide loans itmade to Housing Devel-opment and Infrastruc-ture Limited (HDIL), areal estate developmentcompany. Last month,the Reserve Bank of In-dia (RBI) took control ofthe functioning of PMC

PMC Bank is a co-operative bank with 137branches and at least51,000 members spreadover seven states of thecountry including Del-hi and Punjab, has de-posits of about Rs 11,617crore, making it among

the country’s top five ur-ban co-operative banks.

Its bad loans almostdoubled to 3.76% ofgross advances byMarch 2019, from1.99% a year earlier.PMC Bank’s member-ship shrunk to 51,000 inMarch this year from62,000 a year earlier.

Tragedies

A depositor of PMCBank allegedly commit-ted suicide in Mumbaion Tuesday while an-other died of a heart at-tack a few hours aftertaking part in a protestby bank customersseeking their moneyback.

and initiated a forensicaudit. It has also cappedwithdrawals by deposi-tors, sparking protests.

Panvel railway station to getprepaid autorickshaw stand soon

By Vikram Gaikwad

NAVI MUMBAI: Hereis a good news forresidents of Panvel.The much awaitedprepaid autorickshawstand will soon becomea reality at the PanvelRailway Station. Thedecision was takenfollowing complaintsfrom the residentsabout the autorick-shaw driverschargingexorbitantlyand not plyingby meter.

The officialsfrom thePanvel Region-al TransportOffice said thatthe proposalwhich wasapproved by theMMRTA (MumbaiMetropolitan RegionTransport Authority)and Panvel RTO in2014 was delayed asthey didn’t receiveapproval from theRailway Administra-tion. Now with therailway administra-tion giving a go ahead,the prepaid autorick-shaw stand will bestarted soon.

Speaking to News-band RTO Hemangini

Patil, said, “We havebeen receiving com-plaints from thecommuters that theauto rickshaw driversare not following rulesand regulations andare overchargingbeyond the fixedmeter charges andnot plying by meter.We had sent proposalto the railway author-

ity and the MMRTAin 2014. However, itis only now that wehave received a gohead from the rail-ways. Now thegrievances of thecommuters will besolved.”

She further said,“The Panvel RTOsubsequently, alongwith officials of theRailway, and NaviMumbai Traffic Policehave jointly surveyed

and fixed a place nearthe Panvel Railwaystation and Panvel STand now we arelooking for a regis-tered NGO to run theservices”.

This prepaidautorickshaw facilitywill provide passen-gers with safe andfixed rates. Also, therickshaw driver will

get moreincentive thanthe prescribedfare rate, saidPatil.The benefits of

prepaid autorick-

shaw

Prepaidautorickshawat the PanvelRailwaylocation will

reduce the shortdistance fares, as wellas avoid overchargingand issues of errantauto drivers. Autorick-shaw drivers will alsoget incentive byproviding services at asafe and fixed rate forpassengers. Coordina-tion between passen-ger and auto-rick-shaw-taxi driver willalso help in maintain-ing discipline at thetrain station.

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Infrastructure development,employment, basic amenities

and Housing for all is ourprimary concern”- PM

New Maharashtra to play major

role in developing New India

By Jaspal Singh Naol

KHARGHAR: “Infra-structure development,employment, basicamenities and Housingfor all is our primaryconcern,” said PrimeMinister NarendraModi. He was address-ing the meet organisedat Kharghar for pro-moting BJP and its al-liance party candidatesfor assembly election.

Modi initiated hisspeech in Marathi toattract lakhs of follow-ers present. ”Chattra-pati Shivaji Maharajrule has taught us twomajor things: Securityof Motherland and Peo-ple’s Welfare. Consider-ing these two major as-pects as our duty, BJPand its alliance Partyhave been workingsince last five years inCentral as well as inMaharashtra State.We had won historical-ly in the Loksabhaelection and the samenew history will be cre-

ated in this Assemblyelection,” said PMModi.

He questioned, “In-dia is an emergingcountry and gainingfame across the globe.Aren’t you feelingproud of it?” And thenstated “New Maha-rashtra will playmajor role in devel-oping New India.Like you have madeNarendra sit in Del-hi, you must simi-larly ensure Deven-dra sits in Mumbai.”

He stated, “Theold government hadkept all the infra-structure develop-ment in the file.But we have initiat-ed all the develop-ment works andsoon air flights will beseen taking off in NaviMumbai, 22 km longMumbai Trans har-bour Link Road willalso see vehicles run-ning on it. MetroLines’ development

work in Thane andNavi Mumbai will alsobe initiated. Metro willalso start runningsooner. Modern techno-logical infrastructureis proposed. Whenthese projects will becompleted, business

will boom, employmentopportunities will in-crease. This region ofKonkan is going to bethe strongest part ofNew India’s New Econ-omy. Road Connectivi-ty through ‘Sagar

Mala’, Coastal Eco-nomic Zone, Sea Fer-ries, Tourism will cre-ate Blue Economy, inIndia.”

“Fishermen tooplay a vital role theyhave to stand not justin contributing to eco-nomic developmentbut also for the securi-ty of nation. Moreoversingle use of plasticmust also be con-trolled. Our govern-ment has also ensuredthat fishermen get loanfacilities from thebanks and they mustalso buy modern shipsand boats for fishing.”

“To end the landmafias we had intro-duced MahaRERA,only good and cleanbuilders have nowspace to serve the peo-ple. And there will bezero fraudulent in thefield of construction In-dustry. We are develop-ing two lakh houses for

50 percent of Navi Mumbaivillagers to boycott Vidhan

Sabha electionHad earlier boycotted

Loksabha election as well

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: The villagers from 27 villages inboth Airoli and Belapur constituency who had ear-lier boycotted the Loksabha elections as a mark ofprotest against the government for non fulfilmentof promises, have decided to boycott the upcomingVidhan Sabha election as well. The villagers, un-der the aegis of ‘Agri Koli Youth Foundation’ haveappealed the people not to cast vote, unless anduntil, the candidates promise to fulfil their de-mands.

The villagers, who have been waiting for therelease of property cards from last 10 years, wereoptimistic of getting it before the election. NileshPatil, president of Agri Koli Youth Foundation said,“The Maharashtra government had come up witha government resolution ten years back, statingthat the survey of the lands of all villagers will beconducted and the villagers will be distributed prop-erty cards. CIDCO while building Navi Mumbaiin 1970 took away the land from all the villagersand now all these people do not have property witha clear title. The houses of villagers are in dilapi-dated state and are in need of urgent renovationbut to carry that out, it is essential to have a cleartitle. Every year when the elections are around thecorner, we are falsely promised from the govern-ment that our demands will be fulfilled, but so far,nothing has been done in this regard. This is thereason we had decided to boycott the Loksabha elec-tion and again we will be boycotting Vidhan Sabhaelection.”

“The election would be skipped by villages likeAiroli village, Diwale, Gothivali, Ghansoli, Ko-perkhairane, Vashi, Turbhe, Sanpada, Nerul,Karave, Agroli, Shahbaaz and Belapur village.These 27 villages, have a population of around 1.60lakh,” informed Patil.

Overall, more than 50 percent of the villagershave decided to boycott the election and this willgreatly hamper the voting percentage in both Airo-li and Belapur constituency.

Few of the seniors from the villages who havecrossed 75 years of age while speaking with theNewsband said, “We have nothing now for our fu-ture generation, which is really disheartening. Itseems that CIDCO has taken our land forever andnow we don’t even know when we will be gettingthe property card. The youths are fighting for therights of the villagers but it is still a far fetcheddream. We are repeatedly assured by the leadersthat our demands will be looked into but nothingconstructive has come up so far. We do not find anyleader from across the party who will stand withus and will support us in getting property card.”


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poor. Subsidy is provid-ed to poor and middleclass people. Dignityand Development ofpoor has to go togeth-er,” he stressed.

“Urbanization ishappening at a veryfaster pace and accord-ingly the demand of ba-sic amenities has also

Infrastructure development...Cont. from pg. 1

gone high. Our govern-ment is also speedingup to provide all thebasic amenities to thecitizens and soon therewon’t be any lacuna.”

He also insisted onsaving water throughrain water harvestingprocess.

The event was

graced by Union min-isters Ramdas Atha-wale, former MP Ram-sheth Thakur, MP Shr-irang Barne, KonkanMhada chairpersonBalasaheb Patil, MLANiranjan Davkhare,Mathadi leader Naren-dra Patil, Konkanprovince constituentSatish Dhond, MayorDr. Kavita Chautamoland others.

Efficiency should be the hall markThe state of public transport system is a barometer indicating

extent of development of a city. If one goes by this definition, theimage of Navi Mumbai that emerges out is extremely disheart-

ening considering the deplorable state of NMMT, the publictransport service provider in Navi Mumbai. The quantity of ser-

vice is hugely deficient and the quality is abysmally poor. Notonly this, tariffs have also become unaffordable. Still they are being

patronized by local people, not out of choice but out of compul-sion, as demand is disproportionately more than the supply.

The public transport modes in Navi Mumbai- whether NMMT,BEST, ST or local trains- none have expanded proportionately to

the increase in demand on account of large scale development inNavi Mumbai during the last decade. A major fallout of this lack

of vision is increased number of personalized and hired modes oftransportation, which itself has its adverse effects. The traffic

density and traffic volumes have increased tremendously with-out corresponding increase in arterial infrastructure and there-

fore the transport system is literally creaking under pressure.There is an increase in traffic jams and more recently, the avail-

ability of parking spaces has reduced drastically especially dur-ing peak hours. The environment is also victim as huge amount

of exhaust is being released by the increased volumes of vehi-cles. Another major impact of increased volume and density of

vehicles is increase in traffic indiscipline and consequent acci-dents.

Unfortunately, NMMT has not fared well on the expectationsof the residents of Navi Mumbai. This is particularly unfortunate

as a good public transport system contributes a lot by way ofproviding cheaper transport, reduction in vehicle population and

consequent reduction in traffic congestion and accidents and lastbut not the least in preserving the environment. It can also solve

the problem of parking space. Because of its poor vision andimproper management, NMMT is grossly deficient in quality and

quantity of service. Many of the nodes of Navi Mumbai are notbeing catered to and frequency is erratic and the service is abso-

lutely unreliable. To set the things right, there are intermittenttalks of privatizing the organisation, but unfortunately in most of

the cities and countries, the public transport is the responsibilityof the State. More investment needs to be made by the State in

this sector, if these services have to be made efficient with anaim to cater the increased demand. Also, improved NMMT shall

not only compliment the services being provided by railways,BEST and ST, but shall also become the indicator of develop-

ment of the city of Navi Mumbai.

By Chandrashekar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to start workat Pawna overbridgeon the Thane-BelapurHighway, the NaviMumbai Municipal

NMMC dumps material nearPawna over bridge since 5

months; work yet to commence

Corporation (NMMC)has dumped construc-tion materials at thesite. However, it isalmost five months,and the work is yet tocommence. The large

quantity of sand andpaver blocks arecausing great deal ofinconvenience to themotorists as well aspedestrians, residentsallege.

By C.K. Subramaniam

KHARGHAR: Gyanam GangaNGO, with support of Rotary club ofKharghar Midtown, celebrated WorldWhite Cane Day at Sector7,Kharghar, Hiranandani square,Navi Mumbai. The aim was to cre-ate awareness amongst the residentson how to take care of visually chal-lenged people. Students from 3 dif-ferent schools-colleges participated inthe event.

5 visually challenged people whohave achieved extra ordinary feat intheir lives were felicitated.

World White Cane Day celebrated


Politicians wake up fromslumber only during elections,

say Kamothe residents

Pothole roads still reality even after 7 years

By Abhitash D.Singh

KAMOTHE: Agitatedby the poor quality ofroads and lack of othercivic amenities, the res-idents of Kamothe saythat the politicians vis-it the node only duringelections. Once theywin the election theynever turn up in theirconstituencies and thecondition of the noderemains the same.

“The quality of theroad is pathetic sincelast seven years andeven after several com-plaints to Corporators,MLA’s, MP’s and theCity and Industrial De-velopment Corporation(CIDCO) the com-plaints have fallen intodeaf ears,” angrily re-marks a resident.

Sharin Mathew, aresident of Kamothesince last five yearswhile speaking withNewsband said, “Theresidents of Kamotheare fed-up with the nonchalant attitude of allthe CIDCO officials.The residents, who havebeen facing the glitch-es of the unrepairedroads and potholes,have gone to the CI-DCO offices numeroustimes and every timewe are assured that thework will be undertak-en at the earliest. How-ever, till date, the con-dition of roads has re-mained the same. Nowthe Assembly electionsare nearby and for cam-paigning many politicalleaders come for door todoor campaigning re-questing residents tocast their votes in theirfavour. However, afterwinning the electionsthey never turn up inour area.”

Mathew furtheradded, “Apart from pot-holed roads, the node issuffering from severalother problems too,which need an urgentattention. Kamothe hasa population of around4,50,000. The impor-tance of this number

dawns upon the politi-cal leaders only duringelection. After that, allpromises remain onlyon paper.”

To highlight the is-sues plaguing the node,the residents of Ka-mothe have staged pro-tests in many uniqueways in the last sevenyears but the authori-ties have failed to swinginto action. Earlier on25th January, 2019, theresidents of Kamothetook to the streets andhighlighted the pathet-ic condition of roads bymarking all the pot-holes of the major roadsin Kamothe area withchalks and distemper.They even assigned allthe potholes accordingto their sizes to the CI-DCO officials as per thehierarchy of their des-ignations.

Ekta Samajik San-stha, a social organisa-tion which has beenfighting for the rightsof the people in Ka-mothe has been regu-larly following-up withthe authorities, butthey too are fed-up withthe attitude of the elect-ed leaders and CIDCOauthorities.

President of EktaSamajik Sanstha,Amol Shitole informed,“All the roads acrossKamothe are in badshape since last many

years. Every time CI-DCO officials promise todo the needful beforethe monsoon. Manymonsoons have gone by,but still the roads re-main the same. Theroads in sectors 8, 9, 10,11,16,17,20 and 21 arethe worst affected.”

“In January, 2019we had launched aunique protest whereinwe marked the big pot-holes with chalks forCIDCO MD and JointMD, while the smallpotholes were markedfor the city engineers,superintendent of CI-DCO. During that pro-test few of the potholeswere filled but eventhose works were shod-dy.”

Beena Singh, a res-ident of Kamothe nearKhandeshwar Roadsaid, “Me and mydaughter have writtenseveral letters and alsocomplained verbally toboth the CIDCO offi-cials and also to the lo-cal leaders but our pleashave fallen on deaf ears.Many problems havebeen highlighted to theofficials of CIDCO butthey never pay atten-tion. I am thinking ofpressing NOTA buttonthis time then only theleaders will wake up.We should talk straight

Cont. on pg. 6

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:Former National CBSEU-17 Girls FootballChampions, Ryan Inter-national School, Sanpa-da took a major step intheir quest to regain lostglory by qualifying forthe final round of theprestigious All Indiatournament to be held inNoida next month.

The city based teamunder the leadership oftheir junior internation-al star Jahnavi Shetty,scored an emphatic 3-0win over Global Nation-al School, Pune in thesummit clash of theCBSE South Zone IIGirls Football Tourna-ment which was orga-nized by Love Dale Cen-tral School at Belagavi,Karnataka from 10thOctober to 13th October2019. For the winnerstheir leading goal scor-ers Neha Samre (twogoals) and Sana Tandel(one goal) were onceagain on target findingthe back of the net withtheir deft placements.In a well contested final,Ryan took the lead in the11th minute of the gameafter being awarded apenalty due to a hand-ball from the opponentdefender inside the boxand centre half and na-tional level player Nehacoolly converted thesame much to the de-light of her team mates.

Change of ends atthe end of 25 minutes ofhalf time, saw the re-charged Ryan surgeahead after 13 year oldstriker Sana made the

Ryan Sanpada Eves CBSE SouthZone II Girls Football Champions

Qualify for the National round to be held next month

Caption Members of the Winning Team…Standing (L-R): Asmi Sheth, Tanmaee Gharat,Bhoomita Chakravorty, Bipti Suresh (Goal Keeper), Anuja Atkari, Siddhi Bhor, Samrud-dhi Bhor & Sharayu Pai. Sitting (L-R): Siddhi Kambli, Gauri Chavan, Prapti Nikalje, NehaSamre, Shraddha Pawar, Athira Saji, Sana Tandel & Jahnavi Shetty (Captain).

best use of the throughball from her team mateGauri Chavan. A loopykick from top of the boxby Sana over the oppo-nent goalkeeper out-stretched hands foundthe target in the 34th

minute of the match andRyan a 2-0 lead.

Neha 25 yard longranger over Globals de-fence wall nine minutesfrom the final whistlefrom the right flank en-sured Ryan Sanpada anunassailable 3-0 lead,even as their opponentstried hard to reduce thedeficit. The Ryan backline led by Sharayu Pai,Bhoomita Chakravorty,Asmi Sheth, Siddhi Ka-mbli along with theircustodian Bipti Sureshrose to task with theformer making couple ofexcellent saves to ensurea clean sheet in thematch.

Earlier Ryan whichcomprised of few nation-al players passed theacid test with a resilientperformances in thepre-quarter, quarterand semi-final roundsover Sri Sri Ravishan-kar Vidyamandir Kera-la (3-0), Indira Nation-al School Pune (2-0) andMillennium NationalSchool Pune (3-1) re-spectively.

“It is because of thevision of Chairman Sir,Dr. A F Pinto that wehave had the chance toexcel in the sport of ourchoice”, shared JahnaviShetty captain of thewinning team.

“All the hard workduring the training ses-

sion and the implemen-tation of the game planincluding some crucialtips by our Ryan SportsDirector Sunil Poojariwhere we implementedthe 4-3-2-1 formationduring the course of thequalifying tournament(CBSE South Zone II)paid off. The success inthe tournament whichsaw participation from27 teams from Maha-rashtra, Karnataka andKerala was built onteam work where eachand every player playedtheir role to perfection.In fact the tough quar-ter and semi-finalmatches set the tone fora comprehensive 3-0win in South Zone II fi-nal against Global Na-tional School, Pune whotoo tried their level bestto come back in thegame. We are thankfulto all our well-wishersincluding our Principalwho has been support-ive of our efforts” sharedAmjad Khan who alongwith Rajendra Rajputare the Football coach-es of the Ryan Sanpadateams.

The Principal Muri-el Fernandes who ap-plauded the efforts ofher young U-17 GirlsFootball team said “Itwas a well-earned tro-phy which brought con-gratulatory notes fromall fronts. On behalf ofthe school and Ryanmanagement we wishyou the very best forother forthcomingevents and urge you all

Cont. on pg. 6


BASF wins awards from Indian Chemical Councilfor Environment, Health and Safety standards

Awards recognize BASF’s commitment to sustainability, emission reduction and safetyBy Jaspal Singh Naol

NAVI MUMBAI: NaviMumbai based BASFIndia Limited has re-ceived two awards fromthe Indian ChemicalCouncil (ICC), recogniz-ing the company’s com-mitment and outstand-ing performance in En-vironment, Health andSafety (EHS). At theevent held in Mumbaion September 27,BASF was awarded the“ICC 2018 Aditya BirlaAward for Best Respon-sible Care CommittedCompany” and “ICCAward 2018 for BestNicer Globe User Com-pany”. Additionally, twodrivers of logistics ser-vice providers engaged

by BASF were judgedas “Best Drivers” andawarded the NicerGlobe “Best DriverAward 2018” for theirsafety record of zeronon-conformances andzero accidents in 2018.

The ResponsibleCare Award recognizesBASF’s ongoing effortsin maintaining highEHS standards during

the operation of produc-tion facilities througheffective site manage-ment. With the success-ful execution of the Re-sponsible Care codes atits manufacturing sitesin India, BASF was ableto reduce lost-time inju-ry rates, with no fatali-ty recorded in the lastthree years. Moreover,air emissions including

dustry initiative to en-sure continuous im-provement in the areasof EHS. About 60 chem-ical companies, includ-ing BASF, are support-ing Nicer Globe, an ini-tiative under RC to re-form the transportationof chemicals. As one ofthe founding companies,BASF supports thechemical industry in itsefforts to enhance envi-ronmental protection,health and safety.

BASF India Limitedalso received the ICCAditya Birla Award forthe Best ResponsibleCare committed compa-ny in 2012 and the BestNicer Globe user com-pany award 2018.

Sulphur Oxides (SOx)and nitrogen oxides(NOx) generated duringmanufacturing de-creased, although theproduction level at thesites has increased inthe same period of time.

BASF also won theNicer Globe Award frommore than 25 nomina-tions. The award high-lights BASF’s excellence

in the transportation ofchemicals and in emer-gency response. Thecompany has intro-duced telematics stan-dards for its transport-ers, ensuring maximumcompliance with GPSmonitoring of vehicles.

BASF India is certi-fied as a ResponsibleCare (RC) company,which is a chemical in-

forward with the localleaders who are con-testing the electionsthis time that we willvote only if our prob-lems will be solved be-fore the elections.”

A senior official fromCIDCO on the conditionof anonymity informed,“In Kamothe all theroad repair work is go-ing on and it will becompleted sector-wise.The major roads which

go towards the stationand also the one whichconnect the highwayare getting fixed. Theroads which are in theinterior parts will alsobe getting repairedsoon.”

Kamothe node fallsunder the Panvel CityMunicipal Corporation(PCMC), but still nowmost of the civic amen-ities are still providedby the City and Indus-trial Development Cor-poration (CIDCO). CI-DCO’s officials say thatthey always see that

the problems of the res-idents are solved at theearliest. While PCMCalso says that they tooalways look into thematter whenever theyget the complaints fromthe residents.

Akalakh Barakhab,who has rented out hisflat in Kamothe said, “Ihad bought flat in Ka-mothe in the year 2014and since then there arelots of issues. Whenev-er the residents com-plaints to CIDCO andPCMC they both justpass on the bucks.”

Politicianswake up...

Contd. from pg. 5

to aspire for highergoals and may be few ofyou represent Indiannational team in thenear future”.

Path to finals

Pre Quarter: Ryan,Sanpada 3 (Sana Tandel

2, Shraddha Pawar 1)beat Sri Sri Ravishan-kar Vidyamandir Kochi0 (HT (*)

Quarters: Ryan San-pada 2 (Jahnvi Shetty 1,Gauri Chavan 1) beatIndira National SchoolPune 0 (HT 0-0).

Semis: Ryan Sanpa-da 3 (Sana Tandel 1,Jahnvi Shetty1, Neha

RyanSanpada...

Contd. from pg. 5

Samre 1) beat Millen-nium National SchoolPune 1 (*) (HT 1-1).

Result (Final):

Ryan InternationalSchool Sanpada, NaviMumbai 3 (Neha Samre2, Sana Tandel 1) beatGlobal National SchoolPune 3-0 (HT 1-0).

* Info unavailable

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visited Manda Mhatre’s house. Manda Mhatre will be contest-ing for the assembly election from Belapur constituency (By Chandrashekahr Hendve)

Bike rally organized as partMLA Prashant Thakur’s campaign

Hundreds join the rally

PANVEL: BJP -ShivSena alliance candi-date MLA PrashantThakur has beenreceiving a hugeresponse during hiscampaign. Recently abike rally wasorganized in Khandacolony and Kamothenode which received ahuge response inwhich hundreds ofparty workers, youthand supportersparticipated.

RPI Konkanregion president

Jagdish Gaikwad,BJP’s Panvel citypresident JayantPagade, Ward Com-mittee ChairmanSanjay Bhopi, Gopi-nath Bhagat, TejasKandpile, corporatorSantosh Shetty,Sameer Thakur,Eknath Gaikwad,Advocate ManojBhujbal, Dr. ArunBhagat, Vijay Chiple-kar, Nitin Patil,corporator VrushilWaghmare, SushilaGharat, Seema Patil,

Rajeshree Wavekar,Aruna Bhagat, ShivSena MetropolitanChief Ramdas Sh-ewale, former citypresident BJP leaderSandeep Patil,district vice presidentof BJP K K Mhatre,BJP’s Jagdish, Youthleader Happy Singh,City Yuva morchaKamothe PresidentHarshvardhan Patil,BJP’s SudhakarPatil, Ramesh Tupeand other dignitarieswere present.

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