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Tuesday, 19 January 2021

VOL. 14 • ISSUE 189 RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. No. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE

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City’s environmental-ists to observe World Wetland Day as ‘Na-

tional Persuasion Day’Navi Mumbai based

environmentalists have decided to celebrate the ‘World Wetland Day’ with a more serious theme this year. World Wet-land Day is celebrated on February 2nd every year. ‘Save Navi Mum-bai Environment group’ has decided to celebrate it as ‘National Persua-sion Day’ where the members will persuade the state and central governments to notify the remaining wetlands under Wetlands Rules 2017 to preserve them for future generations...

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PCMC to get two more deputy commissioners

The Panvel City Mu-nicipal Corporation will get two more deputy commissioners. One of them has already joined the team on 18th January 2021. On 18th January, vide Govern-ment Resolution, it was notified that Sachin Pawar who was the Dis-trict Administrative Of-ficer of Satara has been promoted as the deputy commissioner of PCMC. “One more deputy com-missioner along with Sachin Pawar would be joining the team. We are hopeful that with two additional deputy com-missioners, there will be speedy administering of work in our jurisdic-tion,” said PCMC Com-missioner, Sudhakar Deshmukh.

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Airports, world over, are being developed

as economic hubs and are increasingly being recognized as gateways to regional development. With an aim to harness the potential of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) as an economic engine, the City and Industrial De-velopment Corporation (CIDCO) has decided to develop a modern aeroc-ity, abutting NMIA, cov-ering an area of about 270 hectares.

“We have completed the land acquisition pro-

cess for aerocity, as of now, and have divided the land into four pock-ets. We intend to devel-op the aerocity in con-junction with the NMIA and plan it to be syner-

CIDCO to develop NM aerocity as gateway to business capital of India

Land acquisition process has been completed; master plan, financial assessment, marketing plans will be taken up soon

There is yet another feather in the cap

of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT), an undertak-ing of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC). The transport body has received the coveted Janaagraha City Governance Awards 2020, for its Integrated Transport Management System (ITMS). The award was presented by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Hardeep Singh Puri. NMMC commissioner, Abhi-jit Bangar accepted the award in a special online ceremony. Transport Manager, Shirish Arad-wad was present on the occasion.

The Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, which aims to uplift the liv-ing standards of citizens and cities, presents the

awards nationally in five categories: Outstanding State, Municipal Cor-

poration, Civic Orga-nization, State Election Commission and State Financial Commission. NMMT submitted its nomination for its ITMS

system. NMMT has devel-

oped a state-of-the-art

ITMS project under which a command & control centre have been set up at the headquar-ters at CBD, Belapur.

More than 500 buses of the transport wing, as well as depots at Turbhe, Asudgaon and Ghansoli and 14 control rooms are directly connected with this central con-trol room through GPS system. The system

provides proper control over NMMT buses ply-ing on a daily basis as well as drivers.

“The main objec-tive of ITMS is to man-age and plan the traffic, based on the informa-tion analysis received, thus providing a passen-ger-oriented, timely and reliable service. Under

NMMT's ITMS system bags National AwardNavi Mumbai aerocity’s concept master plan.

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By Crime Reporter

Angered over losing a cricket match, some youths attacked

three brothers of the winning team with a wooden stick. The incident happened in Kalamboli on Sunday night. The brothers sustained seriously injured in the attack and are undergoing treat-ment at a hospital. Kalamboli po-lice have arrested Harpreet Baljit Singh Khera, 19, on charges of assault and rioting. Police have launched a search for the other attackers.

The Kalamboli Cricket As-sociation had organized cricket matches last Saturday and Sun-day in front of KLE College in

Kalamboli. The final match was played on Sunday evening. Cor-porator Vijay Khanavkar's team consisted of Tushar Tiwari and his brother Chetan and other members were playing a match against Jagraj Singh Sindhu, Gu-rudev Singh Bhat and other mem-bers. Both the teams played a fine cricket match on Sunday and Tushar Tiwari's team won.

At around 10 pm, Tushar Ti-wari and his brother Chetan, who won the cricket match, were at their medical shop. Jagraj Singh, Gurudev Singh, Sunny Singh, Happy Singh, Ranjyot Singh and eight to ten others came with wooden sticks. Some of them

then entered the medical shop and dragged Tushar and Chetan out. They then insulted them and started beating them with wood-en sticks. Tushar's elder brother came to rescue, but the assailants beat him as well. After getting information, Kalamboli police rushed to the spot. By then all the attackers had fled. The police rushed the three injured brothers to the hospital for treatment.

Harpreet Baljit Singh Khera, 19, was arrested on charges of as-sault and rioting, said senior po-lice inspector Satish Gaikwad.

Gaikwad further said that two squads have been formed to nab the others involved in the case.

Three brothers attacked by angry youths after they lost cricket match

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Mahesh Gharat, a resident of Navi Mumbai distributed food and saris in the tribal pada at Phanaspada in Kharghar the occasion of his daughter, Adhishri’s birthday who turned four. (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)

On the occasion of the birthday of Pritam Mhatre, Leader of Opposition, Panvel City Municipal Corporation, Mr. Chandra Pratap Prajapati, Mr. Arvindpal and Mr. Rakesh Ranjan visited the food distribution programme organized by Sai Ashray Vrid-dhashram Sevabhavi Sanstha in New Panvel.

gistic with it and holis-tic to our vision for the Navi Mumbai project,” said Dr. Sanjay Mukher-jee, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, CI-DCO.

The aerocity is being planned to accommo-date financial services, corporate offices, ex-port oriented services, aero centric warehous-ing along with hotels, hospitals, residential and entertainment facilities, generating an employ-ment potential of 2 to 3 lakhs. Considering the

height limitation due to the closeness of the air-port, the total built up area is expected to be about 50 million sq.ft. The infrastructure will be planned and devel-oped as state-of-the art facilities for Smart cities.

“Cities worldwide are unlocking the latent development potential in surrounding properties, leveraging local assets and regional economic strengths, and uniquely positioning their airports as passenger hubs, cargo hubs, or ‘value added’ hubs. The aerocity in Navi Mumbai will be de-veloped keeping in mind

the requirements of the passengers, export hous-es, warehousing needs etc. Passengers, who are coming to city for a short period, need not come to the main city at all and can stay in the aerocity itself. This cuts down on travel time and makes it convenient and eco-nomical for them,” said Geetha Ajit Pillai, Proj-ect Director (Corporate Projects) & Airport I/c.

Once developed, the aerocity will be one of the central attractions of the city, with round the clock activities.

The concept plan has been finalised and a de-

tailed master plan along with a detailed design of the facilities, financial assessment, marketing plans will be taken up shortly.

“The state govern-ment has brought out a uniform development control rules, which is al-most similar to the glob-al floor space index. The same will be followed while developing the aerocity. Further, utility ducts will be provided to ensure that roads are not dug whenever mainte-nance is required and the residents are not incon-venienced,” said a senior official from CIDCO.

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NMMT'S ITMS SySTEM BAGS NATIONAL...

this project, 'mobile e-ticket' and 'multipurpose new smart card' services have been launched. This makes the service

of the transport proj-ect more useful to the passengers. The exact timing of the air-condi-tioned and general buses on all the routes oper-ated under the system is being made available to

the passengers through a separate mobile app called NMMT bus track-er. This allows the buses to be connected via GPS with the location of each bus, bus arrival and de-parture times, bus track-

ing in the mobile app as well as the message of which bus you are trav-eling in,” said Aradwad.

Currently, more than one lakh passengers are using this mobile app service.

I have changed my name from RAVI MAHENDRA CHAUDHRy to RAVI MAHENDER CHAUDHRy as per documents.

CHANGE OF NAME

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

The work of Dr. Babasaheb Ambed-

kar Memorial has been going on for the last 12 years. While the work of various monuments and buildings in Navi Mumbai have been completed in these 12

years, the work of Dr. Ambedkar Memorial remains unfinished. “This is a matter of shame for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation,” said Milind Khare, taluka president of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi Airoli.

He has demanded that the Memorial should be opened for the citizens on April 14, 2021.

A delegation of Vanchit Bahujan Agha-di met the Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar and handed over a letter in this regard.


The death anniversary of Shri San-taji Maharaj Jagannade, the writer

and disciple of Saint Tukaram, was observed with great devotion at Shani-mandir at Tapalanaka in Panvel. Ma-harashtra Prantik Teli Samaj Mahila Raigad District President Priya Din-

gorkar said that all members of the society should come together and con-tribute for the society.

Various religious programmes were organized on the occasion. The event was attended by senior Samaj Baban Jaganade and hundreds of community members from Panchkrushi.

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi demands opening of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial

Punyatithi of Shri Santaji Jagannade Maharaj celebrated in Panvel

Following the efforts of Ward 'D' Com-

mittee Chairperson and BJP Corporator Sushila Jagdish Gharat and for-mer Mayor Sandeep Patil the work for con-structing sidewalk adja-cent to Abhudaya Bank to Ayyappa temple in Panvel has started.

The bhumi pujan for the same was held recently in presence Corporator Sushila

Gharat, former mayor Sandeep Patil, Jagdish Gharat, Prashant Awale,

Tushar Bhagat, Kashi-nath Patil, Shivnath Panhale.

Work for constructing sidewalk commences at New Panvel

By Vikram Gaikwad

In order to provide 20 per cent grant

to primary, secondary and higher secondary schools in Maharashtra and 40 per cent grant to 20 per cent schools, the government is conduct-ing departmental inspec-tion of schools. For this, various terms and con-ditions have been laid down and it has been made mandatory for the schools to update ros-ter. However, Shikshan Sena's Konkan division president, Dnyaneshwar Mhatre has asked state Education Minister for schools, Varsha Gaik-wad to relax the condi-tion of the updated roster

and distribute grants to the schools immediately considering the previous roster.

In the state of Maha-

rashtra, 20 per cent grant has been announced for primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and 40 per cent grant for 20 per cent schools. For this, from 1st December

2020, the government has started the work of preparing the final list of eligible and non-eligible schools on the basis of criteria by conducting departmental inspection of these schools. How-ever, due to the pandem-ic, many schools have not been able to update the roster. Dnyanesh-war Mhatre, Konkan divisional president of Shikshak Sena, has de-manded in an email to Education Minister that the government should the condition of the up-dated roster, and also distribute grants to eligi-ble schools immediately, taking into account the previous roster.

By Vikram Gaikwad

The Republican Party of India has decided

to contest on 15 seats in the upcoming Navi Mumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC) elec-tions. The Election Core Committee of the party has prepared a list of 15 aspiring candidates and the list has been handed over to MLA Sumantrav Gaikwad, chairman of the party's election core committee.

The RPI is in alli-ance with the BJP in the state. The Election Core Committee of the Republican Party also held a meeting in Vashi on Sunday regarding the election. The meeting

was held in the presence of the party's National Working President and Election Core Com-mittee Chairman MLA Sumantrao Gaikwad and District Inspec-tor, Balasaheb Mirza. Navi Mumbai District President, Sidram Ohol handed over the list of 21 aspiring candidates to Sumantrao Gaikwad. After holding discus-sion with the office bear-ers, who were present, a list of fifteen aspiring candidates was unani-mously prepared.

The list will be hand-ed over to party presi-dent Ramdas Athavale in the next two days, said Sidram Ohol.

"We will have a meeting with local BJP leaders in the next two days and we will de-mand that the Repub-lican Party be given 15 seats," Ohol said.

LR Gaikwad, Gen-eral Secretary of the party, Vijay Kamble, District President of the Youth Front, Adv. Yash-pal Ohol, Maharashtra State General Secre-tary of IT Cell Sachin Katare, District Presi-dent of Women's Front Shilatai Bodde, Secre-tary Ramesh Bodde, Union Secretary Santosh Dhepe, Youth Vice Pres-ident Vishal Kamble and other prominent office bearers were present.

Schools urge Education Minister to distribute grants as per roster of previous year

RPI gears up to contest on 15 seats in the upcoming NMMC election

Uran MLA Mahesh Baladi donated Rs. one lakh for construction of Ram Mandir. BJP Uran city president and corporator Kaushik Shah, Hastimal Mehta, Hitesh Shah, Dinesh Sakhare, Chetan Patil, Manohar Sahtia, Darshan Patil, Chandrakant Thakkar, Ajit Bhinde, Vikram Thakkar, Nilesh Thakkar, Manish Patil, were present on this occasion. (By Dinesh Pawar)


In our country when a marriage hap-pens, the daughter-in-law moves

into the husband’s house to live with his parents. But now, we find that this tradition is slowly changing, and in-creasing number of women prefer to start nuclear families, away from their in-laws. There are many reasons behind this but the main issues are privacy and compatibility issues with in laws.

One of our acquittances told her problem. She was a regular visitor to her husband’s house and maintained an excellent rapport with her to-be in-laws. But after her marriage, her equation changed with not only her mother-in-law, but also her father-in-law. They started asking her to dress in only Indian outfits, and even eat only what they liked. She felt suf-focated, and she with her husband moved out eventually.

One of the girls was a working woman and she often came late from work. It was pre knowledge to the family but the mother-in-law did not like it and she pressurised her to leave the job. In this scenario husband did not have any problem. She with her husband now live separately.

Sometimes mothers do not like if their sons are influenced by their wives. Some pollute their son’s mind against the wife. Why there are so many differences in this relation-ship? Today the reality is that while

the conflict between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law is an age-old one, the difference in the outlook of the young, progressive woman has added another layer to this problem. A mother-in-law is happy to see her son married initially as it is her cher-ished dream, but after a while, inse-curity creeps in. The mother-in-law is used to running the house in a cer-tain way, and she feels threatened if the daughter-in-law wants to make changes. The new-age woman doesn’t sit at home like her mother-in-law did

when she was a young daughter-in-law. The new-age woman works and contributes to the household’s earning and she cannot contribute so much to home as she has to maintain balance in office and home. On the other hand, the daughters-in-law, too, might not be used to taking advice from a new matriarchal figure. A daughter-in-law becomes part of a new family so the mother-in-law advises her in the way she would advise her son, but , pro-gressive women have an issue with that. On the other hand, the daugh-ters-in-law, too, might not be used to

taking advice from a new matriarchal figure in their lives. A daughter-in-law becomes part of a new family. So, the mother-in-law advises her in the way she would advise her son. But it creates problems.

If it is a good idea for the husband or son to get involved in such situa-tions, I don’t think so because hus-bands should make sure they don’t hurt both the mother and the wife. But striking a balance can be tricky. Sometimes the son knows about the issues between his mother and wife, but he doesn’t know how to deal with them. Although moving out of one’s parental home may have been the solution for many but it is not a course of action that should be taken lightly. Shifting out shouldn’t have a negative effect on the in-laws and it is important that people who move out of their parents’ homes continue looking after them. The elderly can get insecure about a lot of things, and losing a son or a daughter-in-law adds to that fear. The solution for warring mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law is that they should discuss their issues in the presence of a third trusted per-son, and attempt to reach a resolution amicably. The in-laws should realise that the times have changed so they should not ask the daughter-in-law to change according to their liking, they should try to come to terms with her outlook. Harmony in relations can be brought by the effort of both the parties and the person who will be happy ,is the sandwich between mom and wife ,i.e., the son . The major conflict between a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law arises from this fact

that the mother was the most impor-tant woman in her son's life and when the wife comes, there is a shift in this paradigm. Mothers should go to great lengths to avoid making a son choose between her and his wife, even in trivial matters because it is a battle that just can't be won. We can never define which is important, a son to mother or husband to a wife. Mother is one who has given birth and made children her world while a wife is one with whom he has to spend remaining life so both are important and we can-not prioritize between them.

Building a relation is about em-bracing differences and celebrat-ing likes and in our country a girl is married into a family, she has to adopt to new norms and habits of the new family. Issues arise because of comparison which we unknowingly make. Girl compares her husband’s home with her maternal home and the differences start coming out ,other things are subproduct of this .

For daughter in laws, the way to husband heart is only through his Mom. so first win her to make a place in your husband’s heart. Give her more importance than you think and if you cannot become her god friend atleast do not become her enemy.

For mother in laws, you might be the queen for your son but do not command on your daughter in law directly. What you want to say, say clearly without hesitation always in proper way. If you want them to fol-low a tradition of your family put it positively, just teach her how it is here instead of comparing with some-thing else.

THE MOST IMPORTANT BUT THE MOST PROBLEMATIC MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN LAw RELATIONSHIP

By Ryhea George

A meeting of Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) of Vashi Block was held

on Sunday, 17th January, 2021 at Vish-nudas Bhave Auditorium, Vashi. Aslam Sheikh, the Guardian Minister of Mumbai from the Con-gress and Jitendra Awhad, the Housing Minister of the NCP were the chief guests at the event. While Public Works Minister Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena was not present during the meeting. In his place, MP Rajan Vichare attended the meeting.

Vijay Nahata, the slum rehabilita-tion chairman during the meeting said, “As we are a group, our strength is also more than any other party, and the people following us are also in large number. In order to bring development in Navi Mumbai there is a need for

more interaction between parties.” NCP leader, Prashant Patil in his

speech added, “I have faith that every Navi Mumbaikar wishes that MVA

comes in power. Whatever the Na-tionalist Congress Party has achieved till now is with the help of our leader Sharad Pawar and all the credits goes to him.”

Shashikant Shinde, Congress District President, Vithal Rao More, Shivsena District President, Ashok Gawde NCP district president, Cor-porator Divya Gaikwad and other of-ficials were present.

MahaVikas Aghadi holds meeting of Vashi Block


Former corporator Sangeeta Mhatre

and social activist San-deep Mhatre have submit-ted a letter to the commis-sioner of the Navi Mumbai M u n i c i p a l Corpora t ion (NMMC), Ab-hijit Bangar and urged him to sort the var-ious civic issues in Ko-parkhairane Ward No. 45 and start the work.

“Heaps of debris can

be seen lying unattended all over the ward. Apart from that, sewerage is

uncleaned and the sew-ers pipelines are old in many places”, said San-geeta Mhatre.

She further said, “While the NMMC has been towing away aban-

doned vehicles on the roads in other wards, no action has been taken in this regard in our ward”.

Former corporator of Koparkhairane ward no.45 demands civic works to be started

Photo by Sumit Renose


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Fire safety audits enable the organizations to address the is-sues by identifying the following: identifying all significant fire hazards; identifying the people who are at risk from each haz-ard; evaluating if existing control measures reduce risk to a tolerable level. Fire audits are essential safety measures. Plen-ty of people and society do alter their structure. In case fire catches due to search alterations, it might become impossible for fire extinguisher to overcome fire. Regular structure fire au-dit will keep control on rampant illegal alterations of property,

which might be detrimental to the people in case some unforeseen situation arises.Hardik C Shah

The concerned authority has taken a great step of doing the fire audit henceforth. This action will ensure to minimize the fire incidences that may happen due to any unforeseen reason. Such decisions will further improve the trust of the common man in the authorities. We welcome this decision.

Beena Singh, Singer, Kamothe.

Very often we see huge fires in industrial complexes, hospitals, theatres, malls and other public places. When the tragedy takes a toll in terms of casualties, the role of the fire department takes a centre stage. It is often seen that there are rampant illegal ad-ditions to these public places, be it hospitals, malls or any com-mercial places. They manage to get away due to the support of the local municipal authorities. Due to these illegal additions, the safety of the place is always compromised. While it is manda-

tory to get the fire audit and certificates from the fire department, we see that in the majority of the places, no fire safety norms are in place. Hence, the role of fire audits becomes questionable. Many establishments get away from the fire safety norms due to their connections at the higher level. Talking about Navi Mumbai, I can say that fire audits are not being implemented seriously and majority of the buildings shall fail the audit test if implemented seriously. The NMMC has to ad-dress this issue very soon before any major tragedy is incurred. The fire depart-ment has to understand its role seriously and start auditing all the public utility establishments immediately. Till then, I pray for the safety of all Navi Mumbaikars and hope that the Municipal Corporation wakes up and prevents any major fire, tragedy or accidents.

Dr Pratap Mudaliar, Social worker, Vashi.

Let me begin by asking whether the authorities understand the importance of fire audits? These questions arise only after any National tragedy and ends after a month or so after the tragedy. Can anyone recall prosecution of any officials for lapses for any fire tragedy? The role of the fire department and the Mu-nicipal Corporation is very important to prevent any tragedies. Unfortunately, I don't feel that fire audits are conducted seri-ously by the authorities. Many such audits are managed and certificates obtained by the respective owners. The Municipal authorities should put the fire audit report of every commercial establishment on its website and invite public comments on the same. Certificates issued without proper compli-ances should be cancelled and the issuing authority should be prosecuted. The local corporators should also supervise each such building in his area and file his report every quarter to the Municipal Commissioner. A collective will and action is required if we need to bring the change of safety norms in Navi Mumbai. Thank you Newsband for taking this initiative.

yash Reddy, Nerul.

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK yOUR VIEWS ON FIRE AUDITS CONDUCTED By THE AUTHORITIES?

Fire audits should be prioritised as a necessity and not an after-thought of an incident that may have happened somewhere else. It sounds so ridiculous when you say "let us audit because there was a fire somewhere else". Rather, the NMMC should be doing it irrespective of what happens elsewhere. Make it a priority not a coverup.

Shubham Vishwakarma, Tatoo Artist, Kharghar.

QUESTION FOR NExT WEEK:

yOUR VIEWS ON NMMT INSTALLING DUSTBINS INSIDE ITS BUSES?

Hailing Maharash-tra Chief Minis-

ter, Uddhav Thackeray for his quick response to complaints of of-ficial inaction against mangrove and wetland destruction, environ-mental groups have ex-pressed the hope that the 289-hectare Panje wetland will be saved as a bird sanctuary.

“The CM responded at 2 am on Friday to our complaint against re-peated attacks on Panje wetland, which is home to two lakh birds, by vested interests,” said B N Kumar, director of NatConnect Founda-tion. The CMO asked Principal Secretary for Environment, Manisha Patankar Mhaiskar to take up the issue.

NatConnect com-plained to the CM that all the five inlets to Pan-je wetland have been

shut down apparently to render the area dry, in violation of the Envi-ronment Department’s order.

Responding to complaints against at-tempts to destroy Panje wetland, Environment Minister, Aditya Thack-eray asked for stopping construction there. Yet several security cabins have been built by the NMSEZ and water flow blocked.

Environment Direc-tor Narendra Toke, who also heads Maharashtra Coastal Zone Manage-ment Authority (MC-ZMA) pointed out that Panje falls under CRZ-1 and hence it has to be protected. The stop-page of water flow and construction are clear violations of the Envi-ronment Protection Act, Toke said in his letter to Raigad district collec-tor.

Yet, the violations continued even on Thursday and pictures taken by local volun-teers clearly showed the blockage. High tide wa-ter flowed over the ar-

tificial bunds and filled patches. Otherwise, the place is dry, Nandaku-mar Pawar, head of Shri Ekvira Aai Pratishtan, said.

Pawar pointed out

that CIDCO leased out most of the wetland to NMSEZ though the planning body itself earmarked the area as Holding Pond No 1 as a flood control mea-sure for Dronagiri. Moreover, CIDCO en-compassed the stretch between Dongar and Panje villages as Sec-tor16 to 28 of the Dron-agiri Development Plan, he said.

Pawar, who too has been communicating with the Chief Minister against the officials' leth-argy in acting against violators, expressed the hope that the environ-mentalists will succeed in saving Panje.

BNHS which has been studying the pat-tern of birds at Panje has also made a strong recommendation for de-claring the wetland as a bird sanctuary.

CM responds to Environmentalists’ pleaGreens hopeful that Panje wetland will be saved as bird sanctuary

Mangrove chopping -Panje wetland near Mumbai

Tidal water inlets blocked, choking the wetland at Panje near Mumbai


EditorialISSUE: 189 19 jANUARy, 2021

In the recent past, road accidents involving two wheeler riders are

increasing at an alarming pace all over the place. While rash driving, violation of traffic rules etc. are the prime reasons for the increase in the road accidents, driving after consuming liquor is another major cause, which has not been seriously considered till now.

Long smooth stretches like the Palm Beach Marg allow the drivers to push the accelerators just for the thrill. The desire becomes stronger, especially amongst youngsters, af-ter getting tipsy, or in the company of friends. It is seen that usually whenever there is serious accident, one of the drivers is in drunken state. So far, in the absence of prop-er equipment, the RTO officials were unable to penalize the offend-ers. Now equipped with breath ana-lyzers, the task has become easier. These drives should be conducted periodically especially at strategic locations. If implemented strictly, it would help in curbing the tendency to drive after consuming liquor.

Along with stringent measures against drunken drivers, the RTO should also initiate action for not wearing helmets. While the All India Road Safety Programme Implementation Committee set up by MOST, has recommended use of helmets as mandatory for two wheeler drivers, it has not been se-

riously implemented.The use of helmets mitigates to

a large extent the fatality of the ac-cidents. It is difficult to understand why this is not being followed by the motorists themselves when the rule has been framed for their own safety? Probably, it is the tendency to defy rules, which forces us not to follow rules and regulations. Ear-lier, rules of compulsory wearing of seat belts while driving four wheel-ers or prohibiting talking on mobile phones while driving, also could not be implemented strictly due to callous nature of the motorists and the enforcing authorities. It is high-ly essential that in view of the rising accidents, the motorists themselves realize the gravity of drunken driv-ing and the peril of not wearing helmets. The authorities on their part, should continue their drives as these would help in instilling traffic discipline amongst the motorists. Only traffic discipline coupled with safety devices such as helmets and seat belts can save precious lives. Further, the proposal of the RTO to install electronic message boards is a good step. This would not only help in curbing traffic congestion by guiding the motorists to avoid taking the routes with traffic bottle-necks, but with the display of social messages would discourage the mo-torists from driving after taking a booze.

Drive against drunken drivingA well-known philan-

thropist, Ravi Gai-kwad, has bagged the Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award for his dedication to the ser-vice of humanity.

A go-getter academi-cian, sportsperson and philanthropist, Mr. Gai-kwad has won numer-ous coveted awards like : Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Welfare category of Mid-Day Showbiz Icon Awards 2020, including winning an award at the Leg-end Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2020) too in Mumbai.

Ravi Gaikwad is Chief of RTO, Thane and is also the Chairman of Handball Federation

of India and Chairman of Shant Bharat Surakshit Bharat, a trust which is involved with maximum dedication in service to

the society.Besides receiving

award for his social ac-tivities, Ravi Gaikwad has received numerous

other awards includ-ing the CSR Times Award 2020 for edu-cating the people on road safety through the Road Safety World Se-ries and The Man of Excellence Award 2020 for his contribution to nation-building. He was also conferred with the Life Time World Peace Ambassador Award by Wockhardt Foundation.

Ravi Gaikwad is also holder of two Guinness Book of World Records: for organizing the big-gest bike rally to spread awareness towards road safety and no honking & for organizing the big-gest handball competi-tion with maximum par-ticipation.

Philanthropist Ravi Gaikwad wins Nelson Mandela world Humanitarian Award

By Ashok Dhamija

Central Railway (CR) will run additional fully reserved Special

Trains until further advice to clear the extra rush of passengers as per details given below:

A) Mumbai-Nagpur Daily Su-perfast Special

Train no. 02169 special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termi-nus (CSMT) Mumbai at 14.55 hrs daily from Thursday 21st January, 2021 and arrive Nagpur at 05.45 hrs next day. Train no. 02170 Special will leave Nagpur at 21.10 hrs daily from Wednesday 20th January, 2021 and arrive at CSMT Mumbai at 12.00 hrs next day.

The above Special will consist of One AC-2 Tier, Four AC-3 Tier, Eleven Second Sleeper Class and Six Second Class Seating coaches. Halts en-route in both directions include Dadar, Thane, Kalyan, Devlali, Nashik Road, Niphad, Lasalgaon, Manmad, Nandgaon, Chalisgaon, Pachora, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Mal-kapur, Nandura, Shegaon, Akola, Murtizapur, Badnera, Dhamangaon, Wardha and Ajni stations.

B) Mumbai-Bidar Tri-weekly Superfast Special

Train no. 02043 Special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) Mumbai at 21.00 hrs on ev-ery Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 20th January, 2021 and arrive at Bidar at 09.10 hrs next day. Train no.02044 special will leave Bidar at 20.00 hrs on every Thursday, Satur-day and Sunday from 21st January, 2021 1 and arrive CSMT at 07.55 hrs the next day. The above Special will consist of One First AC cum AC-2 Tier, One AC-2 Tier, Two AC-3 Tier, Eight Second Sleeper Class and Six Second Class Seating coaches. . Halts en-route in both directions include Dadar, Thane, Kalyan, Karjat, Pune, Daund, Kurduwadi, Barsi Town, Osmanabad, Latur, Latur Road, Udgir and Bhalki stations.

Reservation for above fully reserved Special Trains have com-menced from Monday 18th January, 2021 at all computerised reservation centres and on website www.irctc.co.in. Passengers having confirmed tickets are advised to adhere to all norms, SOPs related to COVID19 during the boarding, travel and at destination.

CR to run additional special trains from Wednesday onwards

Bookings commences

By Crime Reporter

Lucky Mahindra Singh, owner of M/s

Lucky Cars in Kopari, a second-hand car dealer, allegedly cheated Lon-fpan Jacob, a business-man from Sanpada, by agreeing to sell his old Innova car worth Rs 10 lakh. Sanpada police have registered a case against Lucky Singh.

The complainant, Lonfpan Jacob (49), a resident of Sanpada

Sector-15, had an In-nova car and contacted Lucky, the owner of M/s Lucky Cars, to sell the car in 2017. Lucky Singh took the car from Jacob, promising to sell his car. Then in 2018, Jacob contacted Lucky Singh repeatedly and asked about the sale of his car. However, Lucky Singh gave different answers each time and avoided meeting him. Jacob then asked Lucky

Singh to either pay him if he had sold his car or otherwise return the car back.

However, even af-ter lapse of four years, when Lucky failed to give back the money or the car, Jacob lodged complaint with the San-pada police station. Ac-cordingly, the police have registered a case of against Lucky Singh and have started investigat-ing the matter.

Second hand car reseller cheats businessman

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A man who had robbed many

people of lakhs of ru-pees by luring them to get jobs in the sales tax department at Mazgaon Dock has been nabbed by Panvel taluka police. The accused has been identified as Vaibhav Kamble. Although five persons who were cheated by accused Vaibhav Kamble have lodged a complaint, it is being speculated that the accused may have cheated several persons in the same manner.

The accused, Vaibhav Kamble, is a resident of Kon vil-lage in Panvel and had earlier worked in the sales tax department in Mazgaon. However, he was fired 12 years ago for being absent from work. As he had the identity card of the sales tax department, he

misused it and pretend-ed to be working in the sales tax department. He promised jobs in the sales tax department and took cash from the victims.

In a similar manner, he had lured Chandra-kant Veer, a plumber living in Dervali area of Panvel, in November last year by telling him that recruitment was underway in the sales tax department and offered him a job as a peon.

He also said that it would cost Rs 65,000 and took Rs 35,000 from him under the pre-text of registration. He also told the victim that his appointment letter would be delivered to his home address by courier after 15 days.

Meanwhile, Chan-drakant Vir introduced his brother-in-law Amit Kulye, a resident

of Virar, to Vaibhav Kamble. He demanded Rs 55,000 from him as well and offered the job of a store keeper in the sales tax department. After that the accused Kamble demanded Rs 30,000 from Amit Ku-laye's friend Lahu Vir, Rs 19,000 from Sarika and Rs 26,000 from Ajay Lashkare's friend Siddharth Yadav from Dombivali.

Despite waiting for the offer letter for days, Chandrakant Vir, Amit Kulaye and others who paid for the job asked Vaibhav Kamble about the job. But he avoided them by giving different reasons each time.

Suspecting, all of them lodged a com-plaint with the Panvel Taluka Police Station. According to the police, Vaibhav Kamble has been arrested from Kongaon for fraud.

Man arrested for luring people with jobs in sales tax department

On the occasion of the birthday of Pritam Mhatre, Leader of Opposition of Panvel Municipal Corporation, a free health check-up and blood test camp was organized by Dr. Surekha Mohokar. Corporator, Sarika Bhagat, Madhuri Gosvi, Kumar Thakur visited the camp. Opposition leader Pritam Mhatre was the chief guest at the camp.

PUBLIC NOTICETHIS NOTICE IS HEREBY given to public at large that my Cli-ent M/S. CHANDRAKANT AND CO., is the owner of Shop cum Godown No. G - 19 , in MAPMC Market -I, Phase-II, Sector -19, Vashi (Turbhe), Navi Mumbai of which Original Document i.e a) Original Registration Receipt of Lease Deed Dated - 4th April, 1990 duly registered with Sub - Registrar Thane under Serial No. 601/1990, on 4th April, 1990 executed between M/S. MUMBAI AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET COMMITTEE, MUMBAI and M/S. CHANDRAKANT AND CO., “THE LESSEE/ OWNER” b) Original Taba Pavati (Possession Letter ) issued by the MUMBAI AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET COMMITTEE, MUMBAI in the name of M/S. CHANDRAKANT AND CO., “THE LESSEE/OWNER ” , and other Related Documents of the said Shop -Cum -Godown No. G-19 are lost /misplaced and same has not been traceable and accordingly Police Complaint is lodged with APMC, Police Station , Sector - 19 , Vashi , Navi Mumbai under Registration No.0082/2021, Dated 15.01.2021. If any Person/s found and/or in possession of the same are re-quested to deliver it at the address given herein under and further All the persons having any claim or interest in or to the said premises and Shares or any part thereof by way of Sale , Mortgage , Charge ,Gift , Lease, Trust, Possession , Inheritance , Lien or otherwise howsoever are hereby called upon to notify the same in writing along with supporting documentary evidence pertaining to the claim to the undersigned , within a period of 14 days from the date of publication hereof , as otherwise It shall be consider that title of the said Shop Cum Godown/premises is free from all charges and encumbrances and cleared without any reference or regard to any such claims & interest and the same if any will be considered as waived .

SCHEDULE OF THE PROPERTyShop cum Godown No. G - 19, in MAPMC Market -I, Phase-II, Sector -19, Vashi (Turbhe), Navi Mumbai Tal & Dist. Thane. Sd/- Mr. S. V. Dalvi, Advocate Office No.163, Central Facility Building No.2, above Punjab National Bank, Sector -19, Date : 19.01.2021 Vashi, Navi MumbaiPlace: Vashi, Navi Mumbai Cell No . 9833811855

By Ashok Dhamija

Continuing its yeoman service to mankind

as part of the teachings of their beloved Satguru Mata SudikshaJi Maharaj and fulfil the shortage of blood caused during Covid-19 pandemic, Sant Nirankari Mission as part of its Blood Dona-tion Drive all over the Country organised one such camp at its Satsang Bhawan in Sanpada on Sunday, 17th January, 2021. The same wit-nessed wholehearted and selfless participa-tion from 51 Nirankaris whose precious gift of life was collected by the Doctors and technicians who along with the do-nors observed all Precau-tions & Preventions as per Guidelines laid down by the Authorities viz. wearing proper masks, maintaining social dis-tancing, proper sanitizing etc.

The camp was well organized in the guid-ance of local Sector Sanyojak of the Mandal with close coordina-tion with Volunteers of Sant Nirankari Chari-table Foundation and local unit of Nirankari Sewadal. Two Kshetriya Sanchalaks of Nirankari Sewadal in Navi Mumbai were present in this camp to encourage the donors.

Notable, during the period of last six months more than 2000 Niran-karis donated their blood within the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.

Nirnankaris organise blood donation drive at Sanpada

Volunteers participated in large numbers during the Blood Donation camp organized by Sant Nirankari Mission in Sanpada on Sunday


The cultural depart-ment of FG Naik

College, Koparkhairane organized an online ed-ible jewellery making competition on the occa-sion of Makar Sankranti recently. Principal of F G Naik College, Pratap Mahadik said, “The main objective of the programme was to pro-mote the artistic talents of the students, to devel-op the stu-dents holisti-cally and to inform them about the various fes-tivals in Maharashtra.”

“The students par-ticipated in the competi-tion with great enthusi-asm and creatively made edible jewellery. Apart from this, the importance of traditional festival of Makar Sankranti was explained,” he added.

Around 50 students participated in this com-petition. First prize was bagged by Komal Rag-hunath Bhosle TYBA. Second prize was won

by Archana Navnath Dhanke TYBcom and third prize was bagged by Priyanka Ankush Gh-ere FYBCom. Encour-agement award was giv-en to Poonam Sakharam Kolekar, TYBA.

The winning students will be honoured with prizes at the upcoming prize giving ceremony. All the participating stu-dents will be given cer-

tificates. F G Naik College

Principal Pratap Mahad-ik, Head of Cultural De-partment Prof Samidha Patil and committee members Prof Jaish-ree Dahat, Prof Seema Shinde, Prof Sangeeta Vaskar, Prof. Sandesh Suryavanshi, all teach-ers and non-teaching staff, students were present.

Edible jewellery making competition held


By Indrani Basu

Navi Mumbai based environmentalists

have decided to cel-ebrate the ‘World Wet-land Day’ with a more serious theme this year. World Wetland Day is celebrated on February 2nd every year. ‘Save Navi Mumbai Environ-ment group’ has de-cided to celebrate it as ‘National Persuasion Day’ where the mem-bers will persuade the state and central govern-ments to notify the re-maining wetlands under Wetlands Rules 2017 to preserve them for future generations.

Sunil Agarwal, founder of this group in-formed, “A poster mak-ing contest will be or-ganised on the occasion. Through this initiative, we would like to reach out to large number of people.”

“Every year, on 2nd February, we celebrate World Wetlands Day (WWD) to raise global awareness about the im-portance of wetlands for people and our planet. WWD is also an occa-sion to commemorate the signing of the Ram-sar Convention on Wet-lands in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971,” he added.

“Wetlands and wa-ter”, the theme for WWD 2021, shines a spotlight on wetlands as a source of freshwater and encourages actions to restore them and stop their loss.

Save Navi Mumbai Environment Group under the leadership of Green Warriors Su-nil and Shruti Agarwal, have been fighting con-stantly to protect the wetlands of Navi Mum-bai. Besides this, they are also creating pres-

sures on various occa-sions, on the state and central governments to notify the wetlands of Navi Mumbai and Uran as wetlands under the

Wetland Rule 2017 and include these in Nation-al Wetland Inventory Atlas.

Agarwal remarked, “We are facing a grow-ing freshwater crisis that threatens people and our planet. We use more freshwater than nature can replenish. Similarly, we are destroying the ecosystem by destroy-ing wetlands which are not only source of fresh water, but are also the lifelines for any city as they protect the cities and towns from floods and other natural disas-ters.”

“The 2021 campaign highlights the contribu-tion of wetlands to the quantity and quality of

freshwater on our planet. Water and wetlands are connected in an insepa-rable co-existence that is vital to life, our well-being and the health of our planet,” he added.

From Uran, Nanda-kumar Pawar, member from Wetland Commit-tee and the founder of Shri Ekvira Aai Prat-ishtan lamented, “Since 2008 onwards, reclama-tion (landfill on man-groves and wetlands) of these ecological sen-sitive areas (Uran) has started. 8000 hectares of mangroves and wetlands have been destroyed by projects proponents. No project proponents have applied for any kind of prior clearance permis-sion from concerned authorities, neither, any project has got clearance from these authorities as well. The current sta-tus of these wetlands in Uran taluka are shocking and disappointing. Most of these wetlands have been filled illegally.”

Naresh Chandra, the warrior who is fighting for the cause of wetlands in Kharghar said, “With this National persua-sion, we hope our fight for wetlands will get a bigger platform and bet-ter stronghold. We have to fight till all the wet-lands are secured and be notified.”

City’s environmentalists to observe world wetland Day as ‘National Persuasion Day’

In India out of 757060 wetlands identified

by National Wetlands Inventory Atlas NWIA 2011, only 42 wet-lands have been no-tified and are being protected. India joined Ramsar Convention on February 1, 1982 but only 42 wetlands are notified till date, out of 757060 identi-fied in NWIA 2011.

wetland day will be observed by city greens

By Ryhea George

Volunteers from Pan-vel node painted the

Zilla Parishad School in Bondarpada, Kahirwadi area on 16th January 2021. All the classrooms were painted with moti-vational thoughts, pic-tures and educational concepts.

Prachiti Nayak, a vol-unteer said, “Imbibing young minds with skills, knowledge, morals

and habits is extremely necessary. Painting the school was very enjoy-able experience and was a break and relief from everyday work. We feel if the school is beautiful-ly painted, the children would get attracted to come to school. We look forward to many more initiatives that work for the betterment of the society.” Another volun-teer, Gayatri Nitin Joshi

also shared her experi-ence. She said, “It was a great opportunity for us and a unique experience. Our focus has always been on quality educa-tion. I feel this project has definitely added on to it.”

Volunteers such as Mihir Nerlekar, Mi-hir Joshi, Hardik Shah, Hamresh Tanna, Dhwani Tanna, Shrinath neralla, Rahul Agarwal were present.

Panvelkars join hands to paint ZP schools

With an aim to bag the first position

in the nationwide clean-liness survey 2021, and to spread awareness among the citizens on cleanliness, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC) has created its own special cleanliness jingle with the slogan "Nishchai Kela Number Pahila".

Every year an inno-vative musical jingle is

created by the NMMC to create awareness among the people about cleanli-ness. This has been re-ceiving good response from the citizens of Navi Mumbai.

This year Swachhta jingle was presented in the presence of Commis-sioner Abhijit Bangar. On this occasion Ad-ditional Commissioner Sujata Dhole, City Engi-neer Dr. Surendra Patil,

Deputy Commissioner, Solid Waste Manage-ment Department Baba-saheb Rajale and other officials were present.

The song has been written by Dhanashree Desai and music has been composed by San-jay Vivek and song by Rohit Shastri. The jingle will be played by the propaganda vehicles of the civic body, said an official.

NMMC launches new jingle for Clean Survey 2021