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VOL. 14 • ISSUE 194 RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. No. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE

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By Crime Reporter

The Panvel City Po-lice have arrested a gang involved in making fake Kisan Vikas Patras and National Savings Certificates worth about

Rs 6 crore of the Indian Postal Department and mortgaging these in var-ious banks. A total of 9 fake Kisan Vikas Patras and Rashtriya Bachat Patras have been seized

by the police from this gang. It is believed that the gang may have taken loans of lakhs of rupees from various banks and creditors through these

Gang involved in making fake Kisan Vikas Patras and National

Savings Certificates arrested

Internal shuffling of senior officers

of CIDCOIn order to speed

up the work, the City and Industrial Devel-opment Corporation (CIDCO) Managing Di-rector Sanjay Mukher-jee has made internal transfers of senior of-ficers of CIDCO...

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Free medical check-up camp at

Seawoods A free medical

check-up camp is be-ing organised on Tues-day, 26th January, 2021 from 8 am to 4 pm at Healthledger Di-agnostics Centre, 3/4, Tricity Palacio, Near D’Mart, Sec-38, Sea-woods (West)...

(More on page 3)

BJP leaders stage protest against

MSEDCL in Sanpada

The leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, 22nd January staged a pro-test in front of Moraj Residency, Sanpada against the inflated electricity tariff. The protestors demanded that the Maharashtra State Electricity Dis-tribution Corporation Limited (MSEDCL) should provide relief to the consumers by giving provision to pay the electricity bills in installments. During the protest BJP leader Nishant Bhagat were present.

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By Abhitash D.Singh

While the date for the Navi Mu-nicipal Corporation’s (NMMC) elections is yet to be announced, the members from vari-ous political parties have started switching their allegiance. In the recent set back to the Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP), corporator Ra-mashish Yadav joined Shiv-Sena in the pres-ence of Thane Guardian Minister Eknath Shinde and all the senior leaders of Navi Mumbai's Shiv-Sena unit.

Earlier, Ganesh Naik's favourite Navin Gavte and family and also Vaibhav Gaikwad &

Divya Gaikwad joined Shiv-Sena and National-ist Congress Party (NCP) respectively.

The former standing committee chairman of NMMC, Navin Gavte left BJP along with his wife and other family members and later Divya

Another setback for BJPBJP corporator Ramashish Yadav joins Shiv-Sena;

till now 13 corporators from BJP have switched allegiance By Ryhea George

On Friday, 22nd January 2021, the Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) gave permission to the schools under its jurisdiction, to resume offline classes for stan-dards 5th to 12th from

27th January, 2021. All the private schools have also been given instruction to open their schools following the Covid-19 guidelines given by the state gov-ernment.

“In the 11 PCMC schools, there are around 1500 students from class 1st to 7th out of which around 600 are from class 5th to 7th. Each school has around 25-30 students in a class which makes it easier for them to maintain 6

feet social distancing even in the classrooms. To ensure safety for the students, the 74 teachers of PCMC will be tested for Covid-19. As the classrooms for the pri-mary section are vacant, the students of standard 5th to 7th would be

divided in these class-rooms. All the class-rooms will be sanitized on a weekly basis and every classroom will have its own sanitiza-tion station, so that the students can sanitize their hands before enter-ing the classroom. It would be mandatory for all the students to wear masks in the classroom as well,” said Head of the Education Depart-ment, PCMC, Babasa-

PCMC allows schools to resume classes for 5th to

12th stds from 27th January

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GANG INVOLVED IN MAkING FAkE kISAN...

fake Kisan Vikas Patras. The members of the gang are being interrogated, informed Shivraj Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Circle-2.

Those arrested in the case include Babarao Ganeshrao Chavan (24), Suprabhat Mallan Pras-ad Singh (50), Sanjay Kumar Ayodhya Prasad (46) and Dinesh Ran-ganath Upade (39). The main accused, Babarao Ganeshrao Chavan, ear-lier worked as Post Mas-ter at Nanded in the In-dian Postal Department and was suspended by the department for crim-inal action in 2019. He

had allegedly stolen a blank book of Kisan Vi-kas Patra and Rashtriya Bachat Patra from the post office. As Babarao was aware of the work-ings of the post office, he forged a Kisan Vikas Patra and a Rashtriya Bachat Patra in his own name and in the name of some of his associ-ates. He also stamped it with postage stamps and started taking loans from various credit unions and banks.

The gang took a loan of Rs 12 lakh from Vish-was Nagari Sahakari Patsanstha Maryadit in Nerul by mortgaging fake Kisan Vikas Patras and National Savings Certificates worth Rs 50

lakh. They also tried to get a loan by submitting fake Kisan Vikas Patra and Rashtriya Bachat Patra in several banks and credit unions. Ac-cording to police, they also tried to get loan from HDFC Bank in Panvel by submitting fake documents.

After receiving in-formation about this, on the suggestion of Pan-vel City Police Station Senior Inspector, Ajay Kumar Landage, Assis-tant Inspector of Police Rahul Sonawane, Sub-Inspector of Police Su-nil Tarmale and his team set a trap and arrested the two suspects. When the police conducted a search, they found 2 fake

Kisan Vikas letters and 7 fake National Savings Certificates of the Indian Postal Department. Dur-ing further investigation by the police, the forg-ery was exposed. Police later investigated and arrested two other mem-bers of the gang. Also, 18 fake Kisan Vikas Pa-tras of different denomi-nations of Indian Postal Department, 7 National Savings Certificates as well as 7 rubber stamps and other documents of Indian Postal Depart-ment were seized from them, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivraj Patil. He said the gang is likely to have duped several banks and credit unions.

PUBLIC NOTICEBE IT KNOWN to the General Public that my client Mr. RAMDAS RANGNATH CHAVAN, Owner of Apartment No. VS-I/56/A-2, ad-measuring 19.249 Square Meters Built Up Area, Nakshatra Apart-ment, Sector 9, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400703, Taluka & District Thane has lost/misplaced the following original documents pertain-ing to the above said Apartment and in spite of diligent search it has not been found.(1) Allotment letter dated 02.09.1985 issued by CIDCO in favour of Shri. Abdul Gani Abdul Karim (2) Agreement for Hire Purchase dated 20.09.1985 executed between CIDCO and Shri. Abdul Gani Abdul Karim (3) Agreement for Sale executed between Shri. Abdul Gani Abdul Karim as the seller and Shri. Ramesh K. Kursija as the pur-chaser (4) General Power of Attorney executed by Shri. Abdul Gani Abdul Karim in favour of Shri. Ramesh K. Kursija (5) NOC dated 04.09.1999 issued by Nakshatra Apartment Owners Association (6) General Power of Attorney dated 14.12.1995 executed by Shri. Ab-dul Gani Abdul Karim in favour of Shri. Ramdas Rangnath Chavan (7) Notarized Affidavit Cum Declaration dated 14.12.1995 of Shri. Abdul Gani Abdul Karim (8) Agreement to sale dated __.12.1995 executed between Shri. Abdul Gani Abdul Karim as the seller and Shri. Ramdas Rangnath Chavan as the purchaser (9) Final Transfer order dated 26.10.1999 issued by CIDCO in favour of Shri. Ramdas Rangnath Chavan.My Client has not deposited the said Title Deeds (Agreements) with any Bank/Person as equitable security or otherwise. A Police Com-plaint has been lodged with the Vashi Police Station on 21.01.2021 vide Lost Property Registration No. 0220/2021.Any person(s) found the Title Deeds (Agreements) is requested to return the same at my Office. Any person/s having any claim against or to the said Apartment by way of sale, mortgage, charge, gift, lease, trust, possession, inheritance, lien, development, maintenance, easement, attachment or otherwise howsoever is hereby required to make the same known to the undersigned at his office address given herein below, along with certified copy of documents pertaining to the claim, within 15 days from the date of publication hereof. Sd/- BASHEER A.M SAYYED Advocate High Court. Office No. S-7-67, 2nd Floor, Hawre Centurion Mall, Plot No. 88-91, Sector19, Nerul, Date: 24-01-2021 Navi Mumbai - 400706. Mob. 9819829297.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

The activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Janu-ary 22nd, 2021 staged agitation in Ghansoli node against the in-flated power bills and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Agha-di’s failure to provide relief to the consumers.

BJP activists led by local for-mer corporator, Prashant Patil raised slogans against the MVA government’s alleged ‘betrayal’

of consumers with hollow prom-ises. The protest was carried out in Simplex Wing C and D ward no 32 and 34, Ghansoli.

Prashant Patil said, “The resi-dents of Ghansoli node are already facing several issues with regards to power supply. They are sub-jected to frequent power cuts and erratic power supply. While the residents are willing to pay elec-tricity bills, but it is impossible to pay such exorbitant amount.

If MSEDCL discontinues supply over non-payment of bill, we will stand by the consumer. This situ-ation has occurred due to the pan-demic, and the government needs to consider that.”

Along with Prashant Patil, former Corporator Suvarna Patil Social worker Laxmiputra soda-gi, Chandrakant Waghmare,Raju Patil Akshay Karad, Asha More, Banabai Shinde, Vijay Patil and others were present.

BJP activists stage protest against MSEDCL in Ghansoli


PCMC ALLOwS SCHOOLS TO RESUME CLASSES...

heb Chimane.Ashfaq Qazi, coor-

dinator of the education department said, “First we will take a declara-tion form from all the parents who are willing to send their children and only after that, the children would be allowed in the schools. Most of the students are from the labour class

and they must have migrated to their home-town. We will have to check and make a new data of all the students who are present in the city. We are sure that the number of students would comparatively be lesser but we will still start the schools for these students. We are expecting around 50 to 60 percent of students to be present in the first two weeks”.

Speaking further, Babasaheb Chimane said, “Each and every room would be sani-tized regularly and all the rules and guidelines given by the state will be followed. We will ensure that there is around 3 metre distance between the teachers and the students. Fre-quent Covid check-up will also be conducted for the teachers. All our teachers were previ-

ously on COVID-19 duty and are eagerly waiting for the classes to begin. We appeal all the parents to let their children come to school as physical classes are always better than online. The primary classes will continue with the online classes. There have been no updates on exams as of now, and we will wait for the state to give us further guidelines.”

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By Crime Reporter

Assistant Commis-sioner of Police (ACP) Venkat Andhale, testified during the hearing held on Friday, 22nd January at the Panvel District Sessions Court, that the sus-pended SPI Abhay Ku-rundkar was not on the night patrolling duty on April 11, 2016 when Ashwini Bidre was as-sassinated. Therefore, the diary submitted to the court by Kurundkar was false stating that he was on the night patrol-ling duty. With this statement, the difficulty of Abhay Kurundkar has increased further.

The Ashwini Bidre murder case was heard in the Panvel District Sessions Court on Friday. All the four ac-cused, including Abhay Kurundkar, were pro-duced in court for the hearing. ACP Venkat Andhale had not ap-peared on the last two dates. The judge had

directed the police to issue a warrant and ask Andhale to appear be-fore the court. Accord-ingly, he appeared in the Panvel District Ses-sions Court. Andhale was questioned and he told the court that Ab-hay Kurundkar did not do the night round on that fateful day. He also identified the voice in the soundtrack as that

of Kurundkar.Special public pros-

ecutor Adv. Pradeep Gharat, ACP Sangeeta Shinde-Alphonso, Ash-wini Bidre's husband Raju Gore, investigat-ing officer ACP Vinod Chavan and other police officials were present at the hearing on Friday. The next hearing is scheduled on January 29, 2021.

Ashwini Bidre murder case: Kurundkar was not on night patrolling duty on that fatal night, testifies ACP Venkat Andhale

Ashwini Bidre was assassinated on April 11, 2016

By Ryhea George

A free medical check-up camp is being organised on Tuesday, 26th January, 2021 from 8 am to 4 pm at Healthledger Diagnostics Centre, 3/4, Tricity Palacio, Near D’Mart, Sec-38, Seawoods (West).

During the medical camp tests such as E.C.G (electrocardiogram), BMI, blood pressure test, blood sug-ar tests (Fasting/PBPS, RBS) would be conducted. Senior citizens can avail many other tests which include HBA1C (Haemoglobin A1C), Uric Acid, Thyroid testing, Lipid profile, T Cholesterol and Urine Test. Apart from these tests there would be free consultation and prescription given by doctors of different speciality. Dr. Darshan Chandak (Diabetologist), Dr. Shikhar (Orthopedics), Dr. Dipti (Gy-

naecologist), Dr. Swagat (Dermatolo-gist) would give free consultation and medication to the people.

Speaking about the medical camp, Diabetologist and clinical Cardiolo-gist, Dr. Darshan Chandak said, “As people are scared to come out of their houses due to the pandemic, we ap-peal to the citizens to come and get a health check-up done and take the full benefit of the medical camp. Any-one who is willing to come and visit the check-up camp can get further details from our page https://www.facebook.com/102971438016587/posts/262082255438837/?app=fbl and can contact us for further details.”

The medical camp will be attended by former Mayor Jaywant Sutar, MLA Manda Mhatre and corporators from the area.

Free medical check-up camp to be organised in Seawoods

I have changed my name from KARTHIK PRABHA-KARAN to KARTHIK PRABAKARAN as per Maha-rashtra Government Gazette Reg No. M-2096961 dated 21 - 27 January 2020.

CHANGE OF NAME

By Vikram Gaikwad

The Panvel Magistrate's Court rejected the bail application of Bhupendra Shah, director of Bhumiraj Group, a builder in Navi Mumbai. Nhava Sheva po-lice had arrested Bhupen-dra Shah in February last year on charges of seizing 80 acres of land belonging to Sir Muhammad Yusuf Trust at Gawan in Navi Mumbai on the basis of a fake farmer's certificate. However, Bhupen-dra Shah was released on interim bail on May 26 in the wake of the Covid 19 pandemic.

On the basis of complaint lodged, the Nhava-Sheva Police in December, 2019 registered a case against Bhupen-dra Shah, Kiran Dand and Mohammad Yusuf Trust chairman Harun Aleem AR Yusuf, Suresh Shedge, Baj Khan, Ramesh Bhalerao and others for forg-ing government documents and loot-

ing land.After that, Nhava She-

va police investigated the case and arrested Talathi Ramesh Bhalerao and Satish Shirke from Karjat taluka of Raigad. During investiga-tion it was found that Satish Shirke had forged land pur-chase documents at Latur

on the instructions of Talathi Ramesh Bhalerao of Karjat and signed the purchase deed under a false name. Police then arrested Bhupendra Shah in February 2020 in the case. Bhupen-dra Shah, who was remanded in judi-cial custody for about three months, was released on interim bail on May 26 by the court on the background of Covid 19.

Bhupendra Shah then applied to the First Class Magistrate's Court in Pan-vel for bail. After hearing the applica-tion on January 20, the court rejected Bhupendra Shah's bail application.

Navi Mumbai court rejects Bhupendra Shah's bail application

Urban Haat reopens its popular food courtWith the ‘Food Festival-2021’ on 23rd January, 2021,

the food court was thrown open

By Indrani Basu

With ‘Food Festi-val- 2021’, the City and Industrial De-velopment Corporation’s (CIDCO), Urban Haat in Belapur commenced its popular food court on 23rd January, 2021 keeping all the mandates in place. The ‘Food fes-tival 2021’ which is be-ing organised from 23rd January to 26th January, will offer several spe-cial palates of cuisines mainly from the lands of Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, lip-smacking non-vegetarian dishes from Kolhapur, Konkan and Malwan, varieties of homemade pickles, chutney and papad. The added attraction will be dry fish preparation from various Koliwadas.

K.S.V. Nair, Manager of Urban Haat informed, “The food court, which was closed ever since the imposition of lock-down in the backdrop of Covid 19 pandemic, was re-opened on 23rd January with the ‘Food festival’. We have tak-en extra precautions as the safety measures for Covid 19 pandemic. As Urban Haat is an open area, we are able to keep proper social distancing among the stalls as well as the visitors. Thermal screening, hand saniti-zation is mandatory and along with that hand wash is made available at the entrance and also at the food court. Mask is compulsory for ev-ery visitor well as for the stalls in-charge. We

are requesting to our customers not to bring senior citizens and chil-dren below 10 years of age as per the regula-tions set forth by the State Government.”

Meanwhile, the on-going Winter Festival has been extended till 26th January. Products like quality linen from Atharva, handmade ar-tificial jewellery, tribal stone jewelries, Warli arts, Madhubani paint-ings, variety dress ma-terials for men and women, sarees, article for home furnishings etc. are available at dis-counted rates. Happy Singers orchestra and singer’s group will be performing on Sunday from 5-9 pm to enthrall the shoppers.


Technicians ensured quick rectifications of various faulty traffic signals at major junctions across the city during the ongoing 32nd Road Safety Week being organized by the Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate and Regional Transport Office, Panvel. (By Ashok Dhamija)

Road Safety: A top priority

Rewriting Fairy Tales

By Dr. Monica khanna

Stories told to us in childhood are po-tent tools that play a significant role in pro-viding role models that we seek to emulate as we grow older. Being at an impressionable age, our values and ideas of right and wrong, good and evil are defined by characters and events in the stories we are exposed to.

At least three gen-erations have grown up reading fairy tales of Sleeping Beauty, Ra-punzel, Cinderella and Snow White. The com-mon thread that links these stories is the beauti-ful but pas-sive female prot agon is t portrayed as a damsel in dis-tress, whose life becomes complete and meaningf u l only when a handsome Prince Charming res-cues her and sweeps her off a carpet. Sup-pressed by powerful antagonistic forces like witches or evil step-mothers (interest-ingly again, women), the princesses appear weak and incapable of fighting their own battles.

While there have been several reinter-pretations of these tales from a feminist perspective, one of my favourite books in this genre is ‘The Paper Bag Princess’ by Rob-ert Munsch, which is a must read for all boys and girls as it breaks gender stereotypes and presents an interest-ing role reversal. The story revolves around a beautiful princess

Elizabeth, engaged to be married to Prince Ronald. Unfortunately, a dragon destroys her castle and carries away her fiancé. Brave and fearless, she decides to chase the dragon and rescue the prince. She has nothing to wear as everything in the cas-tle is burnt. All she can find is a paper bag that she puts on and march-es to her destination. Using her intellect and presence of mind, she manages to vanquish the dragon. However, when she finds Prince Ronald, she is in for an unpleasant and rude shock. Instead of ac-knowledging her ef-forts and appreciating them, Prince Ronald expresses his disgust

at her dishevelled ap-pearance and mocks her paper bag outfit. “Come back when you are dressed like a real princess,” he repri-mands her. Elizabeth gives him a befitting reply. “Your clothes are really pretty, and your hair is very neat. You look like a real prince, but you are a bum,” she says in a matter-of-fact tone. Unlike other fairy tales that end in the marriage of the prince and princess, this one ends with the line, “They didn’t get married after all.”

The story sends across some very im-portant messages – One, girls do not have to be helpless and weak in the face of crisis. They must in-

stead be pro-active and take action when con-fronted with a difficult situation. Secondly, no problem is insurmount-able, and one can find a solution by thinking out of the box, and us-ing one’s lateral think-ing skills. Third, there is no compromise to self-respect – one must live with dignity, and not at the mercy of a man who is not wor-thy of love. Finally, the book also puts an end to the myth that mar-riage is the ultimate fulfilment, and that all stories must end ‘hap-pily ever after’. The book charms its way to your heart, as does Elizabeth, who risks her life for her fiancé, and yet does not hesi-

tate to leave him when she realizes that he does not deserve her.

As we raise our children in a society that hopes to end the boundaries that divide men and women, one that dreams of being egalitarian, it is time to replace traditional fairy tales with stories like these which chal-lenge gender bias and promote equality and respect in relationships, where domination of the male sex is subtly questioned – stories that can be read three generations later with a smile on the face.

The writer is Associate Professor,

Indira Institute of Business Management, Consultant,

Indian School of Management and Entrepreneurship

“The work done by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) in the last 25 years is commendable,” said Deputy Commis-sioner of Police (DCP Traffic) Purushottam Karad. He was express-ing his views on the oc-casion of the 25th Silver Jubilee Anniversary of NMMT held at Ghan-soli Depot. The Road Safety Campaign was also launched on the oc-casion. He further said that accident-free Navi Mumbai should be the goal and for that every-one should strictly fol-low the traffic rules.

On this occasion, Re-gional Transport Officer Nandkishore Patil and Umesh Munde, Trans-port Committee Member Raju Shinde, Kashinath Patil, Adv. Abdul Jab-bar Khan, Sameer Bhag-wan, Sudhir Pawar, Ra-jendra Ingle, Transport Manager Shirish Arad-

wad, Chief Accounts and Finance Officer Nilesh Nalawade, Vivek Achalkar, Anil Shinde, Umakant Jungle, Sunil Salunkhe and other dig-nitaries were present.

Shirish Aradwad, while reviewing the last 25 years of the trans-port initiative said that NMMT has been able to achieve this remarkable feat as well as many awards and accolades due to the cooperation and efforts of all the staff, who have worked tirelessly in providing satisfactory passenger service.

Starting from 25 buses in 1996 to 492 buses till date, NMMT has made a remarkable progress. Recognizing the challenges that may lie ahead, Aradwad said, “Emphasis would be to run environmentally friendly buses, adding that in view of rising diesel prices, emphasis

would be laid on in-creasing CNG and elec-tric buses”. He informed about various aspects like commercial con-version of Vashi depot which is being imple-mented to reduce the loss.

Speaking during the occasion, Regional Transport Officer, Nand-kishore Patil, said, “Ev-eryone should be aware of traffic rules and should strictly follow these.”

The meritorious em-ployees of each depot of the transport enterprise were honoured by the dignitaries. Special hon-ours were also given to the drivers and conduc-tors who worked with dedication during the Covid period. Similarly, the children of the em-ployees who passed the 10th, 12th, Diploma, Degree examinations with excellent marks, were also honoured.

NMMT celebrates its Silver Jubilee


By Abhitash D. Singh

It seems that the wa-ter problem of Ulwe residents is here to stay. From last three days, the residents of Ulwe Sector-17 are not getting water from the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) and have to rely heav-ily on the water tank-ers.

According to the residents of Ganga Vihar in Sector-17, water cut is a regu-lar problem now. The complaints regard-ing the same to the CIDCO officials have fallen on deaf ears.

Satya Pandey, Chairman of Ganga Vi-har society informed, “Earlier in September, 2020, we faced lots of issues with regards to

water supply, but after several complaints to the officials of CIDCO, the issue was resolved. However, now from the last three to four days, we are again experienc-ing the same problem. We tried calling the CI-

DCO officials but they are not answering our calls. Water is essential for daily needs and if the problem continues then it will become dif-ficult to handle the situ-ation. It would be really

good if CIDCO starts supplying water on pri-ority basis and solve the issue as it has done in other nodes under its jurisdiction."

Sanjay Barve, a resi-dent of Ganga Vihar who works at APMC

Market in Vashi said, “We are hopeful that the problems will get solved soon. If the problems persist, then it will be very difficult to stay in Ulwe. Pres-ently, we are forced to rely on water tank-ers.”

Atul Nalwade, CI-DCO Junior Engineer from Ulwe said, " We are trying to sort out the problem that the resi-dents of few societies of Sector-17, Ulwe are fac-ing. We are working on it on a priority basis."

Residents of Ulwe, Sector-17 face water cut from last 3 days

By Abhitash D. SinghUnder the initiative

‘Don Bosco Cares’, a community fridge was inaugurated at Don Bosco Senior Secondary School, Nerul on Friday 22nd January, 2021 by senior police in-spector of NRI Police Station, Ravindra Patil in the presence of the repre-sentative of NGO, 'Team S p r e a d i n g Smiles', staff and members of the school and the par-ents.

N e h a l i , who represent-ed the 'Team Spreading Smiles' un-veiled the fridge spon-sorship logo and shared information about her team which is helping thousands of children across the country to learn new things online.

Senior Police In-

spector Ravindra Patil after inaugurating the community fridge and distributing few food packets to the down-trodden and needy said, “This initiative by Don Bosco Second-

ary School, Nerul along with the 'Team Spread-ing Smiles' for the needy and those who are hun-gry, is commendable. I appeal to the citizens to join in the initiative and help as many needy people as possible in the

vicinity.”Patil also empha-

sised on the importance of taking responsibil-ity as the citizens of this country, to help the needy and the hungry.

"No one around us should go to bed hungry. I appreciate the efforts of the school staff and also others who are join-ing hands and also following up for the dis-tribution of the food packets each and every day," conclud-ed Patil.

F a t h e r Barnabe, Man-

ager, Don Bosco Second-ary School, Nerul while thanking everyone said that their contribution towards the generous act is appreciable. He also sought the support to keep the initiative go-ing and scaling further.

Community fridge inaugurated at Don Bosco School, Nerul

Through ‘Don Bosco Cares’ initiative, the school aims at feeding the needy

By Indrani Basu

To commemorate the 125th Birth Anniver-sary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, 23rd Jan-uary has been declared as ‘Parakram Divas’ by the Union Government. Cit-izens decided to observe the day on their own way. Due to the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic and protocols, citizens did not organize any particu-lar event and observed the day in a soulful way inside their homes. The

homemakers played conch at 12.15 pm at the birth time of Subhash Chandra Bose, who had floated Azad Hind Fauj and played an important role in India’s struggle for Independence.

Navi Mumbai Bengali Association (NMBA) observed the day in a different way. The members visited three orphanages at four different places in Koperkhairane, Airoli and Ghansoli and spent

a quality time with the children. Around hun-dred children were pres-ent on this occasion. The members organized a talent event in remem-brance of two icons of the country: Netaji Sub-hash Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda. Games and fun activities were also conducted for the children. Apart from breakfast and snacks, lunch was served as well.

NMBA organises Naranarayan Seva in remembrance of two icons of India-Netaji

Subhash Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda


ANOTHER SETBACk FOR BJP...

Gaikwad and Vaibhav Gaikwad joined NCP in the presence of NCP Chief Sharad Pawar.

Reacting to these turn of events, BJP MLA from Airoli Constituen-cy, Ganesh Naik during one of the events said that it does not really matter if the BJP cor-porators choose to join other political parties. “BJP has the ability and the capacity to win the upcoming NMMC elec-

tions as the residents of the satellite city are well aware of the works done by the party,” stressed MLA Naik.

Eknath Shinde, Thane Guardian Minis-ter and Shiv-Sena senior leader said, "On Satur-day, Ramashish Yadav joined Shiv-Sena ahead of the NMMC elections. Many corporators from BJP are joining Shiv-Sena ahead of the elec-tions. This clearly shows that all is not well with the BJP and the mem-bers are not happy with

the party leadership and their policies. In the days to come many more cor-porators are likely to join Shiv Sena."

Speaking with the Newsband correspon-dent Ramashish Yadav said, "I quit BJP because of the political reason. I belong to Yadav com-munity and in BJP, the Yadav's were not getting the needed mileage. To be able to stand for Ut-tar Bharatiya's of Navi Mumbai and be their voice, I decided to join Shiv-Sena."

Ranjit Ganpat Ghanvat, a resident of Koperkhirane properties of Dattakrupa travels lodged a complaint at Koparkhairane police station after losing Rs 71,979 from his account by cyber hackers. Police sub-inspector Sopan Rakhonde took immediate action as per the guidance and instructions of the senior police inspector Pradeep Tidar and conducted a technical inquiry into the matter. Rs. 56,238 have been recovered from the accused.



EditorialISSUE: 194 24 JANUARy, 2021

Only few decades back, the people were learning to man-age resources and today we are al-ready late for learning to manage the waste. Huge quantities of waste are being generated in urban life style, which has a different consumption and waste generation pattern from that of the rural areas. For a city like Navi Mumbai and Mumbai, the management of wastes has assumed unmanageable proportions due to large quantities of waste generated and limited avenues for disposal. So it becomes all the more imperative to treat the waste and re-cycle it for re use.

As one approaches Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai one is greeted by huge dumps of garbage, polythene bags and other untreated waste lying close to the railway lines and areas inhabited by the slums. In spite of all the information and cue available from the experiences of other mega polices in the world, Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai could not take the required steps for waste management timely. Navi Mumbai which was conceived as a planned, clean city also could not capitalize on the experiences available from Mumbai and it too went the Mumbai way and here also one can find huge dumps of garbage emanating foul smell, polluting the

environment and swarms of flies acting as carriers of diseases.

It is quite surprising to note that the concept of waste management was given thought quite earlier at the time of formation of the city and pol-icies were formulated in this regard but again like other policies, these too, were lost sight of mid way. The concept of dry and wet waste seg-regation, sewage treatment plan and utilizing its effluent for horticulture and other non domestic purposes, treatment of bio-degradable waste through vermiculture and incinera-tors is already existing and was be-ing practiced but not very earnestly. Now with the aim of implementing these policies of waste management effectively, the NMMC has come out with penal action for violation of norms in this regard. Likewise, strict action should be taken against the illegal dumping of construction debris. It is for NMMC to reflect its seriousness as regards the imple-mentation of its various policies and should educate and bring awareness amongst the residents towards the benefits of adhering to these waste management policies in larger goal of environmental pollution control, apart from saving depleting resourc-es and saving on waste disposal cost.

Management of wasteBy Ashok Dhamija

Central Railway (CR) in coordination with various other Railway Zones will extend the run of Special and Fes-tival Special trains be-tween Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Mum-bai and various destina-tions or via Panvel on other routes to clear the extra rush of passengers as per details given be-low:A) Extension of Festi-

val Specials as Spe-cial trainsThe following trains

will run on Special charges which were ear-lier notified to run upto 31 January, 2021 / 1 February, 2021 will now run until further advice. These includes:

i) Train no. 02163 LTT-MGR Chennai Central Special

ii) Train no. 02164 MGR Chennai Central-LTT Special

iii) Train no. 02167 LTT-Manduadih Special

iv) Train no. 02168 Manduadih-LTT SpecialB) Extension of run of

Festival Specialsi) Train no. 01235

Nagpur-Madgaon (Fri-day) extended to run from 5 February, 2021 to 26 March, 2021

ii) Train no. 01236 Madgaon-Nagpur (Sat-urday) extended to run from 6 February, 2021 to 27 March, 2021

iii) Train no. 02165 LTT-Gorakhpur (Thurs-day, Monday) extended to run from 4 February, 2021 to 29 March, 2021

iv) Train no. 02166 Gorakhpur-LTT (Fri-day, Tuesday) extended to run from 5 February, 2021 to 30 March, 2021

v) Train no. 01079 LTT-Gorakhpur (Thurs-day) extended to run from 4 February, 2021 to 25 March, 2021

vi) Train no. 01080 Gorakhpur-LTT (Sat-urday) extended to run from 6 February, 2021 to 27 March, 2021

vii) Train no. 02101

LTT-Howrah (Friday, Tuesday) extended to run from 2 February, 2021 to 30 March, 2021

viii) Train no. 02102 Howrah-LTT (Sun, Thursday) extended to run from 4 February, 2021 to 1 April, 2021

ix) Train no. 04151

Kanpur Central – LTT (Friday) extended to run from 5 February, 2021 to 26 February, 2021

x) 04152 LTT – Kan-pur Central (Saturday) extended to run from 6 February, 2021 to 27 February, 2021

xi) Train no. 02880 B h u b a n e s w a r - LT T (Monday, Thursday) ex-tended from 1 February, 2021 to 29 March, 2021

xii) Train no 02879 LT T- B h u b a n e s w a r (Wed, Saturday) ex-tended from 3 February, 2021 to 31 March, 2021

xiii) Train no 02866 Puri-LTT (Tuesday) ex-tended from 2 February,

2021 to 30 March, 2021xiv) Train no 02865

LTT-Puri (Thursday) ex-tended from 4 February, 2021 to 1 April, 2021

xv) Train no 02857Visakhapatnam-LTT (Sun) extended from 7 February, 2021 to 28 March, 2021

xvi) Train no 02858 LTT-Visakhapatnam (Tuesday) extended from 9 February, 2021 to 30 March, 2021

Reservations for the above Specials and Fes-tivals Specials can be made at all Computer-ized Reservation Cen-tres and website: www.irctc.c.in

Passengers having confirmed tickets only will be permitted to board these Special and Festival special trains and will have to adhere all norms, SOPs related to COVID19 during the boarding, travel and at destination.

CR extends run of special and festival special trains

For representational purpose only

Even as the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has launched an all-out effort to ensure cleanliness across the city, the civic designated public playground next to NMSA Tennis Courts in Sector 1A, Vashi has been out of bound for the citizens due to its poor maintenance since lockdown last year. Localities urge the concerned authorities to take remedial action at the earli-est. (By Ashok Dhamija)

State of neglectBy Abhitash D.Singh

The Raigad District collector Nidhi Chaudhary through a video has appealed all the youths who are turn-ing 18 or are already 18 years of age, to register themselves in the voters list on a priority basis on the occasion of 11th National Voters' Day on Monday, 25th January, 2021.

The National Voters' Day is celebrated across the country including polling stations, district and state headquar-ters, to encourage and educate the people of the country about the importance of exercising voting rights.

The National Vot-ers' Day sets the tone for year-long activities focusing on voter educa-tion and renewal of citizen's faith in the elec-toral process. The Day is celebrated since 2011 to mark the foundation day of Election Com-mission of India, which was established on 25th January, 1950.

In a tweet Nidhi Chaudhary said, "On 25th January, 2021 the country will be celebrat-ing the National Voters' Day. On the occasion, the Election Commis-sion of India has urged all the youngsters to come ahead and regis-ter their names in the

voter’s list. I myself appeal all the youths who are turning 18 or who have already turned 18 years on 25th January to register their names in the voter’s list. Youths are the future of the country and they should definitely participate in the electoral process.”

Nidhi Chaudhary further added, "On the occasion of National Voters' Day, the lead-ers of all the political parties, especially the youth, should set up a booth to encourage and spread awareness among the citizens to cast their votes and participate in the development of the country."

Raigad district collector appeals youngsters to register their names in voter's list


By Dr. Vandana Mahajani“Mark me, one of you will have to

be Guru Gobind Singh if you want to do good to your country”, said Swami Vivekananda. Guru Gobind Singh was one of the last and the most heroic of our race that shed his blood for the cause of religion.

On 20th January we paid homage to Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th and the last Guru of Sikhs. In 1708, guru ji took Samadhi. A great leader, warrior, philosopher religious and spiritual leader Guru Gobind Singh is revered by all people across all religions.

Born to Guru Teg Bahadur and Mata Gujri at Patna into a Khatri fam-ily, he was the only child. They called him Gobind Rai. He saw how fear-lessly his father gave his life when he was asked by Aurangzeb to convert to Islam. He then became the guru at the young age of 9 years.

The story of his birth is also interesting. Pir Bhikan Shah, a Muslim mystic was performing prayers. He saw a shining light in the sky and started moving in the direction of the light coming from the east. He reached Pat-na sahib in Bihar. He saw little Gobind and placed two bowls before him, one filled with water, the other with milk. Each bowl meant he would either be Hindu or Muslim. To his utter surprise, little Gobind placed his hands on both the bowls. The Pir bowed in reverence to this holy soul that had come as a saviour of human-ity from atrocities fallen on the people.

In his autobiography ‘ Bachi-tar Natak’ Gobind Singh ji writes that in his early life he was medi-tating on the Hemkunt mountains when Gods ordered him to go to estab-lish a religion to save the world from atrocities. And that the Guru did!

He was a brilliant child. He was ex-pert in Sanskrit, Persian, Punjabi and Braj languages. He was brave and had tremendous clarity of thought. One day in the year 1675 a group of Kash-miri Brahmins under the leadership of Pandit Kripa Ram visit Ananpur sahib. They asked for advice from Guru Teg Bahadur to protect them from atroci-ties of Aurangzeb. Guru Teg Bahadur was sitting in contemplation of what to do when young Gobind came in and asked what the matter was. Guru said that a truly worthy person had to sacrifice his head if the burden of the earth had to be reduced. “None could be worthier than you” replied Gobind. The rest is history. He was beheaded on November 11, 1675 at Delhi by Aurangzeb.

At 13 Gobind Singh was ordained the next guru before Guru Teg Baha-

dur left Anandpur. His early 20 years went in building his physical and men-tal strength. He was a great poet also and wrote in Punjabi and Brij. He en-gaged 52 poets to translate the Hindu epics. He fought a number of wars and was also almost settling peacefully.

He initiated Khalsa panth in 1699. Khalsa means Pure. They wear all vis-ible symbols of Sikh faith. The five Ks of the panth are, Kangha, kara, kesh, kripan, and kaccha. This has become a part of Sikh attire today. The story of how he chose his men is interest-ing. Guru asked men who would sac-rifice themselves for their faith. Five men came forward. When the first came, Guru took him inside and came out with blood stained sword. Others thought that he had been killed. Like this five men came forward. They later became the nucleus of Khalsa.

The enemies that Guru had to fight were Mughals and the Pashtun Hill tribes. Guru had to pay a heavy price. All his four sons were martyred. His wife mother and father were also killed. He himself fought till his last breath. It was on the growing peace that made some rulers uneasy and they planned to assassinate him. He was treated immediately, but again the wound burst open and he saw his end near.

Guru proclaimed that after him The Holy book, Adi Granth would be their Guru who would guide them in future. The divine messenger left this world leaving behind a message of peace, courage and kindness to the world. Years later Swami Vivekananda still put Guru’s example forward to create youth who would work for this nation and solve the problems and challenges facing it.Dr. VandanaMahajani is Vivekananda Vichar Doot, Nagar Pramukh, Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari, Navi Mumbai Branch

Inspire: Prakash Purab

By Chandrashekhar Hendve“The 112 toll-free number will be

implemented in the entire state for women and essential services through the police department,” said State Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh. He was speaking to reporters after a re-view meeting on law and order in Wardha district at the Superintendent of Police's office in Wardha.

He also said that in the 112 number system, all the necessary services like

harassment of women, accidents and other necessary services will be pro-vided. For this the services of 2,500 four wheelers and 2,000 two wheelers will be taken and they will be connect-ed by GPS. “The work is underway in every district,” he added.

Mr. Deshmukh informed that the state government has decided to recruit 12,500 police posts and the process of recruitment of 5,300 police personnel has started in the first phase.

Toll free number 112 for women and essential services to be implemented in the entire state: Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh

PUBLIC NOTICEPublic Notice is hereby given to the General Public that , my cli-ents Mr. Baboo Vishvanath Pawar & Mrs. Ujwala Baboo Pawar informed to me that my clients had purchased the property bear-ing Flat No. 404, on 4th Floor, adm. 544.92 Sq. Ft. Carpet area (including cupboard space), in the building known as “Carmel Apartment CHS Ltd.”, on Plot No. 12, situated in Sector-06 of Village: Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Taluka Panvel & District Raigad from Mr. Ritesh Ramakant Patil & Mrs. Vaishali Ritesh Patil vide an Agreement for Sale dated 31/08/2016 which was duly regis-tered with Sub-Registrar Panvel-3 under Sr. No. 5647/2016 on 31/08/2016 and Mr. Ritesh Ramakant Patil & Mrs. Vaishali Ritesh Patil had purchased the said flat from Mr. S. Balaji & Mrs. B. Gayatri vide Sale Deed dated 31/12/2012 which was duly regis-tered with Sub-Registrar Panvel-4 under Sr. No. 3094/2012.It is further informed to me that the original copy of the said Sale Deed dated 31/12/2012 is lost/misplaced by Mr. Ritesh Rama-kant Patil while roaming at Sector-6 of Village: Kamothe, Ta-luka Panvel & District Raigad on 04/09/2016. Also, Mr. Ritesh Ramakant Patil had lodged the complaint about the same with Kamothe Police Station on 05/06/2016 under Property Missing Reg. No. 1470/2016.Therefore, my clients hereby published that if anybody is found the original copy of the said Sale Deed dated 31/12/2012 then contact to and/or submit the same with below mentioned address within 7 days from the date of this public notice. Sd/- Adv. Anil Subhash Jadhav Shop No. 03, Opp- Swami Samarth Building, Sector-16E, Roadpali Gaon, Kalamboli, Taluka Panvel & District Raigad.Date: 23/01/2021 Mo. No. 9821062011

By: Vikram Gaikwad

In order to speed up the work, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) Managing Director San-jay Mukherjee has made internal transfers of se-nior officers of CIDCO. Satish Kumar Khadge, Chief Land and Survey Officer, Land Acquisi-tion Department, has been given the addi-tional charge of Chief Social Services Offi-cer, while Anil Kumar Pawar, Chief Controller, Unauthorized Construc-tion, has been given the charge of General Man-ager (Settlement) 1, 2

and 3. Fayyaz Khan has been removed from the post of CIDCO's City Service-1 Manager and Gajendra Jangam has been given the post of City Service-1 Man-ager.

Tulshiram Parab, a Sanpada, Nerul, Belapur and Ulwe and Dronagiri divisional officer, has been given additional charge of the manage-rial (rehabilitation) divi-sion. Subhash Kakade has been given the addi-tional post of Divisional Officer of Vashi and Koparkhairane and has been given the responsi-bility of full time Man-

ager (City Service-2). Laxmikant Daware has been given the responsi-bility of Panvel and Ka-lamboli Divisional Of-ficers along with Colony Officer-1. Mrs. Pramad Bidve has been given the responsibility of Ad-ditional Chief Land and Survey Officer Land Acquisition.

CIDCO Vice Presi-dent and Managing Director, Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee has made in-ternal transfers to speed up CIDCO's stalled projects and operations, said CIDCO Co-Man-aging Director, Avinash Mudgal.

Internal shuffling of senior officers of CIDCO

Mahua Upadhya and Debashis Mukherjee, the coordinators of the event informed, “Usu-ally every year, we orga-nize Naranarayan Seva to mark the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on 12th January. Netaji was very much influenced by the great saint Swami Vivekananda. Swamiji's teachings and his books inspired him to fight for the freedom of the coun-try. This year, we com-bined both these great occasions together and paid our heartfelt tribute to our national heroes for their selfless services to humanity.”


NMBA ORGANISES NARANARAyAN SEVA...


By Chandrashekhar Hendve

During the meeting of all Members of Parliament (MP), MP Rajan Vichare raised the pending issues of his Lok Sabha constituency and requested the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray to start the construction of the new bridge approved by MMRDA on the creek bridge from Vikhroli to Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai.

During the meeting he said, considering the future traffic congestion due to the new airport being constructed in the satellite city, it has been decided to create a coastal road to ease the traf-fic movement. He further high-lighted that during the meeting held on 24th December 2020, it

was suggested that the work should be undertaken by MMRDA. But since this has not been implemented, orders should be issued once again by the

CM’s office.He further demanded that orders

should be passed by the CM to speed up the flyover from Orange Corner

(Mahatma Phule Bhavan) at Kopari and the flyover at Turbhe. He requested the Chief Minister to organize a meet-ing between CIDCO and the District

Collector to acquire the required land and give instructions to the officials at his level to sort out the issue of rehabilitation.

“CIDCO had taken the de-cision to start the development work of all railway stations in Navi Mumbai which did not have lifts or escalators for senior citizens. An order in this regard should be issued immediately. CIDCO had also agreed to pro-vide new trains on the new route from zzto Kharkopar. The order for the same should also be is-sue,” demanded Vichare.

MP Rajan Vichare raises pending issues during all MPs meeting chaired by CM

By Ashok Dhamija

Ryan International School, Sanpada as part of its wide range of activities to enrich pas-sion for learning in a fun filled manner, conduct-ed an online workshop for its Montessori stu-dents recently. These involved ‘Traffic Sig-nal making’, ‘Vowels activity’ and ‘Fun with numbers’ among others virtually, with a goal to

make learning hands-on and improving the neu-ral functions of the tiny tots with better hand and brain coordination while paving way for personal experience and discoveries in their day-to-day life.

“Generally, children naturally gravitate to activities that reflect their interest and en-

rich passion for learn-ing. Senses play such a huge role in their learn-ing and simulation with hands on activities only reaffirms this belief and

provides impetus for creativity and personal growth” said Muriel Fernandes, Principal of the Institute.

Enriching passion for learning

Learning the rules of Traffic lights in the fun filled way

Engaging in new activities from the safety of home

Learning vowels

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