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Inaugurationof Shiv Samarth

SmarakMemorial &

MuseumShiv Samarth Smarak Me-morial and Museum will beinaugurated at Shiv Sa-marth Smarak, DastanPhata, Panvel at the handsof Shri Mansukh Man-daviya, Hon’ble Minister ofState for Shipping (Inde-pendent Charge), Chemi-cals & Fertilizers at 03:00pm on Saturday, March 14,2020 in the presence ofSanjay Sethi, Chairman,JNPT and a galaxy of dig-nitaries.

Unidentifiedmen kidnap MD

of the CreditSociety

Four unidentified men kid-napped the Managing Di-rector of the AP MercantileCo-operative Credit Soci-ety and demanded a ran-som of Rs 1 crore. Theransom amount was laterbrought down to Rs. 37lakh and 10 thousand,which was deposited incash in different accounts.After the amount was de-posited, the abductors leftthe Managing Director onthe Expressway the nextday…

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By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: ShivSena has suffered a bigblow as three of its cor-porators have resignedfrom the party. Corpo-

Big blow to Shiv Sena

rator Kamal Patil ofGhansoli, corporatorPrashant Patil and cor-porator Suvarna Patilsubmitted their resig-nation from the post ofcorporator to the

NMMC Commissioner,Annasaheb Misal on13 th March, 2020.Former MP SanjeevNaik and former MLASandeep Naik werepresent.

NMMC plans for potholefree Thane-Belapur roadSurvey to understand suitable technology for keeping the

stretch potholed free for 15 years to be undertaken soon

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is in the pro-cess of conducting sur-vey on Thane-Belapurroad to understandwhich technology willbe suitable for repair-ing it and keeping itpotholed free for thenext fifteen years, a se-nior officer said.

The busy road hasnot been repaired eversince it was developedin 2005-06. It is in bad

shape at several plac-es like Turbhe, Ghan-soli, Rabale among oth-ers. The motorists havebeen facing a lot of

problems due to this.According to

the NMMC officials, a

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMABI: Puttingall the rumours to rest,the Commissioner of theNavi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC),Annasaheb Misal hassaid that there are nopositive cases of coronavi-rus in the city and thetwo patients who weresuspected have beenasked to visit KasturbaHospital in Mumbai forcheck-up.

Speaking with News-and NMMC Health Of-ficer Dr. BalasahebSonawane informed, “Aresident of Navi Mumbaihad gone for honeymoonabroad and he returnedto Bangalore fromFrance. In Bangalore hewas found positive forcoronavirus and thereaf-ter he came to Nerul inNavi Mumbai to meethis parents. Since he wasdetected positive for coro-navirus, the Navi Mum-bai civic body, as a pre-cautionary measurehave asked his parentsto visit Kasturba Hospi-tal and get check-up. Asof now there is no posi-tive case of coronavirusin Navi Mumbai. We

will know about the re-sult only when the med-ical report comes on Sat-urday, 14th March,2020. Meanwhile wehave asked the citizensto take all the precau-tionary measures thatare being circulated bythe NMMC.”

Harshal Pradhan,Media Advisor of Ud-dhav Thackeray whilespeaking with News-band correspondentsaid, “Messages are be-ing circulated in socialmedia that the stategovernment has askedthe Navi Mumbai,Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad municipalcorporations to closemalls, gyms, hotels,swimming pools, andcinemas from Friday,

No positive case ofCoronavirus in Navi

Mumbai: Annasaheb Misal

People should not pay heed to

rumours and follow precautions

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given on behalf of my Client viz.MR.SEBASTIAN PETER FERNANDES, residing at NL-2/30/A-1,Plot No.6, Sector-15, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, that he is the owner ofApartment bearing No.NL-2/30/A-1, on Plot No.6, in Sector-15,Situated at Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist.Thane. And my client has lost the following Original documents in respectof Apartment bearing No.NL-2/30/A-1, on Plot No.6, in Sector-15,Situated at Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist.Thane, more particularlydescribe hereinafter and for the same my client has already lodgedocument missing complaint before Nerul Police Station, bearingdocument missing complaint No.936/2020, on Dt.12/03/2020.

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTYApartment bearing No.NL-2/30/A-1, on Plot No.6, in Sector-15,Situated at Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist.Thane.

ORIGINAL DOCUMENT LOST BY MY CLIENTa) Allotment Letter of Original Allottee.b) Possession Letter of Original Allottee.c) Agreement between CIDCO LTD. & Original Allottee.d) Tripartite Agreement.e) Deed of Apartment between CIDCO Ltd. & MR.MOHD. RAFIQUE

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PUBLIC NOTICERe: Apartment No.VS-3(JN3)/18/8, admeasuring 31.4 sq. mtrs.built up Plus 6.6915 sq. mtrs additional FSI on the first floorof the building no.VS-3(JN3)/18 in ASHIRWAD APARTMENTOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, on Plot No.09, situated at Sector-9, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. ThaneTHIS is to notify that our Client is the Owner of \Apartment No.VS-3(JN3)/18/8, admeasuring 31.4 sq. mtrs. built up Plus 6.6915sq. mtrs additional FSI on the first floor of the buildingno.VS-3(JN3)/18 in ASHIRWAD APARTMENT OWNERS’ASSOCIATION, on Plot No.09, situated at Sector-9, Vashi,Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. ThaneThe original documents from CIDCO to MR P A KUBERAN i.e.Agreement for Sale dt.1st August 1984, Allotment Letter, PaymentReceipts and Possession Letter, in respect of the said Flat are lostmisplaced by him before 21 years and the same are not traceableand a complaint is lodged with Vashi Police Station on 10th June1999 and recorded the same under Property missing registerno.384/99 dated 10th June 1999. A certificate for the same is issued.Any person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s,Company/ies, or any other Govt./Concerned authorities havingany right, title, interest, claim or demand etc., in respect of the saidShop by way of inheritance, mortgage, possession, sale, gift,lease, lien, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement,transfer, exchange, licence, either agitated in any litigation or anyother right or interest whatsoever in respect of the said Shop arehereby called upon to make the same known, in writing to theundersigned, within a period of 15 days from the date of publicationhereof.If no claim is made as required hereinabove, our client will be atliberty to complete the transaction in respect of the said Shopwithout any reference or regard to any such purported claim orinterest, which shall be deemed to have been waived for all intentsand purposes and not binding on our client.

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Health awareness camp for CRPF staff and families heldBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

KHARGHAR: Anawareness andscreening camp forBreast and CervicalCancer for CRPF staffand families wasorganised by FOGSI,NMOGS, ROGS &AMOGS at CRPFCamp Kharghar.

This camp wassupported by D YPatil Hospital &Hospitals from NaviMumbai and Panvel,ISCCP, Rotary Club ofMillennium City NaviMumbai, Rotary Clubof New BombaySeaside, Rotary Clubof Navi MumbaiGarima, Rotary Clubof Navi MumbaiSunrise, Rotary clubof Navi Mumbai.

The event wasgraced by CO RajeshKumar, CO Rani, DrShrikant Medicalofficer, NMOGSGynaecologists.Awareness talk wasgiven by BK DrShubhada Neel. Morethan 100 CRPFwomen were screenedfor Cervical andBreast Cancer.

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Vaishali Mhatre, DrTejaswini and sistersfrom Neel Hospitalconducted the camp.

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International Women’s Day celebration

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

KOPERKHAIRANE:The Women’s Develop-ment Cell of ShramikShikshan Mandal’s F GNaik College and Ko-perkhairane police sta-tion jointly celebratedthe International Wom-en’s Day recently in thecollege premises.

The programme wasinaugurated by thechief guest, Senior Po-lice Inspector Surya-kant Jagdale from Ko-perkhairane police sta-tion. During the eventlitterateur and poet

Mohan Kale, Dr AnjaliPatil from SurajHospital guided the stu-dents.

Senior Police Inspec-tor Suryakant Jagdale,while congratulatingthe women gave tips onself-defense. “Womenshould be given propereducation and supportso that they becomeself-reliant,” hestressed.

College PrincipalPratap Mahadik said,“Women play a majorrole in shaping the so-ciety and should be re-

spected by both familyand society. Women arerubbing shoulders withmale counterparts inevery field and are do-ing commendable job.”Dr Anjali Patil saidthat women’s day is notonly to celebrate theachievements of wom-en in various fields andalso to express our re-spect, appreciation &love towards them.Pointing out the anom-aly she said, “While onone hand, women areworshipped as deity inthe Indian society, on

the other hand she is notgiven the honour whichshe deserves.”

During the event,students who excelled inacademics, sports andcultural activities werefelicitated by Senior PI,Mr. Jagdale.

Present on the occa-sion were teacher AnilSuryavanshi, RF Nailkcollege Principal SudhirThale, Police officersfrom Koperkhairane Po-lice station, Kavita Su-tar, Gauri Jhore, San-tosh Awad and a largenumber of students.

Bharatiya Shetkari Kamgar Party alongwith allies will contest in all the seats in

NMMC election: MLA Balaram PatilNAVI MUMBAI:

Bharatiya ShetkariKamgar Party alongwith its allies willcontest in all the seatsin the upcoming NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)election, said MLABalaram Patil at thepress conference heldin Merchant Gymkha-na, Vashi on 13th

March, 2020.“The city lacks

proper planning, vision

and developmentapproach and there iszero public participa-tion in planning,” heasserted.

Also present duringthe press conferencewere office secretary ofthe Party, RajendraKorde, Senior Leader

NAVI MUMBAI: Fourunidentified men kid-napped the ManagingDirector of the AP Mer-cantile Co-operativeCredit Society and de-manded a ransom of Rs1 crore. The ransomamount was laterbrought down to Rs. 37lakh and 10 thousand,which was deposited incash in different ac-counts. After theamount was deposited,the abductors left theManaging Director onthe Expressway thenext day. The MD thenlodged a complaint atAmbazari police stationin Nagpur. According-ly, the Ambazari policeregistered a crime ofabduction against theunknown quartet andlater shifted the case tothe Kamothe police forfurther investigation.

The complainant inthe incident is Satya-narayanrao Bhandari,who is based in Nagpurand is the ManagingDirector of the AP Mer-cantile Co-Credit Soci-ety Ltd. which has sev-en branches and the re-cently opened newbranch in Bhuleshwar,Mumbai. On March 6,while Bhandari was inthe Mumbai branch ataround 10 am, a personnamed Ankit Jaincalled him on his mo-bile and expressed hisdesire to meet him todiscuss the interestrates of fixed deposit ashe wanted to depositRs. 5 crores. Bhandariasked Jain to come tothe branch in Mumbai.However, Ankit Jaintold him that he couldnot come to Mumbai ashe had a cloth shop inNavi Mumbai andasked Bhandari tomeet him at his shop.He then sent the loca-tion of the shop.

Demand ransom of

Rs. 1 crore; the amount later

got settled for Rs. 37 lakh

Unidentified menkidnap the Managing

Director of theCredit Society

Accordingly, Bhan-dari came to Khargharalong with his localbranch manager, SyedMohiddin. Ankit Jainthen invited him toKamothe. Accordingly,after arriving at Ka-mothe, Ankit Jain senthis Ertiga car to pickthem up. The driver ofthe car and his partnertook only Bhandari inthe car. After the carwent some distance,two more sat in the car.The four then tookBhandari to Pune viaexpressway.

Meanwhile, fourrobbers in the car beatup Bhandari and ob-tained his mobile pass-word and learned aboutthe credit system. Lat-er, the quartet took himto a farm house in anunknown place andbeat him up and de-manded a ransom of Rs1 crore. But after stat-ing that the banks couldnot pay due to the clo-sure of the banks, thequartet kept Bhandariin a room.

Then the next morn-ing they threatened himagain and demandedthe ransom. Bhandaricalled up the manager,Syed Mohidddin whothen transferred Rs. 37lakhs and 10 thousandin different accountsgiven by the accused.The abductors then re-leased Bhandari andsent him off by bus.

Bhandari ap-proached his house atNagpur and lodged acomplaint with Amba-zari police station. Ac-cordingly, the Ambazaripolice have registered acrime of kidnappingand beatings againstthe four accused in thecase. The crime hasbeen referred to theKamothe police for fur-ther investigation.

NAVI MUMBAI: Thetree authority of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) in its meetingheld recently received atotal of 66 proposals forcutting down trees inthe Navi Mumbai area.The request had beenmajorly sent by the res-idents of the housingcomplexes and row

of the Party, S. VJadhav, SudhakarJadhav, Kantilal Jainand Hiramal Pagarwere present.

Protection and conservation oftrees is our prime focus: NMMC

ate permission to cutdown the trees in thename of developmentworks. He directed thatthe proposal be re-viewed to ascertain ifthe maximum numberof trees could be savedand whether they couldbe relocated.

He also said thatthe residents shouldfirst check the option of

houses because of thedanger that the treesare posing to the wallsand the buildings andalso for carrying out de-velopmental work.

The Municipal Com-missioner, who headsthe tree department,Annasaheb Misal helda detailed discussionand said that it is notproper to give immedi-

building a fence walland save the tree. Like-wise, the citizens of thecity and the society, hesaid, should not planttrees under watertanks, conservationwalls, irrigation chan-nels, high pressurechannels, so that noproblems will be causedby these trees in fu-ture.


By Dr Veena Adige

There are two sidesto every coin. The fearof Coronavirus also hastwo sides. The negativeside is well known andprojected but there is avery positive side too.

Families are gettingcloser. Members areforced to spend time athome and get to knoweach other better.Whatsapp and othersocial media, as well asTV news, are gettingboring as they keep onrepeating the coronaspread, head counts ofpositive and negativecases, statistics anddeaths all the time.Parents and childrenhave to find alternatemeans of entertain-ment. Like playingboard games, singingsongs, telling stories,recalling memories andthe like. Isn’t this a pos-itive thing?

Malls, cinema halls,schools, airports, sta-tions, programs beingshut down means thatthere is no crowding, nocongestions and no pull-ing-pushing as wellanywhere. Mumbai’slocals are deserted, bus-es are empty and thereare no calls for taxis,Uber, Ola or Kaali Pee-li. They are easily avail-able in cases of necessi-

The Positive side of Coronavirusty or emergencies, ablessing in disguise.

Food from outsideand non vegetarian be-ing banned, vegetarianhome cooking which ishealthy and safe ismade. And if love is in-cluded it makes food allthe more tastier andwholesome.

Another rider to theequation is that Coro-navirus has broughthome the fact that In-dian culture and tradi-tions are the best in theworld. What two hun-dred years of Britishrule in India did notaccomplish, the virus

has accomplished it inone stroke. It has madethe British PrinceCharles welcome every-one with a Namaste!Which is being followedby the US PresidentTrump and others, it isreported. Indians didnot shake hands or hugeach other traditional-ly and now the world isgoing to follow suit.

Indians use waterfor cleansing instead ofthe tissue and now thisepidemic has resultedin more hand washinground the globe thanever before! Indianshave always washedhands and feet aftercoming home from out-side. And before eating,after eating, after vis-

its to the rest rooms etc.which is now mandato-ry for everyone in theworld.

We have not beenover fond of cold food,fridges becoming an ab-solute necessity only inthe last three or fourdecades (even now ru-ral homesteads do nothave them). Indianshave always insisted onpiping hot straightfrom the chulha, freshfood, hot tea and coffeerather than sodas orcold drinks. And lookwhat the people of theworld are now doing;they are having hot wa-

ter tokill thepossiblecoronavirusesin theirthroats!T h e ya r eavoidingi c e

creams and other coldfood. Haven’t we be-come the leaders of theworld?

The doctors on thetelly and other publicinformation systemsare advising people notto reuse tissues aftersneezing or coughing,which we already knew.We use handkerchiefsand wash them ratherthan rely on tissue pa-per.

The Indian way oflife, whether it is yoga,meditation, turmeric,basmati rice or behav-iour is now going torule the world. Isn’tthat the biggest positiveside of the coronavirus?

The writer is freelancerfrom Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Implementation of 7th Pay Commission forNMMC employees receives green signalNAVI MUMBAI: In ac-

cordance with the res-olution made by theGeneral Assem-bly of the NaviMumbai Munici-pal Corporationregarding the im-plementation ofthe 7th Pay Com-mission to NaviMumbai Munici-pal Officers / Em-ployees, it hasbeen finally ap-proved by the Govern-ment of Maharashtra.

It may be recalled

that at the GeneralBody Meeting of theNMMC on 27th Feb-

ruary 2019, all the cor-porators had unani-mously agreed to the

proposal of implement-ing the 7th Pay Com-mission for the officers

/ staff of theNMMC. Munici-pal Commission-er, AnnasahebMisal hadpromptly for-warded the pro-posed proposal tothe governmentand made its pre-sentation. A sim-ilar provision was

made in the budget ofNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation.

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai Bad-minton team had a veryrewarding day recordingthree successive victo-ries in the Team Cham-pionship league match-es of the Aditya BirlaCapital-27th G.D. BirlaMemorial Masters In-ter-Club BadmintonTournament 2020, or-ganized by BombayGymkhana and Bad-minton 45 under theaegis of GMBA & MBAand promoted by Bad-minton Gurukul andplayed at the BombayGymkhana courts.

The Navi Mumbaioutfit comprisingof Rajnish Bhor, SameerNair, Srinivas V., Mu-rukan E.V., SaurabhPradhan, Avinash Godeand Prashant Mukher-jee, came with winningcombinations to clinchthree wins on the trot.

In the first match,Navi Mumbai defeatedJuhu Vile ParleGymkhana 3-0 and theycontinued with the win-ning momentum to de-feat SCN Club by anidentical 3-0 margin forthe second win. Later,Navi Mumbai faced abit of challenge from P.J.Hindu Gymkhana butmanaged to pullthrough by a close 2-1score line.

Juhu Vile ParleGymkhana after thefirst defeat bouncedback to winning formrecording two consecu-

Navi Mumbai shuttlersrecord hat-trick of victories

tive victories defeatingHindu Gymkhana andSCN Club by identical3-0 margins.

Results – Teamc h a m p i o n s h i p s :Navi Mumbai Bad-minton beat JuhuVile Parle Gymkha-na 3-0 (Rajnish Bhor/Srinivas V. bt KaushalShah/Tejas Shah 30-17;Murukan E.V./SaurabhPradhan bt Ajay Jain/Dharmesh Turakhla30-23; Avinash Gode/Prashant Mukherjee btGurcharan Chatta/Kalpesh Mehta 30-25).

SCN Club beatP.J. Hindu Gymkha-na 2-1 (Sanjay Arya/Sunil Khosla lost toDeepan Kapadia/Nitin-kumar Bang (walk-over); Prashant Mehta/Rishi Bansal bt MitenKhatau/Quaid Zoher N.Topiwala 30-12; Digam-ber Pokhariya/RaviBanka bt ShaukatN.M./Vinay Daga 30-22).

Vanita Samajbeat Navi MumbaiSA ‘B’ 2-1 (SachinMandlik/Vijesh Nair btJaydev Balakrishnan/Rohith Saily 30-19;Chandrashekar Pitre/Dr. Shankar lost to An-upam Agarwal/KiranMahajani 16-30; Dn-yanesh S./JitendraJoshi bt Avinash/MilindGharat 30-25).

Navi MumbaiBadminton beatSCN Club 3-0 (Ra-jnish Bhor/Sameer

Nair bt Sanjay Arya/Sunil Khosla 30-16;Srinivas V./SaurabhPradhan bt PrashantMehta/Rishi Bansal30-16; Avinash Gode/Prashant Mukherjee btDigamber Pokhariya/Ravi Banka 30-18).

Juhu Vile ParleGymkhana beatP.J. Hindu Gymkha-na 3-0 (Kaushal Shah/Tejas Shah bt MitenKhatau/Virendra Vasa30-13; Ajay Jain/Dharmesh Turakhla btDeepan Kapadia/Nitin-kumar Bang 30-18;Gurcharan Chatta/Kalpesh Mehta bt Vi-nay Daga/ShaukatN.M.30-19).

Navi MumbaiBadminton beat P.J.Hindu Gymkhana 2-1 (Rajnish Bhor/Sameer Nair bt MitenKhatau/Quaid ZiherTopiwala 30-12; Muru-kan E.V./SaurabhPradhan lost to DeepanKapadia/Vinay Daga28-30; Avinash Gode/Prashant Mukherjee btNitinkumar Bang/Shaukat N.M. 30-13).

Juhu Vile ParleGymkhana beatSCN Club 3-0 (Kaushal Shah/TejasShah bt Sanjay Arya/Sunil Khosla 30-22; Ajay Jain/ DharmeshTurakhla bt PrashantMehta/Rishi Bansal 30-14; Gurcharan Chatta/Kalpesh Mehta bt Di-gamber Pokhariya/Ravi Banka 30-21).

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Maharashtra does not have acute symptoms of coronavirus;people should take more precaution: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

MUMBAI: “Althoughthe number of patientsin Maharashtra hasrisen, but the symp-toms seen in all ofthem are mild. So, in-stead of getting pan-icked, people shouldtake extra precau-tions. As per the in-structions of the uniongovernment, all thetravellers returningfrom the seven nationsincluding China, Iran,Italy, South Korea,France, Spain andGermany are quaran-tined. More awarenessshould be createdamong the people forcontrolling crowd attourist spots, pilgrim-age sites and other pub-lic programs. The fairsand government pro-grams should all becancelled. People ar-riving from the foreignnations should go for‘Home isolation’for 14 days. The citieswith international air-ports should makeavailable the facilitiesof Quarantine and iso-lation wards with im-mediate effect. The dis-trict magistrate shouldalso see to it that ade-quate quantity ofmasks are made avail-able for officers andemployees engage ingiving Medical Servic-es. The tour operatorsin all cities shouldhand over the list ofsuch people to the ad-ministration peoplewho have travelledabroad and those whoare presently outsidethe nation,” these in-structions were givenby chief Minister MrUddhav Thackeray tothe district adminis-tration.

The chief ministerrecently took a meetingat Mantralaya for re-viewing the state widesituation on the back-drop of Corona. He in-teracted with division-al commissioners, dis-trict magistrates, com-missioners of the Mu-nicipal corporations,chief executive officer of

Zilla Parishads and thedistrict civil surgeonsthrough video confer-encing. Health Minis-ter Mr Rajesh Tope,medical education min-ister Amit Deshmukh,food and drugs admin-istration Minister Dr.Rajendra Shingane,chief secretary AjoyMehta were present onthe occasion.

Origin of Corona virus isnot local

Chief Minister Mr.Thackeray said thatthe patients of Coronaare found in Maha-rashtra but the symp-toms are not acute soif the intensity of virushas been lessened, it issatisfactory. He saidthat the origin of thisvirus is not local. Theyhad spread through thepeople who visited for-eign lands. The screen-ing and checking inthe entire state hadgained momentumsince yesterday andthe embassies of vari-ous nations are alsocontacted for discus-sion.

People should notqueue for screeningThe tour operators

of major cities shouldgive the information ofall tourists to the ad-ministration, who vis-ited foreign. He saidthat the travellers whoare going to return toIndia, should keepthemselves isolatedand stay in isolationfor 15 days and shouldnot get mixed up withthe family or society.He said that such in-structions should begiven to all.

Chief Minister MrThackeray said thatpeople should notqueue for screeningonly because the pa-tients of Corona arefound in the state. Heasked them to takemore precautionswithout getting pan-icked. Mr. Thackeraysaid that a meeting isorganized every two

hours for taking thestock of the situation.He also said that thepermission for startingprivate screening cen-ters requires the greensignal from union gov-ernment and as such,the private screeninglaboratories and cen-ters in the state can begiven permission onlyafter the union givesits nod.

He said that

awareness should bebrought among thepeople for staying awayfrom the tourist spots,religious places andother social programs.He said that the crisisof Corona is knockingthe door and it is ourresponsibility to not letit enter our houses.Quarantine for travellers

of seven nations

Chief secretary MrAjoy Mehta directedthe administration toask all those passen-gers who have returnedfrom the seven nationsto stay in ‘Home isola-tion’. These nations in-clude China, Iran, Ita-ly, South Korea,France, Spain andGermany. He directedthat all those who re-turned after 15 Febru-ary in the state, should

be strictly asked to gofor 15 days isolation.He said that as per theinstructions of the cen-tral government, peo-ple arriving from theseven nations are to behundred percent quar-antined. He also askedthe municipal commis-sioner of Pune, Mum-bai and Nagpur tobrief on how the quar-

antine and isolationfacilities are madeavailable in their cit-ies. The chief secretaryalso asked the civicchiefs of other munici-pal corporations to givethe information to thegovernment.

Cancel all governmentprograms

Various fairs, com-munity programs,campaigns, govern-ment programs should

all be cancelled. Peopleshould be impartedtraining for precautionand in turn, asked toeducate others. Em-phasis should be givenon identifying the Co-rona positive patientsand keeping them inisolation. The tour op-erating companies inthe cities should notbook the tourists for atleast next few days.The toilets, publicplaces should be keptneat and clean. Actionagainst all those whowill not follow these in-structions will be tak-en, he warned.

SOP be prepared foreach village

The chief secretarydirected that if any pos-itive patient is found,the information abouthis travelling historyand the information ofpeople who came incontact with such pa-tients should be gath-ered. He said that forthis, special teamsshould be formed. Hesaid that SOP shouldbe prepared for everyvillage, adding that allreligious programs,fairs, community func-tions should be can-celled for at least

Contd. on pg. 8


NCRD’s SIMS International Conference Focuses On‘Redesigning Business Strategies for Inclusive Growth’

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:NCRD’S Sterling Insti-tute of ManagementStudies (SIMS), orga-nized a two day Inter-national Conference inassociation with Uni-versity of Mumbaibased on the theme ‘Re-designing BusinessStrategies for InclusiveGrowth’ recently at itscollege premises in Ner-ul.

The same was inau-gurated by Chief GuestHon’ble Prof. Dr. SuhasPednekar - Vice Chan-cellor, University ofMumbai, Guest of Ho-nour Prof. Dr. S.S.Mantha - Ex-Chair-man, AICTE, Dr. Pras-hant Gundawar - Pro-fessor, Director, SIMS,Ms. Purva Walse Patil- Joint Secretary,NCRD, Avinash Shinde- Treasurer, NCRD inpresence of an elite pan-el of distinguishedspeakers which includ-ed Nilesh Hundekari -Partner Asia Pacific,AT Kearney , Rama-kant Jha - Sr. Advisor& Project Director, CI-DCO,. Shridharan M.Iyer - Sr. Director, Man-thras Consultants,Tarun Baur - CEO,Blockology EdutechPvt., Ltd among othersby lighting the tradi-tional oil lamp.

The Chief GuestProf. Dr. Pednekar inhis address to the gath-ering which includedacademicians, researchscholars, postgraduatestudents, industry ex-perts, corporate repre-sentatives and futureleaders, shared histhoughts on ‘Future ofHigher Education inIndia- Challenges andOpportunities’, andsaid “We live in a digi-tal era and are part offourth industrial revo-lution (Industry 4.0).One needs to introspectand work together to-wards economicgrowth”. He furtherwas of the opinion thatgood governance ismissing and highlight-ed the role of education-al institutes in cultivat-

ing future leaders whoare both knowledgeableand have character.“Today teaching shouldblend with Technology.However the impor-tance of all WH words(How, What, When andWhere) should not beforgotten for achievingbetter perspective inour lives. One shouldhave a clear purposeand goal in whatever wedo. Success does notcome with qualifica-tions; it comes withPassion and Persever-ance.”

Guest of HonourProf. Dr. S.S. Manthain his address said“Strategies should besuch that it leads togrowth. Innovation anddisruptions are the in-tegral part of everybusiness”. Citing exam-ples about innovationsand disruptions in var-ious sectors like Ener-gy, Cyber, Printing etc.,he enlightened thegathering about differ-entiating factors andthe ensuing path whichensured success for theorganisations.

Earlier Dr. Gun-dawar - Professor, Di-

rector, SIMS spokeabout various curricu-lar and co-curricularactivities along withacademics achieve-ments & awards re-ceived by the institute,while Avinash Shinde -Treasurer, NCRD,shared the Case Studyof LPG Gas and itstransformation and thestrategies used. He alsospoke about NationalCentre for Rural Devel-opment (NCRD) and itsinitiatives towards soci-etal development.

.Purva Walse Patil,Joint Secretary, NCRD;who had extended awarm welcome to theChief Guest, Guest ofHonour, other distin-guished speakers andspecial invitees empha-sized on the need forequitable distributionof a wealth for inclusivegrowth and the need forequal job opportunities/ treatment for men andwomen. She said thatindustries businessstrategies should bealigned that it provid-ed opportunities foremployees from differ-ent background. Sheexpressed that’ Political

Will’ is something thatis going to be changethe driving force in thesociety. During her ad-dress she mentionedthat 65% of populationof India is under theage of 30 to 35, theyouth is the future ofthe nation and the elect-ed members of the leg-islative and parliamentneeds to provide a plat-form for them to show-case their talent andcontribute to thegrowth of the nation.

Tarun Baur - CEO,Blockology EdutechPvt., Ltd who present-ed a certificate of collab-oration to Dr. PrashantGundawar latter spokeabout the importance ofBlockchain and emerg-ing job opportunities inthis field.

Shridharan M. Iyerspoke about HR Chal-lenges in RedesigningBusiness Strategies forInclusive Growth andshared his valuable in-sight about what is in-clusive growth, why itshould be inclusive andhow people and busi-ness alignment can beachieved. “Establishingpriorities by employees

during the course ofwork is the need of thehour. Affirmative ac-tions are required toprovide consistent, fairand ethical leadershipto meet present and fu-ture HR challenges”,the Sr. Director, Man-thras Consultants con-cluded.

Ramakant Jha, onthe other hand deliv-ered a talk on ‘Businessstrategies for Urbandevelopments’. Heshared the Case Studyof Gujarat Internation-al Finance Tec-CityCompany Ltd. (GIFTCity) which is one of themost ambitious projectsundertaken in the Indi-an Infrastructurespace and is being de-signed as a hub for theglobal finance servicesindustry. The Sr. Advi-sor & Project Director,CIDCO, expressed hisopinion on how GIFTCity will not onlychange the landscape ofGujarat but also of In-dia, for Urban Planning& Development.

Nilesh Hundekari,Partner Asia Pacific,AT Kearney in his ad-dress related how strat-

egies applies in everyfield of life and not onlyjust business entitiesand said” Strategies arenot just meant for op-erational excellencerather sustainable ad-vantage. As a businessentity; you must un-derstand your currentposition in the industry,where to play, where tocompete; define yourarena along with yourUnique Value Proposi-tion to win”. He dis-cussed the Case Studyof South-west Airlinesand how they rede-signed their strategiesfor growth. He alsospoke on disruptions.“The more different youare the more challeng-ing is for your competi-tors to replicate”, con-cluded Nilesh Hunde-kari.

On the occasion thedignitaries also inaugu-rated RedHat AcademyTraining Centre, Artifi-cial Intelligence, Ma-chine Learning, BlockChain Technology DataAnalytics labs at theinstitute premises forthe benefit of the stu-

Dr. Prashant Gundawar - Professor, Director, SIMS, along with his core team including Departmental Heads and Faculty pose for a group photo onthe occasion

Purva Walse Patil - Joint Secretary, NCRD addressing the gathering in presence of elite panel of digni-taries and speakers

Chief Guest Hon’ble Prof. Dr. Suhas Ped-nekar - Vice Chancellor, University ofMumbai, sharing his thoughts on ‘Fu-ture of Higher Education in India- Chal-lenges and Opportunities’

Contd. on pg. 5


By C.K. Subramaniam

NAVI MUMBAI: Inthe recently heldchess championshiporganised by the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation, RameshMohite won for thefourth consecutive

Ramesh Mohite achieves his100th award in Chess Championship

year. He was felicitat-ed by the Mayor,Jaywant Sutar on 8th

March, 2020 atSahitya AcademyHall, Vashi. This washis 100th award inthe field of chess overa period of time.

Recently, he wonhis 99th award in theMaharashtra StateRapid Chess Tourna-ment in Chinchwad,Pune. Mr. Mohite is amember of JeyshthaNagrik Sangh, Sector9, Sanpada.

Dealing with Miscarriages

By Dr. Firuzi Mehta

One of the mostcommon complica-tions of early pregnan-cy is ‘miscarriage’ or‘spontaneous abor-tion’. It is the naturalor spontaneous end-ing of a pregnancy oc-curring before theembryo or foetus is ca-pable of survival. Morethan 3/4ths of all mis-carriages occur with-in the first trimester;i.e., the first 3months. Most miscar-riages happen within6 weeks of the lastmenstrual period,when the woman maynot even be aware thatshe was pregnant. Af-ter 8 weeks, the riskof miscarriage goesdown significantly.Miscarriages can oc-cur for many reasonsand often the cause isunidentifiable despiterigorous testing.Some of the causes of

an early miscarriage are:• Deficiency of the

hormone progest-erone.

• Chromosomal ab-normalities – mostof them happen bychance, have noth-ing to do with theparents and do notusually recur. Ge-netic problems leadto a miscarriage in95% of the casesand they are morelikely in older par-ents.

In the second trimester,some of the causes of a

miscarriage are:• Placenta problems• Problems with the

umbilical cord• Fibroids or cervix

problems Again, inlater-term miscar-riages, placentalproblems are oftenimplicated.

General Risk Factors• Pregnancies with

more than one foet-us.

• Uncontrolled diabe-tes.

• High blood pressure.• Diseases like rubella

or German measles.• Polycystic ovarian

disease.• Poor nutrition.• Smoking – even fa-

thers who smoke in-crease the risk lev-els.

• Auto-immune dis-eases.

• Low levels of thyroidhormone.

• Physical trauma orinjury.

• Severe psychologicalstress.

• Exposure to certainchemicals.

• Excess usage of cof-fee and alcohol.

• Obesity.• Use of certain chem-

ical medications.• Higher age of both

parents.SIGNS & SYMPTOMS

• Uterine cramps.• Vaginal bleeding—

from slight to heavy.Most miscarriagesare only “threat-ened,” and the preg-nancy continues toterm. Symptomsmay be the same forthreatened miscar-riages as for those inprogress. In case of amiscarriage occur-ring, it is essentialthat the gynecologistis consulted immedi-ately, so that compli-cations are avoided.Complications mightinclude uterine in-fection which occurswith fever, chills andpain. There may besevere bleeding. Anincomplete abortionmay occur whichmeans that some fe-tal tissue remains inthe uterus.PREVENTION AND

TREATMENTIt is essential to ob-

tain regular medicalcheck ups all throughthe pregnancy. A normalwell balanced nutritiousdiet is essential. Do notdrink alcohol, smokecigarettes or use anymedication without con-sulting your doctor.With treatment, a mis-

carriage is not a life-threatening condition.It does not affect awoman’s ability to car-ry a healthy baby toterm in the future.For women with re-current miscarriages,a battery of tests arerun which aim at de-termining the cause.Often no cause isfound and even genet-ic testing is normal.Homeopathic medi-cines, well-chosen,during a threatenedabortion, often pre-vent the miscarriagefrom occurring. Ho-meopathic medicines,given by a qualifiedHomeopath, are safeduring pregnancy andhave no adverse ef-fects on the fetus.

From the Homeo-pathic point of view,often miscarriages oc-cur in a woman afterthe first normal deliv-ery due to certain he-reditary traits becom-ing active after thefirst delivery. The he-reditary traits mayhave been passed onvia her own family lineor her husband’s. Ho-meopathic treatmentaims at treating thesefactors which rundeep within the hu-man being, and ideal-ly treatment shouldbe initiated before thewomen gets pregnantagain. After thoroughconstitutional treat-ment, where the im-balances have been setright, the next preg-nancy can proceednormally to full term,resulting in the birthof a healthy child.

Dr. Firuzi Mehtaqualified in homeopathic

medicine in 1997 andthen completed her

HMD from the BritishInstitute of

Homoeopathy, London.She recently graduated

from the prestigiousInternational Academy

of Homeopathy, Greece.She is also qualified in

the practice of Mistletoetherapy for cancer.

She practices from herclinic in Tardeo,

Mumbai. http://www.homoeopathie.in

dents .Dr. Ratnawat, Di-

rector, ITM BusinessSchool, Dombivli andDr. Abhijeet , Principal,MET , Bandra, lattershared their critical re-view and suggestionsgiven to the academi-cians, industry schol-ars, Ph.D. scholars aswell as the studentswho presented theirTechnical papers onvarious subjects inManagement and ITtracks, post- lunch ses-sion on the opening day.

The second day ofthe International Con-ference was dedicatedto the workshop for del-

egates, participant andall MMS & MCA stu-dents on Artificial Intel-ligence, MachineLearning, Block ChainTechnology as well asData Analytics

“The two day Inter-national Conference on‘Redesigning BusinessStrategies for InclusiveGrowth’ was indeed en-riching experience foreveryone. The sharingby expert panel ofspeakers and guestswere very enlighteningand provided valuableinsights of the future.The inauguration ofthe three knowledgecentres (labs) was theicing on the cake. Eventhe Technical paperpresentation sawaround 72 researchpapers being receivedfrom within and out-

NCRD’s SIMSInternationalConference...

Contd. from pg. 4

side the country. Thepapers were authoredby academicians, in-dustry scholars, Ph.D.scholars as well as thestudents. The paperspresented and approvedwould be published inUGC care listed Jour-nal and conference pro-ceeding book with anISBN no: 978-81-910118-7-6as as well asin our in house annualpublications such asNBR & NTR. The suc-cess of this Interna-tional Conference 2020would not been possiblewithout the supportfrom NCRD’s manage-ment and SIMS facul-ty and staff”, sharedDr. Prashant Gun-dawar - Professor, Di-rector, NCRD’s Ster-ling Institute of Man-agement Studies.

Navi Mumbai: Resident enjoying the sunset at New Palm Beach Road at Ghansoli(Photo by Sumit Renose)


Issue : 266 14 March, 2020

No Bag Day: The right decisionThe decision of some of the states to implement No Bag Day

for primary students is certainly a heartening step and should beimplemented by all the state governments. The day is assignedfor promoting extra curricular activities and reducing the schoolbag burden.

Knowledge is light and the educational institutions are the pathto attain that light. This dictum, however, seems to have lost itsmeaning in the present scenario. The present educational institu-tions are no more the ‘Gurukuls’ of the past and have rather be-come the barometer of assessing a child’s knowledge. A good in-stitution is considered to be the one which brings out the maxi-mum number distinctions and first classes. All this competitionhas totally changed the entire concept of education. Today educa-tion has become more of a burden and stress especially for anaverage student.

Infact in our country, the trauma of education starts right fromthe time the toddler turns three year of age. Anxious parents intheir eagerness to send their children to the best institutions pres-surize them to learn all those things which they should infact belearning at the age of six. By chanting difficult rhymes, the mean-ing of which they are totally incapable of understanding, learningdifficult names of birds, flowers or animals most of which they mayhave not seen, the child wilts under pressure and many times de-velops hatred for learning. Education becomes particularly moreburdensome for a child whose parent are either over ambitious orthe child himself is average of below average in academics. Par-ents are perhaps not entirely to be blamed for this unhealthy andunethical practice. Forced by the trend in society, ever increasingcompetition, interviews and admission procedures adopted bysome schools, they unwillingly commit the crime of snatching awaythe very childhood from their kids.

Once in school, the pressure of studies multiplies. The ambi-tious academic programmes of the schools set uneasy targets forthe students which many ties they are unable to accomplish. Fur-ther, the examination system itself is a nightmare. Unfortunately,instead of reviewing the education system and the evaluation pat-tern, and making it more broader, every year the number of pres-sure only succeeds in creating mechanical robots and not enlight-ened, cheerful, bright students.

If we genuinely want our children to become the enlightened,bright and cheerful citizens of tomorrow, it is absolutely essentialto review the entire educational system and to change the patternof evaluation. Tests at shorter intervals are better than yearly ex-ams. Marks can be divided into various categories like for instance,calls participation, class tests etc. Moreover, along with studies,every school should lay equal emphasis on extra curricular activi-ties. It should be well understood by every parent and teacherthat every child is different from the other. While one may be ex-ceptionally brilliant in academics, the other might be good in sportsand it our duty to refine those skills. In this modern age, when thechild is getting exposed to fast changing world, what is really neededis immense love, care and right counselling from both the parentsand teachers.

long term survey willbe initiated soon to un-derstand the feasibili-ty of different technol-ogies in terms of re-pairing the road. Thesurveys and the exper-iments will continuethroughout the mon-soon of 2020. The re-ports will be preparedbased on that and therepairing work will bestarted post that.

“Before repairingthe Palm Beach Marg,similar surveys wereconducted during mon-soon. After analyzingthe survey report, itwas decided that theroad will be repairedwith micro-surfacingtechnology. The roadwas repaired last year.Now we are doing thesame with Thane-Be-lapur road,” said San-jay Desai, executiveengineer of NMMC.

When asked howthe motorists will trav-el during the upcom-ing monsoon, Desaisaid, “There will bepreventive mainte-nance work before themonsoon to ensurethat the motorists donot face any trouble.

But the actual repair-ing work will start onlyafter the monsoon.With this long termplan, we are planningto keep the road ingood shape for the nextone-and-a-half de-cade,” he said.

The budget for therepairing work and theduration of repairingwill be decided oncethe surveys are over.

Desai said, “Afterthe surveys, a detailedproject report (DPR)will be prepared andthat will be presentedbefore the generalbody. The work will bestarted after receivingtheir approval.”

According to thetraffic officials over onelakh vehicles ply onthis road on a regularbasis. The 15 kilome-t e r - l o n g T h a n e -Belpaur road, whichconnects Thane withNavi Mumbai plays acrucial role in the busi-ness and economy ofboth the cities. In NaviMumbai the road startsat the Sion-Panvelhighway near Turbheand ends at Kalwanear Thane.

Except for a smallstretch at Digha, theentire Thane–Belapurroad has been widenedto a total of 6 lanes (3lanes in each direction)and fully concretized.

Several major industri-al parks such asMIDC, Dhirubhai Am-bani Knowledge City,Millennium Park arelocated beside this roadin addition to many oth-er businesses.

Sunil Rane, a resi-dent of Ghansoli said,“A few stretches of theroad are in need of ur-gent repair. We are gladthat the NMMC is nowlooking beyond that.The city of Navi Mum-bai as well as Thanewill gain a lot if the civ-ic body can really keepthis road in good shapefor next fifteen years.”

“Some traders haveencroached upon theportions of this busyroad at Rabale and Airo-li. They have startedparking their vehicles,keeping hardware ma-terials at the en-croached areas. We hopeboth NMMC and thetraffic department willpay due importance tothat as well,” he said.

Satya Pandey, a res-ident from KoparKhairane said, “I haveheard from the sourcesthat the NMMC haddecided to develop fournew foot over bridges(FOBs) on this road. Wehope they are workingon that too. The pedes-trians will be benefittedif that plan is also exe-cuted soon.”

NMMC plansfor pothole...

Contd. from pg. 1

13 th March, 2020night till further no-tice. However, as ofnow, no such an-nouncement has beenmade. However, theMaharashtra Chief

Minister UddhavThackeray has ap-pealed the public toavoid gathering atplaces like hotels,gyms, swimming poolsand cinemas and takeall the precautionarymeasures like regularwashing of hands, noteating raw and un-

No positivecase of...Contd. from pg. 1

cooked meat, keepinghandkerchief on nosewhile sneezing etc.”

Congress FormerMember of Parliament(MP) Sanjay Nirupamspeaking with News-band said, “All the citi-zens should take pre-cautions and not visitcrowded places.”

By Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheMaharashtra StateElectricity Distribu-tion Company Ltd(MSEDCL) will be un-dertaking the mainte-nance work of 100/22KV substation atBhokarpada water pu-rification centre on16th March, 2020 andhence the water supplyto the channel will be

No water supply on 16th Marchin many parts of the city

NMMC Water department appeals citizens to cooperatedisrupted on Monday.

Due to disruption,there will be no watersupply in Belapur, Ner-ul, Vashi, Turbhe, San-pada, Koperkhairane,Ghansoli and Airoliarea in NMMC juris-diction on 16th March.Also during this peri-od direct tap connec-tions to the hydraulicsystem in the munici-pal area and water sup-

ply to the Kamothenode in the CIDCOarea will be affected.There will be less wa-ter supply with lesspressure on Tuesday,17th March, 2020.

NMMC Water De-partment have request-ed the citizens to coop-erate with them by uti-lizing water efficientlyduring 16 th and17th March, 2020.

Panvel MunicipalCorporation DeputyMunicipal Commission-er Sanjay Shinde said,“A meeting will be con-vened on Monday andthereafter decision willbe taken with regards toclosure of malls, cinemahalls etc. in Panvelarea.”

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1 Providing and fixing low height partitions at required location having minimumthickness of 65mm made by using 50mm x 50mm finished size Central ProvinceTeak Wood (CPTW) section framing at 600mm center to center, covered with6mm thick marine ply confirming to 1.S.303/1.S.710-1980 on both sides. Thepartition shall be finished with decorative laminate sheet confirming to 1.S.-2046finished lamination pattern with or without grooves externally with necessarylipping of Burma Teak Wood, molding, anti-termite treatment to all plywood andwood work including all leads and lifts etc. complete as per Architects’ Drawingand as per instruction of the Engineer in-charge.

2 Providing and fixing full height partitions at required location having height morethan 1.34m and minimum 65mm thick made by using 50mm x 50mm finishedsize, Central Province Teak Wood (CPTW) section framing at 600mm center tocenter, covered with 6mm thick marine ply confirming to I.S.303/1.S.710-1980, veneer pattern with or without grooves externally with necessary lippingof Burma Teak Woo), molding, anti-termite treatment to all plywood and woodwork with melamine polish including all leads and lifts etc. complete as perArchitects’ Drawing and as per instruction of the Engineer in-charge.

3 Providing & fixing Dias of size 500mm x 600mm x 450mm height with table topof 25mm thick plain particle board of exterior grade confirming to IS-3087 withPost Forming Laminate on top & Balancing Laminate below with 2mm thick,PVC Edge-Band of required size, sides and bottom of 25mm thick both sideprelaminated particle board of exterior grade confirming to 1S-12823-1990 with2mm thick PVC Edge-Band of required size, required hardware, woodendowels, Right Angle Connector, head screw & cap etc. including all leads andlifts etc. complete as per Architects’ Drawing and as per instruction of theEngineer in- charge.

4 Providing and fixing full height door shutter at required location having heightmore than 1.5m made by using solid core commercial type flush doors 35mmthick with decorative laminate sheet confirming to I.S.-2046 with finished laminationpattern with or without grooves externally with necessary lipping of BurmaTeak Wood, molding, anti-termite treatment to plywood and wood work includingall leads and lifts etc. complete as per Architects’ Drawing and as per instructionof Engineer in-charge etc.

5 Providing and fixing full height door shutter at required location having heightmore than 1.5m made by using solid core commercial type flush doors 35mmthick with veneer pattern with or without grooves externally with necessarylipping of Burma Teak Wood, molding, anti-termite treatment to plywood andwood work with melamine polish including all leads and lifts etc. complete asper Architects’ Drawing and instruction of Engineer in-charge.

6 Providing and fixing 53cm deep Cupboard type Full Height Storage Unit madeout of 19mm thick marine plywood confirming to I.S.710-1980 for frames,internal verticals, horizontal divisions, shutters and 6mm & 12mm thick marineplywood for drawers with locks, handles, hardware, lipping & beading patti ofBurma Teak Wood), finished with veneer in approved pattern with grooves andtwo coats of French Polish confirming to I.S.-2338 and Melamine Polish for allmolding & lipping patties with anti-termite treatment to plywood & wood workincluding all leads & lifts etc. complete as per Architects’ Drawing and as perinstruction of Engineer- in-charge.

7 Providing & fixing on site 40cm Deep Low Height Storage Unit at requiredlocation less than I .35meter height by using 19mm marine ply confirming toI.S.303/1.S.710-1980 for frame, internal verticals, horizontal divisions, openableshutters, 6mm thick marine ply back with necessary locks, handles, hardware,lipping of Burma Teak Wood, molding, finished with decorative laminate sheetconfirming to I.S.-2046 finished with lamination pattern with grooves externallyand two coats of French Polish confirming to I.S.-2338 with anti-termite treatmentto plywood & wood work including all leads & lifts etc. complete as perArchitects’ Drawing and as per instruction of Engineer in Charge.

8 Providing & Supplying table of size 2.13m x 0.91m made out of 19mm thickMarine Ply confirming to I.S.303/1.S.710-1980, top side & apron having 38cmx 54cm x 75cm storage boxes on both sides made up of 19mm Marine ply forsides, shutters, horizontal and vertical divisions of 12mm (6mm x 2) thickmarine ply confirming to I.S.303/1.S701-1980 back and three drawers on oneside made by using 19mm marine ply front and sides, 6mm marine ply bottomwith necessary lipping of Burma Teak Wood, moldings and C.P.T.W. footrest of75cm x 40cm finished size section, the table to be externally finished with4mm thick group match veneer having pattern with grooves includingnecessary lipping of Burma Teak Wood, moldings, French Polish confirming toI.S.-2338 with anti-termite treatment, Melamine Polish for veneer and exposedlipping, moldings, anti-termite to plywood and wood work etc. complete as perArchitects’ Drawing and as per instruction of Engineer in Charge.

9 Providing & fixing in position table having overall size of 120cm x 60cm x76cm height made out of 19mm thick Marine Ply confirming to I.S.303/1.S.710-1980 top, vertical side & 6mm marine plywood confirming to I.S.303/1.S.710-1980 sides, bottom with necessary sliders, one open shelf of 19mm thickmarine ply with necessary lipping on external sides and foot rest of 75cm x40cm finished size of CPTW etc. complete as per Architects’ Drawing and asper instruction of Engineer in Charge. The external side and top shall befinished with 1mm thick decorative laminate sheet confirming to I.S.-2046 matt/suede/fine line finished lamination pattern with grooves, all internal surfaces ontable and drawer shall be internally finished with two coats of French Polishconfirming to I.S.-2338 with anti-termite treatment etc. complete.

10 Providing an executive chair made in well-seasoned old Burma Teak Woodwith carved details, as per the Architects’ Drawing, the seat shall be coveredwith composite leather and the back shall be netted in cane, all woodensurfaces shall be finished with French Polish confirming to I.S.-2338, includingspray coating all surfaces with approved anti-termite solution as directed by theEngineer in Charge etc. complete.

11 Providing single circular chair constructed in well-seasoned old Burma TeakWood as per the Architects’ Drawing, the seat shall be netted in cane, allwooden surfaces shall be finished with French Polish confirming to I.S.-2338,including spray coating all surfaces with approved anti-termite solution asdirected by the Engineer in Charge etc. complete.

12 Providing Chair having a high back with an adjustable head rest with asynchronized tilting mechanism with multiple locking system, AcrylonitrileButadiene Styrene - ABS for seat, cushioned back with extra lumber supportwith fine tuning for depth adjustment, with swivel & depth, the chair shall haveadjustable arm pad & option of PVC padding, the seat shall have a gas lift forheight adjustment and a Nylon base with castors etc. complete as per Architects’Drawing and as per instruction of Engineer in Charge.

13 Providing Visitor Chair having a medium back with head rest, with asynchronized tilting mechanism with multiple locking systems, AcrylonitrileButadiene Styrene - ABS for seat, with swivel & depth, the chair shall haveadjustable arm pad & option of PVC padding, the seat shall have a gas lift forheight adjustment and a Nylon base with castors etc. complete as per Architects’Drawing and as per instruction of Engineer in Charge.

14 Providing Fix Chair having the seat and back made up of 1.2cm thick hot-pressed plywood, upholstered with fabric upholstery covers and moldedPolyurethane Foam. The back foam shall be designed with contoured lumbarsupport for extra comfort. The seat shall have extra thick foam on front edge togive comfort to popliteal area. Back size shall be 47.5cm (W) x 58cm (H), Seatsize shall be 47cm (W) x 48cm (D). The Polyurethane Foam shall be moldedwith density 45+/-2 kg/m3 and Hardness 20+/- 2 on Hampden Machine at 25%compression, one-piece armrests shall be injection molded from black CopolymerPolypropylene etc. complete as per Architects’ Drawing and as per instructionof Engineer in Charge.

15 Providing & Supplying two-seater sofa of overall size 1350mm x 760min x825mm height made out of 75mm x 38mm finished size CCTW section frame,6mm commercial plywood confirming to I.S.303/1.S.710-1980 for necessarycovering from back & arm rests. The seat shall be 100mm thick heavy densityfoam covered with I” soft foam and arms having CCTW 50mm thick 50 densityfoam covered with 1" plain soft foam. All work covered with tapestry fabricincluding necessary hardware, nawar, jute cloth, Casement, springs or beltedabsorber etc. complete. All exposed wooden surface shall be Melamine Polishedand anti-termite treatment to plywood and woodwork including all leads & liftsetc. complete as per Architect’s Drawing & as per instruction of Engineer-in-charge.

16 Providing and supplying CCTW stool of size 0.45m x 0.45m of height 0.75musing CCTW framework and top of 25mm thick, as per typical drawing withFrench Polish confirming to I.S.-2338 and finishing etc. complete as per Architects’Drawing and as per instruction of Engineer in Charge.

17 Supplying glass tabletop 8mm thick in required size and shape includingfinishing the all side edges smooth mechanically etc. complete as per Architects’Drawing and as per instruction of Engineer in Charge.

18 Making and providing and fixing roller blinds fabric curtains for window usingpowder coated rod and mechanical system with chain for opening / closingmovements of the blinds and fixing properly at sites and at directed by Engineerin charge etc. complete.

19 Supplying Tablecloth of approved make.

20 Providing and supplying footrest below table as per approved typical drawingof 75cm x 40cm size and height using commercial plywood 18mm thick withFrench Polish confirming to I.S.-2338 and finishing etc. complete.

21 Supplying and fixing on site Single static drive type body 2 bay of CompactorsPer of size 1790mm x 445mm x 2375mm made out of 0.8mm thick ColdRolled Number Cold Annealed Steel conforming to IS:513 Grade, having 5loading levels (Load Bearing Capacity - 80 Kgs Uniformly Distributed Load)formed by 4 Nos of adjustable shelves, finished with fire retardant epoxypolyester powder coating of approved color & shade with a Dry Film Thicknessof minimum 40 microns, oven baked with a controlled temperature of 180 deg.C to 200 deg. C, the undercarriage made up of welded frame of HR sheet3.15mm thick conforming to 1S:10748 suitably fabricated to take the load basedon configuration having fasteners, label holders, mounted on guide channels asper approved specifications and design etc. complete. Vertical structure to be‘J’ profile. Two such ‘J’ profiles to be joined with full steel sheet and welded foradditional strength. Shelf to have minimum 30mm bend. Each shelf to haveminimum 10 bends.

22 Supplying and fixing on site ABC 6 Kg New fire extinguisher, Valve PressureGauge, PVC Hose Pipe, Safety Pin having ISI No 15683, Wall Bracket etc.complete.

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRAPublic Works Department

Public Works Division, PanvelEmail: [email protected] Phone No. 022 27452778

E-Quotation Notice No. 120 of 2019-20 (Recall-1)

Online Item Rates for the following items are invited by the Executive Engineer, Public Works Division,Panvel are called on behalf of Government of Maharashtra on Electronic Tender Management Systemhttps://mahatenders.gov.in from Companies / Agencies / Firms / Suppliers / Vendors / Contractors /Persons / Individuals etc. having requisite experience.

E-Tender/O.No./P.W./PNL/1386Office of the Executive Engineer,Public Works Division, PanvelDist. Raigad,Date : 11/3/2020

Sd/-Executive Engineer

Public Works DivisionPanvel

Note:

1. This Item Rate Quotation is called for the purpose of preparation of estimate only.

2. No guarantee is given for allotment of any work.

3. The Item Rates shall be inclusive of all applicable taxes.

4. If any additional information is required, the same shall be available in the office of Executive Engineer,Public Works Division, Panvel during working time.

5. All eligible suppliers need to be registered on https://mahatenders.gov.in to download the documentsfor online tender preparation and submission.

6. All the supplier shall purchase the Digital Signature Certificate of Class II or Class III to do the e-Tendering. Digital Signature Certificate forms are available on https://mahatenders.gov.in under the link“Information about DSC”.

7. For any e-Tendering related help, Call on 24*7 Toll free 1800-3070-2232, 787807985/86, 7878007972/ 73 or e-Mail on [email protected].

8. Executive Engineer, Public Works Division, Panvel reserves every right to cancel the wholee-quotation process without assigning any reason therefore.

Timetable:

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Are Banks meant to berobbed?

The unending and unabated torrent of BankScams is downright Infuriating. The country isplagued by Bank Scams and Bank Failures. Thehard earned money of the public is being lootedwith Impunity and obviously in connivance withthe Bankers – at will. But then - are all theregulatory Authorities put together a bunch ofPassive onlookers? Are all the Highly QualifiedBank Auditors (who are supposed to go by theBook) a band of Ignoramuses? No. They turn ablind eye and pass the buck. But then, whatremains of their purpose? By the time a clamp-down is put, it is too belated and a classic caseof first allowing the horse to bolt from the stableand then bolt the stable. The bolted horse hastaken the public for a ride. The cheated deposi-tors are helpless and have to fend for themselves/ are left in the lurch. It’s the same old story. ABank goes down under. There is a Huge Hue &Cry. The Money has vanished more often thannot to Tranquil tax – havens. Recovery becomesa Mirage. Over to the next Bank Scam. When acommon man obtains a Bank Loan he has tonot only mortgage that very house but also fur-nish his personal securities and Guarantors. Asmall deserving Businessman has to convinceBankers very hard to grant him a loan. Onemissed or even a delayed EMI - and he is inun-dated with recovery calls. But, for scamsters –easy and abundant Bank money running intohundreds of crores is there for the asking on aplatter with the blessing of the high and mighty.It is a cakewalk for them. Loans are sanctionedfor flimsy purposes and upon mere submissionsof falsified documents at that. Transactions aredoctored / layered with no underlying Businessactivity at all.

Rules are circumvented and caution isthrown to the wind. There is a massive and thriv-ing unholy nexus. It is easier for scamsters andtheir accomplices to maliciously prey upon andwickedly steal money from Banks than to stealcandy from a toddler. The only difference witheach bank scam is that the modus operandi ofpillaging public money is deviously innovatedand changed by mastermind scamsters fromtime to time. It is organized plunder. A commonpickpocket is caught by the scruff of his neckbut the necks of Bank pickpocket Businessmenand dishonest politician - bankers are adornedwith Garlands at Glitzy Functions / EconomicForums. Non – Performing Assets (Bad Loans)of hundreds of Crores of Rupees are regularlywritten off / swept under the Carpet by Bankersevery year, as if by force of habit. Since theygenerally only dent the Bank’s profit, many arenot aware of them. The whereabouts of the per-sons who ate into the Bank’s profit are underwraps and remain unknown to the Bank’s share-holders.

There is hardly any Bank which has not beenravaged by Bad Loans. Had it not been for theGovernment Bailout, Most of even Nationalisedbanks would have been in the red. Needless tosay, the Government Bailout is ironically withpublic money. Every second person is rapidly be-coming a victim and getting afflicted by this mal-aise of Bank Scams. To set the Record right, aBanker is supposed to be a Custodian of your Mon-ey. At this rate – the Trust in the Banking systemnow stands in danger of getting completed erod-ed. It is therefore no surprise that – after the re-cent crisis at Yes Bank, even some State Govern-ments have become wary and have advised Gov-ernment bodies under their jurisdiction to trans-fer their money parked with Private Banks toNationalised Banks. Subsequently the RBI hasreportedly written to the Chief Secretaries of StateGovernments not to do so - to stop instability inthe Financial Sector. The Country’s Big think-ers, Law makers and Caretakers should jointlydo some drastic brain – storming immediatelyfor putting in place Ingenious fool proof measuresto be honestly followed to prevent Bank Scamsespecially with regard to Lending of Big TicketLoans. By Virtue of this – Greater Accountability,Responsibility and Onus upon the Regulatory Au-thorities to promptly detect Bank Scams will gohand in hand. They will have to become pro ac-tive. Lastly – the truth is that those who havesiphoned Bank Money and those who have abet-ted the siphoning are economic terrorists. Theyare directly responsible for the sufferings / ill –health of lakhs of victims of Bank Scams and evendeaths – mostly due to heart failures of HorrifiedSenior Citizens who were unable to bear the ex-cruciating pain of losing their Life time savings.But hardly any Economic Terrorist is even jailed.Most escape Jail. Most of them live abroad whilethose affected by them lead Spartan lives andwallow in Misery.

The Insolent Economic terrorists are bleedingthe country dry. The fear of the law needs to beput into them – for which out of the Box and un-precedented measure need to be taken. Regres-sive and Retrograde – though it may seem, it ishigh time to mete out capital punishment to bigeconomic criminals. Do a few people who havekilled scores of people and are killing the Coun-try’s Economy – deserve to live / deserve any mer-cy?

Sujit Israni, Koparkhairane

Begging - A complex socialproblem

Begging is a complex social problem with noquick fix. The way we come across various re-ports on begging brings out the fact that showsthat beggars are so used to begging that they ac-

tually prefer not to work. There are PaisewaaleBeggars which shows that many of them makemore money from begging that what they wouldif they did work.

In my opinion the beggars are on the streetsbecause society has failed them. Our social andpolitical systems have broken down and cannottherefore look after them. If you ask me shouldwe give alms, my honest opinion will be a big“No”. I have personally found that most of thebeggars are not disabled. Most of them are ablebodied. They can earn money by doing some sortof work. But they beg because they are lazy. Theythink that begging is the easiest way of living.Such situation has been arisen due to variousfactors prevailing in our society.

Poverty, parental death and illness, loss ofparental love and affection and loss of love andaffection of their children are some of them.Can’t we think where do the beggars go if noone gives alms? Will they go hungry and die inmass? Absolutely “No”.

I opine that the first step towards prevent-ing begging is to stop giving alms. One mustremember that it is perfectly normal protocol toignore beggars in a given situation, but don’tlecture them on how they should live their lifeor spend their money.

Vinod C. Dixit, Ahmedabad

SuccessSuccess in life is like catching an early morn-

ing flight. The earlier one gets up, the greaterthe chances of catching the flight or the oppor-tunities that each day is pregnant with.

Lakshman Sundar, Vashi

Glaring loopholesThe financial crisis faced by Yes Bank and

the proposed revival scheme framed by the Re-serve Bank of India (RBI) have exposed someglaring loopholes within the Indian bankingsystem. The Central government has imposeda moratorium restricting the withdrawal limitto Rs 50,000 per account. This restriction hasput the hard-earned money of ordinary peopleat stake. Earlier, a similar situation at the Pun-jab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank had ren-dered depositors helpless, leading to several peo-ple taking their own lives and others dying onaccount of heart attacks brought on by thestressful situation.

It seems that Yes Bank customers have beenput on the same spot. The development has ledto a steep plunge in the stock market which hasinvestors worried.

People are losing their trust in banks, pri-marily owing to the misconduct of those at thetop. Swift and firm action must be taken againstthose who are found to be guilty of misleadingtheir customers.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor....

next 15 to 20 days. Hesaid that various orga-nizations and institu-tions should be re-quested in this regard.

Erect control room inevery district

Principal Secretary

of health departmentDr Pradeep Vyasspeaking on the occa-sion said that accord-ing to the instructionsgiven by the union gov-ernment, the travellerscoming to India from

the seven nations, fromtomorrow, will have tobe quarantined and thedistrict magistratesshould make arrange-ments for this. He fur-ther said that all thosewho are returningfrom foreign nationsand those who came incontact with peoplefound Corona positive,

will be screened. Healso said that the co-habitats will also haveto undergo tests.

He said that suchpeople should them-selves go for home iso-lation. All the districtmagistrate shouldstart control rooms intheir districts. Com-mon people do not need

to go for test. The pa-tients who are foundpositive with symptomsof Corona, should bequarantined, he said.

He said that thequarantine facilityshould be at a distancefrom the hospitalwhereas the isolatedward facilities shouldbe inside the hospital.

Meanwhile, the divi-sional commissioners ofAurangabad, Nashik,Amravati, Nagpur,Konkan and Pune divi-sions gave informationabout the precaution-ary measures taken atthe backdrop of Coronaand the reservation fa-cility for Quarantineand isolated wards.

Maharashtra does not haveacute symptoms...

Contd. from pg. 3


By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Cen-tral Railway will oper-ate Mega Block on itsHarbour Line only forcarrying out mainte-nance work on accountof infrastructure up-keep and safety onSunday 15 March,2020 as per the follow-ing schedule:

A) Vashi – Kur-la UP and DNHarbour Lines

From: 10.21 amto 4.10 pm

UP Harbour lineservices towardsChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT), Mumbai leav-ing Vashi/Belapur/Pan-vel from 10.21 am to3.41 pm and DN Har-bour line services to

CR Mega Block on Harbour Line This Sunday

Services between Vashi and Kurla to be affected

Vashi/Belapur/Panvelleaving CSMT, Mum-bai from 10.34 am to3.39 pm will remainsuspended.

Special trains willbe run on CSMT, Mum-

bai -Kurla and Vashi -Panvel sections duringthe block period. Sincethere will be no Megablock on Main line andTransharbour line on

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: It has beendecided by WesternRailway (WR) to aug-ment additionalCoaches in followingtrains of permanentbasis passing viaKonkan Railway(KR) route withhalt at Panvel Jntoo.

A) Three SecondSleeper CoachesFor Following Week-ly Express Train:

1) Train no.19424 Gan-dhidham Jn. -Tirunelveli Jn. Hum-safar Weekly ExpressEx. Gandhidham Jn.from Monday 16thMarch, 2020.

2) Train no. 19423Tirunelveli Jn.- Gan-dhidham Jn. Humsa-

Permanent Augmentation Of Coaches ForWR Weekly Express Trains Via KR Route

far Weekly Express Ex.Tirunelveli Jn. fromThursday 19th March,2020.

The above WeeklyExpress Trains willrun with a revised com-

position of 22 CoachesB) One AC 3 Tier

Coach and Two SecondSleeper Coaches

1) Train no. 19260Bhavnagar - Kochuve-li Weekly Express Ex.Bhavnagar from Tues-day 17th March, 2020

2) Train no. 19259Kochuveli - BhavnagarWeekly Express Ex.Kochuveli from Thurs-day 19th March, 2020.

3) Train no. 19262Porbandar - Kochuve-

li Weekly ExpressEx. Porbandarfrom Thursday19th March, 2020.

4). Train no.19261 Kochuveli -Porbandar Week-ly Express Ex.Kochuveli fromSunday 22ndMarch, 2020.

The above WeeklyExpress Trains willrun with a revised com-position of the existingcomposition of 23Coaches.

Passengers are re-quested to kindly availthe services.

For representational purpose only

For representational purpose only

Sunday, Harbour linepassengers are permit-ted to travel via Tran-sharbour line/Main linefrom 10.00 am to 4.30pm.

Due to Harbour line

block, suburban trainsare likely to be morecrowded than usual.Passengers are re-quested not to take anyrisks while travelling.


Abhinav Central Park inaugurated in GhansoliNAVI MUMBAI: Abhi-

nav Central Park locat-ed in Sector 3, Ghanso-li was inaugurated bythe Mayor of NaviMumbai, Jayvant Su-tar on 12 th March,2020. In view of the on-going coronavirusthreat, the inaugura-tion ceremony was con-ducted in a solemnmanner by cutting ofthe ribbon.

Deputy Mayor Man-dakini Mhatre, Park &City BeautificationCommittee Chairper-son Shashikala Sutar,local corporator Suvar-na Patil, CorporatorsPrashant Patil, Kamal-tai Patil, Usha Patil,Neelam Jagtap, Execu-tive Engineer Anil Ner-pagar, ward officer Su-bodh Thanekar as wellas other dignitarieswere present.

Located near therailway station at Sec-tor 3, Ghansoli, thePark has been devel-oped on an area admea-

an amphitheater, partylawn area for holdingvarious events and toi-let for women and men.There is also a spaciousparking space for 50four wheelers and 60two wheelers.

Abhinav CentralPark has received theNational Award, theEPC World Award, forbest civic facility.

Navi Mumbai Mayorexpressed satisfactionthat this is a place thatcan be enjoyed by all- thegrandchildren and thewhole family together.

Mayor Jayvant Su-tar also named the play-ground located at Sector7 after the late corpora-tor Sanjay Balaji Patil.The School no. 76 and105 were named as Arv-indbhai Mafatlal Pri-mary and SecondarySchool. Kamaltai Patilsaid that was in accor-dance with the resolu-tions suggested by herin the General Assem-bly.

cricket games. For chil-dren there are a num-ber of play equipmentand also facility of rub-ber mats have been ar-ranged in the area toprevent injury.

Similarly, for citi-zens who are healthconscious, 665m x 420m jogging track is madeavailable around thepark. In addition, a310m x 3m Bicycletrack is also available.Also available is an ac-tivity corner admeasur-ing 15m x 16m.

The central park,which is rich in green-ery and trees, also has

suring 39135.71 sq. m.The theme of 5 ele-ments in Nature: Air,Water, Land, Fire andSky- have been depict-ed beautifully in thePark, which also boasts

of attractive fountain.There are also attrac-tive stone sculpturesinside the Park.

The Park also has a25mx 20m semi-Olym-pic swimming pool. Fa-

cilities like changingrooms, gallery etc. havebeen provided. In addi-tion, there is a 150m x6m skating ring and825 sq m multi sportsarea for football and

Navi Mumbai airport will be bird-hit prone, warn greens

Gaadhi river diversion as part of Navi Mumbai Interna-tional Airport work

NAVI MUMBAI: Themassive burial of wet-lands and destruction ofmangroves will pose agrave bird-hit threat tothe flights inbound andoutbound of the NaviMumbai InternationalAirport (NMIA) thusmaking the site a pilots’nightmare, warn theenvironmentalists.

In a Holi specialmessage to the DirectorGeneral of Civil Avia-tion and Indian PilotsGuild, the environmentgroups have pointed outthat wetlands such asPanje and Bhendkhalin Navi Mumbai’sUran area, that are des-tination to millions oflocal and migratorybirds, are being system-atically destroyed. Thiscould lead to the birdsgoing helter-skelter andfinding safe refuge inthe high secure airportzone. Bombay NaturalHistory Society (BNHS)has already written toformer as well as cur-rent Chief Ministers butthere has been no visi-ble action to save theeco-sensitive sites, the

environment focusedNatConnect Founda-tion and Shri EkviraAai Pratishtan, said intheir letter to DGCAappealing to the regu-lator to take a seriousnote of the dangers.

The letter has alsobeen marked to the civ-il aviation ministerHardeep Singh Puri,Union and State Envi-ronment Ministers,apart from Chief Min-ister Uddhav Thacker-ay.

“It is really sad thatthe government hasbeen turning a blindeye to the grave dangerdespite the BNHS’warnings,” said B NKumar of NatConnectFoundation. “We havebeen shouting from therooftops against thedestruction of wetlandsand mangroves underthe guise of infrastruc-ture development suchas Navi Mumbai SEZ.Though the landfill hasbeen stopped in someplaces, the destructionis rampant all acrossUran,” Kumar said.

“We are not against

development, but it hasto be balanced withecology and safety ofhuman beings,” Kumarsaid.

NMIA is surround-ed by several wetlandsthat are home to birds,some of which are pro-tected under the Wild-life Protection Act, perBNHS. A baseline re-port by the Society,commissioned by CI-DCO for the airport alsocautioned against thedisappearance of thewetlands.

“We have alreadydemanded the scrap-ping of NMSEZ which

is anti-environment.The illegal landfill andblocking of free flow oftidal waters has al-ready led to floods in 20villages,” said Nanda-kumar Pawar of ShriEkvira Aai Pratishtan.

BNHS directorDeepak Apte said thethree major roostingsites in the vicinity ofNMIA which providesafe refuge to the birdsare being filled by NM-SEZ. Though birds pre-fer wetlands, in the ab-sence of the safe plac-es, they could flock tohigh ground airportzone which could pro-

vide them safe refuge.Environmentalists

for long have been de-manding Panje to bedeclared a bird sanctu-ary as it attracts 10,000to 140,000 birds de-pending on the season.NatConnect has evenrequested the UnionEnvironment Ministryto accord the status ofa Samsar Wetland toPanje under the globalaccord to protect wet-lands.

The WetlandsGrievance ReddressalCommittee has alsoasked CIDCO andRaigad District Collec-tor to maintain Panjeas a wetland, allow freeflow of water to theplace to be included inthe wetland atlas.

“Yet,” lamented Ku-mar: “CIDCO has in-cluded the vast 289 hect-are wetland stretchingfrom Panje to Dongariunder its DevelopmentPlan for Dronagirimarking the area asSectors 16 to 28.”

“We have also pro-tested against non-in-clusion of Panje in the

draft CRZ map andcalled for redrawing themap,” Pawar said. TheMaharashtra CoastalZone Management Au-thority (MCZMA) hasalready declared Panjeand Karanja holdingponds as CRZ-1, rulingout any construction.

Following a series ofcomplaints, the reve-nue authorities hadfiled FIRs against un-named NMSEZ officialsunder the EnvironmentProtection Act 1986 fordestruction of man-groves and wetlands atPagote and Bhendkhal.They named a dumpertruck driver for carry-ing debris to Panje.“These are all mere eye-wash and protect thehigh and mighty, at thecost of human lives andenvironment,” Pawaradded.

“We sincerely hopethat the DGCA and Pi-lots Guild will take aserious view of the fu-ture shocks and theflights with hundredsof passengers could facereal danger of birdhits,” Kumar said.

�Vol 23 � No 46�Navi Mumbai � 14 - 20 March 2020 �RNI No. 71478/97 �Pages 6� Price Re.1

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Use of banned plasticbag rampant this Holi

Kids and youngsters used thin

plastic bags for throwing

water on Holi revellers

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: De-spite the ban on the useof thin plastic bagsfrom 23rd June, 2018all across Maharash-tra, its usage was ram-pant this Holi. Thekids filled the plasticbags with water andused it for throwing onHoli revellers. The fes-tivity was started bythem a week aheadof Holi. However, noaction was taken bythe authority on theplastic bag sellers.

According to Maha-rashtra State guide-lines, plastic bagsabove 50 microns havebeen permitted for us-age. However, the plas-tic bags which kids andyoungsters used dur-ing Holi were of below50 microns. The sell-ers sold these smallplastic bags for Rs.5prior to Holi and werepatronized by the buy-ers.

Soon after theguidelines on 23rdMarch, 2018, about

ban on plastic bags, itsimplementation cameinto force from 23rdJune, 2018. Ampletime was given to thecitizens to follow theban. Many shopkeep-ers, as well as citizensstarted using clothbags but soon after twomonths many peoplestarted disobeying therules. Many officialscame hard on thosewho were not followingthe rules and fines werecollected to the tunes oflakhs of rupees.

On Tuesday,10 th March, 2020when the entire Nationwas celebratingHoli and playing withcolours, the kids andyoungsters of NaviMumbai from differentnodes of the city, wereseen enjoying it withthe banned plasticbags.

Aditya Kale, a 13year old boy from VashiSector-15 said, “I pur-chased the small plas-

Contd. on pg. 2

NMMC approves ` 4600 crorebudget during GB meet

Citizens call it ‘Appeasement budget’ ahead of NMMC election

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) under thechairmanship of civicbody mayor JaywantSutar approved a bud-get of Rs.4600 crore forthe year 2020-21 aftera prolonged discussionduring the general bodymeeting held onWednesday 11th March,

2020 at NMMC head-quarter in Belapur. Thecitizens call it the “Ap-peasement budget’aimed at placating theresidents ahead of theupcoming civic bodyelection scheduled inApril 2020.

Based on the sug-gestions given by thestanding committeechairman Navin Gavteon 25th February, 2020,

the amount was raisedby Rs.300 crores takingthe budget of 2020-21 toRs. 4,150 crores. Whilediscussing the budgetin the general bodymeeting, NMMC May-or raised the amountfurther by Rs.450crores making itRs.4600 crores.

NMMC Mayor Jay-want Sutar while inter-acting with the media

during press conferencesaid, “Navi Mumbaihas been announced asthe 2nd best planned cityin the country and incleanliness too the cityhas got five star ratingand year by year theranking of the city withregards to cleanlinessis improving. To makeNavi Mumbai one of the

Contd. on pg. 2

Coronoavirus: NMMC takes precautionary measuresBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Inview of the rising cas-es of coronavirus in thecity, the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) has undertak-en several precaution-ary measures.

A video conferencewas held under thechairmanship of theChief Minister of Ma-harashtra State. As perthe instructions givenin this meeting, thecivic body has set up aCoronavirus InfectionControl Cell. The Rap-id Response Team has

been set up at theNMMC level to preventthe spread of the virus.Also, an awarenessdrive has been initiat-ed through various me-dia.

Isolation roomshave been set up at civ-ic hospital, Dr. DY Pa-til Hospital and MataChildren Hospital-Be-lapur. Private medicalpractitioners have beenrequested to providehospital services on avoluntary basis. “Nec-essary care has beentaken to increase pa-tient bed size, if re-

quired. NMMC healthdepartment has takenmeasures at all levelsto prevent the spread ofcoronavirus,” saidNMMC Commissioner,Annasaheb Misal.

Hospital staff hasbeen provided guidanceand training in this re-gard. Citizens havebeen urged to exerciseprecaution and followthese:

1) Avoid close asso-ciation with someonewith respiratory ill-ness.

2) Wash hands fre-quently and maintain

hygiene.3) Using handker-

chief or tissue paperwhile sneezing, cough-ing.

4) Not to eat halfcooked raw meat.

5) Fruits, vegeta-bles should not be cutwithout washing.

The citizens havealso been advised totravel only if necessaryand to avoid possibleoutward travel.

Various tour andtravel agencies in thecity have been asked to


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tic bags one weekbefore Holi from theroadside vendor. I got400 plastic bags for Rs.40 and my friends toobought it for the sameprice. We were notaware that the plasticbags have been bannedand hence we used itfor splashing water.”

When Newsbandspoke to Tushar Pawar,

NMMC, Deputy Com-missioner, SolidWaste Management,he said, “Our officialstake stern actionagainst those who dis-obey the plastic banrules. We too collectfines and keep a regu-lar tab and also con-duct surprise drive tocurb the use of thinplastic bags.”

Anant Harshvard-han, MaharashtraPollution ControlBoard(MPCB) officer

said, “We do regularcheck-up and also fol-low-up to see that theban is effectively imple-mented to reduce thePollution. We are doingour duty but not get-ting the required coop-eration from the civicbody.”

Both MPCB andCivic Body have seizedmore than 1000 kg ofbanned plastic bagsand collected fines incrores from July 2018to December 2019.

Use ofbanned...

Contd. from pg. 1

Need to expedite worksNMMC has undertaken road repairing works in Navi Mum-

bai. While this is not a new experience for the Navi Mumbaiitesas road repairing work appears to be an ongoing process in thesatellite city, but the manner in which the works are progressingis very disheartening. The dug up roads are causing inconve-nience and great deal of hardship to the motorists and the pe-destrians alike.

The quality and quantity of infrastructural facilities of a city isthe barometer for assessing its development. It is not only indic-ative of economic progress, but also aids it. It helps in startingdevelopment process as well as in sustaining the growth rate.The paved roads with good riding quality not only facilitate unin-terrupted movement of vehicles, but also help in saving the ve-hicle operational cost. This is all the more significant from thepoint of view of energy conservation and saving the already mea-ger and fast depleting irreplenishable petroleum resources. Un-fortunately, in Navi Mumbai the picture on this front is not veryrosy. In spite of being a well-planned city, developing the roadnetwork has been completely ignored by the development au-thorities for Navi Mumbai. Inspite of repeated requests by theresidents including agitations by the angry commuters, no careis being taken in these past years to improve the riding quality ofthe roads. Roads with poor riding quality cause distress in thevehicles besides increasing the vehicle operational cost. Althoughquite a large amount is earmarked every year in the budget forthe maintenance of the roads, but going by the quality it is evi-dent that these funds are not being effectively utilized. One ofthe major reasons for poor roads is that they are frequently dugup by the service providers like MTNL, MSEB and other pri-vate companies for laying cables and pipes. As they are not re-stored afterwards, these portions initiate the deterioration of fur-ther stretch.

If Navi Mumbai is to integrate with other cities for economicdevelopment, all out effort is required to be made to develop theroad network as these are the life- lines of an economy. Onceroad repairing work is undertaken, efforts should be made tocomplete the project as fast as possible. NMMC should employmore staff so that the works could be carried out day and night.Lenient and casual approach would certainly not pay result.

best cities in the coun-try, the civic body iscoming up with manyprojects and initiatives.The projects which weare being given moreemphasis are PrimeMinister NarendraModi’s AyushmaanBharat Mediclaim facil-ities. In Navi Mumbaifamilies whose annualincome are in the rangeof Rs.40,000 to 1 lakhare taking advantagesof such facilities. Mem-ber of Legislative As-sembly (MLA) GaneshNaik has brought a res-olution that the fami-lies residing in NMMCjurisdiction with annu-al income in the rangeof Rs. 1 to 4 Lakhshould take the advan-

tage of AyushmaanBharat’s mediclaim fa-cilities. A budget ofRs.30 crore for thesame has been set asidefor this purpose. Thetwo existing CBSEschools in the city aregetting very good re-sponse and the reasonthere is more demandfor such schools in thecity. Keeping in mindabout the overall devel-opment of education inthe city, eight moreCBSE schools in alleight wards have beenproposed and for it abudget of Rs.10 crorehas been kept aside.Also to help the stu-dents from financiallychallenged families getfurther education after

10th and 12th standard,a provision of Rs. 3crore has been made inthe budget.”

Mayor further add-ed, “Seeing the increas-ing population of thecity and also to controlrising traffic problem, asuspended monorailproject has been includ-ed in NMMC 2020-21budget. For conductinga survey for the same,a provision of Rs.2 crorehas been kept aside inthe budget.”

Terming it as an“appeasement budget”,Shirish Gupta, a resi-dent of Vashi said, “Allthe provisions in thebudget aim at appeas-ing the citizens aheadof civic body election.NMMC comes out withvarious proposals, butthese remain only onpaper.”

NMMC approves ` 4600crore budget...

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Rang Panchami was celebrated with greatenthusiasm across the satellite city


Free pulse reading health consultation campby Ayushakti Ayurved Health Centre on 15th

and 16th March 2020 at its Kharghar CentreNAVI MUMBAI: Ayush-

akti Ayurved HealthCentre, the leading en-tity in Ayurvedic healthcare sector for last threedecades, has organized apulse reading healthconsultation camp at itsKharghar Centre on15 th and 16 th March2020 between 11am and7pm. The camp will beheld at AyushaktiAyurved HealthCentre, Crystal Plaza,Office No. 34, 2nd Floor,Sector 7, Kharghar,Navi Mumbai. The pa-tients suffering fromvarious ailments canattend the camp and geta doctor consultationfree of cost.

Dr. Smita Naram,founder and Director,Ayushakti AyurvedHealth Centre said,“Our centres across the

state have so far helpedtreating more than 5lakh patients sufferingfrom Asthama, jointpain, diabetes, psoria-sis, back pain, obesity,chronic fatigue, highblood pressure, infertil-

ity, epilepsy, childrenfrequent allergy, asth-ma, IBS, acidity, gastri-tis and other chronicdiseases. We also orga-nize lectures and con-sulting camps at theglobal level to help pa-

tients. We have creat-ed a potent line of over300 medicinal productsincluding herbal foodsupplements and beau-ty care products usingthe wisdom of scrip-tures two thousand

years old and passed onvia an unbroken lin-eage of Ayurveda.”

For more informa-tion and registration,patients can contact on022 2774 7681 for reg-istration.

Ashwin Mudgal takes overas CIDCO Joint MD

The post was vacant from last six months

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCity and IndustrialDevelopment Corpo-ration (CIDCO)has finallyappointed theIndian Adminis-trative Service(IAS) officerAshwin Mudgalas Joint Manag-ing Director ofthe city plan-ning authoritywith effect fromWednesday, 11th

March, 2020.The post waslying vacantsince sixmonths.

Ashwin Mudgalhas been working atdifferent levels since2004. He has worked

with government ofUttar Pradesh,Delhi, Lakshwadeep.He served as Collec-

tor and DistrictMagistrate in Nag-pur from April, 2018till March, 2020

before the appoint-ment of Joint Manag-ing Director inCIDCO. He was also

MunicipalCommissioner ofNagpur fromApril 2017-April, 2018.Prior to Munici-pal Commission-er he served asCollector andDistrict Magis-trate in Satarafrom August,2014 to April,2017 and Yavat-mal from May,2012 to July,2014. Mudgalalso served as

Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Sangli fromNovember, 2009 toJune, 2012.

NMMC felicitates women achievers on International Women’s DayNAVI MUMBAI: “The

Navi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) has been pay-ing special attention to-wards the empower-ment of women by intro-ducing variousschemes. NMMC is alsomaking efforts tolaunch department-wise centers so thatwomen help group cansell their products infuture,” said Mayor Jay-want Sutar on the occa-sion of InternationalWomen’s Day organizedat Vishnudas Bhave au-ditorium. NMMC felici-tated some of the wom-en achievers during theoccasion.

The programmestarted with lighting oflamp and paying floraltribute to KrantijyotiSavitribai Phule.

Deputy Mayor Man-dakini Mhatre, Womenand Child Welfare Com-mittee Chairman San-gita Patil, Ward Com-

women for their enthu-siastic participation.

On this occasion,Surekha Jadhav andShubhangi Tirodkarwere honored with theWomen Entrepreneur-ship Award. The sani-tation special awardwas given to the orga-nization contributingactively to the Sanita-tion Mission.

Likewise the out-standing women policeaward was given to Sne-

mittee Chairman UshaBhoir and RanjanaSonawane, Health Com-mittee ChairmanShashikala Patil, ParkCommittee ChairmanShashikala Sutar, cleanNavi Mumbai missionad hoc committee chair-person Netra Shirke,Sports and CulturalPrograms CommitteeChairman Dr. JayajiNath, Corporator Ka-mal Patil, Anita Patil,Saluja Sutar, Sangita,

Suvarna Patil, DeputyCommissioner of SocialDevelopment, KrantiPatil, former corporatorDr. Gautami Sonawaneand others were present.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Deputy Mayor,Mandakini Mhatre saidthat Navi Mumbai is asafe city for women. Sheurged citizens to paymore attention to im-portant issues such aswaste segregation andwater conservation.

Municipal Commis-sioner Annasaheb Mis-al visited more than 250stalls during the eventwhich sold various mer-chandise exhibited bywomen entrepreneur.

Chairperson of theCommittee for Womenand Child Welfare, San-gita Patil informed thewomen about the vari-ous activities being un-dertaken by the com-mittee and expressedher gratitude to the

hal Jagdale, the Wom-en Award for Best Workfor the Disabled was giv-en to Parimita Mujum-dar, Adarsh TeacherAward to RutikaSankhe and ManasiDhanavade.

Along with this,eight OutstandingWomen Cleaning Work-ers and eight Outstand-ing Asha Workers fromeight departments ofBelapur to Digha werealso honored.

cancel foreign trips forthe time being. Citizenswho have traveled

abroad, will be testedat their actual place.Also malls, hotels,

train stations, publictoilets, public places,crowded places, mar-kets, APMCs havebeen urged to maintaincleanliness.

NMMC Commis-sioner, has also urgedthe various political par-ties who are organizinghaldi-kumkum andpithani khel as to reach

out to the voters, toavoid holding suchevents with large gath-erings.

NMMC has also setup Helpline number

1800222309/310, 022-27567270 / 7060 andcitizens have beenurged to contact thishelpline number if anyneed arises.

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NAVI MUMBAI: Ishan-ya Foundation, theCSR arm of DeepakFertilisers and Petro-chemicals CorporationLimited (DFPCL) con-ducted a ‘Helmet Dis-tribution Camp’ for thePolice personnel atTaloja, to spreadawareness on RoadSafety. The event wit-nessed participationfrom Mr. KashinathChavan, Senior PI,Taloja Police Station aswell as senior profes-sionals from Taloja Po-lice Department,MIDC along with se-nior professionals fromDFPCL.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Mrs. Parul SMehta, Director – DF-PCL & Trustee – Ish-anya Foundation, said,“A responsible societybegins from empower-ing those who dedicatetheir lives to protect it.Each one of us at Ish-

Ishanya Foundation partners safetyinitiative with Taloja MIDC Police

Conducts ‘Helmet Distribution Camp’

for the police personnel

anya Foundation andDFPCL are proud tocontribute towardsthe cause of road safe-ty for Taloja Police De-partment. Most of theofficers are travelingon motorcycles as theprimary vehicle ofconvenience. The Hel-met DistributionCamp is therefore asmall effort to maketheir journeys a bitsafer as well as em-powering them to setthe right example forthe commuters aswell. I would like tothank the Taloja Po-lice Department forenabling us partnerthem towards this no-ble initiative.”

The occasion wit-nessed distribution of50 helmets and washeld at Taloja PoliceStation.

Started in 2006,under the aegis ofDeepak Fertilisers

And PetrochemicalsCorporation Ltd, Ish-anya Foundation un-dertakes several out-reach programmes inareas of women em-powerment, health, ed-ucation and livelihoodprogrammes both inand around Pune andaround the villages atTaloja in the Raigaddistrict. IshanyaFoundation has con-stantly strived to cre-ate a self-sufficient andself-reliant communi-ty and has extensivelyworked with variousNGOs, internationalsocial organizations,and central and stategovernment. TheFoundation also con-ducts a popular annu-al NGO fair in Punecalled the Yellow Rib-bon Fair that providesa platform to variousNGOs to showcasetheir work and seeksupport.

NAVI MUMBAI: IndiraInstitute of BusinessManagement (underVishweshwar Educa-tion Society) Sanpada,is organising Ektaara,an International Re-search Conference onMarch 14, 2020.

The theme of theconference is ‘The Glo-bal Manager - MovingTowards a FuturisticPerspective by Redefin-

Ektaara – An InternationalResearch Conference on March 14

ing Boundaries’. Chief Guest, Dr.

Radhakrishnan Pillai isa renowned author,leadership speaker andtrainer; Guest of Ho-nour Mr. David Witten-berg is an Innovator,Entrepreneur and Pro-fessor at Indian Schoolof Management andEntrepreneurship; andKeynote Speaker Cice-ly Greaves is the

Founder of Regard 4Virtues, Coach, Train-er and TV Producer.

The conference in-cludes paper presenta-tions by research schol-ars, academicians andindustry professionalsfrom eminent collegesin India and abroadwho will enlighten theaudience by sharingtheir research and in-sights.

NAVI MUMBAI: Mush-afiri- a book in Braillescript, penned down byRajendra Gharat, Dep-uty Editor, Aaple NaveShahar and translatedin Braille script byPratibha Sengupta,Headmistress Sneh Jy-oti School was released

Mushafiri- Book in Braille script released

on 8th March, 2020 atthe hands of veteranwriter Shantatai Sa-hastrabuddhe at SnehJyoti Residential Schoolfor Blind, Mandangad,Ratnagiri.

Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation’ssecretary Chitra

Baviskar was alsopresent on the dais.Mushafiri is Mr. Ghar-at’s 19th book publishedin Braille script. Select-ed columns written inAaple Nave Shahar dai-ly by him have beentranslated in Braillescript in the book.

NAVI MUMBAI: May-or Jaywant Sutar inau-gurated a senior citizencenter at Sector 1,Shiravane making itthe 25th senior citizencentre in the city. Thecentre has been openedat Timber Market andhas been named afterMaharashtra BhushanDr. Nanasaheb Dhar-

NMMC inaugurates its 25th senior citizen centre

The new center is located in Sector 1, Shiravane

madhikari.Ward Committee

Chairman ShraddhaGavas, Deputy Com-missioner of Social De-velopment Kranti Pa-til, former corporatorMadhuri Sutar, Dr.Rajesh Patil, Chairmanof Shirvane Senior Cit-izen Social Organiza-tion Pandharinath Pa-

til and other office bear-ers were present.

The centre has 50chairs, 1 executivechair, table, large clos-et, essential furniture,newspapers for reading,indoor games like car-rom, weighing machine,blood pressure checkinginstrument, water cool-er and television.

MMRDA Additional Commissioner assurescompletion of new bridge in New Panvel

widening and concreti-sation of the highway toShivakar road, theseworks have not startedtill now. Hence, MLAPrashant Thakurraised the issue withthe authorities.

Accordingly, a newbridge on the Gadhi riv-er connecting Devadvillage to New Panvelwill be constructed byCIDCO.

PANVEL: AdditionalCommissioner of Mum-bai Metropolitan RegionDevelopment Authori-ty, Dr. Govindaraj hasassured that promptaction will be taken re-garding widening andconcretization of high-way to Shivakar roadduring a meeting heldwith MLA PrashantThakur at Mumbai onWednesday.

The meeting was at-tended by MLA Pras-hant Thakur, NitinBhoye of the PublicWorks Department. Of-ficers of the departmentalong with members ofGram Panchayat Pra-mod Bhingarkar,Kishore Surat, AnandDhawale and otherswere present.

Despite the approvalof these works for the

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