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TABLE SHOWING THE AMOUNT COLLECTEDBY THE PROPERTY TAX DEFAULTERS

Ward No of Property AmountTax Defaulters Deposited

Belapur 07 4,03,669/-

Nerul 05 60,920/-

Vashi 47 14,26,711/-

Turbhe 10 2,80,061/-

Koperkhairane 05 3,40,208/-

NMMC Headquarter 634 4,13,73,293/-

Total 708 4,38,84,862/-

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VOL. 13 • ISSUE 185December

2019TUESDAY

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Visitors canmeet CIDCO’s

HODs onMondaybetween

2.00 pm to3.00 pm

As directed by theVice-President and Man-aging Director of CIDCO,the citizens of Navi Mum-bai will be able to meet theparticular head of depart-ment at CIDCO’s head-quarters located in C.B.D.Belapur on every Monday(except public holidays)between 2.00 pm to 3.00pm for seeking redressalagainst their queries andgrievances related to CI-DCO. For this, the visitorsare not required to takeprior appointment. The cit-izens can directly talk to theheads which ensures themwith quick redressal of theirproblems and brings trans-parency in and strength-ens the relation betweenthe citizens of Navi Mum-bai and the CIDCO.

Tri-Nation U17Women’s Foot-

ball TourneyWith the aim of provid-

ing ample opportunitiesand international exposurefor its players as part of itspreparation for the FIFAU17 Women’s World Cupslated to be held next yearacross India including NaviMumbai, the governingbody of football in the coun-try, All India Football Fed-eration (AIFF) will be or-ganising a three nationU17 Women’s FootballTournament 2019 at theMumbai Football Arena,Andheri, Mumbai from 13th

to 19th December, 2019…(More on page 9)

NMMC collects more thanRs. 4 crores through

Amnesty Scheme in a week‘Abhay Yojana’ gets good response from property tax defaulters

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Sincethe launch of the Am-nesty Scheme (AbhayYojana) for the proper-ty tax defaulters on1st December, 2019, theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) has been ableto collect Rs.4,38,84,862 from 708property tax defaulters,according to deputycommissioner, NMMC,Amol Yadav

For the effective re-covery of pending duesfrom the property taxdefaulters, the NaviMumbai civic body onFriday, 13th Septem-ber, 2019 had approvedthe implementation ofan amnesty scheme ”Abhay

Contd. on pg. 2

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is coming upwith many unique ini-tiatives in order tospread awarenessamong the citizensabout the importanceof cleanliness and howthey can support thecivic body in ‘SwacchSurvey-2020’. The lat-est one is- reaching outto the residentsthrough banners onthe autorickshaws.

NMMC ropes inautorickshaws for

spreading awarenesson cleanliness

The civic chief An-nasaheb Misal who ini-tiated the promotionand awareness drivethrough advertising

Contd. on pg. 2

Garden in Sector 15, Airoli in pathetic stateBroken play equipment, unkempt grass, scattered beer

bottles is the state of Swami Vivekananada Park

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

AIROLI: The lone gar-den of Sector 15, Airoli-Swami VivekanandaPark- is in pathetic con-dition. The play equip-ment are broken andcan cause injuries tochildren using these;the jogging track is un-even; the shrubs andgrass are not cut andbeer bottles and trashcan be seen strewn allover. The residents al-lege that despite repeat-ed complaints, the wardofficer and the corpora-

tor have not taken anystep to restore the gar-den.

The residents point

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Yojana” during the gen-eral body meeting. OnNovember 5, 2019 thecivic body announcedits implementationfrom 1 th December,2019 for a period of fourmonths. On30th November, 2019the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation(NMMC) Mayor Jay-want Sutar and Com-missioner AnnasahebMisal appealed all theproperty defaulters ofthe city to get the bene-fit of the amnestyscheme, which offered75 percent rebate onthe fine amount if thedefaulters pay it from1st December, 2019 till31st January, 2020.

According to theNMMC data, there are

1 lakh 45 thousand 887property holders inNavi Mumbai area andthey were directly con-verted in the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)jurisdiction from GramPanchayat in the year1992. The propertyholders comprise of 68thousand 633 from Vil-lage, 15 thousand 801from extended villageand 58 thousand 991properties developed byCIDCO in node wise. Inmany places, changesin rules like the CRZRules resulted in pen-alties leading to proper-ty tax due of many prop-erty holders. It is feltthat through the imple-mentation of “AbhayYojana” for govern-ment, semi-govern-mental assets, govern-ment-owned enterpris-es and other assets inthe municipal area,NMMC will be able to

effectively recover pend-ing property taxes in itsjurisdiction.

All the property taxdefaulters residing inNMMC jurisdictionwho would like to takebenefit of the amnestyscheme can get the ap-plication on NMMCwebsite www.nmmc.gov.in online or theycan get it from the eightdivisional office ofNMMC or any the col-lection centre set up bythe civic body.

The civic body hasalso initiated the facili-ty of paying the taxamount in cash, chequeor by digital mode atNMMC headquarterand also at all the eightdivisional offices. Apartfrom all these facilita-tion centers therewould be also specialcenters will be set upand the information ofit will be available onthe NMMC website.

NMMCcollects

more than...Contd. from pg. 1

From 1st December,2019 onwards the on-line application can bereceived and also pay-ment can be done onlineand from 2nd December,2019 onwards the pay-ment can be paid at thedivisional offices andcollection centers.

On NMMC websitethat is www.nmmc.gov.in and the mobileapp NMMC e-connectthe payment can bemade through debitcard, credit card, inter-net banking, NEFTand RTGS.

At present, the out-standing property taxamounts to more thanRs.2100 crores. ThroughAbhay Yojana NMMChopes to recover a con-siderable amount ofpending dues from prop-erty tax defaulters. Thecollected amount will beused for many urban de-velopment facilities inthe city.

Thief trying to flee with mangalsutrabeaten by alert residents

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A thiefwho was trying to fleewith a mangalsutra ofa woman was nabbedby the citizens andbeaten. As per the po-lice, the complainant,Sangeeta Shelke, 30, aresident of Nerul, hadgone to the APMC mar-ket around 10am on

Friday. While she waswalking towards theMasala Market inAPMC, the accused Vi-jay Shankar Lakde, 30pulled her gold man-galsutra weighing oneand a half tola worthRs 25,000 from behind.

As she raisedalarm, people whowere in the market

nabbed the thief andbeat him. In the inci-dent his left leg wasfractured.

“Due to fracture wehave admitted the ac-cused to J J Hospital inMumbai for furthertreatment and havefiled a robbery caseagainst him,” saidAPMC police.

on NMMT buses cameup with the idea of do-ing the same on au-torickshaws too.

Annasaheb Misalinformed, “We have de-cided to use the servic-es of the autorick-shaws to spread themessage. The mem-bers of the Rickshawunions, owners as wellas leaders of the au-torickshaws have beeninvited for the discus-sion regarding thesame. The aim is toreach out to as many

as possible with theawareness drive. If thecitizens join handswith the civic body, itwill not be difficult ofachieving the goal ofbecoming the cleanestcity in the country. Au-torickshaw drivers canreach out to many andtherefore we have de-cided to place stickerswith message oncleanliness on the au-tos. Also we have giv-en small garbage potsto the autorickshawdrivers, which can befitted inside the autos.This would encouragethe passengers tothrow garbage in it.”

NMMCropes...

Contd. from pg. 1

Jaywant Sutar,Mayor appealed thecitizens to participatein large numbers incleanliness drive andsaid, “Apart fromNMMT buses, au-torickshaws are beingused in large numberby the commuters.Hence, it was decidedto use this medium toofor spreading aware-ness message. If morepeople come forwardand help in making“My Waste My Re-sponsibility” a reality,Navi Mumbai can cer-tainly become thecleanest city in thecountry.”

Man commits suicide dueto financial problems

to look from the windowand saw Galland hang-ing from the ceiling.

He was rushed tothe civic hospital atVashi. However, doctorsdeclared him dead onadmission.

The efforts of BJP corporator Manoj Bhujbal, Prakash Binadar, corporator SushilaGhart, Vrushali Waghmare have yielded result. The City and Industrial DevelopmentCorporation have agreed to their demand of providing a new footpath at New Panvelfrom 12 to 19 and the work for the same has started.

By Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Dha-nanjay Dagadu Galland(37) living in Nerul sec-tor-18A, committed sui-cide at his residence al-legedly due to depres-sion. Galland was suf-fering from financialproblems, it is learnt.

Around 12 pm on

Saturday night, Glla-nad committed suicideby hanging himselffrom the ceiling. Hisneighbour identified asMaven knocked the doorat 12.30 pm, as therewas no response he tried



VASHI: The sky-rocketing prices of on-ion has forced theUnion government andtraders to importthe vegetable fromforeign countriessuch as Egypt,Turkey and Af-ghanistan. Twotrucks of onionsfrom Egypt ar-rived in Agricul-tural Produce Mar-ket Committee (APMC) market,Vashi.

Onion pricesare inching closerto Rs. 90 to 120per kg with eachpassing day. Withthe arrival of onionsfrom other countries,traders at the whole-sale APMC market inVashi are expecting a

Egyptian onions arrivein APMC market

fall in prices by Rs 5 toRs 10 per kg. Egyptianonions are currentlybeing sold at Rs 80-100in wholesale mar-

ket.Ashok Walunj,

former director of onion-potato market, APMC,said, “We are expecting

a fresh consignment ofonions from Egypt in afew days. It will arriveat the APMC marketafter getting clearance

at JNPT. Pricesare expected tocome down by afew rupees, de-pending on thequantity of onionsreaching the mar-ket”

A wholesaletrader said “Egyptonion lacks quali-ty. We have not re-ceived good feed-back from people,who bought it.First of all, peoplecomplain aboutdamage and they

are not happy with itsquality. In fact, the on-ion grown in our stateis of good quality andpeople prefer to buy it.”

Mayor Jayvant Sutar in the presence Additional Commissioner Mahavir Pendhari and other officials paid tribute to Saint Santaji Jaganade Maharaj at Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation’s Headquarter.

Santaji Jaganade Maharaj’s birth anniversary observed

Panvel: Opposition Leader of Panvel Municipal Corporation Pritam Mhatre paid tribute to Santaji Jaganade Maharaj in the presence of Assistant Commissioner TejaswiniGalande, Satish Bhalchandra Vairagi (President Maharashtra Provincial General Assembly), Tukaram Kirwe, Ganesh Dhotre, Vikas Kote, Bhagwan Patil and others

Six men arrested forrunning flesh trade

Six women including a minor girl rescued

By Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Theanti-human traffick-ing cell of the crimebranch raided SaiParikrama Lodge inVashi for runningflesh trade andrescued six womenincluding a minorgirl. Police havearrested six peopleincluding the manag-er of the lodge.

The department of

anti-human traffick-ing cell had receivedinformation that fleshtrade was flourishingat Sai ParikramaLodge in Vashi.Under the guidanceof Deputy Commis-sioner of Police,Pravin Kumar Patil,Crime Branch, SeniorPolice InspectorArjun Garad and histeam sent a fakecustomer to the lodge.

On being confirmedthat the prostitutionracket was going on,the team raided thelodge.

5 Women and aminor girl werefound in the lodgeduring the raid. Thepolice arrested sixpersons, includingthe manager of thelodge under thePETA Act and thePOCSO Act.

By Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Asquad of crime branchunit-1 on Saturdaynight raided a hookahparlour at Sector 19,Sanpada near Palmand arrested 16 people,five women and 11men and seized hookahmachines and different

Crime branch takes action againstillegal hookah parlour in SanpadaFive women and 11 men arrested during the raid

flavours of puffs.The unit-1 received

information that a hoo-kah parlour was oper-ating illegally at VIPAda, located on PalmBeach. Accordingly,Subhash Nikam, se-nior police inspector ofCrime Branch Unit-1and his team raided

the VIP base at around9pm on Saturday. 5women and 11 menwere found puffing hoo-kahs. The teamnabbed all of them andregistered a caseagainst HarshimanSingh Amar Singh, forrunning the hookahparlour.

By Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A young man fromChinchpada node, Airoli has beenarrested for allegedly molesting a 40-year-old woman who came for a strollin the garden at sector 6, Airoli. Theaccused has been identified as

Man arrested for molesting woman in gardenUmesh Rajkumar Gaud (23), andhas been arrested by the Rabale po-lice. The woman on Saturdayevening, visited the Tarabai Phul-chand Madhvi Garden near herbuilding at around 7 pm. The accusedGaud had also gone to the garden.


Issue : 185 10 December, 2019

Taj Mahal- The crowningglory of India

With Christmas va-cation to follow soonand it is the best climateto tour North India, atrip to Taj Mahal canbe planned with thefamily. It is one of therevered monumentswith structural beautyand enchanting sur-roundings. Since it is apicnic spot there arenumber of guides, whowill try to cheat youwith many offers and itis better to be carefulwhen you visit a tour-ist spot in North India.

Twenty thousandworkers worked dayand night to make thiswonder. Beautificationof the surroundings,cleaning of Yamuna riv-er on one side of TajMahal and renovationwork to give an eco-friendly measures aretaking place on an on-going basis to beautifythe structure. Themarble structure is giv-en a cover to preventattack of smoke andother substances and agreen look is providedall through the ap-proach to the entranceand the surroundings ofthe world famous mon-ument.

Electric rickshawsare generally used forcommutation from theentry point to the placenear the monument.This arrangement ismade in the Taj Mahalcomplex to protect themonument from deteri-oration. Winter monthsof November to Marchis ideal for visiting theplace. The fag end of theyear December and theearly month of Januarywe come across fog andthat may obstruct yourview of enjoying thestructure. Cameras areallowed to take as muchof snaps by the visitors

By C K Subramaniam

and a token fee is col-lected at the entrancefor the maintenanceand upkeep of theplace. Fridays areweekly holidays as thecity with Muslim pop-ulation is bubblingwith Namaz activitieson that particular dayevery week.

The Taj Mahal wasdesignated as aUNESCO World Heri-tage Site in 1983 forbeing the jewel of Mus-lim art in India and oneof the universally ad-mired masterpieces ofthe world’s heritage.Described by Nobel lau-reate and scholar

Rabindranath Tagoreas the tear-drop on thecheek of time, it is re-garded by many as thebest example of Mughalarchitecture and a sym-bol of India’s rich his-tory. The Taj Mahal at-tracts 7–8 million visi-tors a year. In 2007, itwas declared a winnerof the New 7 Wondersof the World (2000–2007) initiative. TheUP Government andthe Tourism Develop-ment in India is takingall the initiative tomake sure that theplace does have all thefacilities apart fromhaving a user friendlytransport and commu-nication system. Hotelsstay is comfortablewith rooms are avail-able as per require-ments. Both Udupi andDasaprakash chain ofrestaurants are avail-able with deliciousSouth Indian andNorthern cuisine.

Interior view of thevaulted dome over thetombs of Shah Jahanand Mumtaz is a place

to watch with the carv-ings wonder both Indi-an and foreign visitors.The false sarcophagi ofMumtaz Mahal andShah Jahan in themain chamber is a ma-jor attraction. The ac-tual tombs of MumtazMahal and Shah Jahanare placed in the lowerlevel. Main marbledome, smaller domes,and decorative spiresthat extend from theedges of the base walls.

The Taj Mahal is anivory-white marblemausoleum on thesouth bank of the Ya-muna river in the Indi-an city of Agra. It was

commissioned in 1632by the Mughal emper-or, Shah Jahan, tohouse the tomb of hisfavourite wife, MumtazMahal. The tomb is thecentre piece of a 17-hectare complex, whichincludes a mosque anda guest house, and isset in formal gardensbounded on three sidesby a crenellated wall.Construction of themausoleum was essen-tially completed in 1643but work continued onother phases of theproject for another 10years. The Taj Mahalcomplex is believed tohave been completed inits entirety in 1653 ata cost estimated at thetime to be around 32million rupees and theconstruction projectemployed some 20,000artisans under the guid-ance of a board of archi-tects led by the courtarchitect to the thenemperor. It is mandato-ry that as a visitor youwill have to cover your

Contd. on pg. 8

Let’s pledge to ‘Be Human’-on World Human Rights DayBy Meena R Prashant

With everyday re-ports of murders, atroc-ity on elders, women,children, cheatingacross the world is sure-ly indicating towards‘Us’ that we who areknown as social ani-mals, are slowly butsteadily losing the verybasic value of mankind‘living in peace and har-mony’.

We have a moral ob-ligation to start think-ing and acting for our-selves and our futuregenerations the world

we wish to live and passon to the future genera-tion.

It is very importantthat when we step out ofour house and keep ourreligion, faiths, raze be-hind the doors and comeout like a simple humanwith love and respect forone another. However,ironically we bring incaste, raze, the social sta-tus between us, and de-stroy the very basic val-ues of humanity.

We have been creat-ed to live in harmony.Not only love and re-

spect other humans, butalso animals, trees andother things which can-not raise voice like us,but, have feelings.

As we enter into the71th International Hu-man Rights Day on10th December, let’stake a pledge to Be Hu-man. A human who isnot greedy for power,lust but a human heartfull of love and respect.This is the only way wecan bring indifferencenot only in our close vi-cinity but also acrossthe globe.

Mangroves under threatMangrove forests are the world’s most productive and impor-

tant ecosystem. Apart from providing a safe haven for animals,mangroves have a major role in supporting humans too — theyprovide food security, forest products and sustainable fishing tolocal communities living around the sea shores.

In addition, mangrove forests act as a natural defense barrieralong the tropical coastlines, protecting them from tides, stormsurges, currents and even tsunamis. They help in reducing soilerosion and act as an effective carbon sink.

In spite of the many advantages mangroves provide, this uniqueecosystem is under threat like most of the other ecosystemsaround the world. According to the scientists, mangroves are dis-appearing 3 to 5 times faster than the overall forest losses in therecent years. Mangroves are so sensitive that even minute chang-es in temperatures, atmospheric carbon dioxide, sea levels, rain-fall, wind and waves during storms can disrupt their existence.

Development of the seashore for housing, construction of damsand clearing of swamps are greatly contributing to the destruc-tion of mangroves. In addition, unchecked and uncontrolled dump-ing of construction debris is also leading to their destruction.

Recognizing the threat faced by mangrove forests in 123 na-tions of the world, the United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organisation (UNESCO) as officially proclaimed July26th of every year as the ‘International Day for the Conserva-tion of the Mangrove Ecosystem’. The earth and humanity sim-ply cannot afford to lose these vital ecosystems. Reducing land,air and ocean pollution by using bio degradable alternatives canhelp in a big way. We can also restrict overexploitation of re-sources by the human communities which will regulate and con-serve mangrove forests.

A healthy mangrove ecosystem is important for our own well-being. If their destruction continues at the present rate, the coastalshorelines will soon become sources of carbon dioxide, which willbe directly released into the oceans, resulting in great imbalancein carbon levels in the oceans and increase in ocean tempera-tures. Oceans, with their own marine ecosystem, are as fragile asthe mangroves and a slight increase in temperature will spell doomfor the myriad list of its inhabitants.


Are we moving towardsstone age?

Last week was notdifferent from otherweeks and I wasmaking some planslate at night andwhen I moved towardsmy boring sleep Ididn’t know. But Iwoke up with amessage on WhatsAppwhich declared thatthe four rape accusedin Hyderabad rapecase were shot dead. Ithought about this asa rumour as we oftenget on WhatsApp. Butthen , I went to myneighbours place toask about one onion asI forgot to bring themand my poha wouldhave been spoiled, Ialso thought todiscuss the risingprices of onion if shealso had not broughtthem. There I sawthe confirmation ofthe news and withoutonion I came back as Iwas too excited toswitch on my TV, as ifmy TV is having moreauthenticity than theneighbours’. Pohaforgotten, onion priceforgotten I sat beforemy TV. After watchingthe news I set off to go.Outside my societyeverybody was talkingabout it and womenwere so elated thatrapists got what theydeserved. Some part ofme was also happybut the journalist inme stopped me fromany reaction.

In market placeand office many werein jubilant mood andmany among thosewho were reacting tothis killing of gan-grape and murder ofaccused under policecustody, the policeaction was “justice”being delivered. Evenmany people wereseen shouting slogansin praise of theHyderabad Police. TheTV kept on showingthat flowers wereshowered on policepersonnel and peoplewere seen celebratingthe police action inother parts of the

country, including thecosmopolitan city ofour Mumbai. I sawthe reaction of politi-cians and some havejustified the policeaction. Mayawati, theformer chief ministerof Uttar Pradesh saidthe police action is“commendable” and

that justice has beendone and she also saidthat had police takena similar tough actionin the case of Nirb-haya gangrape, justicecould have beendelivered early.Nirbhaya, if weremember, was alsogang raped and fatallyinjured by six personsin a moving bus inDelhi in December2012. Four of theaccused were sen-tenced to death butthe death sentencehas not yet beenexecuted and thefamily is waiting forthe execution ofjustice.

The delay has ledto many questioningthe justice deliverysystem and manyexpressed frustrationover their “unendingwait for justice”. TheMother of the Victimin Nirbhaya’s casesaid it was an “oint-ment to my wound”.This anguish isjustified but thejubilance over theencounter of the rape

accused, cannot bejustified. The detailsof what police termsan “encounter” are yetto fully come out inthe public. But thispolice action raisesserious questions. Itshows the loss of faithin justice deliverysystem. We know

very well that in ademocratic society theconcept of justice isnot confined to thejudiciary alone. Itrelated to all the otherpillars of democracy. Ifpeople lose faith in the

Cont. on pg. 11

Free health camp held at Digha


NAVI MUMBAI: AHealth camp andophthalmology campwas organized onbehalf of KishoreAngre, president ofOne Side Group inDigha in collaborationwith Vedanta Hospi-tal, Thane. The campwas inaugurated by

MP Rajan Vichare.Health camps arebeing organized onbehalf of One SideGroup every fortnightat various sectors inDigha. About 300availed the benefit ofthe camp held onSunday.

On the occasion,MP Rajan Vichare,

corporator JagdishGavat, Shiv Senadepartment chiefSameer Patil, secre-tary of One SideGroup, Umesh Divate,Suraj Valmiki, socialworker SureshKarande, SanjayWardhamane, SureshBhilare, Sagar Sonka-mble were present.

Gold ornaments looted from a carBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Anunidentified thief loot-ed gold ornamentsworth Rs 1 lakh 12thousand from a car.Swati Prashant Bhos-ale (32), was travellingback to Satara fromNerul and was carry-ing a bag of gold orna-ments

The complainant,

Bhosale lives in Vilas-pur Forest Colony inSatara and had cometo Navi Mumbai forwork. She was return-ing back to Satara withher relatives in the af-ternoon of December 7.Swati had booked a pri-vate car below the LPBridge at Nerul. Aftershe got out of the carat Satara at around 4

pm, she realised thather bag was robbed fol-lowing which shelodged a police com-plaint with Bhuinj Po-lice Station in Satara.

A c c o r d i n g l y ,Bhuini police lodged acrime against an un-known thief and trans-ferred the case to Ner-ul police for further in-vestigation.


Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangamcelebrates World Disability Day

By C.K. Subramaniam

VASHI: Navi Mum-bai Tamil Sangam(NMTS), Vashi celebrat-ed World Disability Dayon Sunday, 8th Decem-ber, 2019. Mrs. Vanitha

Balasubramanian, whoreceived national awardfrom Vice President,was honoured on the oc-casion for her exempla-ry work. Children fromfour special schools pre-

sented cultural pro-grammes.

The programmeswere mainly anchoredby the students ofAashray Special School,Sanpada.

The solo dance per-formance of a young boywas the major attrac-tion. Other school chil-dren also performed ex-ceedingly well to cornerthe attention. NMTS

honoured each and ev-ery child by giving thema gift.

This is the secondyear in succession thatNMTS is celebratingthe World Disability

Day. The programmewas well organized un-der the guidance of Mrs.Meenakshi Venkatesh,Vice President and Mrs.Rajasri Nagarajan, Sec-retary.

Strolling like a ‘King’

Citizen were stunned to see a dog with hair trimmed in the shape of a mane, giving it aresemblance of a lion at mini seashore, Vashi. (By Sumit Renose)

Kharghar Design Week concludes on a High

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Bhara-ti Vidyapeeth College ofArchitecture (BVCOA),Navi Mumbai organ-ised a series of socialoutreach programs toprovide the citizens ofNavi Mumbai with aplatform to explore anddemonstrate their cre-ativity from 2nd to 7th

December, 2019.The concept initiat-

ed by the students Body& Teachers of BVCOANavi Mumbai as part ofthe “social transforma-tion through dynamiceducation” was heldunder the guidance ofPrincipal Ritu Desh-mukh & Cultural HeadProf. Gulshan Kumar.Held in 14 locations inand around CBD Be-

Puppet show organised at Shilp Chowk market witnessed a good gathering fromchildren and parents.

Students of BVCOA, Navi Mumbai demonstrate their cre-ativity by painting trunks of dilapidated trees during theKharghar Design Week.

Public meeting to discuss issues of housing and hygiene being conducted at Artistvillage, CBD Belapur for the localities

Academician, conservation architect and Principal ofBVCOA Navi Mumbai Ritu Deshmukh having a discus-sion with students during their Exhibition at Sector-6Market in CBD Belapur.

lapur and Kharghar,the same saw over 30events being held dur-ing the weeklong festi-val in the forms of doo-dling, street art,origami, and ceramicworkshops along withvarious entertainmentprograms like streetplays, musical skitsand performances. In

Contd. on pg. 8


Compared to any other city in the country, I feel quitesafe in Navi Mumbai. But we are not 100% fear free.Each city is unique and requires a certain local responselike improving the lighting, training and sensitizing po-lice, making self defence training compulsory in schools.Need to create much more awareness aboutemergency communication systems, use of safe trans-port systems, encouraging the girls/ women to break

the silence about their experiences and most importantly train society torespect her ‘NO’. These practical solutions and positive attitude can makea world of difference.Dr. Varsha Bhagat,Director ETC (NMMC), Vashi

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK How safe are women in the satellite city?

QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK :

Your views on introducing water drinking breaks in schools?Readers desirous of contributing in this column may send their views along

with their passport size picture and address to [email protected]

I feel safe in Navi Mumbai as being in the professionwhere you get to explore the other cities for events andConferences for work, but when I travel back home thenit gives me secure feeling of reaching my City. Most cit-ies have not been designed with Women safety but whenI hangout with family and friends late night in Vashistreets, it feels lively and safe then other cities. Being agirl, I see more satellite cities are safer then under de-veloped cities in Maharashtra and also India. So the need of the hour is todevelop the city with its Culture for keeping our Women Safe and secure.It is also an individual’s duty to help a woman and make her feel safe incase of any insecurity.Deepika Parkar, Sector 16, Vashi

A woman does not seem safe anywhere in satellite citytoday. In contrast, in remote tribal areas, such incidentsare not found anywhere. Aboriginal women have noclothes at all. Yet there is no incident of rape. This dif-ference between the two cultures is remarkable. This isa ritual that satellite culture should learn from the trib-al culture in remote areas. Therefore, it seems the onlysolution is to change the mind set of the people.

Jyotsna Akash Tandel, Homemaker, Karave

There is no place where women are safe. We always talkabout digital India, technology, Ache din, entertainmentetc. etc. What about the women’s safety? We live in asecular country, where religion are safe & treated equal-ly, Why not women/ Why can’t women? We all are soprotective and sensitive to our religion. As a human whycan’t we be so protective of our girls / women? A reportsays India as the most dangerous country in the worldfor women. Today people debate about politics, career, entertainment,growth, why not debates on women’s safety. Who are responsible for thisMe, You or We? Candle march, making strict law, talking about issues isnot the right solution, time to act now.

Priyadarshani Jaiswar,Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai

Mumbai was always touted as a safe city for women.But with the growing cases of eve teasing and groping,we can see that it is losing its tag. In recent times, wehave observed many cases in which assault of women,molestation or even rape has taken place. Thus like oth-er cities in India, Mumbai too isn’t safe for women. Inthis present scenario, women are not safe outside theirhomes. Already there is a huge backlog of rape cases in

court. Due to snail paced justice delivery system women have to wait fora long period of time to get justice. It is rightly said that justice delayed isjustice denied. Instead of amending laws there is a need to create aware-ness in the society about respecting women. -Jubel DCruz, Freelance writer

Changing work culture makes me expect satellite citiesto be gender neutral in all terms and to some extentthey are. Though Navi Mumbai feels more of a sober &decent place to reside in, frequent rape cases leave mefeeling petrified and confused like how should I ensuremy parents that I will reach home safe or that they arebeing overprotective? I read those forwards on What-sApp with women helpline numbers but I don’t even

know if I will immediately be rescued or if I will be in that state of mindto reach out to them if find myself in any such situation? I think moreawareness should be created about rights and services available to uswhen it comes to women’s safety. Somewhere I believe changes are com-ing in these regards so hoping for the best.Samruddhi Vanarse, Actress, Kamothe

8 special and 2 ad hoc committee chairpersons elected unopposedNAVI MUMBAI: 8 spe-

cial and 2 ad-hoc com-mittee chairpersons ofthe Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation(NMMC) were electedunopposed on Monday,9th December. The elec-tion process was carriedunder the vigilance ofRaigad District Collec-tor Vijay Suryavanshi.All the elected chairper-sons are from the Na-tionalist Congress Par-ty (NCP).

Corporator SangeetaPatil has been elected asChairperson of Womenand Child Welfare Com-mittee; Sashikala Patilhas been elected asChairperson of Healthcommittee; ShankarMore has been elected asChairperson of WaterSupply and Seweragecommittee; Dr. Jayaji

Nath has been elected asChairperson of Sport andCultural ProgrammeCommittee; Lakshmi-kant Patil has been elect-ed as Chairperson of theSocial Welfare and SlumRehabilitation Commit-tee; Sayali Shinde hasbeen elected as Chairper-son of the Legal Commit-tee; Sashikala Sutar hasbeen elected as Chair-person of Garden andCity Beautification Com-mittee; Kavita Agondehas been elected asChairperson of studentsand youth welfare com-mittee; Netra Shirke hasbeen elected as Chair-person of Navi MumbaiSwacchta Mission Ad-hoccommittee, while DivyaGaikwad has been elect-ed as Chairperson of theEnvironment Ad-Hoccommittee.


Parents should realise thedanger with underage driving

By Vinod C. Dixit

It seems over theyears, our society hasunfortunately becomemore complacentabout underage driv-ing than before, andmore kids are growingup learning that it is‘cool’ to drive young, todrive fast, and to riskit with the law. Un-derage driving has notonly added to the city’schaotic traffic but isresulting in a largenumber of accidents.Children, by nature,are more reckless.They are not matureenough to understandthe consequences oftheir actions or mis-takes. For them, driv-ing is all about thrilland looking cool. Chil-dren are not to beblamed for recklessdriving but it is theparents’ job to teachchildren how to go bythe rule book. Publicawareness campaignsby traffic control au-thorities and othersare vitally importantto make such youthrealise their errorsand the possibilities oftheir rash driving.Children of this ageare restless, impatientand have a shorter at-tention span. It is ob-served that a fewschool authorities whotried to discourage un-derage driving had toface parents’ ire.Speeding aroundseems cool to teenag-ers but it can lead tohavoc and that’swhere adults have tostep in. Children aremore likely than olderdrivers to speed, runred lights, make ille-gal turns, ride with anintoxicated driver, anddrive after using alco-hol or drugs. Theyhave a sense that theycan get away withtransgressions – a feel-ing of bravado where-

by “ I can get awaywith anything” Thefight against underagedrinking in our coun-try is a tough battle,and frighteningly, al-cohol is involved inabout 20-25% of fatalteenage car wrecks.

Underage drivingseems to increase witheach passing day aschildren becomesmarter and more in-formed and parents failto understand the con-sequences. It is ob-served that minors can

get a license with fakeproof of age. In suchcases, the police im-pose a nominal fine andthese dangerous driv-ers are back on theroad. Teenage driversare a threat not only tothemselves but also toothers. They are notsensitive to trafficrules and don’t evenfollow the basics of safedriving. They eitherinjure or kill them-selves or others. Thehigh number of under-age drivers transgress-ing the law by going fora joyride can be attrib-uted to peer pressureand a feeling of youth-ful invincibility. Manylives are shattered byunderage drivers goingfor a joyride in the ve-hicles of their parentsor older relatives. Un-der Section 4 of theMotor Vehicles Act,minors driving a vehi-cle are liable and ac-cordingly they can be

fined at least Rs 1,000.The owners, mean-while, can be fined Rs1,500 under Section 5of the same Act. In caseof negligent driving byminors, parentsshould be booked too.

Traffic police hasbeen trying every-thing, have challengedand even impoundedtheir vehicles but failedto curb the menace.The only solution left isthe duty of the parentsto realise the dangerassociated with under-

age driving. Inexperi-ence and immaturityare the primary caus-es of the increased riskof teenage driving. Un-trained eyes are morelikely to underestimatehazardous situationson the road. The Na-tional Highway TrafficSafety Administrationsuggests that parentswrite up a contract fortheir teenage driverthat includes penaltiesfor any rule that theybreak. Preventativemeasures must be tak-en to bring teenageauto fatalities down.The most importantadvice would be toteach responsibility byway of example. If par-ents drive with cautionand obey the laws ofthe road – their chil-dren will also havemore respect for trafficlaws and for those whotravel our roads.

The writer is freelancer,

writer and cartoonist.

By Ashok Dhamija

CBD BELAPUR: Quality infrastruc-ture and amenities play a crucial rolein Railways to ensure improvised pas-senger satisfaction. Konkan Railway(KR) has been in the fore-front on enhancing the ser-vices and infrastructure toachieve high level passen-ger satisfaction since itsinception. As part of thisinitiative it has undertak-en he project for “Roha -Veer Track Doubling” and“Construction of 10 newstations & 8 Loop Lines” at variousplaces over its route.

The construction work of TrackDoubling of its 46 km Roha - Veer Sec-tion which is in progress, is in the ad-vanced stage of completion and sched-uled to be completed by March 2020.To address the various challenges in-

Capacity augmentation works byKR to affect halts at Goregaon

Road and Sape-Wamne Stationscluding safety of passengers duringthe track linking of Main Line, LoopLine and associated works KR hasbeen decided to suspend halt for pas-senger traffic at Goregan Road sta-

tion from 14th December2019 to 12th January 2020.

Similarly to addressthe challenges faced by itspassengers to board andalight from trains at Sape-Wamne Halt station dueto ongoing constructionwork of new loop line andplatform, KR has also de-

cided to suspend halt for passengertraffic at Sape-Wamne stations from14th December 2019 to 02nd January2020.

KR regrets the inconveniencecaused due to this and urges its es-teem passengers to plan their jour-ney accordingly.

addition various ‘StreetWorkshops’ were con-ducted by various wellknown architects suchas Ar. Anuj Kale (Lee-wardist) and DesignJatra at Hiranandani,Crystal Plaza, Ar. Bob-

by Vijaykar (Origami)at Shilp Chowk inKharghar. A ‘Local Nar-ratives’ workshop wasalso held by the stu-dents along with Ar.Pritam Dey in variousgaothans of Belapurwhere they interactedwith the localities andunderstood their sto-ries.

Speaking on the oc-casion BVCOA, NaviMumbai PrincipalRitu Deshmukh said“This concept initiatedby the students Body& Teachers of our in-

stitute was organisedas part of the “Socialt r a n s f o r m a t i o nthrough dynamic edu-cation’. The localitiesenjoyed the evening asthey stopped by andtook part in various ac-tivities organised byour students. Not onlythey learned fromthem, but also showedoff some of their ownskills. In fact this out-

reach program was anexcellent way for thestudents to demon-strate their own tal-ents and creativity aswell as a way to havefun while learning andgaining experience.Seeing the responsefrom thousands ofNavi Mumbaikars wehope to organise manymore such initiativesin the future too”.

Cultural Head Prof.Gulshan Kumar on theother hand said, “Thisunique event is part ofthe initiative that aims

at connecting with thepublic at large andshowcased how creativ-ity in art and music caninitiate a social move-ment. Some of whichincluded Chalk art,Painting trunks of de-papillated / dead trees,Flash mob and skithighlighting womensafety, Doodling work-shop etc. and was heldon the occasion by more

than 250 plus students(first to fifth year) of ourrenowned Architectureinstitute at various lo-cations in Khargharand CBD Belapur. Inaddition various tribalbamboo, pottery and ce-ramic products too wereon display. The otherhighlight was the mu-sical show which in-cluded the ‘Mushayra’too which too was wellreceived. The weeklongevent saw a huge turn-out from thousands ofcitizens from all walksof life and age groups.”

KhargharDesignWeek...

Contd. from pg. 6

Street concert by musicians found connect with the youth.


India Eves to Take on Sweden, Thailand in Tri-NationU17 Women’s Football Tourney from 13 Dec

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: With theaim of providing ampleopportunities and inter-national exposure forits players as part of itspreparation for theFIFA U17 Women’sWorld Cup slated to beheld next year acrossIndia including NaviMumbai, the governingbody of football in thecountry All India Foot-ball Federation (AIFF)will be organising athree nation U17 Wom-en’s Football Tourna-ment 2019 at the Mum-bai Football Arena, And-heri, Mumbai from 13to 19 Dec, 2019

The first-of-its-kindinternational tourna-ment for girls will wit-ness host India take onSweden and Thailand,both powerhouses inthe global women’sgame during the weeklong tourney (a round-robin format, with thetop two teams qualify-ing for the final on De-cember 19) which isbeing organized underUEFA Assist in collab-oration with AFC. Be-ing held after the re-cently-concluded HeroU17 Women’s Champi-onship that took place

The tri-nation tourney will provide the Indian eves themuch needed international exposure against the likes ofSweden and Thailand

in Kalyani, which sawa total of 73 players di-vided into four teamsplaying against eachother saw the Alex Am-brose-coached Lioness-es emerged victorious.

AIFF General Sec-retary Kushal Das whospoke about the impor-tance of competition aspart of the build-up fornext year’s World Cup,laid emphasis on the“quality of opposition”the Indian U-17 girlswill face. “It is the firsttime an Internationaltournament for girls inbeing hosted in Indiaand I’m really lookingforward to it. With theFIFA World Cup on thehorizon this will be agreat opportunity forthe Indian team to thelikes of Sweden andThailand. I wish theteams all the best forthe competition,” hesaid. “I also need tothank AFC, UEFA,FSDL, Ministry forSports and Youth Af-fairs, and Hero Moro-corp for all their helpand support.”

India U-17 World

Cup Coach ThomasDennerby felt the tour-nament will benefit the

team immensely con-sidering the expectationgenerated on account ofbeing host to the FIFAU-17 Women’s WorldCup India 2020 fromover billion home fansin this biennial inter-national women’s youthfootball championshipwhich will be held from2 to 21 Nov, 2020.

“It is very impor-tant to play Interna-tional Friendliesagainst strong oppo-nents. It helps us tolearn more about deci-sion making in crunch

situations, besides help-ing us to maintain thepace of the game,” hemaintained.

The 60-year-oldUEFA Pro Diplomaholder Dennerby whocomes with a rich expe-rience of 30 years ofcoaching in which heguided Sweden Wom-en’s National Team toa third-place finish inthe FIFA Women’sWorld Cup Germany2011, and a quarterfi-nal spot in the 2012London Olympics fur-ther added “The players

and all the staff arevery much looking for-ward to the tourna-ment. It is an acid testwhich was very muchneeded.”

Sweden ranks asone of the top nations inthe world in women’sfootball, with their se-nior side finishing thirdin the FIFA Women’sWorld Cup 2019 inFrance — which wasalso the fourth time ineight editions that theyfinished in the top fourof the global extrava-ganza.

Thailand too areconsidered to be one ofthe top nations in Asiain women’s football,with them having se-cured consecutive qual-ifications for the lasttwo FIFA Women’sWorld Cups along witha fourth-place finish atthe AFC Women’sAsian Cup 2018 in Jor-dan.

Schedule of thetournament:

Friday 13 Dec,2019) - India vs Sweden

Sunday 15, Dec2019 - Sweden vs Thai-land

Tuesday 17, Dec2019 - Thailand vs In-dia

Thursday 19 Dec,2019 - Final (Groupwinner vs Group run-ner-up)

All matches will be

played at the MumbaiFootball Arena, withthe group-stage match-es scheduled to kick-offat 6 pm. The final isslated to start at 5.30pm.Indian squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: ManjuGanjhu (Odisha), An-shika (Haryana), Tanu(Haryana).

Defenders: PurnimaKumari (Jharkhand),Jyoti Kumari (Odisha),Nirmala Devi Phan-joubam (Manipur),Shilky Devi Hemam(Manipur), Kritina DeviThounaojam (Ma-nipur), Nisha (Harya-na), Astam Oraon(Jharkhand).

Midfielders: MartinaThokchom (Manipur),Priyangka DeviNaorem (Manipur),Babina Devi Lisham(Manipur), AmishaBaxla (Jharkhand), Ave-ka Singh (Delhi), Kiran(Haryana), Daisy Cras-to (Goa), Sunita Mun-da (Jharkhand),Mariyammal Balamu-rugan (Tamil Nadu).

that the just beside thegarden, there is a selfiepoint and Ambedkar Bha-wan. While the corpora-tion is making efforts tomaintain these, no atten-tion is paid towards thegarden.

“This is the only gar-den for sector 15, Airoli.Leave alone the playequipment, the gardendoes not even have prop-er seating arrangement.Do we pay taxes for suchpoor amenities?” asks Vi-jay Kamble, a resident.

“Sector 15 is one of theprime sectors of Airoliwith many marriagehalls just near the gar-den. The pathetic condi-tion of the garden leavesa poor impression on peo-

ple. We have raised theissue many times but stillno action has been taken”,said another resident.

Speaking about theissue Shiv Sena leader,Vilas Hande said, “Wehave highlighted the issueto the ward officer andgarden department offic-er. However, no actionhas been taken till date.If the authorities do notrepair the garden at theearliest, we will takestern action againstthem”.

Garden inSector 15,

Airoli...Contd. from pg. 1

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Athief on bike snatcheda gold mangalsutraworth Rs. 40,000from a woman whowas out for dinnerwith her friend. Theincident took place inSector 19A, Nerul.

Thief on bike snatches gold mangalsutraThe victim,

Surekha Barwavelives in Bhimashan-kar Society, Sector19, Nerul and hadgone out for dinnerwith her friends ataround 7 pm. While,they were walkingnear Samarth Hospi-

tal, a thief on bikepulled the goldmangalsutra frombehind and fled.Despite efforts to nabthe accused, he fledfollowing which Barvelodged a complaint atNerul police stationon Saturday.


Time to act in a fitting wayYes; Justice cannot be immediate. But we

must also stand beside the victims and thosewhose rights have been violated. One must alsoask why on some cases justice is slow to pro-nounce? Much too slow! Is it a question ofmeans? Is it a question of organization? Or doother factors interfere with the functioning ofjudiciary? When freedom is threatened to saynothing else, can it be said that it takes timeto decide.

There are circumstances that require jus-tice to be pronounced quickly. Elsewhere in theworld, constitutional courts, courts, have pro-cedures for deciding in a timely manner. Crim-inal justice system is underfunded, behindtimes, too many court holidays, public prose-cutors offices and judges don’t attract the besttalent and constant adjournment and delays ofdecades is unacceptable. Justice delayed is jus-tice denied! Both the Government and thecourts are to blame. The public is helpless here.It is time to act in a fitting way.

I agree with view that justice cannot be in-stant. However, it cannot be delayed too. It isnot job of the police or someone else to decide inwhat way punishment should be given to thoseaccused of a crime. However, let us not over-look a few ground realities. During last seven-ty and odd years after Independence, we haverefused to implement legal reforms; we havenot implemented police administration reforms;we have refused to have in place a judicial sys-tem and procedures which ensure speed andefficiency and which do not allow someone withright political connections to deny justice tovictims of any crime.

Fact is that we have failed on many countsand citizen-votes are tired of saying the sameagain and again. It is time our lawmakers asalso other important stakeholders civil societydo some critical introspection and take self-cor-recting measures as suggested by Chief Jus-tice of India. But it cannot be delayed also-then it is denied. All bigwigs have to put theirheads together and remove the red tape andsluggishness.

Otherwise people will decide this way only.One could take his remark as acceptable and

justified if Judiciary is prompt in its verdictand legal fraternity realizes its accountabilityand fiduciary relationship. Slow delivery sys-tem (both criminal and Civil), lack of serious-ness about social evils, absence of spirit of therule of Law, unconcerned about economic im-pact are some of the lacunae in our Judiciarysystem that has led to Citizens to take Lawinto their hands. It will be really grave if Judi-ciary does not introspect and correct its func-tioning.

If justice comes after 10, 7 or 8 years. Whatis the need of that justice sir? Strict guidelinesshould be framed by court regarding that sir.At first if crimes has been proved against aperson, then there is no need to give him bail,

bail for absconding does not give justice sir. Sec-ond the whole appeal scenario from district tohigh, high to supreme, and then review, mercypetitions further worsen the case. Till justice isgiven to one, a new case is reported sir. It is notthe way good governance work sir. This wholeexploitation of power by politicians, relatives ofpoliticians further aggravate the situation. Set-ting of fast track court is of no solution till pic-ture of appeal continue. Instead of that sir insuch cases which are really worrisome and clearcut, when victim at death bed had raised thename of accused, a fast track court under super-vision of high court consisting of reputed andsenior judges should be constituted whose ordersremain unchallengeable.

One would agree that justice cannot be in-stant. But the CJI should know better that itshould not take such a long time of over five toseven years for meting out justice. People haveby and large lost faith in the way in which judi-ciary is functioning and cases prolonged for in-definite period. The administration of justice re-quires thorough overhauling. It should not takemore than three months for doing justice to thevictims of heinous crimes like rape and murder.The judiciary has failed the people of India. Peo-ple of the country are afraid of saying this lestthey will be hauled up for contempt. Judiciaryshould be sensitive to the feelings of the people.

Every reasonable citizen can understand thatjustice is never instant but government and ju-diciary should also understand that importanceof Time limit.

1) Even after 7 years the Nirbhaya Case cul-prits are not brought to justice.

2) The main culprit of the Nirbhaya Case hasescaped punishment by playing the juvenile card.

This is the state of our affairs for an incidentwhich shook the whole country. There are nu-merous such cases pending behind.

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

A burning problemRape has become a terrible problem in India

today because our laws don’t act as a deterrentwhich often leaves the culprits unpunished. Somerapists escape with light punishment or no rep-rimand at all as they enjoy political clout.

Women and young girls are scared to travelalone in public transport and night travel is risky.The government must recruit better qualified andtrained personnel to keep strict vigil in sensitiveand isolated areas, as well as in local trains toinduce caution and fear in the minds of crimi-nals. This preventative mode could result in areduction in the number of crimes taking placeand might even make people respect the laws ofthe country.

The strictest possible punishment with no pro-vision for exemption should be meted out with-out any consideration for juveniles, as they are

the ones committing most of the crimes, in-cluding rapes and robberies these days. Noneof the criminals should be released on bail. Thiswill teach other criminals not to commit suchgruesome acts of crimes in future.

The existing laws on rape are weak, whichis why we have not been able to curb the nu-merous cases of sexual assaults on women thatare happening daily. Perhaps the most uncom-fortable procedure in the investigation of suchcases is the identification parade. In most ofthese cases the survivor finds it difficult to iden-tify the accused after the horrible experienceshe has faced. The men who commit such actsare frustrated human beings. They have noreligion at all and look upon on women as sexobjects.

To reduce the attacks on women in subur-ban trains, the woman’s compartment mustbe separated from the gent’s section by a strongmesh that enables the men to be alert to anyunsolicited entry or any untoward incident inthe woman’s compartment. In this way, themen could also respond to any untoward inci-dent eventuality. Also, if these compartmentsare positioned at the middle of the train, itmight make it more difficult for the offendersto escape.

It is high time rape laws are amended inIndia. After the December 16, 2012, Delhi gangrape case, rape incidents have increased in In-dia. Even children of the age of four and fiveyears are not spared. Sometimes, they areraped by their own uncles or their fathers/step-fathers. Barbaric laws like those of Saudi Ara-bia and other Arabian Gulf countries should beintroduced in India where the rapist is eitherbeheaded, castrated or stoned to death. There-fore, the law should be such that it upholds thedignity of a woman while giving the rapists themaximum punishment.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Team India tasteddefeat in T-20

Team India tasted defeat in T-20 game inThiruvananthapuram. The Indian team pridesitself on its fielding — but the two T20Is againstWest Indies are matches they would like to for-get. Eight dropped catches in two games and aball going through the legs of a fielder on the30-yard circle is a serious reality check. TheWest Indians took full toll and overhauled thetarget of 171 at a canter, with nine balls to spare.

Lendl Simmons, who Indians fans will re-member as one of the architects of India’s oust-er from their own party at the 2016 ICC WorldT20, was the glue with a 45-ball unbeaten 67.In the absence of a genuine off spinner in theside, the left hand batsmen thrive and the teamfailed to win one major tournament in the lastcouple of years. And the butter fingered fieldersadd to the misery of the team.

Chitra Rugmini, Sector 42, Seawoods

Letter to the Editor....

The power of Onion!By Lakshman Sundar

The Ubiquitous OnionHas Become The Concern Of The UnionAs Its Shortage Will Tilt People’s OpinionAnd Could Render NDA Without CompanionBJP Must Act Fast To Prove It Is No MinionBut Still An Unassailable Champion

By Increasing The Supply Tons In MillionAnd Stop The Price From Becoming A Cen-

turionOr The Restless Opposition BattalionWill Use It As A Key CriterionTo Foment An Unwarranted RebellionAs The Price Hike Is As Unbearable As The

Sting Of A Scorpion

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justice dispensed tothem, the entiredemocratic set-up maycrumble down and thecountry will gohaywire. It is thetrust and confidence ofthe people in theresponsiveness andability of every organof the State to delivertrue, fearless andimpartial justice,which is the founda-tion of democracy andevery civilised societyand if the trust erodesthe basic cloth of thedemocracy will betorn. The peopleapproach the courts ofjustice with pain andanguish in theirhearts having sufferedphysically or psycho-

logically. They do nottake the law into theirown hands as theybelieve that theywould get justice fromthe courts at the endand on some day butwhen it becomes toolate they lose faith.The hackneyed sayingis that justice delayedis justice denied. Isvery true.

However, thepolice action inHyderabad case isbound to face ajudicial scrutiny. Thisis a mandatory follow-up in the wake of2015 Supreme Courtruling in the People’sUnion for CivilLiberties versus Stateof Maharashtra casebut the way public isreacting ,is a matterof serious concern.

People’s faith ininstitutions fordelivering justice is“rapidly eroding” andunless that faith isrestored, they willtake law into theirhands. The Constitu-tion of India hasdefined and declaredthe common goal forall—”to secure to allthe citizens of India,justice—social,economic and political;liberty; equality andfraternity”. But howto uphold the constitu-tional values andprinciples of democra-cy? The message isclear and writ large: ifwe do not save democ-racy, democracy willnot save us ,so thehopes of teemingmillions are focusedon Judiciary for

protecting their life,liberty, property andall the rights whichthe Constitution ofIndia and laws of theland grant andguarantee. There is nolaw that sanctionskilling of an accusedof any crime, includ-ing that of rape andmurder. This formsthe basis for a robust

Kanak’s pen..Contd. from pg. 5

shoes and slippers witha white cover to protectthe marble when youwalk across the mainTaj area.

The garden area iswell maintained to givethe picturesque monu-ment a beautiful look.The complex is setaround a large 300-me-

tre (980 ft) square Char-bagh or Mughal gar-den. The garden usesraised pathways thatdivide each of the fourquarters of the gardeninto 16 sunken par-terres or flowerbeds.Halfway between thetomb and gateway inthe centre of the gardenis a raised marble wa-ter tank with a reflect-ing pool positioned on a

Taj Mahal...Contd. from pg. 4

north-south axis to re-flect the image of themausoleum. If you vis-it the spot on the fullmoon’s day then youwill have shell out moreto watch the white mar-ble beauty in moonlight, which is rarespectacle for people vis-iting Agra during thissummer vacation.The writer is freelancer from

Sanpada, Navi Mumbai

judicial system. Andthe police are aninvestigating agencyand not entitled toadjudicate casespronouncing verdicton someone’s criminalculpability. Declaringsomeone guilty fallsunder the jurisdictionof the courts and letthe court pass averdict. We, Indians

have to be carefulwhile washing ourskin with deep-cleansing lotions:these might peel offthe entirety of thedemocratic sensibilitywe have managed toaccumulate sinceIndependence and allthe markers ofcivilisation that set usapart from savages.


Timely help saves lifeYouth helps city’s accident victim to reach Hospital


JUINAGAR: EjazKhan (25), a web devel-oper working inKharghar and drivingto his home in Wadala,Mumbai in the weehours on November 6,saw a heavily bruisedyoung man fall besidethe road on the Panvel -Mumbai highway. Heimmediately rushedhim to Fortis - Hiranan-dani hospital, Vashi.

Sandesh ShankarWaral (25), an architectand director of an icefactory and fish export-ing firm in Taloja, wasdriving his i10 Hyun-dai to his residence inSanpada, when his carhit a road divider andsmashed against thewall of the flyover here.The air bag of the carprevented a fatal out-come though he suf-fered injuries to hishead, face and limbs.He managed to comeout from the mangledcar and started callingfor help, which fell ondeaf ears.

Ejaz Khan, who waspassing by, saw Waraland immediatelystopped his car and withthe help of bikers, whowere on their way to

Chaityabhumi in Mum-bai, put Waral in his carand took him to the Hos-pital. He also retrievedone of the two mobilephones from the car.While the doctors at-tended to him immedi-ately, Ejaz got a call

from Sandesh’s home.He informed themabout the accident andthe family members ofSandesh reached thehospital and felt relieved

that he was being treat-ed and was stable.

Expressing theirgratitude to Ejaz, theytried to reward himwhich he politely andhumbly refused to ac-cept, stating that it washis duty.

Child Line 1098 to help children in distressBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ChildLine-1098, a dedicatedHelpline to help childrenin distress and in needof protection, was inau-gurated by Thane Dis-trict Women and ChildDevelopment OfficerMahendra Gaikwad onSaturday 7th December.2019 at YUVA Center,Kharghar. During theoccasion, all the digni-taries expressed theirview that if all themechanisms work to-gether along with theChild Protection Com-mittee, Women ChildDevelopment Depart-ment, Child Line andPolice, crime againstchildren can be drasti-cally reduced.

On this occasion adiscussion was also heldon child protection, aswell as the various chal-lenges it presents.Thane District Womenand Child DevelopmentOfficer Mahendra Gaik-

wad said that NaviMumbai is a rapidlydeveloping node andthere is increasing ur-banization and popu-lation. Therefore, thereis also an increase inthe crime involvingchildren. “Therefore, adedicated Child LineHelpline was needed inthis area,” he said. Also,with the establishmentof a child protectioncommittee in the vil-lage under the DistrictChild Protection Cell,cases are getting solvedat the earliest. “Effortsare being made to setup a child protectioncommittee in urban ar-eas as well,” he added.

Chairman of Raigad

District Child WelfareCommittee, Tanaji Pa-til, explained about therole of the Child Wel-fare Committee and itsfunctioning.

Senior police inspec-tor Arjun Garad of theUnlawful Human Traf-ficking Cell said thatpolice often have diffi-culties in handling cas-es due to lack of train-ing regarding the rightsof the children and thelaws pertaining to this.However, if all the agen-cies join hands, therecan be a drastic declinein the cases of crimeagainst children. Se-nior police inspector ofMahape Traffic BranchDatta Kindre said that

training should be pro-vided on children’srights and the laws per-taining to them by Ma-harashtra Police Acade-my.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Chairman ofNavi Mumbai PressClub, Manoj Jalanawa-la, said that the helplineof 1098 Child Lineshould help the children

in distress and those inneed of protection in thecity. Mr. Anil Ingalespoke about the activi-ties carried out byYUVA organizationsince the last 35 yearsand its role in the effec-tive implementation ofthe Child Line.

Dhanraj Khare, co-ordinator of ChildlineIndia Foundation, Ha-

sina Shaikh of the Pre-rana Institute, PremTambe, Bal AdhikaarSangharsh Sanstha,presented their viewsand roles in this semi-nar. Representatives ofStree Mukti Associationin Navi Mumbai, Coor-dinator of Dadar Rail-way Child Line, Mum-bai City Child Line Co-ordinator PraveenRathod and Nitesh Dha-wade and ShobhaAgashe, Navi MumbaiChild Line Team’s VijayKharat, Yuva Partnerand Child Representa-tives of Child Rights As-sociation in Mumbaiwere also present.

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