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Manda Mhatreversus Ganesh NaikCandidature for Belapur Constituency

to be disclosed soon

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Will itbe Manda Mhatre orGanesh Naik?- the po-litical circle is rife withsuspense and specula-tion as everyone eager-ly awaits the declara-tion of the name for theBelapur Constituency.

Ganesh Naik, whohad joined BharatiyaJanta Party (BJP) on11th September, 2019along with 48 support-ers from NationalistCongress Party (NCP)is considered to be thestrongest candidate forthe Belapur constituen-cy. On the other handsitting MLA of BJPfrom Belapur Constitu-

ency, Mandatai Mhatrehad won the Assemblyelection of 2014 by de-feating the heavyweight Ganesh Naik

himself.The decision, say the

political analysts fromthe city, will be highly

difficult for the partymembers.

Speaking withNewsband MandataiMhatre said, “It is en-

tirely the decision ofthe party. They are


NAVI MUMBAI : Toensure that there islarge turnout of votersduring election,the candidatesc o n t e s t i n gthe election fromAiroli, Belapurand Panvel con-stituency are re-questing the peo-ple from thenorthern belt tostay in the cityand not go to their re-spective villages be-fore the election.

Usually, as soon asthe exams in schoolsget over and Diwalivacations are de-clared, people fromUttar Pradesh, Biharand other northernstates go to village andreturn back only afterthe Diwali vacationsget over. This year, theAssembly election isscheduled on21st October, 2019 andDiwali is on 27th of Oc-tober, 2019.

The aspiring candi-dates from Airoli, Be-lapur and Panvel Con-stituency are request-

First vote and then leave forvillage, request candidates

from Airoli, Belapur &Panvel constituency

People from Northern belt leave

for village during Diwali vacation

ing all the voters tocast their votes on21st October and thengo to their villages for

the vacation.One of the senior

leaders from Shiv-Sena not wishing to benamed said, “We haveasked party workersto request all the peo-ple from the northernbelt residing in NaviMumbai to stay in the

Contd. on pg. 2

Contd. on pg. 3

By Jaspal Singh Naol

PANVEL: On 29th Sep-tember, 2019, the Peas-ants and Workers Par-ty declared HareshManohar Keni as theircandidate for the Panv-el Constituency. Hisname was announced by

PWP Front field Haresh ManoharKeni from Panvel Constituency

the MLC Balaram Patilin the presence of hun-dreds of party workersin Panvel.

Four candidateswere in fray for the seat-Panvel City MunicipalCorporation’s OppositionLeader Pritam Mhatre,

PWP Panvel Constitu-ency General SecretaryKashinath Patil, Corpo-rator Haresh Keni and15 year Gram Pan-chayat SarpanchRavindra Bhagat. Mha-

Contd. on pg. 8

NMMC cancelsSenior Citizen Day

programmeThe Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC) whichhad organised a programmeto mark World Senior Citizen’sDay on October 1, 2019 atSahitya Mandir Auditorium,Sector. 6, Vashi has post-poned the programme due tothe imposition of AssemblyElection Code of Conduct.

No water supplyto Kalamboli andKhanda Colony

on TuesdayThe Maharashtra Jeevan Pra-dhikaran (MJP) has an-nounced that there will be nowater supply to Kalamboli andKhanda colony on Tuesdaydue repair work of water pipe-line from New Panvel and thesurrounding node. Hencethere will be no water supplyin Cidco, MTNL, KhandaColony, Asudgaon andKalamboli from 8 am to 8pmon Tuesday. There will be lowwater pressure on other allnodes which get water fromMJP during the above men-tioned shut down period.

Baby crawls outof hut; drowns in

marshy areaAn 8-month-old baby boy,staying in a slum near NerulGymkhana died after hecrawled out of his home andgot drowned in the marshyarea near his house on Sun-day afternoon…(Page 5)

Cine actress PoojaSawant at Vashi

Kalyan Jewellers hosted anexclusive evening for somelucky customers from the cityat Vashi. The invitees weretreated to a special interactionwith Kalyan’s regional brandambassador Pooja Sawant.The interaction saw the Mar-athi actress, who has alsomade her Bollywood Debutthis year, speak on jewellerytrends for the upcoming fes-tive season…(Page 6)

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NERUL: Aamra Pra-basi Charitable Trust(APCT), a socio – cul-tural association, is ac-tively involved in prep-aration of 5-day longDurgotsav, a rareblend of cultural andspiritual experience.

“From dancing tothe tune of Dhaakis toconsuming scrump-tious food, Pujo is cel-ebrated with equal en-thusiasm. In NaviMumbai, the entireBengali communitywaits for this informalhomely gatheringwhere people ignoretheir daily routine lifeand spend countlesstime to wide out their

Aamra Prabasi Charitable Trust celebratesDurgotsav with great religious fervour

energy. We believe inthe value of relation-ship and strive to pro-mote an atmosphere oftrust, bonding and fra-ternity. And we alwaystry to have this specialbonding with each oth-er during the celebra-tions,” said an organ-iser from the Trust.

This year the mainattraction of their cul-tural programmewould be musical nightperformance in theevening of Ashtami(6th October) by Suma-na Chakraborty &Ratul Das and Nabami(7th October) bySaptak Bhattacharjee& Jolly Das. The

evening of Sasthi andSaptami has been slat-ed for performance bylocal talents while Pan-chami evening wouldwitness the AnandoMela (food mela) byAamra Prabrasi La-dies group where Ben-gali housewives wouldset up their stalls hav-ing sizzling food itemsfor public consump-tion.

Spread across1,15,000 sq.ft. areas inRam Leela Maidan,sector-18, Nerul(west), the Temple ofMother Durga is beingbuilt by workers fromKolkata while idol isbeing made out of en-

vironmentally friendlymaterials such asbamboo, straw andclay from river Gangaby artisans from Kolk-ata.

“Spiritually, as weall know, Mother Dur-ga is the epitome ofpower and energy. Butto Bengalis she is alsolike their daughter whocomes to them for fivedays from her in-law’shouse. So according totradition the Bengalisfeel that Maa Durga istheir daughter and forfour days they worshipher with love and affec-tion as their owndaughter,” said anoth-er organiser.

CIDCO organises demolitiondrive at Ghansoli node

GHANSOLI: Underthe guidance of ShriKishan Jawale, Addi-tional Collector (Sel.Grade) and CCUC,CUC (North) the Cityand Industrial Devel-opment CorporationLtd. (CIDCO) conduct-ed a demolition drive atGhansoli on 27th Sep-tember, 2019 in ThaneDistrict of Navi Mum-bai.

During the drivethe unauthorized tim-ber mart of Mr Da-yaram Patel construct-ed by the partnershipfirm, Patel Bros. on anarea measuring 1072sq. m. at mauje Ra-

bale, Gat No. 28, andSurvey No. 1 in Ghan-soli Node was demol-ished.

The above men-tioned encroachment/unauthorised construc-

ministration, by follow-ing the due procedureof law, demolishedthose encroachments,said an official fromCIDCO.

The demolition drivewas carried out withthe help of two policepersonnel from RabalePolice station. CIDCO’ssecurity guards andMSF staff were alsopresent during the dem-olition drive.

While carrying outthe demolition drive 20labourers were em-ployed and the machin-ery used was 1 pocklain, 2 trucks, 1 JCB,and 5 jeeps.

tion was constructed byviolating the prevalentregulations and policyof CIDCO and withouttaking any permissionof CIDCO or NMMC.Hence, the CIDCO ad-

city this year during the election. After21st October our party workers will help themin getting their tickets confirmed if their tick-ets are in waiting list. It is very essential toincrease the percentage of voting in the upcom-ing Vidhan sabha elections. If the people leavefor village soon after the closure of school inbetween 15th to 20th October, the turnout of vot-ers will be very less. In Navi Mumbai 20-25percent of population is from northern belt.”

In order to increase the voting percentage,

the Election Commission, municipal corpora-tion, candidates and the party workers them-selves are approaching the people and request-ing them to go village after the election on 21st ofOctober.

Mahaveer Pendhari, NMMC AdditionalCommissioner (Election) said, “We are creatingawareness among the masses about the impor-tance of casting vote. Also, we are aware thatthe people from north leave for their village dur-ing Diwali vacation along with the family. Butthis time the staff who are doingthe election duty will try convincing them to govillage only after they cast their votes.”

First vote and then leave..Contd. from pg.1


Illegal business on footpathrampant in Sanjay Gandhi Nagar

on Thane-Belapur Road

Ward officers fight over jurisdiction

By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Illegalbusiness continue tothrive on the footpathof Sanjay Gandhi Na-gar on Thane-Belapurroad, greatly inconve-niencing the pedestri-ans, but the ward of-ficers of Digha andAiroli are busy fightingover the jurisdiction.The matter has beenbrought to the notice ofthe authorities severaltimes but due to inde-cision regarding juris-diction between thetwo wards, no actionhas been taken by theauthorities till date.

The residents al-lege that the shopkeep-ers dealing in trashand other business usethe footpath for keep-ing their wares due towhich they are forced

to walk on busy roadwhich is quite risky.

“The stretch fromDigha Baba temple toSanjay Gandhi Nagarin Digha on the ThaneBelapur road has beenencroached upon ille-gally by the vendors,making it impossiblefor pedestrians to usethe footpath, whichhave been constructedfor them,” said Yesh-want Kamble. He fur-ther said, “The illegalhawker mafia is be-coming stronger dayby day due to the sup-port of some politicalleaders, who viewthem as vote bank”.

Another residentKishore Sarode said,“The clash betweenthe Airoli and Dighaward officers over areajurisdiction has embo-ldened these vendors

further who are confi-dent that no actionwill be taken againstthem. The Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpo-ration should do some-thing otherwise thefootpath will vanish”.

When contactedDigha DivisionalWard Officer Priyan-ka Kalsekar said,“Sanjay Gandhi Na-gar falls under the ju-risdiction of Airoli,hence, it is the re-sponsibility of theAiroli ward to take ac-tion against the en-croachers”.

Airoli DivisionWard Officer AnantJadhav, on the othersaid, “I would have toconfirm if the areafalls under my juris-diction. If it is so, ac-tion will definitely betaken.”


NAVI MUMBAI: Whilethe use of Calcium Car-bide for the ripening offruits was banned inthe country since 2013,it is still being used il-legally by the traders,say the residents. Cal-cium Carbide are gen-erally used by the trad-ers in the market forripening fruits likemangoes, bananas,chickoo, oranges andwatermelon but due tothe presence of carcino-genic properties in thechemical, it has beenbanned by the govern-ment.

One of the fruit trad-ers from APMC market,Vashi on the conditionof anonymity said, “Ev-ery year Food and DrugAdministration (FDA)raids more than 1000 to2000 boxes of mangoesripened by calcium car-bide across the country.The government has al-ready banned the usageof this dangerouschemical but still manytraders across the coun-try use it rampantly tomake easy bucks. Un-til and unless strictrules and regulationscome into force, thefruit traders across thecountry will fearlesslyuse this chemical forartificial ripening offruits.”

Speaking withNewsband about theusage of calcium car-bide Alam Khan, a fruittrader in APMC mar-ket, Vashi told, “The is-sue of artificial ripeninghappens because of theway market is struc-tured. The mangoeswhich first enter intothe market before theseason, are sold at ahigher price. And due to

Rampant use of the bannedCalcium Carbide worry residents

this, the traders de-mand the farmers tosend raw mangoes,which are then artifi-cially ripened with thehelp of such chemicals.These are then sold athigher prices.”

When asked Alam togive details about theripening process, hesaid, “Acetylene gas isproduced by calciumcarbide and it createsheat. The main applica-tion of acetylene is inwelding and as a fuel.Acetylene gas when gen-erated from calciumcarbide contains toxic

impurities that affectthe neurological sys-tem. When acetylene isfilled up in the box ofmangoes and oranges,it heats the fruit fromoutside and thus themangoes and orangesstart losing their greencolour and turn yellowfrom outside.”

Under section 44(A) of the Food Safetyand Standards Act, 2006the use of calcium car-bide is banned acrossthe country as it is car-cinogenic and causescancer. Most of thetraders know about it,but still use it.

Senior official fromFDA, Maharashtra onthe condition of ano-nymity said, “In theyear 2012 our officialsseized more than 1000dozens of calcium car-bide ripened mangoesfrom all over Maharash-

tra and in May 2013 theofficials seized 706 doz-en mangoes worth Rs1.23 lakh from KasbaPeth area in Pune. Inthe year 2014, around600 dozen mangoes andother fruits were seizedfrom all across Maha-rashtra and in the year2015 at least 500 dozenof fruits with calciumcarbide usage wereseized. In the year 2016too, 300 dozen of fruitswith calcium carbideusage were seized andin the 2018-19 theamount of seized fruitscontaining calcium car-

bide were 100 dozen.The use of calcium car-bide is banned in mostof the country becauseit contains the traces ofarsenic and phospho-rus which pose a seri-ous threat to humanhealth. We have al-ready issued a directiveto the traders and havestrictly warned themagainst the use of thischemical. But still it isbeing used in Maha-rashtra and also acrossthe country. In order tocurb down the inci-dence of calcium car-bide usage in ripeningof fruits we need tobring more awarenessamong masses. Weneed to inform andmake the tradersaware that instead ofcalcium carbide theycan use ethylene gas toripen the mangoes andother fruits.”

Poetry recitation programmeheld at NMMC School No. 15

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: A po-etry recitation pro-gramme was organizedfor students at NaviMumbai MunicipalSchool No. 15 Shirav-ane School. About 40poems were recited bythe students from 5thto 8th standards of theschool. BhairaviDeokar, Arayan Kam-ble, Muskan Ansari,Suresh Patne, SidhiMohite students recit-ed the poems.

”Poetry is the lan-guage of the heart.

The aim of the pro-gramme was to famil-iarise the students

with poetry,” saidShobha Jadhav princi-pal of the school.

aware of the work be-ing carried out by mefor the citizens. TheBJP spokesperson willbe the right person toput light on this.”

Madhav Bhandari,BJP Spokesperson

speaking with News-band said, “The finaldecision will be takenby the ParliamentaryBoard of BJP and ac-cordingly we willpresent the list. Thecandidate name will befinalised by tomorrowevening.”

Attempts to contactGanesh Naik failed as

he was busy in a meet-ing.

Vinod Tawde, StateHigher and TechnicalEducation Ministeravoided the question onwho will be contestingfrom the Belapur Con-stituency and said thatthe BJP will providethe ticket to the rightcandidate.

Manda Mhatre

versus...

Contd. from pg.1


Issue : 128 1 October, 2019

Right combination ofrules provide idealatmosphere for the

young brains to growAbsolute liberty or independence often

tends to dilute the rules and regulationsand consequently, many times, leads to in-discipline. This is true in most of thespheres of life. Over stretching of the def-inition of liberty is evident in the presentsociety and specifically in the educationalfield. The modern day colleges appearmore as a get together point for the youthsrather than seats of learning.

As soon as the students complete theirschooling and enter the college, there isinherent feeling amongst students to breakaway all the shackles of the school life. Notonly they wish to feel liberated, they alsofeel that they have grown up in life. Theidea of cool and casual life of the collegecampus elates them. The present day con-sumerism catches fast on them and mod-ern dresses, mobile phones, bikes andcars, canteens, parties, etc. tend to be-come bare minimum needs. For many, ed-ucation takes a back seat and mere quali-fying exams are the ultimate dream. Thishas not only spoilt the results, but has alsoin turn brought down the reputations of theinstitutions.

As a corrective measure, few collegesin Mumbai, Navi Mumbai have brought inregulations to control dress code, use ofcellular phones, loitering in campus, banon smoking in campus etc. to curb the ero-sion of standards. They have brought insimilar restrictive rules for the teachingstaff as well. This has not trickled downwell both with the students as well as theteachers who feel that their liberty hasbeen encroached upon. Though it may ap-pear so, the dress code always brings asense of discipline besides a sense of fra-ternity feeling amongst the students of aparticular college. Also it shall help iso-late outsider, who enters the campus. Theban on mobile phones shall provide unin-terrupted lectures and more concentra-tion.

The college life develops citizens of to-morrow. Too much of rules and too much ofliberty, both are harmful. The right combi-nation shall provide ideal atmosphere forthe young brains to grow. It is definite thatonslaught of consumerism on education hasto be curbed to prevent the seats of educa-tion from becoming the fashion ramps or aget together place for gossiping.

Overwhelming response to Navi MumbaiTamil Sangam’s twin programmes

By C. K. Subramaniam

VASHI: Navi Mum-bai Tamil Sangam(NMTS) conducted twoprogrammes duringthe weekend which re-ceived an overwhelm-ing response from theresidents. On Saturday,at the CIDCO auditori-um All, Vashi, IndiaFolk Dance Festivalwas held under the aus-pices of Lion Club ofNerul in collaborationwith NMTS.

On Sunday, on theeve of International Se-nior Citizens Day (Oc-tober 1), NMTS cele-brated World SeniorCitizen’s day in a grandway. Over 65 seniorsgathered around at theThiruvalluvar Auditori-

um, behind bus termi-nus at Vashi. Theyshowcased their talentin front of select audi-ence.

The programmestarted with the Tamilprayer. Smt. Raj-yashri, Secretary ofNMTS spoke about theupcoming activities forthe senior citizens.

There was a luckydraw as well.

Freelance writerC.K. Subramaniamfrom Sanpada sungnursery rhymes in dif-ferent tunes and alsopresented a Tamil song.Ladies from Ko-perkhairane presentedbhajans. A game washeld for the partici-

pants in which theywere asked to talk onlyin Tamil without breakand without repeatingwords and without say-ing ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Nearly10 men and women en-thusiastically partici-pated in the game. AKaroke was presentedby a music group fromKoperkhairane.

SHIRDI: Shri Saiba-ba Sansthan Trust(Shirdi) will be celebrat-ing 101st Shri Punyat-ithi Utsav from Mon-day 7th October 2019 till10th October 2019. TheSamadhi Mandir willbe kept open for Dars-han for the entire nighton the main day of Ut-sav on 08th October2019. Mr. Deepak Mug-likar, Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Sansthanhas appealed the Saidevotees to participatein large number atthese celebrations andenhance the grandeurof the event.

Mr. Deepak Mug-likar said that in 1919the first Punyatithi ofShri Saibaba was heldaccording to the Tithi.Since then, these cele-brations have continuedwith utmost fervourand vigour. VijayaDashami has achieveda new identity as ShriSaibaba Punyatithi.Shri Sai devotees in In-dia and across the worldcelebrate this festival.On this occasion vari-ous programmes havebeen planned over a pe-riod of four days.

On the first day ofthe celebration, on

101st Shri Saibaba Punyatithi Utsavto be held from 7th and 10th October

Wednesday 07th Octo-ber 2019, Shri SaibabaKakad Arti will be heldat 04.30 am, photo andpothi procession at05.00 am, continuousreading of Shri Sai Sac-charit at Dwarakamaifrom 5.15 am, bath forShri Sai at 5.20 am fol-lowed by Darshan,Noon Arti at 12.30Noon and Teerthpras-ad, Keertan between 4pm to 6 pm at stagenear Samadhi Temple,Dhuparti at 6.15 pm,Programme by invitedartists will be held be-tween 7.00 pm to 10.00pm. Palanquin proces-sion will move throughthe city at 9.15 pm andShejarati at 10.30 pm.As this is the first dayof the celebration,Dwarakamai Mandirwill be open for the en-tire night for continu-ous reading.

On Thursday8th October is the mainday for the celebration.On this day Kakad Artifor Shri Sai will be heldat 04.30 am, continu-ous reading will end at5.00 am with Shri pho-to and pothi procession.There will be auspiciousbath for Shri at 5.20 amfollowed by Darshan,

Bhiksha Jholi pro-gramme at 9 am, Keer-tan programme at 10am, Aaradhana Vidhiwill be held at 10.30 amon the stage in front ofSamadhi Mandir, NoonArti at 12,30 Noon withTeerthprasad andSeemolanghan at 5 pmat Khandoba Templewith Procession, Dhu-parti at 6.15 pm. Pro-grammes by invitedartists will be held be-tween 7.00 pm and10.00 pm. The chariotprocession of ShriSaibaba will be carriedthroughout the city at9.15 pm. As this is themain day of the Utsav,the Samadhi Mandirwill be kept open forthe entire night. Be-tween 11 pm and 5 amnext morning, variousartists will perform be-fore Shri Saibaba.

On the third day ofthe celebration, therewill be auspicious bathfor Shri Saibaba at 5.20am followed by Dars-han. Noon Arti will beheld at 12.30 Noonwith Teerthprasad.Keertan program willbe held between 4 pmand 6 pm. Dhoop Artiwill be held at 6.15 pm.Program by invited

artists will be held be-tween 7.00 pm to 10.00pm followed by She-jaarti at 10.30 pm.

On the concludingday of the Utsav,Kakad Arti for Shri Saiwill be held at 04.30am. There will be aus-picious bath for ShriSaibaba at 5.20 am fol-lowed by Darshan.Rudrabhishek Poojawill be held at Gurust-han Temple at 6.45 am.Gopalkala Keertanwill be held at 10 amwith Dahihandi pro-gram and Noon Arti at12.10 noon with Teerth-prasad. Dhuparati willbe held at 6.15 pm anda program by invitedartists will be held be-tween 7.00 and 10.00pm. Shejarati will beheld at 10.30 pm.

Under the guidanceof Chief Executive Offic-er of the Sansthan Mr.Deepak Muglikar, Dep-uty Chief Executive Of-ficer Mr.RavindraThakre, Chief AccountsOfficer Mr. BabasahebGhorpade, all adminis-trative officers, allHeads of departmentsand staff are makingefforts to make thisauspicious event suc-cessful


By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Thepolice are on thelookout for a traderfrom Mumbra, whohas allegedly cheatedfour traders by buyingdry fruits worth lakhsof rupees and notpaying the money.The accused identifiedas Sohail Khan hascheated four traders ofAPMC Masala Marketto the tune of Rs. 92lakh 67 thousand. Acriminal case hasbeen filed against theaccused and theAPMC police havelaunched a search forSohail Khan.

The accused Khan,a resident of Mum-bra, deals in dryfruits in the CentralFacility Building inAPMC under thename Shifa Traders.Meanwhile, SohailKhan had purchasedalmonds and figsworth Rs 40 lakh 95thousand from TanajiPawar, a trader inMasala Marketduring the threemonths period fromSeptember to Decem-ber last year. Similar-ly, he purchased dry

Police search forabsconding trader whocheats 4 traders to the

tune of Rs. 92 lakhfruits worth Rs 15lakh and 24 thousandfrom a wholesale abusinessman namedDarshan Kapadia andpurchased cashewworth Rs 16 lakh 32thousand fromPradeep Indulkar and20 lakh 13 thousandfigs and pistachiosfrom Vinod Yadav- alltotal amounting to Rs92 lakh 67 thousand.

Believing him thetraders gave dryfruits worth lakhs ofrupees. Wheneverthey asked for moneyhe would give vagueanswers and eventu-ally he closed downhis office in theCentral FacilityBuilding of APMCMarket and fled.Following which allfour traders filed awritten complaint tothe Police DeputyCommissioner ofCircle-1. According tosenior police inspectorSatish Nikam, “Acriminal case hasbeen registeredagainst Sohail Khan.The accused in theincident is presentlyabsconding and theinvestigation is on”.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: An 8-month-old baby boy,staying in a slum nearthe Nerul Gymkhanadied after he drowned inthe marshy area nearhis house on Sundayafternoon. The Nerulpolice have registeredthe case as accidentaldeath and is carryingout further investiga-tions.

The deceased AryanSheikh was staying ina nearby hut with hisparents and grand-mother. Aryan’s fathersells balloons at sig-nals, while his motheris a rag picker. On Sun-

Baby crawls out of hut;drowns in marshy area

day morning, Aryan’sparents had left forwork leaving the babywith his grandmother.At around 12 pm, whileAryan’s grandmotherworked inside thehome, the baby crawledout of the hut towardsthe marshy area andfell. When the grand-mother failed to findAryan, she raised analarm and startedsearching for the babyalong with the otherslum dwellers. Theythen spotted the lifelessbody of the child. Hewas rushed to the hos-pital, however, the doc-tors declared him dead.

92 Nirankaris donate blood at VashiVASHI: In the multi

social activities orga-nized by Sant NiankariMission on 29th Septem-ber, 2019, 92 Nirankarisdonated blood at Vashi,60 youths were benefit-ted with Minor Thalas-semia Check-up at thesame venue and 727devotees were benefittedwith free medical check-up at Kalwa.

The Blood Donationcamp was organised atSant Nirankari Sat-sang Bhawan, Sector19-D wherein 92 Niran-kari Devotees donatedtheir blood enthusiasti-cally. The teams of doc-tors and technicians ofNMMC Blood Bank col-lected the blood.

The camp was inau-gurated by Shri Bhu-pendra Singh Chugh,Zonal Incharge of SantNirankari Mandal,

Mumbai Zone. ShriManohar Sawant, localSector Sanyojak andShri Anil Shinde,Mukhi (Vashi) werepresent on the occasion.

Minor ThalassemiaCheck-up was arrangedin association with To-lani Seva Sankalp,Thane at the same ven-ue, wherein 60 youths

were benefitted.The local Sewadal

unit and SNCF volun-teers devoted their self-less services to make thecamp successful.

J. M. Mhatre Charita-ble Associationalong with KarnalaCharitable Trust ush-ered in Navratri Utsavon Sunday, Septem-ber 29, with great de-votion. Haresh Keniand MLA BalaramPatil were the chiefguests. Dandiya willbe held for the nextnine days at thegrand ground of St.Joseph School inSector 7A of NewPanvel.


Cine actress Pooja Sawant at Vashi

NAVI MUMBAI : Kaly-an Jewellers, India’strusted and leadingjewellery brand todayhosted an exclusiveevening for some luckycustomers from thecity. The invitees weretreated to a special in-teraction with Kaly-an’s regional brandambassador PoojaSawant. The interac-tion saw the Marathiactress, who has alsomade her BollywoodDebut this year, speakon jewellery trends forthe upcoming festiveseason. The highlightof the evening was hersharing her favouritepicks from Muhurat -Kalyan Jewellers’ ex-quisite wedding jewel-lery collection.

At the Vashi, NaviMumbai event, Poojawas dressed in a grace-

ful tealblue Anarkali and waswearing a choker setwith dangling pearlsfrom Kalyan Jewellers’Anokhi collection. Tocomplete the look, shepaired the same withearrings and banglesalong with a maangtikka. The regionalbrand ambassador en-gaged warmly withthe audience, drawingfrom her experience ofjewellery shopping justbefore Diwali and alsoaddressing the queriesfrom the guests on styl-ing and matching jew-ellery with the tradi-tional outfits. The in-timate evening sawPooja Sawant share afew light and fun mo-ments peppered withpersonal anecdotes andclicking selfies withher fans.

Kalyan Jewellershad roped in PoojaSawant as the region-al brand ambassadorfor the state of Maha-rashtra. The Marathiactress will predomi-nantly feature in thecompany’s hyper localcommunication cam-paigns aimed at thetech-savvy, digitallyactive millennial audi-ence and will be a partof the brands custom-er centric initiativeslike this one.

This festive season,apart from the unbeat-able shopping experi-ence, Kalyan Jewellerswill also be offeringtheir customers the‘Gold Check-Up’ offer,wherein the brand pro-vides free cleaning andpolishing for all Kaly-an as well as non-Ka-lyan Jewellery.

Over 350 Navi Mumbaikar’s from 7 to 81 year old partici-pated in the Walkathon organised as part of World HeartDay Celebrations 2019 to follow active lifestyles andundergo periodic heart screening .

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: In or-der to create awarenessabout CardiovascularDiseases (CVD) whichis one of the leadingcauses of death in India,Hiranandani HospitalVashi-A Fortis Net-work Hospital orga-nized ‘Dil Se Chalo, DilKe Liye’ Walkathon,urging Navi Mum-baikars to do away withunhealthy and seden-tary lifestyles on Sun-day in Vashi . Held onthe occasion of WorldHeart Day 2019, cele-brated on 29 Septemberevery year the same wasflagged-off by DrBrajesh Kunwar, Sr.Consultant, Interven-tional Cardiology &Sandeep Guduru, Facil-ity Director, Hiranan-dani Hospital Vashi.

Over 350 NaviMumbaikar’s in theage group of 7 to 81year old includingManish Sontakke, Sr.Orthopedic Surgeon,Dr Sameer Chitnis, Sr.Anesthetist, Hiranan-dani HospitalVashi,.Mugdha Kathu-ria, Founder & CEOSmart Conceptz amongothers walked over the2.5 km lush greenstretch, to highlight theneed for regular physi-cal activity and period-ic heart screening toappropriately preventand tackle Cardiovas-cular Disease.

Speaking about theWalkathon, SandeepGuduru, said, “ High

Hiranandani Hospital-Vashi‘Dil Se Chalo, Dil Ke Liye’

Walkathon Receives Huge Response

work stress, adoption ofsedentary lifestyle andunhealthy habits hashad a debilitating im-pact on our communi-ties. This initiative is astep towards buildingawareness amongst thecommunity, with ahope that heart healthylifestyle is adopted byall age groups. I amglad to see such enthu-siastic participationfrom the citizens ofNavi Mumbai”

Dr Brajesh Kunwaron the other hand said,“Heart Disease is one ofthe leading cause ofdeaths in India andaround the world. Ear-lier, only older individ-uals were seen comingin with heart diseases,but now, sedentary lif-estyle and extremework-related stress hastaken a toll, makingeven youth under 30yrsof age extremely sus-ceptible to heart diseas-es. From what we seeevery day, burden ofcardiac diseases on the

youth is only increas-ing. Activities such asthe walkathon today,are aimed at increasingawareness and buildingmotivation to stayhealthy”.

In addition the aspart of the World HeartDay celebrations fur-ther, Cardiac Special-ists at HiranandaniHospital, Vashi hosteda free cardiac check-upcamp for the seniorNavi Mumbaikar’s on28th & 29th September2019. The participantsunderwent Body MassIndex (BMI) check,Blood Pressure check,and ECG, upon doctor’sevaluation, they under-went 2D-Echocardio-gram (ECHO) & Tread-mill Test (TMT). About550 seniors, benefittedfrom this two-day campthat was spearheadedby Dr Brajesh Kunwar,Senior Consultant, In-terventional Cardiolo-gy, Hiranandani Hospi-tal, Vashi-A Fortis Net-work.

The staff of Navi Mumbai Co-Op Bank Ltd, Vashi, and Nerul branch celebrated thesecond day of Navratri by wearing white colour dress.

NMMC C Ward women dressed in white saree and salwar kameez to mark the secondday of Navratri (Chandrashekhar Hendve)

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I want to narrate adream and then willcontinue. So last nightI dreamed that peopleare shouting and whenI asked them they saidthat their bank, withtheir hard-earned mon-ey, is closed. Cut to nextscene, many people aretaking axes in theirhands. I was afraid inthe dream what theywill be doing but thenthey started diggingthe holes in the ground.I asked them why youare doing this? Thensomeone answered thatwe will keep our mon-ey in these pits asbanks are not safe any-more. What if someonefinds it? I asked. Thenone senior citizen toldthat this is better thansome money lender anddefaulter getting ourhard-earned moneyand suddenly I wokeup. I understood that Iwas reading about theban on PMC so myworst fears came in thedream. Are we not liv-ing in a lawless societywhere anything hap-pens? Why RBI wassleeping for six years orthings should not havereached this point? Iheard that at some co-operative society no oneturned up to delivermilk, as the deliveryboys were apparentlyunable to withdrawenough cash from theirbank to buy milk sup-plies. And the reasonwas their savings iscurrently stuck at Pun-jab Maharashtra Coop-erative (PMC) Bank,which has been putunder restrictions bythe Reserve Bank ofIndia and it was donebecause they were re-fusing to recognize itsbad loan situation.Withdrawals from

Money Woes

bank accounts havebeen restricted andwith their life savingsparked in one of India’stop-ranked cooperativebank, over 51,000 de-positors have been leftin the lurch. RBI hasset a limit for withdraw-al. How it is possible fora person to clear ac-count if he had largesavings. This step hashampered many inno-

cent lives, their trusthas been eroded andmany are now usingsocial media to call formass protests.

Newspapers havepublished that the cor-porate office of the bankis housed in a mall de-veloped by HDIL, lend-ing to which has alleg-edly caused the ongoingtrouble at this bank.No one from the bankauthorities has ex-plained until now aboutwhat exactly causedthe sudden crisis atPMC Bank and wheth-er lending to HDIL in-deed leads to its nearcollapse. According tosources tens of thou-

sands of small business-es, retired professionalsand even cooperativegroup housing societiesdeposit their life sav-ings in such coopera-tive banks. This bankhas nearly 140 branch-es across severalstates, with maximumbranches in Maharash-tra.

So, let us under-stand the concept of co-

operative banks. Theyare the banks whichoperate at the districtlevel and serve as a linkbetween the base levelprimary cooperative so-cieties or PACs and themoney market. Theirmain function has beendecided to provide loansto the primary cooper-ative societies or PACS.But they give loans toothers also and provideremittance facilitiesand they shift surplusfunds from surplus pri-mary societies to thedeficit ones. Thesebanks are traditionallyworking for communi-

Contd. on pg. 8

KHARGHAR: Saras-wati College of Engi-neering (SCOE),Kharghar received fouraward by ComputerSociety of India (CSI),which is the largestbody of computer pro-fessionals in India.

SCOE received the

It is raining awards for SaraswatiCollege of Engineering

Best Institute of theyear award under thecategory “Innovativepedagogical approachesand tools”. Dr. Man-jusha Deshmukhbagged the Best Facul-ty of the year awardunder the category,Funded Research. Prof.

Nilesh Patil was giventhe Best Faculty of theyear award under thecategory StudentsProject, while Dr. DeepaParashar was given theBest Faculty of the yearaward under the cate-gory ‘Funded Re-search’.

An idol of Ambemata at Mahatma Gandhi Complex - Sector 14, Vashi (Sumit Renose)

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MUMBAI: A perfectblend of lifestyle andadventure comes to theheart of Mumbai to sa-tiate the pursuit ofyoung and vibrantMumbaikars. ISUZU,the manufacturer ofworld-renowned life-style & adventurepick-up – V-Cross andIndia’s leading special-ity coffee company,Blue Tokai CoffeeRoasters, have cometogether to brew asense of liberation fromthe monotony. Here isthe ISUZU BrandShowroom, to be popu-larly known as ISUZUCafé, set amidst theupscale South Mumbaineighbourhood of Nari-man Point, offering awhole new experience

of ‘ISUZU life’ in a cafésetting.

This brand show-room of ISUZU inSouth Mumbai, depictsthe ‘celebration of a lif-estyle’ that encapsu-lates travel, adventure& exploration woveninto versatile machineslike the V-Cross andmu-X. Internationallythese vehicles havecarved a niche for them-selves, thanks to thesheer enthusiasm theyoffer with their versa-tility and performance.Located on the groundfloor of the CR2 Mall inNariman Point, thisbrand’s touch-point willconnect with every agegroup - from young bud-ding enthusiasts, busi-nessmen who stands

out or to a family whichseek the best of bothworlds.

The ambience is re-laxed, and easy-going.One can walk in to en-joy freshly brewed cof-fee made with the fin-est Arabica beans,sourced from single-es-tate farms across thecountry.

The ISUZU BrandShowroom is a place forconversation and de-signed to rejuvenatethose who need to breakaway from their rou-tine. The café will per-manently showcase theISUZU D-MAX V-Crossand mu-X Sports Utili-ty Vehicle and one cantouch and feel thesemachines and can takea test drive.

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Shri Ekwira Devi, located in the hillock ofMora Koliwada village of Uran taluka is a popularreligious centre. Devotees from the taluka come inlarge number to seek the blessing of the goddess.The devotees celebrate Shri Ekwira Devi with greatreligious fervour in the month of Chaitra. Mahapras-ad is organized for all devotees after pooja.

Mora villagers celebrateEkwira Devi

ties, localities and workplace groups and theyessentially lend tosmall borrowers andbusinesses. Thesebanks are also regulat-ed by the RBI and theyare governed by theBanking RegulationsAct 1949 and BankingLaws (Co-operative So-cieties) Act, 1965.

The main objectiveof Co-operative banks isto provide financial as-sistance to economical-ly weaker sections of so-ciety. By RBI data weknow that till March 31this year, 1542 urbancooperative banks wereoperating in the coun-try and of these, 46UCBs had a negativenet worth (liabilitiesmore than assets) and26 UCBs were underdirections of the RBI.We can understandthat all is not well withthe cooperative banksand their oversightmechanism also be-

comes apparent whenone examines the fre-quency with whichsuch banks are put un-der restrictions.

In 2019 at least fourcooperative banks havebeen put under similaror harsher restrictionsbetween January andSeptember this year–Kolikata Mahila Coop-erative Bank and Unit-ed Cooperative Bankfrom West Bengal, Hin-du Cooperative Bankfrom Punjab and nowPMC Bank. The case ofPMC has come in thepublic eye because it ishaving significant mon-ies invested by deposi-tors. But one thing Idon’t understand is howcome things turned soalarming all of a sud-den? The annual reportof PMC for 2018-19,which has been pre-sented only last month,says that everythingappeared normal. Thebank had also shown adeposit base of over Rs11,000 crore. Not eventhe statutory auditors

to this bank, Lakadwa-la & Co, have notflagged a single con-cern in their audit re-port for 2018-19.So theauditors had no idea ofanything being amiss,the RBI had no ideathat the bank was in-dulging in alleged dubi-ous lending and thestate government re-mained oblivious to thegoings-on at PMCBank.

Now whom to blameand what happens tohard-earned money ofpeople who had invest-ed their life savings.The RBI should comeout with a better regu-latory mechanism forcooperative banks ingeneral and with a bet-ter roadmap for over-sight of these banks. AsJonathan Swift says “Awise person should havemoney in their head,but not in their heart.”So, are we getting to-wards the time thatmoney will be in thehead only and not inbanks?

Kanak ‘s pen..Contd. from pg. 7

Taxi driver duped of Rs 1 lakh frompassengers who promise to give

dollars at cheaper rateBy Crime Reporter

A taxi driver, wasduped of Rs. 1 lakh bytwo passengers, whopromised to give himUS dollar at a cheaperrate. APMC police havelaunched a search fortwo women and a manin connection with thecase.

The victimBhagawan Ghodke (49)a resident of JuinagarSector-23 was lured bytwo passengers- a manwho has been identifiedas Ramesh. The identi-ty of women is notknown. The duo had

hired the taxi of Ghodkelast week. During theride, Ramesh tried todraw the attention of thedriver by removing anUS $ and said that hehas 18 lakh US dollars.

Ghodke who was lis-tening to the conversa-tion said that he wasinterested in taking themoney. However, hesaid, that he has onlyRs. 1 lakh. In pretextof giving US $ Rameshasked Ghodke to meethim at garden in Kopri,APMC.

Accordingly, ataround 11am on Sun-

day, Ramesh reachedwith 1 lakh rupees.Ramesh along with thealleged women cameand gave a bundle of 1lakh US $ in a hand-kerchief and left theplace with Rs. 1 lakh inreturn.

After some time,Ghodke checked thedollar in the handker-chief, and found papersinstead of dollar. He lat-er filed a complaintwith the APMC policestation. Accordingly,the police havelaunched a search forthe accused in this case.

tre was finally shortlist-ed. However, as he de-nied to contest, the par-ty selected Haresh Keni.

The selection wasbased on several rea-sons: Keni has earlierwon two Gram Pan-chayat elections and hasalso won the Corporatorseat from PCMC WardNumber 3D. Moreoverhis brother’s wife, Shi-tal Dinesh Keni is alsoa Corporator from Wardnumber 1B. The familyis said to have a stronghold in their wards aswell as on its outskirts.In addition, Keni isknown for his leadershipquality and cooperativenature with his col-leagues and party work-

ers.While officially an-

nouncing the name ofHaresh Keni as the offi-cial candidate of PWP,INC, NCP, CPI, and oth-er parties Front, MLCBalaram Patil ex-pressed, “The PWP hadruled the Panvel Consti-tution for 10 terms andhave always worked toresolve the problemsfaced by the local peopleat the ground level. Ourparty workers firmly be-lieve in staying connect-ed with the people andworking for the develop-ment and upliftment ofthe society.”

APMC PanvelChairman, RajendraPatil, said, “Since theinception of the PWPparty, the aim of theparty has been to re-solve civic issues being

faced by the residents.’The candidate

Haresh Keni an-nounced, “My main ob-jective will be to ensurethat the residents areable to get the basicamenities, which istheir fundamentalrights. Even as a corpo-rator I have alwaysfought for this in theCorporation and willcontinue to do that infuture.’

The dais was sharedby MLC Balaram Patil,Senior Leaders JMMhatre, NarayansethGharat, APMC PanvelChairman RajendraPatil, PCMC OppositionLeader Pritam Mhatre,Panvel ConstitutionGeneral SecretaryKashinath Patil, Corpo-rator Ganesh Kadu andother eminent people.

PWP Frontfield Haresh..

Contd. from pg. 1


Suraj Subramanam, the Mridangam artist from Nerul gave a scintillating performancein Kannika Parameswari temple in Matunga on 30th September, 2019. (Photo courtesy:C.K. Subramaniam)

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Crimebranch unit-1 teamraided a hookah par-lour, Café Palm Atlan-tis in Satra Plaza ataround 1:30 pm on Fri-day and arrested 34customers. In this op-eration, police have ar-rested the owner of thehookah parlour andseized hookah materi-als. The hookah par-lour, it is learnt was

Police take action againsthookah parlour in Satra Plaza

raided by APMC policein January and Junelast as well, however, itresumed its illegal op-erations again.

Crime branch unit1 were informed that ahookah parlour was op-erating illegally atCafé Palm Atlantis onthe first floor of thebuilding. Thus, ataround midnight onFriday, a team ofCrime Branch Unit-1

raided Café Palm At-lantis. During the raid,the police noticed thatsome young men werein the parlour. The po-lice arrested 34 cus-tomers sitting at thehookah parlour andalso seized the hookahflavours and materialsneeded for the hookah.Police also arrested theowner, Nikunj KantilalSawla (27) of the hoo-kah parlour.

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: In therun up to the much-awaited NBA IndiaGames 2019, whichwill witness IndianaPacers taking onSacramento Kings intwo preseason gameson Friday, 4 Octoberand Saturday, 5October, 2019 at theNSCI dome in Mum-bai, the US-basedNational BasketballAssociation (NBA)league hosted a ‘HerTime To Play Clinic’with the intention ofpopularising the sportamong young girls.

Along with provid-ing a true sense ofon-court training, the37-year-old Women’sNBA legend EbonyHoffman along withher team of experi-

Women NBA Legend EbonyHoffman Organises ‘Her Time

To Play Clinic’ For Young Girls

Fifty budding hoopsters from Reliance Foundation’s Junior NBA Programme excitedlypose with Women’s NBA legend Ebony Hoffman and her team of instructors.

Excited participant undergo basic training in basketballduring the ‘Her Time To Play Clinic’.

enced coaches en-sured that the 50participating girlsfrom Reliance Foun-dation’s Jr. NBA fromdifferent walks of lifewere also providedthe proper guidanceand training for lifeskills.

While the 4

October game isreserved for over3,000 youth under aRF Junior Pro-gramme, the one tobe played the nextday is open for thegeneral public. Sheexpressed optimismthat India will havean NBA player soon.

Training imparted toelection staff in Airoli

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Thestaff of the Airoli assem-bly constituency weregiven training duringthe weekend at Shr-iram Vidyalaya, Sector

3, Airoli.The training was

given under the guid-ance of Election Deci-sion Officer Abhay Kar-gutakar. During thetraining, the doubts

and queries of the staffwas cleared. On the 9thof October, the nextguidance will be held inMadhavi Mangal Kary-alaya hall at Airoli Sec-tor 5.

Tejas Vasantrao Jadhav has been appointed as vice-president of the Bharatiya JanataParty Yuva Morcha Kamothe city. The appointment letter was given by former MPRamseth Thakur in the presence of MLA Prashant Thakur, Taluka president Arun ShethBhagat, district spokesperson Y. T Deshmukh.

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Onions are making uscry bitterly

The price of onions has seen a steep rise inMumbai and other parts of the country in the lastfew weeks. This is because of black marketingand hoarding. Very soon it is likely to touch Rs 100 a kilo (Newsband,September 28). This will result in kitchen grievances for the house-holds, as the prices are too high for most of the middle-class families toafford. Onion is the staple food of the common man and it is required byus daily, not only for cooking but even for making salads and snacksitems like poha. Without onions, we are unable to cook our food.

The government must control inflation and must do something tobring down the price of onions as a relief to the families of the lower andmiddle-class income groups. The steep price rise of onions is bringingtears to our eyes and making us cry bitterly.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar turns 90Every time, you listen to ‘Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hain,’ it leaves

you with goose bumps. Such is the charm of that song even after somany years! And the credit goes to Lata Mangeshkar. Popularly knownas the ‘Nightingale of India’, she has lent her voice to over a thousandHindi films and many regional and foreign languages as well.

Her real name is Hema, and she is the eldest child of the Mangesh-kar family. She began her singing career in 1942 and soon made herway to the Guinness World Records List as the ‘most recorded artiste inthe history of playback singing’. As the legendary singer celebrates her90th birthday today, we bring you some interesting facts about her whichwill leave you amazed.

There may not be a moment when somebody, somewhere, is not lis-tening to a song sung by Lata Mangeshkar. It has been so for the last sixdecades or so. That golden voice turns a melody and no singer has cap-tured the imagination of an entire nation like she has. Music fans maybe divided when it comes to choosing their favourite male singers – somemight swear by Mohammed Rafi, others by Kishore Kumar, and someothers by K.J. Yesudas – but the majority of them may pick Lata thefemale voice they most want to listen to.

It is a blessing to have a repetition of same voice in the present daysof modernization where the city is devoid of trees and nightingales andperhaps for these reasons alone god blessed the great soul, the personifi-cation of Nightingale , the queen of melodious voice and a great motiva-tor in music. For a country where music mostly means film music, thispatriotic song moved a nation like no film song could. Recorded as atribute to the Indian soldiers who fought against China in the 1962 war,it was written by poet Pradeep and tuned by C. Ramachandra.

It was no rousing song, but a poignant one – penned so evocatively byPradeep – that spoke about the sacrifices of the soldier. Lata’s perfor-mance, at the National Stadium in New Delhi on the Republic Day in1963, in the presence of President S. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minis-ter Jawaharlal Nehru, had the audience in tears. Happy birthday LataMangeshkar. Many more happy returns of the day. We wish you mayinspire other celebrities and awardees to follow your footsteps and notpeddle cheap goods and services that they never use just to enrich them-selves.

C.K. Subramaniam, Sector 9 Sanpada

Viju Khote was the veterantheatre and film actor

Viju Khote who went to his heavenly abode on September 30, 2019 atthe ripe age of 77 was a veteran theatre and film actor. He is best knownfor his roles of Kalia in ‘Sholay’ and Robert in ‘Andaz Apna Apna’. Heappeared in over 300, Hindi and Marathi films and also numerous tele-vision shows and plays.

He made his screen debut with the 1964 Marathi film ‘Ya Malak’ andwent on to do the most iconic characters in Bollywood. He was the youngerbrother of actress Shubha Khote. His father Nandu Khote was a notedstage actor and actress Durga Khote was his aunt. He was last seen inthe 2018 Bollywood movie ‘Jaane Kyun De Yaaron’. He will be remem-bered by the Bollywood film industry for the sweet roles he played infilms.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor.... Navratri Gets UnderwayWith Religious Fervour

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Tens ofthousands of devoteesacross the city throngedvarious temples andpandals across onopening day of the nine-day-long festival,Navratri to worshipGoddess Durga andseek her blessings..Alongside observing fastand performing variousrituals , preparing aspecial offering, theopening day alsowitnessed Garbha andDandiya being per-formed at variousmandals across the citywho swayed to the

Rains fail to dampen the enthusiasm of the devotees as they participate in groupprayers

A devotee performs aarti of Goddess Durga in Vashi onthe opening day of Sharad Navratri at Vashi

traditional goddesssongs and beats ofdrums even as rains

fail to dampen thespirit of the revellers.(Photos by Author)

Supporters fromNCP, Congress,Shiv Sena andThe Peasantsand WorkersParty of India ofMohapada, Uran,Turade GramPanchayat, Ladi-wali, Kasalak-hand Gram Pan-chayat, Sai Gram-panchayat, Gul-sunday GramPanchayat joinBharatiya JanataParty


By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: CentralRailway (CR) willrun 12 Weekly Super-fast Suvidha /Special trains betweenChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT), Mumbai andLucknow to clear theextra rush of passen-gers during Puja,Diwali festival season2019. The details are asunder-

Train No. 82107Weekly SuperfastSuvidha Special willleave CSMT, Mumbaiat 14.10 hrs o-n every

CR To Run Superfast Suvidha /Special Trains On Mumbai –Lucknow Route From 1st Oct

Tuesday from 1st Octto 5th Nov, 2019 (SixTrips) and arrive Luc-know at 13.15 hrsnext day. On the otherhand Train No. 01020Weekly Special trainwill leave Lucknow at15.00 hrs o-n everyWednesday from 2ndOct to 6th Nov, 2019(Six Trips) and arriveat CSMT, Mumbai at17.35 hrs next day.The above Trains willcomprise of One AC-2Tier, Eight AC-3Tier, Four SecondSleeper Class andThree General Second

Class coaches. Haltsen-route includes Da-dar, Kalyan, Igatpuri,Nashik Road,Bhusaval, Itarsi, Bho-pal, Jhansi, Orai andKanpur stations.Bookings for Train No.82107 Weekly Super-fast Suvidha Specialtrain have opened from29th Sept, 2019 at allPRS centres and o-nwebsite www.irctc.co.in.General Second Classcoaches in these Spe-cial trains will run asunreserved coaches andtickets can be bookedthrough UTS.

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: KonkanRailway has decided toimpose route block forupgradation of infra-structure work at An-jani station betweenKhed and Chiplunstation for commission-ing of Loop Line No. 2on Tuesday 1st Oct,2019 from 17:00 hrs to24:00 hrs. The detailsof repercussions vari-ous Express the trainsvia KR route with haltat Panvel Jn are asunder :

Upgradation Work AtAnjani Station Today

To Effect Express Services On KR RouteA) Trains Resched-

uled:Train No. 12052

Madgaon – Dadar “Jan-shatabdi” Express dat-ed Tuesday 1st Oct,2019 is rescheduled toleave ex. Madgaon Jn.at 13:45 hrs ( i.e. 01.30hrs late).

B) Trains Detained: 1) 1. Train No.

12619 Lokmanya Tilak(T) – Mangaluru Cen-tral “MatsyagandhaExpress.

2) 2. Train No.50103 Dadar – Ratna-

giri passenger.3) 3. Train No.

22113 Lokmanya Tilak(T) – Kochuveli Ex-press.

4) 4. Train No.11004 SawantwadiRoad – Dadar “Tutari”Express.

5) 5. Train No.10112 Madgaon Jn. –Mumbai CSMT “Kon-kankanya” Express.

Passengers are re-quested to kindly notethe same. Inconve-nience caused is regret-ted.


Navi Mumbai couple spreads awareness on the adverse effects of plastic

Husband and wife walk 10 km across Airoli

AIROLI: Perturbedby the rampant use ofplastic by the citizensand understanding itsharmful effect onenvironment, Dinesh-kumar Singh, aresident of Sector 6,Airoli and GroupLeader, TCS Innova-tion Lab, along withhis spouse walked 10kilometres across thenode of Airoli high-lighting the harmfuleffects of plastic. Theduo covered chawls,row-houses, residen-tial buildings, schools,religious processions,Durga pandal, tem-

ples, fishvegetablemarkets,shopkeep-ers, streetvendorsand evenmetcleaningworkersin varioussectors.

“It wasexcitingas wecoveredmaximumpart of thenode inaroundthree hours and

spread the message toover 1000 people. Fewpeople even asked usthe reason for thisinitiative, but whenthey realised that wewere doing it just as avolunteer activity,they assured us thatthey too will do theirbit towards environ-ment by switchingover to cloth or paperbags,” says Mr. Singh.

The couple was

supported in thisendeavour by theirtwo kids who helpedin making paperbanner with themessage. “Our goalwas to create aware-ness and make peoplerealise the harmfuleffect of using plastic,”adds Mr. Singh. Theresponse that thecouple received fromthe people was over-

whelm-ing. “Thebest partwas whenwe met adozen kidsat apandal,who alongwithseniormembersandorganiz-ers,immedi-ately saidthat theytoo will

Splendid show by Lions Club of Nerul

Interstate Folk Dance Extravaganza

held at CIDCO Auditorium, Vashi

By Lakshman Sundar

VASHI: The LionsClub of Nerul organizedan Interstate- FolkDance Extravaganza atCIDCO Auditorium inVashi, Navi Mumbai onSaturday, September28, 2019. For nearlythree hours it was akaleidoscope of India’smulticulturism, diver-sity, plurality and hu-mongous heterogeneity.Young artistes frommany Indian states putup a marvellous perfor-mance and enthralledthe packed audiencewith their dancingskills. All cultural orga-nizations trained their

students so well thatthe entire evening wit-nessed a flawless andfantastic display oftheir graceful footwork,movement and expres-sion.Participating Organizations

Over a dozen cultur-al organizations show-cased their respectiveregion’s folk dance.They included GV Ra-mani NatyakalaFoundation, MarathiSahitya Sanskrit &Kalamandir, New Bom-bay Bengali Associa-tion, Navi MumbaiTamil Sangham, ShreeGujarati Samaj NaviMumbai, Navi Mum-

bai Kannada Sangh,Vishwa Sindhi SevaSangh, Rajasthan Vi-kas Sanstha, Na-tanapriya, Navi Mum-bai Tamil SanghamNarayana MandiraSamithi, Nerul, TheAssam Association,Mumbai, MumbaiOriya Women’s Associ-ation Shree LohanaSamaj, Navi Mumbai,New Bombay PunjabiAssociation and Gurud-wara Sri GurusinghSabha, Vashi.,

Lions Club’s top offi-cials honoured eachgroup with a certificate.Shri. Ganesh Naik wasthe Chief Guest.

participate in thisinitiative and talkwith others as well,”beamingly remarksMr. Singh.

“It was apure, personal volun-teering activity tospread the awareness.However, if more andmore people joinhands in spreadingawareness, it isabsolutely possible tomake our city as wellas our country ‘plasticfree’, which is theneed of the hour,” addsMr. Singh.

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