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has decided to run dozenUnreserved Special trainsto clear the extra rush ofpassengers o-n account of64th Dr. Babasaheb Ambed-kar’s Mahaparinirvan Di-vas, the father of IndianConstitution. Three specialswill run from Nagpur toChhatrapati Shivaji Maha-raj Terminus (CSMT)Mumbai, 6 Specials will runfrom CSMT, Mumbai/Dadarto Sewagram/Ajni/Nagpur,o-ne Special will run fromAjni to CSMT, Mumbai andTwo specials will run be-tween Solapur and CSMT,Mumbai..

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On the occasion of the 17thanniversary of the MaitriMahila Vibhag, a specialmusical programme hasbeen organized by the Ma-harashtra Seva SanghaMandal, Airoli at 4 pm onSaturday. Noted singersSushma and AshwiniKarandikar will be present-ing evergreen songs inMarathi and Hindi. Theentry to the event is free.Organizers have appealedthat the applicants shouldcontact the MaharashtraSeva Sangha House foradvance confirmation.

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Uran residents demand shiftingof garbage dumping site

UMC, they say, is violating CRZ norms, HC orders and the garbage is

destroying mangroves and wetland and is posing serious health hazards

NAVI MUMBAI: Theresidents of Bori Pa-khadi, Uran and theEnvironmentalists areup in arms against theUran Municipal Coun-cil (UMC) for dumpinggarbage as well as dis-charging sewage waterof Uran at its existingdumping ground atBori Pakhadi village,which they say is notonly choking the man-groves and wetland lo-cated in the close vicin-

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By Jim George

KHARGHAR: In thefire that erupted onWednesday night on aportion of hillock inKharghar, hundreds oftrees and saplings were

destroyed. The resi-dents allege that thefire was caused whensome miscreants start-ed burning dry grass.The saplings, some ofwhich had grown intotrees, had been plant-ed by volunteers whohave been trying tomake the localitygreener and cleaner.

“We have a very ded-icated volunteer groupthat are spending oneto two hours every dayto help make our sur-

Hundreds of trees /saplings turn into

ashes as fire erupts onpart of Kharghar hills

roundings clean as wellas green. We hadplanted Peepal andBanyan trees over thecourse of months. Asthe terrain is hilly, itis difficult to grow

trees here. The sap-lings have to be wa-tered on every alter-nate days. It is even

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NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to successfullyimplement the fourrounds of ‘Mission In-dradhanush 2.0’ thataims to achieve thegoal of attaining 95%immunization cover-age across India forevery child in the agegroup of 0-2 yearsagainst seven vaccine

Mission Indradhanush to immunise kidsagainst 7 vaccine-preventable diseases

Aims to increase full immunization

coverage in the city and across India

preventable diseases,the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation(NMMC) held a review

meeting. The meetingwas chaired by civic

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Disallowing Jain people to enterJain Temple (Upashray) raiseconcern in Jain community

By: Divakar Gore

NAVI MUMBAI: TheJain Community,Vashi, Navi Mumbaibrought forth a uniquecase involving Jain peo-ple disallowing their fel-low brethren to enterJain Temple (Upa-shray).

Dilip Sangoi, on26th November 2019filed an InterventionAppeal before Hon’bleBombay High Court,where he brought anissue of the rituals fol-lowed by TapagacchaSampraaday Be-TithiSect to perform Navan-gi Guru puja which isbeing performed frommany years as per JainShashtras. Some TrustOrganisation are ban-ning /eradicating thesaid rituals againstthis discrimination. Hefiled an InterventionApplication in PublicInterest Litigation(PIL) which is alreadyfiled by Samrat Samp-rati Sansthan by givingall his / their support onthe contention led inPIL.

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clause is mentionedwhich allows all theJain Followers to free-ly observe their way ofrituals, but still themanagement of JainTemples Upashray areobstructing the follow-ers to perform their wayof rituals, clashes havebeen reported in theJain Temples Upa-shray between the Jainmembers by misbehav-

ing with the followers ofBe-tithi Sect. The policecomplaint has also beenfiled by those peoples.Because of this dis-crimination betweenthe Jain members Ihave filed the applica-tion in PIL beforeHon’ble High Court,”said Dilip Sangoi.

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harder for us to growthese trees when peo-ple in and around thelocality come and setthe hillock on fire. Ourhard work turns intoashes in few seconds.Since the grass hasdried up, it is easier forthe grass to catch fire,”said Dharmendra Kar,an environmentalist.He also added that theofficials need to sup-port the work done bythese volunteers to en-sure a greenerKharghar.

“Bushfires are com-mon in many countrieslike Australia and Cal-ifornia. However, inKharghar this is beingdeliberately caused dueto the actions of themiscreants. They burndried leaves and in theprocess the trees andsaplings get destroyed.Dedicated volunteerslike Jyoti Nadkarniand the volunteershave been trying toplant and grow trees onthe hillock over thepast five years. It isreally heart wrenchingto see the efforts godown the drain in fewseconds. Surveillance

should be provided byofficials as cases of fireare increasing on thehill top,” said Nitin Ti-wari, an environmen-

talist.“It is difficult to put

CCTV cameras at ev-ery entry point. Nei-

ther it is possible tohave a security guards.Nevertheless, we aretrying to work outways to stop such ille-

gal activities,” saidSanjay Pudale, Execu-tive Engineer, CIDCO(Kharghar).

Hundreds of trees / saplings turn...Contd. from pg. 1

Mission

Indradhanush...Contd. from pg. 1

chief Annasaheb Mis-al. ‘Mission Indradha-nush’ will kick start on2nd December, 2019 asper the guidelines ofthe Central and StateGovernment and willcomplete in March2020.

During the meet-ing, the civic chief gavea detailed overview ofthe campaign plan-ning. Dr. BalasahebSonawane as well asPresident of IndianMedical Association,Officers of Indian Pae-diatric Association,Head of Nerul Mosque,ICDS representativesas well as representa-tives of various NGOswere present.

As per the plan, the

regular vaccinationsessions will be imple-mented from 23 civicprimary health cen-tres of the municipali-ty. It is estimated thata total of 721 citizens,which includes 139pregnant women and582 children will bebenefited through thismission.

Misal informed themedical officers of theCivil Primary HealthCentre to successfullyimplement the cam-paign by taking specialmeasures for the ben-efit of children. Healso urged the NGOsto support the cam-paign.

Vaccination is aneffective means of re-ducing the mortalityamongst children be-tween 0 – 2 years. Ac-cording to a recent

survey, children whowere partially -vacci-nated and unvaccinat-ed died earlier com-pared to those whohave been given all therequired vaccinations.

In order to ensurethat every child is vac-cinated through thecorporation, a card willbe given to the child /mother on the day ofvaccination. The nameof the child, the placeand date of vaccinationwill be mentioned. Toraise awareness of thecampaign, hoardingshave been put up at allhospitals, departmentoffices and postershave been printed tospread awareness.Misal urged the par-ents to bring their chil-dren falling in the agegroup for immuniza-tion.

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Blood donation camp held at RTO

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: VahanChalak Malak Pariva-han Pratinidhi Sa-majik Sanstha orga-nized a blood donationcamp in the Regionaltransport office (RTO)

premises at Sector 19,Vashi on November 26.A tribute was paid to theheroes of 26/11 who sac-rificed their lives tosave citizens.

It may be recalledthat on November 26,2008, terrorists had at-

tacked Taj Mahal Pal-ace Hotel, Oberoi-Tri-dent, CST, NarimanHouse, Cafe Leopoldand Cama Hospital inMumbai.

The Deputy RTO of-ficer Dashrath Wa-

ghule and Social work-er Vaibhav TukaramNaik were the chiefguests. Blood collectedon the occasion was do-nated to Sadguru bloodbank. Chief guests alsodonated blood on thisoccasion.

During the campCorporator Usha Bhoir,Assistant RTO Rajen-dra Sawant, RTO in-spectors RameshJamkhandikar, SanjayFunde, YogendrasinghShitole Dilip Darade,

Vahan Chalak MalakParivahan PratinidhiSamajik SansthaRajesh Bhoir, SecretaryDhananjay Patil, Ki-ran Dhavale, Raju Bho-sale, Shammi, Kiranand others werepresent.

By Abhitash D. Singh

ULWE: The residentsof few societies in Ulwehave been facing irreg-ular water supply dueto which they have torely heavily on thetankers to get their dai-ly need of water. Some-times even the tankerproviders are unable toprovide water due toscarcity of water attheir end.

Sector-17 and 16of Ulwe Node, whichis one of the develop-ing nodes, do not getproper water supply.The construction ac-tivity is going on atrapid pace, but thebasic amenities aremissing, say the resi-dents.

Pratik Yadav,Founder of NGO Pari-vartan Foundation anda resident of Green ViewApartment in Sector-17said, “We are facingwater shortage fromlast few months. I amstaying here at GreenView Apartment fromlast one & half years.But from last fewmonths, the problemhas intensified and de-spite lodging com-plaints with the Cityand Industrial Develop-ment Corporation Ltd.(CIDCO), the problemhas not got resolved. All

Residents of Ulwe face water scarcity

Node lacks in basic amenities

the residents in the so-ciety have to depend onthe water tankers fortheir daily house holdchores.”

Akhilesh Pandey, aresident of NeelkanthRegency in Ulwe Sec-tor-19 said, “Water hasbecome the biggestproblem in Ulwe. Theresidents have to rely

on the tankers for theirwater requirementswhich is so costly.”

Shakeel Shaikh, aresident of Ganga Viharwho stays with his fam-ily said, “We go to ourrelatives to take thebath and wash clothes.It’s really sad that evenafter paying the rentwe have to look forsome other options forgetting water. On anaverage, we spendaround Rs.1500 permonth just for gettingwater. The societymembers say that theyhave met CIDCO offi-cials several times, butit is falling into deaf

ears.”Sunil Yadav, anoth-

er resident of GangaVihar who stays on thefirst floor said, “Since Istay on the first floor ofthe building I am thesufferer. The waterwhich comes on thefirst floor is muddy andstinks. Due to waterproblems from last few

months I have decid-ed to change theplace and shift toanother area whereatleast we can getproper water supply.The estate agentwhile renting outthis place to me saidthat the water avail-ability will be for 24

hours. However, thatobviously has turnedout to be a lie- a puregimmick. In fourmonths of my stay inthis society, not oncehave we received waterfor 24 hours.”

Priya Ratambe,Public Relationship Of-ficer, CIDCO said,“Ulwe Sector-17 and 16is developing at a rapidpace but still many so-cieties are vacant. Weare working chalkingplans to see how well thesocieties be given water.We are trying our levelbest to ensure that thewater woes of the resi-dents Ulwe gets solved.”

In a major accident on the Mumbai-Pune Express, a Swift car which collided with atanker, four people were killed which included 3 women and 1 man and two sustainedserious injuries and have been admitted. It is learnt that the deceased and injured werecoming to Mumbai from Satara for a wedding (Sumit Renose)

MSEDCL employee beatenBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: In yetanother physicalabuse, an official ofthe MaharashtraState ElectricityDistribution Corpora-tion Limited(MSEDCL), who hadgone to disconnect thepower supply of aconsumer over out-standing bill, wasphysically and verbal-ly abused.

As per the com-plainant, GaneshMukadam, works as atechnician in the

Palm Beach subdivi-sion of MSEDCL andhad visited Nerulgaon, to disconnectelectricity supply of aconsumer, PravinThakur due to non-payment of bills formonths. WhenMukadam visited theresidence of Thakur,he enquired theaccused’s motherwhether they had paidthe outstandingelectricity bills.Learning that thebills were not paid,Pravin’s mother

assured that theoutstanding amountwould be paid andrequested him not tocut the power bill.Accordingly Mukadamgave them a deadlineand left the place.

However, afterlearning that Mukad-am had visited theirhouse, Pravin calledhim at Vijay Mane’sShiv Sena branch onThursday afternoon.When Mukadam wentthere, Thakur alleged-

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Obesity rates in In-dia are rising rapidly,with almost 5% of thepopulation being de-tected as overweight orobese. The WorldHealth Organization(WHO) now considersobesity to be a globalepidemic. Yet few ef-forts are being made tocounteract the com-mercial and culturalpressures.

To facilitate happyliving both fruits andvegetables help out tolive in right spiritswith a happy frame ofmind. Even for diabet-ic patients doctors sug-gest few tips to fight fitwith fibre foods andfight obesity which isavailable in plenty inboth vegetables andfruits. Fruit is the wayof life to fight obesity.It is ideal to live on afibre high diet all theyear round. Fibre hasanti- inflammatoryproperties and is alsorich in vitamins, min-erals and antioxidants.Our body requires avariety of proteins, car-bohydrates, vitamins,

Obesity can be cured with determinationcalories, fat, enzymes,trace elements, antiox-idants for its metabo-lism and most impor-tantly to enhance theimmune systemagainst the diseasesand strengthen ourbody. To get the opti-mum health benefits, itis recommended to eatvariety of fresh organ-ic fruits to furnish ourbody with essential nu-trients. Similarly, veg-etables are also play-ing equal role in bal-ancing your body me-tabolism and that inturn help to reap hap-piness benefits.

Life satisfaction ismore important andthat can be achieved byconsuming fresh or-ganic vegetables. Butthe pity is that a ram-pant adulteration infood items continue topose a real threat to thelife of people in theMetro city. Adultera-tion of eatables is seenin every nook corner ofMumbai and that de-feats very purpose ofeating fruits and vege-tables.

Bariatric surgery isassuming importanceas Mumbai hospitalsare able to achievegreater success and itis a great news for peo-ple suffering from obe-sity all over the world.Bariatric surgery in-cludes a variety of pro-

cedures performed onpeople who have obesi-ty. Weight loss isachieved by reducingthe size of the stomachwith a gastric band orthrough removal of aportion of the stomachor by resetting and re-routing the small in-testine to a small stom-ach pouch. These sur-gery is possible in In-dia with less fees andit is attracting foreign-

ers and locals as well.In one such case theEgyptian lost 20 kilosin 10 days after theweight reduction sur-gery. Even though careshould be taken on dietand health issues, suc-cess percentage of suchsurgeries appears sig-nificant and more andmore people opt for itjust like the MP cop.Initial hick ups andworries on health areobserved but overall itis a safe and steady pro-cedure to reduce overweight.

Childhood obesity is

By C K Subramaniam

a harsh reality. Par-ents should take it se-riously. They shouldnot assume that whenthey grow up they willbecome slim. The qual-ity of junk food is dete-riorating. Preferenceshould always be givento home cooked food.All soft drinks havevery high levels of sug-ar which ultimatelyleads to fat gain. Oncein a while eating out-

side is fine but if it be-comes too often it willlead to fat gain in chil-dren who already havelow metabolism. Thenumber of overweightchildren in India hasdoubled in recentyears, with a quarterof children consideredoverweight or obese.Causes of obesity inchildren include un-healthy food choices,lack of physical activi-ty and family eatinghabits.

This rise in thenumber of overweightchildren is disturbing,

because it causeshealth problems andcan lead to social prob-lems. Overweight chil-dren are more likely tobe teased by their peersor to develop low self-esteem or body imageproblems. Once chil-dren are overweight, itrequires a lot of effortand commitment forthem to return to ahealthy weight. Obesi-ty can have a majorimpact on how childrenfeel about themselvesand how they interactwith others. Obese ad-olescents are more like-ly to have low self-es-teem, which may im-pact on other aspects oftheir lives, such as thedevelopment of friend-ships and competencyat school. Being obeseas a child or adolescentincreases the risk of arange of diseases anddisorders in adulthood,regardless of whetherthe adult is obese ornot. It’s important toidentify and start to re-verse the condition be-fore children becomeadults. Ideally, over-weight and obesityshould be prevented.

Overweight andobesity in children areamong the most impor-tant risks to children’slong and short-termhealth. Overweightchildren are very like-ly to become over-

weight adults. Over-weight or obese chil-dren are more likely toremain obese as ado-lescents and becomeoverweight or obeseadults. About 80 percent of obese adoles-cents will become obeseadults. Most of thehealth problems asso-ciated with obesity willbecome obvious inadulthood. Early signsof these later problemsare commonly found inchildren. As over-weight and obesityhave become morecommon, there havebeen some majorchanges in how welive. These changeshave led to people eithereating more or becom-ing less active, all ofwhich has contributedto an increase in over-weight and obesity.Childhood obesity is acondition where excessbody fat negatively af-fects a child’s health orwell-being. As methodsto determine body fatdirectly are difficult,the diagnosis of obesi-ty is often based onvarious tests. It is bet-ter for parents to makeup their mind to havea good beginning invarious aspects con-cerning obesity fromvery young age.

The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada,Navi Mumbai

An Owl was rescued near A- 7 Millennium Towers Sahy-adri Cooperative Housing Society Garden and fed be-fore being released.

ly abused and beathim. In the assaultMukadam sustainedinjuries to his mouthand left the place andfiled a police com-plaint at Nerul PoliceStation.

SPI Jitendra Patisaid, “We have regis-tered a criminal caseagainst PraveenThakur for beating agovernment employeeand obstructing hiswork. The accusedhas not yet beenarrested.”

MSEDCLemployeebeaten...Contd. from pg. 1

NAVI MUMBAI: TheAdditional Collectorand Chief Controller ofUnauthorized Works /Mainland and LandMeasurement Officer(Naina) took actionagainst unauthorizedconstruction atChiple village,Panvel Taluka. Thedrive was carried onFriday under theguidance AmitShinde, Controller ofUnauthorized Works(Naina), along withVishal Tole (surveyor),Amol Thambe (sur-veyor), ShivrajChavan (surveyor),

Unauthorized construction at Chiple villageat Naina zone demolished by CIDCO

Kamlesh Patil (sur-veyor).

During the drive,unauthorized con-struction that was

carried out by EknathKondu Mhatre, wasdemolished. Theofficials said thatdespite notice issued

to stop work, Mhatrecontinued with theconstruction work.3,000 sq. Ft. unautho-rized construction of

the ground floor + 3storey was demol-ished.

The action wastaken under policeprotection. About 70police personnel and15 female policepersonnel and 2police vans weredeployed at the

demolition site. Theaction was carriedwith the help of 15workers. 1 truck, 10jeeps were used.


NOTICENotice is hereby given that I, *Rajesh Kumar Singh*, Trusteeof *Ganga Sagar Foundation* having office at *Shop no. 7,Olive Estate, Sector 27, Nerul, Navi Mumbai - 400706*have made an application for registration of Trust underMaharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 with the Charity Com-missioner, Thane.All objections regarding the same shall be brought to thenotice of the Charity Commissioner's Office within 60 daysof this notice.

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheBuilders Association ofNavi Mumbai (CRE-DAI-BANM), whichhas been organisingthe mega propertyexhibition in thesatellite city from last17 years, showcasingthe best of propertiesboth commercial andresidential by the citybuilders, will not beholding its annualexhibition this year.The reason cited iseconomic slowdown.

Last year, 600 flatsworth Rs.600 croreswere sold in the fourdays’ mega propertyexhibition at CIDCOExhibition Centre inVashi. Every year theBANM exhibition isheld in the month ofDecember with pompwhere the film celebri-ties, leaders andknown buildersinaugurate theexhibition on the firstday. During the fourdays exhibition,around 70,000-80,000buyers and investorsvisit the exhibition.

This year toomany builders and

Credai-BANM exhibition gets postponeddue to economic slowdown

Reality Sector’s biggest exhibition is likely

to be held in March or April 2020

the citizens of NaviMumbai were opti-mistic and werewaiting for thebiggest propertyexhibition of the citybut till now there isno announcement ofit.

Speaking with theNewsband, Credai-BANM President

Haresh N Chhedasaid, “This year theNavi Mumbai’s megaproperty exhibitionwhere around 90-100builders participateevery year, is nottaking place. Theexhibition will be held

in March or April,2020. Previous yearwe got a very goodresponse and manybuyers who visitedwere interested inaffordable housing.”

Manohar Shroff,Developer, ShivamBuilders said, “Theonly reason behindthe BANM exhibition

not taking this yearis economic slow-down. Many of thegovernment policieshave brought thissituation. I amhopeful that thesituation will soonimprove.”

NMMCs special anti-plastic team recoversRs.11 lakh from business outlets

NAVI MUMBAI: The Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation (NMMC)which has started a special anti-plas-tic team, ward wise, under the di-rection of Municipal CommissionerAnnasaheb Misal, recoverd fine tothe tune of Rs. 11 lakhs from thebusiness outlets, which were usingthe banned plastic. The drive is be-ing carried out in all the eight wards.

Since November 1, the specialanti-plastic team has taken actionagainst 350 small, medium and largebusiness outlets for using bannedplastic, thermocol. Three tonnes ofplastic and thermocol were seizedand a fine of Rs 11 lakh were collect-ed. As per the data, the maximum

fine of Rs 5 lakh was collected fromTurbhe area and more than 3 tonnesof plastic and thermocol materialwas seized. The action was takenduring 9 am to 2 pm and 2 pm to 10pm.

An official from the squad said,“Navi Mumbai has been identified asa clean city and it is our endeavourto make the city plastic free as well.As a first step the NMMC hasstopped using one time use plastic.It has been declared as plastic freecorporation. There are markets thathave also been declared as plasticfree. Thus, to ensure that the wholecity is plastic free, the drives arebeing conducted on a regular basis”.

140 young women cheated over gettingjob in the Central Custom Excise

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: About140 unemployed youngwomen were duped of Rs48 lakh after a man al-legedly promised to givethem job in the CentralCustom Excise and gavefake employment letters,service books, medicalcards to them.

The accused SantoshMaruti Patil andKharghar police haveregistered a criminalcase against him forfraud and forgery andhave launched a searchfor him.

The accused Patil,had gone to the house ofvictim Yogita Kadu, aresident of KhargharSector-15, in February2018. At that time, heposed as the Chief of theCentral Customs andCentral Excise, sayingthat he was working forthe various people in thecustoms. He also saidthat all his relatives,who are willing to workin the Customs, could beemployed by just payingRs 15,000.

Believing Patil, Yogi-

ta reached out to otherunemployed women andcollected various docu-ments and money andgave it to Patil, hoping,that they would get a jobfor the needy young peo-ple in her family andfriends.

To ensure he wasnot caught he sent Cus-toms uniform and I-Cards of the people whopaid him moneythrough Yogita andwithin days, the 140women received fakeemployment letters, ser-vice book and medicalcard, etc., showing thatthey were selected invarious departments indifferent positions. Hesaid that they would getposted at Nahwasheva,Thane, Dighi, Nagoth-ane, Nashik, Deolalihowever they did notreceive any letter of join.Then in January, Patildemanded another Rs15,000 each. That’swhen Yogita got suspi-cious and rechecked thedocuments to only learnthat she and other wom-en were cheated.

Despite attempts tocontact Patil on the fivemobile numbers whichhe gave to Yogita wereswitched off. Followingwhich she along withothers filed a caseagainst Santosh Patil atKharghar police station.


Premature babies: Providingthe right care, at the right

time, in the right place

By Dr Suresh Birajdar

Babies who areborn before the37th week of gestationcan be called aspreemies (prematurebabies). Thus, moth-ers whose babies areboon to soon are reallyconcern about theirhealth and are ner-vous. Your preemiecan be at ahigher risk ofcomplicationslike respiratoryinfections,sepsis andmany more.Here, we briefyou about howto take care ofyour preemie.Read on to knowabout this!

Preemieshave underde-veloped bodyparts that arelungs, digestivesystem, immunesystem, and skin.But, now due to themedical advances, thesurvival rate ofpremature babies hasincreased. Likewise,proper care is alsoessential for yourpreemie to help himlead a healthy life.

Know how to carefor your preemie

NICU: NeonatalIntensive Care Unit(NICU) can helpprovide specializedcare for babies whohave serious healthproblems. The NICUis well-equipped andhas the expertise toprovide the preemiesall the around-the-clock care and sup-port. They can helppreemies breathe, fedand keep them warm.

Kangaroo Moth-

er Care for yourbaby: It is a tech-nique in which thereis a skin-to-skincontact for an extend-ed period wherein themother held the babyby the chest. It ismuch needed for thebabies. Moreover,doing so can also helpstrengthen the bondbetween the baby andthe mother.

Keeping infec-tions at bay: It isessential to safeguardthe baby from infec-tions and allergies.Thus, anyone whotouches the baby, orthe mother shouldmake sure that thehands are clean. Keep

doing medical exami-nations and requiredprocedures from timeto time. See to it thatyour baby is breathingnormally after birth.Ventilation with a bagor a mask can be usedto help the babybreathe freely.

Know the impor-tance ofbreastfeeding: It isno brainer that breastmilk is the bestnutrition for yourbaby. So, make surethat you breastfeedyour baby soon afterhe/she is born. But,most of the time, thepreemies can’t suck orswallow and are fedwith the help of a cupor a spoon or a naso-gastric tube.

How to take care ofyour preemies athome?

Ensure thatyour baby is sleep-ing well: You MUSTprovide your babywith a peacefulenvironment forsleeping. See to it thatyour baby follows goodsleep hygiene. Makesure that your baby’sroom is dimly litwhich will aid propersleep. Keep noise awayfrom your baby as itcan cause a distur-bance.

Maintain thecorrect roomtemperature: See toit that you ensureproper room tempera-ture. It shouldn’t betoo cold or too hot.Dress up your baby

properly by makinghim/her wear a sleepsuit and opt forblankets that willkeep him/her warm.

A word ofcaution: Preemiesare at a higher risk ofSudden Infant DeathSyndrome (SIDS)wherein healthybabies die in theirsleep, and the causesof it are unknown.Thus, it is required touse a light-weightblanket from yourbaby which should bekept away from theface. Ensure that yourbaby sleeps in theright position advisedby the doctor. Also,avoid smoking in thehouse.The writer is Consultant,Paediatrics & Neona-tology, Motherhood Hos-pital, Kharghar

West Indies Cricket StarsDazzle Fans At KORUM Mall

By Ashok Dhamija

India, is a countrywhere sportsmen arerevered as role modelsand when its cricketersthe passion and loveamong the fans is inde-fatigable. Aimed at pro-moting sports, fitnessand health as a way oflife among its patrons,the management of

KORUM Mall, Thanein association with To-tal Sports & Fitnessand SS Bats playedhosted three wellknown West Indies In-ternational cricketstars viz. Evin Lewis(attacking left handedTrinidadian batsmanwho has two Twenty20International centu-ries), Nicholas Pooran(a wicket-keeper Lefthanded Trinidadian

batsman who scoredwhose unbeaten 125against India is record-ed as the highest scorein a T20I chase) andSherfane Rutherford (ahard-hitting 20-year-old Guyanese all-round-er who has representedDelhi Capitals in IPLlast season).

On the occasion the

three Internationalcricketers interactedwith the enthusiasticfans and visitors andshared their journeyand success stories. Thecricketers also auto-graphed the fans’sports gear and posedfor selfies too.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Deva Jyotula,Head – Retail, Kalpata-ru Limited which is re-sponsible for the con-

struction of the Thanebased Korum Mall said“The motive of conduct-ing theme-based eventsis to deliver a messageto the audience forthem to inculcate it asa part of their lifestyle.This time we managedto organize a showwhich was based on pro-moting sports, fitness

and health as a way oflife with West Indianwell known cricketers .The same provided asneak-peak in their lifeand inspired the coun-try’s youth and the nextgen to develop a win-ning attitude in life. Itwas a memorable eventthat was witnessed byour mall patrons whowere astonished withan once-in-a-lifetimeexperience”.

(L to R) West Indies cricketers Sherfane Rutherford, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran areall smiles as they get ready to autograph cricket merchandise for their fans

Enthusiastic fans and mall patrons turned up in huge numbers to catch a glimpse ofthe West Indies cricket stars who are known for their explosive batting in the shorterversion of the game.


Kid’s Zone

Ms. Sampriti Dogra,Std. XD,

Ryan InternationalSchool,Sanpada

Adarsh Arote, Secondary Class, Swami Brahmanand Pratishthan

Apeksha Ghewade, Vocational, Swami Brahmanand Pratishthan

Dear Young Readers,Here is a chance to bring out your creativity and latent talent!Newsband has a column exclusively for our young readers. Chil-dren send us your drawings, articles, poems etc. along withyour Name, School Name and Standard. Either email us or sendby post to the following email id :- [email protected] Newsband, Real Tech Park, Office No 1313/1314, 13th Floor,Plot No 39/2, Sector 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 703 Contd. on pg. 8

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: In a crick-et mad country, theever growing level of in-terest in world’s mostpopular game footballboth on and off the field,be it grass root level orthe professional leaguesto international match-es involving Indians inthe past decade is act-ing as catalyst for itssignificant contributionfor the development ofthe game in the coun-try, which boasts ofwith a huge populationof over 1.3 billion.

Seeing the immensepotential for the game,City Football Group(CFG), world’s leadingprivate owner and oper-ator of football clubs,with total or partialownership of sevenclubs in major citiesacross the world includ-ing English PremierLeague ChampionsManchester City hasstruck a deal with In-dian Super League(ISL) franchise Mum-bai City FC as part ofits long term vision. Aspart of the initiativeCFG will own 65%stakes of the Clubwhich finished thirdoverall in 2018-19 sea-son, while existingshareholders, ac-claimed actor and filmproducer, RanbirKapoor and BimalParekh will jointly holdthe remaining 35% ofshares post the approv-al of certain footballbodies.

The land mark pro-posal was announcedon Thursday 28 Nov,2019 in presence of me-dia personnel andClub’s fans by CFGChief Executive Officer,Ferran Soriano togeth-er with Chairperson,Football Sports Devel-opment Limited andReliance Foundation,Mrs Nita Ambani. Thedeal will see MumbaiCity FC benefit from

City Football Group InductsISL Franchise Mumbai City

FC Into Big League

To have 65 % majority stake

the Group’s commercialand football know-how,whilst at the same timedelivering a new andexciting element to theCFG global commercialplatform. Mumbai Cityjoins the elite group ofsuch acquisition forCFG, which besides theManchester City, alsoincludes New York Cityin US, Club AtleticoTorque in Uruguay,Melbourne City in Aus-tralia, Yokohama FMarinos in Japan, Gi-rona FC in Spain andSichuan Jiunia in Chi-na.

The move comes inthe back of growing in-

terest in Indian footballby European clubs atthe back of LaLiga’sAtletico Madrid invest-ment in ATK as partowners while Fiorenti-na 15 percent stake innow defunct FC PuneCity during the launchof ISL way back in2014 .

Welcoming the CityFootball Group to theIndian Super Leagueand Indian Football,Mrs Nita Ambani said“ It’s a landmark occa-sion that celebrates theremarkable rise of In-dian football and brings

Ranbir Kapoor, Mumbai City FC Co-Owner and an avidplayer himself message was played on the big screen inhis absence.

(L to R) FSDL chairperson Mrs Nita Ambani along withFerran Soriano announced CFG’s majority stake acqui-sition in ISL’s Mumbai City FC. (Photos by Author)


Issue : 177 30 November, 2019

Good public transport-the need of the hour

The state of public transport system is a barometer indicatingextent of development of a city. If one goes by this definition, theimage of Navi Mumbai that emerges out is extremely dishearten-ing considering the deplorable state of NMMT, the public trans-port service provider in Navi Mumbai. The quantity of service ishugely deficient and the quality is abysmally poor. Not only this,tariffs have also become unaffordable. Still they are being patron-ized by local people, not out of choice but out of compulsion, asdemand is disproportionately more than the supply.

The public transport modes in Navi Mumbai- whether NMMT,BEST, ST or local trains- none have expanded proportionately tothe increase in demand on account of large scale development inNavi Mumbai during the last decade. A major fallout of this lack ofvision is increased number of personalized and hired modes oftransportation, which itself has its adverse effects. The traffic den-sity and traffic volumes have increased tremendously without cor-responding increase in arterial infrastructure and therefore thetransport system is literally creaking under pressure. There is anincrease in traffic jams and more recently, the availability of park-ing spaces has reduced drastically especially during peak hours.The environment is also victim as huge amount of exhaust is be-ing released by the increased volumes of vehicles. Another majorimpact of increased volume and density of vehicles is increase intraffic indiscipline and consequent accidents.

Unfortunately NMMT has not fared well on the expectations ofthe residents of Navi Mumbai. This is particularly unfortunate as agood public transport system contributes a lot by way of providingcheaper transport, reduction in vehicle population and consequentreduction in traffic congestion and accidents and last but not theleast in preserving the environment. It can also solve the problemof parking space. Because of its poor vision and improper man-agement, NMMT is grossly deficient in quality and quantity ofservice. Many of the nodes of Navi Mumbai are not being cateredto and frequency is erratic and the service is absolutely unreli-able. To set the things right, there are intermittent talks of priva-tizing the organisation, but unfortunately in most of the cities andcountries, the public transport is the responsibility of the State.More investment needs to be made by the State in this sector, ifthese services have to be made efficient with an aim to cater theincreased demand. Also, improved NMMT shall not only compli-ment the services being provided by railways, BEST and ST, butshall also become the indicator of development of the city of NaviMumbai.

ity but is posing serious health haz-ard to the residents who are resid-ing within the radius of 200 metresof the garbage dumping site. More-over, it is alleged that the UMC isviolating the Coastal RegulationZone (CRZ) 2019 norms and the Bom-bay High Court (HC) order, 2005 andHC order 2018 which had bannedmangrove destruction across Maha-rashtra.

“There is a clause which clearlystates that dumping of garbage anddischarge of sewage water is not per-mitted within the radius of 500 me-tres of residential area and 50 me-tres of mangroves. There is a com-plete violation of this clause as theresidences are located within 200metres of the existing dumping plot.Moreover, UMC is also violating theCRZ 2019 norms,” says SameerAshrit, a local resident.

“Due to the close proximity ofthe dumping ground to the resi-dential area, the residents are fac-ing serious health related problemsespecially skin diseases, head-aches, breathing/respiratory ail-ments due to the rotten odouremanating from the garbage.There is a rise in mosquitoes, flieswhich has led to outbreak of Den-gue and Malaria. Moreover, sincethe present dumping ground isalso close to ONGC Valve stationfor pipelines that pass under thedumping ground transporting vari-ous flammable petrochemical prod-ucts, there can be a disaster in caseof major fire, which had occurred lastyear. Besides, UMC is also violatingOfficials Secret Act, 1923 as the ap-proach path to the dumping sitecomes under the protected area ofONGC. The area is visited by manyillegal rag pickers, drunkards, drugpeddlers etc. The residents in thearea are being deprived of Article 21of Constitution of India which givesRight to Life and Personal Liberty,”he adds.

“The eco system too is being van-dalised as many migratory birds,fish and marine animals in the shal-low water bay are dying due to this.The UMC is also violating Article 51A (g) under Environment Protectionunder Constitutional Framework ofIndia,” says Dipesh Mhatre, anoth-er resident.

“We have written letters to UMCas well as to Tehsildar and had meet-ings with the officials too regardingthe dumping of garbage close to thepipelines. The officials have assuredto remove the garbage. However, weare awaiting a written confirmationof the same. Further, while we havebarricaded our zone, we nevertheless,had requested for extra area for put-ting additional barricades. This hasbeen granted to us,” said NarendraAsija, Director (Plant Head), ONGC,Uran.

The residents of Bori Pakhadihave sent a letter with signatures tothe District Collector and DistrictMagistrate urging them to shift thegarbage dumping site immediately.

“We fail to understand as to whythe multiple authorities are not act-ing to shift the dumping ground de-spite the environment and securityhazards being posed by the men-ace?,” asks B. N. Kumar, director ofNGO NatConnect, who shot outmails to the district collector and theHigh Court appointed Mangrove Pro-tection and Monitoring Committee.

The various research studiesshow that the rising sea levelsthreaten the coastal cities such asMumbai and mangroves serve as thefirst line of defense. Even the forestdepartment has realised the need toplant newer varieties of mangroves.“At a time when we need more andmore mangroves, we are killingthese and infact are inching closerto devastation,” laments Kumar.

Nandakumar Pawar, head ofShri Ekvira Aai Pratishtan pointedout that team of revenue and forestofficials too inspected the area andrecorded the objections from local peo-ple and environmentalists, yet therehas been no action.

Talking to Newsband, AwdhutTawde, Chief Officer UMC said, “Thegarbage dumping site was handedover to us in 2008 by Raigad Collec-torate. At that time there were nomangroves in the vicinity. The gar-bage dumping sites are allocated af-ter a proper survey conducted by var-ious departments. Moreover, we en-sure that the garbage do not harmthe mangroves, which are away fromthe dumping site. Nevertheless, wehave requested for an alternative gar-bage dumping site and the processis underway.”

As regards the presence of ONGCgas pipeline valve station in close vi-cinity to the garbage dumping site,Mr. Tawde said, “We take adequateprecaution for that too, and ensurethat the garbage is not dumped closeto the pipelines.” He confirmed thata letter has been received fromONGC regarding the issue.

When contacted District Collec-tor and District Magistrate, Raigad,Dr. Vijay Namdeo Suryawanshi said,“I have told Tehsildar, Uran to iden-tify suitable land for dumping groundand send the proposal to me in 15days.”

Uran residents...Contd. from pg. 1

Attempt to break Axis Bank’s cashdeposit machine at ATM in Kharghar fails

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A thief who tried tobreak the cash box at the Axis Bank’sATM centre in Kharghar Sector-4,had to flee empty handed. The bankofficials have handed over the CCTVfootage of the theft to Kharghar po-lice, and the police have launched asearch against the unknown thief.

As per the case registered atKharghar police station, an unknownthief entered the Sector 4, Axis Bank,Kharghar ATM centre on Tuesdaynight and tried to break open a cashdeposit machine for about 40 minutesfrom 2.00 am to 2.40 am and despite

trying hard, he was unsuccessful inopening the cash deposit machine. Heeven tried to break open the box. How-ever, failing in every attempt he fledfrom the spot.

The incident came to notice whena security guard noticed that the cashdeposit machine was manhandled ataround 9.00 am on Tuesday and in-formed the bank manager NileshDhuri about the incident.

The manager later rushed to theATM and inspected the CCTV foot-age installed inside the ATM follow-ing which Dhuri lodged a complaintwith the Kharghar police station.


CR to run 12 Special trains on the occasion of Mahaparinirvan DivasBy Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: CentralRailway (CR) has de-cided to run dozen Un-reserved Special trainsto clear the extra rushof passengers o-n ac-count of 64th Dr. Ba-basaheb Ambedkar’sMahaparinirvan Divas,the father of Indian Con-stitution. Three spe-cials will run from Nag-pur to ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Ter-minus (CSMT) Mum-bai, 6 Specials will runfrom CSMT, Mumbai/Dadar to Sewagram/Ajni/Nagpur, o-ne Spe-cial will run from Ajnito CSMT, Mumbai andtwo specials will runbetween Solapur andCSMT, Mumbai. Thedetails of Special trainsare as under:

A) Nagpur -Chhatrapati Shiva-ji Maharaj TerminusMumbai UnreservedSpecials

i) Special Train no.01262 will leave Nag-pur at 23.55 hrs o-nWednesday 4 Dec, 2019and arrive CSMT,Mumbai at 14.35 hrsnext day.

ii) Special Train no.01264 will leave Nag-pur at 07.50 hrs o-nThursday 5 Dec, 2019and arrive CSMT,Mumbai at 00.10 hrsnext day.

iii) Special Trainno.01266 will leave Nag-pur at 15.55 hrs o-nThursday 5 Dec, 2019and arrive CSMT,Mumbai at 11.35 hrsnext day.

The above Specialswill comprise of 16 Gen-eral Second Classcoaches. Halts en-routeincludes Ajni, Sewa-gram, Wardha, Pulga-on, Dhamangaon, Bad-nera, Murtizapur, Ako-la, Jalamb, Malkapur,Bhusaval, Jalgaon,Chalisgaon, Manmad,Nashik Road, Igatpuri,Kasara, Kalyan andDadar stations.

B) ChhatrapatiShivaji MaharajTerminus Mumbai /Dadar - Sewagram/Ajni / Nagpur Un-reserved Specials

i) Special Train no.01249 will leave CSMT,Mumbai at 16.05 hrso-n Friday 6 Dec, 2019and arrive Ajni at 09.30hrs next day.

ii) Special Train no.01251 will leave CSMT,Mumbai at 18.40 hrson Friday 6 Dec, 2019and arrive Sewagramat 10.30 hrs next day.

iii) Special Train no.01253 will Dadar at00.40 hrs o-n Saturday7 Dec, 2019 (midnightof 6/7 Dec, 2019) andarrive Ajni at 15.55 hrssame day.

iv) Special Train no.01255 will leave CSMT,Mumbai at 12.35 hrso-n Saturday 7 Dec,2019 and arrive Nag-pur at 03.30 hrs nextday.

v) Special Train no.01257 will leave CSMT,Mumbai at 18.40 hrso-n Sunday 8 Dec, 2019

and arrive Nagpur at12.10 hrs next day.

vi) Special Train no.01259 will leave Dadarat 00.40 hrs o-n Sun-day 8 Dec, 2019 (mid-night of 7/8 Dec, 2019)and arrive Ajni at 15.55hrs same day.

The above Specialswill comprise of 16 Gen-eral Second Classcoaches. Halts en-routeincludes Dadar, Kalyan,Kasara, Igatpuri,Nashik Road, Man-mad, Chalisgaon, Jalg-

aon, Bhusaval,Malkapur, Jalamb,Akola, Murtizapur,Badnera, Dhamanga-on, Pulgaon, Wardha,Sewagram and Ajni sta-tions.

C) Ajni - Chha-trapati Shivaji Ma-haraj TerminusMumbai Superfast

Unreserved Special i).Superfast Special

Train no. 02040 willleave Ajni at 15.00 hrso-n Saturday 7 Dec,2019 and arrive CSMT,Mumbai at 05.10 hrsnext day. The aboveSuperfast Special willcomprise of 16 GeneralSecond Class coaches.Halts en-route includesWardha, Pulgaon, Dha-mangaon, Badnera,Akola, Shegaon,Malkapur, Bhusaval,Jalgaon, Nashik Road,

Igatpuri, Kalyan andDadar stations.

D) Solapur -Chhatrapati Shiva-ji Maharaj TerminusMumbai UnreservedSpecials

i).Special Train no.01315 will leave So-lapur at 17.20 hrs o-nThursday 5 Dec, 2019and arrive CSMT,Mumbai at 01.20 hrsnext day.

ii) Special Train no.01316 will leave CSMT,Mumbai at 00.25 o-nSaturday Dec, 2019(midnight of 6/7 Dec,2019 ) and arrive So-lapur at 10.10 hrs sameday.

The above Specialswill comprise of 1TwoGeneral Second Classcoaches. Halts en-routeincludes Kurduwadi,Daund, Pune, Lonava-la, Karjat, Kalyan andDadar stations.

F) TemporaryAugmentation OfTrains

The CR has also de-cided to augment thefollowing trains for thebenefit of passengerstraveling o-n the occa-sion of MahaparinirvanDiwas. The details areas under-

i) Train no. 51154Bhusaval – Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus Mumbai Pas-senger JCO Thursday 5

Dec, 2019 will be aug-mented by Two Gener-al Second Class coach-es.

ii) Train no. 51153Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj TerminusMumbai – BhusawalPassenger JCO Satur-day 7 Dec, 2019 will beaugmented by TwoGeneral Second Classcoaches.

iii) Train no. 17412Sri Chhatrapati ShahuMaharaj Terminus Kol-hapur – ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Ter-minus Mumbai Ma-halakshmi ExpressJCO Thursday 5 Dec,2019 will be augment-ed by O-ne General Sec-ond Class coach..

iv) Train no. 17411Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj TerminusMumbai - Sri Chhatra-pati Shahu MaharajTerminus KolhapurMahalakshmi ExpressJCO Friday 6 Dec,2019 will be augment-ed by O-ne General Sec-ond Class coach.

Passengers are re-quested to take note ofthese Specials andmake their travel com-fortable. Railway ad-ministration also ap-peals the passengers totravel with valid tick-ets to avoid any incon-venience during thejourney.

For representational purpose only

The Game of CricketBy Jubel D’Cruz

Cricket is one ofthe most populargames not just inIndia but all over theworld. It is playedbetween two teamsconsisting of a total ofeleven players each.Watching others playcricket is as excitingas playing it.

The game ofcricket is said to haveoriginated in the16th century in SouthEast England. Soon itbecame popularamong the people ofthe country. Englandnamed it as itsnational sport in the18th century. Thecraze for playingcricket soon spread toother parts of theworld too and interna-tional events were

initiated soon afterthat.

The craze for thisgame has also in-creased with time.Several countriesaround the worldhave their cricketteams. Numerouscricket tournamentsare held at nationaland internationallevels. People aroundthe globe watch thegame enthusiasticallyand cheer their teamsvia various mediums.It is a treat to watchinternational cricketmatches in thestadium.

Cricket is knownto be the second mostwatched sport withthe first being foot-ball. The sport thatwas initiated in the16th century is

governed by theInternational CricketCouncil (ICC). The

cricket teams ofnumerous countriesaround the world

compete witheach other in thisexciting game.

A bat and aball is all that isneeded to playthis game.Cricket tourna-ments are held inbig cricketgrounds. Cricketfans spend a lotof money towatch the gamelive in thestadium. It isjust amazing tosee one’s favou-rite cricketersplaying live.Those who aren’t

able to manage thecricket match ticketsor passes watch thegame on TV withequal enthusiasm.

Almost everyyoung boy in Indialoves to play cricket.You can see school aswell as college-goingboys playing cricketin their streets. Anumber of cricketacademies have alsobeen set up to givewings to these bud-ding cricketers.

Cricket tops thelist when it comes tofavourite sports ofIndia. The craze is somuch so that some ofthe Indian cricketerssuch as SachinTendulkar andSaurav Ganguly areliterally worshippedin our country. A

marble statue ofSachin Tendulkar hasbeen set up in avillage in Bihar and itis addressed by thepeople as the ‘God ofIndian Cricket’.

Cricket is a sportwith a long andfascinating history, soit comes as no sur-prise that there areplenty of interestingfacts about thegame.

History’s longestcricket match wasplayed in 1939between South Africaand England atDurban. The singlematch lasted for 12days and even afterthis, the game stillwasn’t over withEngland needing 42

Contd. on pg. 8


Wishing the new government all the BestWith Uddhav Thackeray becoming the CM of Maharashtra, let us all

wish him and his team all the best. May Shiv Sena and the alliance governMaharashtra with a sense of courage, commitment, sincerity and compas-sion for the next five years and even more. If Balasaheb Thackeray wasalive today, he would have been very happy to see his son becoming the CMof the State.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Open defecation to be curbed in Jarandi VillageThe decision made by Jarandi village gram panchayat in Maharashtra

to cancel ration cards of families even if one of the members is caught defe-cating in the open is brave and a move in the right direction in India’s battleagainst open defecation. The officials have also decided to provide villagerswith tax benefits if they take photographs and submit them to the Pan-chayat.

The new rules will help people to have better hygiene and will help in thedecrease of diseases caused due to the accompanying mosquitoes. However,it is also important to make sure that in an effort to stop open defecation,basic facilities like bathrooms are provided to villagers.

In Jarandi, the homes have toilet facilities but choose to defecate in theopen. However, this might not be the case for villages that would want tofollow the same course of action. Most people who defecate in the open do sobecause of the lack of facilities provided to them. So, with our increasingefforts to curb open defecation, basic facilities should also be provided toevery household. The decision is great but ensuring its implementation isgreater. Only time will provide us with answers as to the decisions’ effec-tiveness.

Jim George, Vashi

Carry on TrioPolitical parties often dump their ideological baggage to come together

and the adhesive being their fervent desire to cling on to power like a lim-pet. There is a tide in the affair of men , which taken at the flood, leads tofortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miser-ies. One such a full sea are we afloat. And we must take the current whenit serves, or lose our ventures. For the time being it is united colours ofUddhav Thackeray and Sena get cracking. The trio can work in peace. It islikely to stick in alliance crew given the diametrically opposite stances oftwo of the stakeholders in the current government. But this is where, theseptuagenarian Sharad Pawar steps in, the buffer element in the reaction.For now Uddhav is the man of the moment. As for his former ally, it is inthe shallows at the moment.

The Tug of War finally gets over. The Nail-biting scenario has emergedas a political power shift. Hoping for a better future of Maharashtra. It’stime for the newly-power packed alliance to work effectively and impres-sively. Time to leave a mark on grabbing this opportunity that had becomeavailable after a series of omissions and commissions.

Please provide 5 years of Clean and efficient government and make Ma-harashtra a model state in every respect so that the rest of Indian statescan follow your role model. Post poll defection is breach of trust, it is rathershameful for Sena to go with pre-poll enemies. Has the ‘Tamasha’ ended orhas it begun only now? The biggest volte-face we have seen in the recenttimes on the part of Ajit Pawar, Dy.CM of three days duration, who hastendered his resignation citing ‘personal’ reasons which he could not foreseeall of three days ago and which made Fednavis to tender his resignation too.What one can make of these developments except to come to the conclusionthat the power hungry politicians will go to any length to betray the elector-ate to self serve their selfish interests.

Whatever happened in Maharashtra BJP’s core committee will makepostmortem of it. Moot point is here that will the committee take any les-sons from it or kept on doing so what they have been doing so. Both Shahand Modi have to amend campaign mode especially of particular state whereelections are to be held. In particular Shah has been more aggressive whereasModi has been making show offs like how he has been getting response inforeign countries where ever he goes to attend various conferences or sched-uled visits.

The local citizens have nothing to do with it. Not only the state’s localissues must be seen but corresponding solutions should be worked out. Unlessit is not done the future of BJP shall become bleak.

Devendra Fadnavis was by far the cleanest and most noncontroversialCM that we have had in the recent past. The State of Maharashtra willmiss him. He was the first Chief Minister in 50 years to rule the state forfull five years. We hope that implementation of all the commitments madein the CMP will start within the first 50 days. All parties including youthbodies should also form joint action committees to keep an eye on implemen-tation of CMP. Time would tell more.

C.K. Subramaniam, Sector 9, Sanpada

Letters to the Editor....

more runs if theywere to win. Howeveras their ship backhome was due toleave the next day,eventually the matchwas declared to be adraw.

The first game ofcricket ever recordedtook place in 1646.The game proved tobe so popular thateventually fines had

to be given to thosewho missed going forMass in order to play.

A cricket batusually weighsbetween 1.2 kg to 1.4kg and is madetraditionally fromwillow wood which isprized for its light-ness and toughness.

Cricket bats aremade up of threeparts — the grip, thehandle and the blade,which is the partused to strike the

ball.New cricket bats

should be rubbed withlinseed oil whichmakes the batshrink, resulting in atougher hittingsurface. Cricket ballshave a centre oflayered cork whichhas been wrapped instring and coveredwith a leather outerlayer. A cricket ballweighs around 163gm.The writer is freelancer

The Game...Contd. from pg. 7

City FootballGroup...

Contd. from pg. 5

to life our vision for thebeautiful game in In-dia. It is a great en-dorsement of the in-creasing appeal of Indi-an football and for allfootball fans in India,this is a moment totake pride in our foot-ball, our culture andthe opportunity wepresent to the world indeveloping the sport.The power and potentialof our youth makes In-dia the most excitingglobal opportunity inthe world today, in ev-ery field, and especial-ly in sport. On behalf ofall Indian footballstakeholders, I welcomeCity Football Group andthank them for theirinterest and belief inIndian football. I amsure Mumbai City FCand Indian football willbenefit greatly fromthis historic partner-ship.” She latter alsoexpressed her wish tosee the Indian footballteam play the FIFAWorld Cup at least oncein her lifetime and ourinvestment in youngchamps in addition tothe league will pay div-idends in the comingyears.

Ferran Soriano,CFG’s Chief ExecutiveOfficer, in his addressmade it clear that theyare in India for the longhaul and said “We havebeen looking at this foryears. I came myself andwatched many gamesand was part of the pas-sionate fans cheeringfor their team. We areconvinced of the brightfuture of football in In-dia. I am sure a decade

from now, the CFGgroup will be here andwe will talking about alot of people playing goodfootball for India. CFGcurrently has more than1,500 footballers on tisroll who play over 2,500games every year.Through our CityzensGiving campaign, wehave also supportedcommunity pro-grammes spanning sixcontinents, includingMumbai in its 2019 edi-tion”.

The former Barcelo-na General Managerstressed that the short-term roadmap for CFGwas about learningabout the Mumbai Cityclub and culture andnot indulging in anyquick fixes while mak-ing it self-sustainablethrough sponsorships,merchandise, commu-nity engagements. “Weare not here to importanything. We are hereto unleash the power ofIndian football. Thereare good players andcoaches (In India), wewill help them and help-ing means sharing ex-periences, sharing tech-nology, inspiring them.That’s what we aim todo, to help the peoplewho are already here togrow. In future we haveplans for exchange pro-grammes too and thiswill include grassrootfootballers associatedwith the club. For thisto happen is to get kidsto play early may bewho are aged between7 to 9" added FerranSoriano.

Mumbai City FCCo-Owner, RanbirKapoor who is current-ly engaged in movieshoot in the laps of na-ture in his recorded

message shared “I amsuper thrilled for today,anyone who knows meknows my love for foot-ball and to own a foot-ball club in my own city.All of us at Mumbai CityFC share the ambitionto make it the best foot-ball club in Asia and weare extremely thrilledwith our associationwith City FootballGroup’s associationwith Mumbai City FC.With this tie-up we aimto replicate whatManchester City hasdone in the English Pre-mier League that is towin major leagues intime to come.

Speaking to News-band on the side linespost the announcementMumbai City FC CEOIndranil Das Blah in hismessage shared that thefocus of the deal waspurely to add value toIndian football morethan anything else. “Themajor thrust is on howwe can improve footballin the city where both ofus believe which hasimmense talent. Withthe experiences, technol-ogy and highly qualifiedcoaches at disposal fromour collaborators CityFootball Group CFGwho knows we may inthe near future we mayhave majority of homegrown players playingfor our team, from thetwo we currently thisseason”.

As part of the an-nouncement, CFG alsoappointed Senior VicePresident of Partner-ships, Damian Willough-by, as Chief ExecutiveOfficer of City FootballGroup India. Damianwill be relocating fromSingapore to Mumbai inthe coming weeks.


By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Cen-tral Railway (CR) willoperate Special Trafficand Power Block o-nUP Fast line and DNHarbour line at KurlaStation from 23.50 hrso-n 30 th November,2019 (Saturday) to04.50 hrs o-n 1st De-cember, 2019 (Sunday)for dismantling of FOBGirders. Due to thisblock, the train run-ning pattern o-n Mid-night of 30 Nov / 1 Dec,2019 will be as under:-

A) Cancellation /Short Terminationof Suburban servic-es:

DN Harbour line

Dismantling of FOB at Kurlastation on Sat-Sun night

services for Vashi / Be-lapur / Panvel leavingChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT), Mumbai rom23.14 hrs of 30 Nov,2019 to 05.06 hrs o-n 1Dec, 2019 will remaincancelled. UP Harbourline services for CSMT/Vadala Road, Mumbaileaving Panvel/Be-lapur/Vashi from 21.16hrs of 30 Nov, 2019 to04.25 hrs of 1 Dec,2019 will remain can-celled.

i) PL-184 Panvel-CSMT local leavingPanvel at 22.19 hrs on

30 Nov, 2019 will runup to Kurla o-nly

ii) PL-192 Panvel-CSMT local leavingPanvel at 23.13 hrs o-n30 Nov, 2019 will runup to Mankhurd o-nly.

Harbour line pas-sengers are permittedto travel via Thane-Vashi/Nerul stations

B) Diversion OfSuburban Services

UP Main Fast lineservices leaving Thaneafter 23.20 hrs of 30Nov, 2019 will be di-verted o-n UPMain Slow line be-tween Mulund and

Matunga during theblock period.

C) Mail/Expresstrains running Pat-tern

UP Mail/ Expresstrains leaving Thaneafter 23.20 hrs of 30Nov, 2019 will be di-verted o-n UP MainSlow line between Mu-lund and Matunga sta-tions during the blockperiod.

Passengers are re-quested to bear withthe Railway Adminis-tration for the inconve-nience caused due tothis block.

To affect services on Harbour lines


By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Thewide spread prolifera-tion of television atglobal stage in over thedecades has played akey role in dissemina-tion of certain ideas,knowledge and infor-mation through audio-visual transmission.Among the manychannels broadcastingcontent 24x7, 365 daysa year which has

Ryanites fun-filled tryst with Walt Disney characters

Students showcasing their liking to various Disney cartoon characters were all excitedto be part of the fancy dress competition.

The Montessori girls from Ryan Nerul found instant appeal in Cinderella and dressed up accordingly.

caught the imaginationof children are theCartoon shows. Theirinfluence on child’sperception of the world,the formation of valuessystem, the upbringingprocess is all because ofits positive or negativecontent. An ever greencartoon series andanimated moviesinvolving the samethat has wide spreadfollowing over the agesbecause of its familybased values andrelevant social messagehas been created byWalt Disney,

a visionary whocrafted the imaginationof people in his life-time. Many of thecharacters popularizedby his movies hold anapocryphal status areloved and adored bymillions around theplanet includes MickeyMouse.

It was on 18th ofNovember in 1928 thatsaw the birth of one ofthe most loveablefictional mouse createdby Walt Disney, whomade his maiden debutin the short film

“Steamboat Willy” in1928.

To mark thismomentous occasion,Ryan InternationalSchool, Nerul, cele-brated his birthday bybased on the theme‘Mickey Mouse in thehouse’. The youngand vibrant tiny totsfrom the Montessori,bubbled with joy andexcitement as theytook part in thecelebrations Dressedup in the attire ofMickey Mouse andother Walt Disneycartoon charactersthey took part in fancydress competition. Inaddition they enactedhis various fun filledroles much to thedelight of their peerswho laughed with gayabandonment andjumped with enthusi-asm.

“18th of Novem-ber, every year,happens to be thebirthday of MickeyMouse, the fictionalmouse created by thelegendary Walt Disneyan American entrepre-neur, animator, voice

actor and film produc-er who was a pioneerof the Americananimation industry.The day is celebratedannually by WaltDisney and MickeyMouse fans all over theworld. Not to be leftbehind the Ryan NerulMontessori student toojoined the celebrations.Our young anddynamic Ryanites,decked in Walt Disneycharacters of the likesof Peter Pan, Goofy,Chip ‘n’ Dale, DonaldDuck, Cinderella,Aladdin, Bambi,Winnie the Poohincluding the loveableMickey and MinnieMouse. The premisesof the school wasenlivened up as thetiny tots took part invarious fun filledactivities including thefancy dress competi-tion. The idea was tohave fun and enter-tainment along whiledeveloping soft skillsand promoting familyvalues among ourkids. Our teachers andkids under the guid-ance of the Montessori

Section Head DevikaPo ensured that theprogramme was ahuge success. Theaudience were capti-vated by the innocence

brought up by ourkids who were indisguise of some of themost loved cartooncharacter from thestable of Walt Disney

Animation with theircatchy and enticingstage performances,”shared Janet Arhana,Head Mistress of theInstitute.

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Panvel RTO suspendslicense of 1735 drivers for

violating traffic rulesBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheRegional Transport Of-fice of Panvel has sus-pended the driving li-censes of 1735 motor-ists for violating trafficrules during the sevenmonths from April 1 toOctober 31, 2019. Mostof the offenders werecaught for over speed-ing.

As per the data, ac-tion was taken against837 drivers for overspeeding, 486 werefined for jumping sig-nals, 326 for drink anddrive, 72 motoristswere caught for accom-modating more passen-gers and 14 for ferryingpassengers in cargo ve-hicles.

Drink & Talking Jumping Over- FerryingDrive on Signals speeding passengers in

Mobile Cargo Vehicles

1st April to 31 October 2019

72 486 326 837 14

1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019

164 685 410 1588 39

1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018

135 187 81 0 0

“Traffic police ini-tially penalized the mo-torists for violatingtraffic rules and latertheir licenses were sentto the RTO for suspen-sion. The offenderswere caught for overspeeding, jumping sig-nals, using mobilephones while driving,not using seatbelts,non-use of helmets,driving under the influ-ence of alcohol, overloading passengers, fer-rying passengers incargo permit vehiclesetc.,” said Laxman Da-rade, RTO of Panvel.

Alarmed by the ris-ing number of road ac-cidents, the Road Safe-

By Jim George

VASHI: The PostOffice Passport SevaKendra (POPSK)located at Vashi PostOffice in Sector 16Ahas proved to be aboon for the citizensresiding in andaround Navi Mum-bai. Since its formalinauguration on July13th, 2019, the Ken-dra has issuedaround 6,000 pass-ports.

Passport Seva Kendra - A boonfor the citizens of Navi Mumbai

Almost 6000 passports issued since

its inauguration in July this year“Almost

hundredpeople arriveevery day toapply orrenew theirpassports.Since theinception ofPOPSK,around sixthousandapplicationshad been filedand almostthe same

NMMC receives overwhelmingresponse to its old footwear

collection initiative

1000 old footwear collected

in less than two months

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Thereis an overwhelming re-sponse to the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation’s (NMMC)initiative of collectingold footwear, which waslaunched in the firstweek of September incollaboration withGreen Sole. In lessthan two months, 1000old footwear have beencollected from housingsocieties in the city.

According to aWorld Health Organi-zation survey, approx-imately 35 million foot-wear are discarded an-nually worldwide. Atpresent, the use of foot-wear has decreased.Now the new culture ofuse and throw is in pro-cess. Therefore, thisinnovative initiative isbeing implemented bythe Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation in

collaboration with theGreen Sole to minimizethe waste of old foot-wear which after re-pair are given a newlook. These are thendistributed among theneedy. The old footwearwhich have been col-lected from various so-cieties and colonies,are sent to Shree RamFashion Industry Ma-hape, where these getreprocessed and thendistributed to theneedy children and cit-izens. NMMC MayorJaywant Sutar andCommissioner Anna-saheb Misal have ap-pealed all the otherhousing societies andcolonies to come aheadand cooperate fully andhelp the needy get foot-wear.

Civic ChiefAnnasaheb Misal said,

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number of passportshave been issued”,said Vikas Gupta, thecurrent AssistantSuperintendent ofPOPSK.

“About six monthsago, we had to go allthe way to Thane torenew passports. ThePassport Seva Ken-dra at Vashi hascome as a boon notonly for the residents

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ty Committee, headedby retired judge of theSupreme Court, hassuggested various mea-sures to reduce thenumber of road acci-

Water drinking breaksRealising that many students do not drink sufficient water which

sometimes leads to dehydration, many states in the country have nowmade it mandatory to provide ‘water drinking breaks’ in schools. Theconcept of water breaks was first introduced in Kerala and later othersouth Indian states followed suit including Tamil Nadu, Karnatakaand Telangana and now even Goa has made it mandatory for schoolsto introduce two water drinking breaks of two minutes duration.

Keeping hydrated is crucial for health and well being. Around 60percent of the body is made up of water. However, many of us, espe-cially children do not consume water or simply forget to keep them-selves hydrated from time to time.

Moreover, studies have revealed that drinking water can help stu-dents in staying focused, creative, and energized. The brain works ona complex electrolyte formula and depends on suitable hydration tofunction properly. There is a tendency, especially amongst the young-sters, to quench thirst by consuming aerated drinks. While soft drinksmay temporarily relieve thirst, they actually work as a diuretic, mak-ing the body lose water faster than it can be utilized. To process thesugar content of sodas, the body pulls out water from extracellularfluids, thus leaving the body less hydrated than before the soft drink.

While there is no universally agreed quantity of water that mustbe consumed daily, as it is dependent on various factors like bodyweight, age, climate and daily activities, it is commonly recommendedto drink eight glasses of water of eight ounces per day. We generallyget about 20 percent of our fluid needs from the food we eat and var-ious other beverages. However, the requirement for the other 80 per-cent of our fluids needs to get fulfilled each day from drinking purewater. We lose fluids on a continuous basis from sweating, breathingand urinating. When the body loses more water than is being replaced,dehydration occurs and brain functions get affected. However, as perthe doctors, when the brain is operating with plenty of water, studentsare able to have greater clarity, creativity, focus and quicker thoughtprocess. Drinking adequate water also prevents urinary track infec-tion and constipation.

Pure water is the best solution for hydration. It is important toinculcate the habit of drinking water right from childhood. Water isthe pre-eminent beverage that can keep the mind and body energizedand operate at their best. Water drinking breaks should be introducedby all the states in the schools to ensure that children remain hydrat-ed at all times. Schools should also spread awareness on the impor-tance of drinking water to the students so that it becomes a habit.

dents. Accordingly, thestate transport depart-ment has given stronginstructions to all po-lice commissioners andpolice superintendents

of the state as well asregional transport de-partment to carry outdrives with an aim toreduce road accidents.It also ordered strictsuspension of driving li-cense for violating traf-fic rules.

Panvel RTO suspends...Contd. from pg. 1

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

URAN: JawaharlalNehru Port Trust(JNPT), India’s premiercontainer port celebrat-ed Samvidhan Divas tocommemorate the adop-tion of Constitution ofIndia on Tuesday, No-vember 26, 2019 withgreat enthusiasm andparticipation of all theofficials and staff ofJNPT.

The Preamble of theConstitution of India wasread out by Shri SanjaySethi, IAS, Chairman,JNPT in the presence ofHead of Departments,officers and staff ofJNPT. “On this day, we

JNPT Observes 70th Constitution Day

celebrate the spirit offreedom and democracyof this great country.Today we pay our hom-age to the father of Indi-an constitution, Dr. Ba-basaheb Ambedkar forcapturing the true spir-it to make India a Sov-ereign, Secular, Social-ist, Democratic and Re-public Nation. The rightto life and the freedom ofspeech empower citizensto lead a life according totheir choice. JNPT isproud of its contributionto the nation and of up-holding the constitution-al values,” said Shri Set-hi.

It was on November

26, 1949 that the Con-stituent Assembly ofIndia formally adoptedthe Constitution of In-dia, which subsequent-ly came into effect onJanuary 26, 1950. Ac-cordingly, November 26is celebrated as thecountry’s ConstitutionDay every year to val-ue and preserve therich heritage and thecomposite culture ofIndia. This year,JNPT will be holdingyear-long activitieshighlighting citizens’duties through talks,rallies and other activ-ities as part of theawareness campaign.

“Even though NaviMumbai ranks first inthe state in cleanli-ness, and seventh inthe country, our aim isto further improve ourranking this year andbring the city in thefirst three. To this end,in addition to the sci-entific process onwaste, we have givenspecial attention to theimportance of reusingand recycling the wasteby paying close atten-tion to how waste isproduced. The initia-tive of reusing and re-cycling our old slip-pers, knitted footwear,is both- innovative aswell as noble. The oldfootwear are given anew look and are thendistributed to the needycitizens. Green Sole is

actively participatingalong with us in thisinitiative and we aregetting good responsefrom the citizens. Weare proud that NaviMumbai is the firstMunicipal Corporationin the country to ini-tiate this. This innova-tive concept is givingnew dimension to thecleanliness of the city.”

Jaywant Sutar,Mayor, NMMC said,“The concept of 3R thatis Reduce, Reuse andRecycle is being givenspecial attention bythe NMMC when itcomes to CleanlinessSurvey-2020 and thecollection of old foot-wear and then creatinga new footwear from itis also an importantpart of this innovativeinitiative.”

Shri Ram FashionIndustry GroupNaresh Bhasin said,“This initiative which

was implemented froma service point of viewis really getting a verygood response. It takesmore than 100 yearsfor footwear to be de-stroyed and nowadays,the footwear gets dis-carded very soon. Thegood things in this dis-carded footwear areseparated to producerecycled footwearwhich are then givento needy children. Theprogramme has thedouble benefit: recy-cling the waste by con-verting it into usefulcommodity and the so-cial commitment ofhelping the needy chil-dren and citizens whoreceive new footwear.”

Navi Mumbai is thefirst municipality inthe country to launchan innovative initia-tive to reduce wasteand deliver footwear tothe underprivilegedpeople.

NMMCreceives...

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of Vashi but also forthe people fromnearby places likePanvel”, said Acham-ma Eapen, a citizen.

Citizens can take

appointments online.After verification andprocessing of thedocuments given bythe applicants and asper the norms, the

passports are sent bymail to the applicant.

The POPSK wasinaugurated onMarch 10th but hadnot started function-ing until July due tolack of staff andinfrastructure.

Passport Seva Kendra...Contd. from pg. 1


NMMC’s “Plastic-man” concept receivesgood response from students

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi MumbaiMunicipal Corpora-tion (NMMC) whichis leaving no stonesunturned in encour-aging students tobecome environmentconscious throughvarious fun- filledactivities, hadinitiated a ‘Plasticman’ concept threemonths back. This isreceiving over-whelming responsefrom the students.The students were

asked to collectvarious plasticwrappers from theirhouse and put it intothe plastic bottlesand hand it over tothe civic body.

The innovativeinitiative was imple-mented in schools inthree divisions i.e.Belapur, Nerul andVashi. More than350 bottles werefilled with smallpieces of plastic suchchocolate wrappers,shampoo and similar

plastic pouches andsashes, food wrap-pers and later thesebottles were handedover to the NMMC.

Plastic-man waslaunched by MayorJaywant Sutar onIndian Indepen-dence Day. Educa-tional institute andschools can joinhand and contactvolunteers of AnkurSanstha on8879620770/9653486963 to participatein this programme.

As Margasheersha monthbegins, it is business time

at Uran’s Bazar Peth

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN : With the on-set of the holy month of Margasheersha fromWednesday, the marketarea of Uran or BazarPeth is seeing briskbusiness. During thisholy month, marriedwomen worship God-dess Lakshmi Devi onevery Thursday duringthe month. The marketis flooded with an arrayof flowers and other poo-ja materials.

The Margasheershamonth is very impor-

tant especially for mar-ried women as theyworship Goddess Lak-shmi for the well-beingof the family, wealth,peace and harmonyand for this everyThursday, they per-form a special pooja,said a trader from UranBazar Peth.

Sonabai, a vendor atthe Bazar Peth said,“As the margasheershamonth begins it is timefor business and themarket area is crowd-ed on Tuesdays and

Wednesdays as womencome to buy pooja ma-terials like plantationleaves, leaves of fivetrees, bananas, coco-nut, flowers, which areessential for the pooja.”

Speaking about therates, she further saidflower garland is soldbetween Rs. 60 to Rs.100, while a veni andstring of jasmine flow-er is sold at Rs 30. Theleaves of 5 differenttrees cost around Rs.10 for a handfulbunch.

NAVI MUMBAI: Bankof Maharashtra cele-brated ConstitutionDay with great enthu-siasm at its headquar-ters, Lokmangal Shiva-ji Nagar, Pune, ZonalOffices and Branches

Bank of Maharashtracelebrates Constitution Day

across India. Constitu-tion Day was also cele-brated with great en-thusiasm at the branchand zonal office ofVashi, Navi Mumbai.On this occasion, theBank’s Chief Manager,

Duttatray Kaveri, Jyo-ti Badkar, NeelimaKhopkar, NeelamKarme, Namita Me-shram, Arvind More,Gopichand Patekar,Nidhi Sharma werepresent.

By: Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: "Polit-ical democracy cannotlast unless there lies atthe base of it, social de-mocracy. Social democ-racy means a way of lifewhich recognizes liber-ty, equality and frater-nity as the principles of

Sanpada based Schoolobserves Constitution Day

Ryan Sanpada students enact a skit highlighting the fundamental rights and duties ofthe citizens of India on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of National ConstitutionDay.

life." A well-knownquote of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, who wasthe First Law Ministerof the country post itsindependence and alsoplayed a key role inframing of the IndianConstitution.

Ryan International

School Sanpada on theoccasion of the 70thAnniversary of the Na-tional ConstituencyDay celebrated thismomentous occasion byconducting a specialAssembly at its school

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Veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar interacted with children at Sai Sanjeevani CardiacCare Child Hospital, Kharghar which has completed one year. (Photos by Sumit Renose)

Sri Satya Sai Sanjivani Centrefor Cardiac Care Child Hospital

celebrates first anniversary

PANVEL: Shri SatyaSai Sanjivani Centre forCardiac Care ChildHospital in Kharghar,the provider of tertiarypediatric cardiac careand public health ser-vices, celebrated the

first anniversary. TheCentre has examined7500 young childrenand 550 pregnant wom-en in just one year of itsestablishment.

The Gift of Life Cer-tificate was presentedto the children who un-derwent successfulheart surgery. BharatRatna Sachin Ten-dulkar, Pandit Shiv

Kumar Sharma, ShriHariharan, Navi Mum-bai Police Commission-er Sanjay Kumar andMedical Officer Dr. Sa-chin Jadhav werepresent on the occasion.Parents of young chil-

dren who had free sur-geries were alsopresent. They were notonly given free surgerybut the attendants weregiven free accommoda-tion and food facilities.

A cultural dancedrama was presentedon the occasion on theconcept of Gift of Life.

Shri Satya Sai San-jivani Centres are run

by Shri Satya SaiHealth and EducationTrust and have centresin Naya Raipur, Palw-al and Navi Mumbaiand provide completelyfree services to theneedy, irrespective of

caste, religion and na-tionality. Shri SatyaSai Health and Educa-tion Trust Chairman,Shri Satya Sai Sanji-vani Centre, operationshead, Mr. Srinivas inhis welcome speechsaid, “We feel privilegedto serve children andthe citizens of Maha-rashtra through NaviMumbai Centre.”

Flamingo boat rides receiveoverwhelming responseAround 1000 flamingos arrive as the

latest migration period begins

Photo courtesy: Pavan K Sahu

By Jim George

NAVI MUMBAI: Withthe onset of latest mi-gration period of fla-mingos, the Flamingoboat ride from theCoastal and MarineBiodiversity Centre inAiroli, which has re-started from October26, is receiving an over-whelming responsefrom nature enthusi-asts. The boating triptakes place on days ofhigh tides and the tim-ings also are dependenton the tide.

“Around 1000 fla-mingos have arrived sofar. They are of twotypes, the greater fla-mingos and the lesserflamingos”, said anemployee at the Centre.However, this numberis less compared to pre-vious years.

“I would definitelylike to go for boat ridesto see the flamingos. Iheard that the centre isalso very interestingwith informative andinteractive session,”said Sunil Agarwal, a

nature enthusiast.The prices of boat

rides vary from threehundred and thirty ru-pees per person onweekdays to four hun-dred and forty rupees onweekends. Only a max-imum of 24 people areallowed on to the boat,but requires at leastseven or eight people forthe boat ride to start.

The next boat rideswill take place on 29th,30th November and 1st

of December, accordingto the organisers.

premises. A young stu-dent inspiring speechhighlighted the impor-tance of the Constitu-tion and its influenceand impact on the coun-try. Apart from this,there was a Quiz con-ducted based on Consti-tution which saw en-thusiastic participationfrom the students. Askit enacted by the stu-dents highlighted thefundamental rights and

duties of the citizens ofIndia.

A special Assemblywas organised on theNational ConstitutionDay also known asSamvidhan Divas orNational Law Day onTuesday 26 Nov, 2019and a number of activi-ties were organised inthe school to acknowl-edge the contribution ofthe framers of the Con-stitution in particularDr. B.R. Ambedkar asits Chairman. The As-sembly brought about afeeling of realization

about the norms andregulations of India andthe rights and duties ofits proud citizens whichought to be respectedand followed. In factIndia’s constitution isthe longest written con-stitution in the worldwhich took around twoyears, 11 months and17 days to complete it.It is a day of glory forall Indians and we re-solve to stand by theConstitution forever”shared Principal Muri-el Fernandes.

Sanpadabased...

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