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Shops other thanthose selling essentialitems to remain closed:

NMMCIn view of the epidemicspread of the COVID-19virus throughout the worldincluding India, the NaviMumbai Municipal Corpo-ration (NMMC) has decid-ed to keep all the shopsclosed, except those selling,medicines, milk, food, veg-etables, grocery or anyother essential items.

APMC’s Vegetable andFruit market to remainclosed on Thursdaysand Sundays till 31st

March, 2020 With an aim to prevent thespread of coronavirus, thevegetable and fruit marketin the Agricultural ProduceMarket Committee (APMC)will be completely closed onThursdays and Sundays till31st March…

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FDA raids shops inAPMC selling fake

sanitizersWith rising demand for san-itizers in the wake of coro-navirus, there have beencomplaints by the people thatfake sanitizers are beingsold in market. Taking noteof this, the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) raid-ed two shops in APMC sell-ing fake sanitizers on Tues-day night and seized bot-tles of sanitizers worth thou-sands of rupees. A case hasalso been filed against themanufacturing company..

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: In thewake of Corona viruspandemic and with aview to avoid contacts,the motorists feel thatthe state governmentshould temporarilyclose the toll nakas.The state governmentand the civic bodies

have already closedgyms, malls, bar andrestaurants, pubs andmany other public plac-es with an aim to curbgathering.

Akalakh Barakhab,a resident of Vashi said,“Even at toll nakasmany people gather.While collecting the re-ceipt against paymentof toll fees we come incontact with the toll fee

Motorists demandclosure of toll nakas

Reason cited is avoiding of

contact with toll fee collectors

collectors. In the viewof coronavirus epidem-ic, I would request thestate government totemporarily close thetoll nakas and not col-lect toll fees for at least10 days. It will be real-ly a relief for all the cit-izens who travel to andfro from Navi Mumbai

to Mumbai in vehicles.”Harshal Pradhan,

Shiv-Sena spokesper-son speaking withNewsband said, "StateChief Minister UddhavThackeray has ap-pealed all the citizens totake precautionarymeasures to avoid coro-navirus. He has askedeveryone to stay at

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecontroversial civic gar-bage dump on man-groves at Bori Pakha-di in Uran caught fireon Wednesday night assome people dumpedpackets of potato chipswith expired date andburnt them whichraised fresh concernsover health hazard tothe people.

The security manon duty on the watchtower of the adjoiningONGC installationalerted the fire brigadewhich doused the firein about 15 minutes,

Uran garbage dump nearONGC pipeline set afire

Miscreants dump chips with expired date; burn them

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PM Modi urges countrymen tofollow ‘Janta Curfew” on March 22

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: In thewake of coronaviruspandemic, Prime Min-ister, Narendra Modiaddressed the nation on22nd March, from 7 amto 9pm. He urgedall the countrymento follow ‘JantaCurfew” on 22nd

March, 2020 as aninitiative at an in-dividual level tocheck the situationand thank the peo-ple working relent-lessly to provideemergency servic-es. During ‘JantaCurfew’, no oneshould go out of theirhomes. Only those whoare involved in provid-ing essential servicescan go out. “March 22will be a test of our ef-forts to protect our na-tion from the virus.

This Janta Curfew willalso show the world howready we are to tacklethis virus,” he said.

“The whole world isgoing through a veryserious phase of crisis

at this time. Generally,whenever a natural cri-sis hits, it is limited toa few countries orstates. But this timethis crisis is such thatit has put the entirehuman race in crisis

around the world. Thewhole world is collec-tively facing this dilem-ma; even during WorldWar 1 and 2, this manycountries weren’t af-fected,” he said.

He urged thecitizens to remainalert and not getcomplacent. “For adeveloping countrylike India with ahuge population,coronavirus posesan even a biggerchallenge. Resolu-tion and restraintare very importantto combat this glo-bal epidemic. As

citizens, people need tostrengthen their re-solve to follow the advi-sories issued by thestate and central gov-ernment to fight coro-

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informed local residentSamir Ashrit.

A group of alert res-idents caught hold ofthree people who camewith load of snacksand sauce bottles. Theywere handed over tothe police, he said.

Local residents andenvironmental istshave been fighting forlong for shifting thedumping site to a saf-er location. The reve-nue officials, followinga series of complaints,had even filed an FIRagainst the Uran Mu-nicipal Council offi-cials for damagingmangroves by dump-ing the city garbage, BN Kumar, director ofNatConnect Founda-tion, pointed out, alert-ing the Konkan Divi-sional Commissionerand other revenue of-ficials about the fireincident.

The High Court ap-pointed Mangrove Pro-tection and Conserva-tion Committee had or-dered CIDCO andRaigad district collec-tor three months ago toclear the garbage, savethe mangroves andfind an alternative sitefor disposing of the gar-bage, said Nandaku-mar Pawar, head of

The vehicle by which the snack packs with expired datewere brought to Bori Pakhadi dumping ground

Uran garbage dump on fire

Urangarbagedump...

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regard for the man-groves and publichealth, Kumar said.

The residents haveeven complained to thePrime Minister but thePMO closed the case onthe UMC’s assurancethat proper care wouldbe taken while dispos-ing of the garbage, saidAshrit. “This assur-ance was never meantto be followed and we,the residents, continueto suffer,” he said.

Advocate Rat-nadeep Patil, spear-heading the UranYuva forum, said thelaw abiding residentshave been agitatingpeacefully so far. How-ever, their patienceshould not be tested toolong. The citizen com-plaints pointed outthat the existing gar-bage dump is less than50 mtr against thenorm of 500 mtr. Sev-eral people have beenfalling sick continu-ously due to the filthin their backyards,said Nishant Gharatof Yuva Uran forum.

The UMC had re-cently closed all com-plaints assuring thatpesticides would besprayed on the gar-bage. “This is furthermore outrageous as thepoison from the undis-closed pesticides couldcause much moreharm,” said TukaramKoli of Hanuman Ko-liwada, Uran.

Shri Ekvira Aai Prat-ishtan.

Kumar sent a freshrequest to the MangroveCommittee to ensurethat the garbage dumpis moved away and themangroves are protect-ed as the environmentaland health hazards areincreasing day by daywith the muck flowinginto the sea.

“Our complaint tothe Maharashtra Pol-lution Control Boardhas so far been re-

mained un-responded,”he said.

Two consecutive in-spections by the reve-nue-forest combineteams have confirmedthe death of man-groves and the menaceof the stinking gar-bage faced by the resi-dents, yet the local ad-ministration did notbudge. Apart from thegarbage, even sewerwater is being drainedout on to the man-groves with utter dis-

PUBLIC NOTICETake notice that my client Mr. Arun Vaman Naik Satam has acquiredFlat no.110 admeasuring 415 sq. ft. Carpet on 1st floor in ‘B’ wingof Coral Crest Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., Regd. No. No.NBOM/ CIDCO/ HSG/ (OH)/ 1596/ JTR/ 1997-98 built on pieceand parcel of CIDCO land bearing Plot no.3 admeasuring 3749.14sq. mts. in Sector 23 under 12.5% Gavthan Expansion Schemeof CIDCO situated at village Nerul (Darave) Tal. & Dist. Thanewithin limits of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation alongwith 5shares of ̀ .50/- each bearing Share Certificate no.18A (Shares 336to 340) which is issued by the said society with all rights attachedto said flat. It is noticed that Original Agreement for Sale dt.23-10-1998 at Sr. No. P-3273/ 1998 dt.26-10-1998 executed by M/s.National Constructions in favour of Mr. Arun Vaman Naik Satam &Original Registration receipt thereof are lost/ misplaced while shiftinghouse.. If any person is in possession of the said documents youare requested to submit the same at the address mentioned hereinbelow and if any person/ financial institution is in possession ofsaid originals and/ or claims any right by way of charge, mortgage,lien, transfer or otherwise should lodge his/its claim with relevantdocumentary evidence within 14 days from publication of thisnotice with undersign, failing which it will be presumed that no onehas any claim over said shop and if any, same is given up and noclaim will be heard thereafter.

Sd/-Adv. Amit Suhas Gadkari

5A, Meghdoot Dhara CHS Ltd.,Opp. Kalyan Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd.,

Rambaug 4, Kalyan 421301Date: 20-03-2020 Tel. No. 9819240747

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to the General public that my Client SMT.BHARATICHANDRAKANT MEHTA is sole owner of the CIDCO Plot No.0096,Sector-1A, Kopar Khairane, Navi Mumbai, Taluka & District –Thane,have lost the following original Document:-i) Original all registered documents, along with registration Receipts. This police missing report was made with Sion Police Station, Mumbai,on 03/03/2020, vide Lost Property Registration No. 357/2020.Any person/s finding the Original Agreement may return the same atthe address mentioned herein below.Any person/persons having any claim against the said Flat/Plot or thesaid Documents by way of sale, mortgage, charge, gift, lease, easement,use, trust, possession, inheritance, lien etc. or otherwise, is herebyrequired to make the same known to the undersigned at my officeaddress given herein below, within a period of 15 days from the dateof publication hereof, failing which shall be deemed to have beenwaived for all intents and purpose and not binding on my client.

Sd/-AJAY D. GAIKWAD

Advocate High CourtShop No.229, SS-III, Xerox Lane

Opp. Abbott Hotel, Sector-2,Vashi, Navi Mumbai, 400 703.

Date: 20-03-2020 Mobile: 8082325559


By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to prevent thespread of coronavirus,the vegetable and fruitmarket in the Agricul-tural Produce MarketCommittee (APMC)will be completelyclosed on Thursdays

Vegetable and Fruit market inAPMC to remain closed on Thursdays

and Sundays till 31st March, 2020

and Sundays till 31stMarch.

APMC, which isthe largest co-opera-tive body in Asia,produces 50 to 60tonnes of waste everyday. About 80% of thiswaste is produced invegetable and fruit

markets. There arearound 50,000 peopleworking in the fivemarkets, includingtraders, mathadiworkers, transportersand others. A specialcleanliness campaignis also launched in themarket premises.


NAVI MUMBAI: TheReliance Digital Mall,which was opendespite the orders toclose the malls givenby the civic body, wasasked to close shuttersby the Maharashtra

Attempt to break openUnion Bank's ATM fails

Police launch search for the trio

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: An at-tempt to break open theATM of Union Bank inKamothe last Sundayfailed and the three rob-bers had to flee empty-handed. Following theincident, Kamothe po-lice have launched asearch for the uniden-tified trio.

A branch of UnionBank, has an ATM Cen-

tre next to the branch.Since the bank wasclosed last Saturday-Sunday, the thievestried to break open theATM at midnight onSunday. However, de-spite repeated attempts,the robbers could notbreak the machine.

The incident came tolight, when the bank'smanager arrived ataround 10.30 am on

Monday. He noted thatthe ATM has tampered.He then checked theCCTV footage in theATM and discoveredthat three unidentifiedrobbers, who had tiedhandkerchiefs aroundtheir face, tried tobreak open the ATM.

The bank's manag-er Nitesh Ojwanilodged a complaint withKamothe police station.

MNS asks Reliance DigitalMall to close shutters

Navnirman Sena.Nikhil Sanap Manag-er, Digital RelianceMall Kharghar said,the mall will beopened only followingorders.

Meanwhile thefirst floor of D-Mart

has been closed andonly essential goodsare being sold to thecitizens. Incomingcustomers are beinggiven sanitizer, saidVinod Kumar Rao, DMart Manager,Kharghar.

Even after the Navi Mumbai Municipal administration has banned the entry of visitorsin its headquarter as a preventive measure, many visitors came to the Municipal Head-quarters on Thursday. However, they were stopped at the main gate (By: Chandrashek-har Hendve)


NAVI MUMBAI: Inview of the epidemicspread of the COVID-19 virus throughoutthe world includingIndia, the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)has decided to keep allthe shops closed,

Shops other than those selling essentialitems to remain closed: NMMC

except those selling,medicines, milk, food,vegetables, grocery orany other essentialitems.

“This decision hasbeen taken keeping inmind the safety of alland we are complyingwith all the precaution-ary measures suggest-

ed by the governmentto minimise the risk ofexposure to ourresidents. We wisheveryone to stay strongand healthy in the faceof the ongoing globalhealth crisis,” re-marked AnnasahebMisal, NMMC Com-missioner.

A car which was

parked on road in

Vashigaon following

an accident two

days ago, suddenly

caught fire on

Thursday.(By Sumit Renose)

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheAnti-Human traffick-ing Cell of Navi Mum-bai police raided a ho-tel ‘Kalash’ in APMC’sMafco Market onWednesday eveningand rescued three wom-en who were broughtthere for flash trade.During the raid the po-lice arrested a 42-year-

Three women rescued from flash tradeold woman for operatingthe racket.

Senior police inspec-tor Dhanraj Garad ofNavi Mumbai policehad received informa-tion that Nimita Malik,who is the alleged ac-cused, is running flashtrade. Accordingly, afemale assistant policeofficer of the Anti- Hu-man Trafficking Cell

and the team ap-proached Nimita Malikas fake customer. Nim-ita Malik accompaniedthree women to AP-MC’s Hotel Kalash inMafco Market. After thefake customer selecteda woman and took her,the police arrested Nim-ita and rescued threewomen who werebrought for flash trade.


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Need for introspectionOver the last few weeks, there has been a stupendous increase

in the crime graph. Cases of daylight robbery, chain snatching etc.are on the rise while the detection rate has remained abysmal.This has instilled a sense of insecurity amongst the residents. Thenon chalant attitude of the many police officials, non friendly imageof the police department and the difficult legal procedures haveonly helped in eroding the image further.

This is an era of specialization. Considering the competitive-ness that one has to face, success in any field, to a great extent,depends on specialization. This adage applies to the police de-partment as well. The present day working in the police depart-ment makes it imperative for the officials to carry out a wide rangeof duties, which in turn adversely affects their performance as primesecurity providing agency. The police today have no defined du-ties, which varies from nabbing criminals to providing security tothe VVIPs to making bandobast for dharnas & community cele-brations, to managing traffic, mediating in disputes, providing se-curity cover to the politicians during elections and election ralliesand what not. It is because of this multi faceted duty requirementthat the performance of police in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai islack luster and they fail to perform their prime duty that of provid-ing security to the residents, which is what they are actually creat-ed for. Limited force equipped with arms of the stone- age era withunlimited working hours is finding itself at the receiving end es-pecially when the nature of crime is getting sophisticated and com-plex. As is said power corrupts person, the same is true to greatextent for the police force also, which wields legitimate and sometimes even illegitimate powers. Lack of commitment and weakmorale are visible in the police force today leading to disgust inthe society and police as a profession carries a very poor image.

The police alone cannot be blamed for this sorry state of affairs.Huge interferences from the politicians who treat the police de-partment as personal employees, has also contributed towards itspoor performances. Transfers and postings make lot of news thesedays where merits rarely count. This has put a big question markon the working of the police department and there is an eminentneed for revamping the whole system especially in view of therecent scam.

The police department needs to go in for specialized forces fordifferent works like for example crime branch, VVIPs security,traffic department etc. It is heartening to note that recently effortshave been made to modernize the department, but the forcesshould be imparted specialized training in dealing with particularkind of crimes especially in view of new types of crimes like finan-cial and cyber crimes. Further, the city police have also been in-structed not to provide VIP escorts on the route from Mumbai toPune, which is the right step. Besides this, a significant amount ofautonomy needs to be given to the police department and therehas to be a minimum interference from the politicians. In this re-vamping process not only the police department needs to be over-hauled but the public in general also needs to be counseled. Theillegal migrants from neighbouring countries, the slum dwellers,many of the road side beggars and urchins are also potential crim-inals and they need to be discouraged as prevention of crime isbetter than conviction of criminals after crime is committed. Theworking conditions in the police department need to be improvedand the police force should be augmented and equipped with lat-est arms, means of communication & transportation. They shouldalso have better inter connection and exchange of information withother security agencies in order to enhance their performance andalso to improve their sagging morale.

Play grounds in Navi Mumbai wear a de-serted as in the wake of Corona virusoutbreak, gardens have been closed. Aview of a garden in Sanpada. (An aerialshot taken by CK Subramaniam)

With the civic bodies urging residents tostay indoors, no activities are being ob-served in housing societies. A view of Mil-lennium Towers and the adjoining car shedat Sanpada. (By: C.K. Subramaniam)


KHARGHAR:Kharghar police haveurged citizens not tocrowd the religiousshrines in their areaas a precautionarymeasure to prevent thespread of coronavirus.

The measure hasbeen taken followingthe rise in the number

Kharghar police urge citizens notto gather in religious shrines

of coronavirus cases inthe state. The citizenshave also been urgednot to leave homewithout work.

“It has been notedthat citizens arevisiting GaneshTemple, Shiva Tem-ple, Mata Temple,Vitthal RakhumaiTemple and the

Church, Mosque inthe area, theKharghar police havesent a letter to thetemples in the area toreduce the crowd atreligious sites as aprecautionary mea-sure,” said PradeepTidar, Senior PoliceInspector, KhargharPolice Station.

Fire erupts in under constructionbuilding in D Y Patil premises

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A firebroke out on Wednes-day afternoon in anunder constructionbuilding at Dr. D Y Pa-til premises in Nerul.Fortunately no one wasinjured. Navi MumbaiMunicipal Fire Brigadepersonnel rushed to thespot and brought thefire under control in anhour. The cause of thefire is being ascer-tained.

Construction of anew Medical College

building is underway atDr. DY Patil premisesin Nerul. On the fourthfloor, a large amount ofplywood and thermocolsare placed for carryingout interior work of thebuilding. The same ther-mocol caught fire ataround 1:30 pm. As theflames spread, therewas heavy smoke in thearea. Dental College aswell as the Ladies Hos-tel building lies adjacentto this building. So thestudents staying in thehostel fled. The workers

working in the buildingalso ran outside thebuilding.

Upon receiving in-formation of the inci-dent, fire brigade per-sonnel from Nerul andCBD of Navi Mumbairushed to the spot andevacuated the premisesand extinguished theflames in about anhour. Although therewas no loss of life, thefirewood and other ma-terials kept on thefourth floor were com-pletely burned.


home and also avoidgoing to crowded plac-es. Citizens themselvesshould be disciplinedand obey the instruc-tions. Only in case ofemergency, one shouldtravel. Closure of tollnakas has not been tak-en into consideration asat toll naka publiccome in their car sochances of coming incontact with crowd isvery rare."

Bharatiya Janata

Party spokespersonMadhav Bhandariwhile speaking withNewsband said, "At tollnakas, people sit insidetheir car or vehicles sochances of contactingcoronavirus is less.However, it would beadvisable if the stategovernment closes thetoll naka too for at least8 days. The govern-ment would not anymajor financial loss bytaking such a step."

Motorists demand...Contd. from pg. 1

Navi Mumbai: 14 people have been quarantined in Navi Mumbai. Of the admitted 13people are from Dubai and one person from Russia (By: Sumit Renose)


NAVI MUMBAI: TheIndian Dental Associa-tion has urged thedentists not to carrydental treatment, ifnot urgent, till31st March. Thedecision has beentaken as a preventa-tive measure in thetime of COVID-19spread, said thePresident of Indian

Indian Dental Association asksdoctors to take precaution

Dental Association,Ravindra Singh.

He further saidthat the dentistsshould take full careof themselves andmonitor the spread ofthe disease whileproviding emergencyservices. GeneralSecretary of theorganization Dr.Ashok Dhobale hasadvised the dentists to

be vigilant and takecare of the patientswith respiratoryillnesses. The organi-zation is committed toproviding all dentistswith up-to-dateinformation andhelpful guidance fromtime to time. Theassociation will alertall dentists about thelatest information, therelease said.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Withrising demand for san-itizers in the wake ofcoronavirus, therehave been complaintsby the people that fakesanitizers are beingsold in market. Takingnote of this, the Foodand Drug Administra-tion (FDA) raided twoshops in APMC sellingfake sanitizers on Tues-day night and seizedbottles of sanitizersworth thousands of ru-pees. A case has alsobeen filed against themanufacturing compa-ny.

FDA raids shops in APMCselling fake sanitizers

Citizens have beenurged to frequentlywash hands eitherwith soap or sanitizerto prevent the spread ofcoronavirus. Followingwhich over the past fewdays, there has been ahuge shortage of sani-tizers in medicalstores. Taking advan-tage of this, some indi-viduals have begunmaking fake sanitizersand are selling these athigh rates.

On Tuesday night,a team of Drug Inspec-tors- Ajay Mahule ofThane and Drug Ad-ministration raided

two shops of Dev Trad-ers and Pragati Trad-ers in APMC Market.The team seized thou-sands of rupees worthof sanitizers from boththe shops and sentthese to the laboratoryfor testing and analy-sis. Subsequently, theFDA filed a complaintwith TDC Internation-al owner ZeeshanHaider Zaidi, 50, atAPMC police stationunder the Drugs andCosmetics Act and theEssential CommoditiesAct. The operationstarted from 9:30 amto midnight.

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePrincipal Secretary,Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare,Government ofMaharashtra, Dr.Pradeep Vyas hasappealed people toswitch off air-condi-tioners and turn onthe fan to get freshair and reduce thechances of gettinginfected by the novelcoronavirus whichhas been declaredpandemic in thestate. Already thecases of coronavirusis increasing day byday and the toll hasreached to 175 inIndia.

Maharashtra Principal Health Secretaryappeals citizens to switch off AC to

reduce spread of coronavirusIn a circular

issued by the statehealth ministry andfamily welfare it isclearly mentionedthat in order to takepreventive measuresfrom Covid-19 apartfrom washing handsand disinfectingsurfaces one need toswitch off the air-conditioner too.

Dr. Pradeep Vyassaid, “The studieshave shown that theviruses thrive in cool,dry climates. Theusage of air-conditionis more in our coun-try and it can supportin spreading thevirus. Whereas thereis a little chance of

the spread of virus inhot and humidclimate. Another wayto reduce the spreadof coronavirus is bykeeping the windowsand doors open inorder to ventilate therooms.”

According to theWorld Health Organi-zation the preventionof coronavirus can bedone by keeping thesuspected people in awell ventilated rooms.

Vyas said, “Citi-zens should takevitamin D by stand-ing in sun becausethe ultraviolet raysand heat from thesun help in killingthe virus.”

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HEALTH AND NUTRITION

By Bhavani Swaminathan

March 20 is theInternational Day ofHappiness and the2020 campaigntheme is HappierTogether,focusing onwhat we have incommon, ratherthan whatdivides us.Everyone wantsto be happy -and life ishappier whenwe're together.To celebrate,UNIDO Happi-ness, the UNsecretariat forthe Internation-al Day OfHappiness iscalling people,nations andterritories totake “Ten Stepsto GlobalHappiness”challenge and call toaction. The ten stepsto global happinessare “ten easy stepsany individual,organization orcountry can take onthe international dayof happiness andthroughout happi-ness week, tocelebrate the inter-national day ofhappiness, while alsoadvancing thehappiness, wellbeingand freedom of alllife on earth by 2050.

Looking atcurrent scenario, itis very important toboost one’s ownimmunity to keeponeself healthy. It’sthe best way to stayaway from any

illness or disease.The spices and herbspresent in our Indiankitchen since agescan be term asmedicine too. Thesehave so many healthbenefits. Lets use thegoodness of thesespices and herbs andbuild our immunitysystem so strong thatnothing will affect us.Following are fewimmunity boostingrecipes which every-one must try out as itis the need of the

hour.1. Herbal Tea

Add a piece ofginger, jaggery,cinnamon sticksin water. Boil andstrain. Gingercontains antimi-crobial compoundsthat allows to helpin treatinginfectious diseas-es.

2. Black PeppercornsBiteGrind coarselyblack peppercornsalong with rocksugar (commonlyknown as khadis-aakhar). Keepchewing as andwhen requiredespecially if youhave throat painand cough. Black

pepper has antiinflammatoryproperties andincreases theabsorption ofessential nutri-ents like calciuman selenium.

3. Lemon WaterBoil 2 slices oflemon in 1 litrewater. Strain andkeep sippingwhole day. Watershould be luke-warm. We allknow lemoncontains high

amount ofvitamin C whichhelps in boostingimmunity.4. Roastedpowder

Roast cuminseeds, pink saltand ajwaiin andpowder it. Storeit in a glasscontainer. Take1/4th tsp afterlunch anddinner. Ajwaiinfights bacteriaand fungi andprevents cough-ing and improvesairflow.5. Herbal Coffee

Roast dryginger, carda-mom, black

pepper, jaiphaland finely grindinto powder. Boilhalf cup waterand half cup milk.Add 1 tsp of thispowder. Sugar isoptional. Boil anddrink hot. Thisherbal coffee isexcellent for thosehaving severecough and cold.Jaiphal (nutmeg)improves circula-tion and dryginger is antiinflammatory andhence combinationof these two givesexcellent benefits.Let’s spread

happiness and alsomake our liveshappier and healthi-er.

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NMMC seeks support from citizensin preventing spread of coronavirus:Balasaheb Sonawane, CMO, NMMCNAVI MUMBAI: The

Navi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is taking allnecessary precautionsto prevent the spread ofcorona virus. An isola-tion room with 38 bedswith required ventila-tors has been set up ata public hospital inVashi under the guid-ance of civic chief An-nasaheb Misal. Simi-larly, a quarantineroom has been set up inthe multipurpose build-ing at Sector 14, Vashifor the Indian travelerscoming from overseas

to Navi Mumbai.“To arrest the

spread of Corona virus,the civic body has com-piled information fromall tours and travelagents about Indiantourists coming fromoverseas. Strict in-structions have alsobeen given that no onewill travel abroad tillfurther notice,” saysBalasaheb Sonawane,Chief Medical Officer,NMMC.

“According to infor-

mation received fromtours and travel agentsas well as the airportauthorities and theGovernment of Maha-rashtra and the office

bearers, quick responseteam has been set up bythe NMMC. We arereaching out to the mi-grant relatives who arereturning to NaviMumbai,” he added.

Although, a personis screened at the air-port, nevertheless, werequest them to stay inself-quarantine for 14days at home. “In suchconditions, it is sug-gested that the personin the house shouldmaintain sufficient dis-

tance of at least 1 meterfrom other members.People who are in homequarantine are contact-ed by the Navi MumbaiMunicipal CorporationHealth Officer at least3 times a day and theyare being monitoredand promptly takencare of by the ResponseTeam,” informed Mr.Sonawane.

People who fail tofollow the self-quaran-tine rules will be takento civic body run facili-ty with the help of po-lice. Similarly, peoplewhose homes are small

and cannot stay in sep-arate rooms, or thosewho have no one to takecare at home, are alsobeing admitted at thefacility, he informed.

At present, 16 for-eign nationals havebeen admitted at theisolation room at Vashiof Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporationwhere all the arrange-ments have been madewith regards to foodand necessary medicalfacilities.

Balasaheb Sonawane

A gardener wipes his sweat in the face of sweltering heat wave conditions prevailing inthe city while watering the NMSA ground in Vashi, even as Crows relish the coolingaffect. (By Ashok Dhamija)

Facing the heat…


I believe sustainable development at an individual levelcan be done by planting enough trees in one’s place. Small plants and even the ones which will yield somekind of small vegetables or spices can be done. Also useof electricity should be controlled. Other aspects such aswalking instead of taking the bike if it’s walkable orusing recyclable stuffs should be done.

Sajil Nair, Pillai College

FROM THE CAMPUSHow do you plan to bring sustainable development at individual level?

In a world with over 7 billion people, supply and demandis always increasing and for the same resources willforever be exploited. Now one can’t simply state to stopthe world to save it, it doesn’t work that way. What onecan do is keep developing the world but in a mannerthat can also not kill it instantly. If you aren’t powerfulenough to do it at a large scale, do it at an individuallevel. Save water, reduce the consumption of electricity,try to use public transportation, plant a tree. It’s as easyas this. You don’t have to always start a revolution to bring a change.Remember it took only one man to bring electricity into the world and ifone man can bring it, one man can save it too. Be that one man andinspire others around you to be that too. Sustainable development is thekey and only that way can the world be a better place.

Aaryamann Shrivastava, SY BMM, Pillai College

Technology is significant for development and satisfieshuman need but poor application has resulted in thepollution of our environment and has caused a seriousthreat to our lives and society. We should use an appro-priate technology which is locally adaptable, eco-friend-ly, resource efficient thus helping to curb environmen-tal degradation and promoting sustainable development.

Sana Abdul Jabbar Shaikh, ICLE’S. M. J. College, Vashi

As the world is giving us the warnings of death, it ishigh time we need to understand and focus on issuescreated by us- Global Warming. It is similar to democ-racy: of the people; by the people; for the people. Buy asmany cars, bikes, trucks or bulldozers you want andkeep it safely in your sheds as they need rest after con-tinuous racing and use it for long distance travellingrather than using it to go to nearby garden or shops. I

would rather suggest buying cycles than 2 extra cars.D.M.R Prithviraj Kumar, Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science

By: Ryhea George

The transparent speech, inclusive approach and aban-doning the old stereotype is the most required changeand now it is right in front of us. This is the only chanceto utilize the only hope who can lead the people towardssustainable development.

Nishant Tale, Sy BMM, Pillai College

Question for next week: Measures undertaken at

individual level for controlling Coronavirus

I think, we, as individuals, can maintain and even im-prove our standard of living by learning how to managethe resources by not wasting them as many people doright now. And through this manner, we can educate alot of people around us to do the same, so preaching plusdoing what we preach will help bring the sustainableenvironment.

Bensen Koshy, Pillai College

SIES IIEM’s Prakkathan 2020 Focuses On Climate ChangeBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:Prakkathan’ a student’sfestival on Eco Sustain-ability based on thetheme ‘Climate Change:Pre-Extinction‘ was or-ganised by the studentsand faculty of SIES In-dian Institute of Envi-ronment Management(SIES IIEM), at itsSIES, Nerul Campuspremises recently.

Dr. Seema Mishra,Director of SIES IIEM,a premier R&D and ac-ademic institute in thearea of Sustainable En-vironment Manage-ment, in her welcomeaddress emphasized onthe importance of stu-dent’s events in the ar-eas of environmentalsustainability that notonly helps in the aware-ness generation on en-vironment but also ininculcating values andresponsibility in stu-dents towards society.

Chief Guest Dr. Vi-jay Kulkarni, ExecutiveVP - ESH and CSR &Chief Sustainability Of-

Dignitaries along with the organising committee of SIES IIEM and participants pose for a group photo. (Photos by Author)

Dr. Seema Mishra, Director, SIES IIEM fe-licitating Chief Guest Dr. Vijay Kulkarniwith a citation on the occasion.

A visitor witnessvarious posters

promoting measuresrelated to Environment

conservation.

ficer, Shapporji PallonjiInfrastructure and Cap-ital Ltd. who earlier hadinaugurated the event,also shared his thoughtson “EIA Retrospect andProspect” as part of the3rd Prof. PurushottamKhanna Memorial Talkorganised on the occa-sion.

Dr Kulkarni whocompleted his Ph D inEnvironmental ImpactAssessment (EIA) underguidance of Prof. P.Khanna, while payingrich tribute to his erst-while guide shared valu-able insights of his con-tribution be, it by pro-viding guidelines forUNEP and introductionof the EIA course wayback in 1984 to intro-duction of Mathemati-

Contd. on pg. 10


NMMC Chief orders closureof shops & commercial

activities on alternate daysBy Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Commissioner An-nasaheb Misal has di-rected all the assistantmunicipal commission-ers of wards to close theshops and commercialactivities to reducelarge crowds on theroads as a preventivemeasure to prevent thespread of coronavirus.

As per the instruc-tions by civic chief, allthe spa and massagecentres in the city willremain closed till 31stMarch, 2020. The oth-er commercial activi-ties which will remainclosed till the end ofthe month include allhawkers selling foodstuffs and juice on theroad and footpath, Be-lapur Sector-11 foodkiosks and khau galli,all shops and food stallsin Nerul station pre-mises opposite stationSector-15, Sector-20,Opposite to D.Y. PatilUniversity Sector-1,Shiravane and LPNaka till 25th March,all shops and commer-cial activities in Vashistation foods kiosksSector-30A, Bikanerkhau gali Sector 10 tobe closed till 25thMarch and Sector-9,9A, 15, 16 market to beclosed alternate days

till 31st March, 2020,all shops and commer-cial activities in foodkiosks opposite Sanpa-da station Sector-4 tofood, juice stalls inAPMC to be closed till25th March andMathadi Bhavan, Gro-ma Market, GrohitamMarket, Merchant

Centre, Jalaram Mar-ket, Masala Market,Sector 19C, MahavirMarket Sector-18, “O”market Sector-21, Ja-nata Market Sector-23,Palm Beach Road Au-tomobile shop Sector-19C, Corporate ParksSector-18, 19D, Sector-30, APMC (excludingvegetable and fruitmarket) to be closed al-ternate days till 31stMarch, 2020, all shopsand commercial activ-ities in Sector-5 oppo-site Koperkhairane sta-tion to be closed till25th March whereas

Gulabsons Dairy areaSector-15, Friends Cir-cle area Sector-16, Sec-tor-14, Sector-2 and 3to be closed for alter-nate days till 31stMarch, 2020, the samewill be repeated out-side Ghansoli and Airo-li stations too.

Annasaheb Misal

said, “All the assistantmunicipal commission-ers and the officershave been authorisedby the commissioner ofpolice in the jurisdic-tion limit of NMMC toenforce these directivesin their respective ju-risdictions.”

Misal further add-ed, “If any person isfound to be violatingthe containment mea-sures than strict ac-tion will be initiatedagainst them undersection 188 of IndianPenal Code (45 of 1860Act).”

navirus,” he said. PMModi also urged thecountrymen not to goout of their homes, un-less it is essential. “Weall must isolate our-selves”, he stressed.

Under finance min-ister Nirmala Sithara-

PM Modiurges...

Contd. from pg. 1

man, the government,he said, has decided toform a Covid-19 eco-nomic recovery taskforce. The task forcewill listen to all stake-holders and states totake steps to minimisethe impact of Covid-19on the economy.

“We have also tak-en measures to ensurethat the supply of es-

sential commoditieslike milk, medicine andfood won’t be impacted.Hence, I urge all not tohoard these commodi-ties and avoid panicbuying,” stressed PMModi.

COVID-19 cases inIndia climbed to 169 onThursday and thecountry reported itsfourth death.

Online and offline real estatemarketing strategies for new agents:

Mr Rahul Grover-CEO, SECCPLMUMBAI: The real

estate industry inIndia has seen itsshare of highs andlows. The growinglevels of disposableincome and growthof job development inthe country, alongwith governmentinitiatives such asPradhan MantriAwas Yojna (PMAY),Affordable Housingfor all, have helpedin bolstering the realestate sector atlarge.

This presents agreat opportunity forproperty agents tocast their net forpotential customersand leads. But inorder to make asignificant impact, itis highly importantto create an effectivemarketing plan.This should be doneby considering allthe elements presenttoday in the world ofmarketing andadvertising, bycurating a plan thatcomprises a healthymix of traditionaland new age tech-niques. Thus, acombination of onlineand offline strategiesshould be used togrow awareness.

Build your onlinepresence:

The growing rateof internet penetra-tion in the countrymeans that a largeportion of the Indianpopulation is online.To meet thesepotential customers,it is very importantto establish an onlinepresence. In order todo this, it is firstcrucial to build awebsite. Today theinternet has becomethe first searchresource for consum-ers when they areprospecting a pur-chase. This standstrue for the realestate industry aswell. In order toachieve maximumimpact, it is better to

create a website thatis optimised formobile users.

Invest indigital marketing:Most of the Indian

population is cur-rently online, whichmakes it importantfor any business toinvest in digitalavenues of market-ing. Through thetechnologies avail-able for onlinemarketing, agentscan approach theirtarget audience more

effectively andpresent them withthe exact offering oftheir need.

Carry out localadvertising (direct &indirect):

It is always agood idea to buildgood relations in thecommunity, andlocal businessesflourish when theyare in harmony withtheir community.Awareness for thebusiness should bedone via direct andindirect advertisingstrategies like OOH,advertisements inlocal theatres andinstitutes, publish-ing relevant contentin local publications,provide sponsorshipfor local events andmore. This will helpin building goodwillfor the brand thatcan result in ahigher referral ratein future. Another

indirect method ofmarketing thebusiness is byhosting local semi-nars on topics thatcover the ins andouts of real estatebuying, selling, orinvesting.

Partner with localbusinesses:

Another way tobuild good communi-ty relations is bycollaborating withlocal businesses.This is an instru-mental way tonetwork within thelocal professionalcommunity andspread word of thebusiness.

Curate good digitalcontent:

It is not justenough to build anonline presence andcarry out advertis-ing tactics; it isimportant to estab-lish the business orthe leader as anindustry expert. Byreleasing relevantcontent throughdigital mediums, thebusiness can attractattention from thoseinterested in thefield. Making this aregular practice caninfluence people totrust in the advicegiven by the busi-ness, which makesthem approach it inorder to fulfil all oftheir real estatequeries and de-mands.Have an effective CRM

setup:Client interaction

and retaining isextremely importantfor a real estateagent, which is whyis it crucial to havean effective CRM(Customer Relation-ship Management)system put in place,through this, theagent can gain accessto new leads, andnurture the ones thathave already beenconverted, by carry-ing out a rewards forreferrals program.

Mr Rahul GroverCEO, SECCPL

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Steps to Prevent Corona VirusBy Arun Kr Shrivastav

After the outbreak of Coronavirusin China at the end of 2019, it hasreached far and wide, infecting hun-dreds of thousands of people and claim-ing many lives around the world. TheWHO has termed the outbreak aspandemic and urged the people andgovernments around the world to takesufficient cautions to safeguard one-self against the infection and preventinfecting others in case you have gotthe Coronavirus infection. Here, weare going to discuss some steps toprevent Coronavirus.

As of now, there is no vaccineagainst COVID 19 (Coronavirus dis-ease 2019). The only way one can safe-guard oneself against the virus is byavoiding exposure to the virus. Coro-navirus is believed to be spreadingthrough person to person. The viruscan infect the other person if he orshe stays within a distance of 6 feetfrom the infected person.

It can spread through respiratorydroplets when an infected personcoughs or sneezes. These droplets car-rying the Coronavirus from the in-fected person can land on the nose ormouth of the other person who canunknowingly inhale these dropletsinto their lungs, making the virusfind a conducive environment to growand make the personsick.

Older people whohave severe chronicdiseases related to theheart or lungs or thosehaving diabetes are ata greater risk of infec-tion and developing se-rious complications.Such people should consult their doc-tors for precautions.

Protect yourselfWash your hands frequently

If you have spent some time in apublic place, sneezed, coughed orblown your nose, you must wash yourhands for about 20 seconds with wa-ter and soap. If you don’t have waterand soap available, you can use a handsanitizer with 60% alcohol. Cover yourhands with the sanitizer and rub ituntil the hands become dry. Don’ttouch your nose, eyes, and mouth ifyou have not washed your hands justnow.

No close contactsIf you come across a sick person,

avoid getting very close to him. Ifsomeone is infected with COVID-19in your family or neighborhood, youshould maintain distance from the in-fected person. People who are at ahigher risk should especially keep adistance from the infected person.

Protect othersIf you are infected with Coronavi-

rus and sick, you should stop movingaround and stay at your home. How-ever, you should ensure you get prop-er medical care and if this warrantsyou to move to the hospital, you

should.Cover your mouth & nose

If you have been diagnosed withcoronavirus infection, you should cov-er your mouth and nose with tissuepapers when coughing or sneezing.Discard the tissue papers immediate-ly to the trash bin. This should befollowed by hand washing as instruct-ed above.Cover your mouth & nose with a facemask

If you are infected with coronavi-rus and sick, you should cover yourmouth and nose with a facemask, es-pecially when you are close to otherpeople such as in the room or a vehi-cle or before entering a clinic or hos-pital. Make sure others who are en-tering you’re including the medicalstaff is wearing a proper facemask andyour mouth and nose are properlycovered when you sneeze or cough.

In case you are not infected orsick, you should wear the facemaskonly if you are attending to someonewho is sick. Remember, facemaskscan be in short supply so it’s bettersaved for those attending to sick peo-ple.

Cleaning & disinfectionThere are some frequently touched

items at your home and these itemsneed to be cleaned and disinfectedthoroughly and frequently. Door-

knobs, tables, lightswitches, handles,desk, countertops,phones, faucets, toi-lets, and sinks aresome of these itemsthat need to be cleanedand disinfected. If youfind these surfacesdirty, you better clean

them with detergent and water be-fore applying disinfecting agents.

EPA-approved common householddisinfectants would work in most cir-cumstances but still, you should readthe labels to know where they shouldnot be applied.

You can also make your bleach oralcohol-based disinfection solutions.

Bleach solutionIf you are using bleach, you should

dilute it in the ratio of 5 teaspoonbleach to 1 gallon of water before youuse the solution to disinfect differentsurfaces in your house. Householdbleach that has not crossed its expirydate will work against coronavirus-es.

Alcohol solutionAn alcohol-based solution to dis-

infect household surfaces should haveat least 71% alcohol in it.

Concluding thoughtsCorona is a deadly virus that can

spread fast through contacts or prox-imity to an infected person. Washingone’s hands with soap and water andkeeping frequently-touched surfacescan also contain its spread. These arethe steps to prevent the Coronavirus.

The writer is a freelance journal-ist based in Ulwe

CBD BELAPUR:Railways Boards havedecided cancel follow-ing trains (Special,Weekly Special andDEMU) due to lowoccupancy arising dueto the out-break of theCOVID-19 pandemic

The details are asfollows:

1) Train No. 10215Madgaon Jn. - Er-nakulam Jn. WeeklyExpress is cancelledon 22nd & 29thMarch 2020 (Sunday).

2) Train No. 10216Ernakulam Jn. -

Cancellation of Trains On KR Route,27th, 28th ,30thMarch & 01st April2020 (Monday, Wednes-day, Thursday, Fridayand Saturday) andTrain No. 07310 VascoDa Gama - YesvantpurJn. Special on 18th,19th ,20th , 22nd,24th ,25th ,26th,27th, 29th & 31stMarch 2020 (Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday,Friday and Sunday)

Passengers arerequested to kindlynote the same. Incon-venience cause isregretted.

By Ashok Dhamija

The fight against coronavirus isa global war and with people cooper-ating with the state we have takenmeasures to contain this pandemicas of now. We will overcome this dan-ger if Maharashtra makes utmostefforts. I have talked today with thePrime Minister Narendra Modi andUnion Health Minister Dr. HarshVardhan in this regard and they as-sured all the cooperation to our state.

This was stated by Chief Minis-ter Uddhav Thackeray in a live tele-cast on social media. He urged peo-ple not to get panicky and store es-sential commodities, food grains, andmedicines.

Sharing his thoughts on varioussteps people should take to avoid theCOVID -19 including avoiding crowd-ed places totally, the Chief Ministerasked the people to strictly follow theinstruction given by the administra-tion. “Though the crowd at religiousplaces was reduced it is not complete-ly avoided. We must avoid crowd to-tally, he said. We have taken a deci-sion to reduce the number of employ-ees at government, private offices.Don’t venture outside when it is notneeded. Follow ‘Work From Home’wherever possible and follow the in-structions strictly. The precaution-ary measures we are taking are sat-isfactory but the virus is inchingahead step by step forcing us to bemore careful and vigilant. People aremanaging the systems and weshould not overburden them”.

Urging Home quarantine per-sons not to roam, the CM Thacker-ay said “All patients have been in-fected from outside. They are all ourpeople, relatives. But they shouldcome hereafter taking all the care.Home quarantine patients arestamped on their hands. They should

CM Uddhav Thackeray AssuresPeople In Fight Against Coronavirus

Request urgent cooperation from one and all

remain confined to isolation and donot travel concealing informationabout their foreign travel”.

Retorting his views that this is awar against the virus, The CM add-ed “War has to be fought with deter-mination and won. Many have wit-nessed and experienced the 1965 and1971 wars. The experience of war hasnever been good. The post-war situ-ation is not better either. Soldiersfight for the country, sacrifice theirlives. The way we are fighting withcoronavirus, I am reminded of the1971 war. Today we are fighting awar against the virus. The war hasbegun. Doctors, nurses are our sol-diers. Bus drivers, NGOs are work-ing day and night for this. Can wenot cooperate with them by remain-ing at home?

Calamity does not strike lookingat caste, religion, and creed. Whenwe unitedly fight this calamitywould not harm us, cannot. This vi-rus was first found in China but nowChina has taken strict measures andis coming out of this attack. We alsohave to come out. For that, cooper-ate. I am confident that we will over-come this calamity”.

Maharashtra Chief minister UddhavThackeray sharing his views in on socialmedia on the war against Coronavirus(COVID -19)

Madgaon Jn. WeeklyExpress is cancelledon 23rd & 30thMarch 2020 (Monday).

3) Train No. 70103/ 70104 Pernem –Madgaon Jn. -Pernem DEMUPassenger (ExceptSunday) is cancelledfrom 20th to 31stMarch 2020.

4) Train No. 07309/ 07310 YesvantpurJn. - Vasco Da Gama -Yesvantpur Special on19th , 20th , 21st,23rd ,25th ,26th


Letters to the Editor....

Our Missing DaughtersIn India the population of girls has been de-

creasing. We need to understand that girls areour fortune. Socio-economic empowerment of wom-en is essential for making informed decisions andfor change of the mind sets. A healthy male-fe-male ratio is a social need. A stronger law to deal with those resorting tosex-selective abortions needs to be enacted. The reasons for high num-ber of incidence of female foeticide in India include a deep rooted tradi-tional son preference, continued practice of dowry and concern for safetyof the girl child and exploitation and abuse of women and girl children.

In order to curb female foeticide and improve the sex ratio, a strong amulti-pronged strategy that includes legislative measures, advocacy,awareness generation and programmes for socio-economic empowermentof women is needed. There’s a huge deficit of women because familiesfear the cost of raising a daughter. It is a commonly practiced tradition(despite being outlawed) that the bride’s family pays a large sum of mon-ey to the groom’s family at the wedding. Plus, women are generally notseen as bread-winners and or allowed to inherit wealth like men in somestates. Sex-selection is now spreading to rural areas as the technologygets cheaper and enforcement of the law remains ineffectual. Media ex-poses of doctors providing sex-selection services and offering to abortgirls are commonplace, but they have little overall impact because de-mand is too strong.

Despite rising levels of education, gender awareness and stringentpro-women laws, change has been slow and violence against women isincreasing. Visionary leadership, stringent implementation of laws anda united effort to discourage dowry are the need of the hour. Time hasnow come to formulate an action plan to launch a campaign to changethe mindset of people and to promote female child birth rate

Vinod C. Dixit, Ahmedabad

Time for introspectionNothing from Almighty comes without a reason and so is this dread-

ed virus. Everyone is now as close to dying as a cough or sneeze ( whichin normal times would have been considered insignificant and gone with-out being even noticed)

God probably wants mankind to remain in isolation and spend timeon introspection. What has he be doing with fellow humans. Killingothers has become so easy and cheap but fear of one's own death makesus take every single precaution prescribed.

If we come out a better human with karuna and pain for our fellowhuman beings, we have won a bigger battle than this passing phasewhich surely will vanish as quickly as it appeared.

Stay safe indoors with your loved ones and think about those whowill be indoors but without their loved ones just because many thoughttheir lives were not that precious !!!

Syed Abdul Monim, Vashi

Closure of religious places due toCorona-virus outbreak

It is for the first time in the history of mankind that all religiousplaces of all major religions of the world are closed due to the fear ofCorona-virus, as it may spread more because of large gatherings of thepeople. Pope Francis left the Vatican Cityunannounced and visited two churches,where he prayed in front of a crucifix thatwas used in a procession when the plaguehit Rome in 1522. He prayed for an end tothe pandemic and also for the sick, theirfamilies and health providers and workerskeeping pharmacies and food stores openamid a national lockdown.

It is really very sad for all of us and it is time for us to stay in prayerand confess our sins to God. I request everyone to please pray for theentire world. May God protect us and save us from this epidemic andhelp our scientists to develop a vaccine for the treatment of this monsterdisease. Please pray for the doctors and medical professionals too whoare working day and night in helping us. May God protect them andbless their families with good health and prosperity.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) hasdecided to cancel following AC Subur-ban / Mail / Express trains due to lowoccupancy in the wake of COVID19pandemic .The details are as under:

A) AC Suburban Services 16 AC suburban services running

o-n Trans -Harbour line of MumbaiDivision i.e. Thane-Vashi/Nerul/Pan-vel are cancelled from 20th March,2020

B) Mail / Express Trains To& Fro From Mumbai

1) Train No. 11011 LTT-NandedExpress on Wednesday 25th March,2020.

2) Train No. 11012 Nanded-LTTExpress on Thursday 26th March,2020.

3) Train No. 11075 LTT-Bidar Ex-press o-n Tuesday 24th and 31stMarch, 2020.

4) Train No. 11076 Bidar-LTT Ex-press o-n Wednesday 25th March and1st April, 2020.

CR To Cancel AC Suburban/ Mail / Express Trains

5) Train No. 11083 LTT-KazipetTadoba Express o-n Friday 20th and27th March, 2020.

6) Train No. 11084 Kazipet- LTTTadoba Express o-n Saturday 21stand 28th March, 2020.

7) Train No. 11085 LTT-Madga-on Double Decker Express o-n Mon-day / Thursday 23th, 26th &30th March 2020.

8) Train No. 11086 Madgaon- LTTDouble Decker Express o-n Tuesday/ Friday 24th, 27th & 31st March2020.

9) Train Nos. 12071/12072 Dadar-Jalna-Dadar Janshatabdi Expressfrom Friday 20th to Tuesday 31stMarch, 2020.

10) Train No. 12223 LTT-Ernaku-lam Bi-weekly Duronto Express fromSaturday 21st March to Tuesday 31stMarch, 2020.

11) Train No. 12224 Ernakulam-LTT Duronto Bi-weekly Express fromMonday 22nd March to Wednesday1st April, 2020

cal Modelling and Re-mote Sensing Tech-nique on the subjectwhich benefited variousstake holders across theglobe at large.

“Environmental Im-pact Assessment (EIA)is an environmental de-cision support tool,which helps in evaluat-ing the likely environ-mental impacts of a pro-posed project or develop-ment, taking into ac-count inter-related so-cio-economic, culturaland human-health im-pacts, both beneficialand adverse to thosewho take the decision asto whether the projectshould be authorised,”said the veteran CivilEngineer who holds aPG Diploma in Environ-mental Law fromNLSUI, Bengaluru. Hehighlighted the impor-tance of Environmen-tal Appraisal and alsoreferred to Peter Druck-er’s Management prin-cipled by Objectives inorder to overcome ma-jor hurdles associatedwith EIA “The EIAshould be SMART - Spe-cific, Measurable,Achievable, Realisticand Time bound, andthat comes only with a

sense of Ownership. Inaddition EIA should al-low provision of PublicHearing involving citi-zens to voice their con-cern regarding the im-pact of the project onenvironment and theneed for realistic timeframe for its clearanceby concerned authori-ties including Ministryof Environment, Forest

and Climate Change(MOEFCC) once com-piled”.

Dr Kulkarni sharedmajor initiatives under-taken by MOEFCC inthis regards to transi-tion from EIA to ESIA –Evolution of E & S Safe-guard, InternationalAgencies etc. DrKulkarni in his conclud-ing remarks urged theyoung environmentalistto keep one self-upgrad-

ed through continuouslearning through vari-ous mediums includinginternet and the need toprovide practical solu-tions to the industry inachieving the goal.

The post lunch ses-sion saw a slew of stu-dent events includingDebate based on the top-ic ‘Factors Contributingto Climate Change’ and

Environmental Quiz fol-lowed by Business PlanPitch which saw youngenvironmentalist pre-senting plans withimaginative skills inmaking their businesswork. to ‘Combat Cli-mate Change’. Dr. Mil-ind Vidya, Principal ofSIES Arts, Science andCommerce College lat-ter handed over prizesand trophies to the win-ners in each category.

SIES IIEM’sPrakkathan...

Contd. from pg. 7

Dr. Vijay Kulkarni, Executive VP - ESH and CSR & ChiefSustainability Officer, Shapporji Pallonji Infrastructureand Capital Ltd sharing his thoughts on EnvironmentalImpact Assessment Retrospect and Prospect with prac-tical examples.


Magenta Power, a startup supported by HPCL, to roll-out first ‘Street Lamp Integrated EV Charger” for E vehiclesLeading Green

Energy SolutionsProvider, MagentaPower, a start-upsupported by HPCL,announces its ambi-tious plans, to roll-outStreet Lamp Integrat-ed EV Charger –‘ChargeGrid Flare’ byApril 2020. This newrange of EV chargingpoints (ChargeGridFlare), the first inIndia, is incorporatedwithin energy-efficientstreet lamp columnsthat shall encourageEV adoption forflexible and low costcharging solutions.

ChargeGrid Flarehas been speciallydesigned in partner-ship with HPCL, tooffer energy-efficient

street light combinedwith EV chargingpoint. It is one of akind product whichoffers integrated EVcharging facilitiesfrom within adurable, tradi-tional looking,street light. Thisunique technolo-gy shall enablethe city to deploycurb side vehiclecharging morequickly, withlower cost, andless street clutterthan otherapproaches. Inthe first stage,the EV Chargers(ChargeGrid Flare)shall be installed atHPCL retail outlets,in the major cities at

pan India Level. This EV Charger

also becomes an idealsolution for installa-tion into both new andexisting car parking,

street / corporateparking environmentsand at retail outlets.

Mr. Maxson Lewis

– Director, MagentaPower during thelaunch stated, “We aredelighted to be addingChargeGrid Flare toour already extensive

portfolio of EV charg-ing solutions. Under-standing the existingEV Challenges, what

we are aiming to do is,instead of getting thecar parked next to acharging station webring the chargingstation to where the

car is parked.This product ismade specificallyfor India withlow footprint andpower situations.With ChargeGridFlare, we canbuild a dense andconvenient EVcharging infra-structure at lowcost, with lessclutter to theexisting citylandscape.

Shri MukeshKumar Surana,Chairman & Manag-ing Director of

HPCL who launchedthe new initiative atHPCL’s AnnualRegional Managers’Conference 2020(RMC-2020) stated:“Taking another steptowards Green Energyadoption, HPCL isglad to associate withM/s Magenta Powerand bring the first ofits kind EV chargingsolutions to IndianMarkets”.

These street lampEV chargers are easyto install and can belocated by EV usersusing the ChargeGridapp. The entirecharging and thepayment gateway isalready integratedinto the ChargeGridapp.


By Abhitash D.Singh

PANVEL: The Com-missioner of PanvelCity Municipal Corpo-ration (PCMC), GaneshDeshmukh has orderedthe closure of all the es-tablishments andshops in Panvel citywith effect from 20thMarch, 2020 at 11 amtill 31st march, 2020.

In India 168 cases ofCOVID-19 (Coronavi-rus) have been detect-ed till date and Maha-rashtra State is themost affected state inthe list. In order to re-duce the cases and pre-vent the spread of coro-

Panvel City to remain closedfrom 20th to 31st March,2020: Ganesh Deshmukh

navirus, the state gov-ernment has takenmany initiatives likeclosure of malls, gyms,swimming pools,schools and many oth-er facilities where thereis a chance of largegathering.

In the wake up ofcoronavirus the Panv-el City Municipal Cor-poration has also decid-ed to close down all theestablishments andshops in the city.

Ganesh Deshmukh,PCMC Commissionerspeaking with News-band said, “Except theshops selling essential

products, bakery, dairy,general stores, medicalstores, hospitals, clin-ics, vegetable shops andraw materials, all oth-er establishments andshops will remainclosed from 20th Marchto 31st March, 2020. Ifany establishments orshops are found to be vi-olating the rules andkeep their shops or es-tablishments open,then under the IndianPenal Code (IPC) sec-tion 188 of 45 of 1860Act, strict actions willbe initiated against theowners of the establish-ments and the shops.”

Housing Societies take precautionarymeasures to prevent spread of COVID-19

By Meena R. Prashant

NAVI MUMBAI: Be itinstalling hand sani-tizers at the entranceof the society gates oreven not permittingoutsiders into the soci-ety premises, a major-ity of societies acrossNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) jurisdictionand Panvel City Mu-nicipal Corporation(PCMC) are taking ev-ery step to tackle thespread of COVID-19 incommunity.

Varsha Menon wholives in one of the big-gest complexes in San-pada, Millennium Tow-ers, says that the soci-

ety has restricted theentry of domestic help-ers, people who washcars, delivery peopleetc. within the pre-mises. Supporting thedecision, Varsha said,“The step is the need ofthe hour and should betaken positively as it isundertaken keeping inmind the wellbeing ofsociety members.”

Radhika Apart-ments in sector 17,Vashi have made itmandatory for all cou-rier boys, house help-ers, vendors etc. towash their hands be-fore entering the build-ing. Speaking aboutthe various measures

undertaken by the So-ciety, Captain ShaktiMenon, Chairman of

Radhika Apartmentssaid, “We have placeda liquid hand sanitizerat the entrance and

outsiders like courierboys, house helpers,vendors, etc. have been

asked to wash theirhands thoroughly be-fore entering the build-ing. The floors are be-ing cleaned with disin-fectants like Dettol etc.daily. Apart from that

even the lift grills, han-dles and buttons arebeing regularly sani-tized.”

He further said,“We have few memberswho have come fromoverseas. We have re-quested these mem-bers to follow the basicprotocols of Covid19and we have also in-formed our ward corpo-rator and the NMMCMedical officer aboutthem as directed by thecivic body.”

Meanwhile, ShahHeights in sector 7,Kharghar too has tak-en various steps. “Thesociety has barred theentry of all house help-ers starting from 20thMarch in the buildingpremises with an aim

to restrict human tohuman contact. Thenewspaper vendorshave been asked to dropoff the newspaper atthe security gate. Theresidents can then col-lect it from there. Sim-ilarly, the courier andfood delivery boys toohave been given simi-lar instructions,” saysBhawana Mahesh-wari, a resident.

Meanwhile, manyof the offices too are fol-lowing similar precau-tions. Hand sanitizersare kept at the en-trance of the offices.Before entering the of-fice premise, it hasbeen made mandatoryto use sanitizers, saysan office goer at Sector17, Vashi.

Initiative undertaken to avoid the spread of coronavirus

NAVI MUMBAI: Coronavirus hasspread to some parts of the stateincluding Mumbai and NaviMumbai and various preventivemeasures are being taken by thegovernment to prevent the spreadof the disease. As a part of this, theCity and Industrial DevelopmentCorporation (CIDCO) has directedall the co-operative housing societ-ies to close the Gyms, Gardens andSwimming Pools in their respec-tive premises. Similarly, all the

CIDCO directs closure of Gyms, Gardens andSwimming Pools in all Housing Societies

housing societies have been in-structed to ensure that no pro-grams are held.

COVID-19, a coronary virusinfection has been declared apandemic and is a national catas-trophe. Therefore, CIDCO isurging the organizations to fulfilltheir social responsibility byfollowing the above instructions.All the citizens of Navi Mumbaiare also urged to avoid going topublic and crowded places.

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