AERWA News Letter 2017

AERWA NEWS LETTERAn Organ of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

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In This Issue:

From Managing Editor

Aims and Objectives

AERWA Announcement: Annual Day on May 27

Guest Article: : Chicago Pile -75 years

Annual General Meeting Announcement

AGM: Secretary’s Report

Status of court cases- February 2017

DAE News

Platinum Club, Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day

Greetings

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Welcome New Members, S29+ Donors’ List

Website News, PMO Acknowledgement, AICPI

Table, etc.

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Obituary , Important Tel Numbers,

Announcements, Appeals and Notices

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Annual Day CelebrationsAnnual Day CelebrationsAnnual Day CelebrationsAnnual Day Celebrations Saturday: May 27, 2017 at 10.00 AM at AERB A

wing Auditorium, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai.

Chief Guest: Shri K. N. Vyas, Director BARC Programme:10:00-13:00

1. Key note address: “Nuclear Submarine

Propulsion: Indian Experience” by Shri A K Anand,

Former Director, Knowledge Management Group

and Director, Reactor Projects Group, BARC.

2. Special talk: “ Prevention and Management of

Backache in Elderly Persons” by Dr Amit Kumar

Sharma, Spine Specialist, Consultant, FORTIS,

SAIFEE and BARC Hospitals

Registration Charges: Rs 200/- (includes lunch

Tea) Please remember to carry your Pensioner’s ID

card/ CHSS Card for entry in Anushakti Nagar.

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Office: Project Square, Opp. SBI Anushakti Nagar Branch,

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Aims and Objectives of AERWA-highlights

1) To continue the emotional integration of all

retired scientific, engineering, technical and

administrative staff members of the Department

of Atomic Energy.

2) To represent to the concerned authorities

updated social security needs of the retirees and

family pensioners.

3) To strengthen the hands of existing recognized

apex bodies of similar associations of retirees of

other governmental organizations.

4) To utilize the rare combination of talents and

expertise available among members for the

welfare of general public through social service

using the association as a platform.

Editor’s Space:

Dear Member,

Warm greetings from the AERWA News Letter.

This News Letter brings you the announcement of

annual day celebrations together with Annual

General Body Meeting to be held on May 27,

2017.The programme has appeared on this page

itself while the formal Notice of AGM appears

elsewhere in this issue. You will also find the

Secretary’s report on the AERWA activities during

the year as AERWA has moved on with the new

managing committee now functioning from its

own premises. AERWA looks forward to your

continued patronage.

The first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile,

completes 75 years during the year. An

informative and interesting article of this appears

in this issue. We are sure you will enjoy the

reading.

Happy reading.

Managing Editor

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Guest Article: Chicago Pile -75 years

Dr. P.R.Vasudeva Rao, retired from

IGCAR Kalpakkam, as Director

IGCAR. He is currently is the Raja

Ramanna Fellow, DAE. He is a

specialist in the chemistry of

nuclear fuel cycle.

The year 1942 can be considered as the most

important and eventful year for nuclear energy, as

it witnessed an experiment that signaled the

crucial transition from what was till then nuclear

science, to nuclear technology. It was in 1942,

exactly 75 years ago, that man achieved the

milestone of initiating, controlling and sustaining

a nuclear chain reaction for the first time. “The

Chicago Pile” as it was called, the first nuclear

reactor attained criticality on December 2nd

, 1942

at 3.53 p.m. The construction and commissioning

of this reactor was carried out by a team of

pioneering American scientists and engineers as

part of a secret project led by Dr. Arthur

Compton. The Chicago pile work was led by Dr.

Enrico Fermi, hailed as “the Universal Physicist”

and “Master Scientist”, and other pioneers who

played a key role in the effort included Dr. Leo

Szilard, a Hungary born scientist and a genius who

had tremendous foresight and conviction, and Dr.

Walter Zinn, who subsequently led the Argonne

National Laboratory that was in the forefront of

development of nuclear energy systems in USA.

Nuclear fission was discovered in the year 1938 by

Hahn and Strassmann in Germany. News of the

discovery of nuclear fission immediately excited a

number of scientists in Europe as well as in USA,

and in the one year after discovery of fission, over

a hundred research papers were published by

various groups. The possibility of neutrons being

emitted in fission was quickly recognized. At

Columbia, Fermi, Szilard and Anderson USA

established that multiple neutrons were emitted

in fission of uranium by thermal neutrons. Szilard

was among the first to conclude that it should be

possible to realize a nuclear fission chain reaction

if the number of neutrons emitted in fission is

more than one. He also realized that this could

lead to development of nuclear weapons. In fact,

even before fission reaction was discovered, he

had applied for a patent for a nuclear chain

reaction (even though he was considering wrong

elements such as beryllium for this purpose).

Considering the clouds of war that were gathering

at that time, he also realized that the subject

should be kept secret so that the enemies

(particularly Nazis or the fascists) do not get the

wind of such a possibility and develop nuclear

weapons. Alongwith another Hungary born

scientist Eugene Wigner, he urged Albert Einstein

to write to the US Government imploring the

Government to initiate urgent actions to study

the applications of nuclear fission chain reaction

for military purposes. He, in fact, composed the

letter from Einstein to President Roosevelt, which

was delivered personally to him by Alexander

Sachs, a banker who had access to the President,

in October 1939. Even though “an advisory

committee on uranium” was formed immediately

by the President, some funds for the work were

released only in April 1940. The Office of Scientific

Research and Development was established on

June 28, 1941, to develop atomic energy. Finally,

on December 6, 1941, a day before the bombing

of Pearl Harbour, President Roosevelt authorized

the Manhattan district, a set of sites that would

host various programmes and facilities towards

development of a nuclear weapon.

Due to security reasons, the entire project was

kept a top secret. The project at Chicago

University, established in February 1942, was in

fact named “The Metallurgical Laboratory”(Met

Lab), and very few of the team members, and

none of their family members, knew of the actual

objective of the project. Most of the scientists

were disguised as Chicago university staff

members. Fermi was made in charge of setting up

the pile and studying the possibility of sustained

chain reaction. He moved along with his fission

team from Columbia to Chicago in early 1942.

The reactor was built in a converted squash court,

under the abandoned West stands of Stagg Field,

the football field at the University of Chicago.

Before the work was shifted to Chicago, several

exponential piles had been built at Columbia to

generate understanding of neutron transport,

moderation and multiplication. Several

experimental piles were also constructed at

Chicago. (The final Chicago Pile, was in fact, the

31st

experimental pile!). During the course of the

work on experimental piles, the importance of

purity of uranium and graphite were realized, and

it was known that impurities in these materials

could absorb neutrons and can affect the process

of multiplication. Szilard led the efforts to develop

technologies and suppliers of uranium and

graphite in pure form. In fact, at that time,

uranium metal was yet to be available in good

quantities. At Ames Laboratory, Frank Spedding

developed the metal halide reduction process and

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produced several tons of pure uranium metal

which were then shipped to Chicago. Obtaining

pure graphite was another challenge which Szilard

took up, and he had discussions with many

industries and out of these efforts emerged the

concept of nuclear grade graphite and process for

its production. For the first time, such pure

graphite was produced by the industry. Walter

Zinn was responsible for machining of graphite

into required forms, and also pressing of uranium

oxide into “pseudospheres”.

Construction of the final pile commenced on 15th

November 1942 and was carried out in two shifts.

Graphite layers formed the base of the pile.

Beginning with layer 6, alternate layers of

graphite containing uranium metal and/or

uranium oxide fuel were separated by layers of

solid graphite blocks. Briquettes, slightly richer in

uranium, were concentrated in the central area.

The completed pile contained around 380 tons of

graphite, 40 tons of uranium oxide and six tons of

uranium metal when it went critical. The pile took

the form of a flattened ellipsoid which measured

25 feet wide and 20 feet high.

The piling work was completed on 1st

December.

Based on neutronic measurements carried out

each day, it was clear to the team on the night of

1st

December that the pile could become critical

when the control rods were taken out. However,

the final approach to criticality was deferred to

2nd

December, as had been suggested by Fermi.

On December 2nd

, the experiment was started at

0945 hrs. Forty-two people were present at the

event, including Fermi, Compton, Szilard, Zinn,

and Leona Woods, the youngest and the only

female member of the team (she was in charge of

the instrumentation). While Fermi and other key

members of the team stood on a balcony housing

the instrument console, George Weil, a physicist,

stood on the floor of the hall near the pile, and

had the task of pulling out or inserting the control

rod, which was nothing but a cadmium metal strip

fixed on to a wooden stick. The control rod was

withdrawn gradually, with instructions from Fermi

based on neutron flux measurements and

calculations at different stages. The pile reached

criticality at 3.53 p.m.

Fermi was a scientist with great understanding of

nuclear physics; at the same time, he was also an

excellent experimentalist with emphasis on

rigour. His cool confidence was one of the

ingredients for the success of the pile. His

calculations on the reactor criticality were so

thorough that there was never any doubt in the

minds of those assembled whether the

experiment could go wrong. Fermi also ensured

multiple levels of safety, which became the

hallmark of nuclear industry subsequently. In

addition to the cadmium control rod which was

manually inserted or withdrawn, there were

automatic control rods to shut down the reactor.

Over and above this, one control rod was hung by

a rope, which was to be cut by an axe in the event

the other control rods did not drop automatically.

As a last measure, a liquid control squad was

positioned over a platform to flood the pile with

cadmium salt solution if things went out of

control. As a result of such thoroughness, there

were no surprises in the experiment, and there

was such a matter-of-fact approach that once the

pile was shut down after criticality was confirmed,

the only celebration was in the form of a bottle of

Chianti produced by Wigner. There was in fact, no

photography of the pile in final shape or a formal

record of the list of scientists who had gathered

there for the event. Only sketches are available

for the posterity to have an idea of the overall

appearance for the pile and various safety

arrangements described above.

After the shutdown of the pile on 2nd

December,

Arthur Compton made a phone call to James

Conant, the Chief of the National Defence

Research Committee to convey the great news. To

maintain secrecy, the conversation was carried

out in coded words, with Compton informing that

“The Italian Navigator has just landed in the New

World”, and to a query from Conant, whether the

Natives were friendly, he replied “Everyone

landed safe and happy”.

The pile was operated at a maximum power level

of 200 W, since higher level operation of an

unshielded reactor could have proved to be

unsafe for the operators. The operation was

terminated on Feb. 28, 1943, after three months.

The operation gave invaluable data on the

neutronics of the reactor. For example, the

temperature coefficient of reactivity could be

measured by the simple innovation of permitting

controlled ingress of cold air from outside into the

reactor hall. The reactor was subsequently

dismantled and set up as Chicago Pile 2 at the

new site of Argonne National Laboratory, because

the Chicago site was too close to public domain

and that caused safety concerns.

India too can be justifiably proud that it has been

in the forefront of development of unique nuclear

reactors. When APSARA reactor at BARC (then

AEET) was made critical on August 4, 1956, it was

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the first reactor in Asia. While enriched uranium

for the fuel was provided by UK, thanks to the

close relationship Dr. Homi Bhabha had with Sir

Cockroft, then Chairman of the UKAEA, the fuel

for the reactor as well as several other

components of the reactor were indigenously

produced. The Fast Breeder Test reactor built at

Kalpakkam is the first and only reactor in the

world to use Pu rich uranium plutonium mixed

carbide as its driver fuel. In fact, today, the

reactor has in its core, fuel assemblies of carbide,

oxide and metal alloys, making it a unique reactor

indeed. The KAMINI reactor at Kalpakkam is the

first and only reactor to use U-233 as the driver

fuel. The U-233 required for the fuel was

produced indigenously by reprocessing thorium

and thorium oxide rods irradiated in the CIRUS

reactor. The KAMINI reactor has played a key role

as a neutron source, and a large number of critical

components used in the PSLV rockets launched by

ISRO, were in fact qualified by neutron

radiography at KAMINI.

Today, we have 449 nuclear reactors working in

30 countries across the globe, with a total net

installed capacity of 392GWe (contributing to

around 11 % of the electricity production),

constituting a major environment-

component of the energy mix. In spite of

challenges caused by the accidents at Chernobyl

or Fukushima, nuclear power continues to grow,

and more nations than before, produce energy

through nuclear fission today. Sixty nuclear

reactors are under construction today. The story

of Chicago Pile will continue to inspire the nuclear

community in its quest for meeting the energy

requirement of mankind in a sustainable manner.

20

th AGB MEETING OF AERWA

NOTICE is hereby given that the 20th

General Body Meeting of AERWA for the year

31st

March 2017 will be held on Saturday, 27

2017 at AERB Auditorium A, Anushakti

Mumbai from 14.00 hrs onwards to transact the

following business on the agenda.

AGENDA

1. To consider and confirm Minutes of the 19

Annual General Body Meeting, held on May 28,

2016

2. To consider and adopt the Annual Report for the

Year ended on March 31, 2017.

3. To consider and approve the audited Statements

of Accounts and balance sheet for the year ended

on 31st

March 2017.

4. To approve the tentative Budget for the year

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the first reactor in Asia. While enriched uranium

for the fuel was provided by UK, thanks to the

close relationship Dr. Homi Bhabha had with Sir

Cockroft, then Chairman of the UKAEA, the fuel

for the reactor as well as several other

of the reactor were indigenously

produced. The Fast Breeder Test reactor built at

Kalpakkam is the first and only reactor in the

world to use Pu rich uranium plutonium mixed

carbide as its driver fuel. In fact, today, the

mblies of carbide,

oxide and metal alloys, making it a unique reactor

indeed. The KAMINI reactor at Kalpakkam is the

233 as the driver

233 required for the fuel was

produced indigenously by reprocessing thorium

nd thorium oxide rods irradiated in the CIRUS

reactor. The KAMINI reactor has played a key role

as a neutron source, and a large number of critical

components used in the PSLV rockets launched by

ISRO, were in fact qualified by neutron

Today, we have 449 nuclear reactors working in

30 countries across the globe, with a total net

installed capacity of 392GWe (contributing to

around 11 % of the electricity production),

-friendly

ix. In spite of

challenges caused by the accidents at Chernobyl

or Fukushima, nuclear power continues to grow,

and more nations than before, produce energy

through nuclear fission today. Sixty nuclear

reactors are under construction today. The story

cago Pile will continue to inspire the nuclear

community in its quest for meeting the energy

requirement of mankind in a sustainable manner.

Annual

eting of AERWA for the year ending

March 2017 will be held on Saturday, 27th

May

Nagar,

Mumbai from 14.00 hrs onwards to transact the

To consider and confirm Minutes of the 19th

Meeting, held on May 28,

To consider and adopt the Annual Report for the

To consider and approve the audited Statements

of Accounts and balance sheet for the year ended

for the year

2017-2018.

5. To appoint Internal Auditor.

6. To appoint External Auditor for the year 2017

2018 and to fix the remuneration.

7. To discuss and approve the MC Resolution for

proposed amendments in the rules and

regulations of the Association.

(Proposed amendments will be circulated

venue of AGM)

8. Any other item with the permission of the Chair

Notes:

(i) If there is no quorum at 14.00 hrs, the

meeting will be adjourned for half an hour

and the adjourned meeting will be

reconvened on the same day and at the same

place to transact the business on the agenda.

There is no quorum requirement for the

adjourned meeting.

(ii) Questions / Resolutions etc. if any, from

members should reach the Secretary on or

before 15-5-2017.

(iii) The members are requested to bring their

copies of current issue of the News Letter of

AERWA for the AGM.

(iv) For entry in Anushaktinagar premises

members are requested to carry with them

Pensioners’ Identity Card/CHSS Card.

K.T.P.Balakrishnan,

Hon Secretary AERWA

Annual Report for the Year 2016-2017

K T P Balakrishnan, retired from

Health and Safety Group BARC,

was the joint Secretary, AERWA

during 2014-16 and is currently

the Secretary, AERWA.

Dear Members,

On behalf of the managing Committee of AERWA, I

take this opportunity to present the Annual Report

of the Association for the year 2016-2017, ended on

31st

March 2017.

A combined meeting of the outgoing and incoming

Managing Committee (MC) was held at 1600 Hrs on

28th

May 2016 in the Niyamak Bhavan (AERB)

auditorium, Anushaktinagar. The incoming

Committee took over charge of the Association in

the meeting. Following office bearers were

unanimously chosen by the incoming MC members:

President: Dr. V. K. Manchanda,

Vice President: Dr. B. M. Misra,

Secretary: Shri K. T. P. Balakrishnan

Treasurer: Dr. (Smt) Veena Sagar

AERWA Membership: New Members – 2016-17:

(Patrons-73 and Life members-8)

June 2017

To appoint External Auditor for the year 2017-

Resolution for

the rules and

at the

permission of the Chair

If there is no quorum at 14.00 hrs, the

meeting will be adjourned for half an hour

and the adjourned meeting will be

e day and at the same

place to transact the business on the agenda.

There is no quorum requirement for the

Questions / Resolutions etc. if any, from

members should reach the Secretary on or

bring their

copies of current issue of the News Letter of

For entry in Anushaktinagar premises

members are requested to carry with them

K.T.P.Balakrishnan,

Hon Secretary AERWA

K T P Balakrishnan, retired from

Health and Safety Group BARC,

was the joint Secretary, AERWA

16 and is currently

On behalf of the managing Committee of AERWA, I

opportunity to present the Annual Report

2017, ended on

A combined meeting of the outgoing and incoming

Managing Committee (MC) was held at 1600 Hrs on

May 2016 in the Niyamak Bhavan (AERB)

ium, Anushaktinagar. The incoming

Committee took over charge of the Association in

the meeting. Following office bearers were

unanimously chosen by the incoming MC members:

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The total membership as on 31/3/2017: is 1836 (P-

1347+L-446+Association Members-43). This number

is after removing the names of deceased members.

We regret to inform that xx members left for

heavenly abode during the reporting period. We pay

homage to them.

Donations:

AERWA is very much thankful to all those who

donated for various national calamities to Prime

Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF), general

activities of the association and the newly formed

Fund for Social Activities.

1. Contribution of Rs 11,000 was made for PMNRF

towards Chennai Flood Relief. Prime Minister’s

Office has acknowledged the receipt of the

donation.

2. Donation of Rs.66300/-was received for AERWA

general activities fund and Rs 21870/-for

Societal Activities Fund.

3. Based on the appeals about used spectacle

frames, we received nearly 230 frames and

AERWA thanks all the donors for their kind

gesture. These frames have been handed over

to Laxmi Charitable Trust Eye Hospital, Vasant

Krupa Building, Uran Road near Panchratna

Circle, Old Panvel. after due deliberations. The

Trust has kindly agreed to make use of these

frames for the patients who are treated in this

charitable hospital.

Annual Day Celebration-2016:

The Annual Day meet was held on 28th May, 2016 at

AERB Auditorium (NB-A), Anushaktinagar. Dr R B.

Grover, Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, was the chief

guest and the function was attended by more than

160 members. The programme began with singing of

the National Anthem, followed by a two minute

silence, observed in the memory of AERWA

members who left for heavenly abode since the last

get together. The President Shri R. C. Pant welcomed

the Chief Guest and the participants and felicitated

the Chief Guest. Dr. A. M. Samuel, who had

inaugurated AERWA, 19 years ago, was specially

felicitated by AERWA on the occasion.

Dr. Grover, in his address, discussed about the wide

range of technologies developed by India since 1974

and the challenges with the nuclear embargo. He

further explained the India-Specific Safeguards

Agreement negotiated with the IAEA and the waiver

of conditions, governing international nuclear trade,

by the NSG..

Dr. Anjali Kulkarni, Head, Medical Unit, BARC

delivered a highly informative talk on “Management

of hypertension, diabetes and heart disease”. She

said, Health is strongly influenced by factors like

lifestyle, food, exercises etc and muscle

strengthening has a positive effect on health.

Regular exercises can reduce age-related bone loss

and improve performance of heart, lungs, brain and

bones.

Dr. R K Kapoor spoke on ‘Quality of life of Senior

Citizens’ and highlighted the need of an appropriate

action plan and monitoring for senior citizens. He

emphasized that senior citizens should follow a

regular routine in their activities maintaining an

attitude of staying alert.

Dr. Surekha Zingde, Vice President IWSA, in her talk,

emphasized the need for assistance in routine

activities as well as to fill the void of family support

for the senior citizens.

Full coverage of this function has been published in

AERWA News Letter Vol 17.4 as well as uploaded on

our website https://aerwa.wordpress.com

AGM-19:

AERWA AGM-19 was held at 2.00 PM on 28th

May

2016 (in the afternoon session after Annual Day).

About 90 members attended the meeting. The

Minutes of the AGM were published in the News

Letter Vol 17.4, 2016 and will also be distributed

during the 20th

AGM.

AERWA Office:

After years of sustained efforts, AERWA succeeded

in getting an office in Anushakti Nagar, located in

Project Square, adjacent to INS office (Tel. No: 022-

25559994). The office was formally inaugurated on

21st

September, 2016. Large numbers of the

founding members of AERWA were present on the

occasion to congratulate the MC. AERWA is

recognized by the DOPPW and receive a grant of

limited amount for maintaining the office. Many of

our members have also generously contributed for

the furnishing and upkeep of office since its

inauguration. At present, the office is kept open on

M-W-F from 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. During the last few

months we have set up a small library and have also

arranged the office records. Help is rendered to

retirees for downloading Apps for digital

transactions like SBI Buddy, Paytm and BHIM.

Similarly, retirees who need help in computerizing

their medical claim reimbursement forms can also

visit AERWA office on the designated days. In

addition, a weekly Marathi class has been started for

the retirees, with the help of Mrs Mayuri Belhe, as

the teacher. We extend our sincere thanks to Mrs

Belhe for her services.

AERWA News Letter and Web Site:

Dr. M. P. Chougaonkar, Managing Editor, AERWA

News Letter has been striving hard to improve the

News Letter, in content and outlook. Members may

have noticed gradual improvement in the look of NL.

In fact, the cover pages have become coloured from

the first issue of 2017. Dr. Chougaonkar, under the

guidance of Web Master Dr. M. R. Iyer, revamped

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the web site of AERWA and the site has been

migrated from Google to wordpress.com. The

revamped Web site was formally launched on 21st

September 2016, the day, AERWA office was

inaugurated.

Pension and Court Cases: Most of the members are

receiving pension as per option 2 of 7th

CPC. There is

no official communication so far from the Govt.

about the implementation of option 1. AERWA

intends to take appropriate action, in association

with other Retirees Associations, if and when any

unfavourable decision is taken. AERWA continues to

represent the cases of those Pensioners / family

pensioners whose cases had not been revised post

6th

CPC / post 5th

CPC and also the pro-rata

pensioners, with <33 years service. It is gratifying to

report that the due pension has been restored in

large number of cases as a result of the

representation of AERWA to the concerned

authorities. AERWA continues to provide the

platform to the interested groups who decide to

approach the CAT / courts to fight the injustice done

to them while fixing the pension by the govt.

CHSS related Issues: There had been several

complaints about the long delay in settling the

reimbursement claims for purchased medicines,

prescribed by the doctors at dispensary / hospital.

There has also been representation to AERWA about

the long wait the retirees have to undergo in

hospital on the date of appointment. We are happy

to report that the authorities have responded very

positively to the representation of AERWA on both

the issues. We are looking forward to the favourable

action shortly.

Swatch Bharat Abhiyan:

As part of the swatch Bharat Abhiyan effort, an

audio visual Presentation, by Dr Jayant Joshi

(Formerly of Sarabhai Chemicals) was arranged on

21st

September 2016 in the MC meeting, on

composting of domestic wet waste using aerobic

basket. The material required to start the system are

an aerobic basket, a mixer handle and a small

quantity of vermin culture. The concept is simple

enough for adopting in individual flats or housing

societies and helps in environmental protection. Dr.

Joshi offered his services to those, interested in

introducing the system in their premises. Contact

details are: Phone 022-25428440, Mob:

9969634182, Email ID: jayantjoshi55@gmail.com.

Pensioners’ Day: AERWA celebrated Pensioners’ Day

on 17th December 2016 at AERB Auditorium (NB-A).

Dr Baldev Raj, former Director IGCAR and presently

Director, NIAS, Bengaluru was the chief guest. About

90 members attended the function. Dr.V. K.

Manchanda, President AERWA presided over the

meeting and felicitated the Chief Guest. In his

presidential address, Dr Manchanda briefly

highlighted the achievements as well as activities of

the association in the recent past. He explained that

the representations by AERWA, related to the

problems of retirees with respect CHSS issues

received positive response from the authorities.

Efforts by AERWA have helped in restoring the

entitled pension to many of the pre- 2006 and pre-

1996 retirees and family pensioners.

In his address, Dr. Baldev Raj spoke on “Energy

Foresights, Security and Sustainability”. He

emphasized the need to connect Science and

Technology development with the Society at large

on a continuous basis to bring about perceptible

change in the quality of life.

In her special talk on “Post Retirement Blues“, Dr.

Shobha Nair, Psychiatry Unit, BARC hospital, made a

lucid and informative presentation in which she

made a distinction between forced retirement,

thrust upon by chronological factors and voluntary

retirement, where one willingly withdraws from an

activity or changes the nature of activity. In general,

she said, four types of important changes-

relocation, reduced income, role change and

disrupted routines are likely to happen to a person

on retirement. Coping with them in a positive way

ensures the state of well being and happiness in the

life ahead. Happiness, she further added, also

depends on attitudes and expectations.

Dr. S P Garg discussed the present status of

implementation of the 7th

CPC. He informed that

there are difficulties in implementing Option-I, based

on the fitment tables, as recommended by the Pay

Commission. The Vice-President Dr. B M Misra

presented the status of various court cases being

pursued by the Association.

AERWA felicitated Dr. B. N.Jagtap, Director

Chemistry Group, BARC and Chairman Trombay

Township Advisory Committee (TTAC) for his

support. AERWA also felicitated Shri P. R. Vaidya,

one of the trustees of Vinimay, an institution

involved in training orphan children in vocational

skills. AERWA donated Rs. 10000/ from its Social

Activity Fund to Vinimay to cover the health

insurance of the inmates at Tarun Sadan, its hostel at

Koparkhairane. AERWA Picnic:

AERWA organized a one day picnic on 12th

January

2017 to the picturesque hill station of Lonavala.

About 90 members joined the picnic. Three places,

viz. Kumar’s Resort, Narayani Dham Temple complex

and Sunil’s Celebrity Wax Museum were visited.

On behalf of the Managing Committee of AERWA, I

sincerely thank (1) The authorities and staff

members of BARC, AERB and DCS &EM (2) The

canteen management of AERB (3) M/s B. Shankar &

Co. Chartered Accountants for auditing of accounts

AERWA News Letter 2017

and (4) The members of Anushaktinagar Residents

Welfare Association.

Status of court cases- April 2017

1. Full Pension for < 33 yrs of service for pre-2006

retirees: Subsequent to DP&PW OM dated April6,

2016 delinking pro-rata reduction of pension for pre-

2006 retirees having< 33 years of service, most of

the cases in BARC as well as in DAE Units are

processed. Few cases still referred to AERWA are

forwarded to BARC Pension cell on urgent basis.

It has come to our notice that in some cases banks

are delaying implementation. In such cases, it is

suggested that a letter be sent to the pension paying

branch and a copy sent to us. AERWA can initiate

suitable course of action if sufficient number of such

cases are brought to our notice.

Managing Editor

2. Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary

benefits: AEPWF has filed an

OA/2045/2016reckoning 2 increments as “Pay” for

pensionary benefits at CAT, Delhi with nearly 1000

applicants (mostly from NPCIL and a few hundred

from other DAE units including BARC). The first date

of hearings was November 10, 2016. There were

three subsequent hearings and the next hearing date

is May 8, 2017.

In a DAE OM dated September 6, 2016, various

Units were asked to provide the financial

implications in terms of DA, HRA, pensionary

benefits etc. considering 2 increments as “Pay”. It

was informed that DAE has now sent the financial

implications to Dept. of Expenditure.

3. Pension on special pay for H+ retirees: The court

has directed to tag SLP 3017/2016 with DRDO SLP

No. 24745/2015. Now this SLP(CC) 3017 is converted

to SLP/27273/2016.This SLP was listed along with 11

more SLPs in the Registrar court on 31.3.2017. The

next date of hearing is July 4, 2017. Contempt case

797/2015, in this case, came for hearing at CAT,

Delhi on 17.4.2017 and was adjourned to August 2,

2017.

The SLP (CC)/3452 case came for hearing in regular

bench on December 14, 2016 and was adjourned to

January 11, 2017. On this day of hearing, the Hon

court condoned the delay with penalty of Rs. 10,000

to UOI. Hon court also asked to issue notice to the

respondents (AERWA).This SLP (CC)/3452 is now

converted to SLP/6045/2017.No notice has been

received so far.

Another case OA/261/2011 for pension on special

pay by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC retirees was

allowed by CAT Mumbai on Nov.6, 2015. DAE filed a

MA requesting abeyance of this order till two SLPs

are decided by HSC. This came for hearing on 29th

June 2016. Court refused to entertain DAE MA and

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and (4) The members of Anushaktinagar Residents

2006

Subsequent to DP&PW OM dated April6,

-

2006 retirees having< 33 years of service, most of

the cases in BARC as well as in DAE Units are

re

It has come to our notice that in some cases banks

are delaying implementation. In such cases, it is

suggested that a letter be sent to the pension paying

branch and a copy sent to us. AERWA can initiate

ch

itor

Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary

AEPWF has filed an

OA/2045/2016reckoning 2 increments as “Pay” for

pensionary benefits at CAT, Delhi with nearly 1000

nd a few hundred

from other DAE units including BARC). The first date

of hearings was November 10, 2016. There were

three subsequent hearings and the next hearing date

In a DAE OM dated September 6, 2016, various

e the financial

implications in terms of DA, HRA, pensionary

benefits etc. considering 2 increments as “Pay”. It

was informed that DAE has now sent the financial

The court

has directed to tag SLP 3017/2016 with DRDO SLP

No. 24745/2015. Now this SLP(CC) 3017 is converted

to SLP/27273/2016.This SLP was listed along with 11

The

next date of hearing is July 4, 2017. Contempt case

came for hearing at CAT,

Delhi on 17.4.2017 and was adjourned to August 2,

The SLP (CC)/3452 case came for hearing in regular

bench on December 14, 2016 and was adjourned to

January 11, 2017. On this day of hearing, the Hon

court condoned the delay with penalty of Rs. 10,000

to UOI. Hon court also asked to issue notice to the

respondents (AERWA).This SLP (CC)/3452 is now

converted to SLP/6045/2017.No notice has been

cial

pay by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC retirees was

allowed by CAT Mumbai on Nov.6, 2015. DAE filed a

MA requesting abeyance of this order till two SLPs

are decided by HSC. This came for hearing on 29th

June 2016. Court refused to entertain DAE MA and

the same was dismissed and withdrawn. There is no

further progress since then in this case.

AERWA has sent a representation to Law Minister ,

Govt. of India requesting him to direct the concerned

officers to implement the decision of the court

rather than indulging in prolonged legal battle with

retirees.

4. Full parity case by pre-2006 retirees: OA

3529/2015 of pre-2006 S-29 pensioners for full

parity with post 2006 retirees and in any case their

pension not less than post 2006 S-24, S-27 retirees,

came for first hearing on 5th April, 2016. The next

date of hearing is 2nd

June 2017.

5. S-21 case: The hearing of the S-21 case at CAT

Mumbai has been getting postponed since June 30,

2016 on five hearing dates. It is now adjourned to

28th June 2017.

DAE News:

BARC Scientist felicitated with a Padma Shree:

Distinguished Scientist and retired Director,

Electronics and Instrumentation Group, BARC,

Mumbai, shri Chandrakanth Pithawa was conferred

with this year’s Padma Shree award by Pranab

Mukharjee, Hon President of India on March 31, 17.

Shri Pithwa is widely regarded as an expert in

Instrumentation for nuclear power plants

KKNPP-2 Becomes Operational

The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Project (KKNPP) with a capacity of 1000 MW became

operational on March 31, giving a boost to the

atomic power generation in the country. The unit

was connected to the grid on August 2, 2016.

Commercial operation of KKNPP unit 2 is expected to

take total nuclear power to 6,780 MW. The KNPP

units 1 and 2, both with a capacity of 1000 MWs,

have been built with Russian collaboration.

AERWA News Letter 2017 8 Vol. 18(3) May-June 2017

AERWA congratulates the following members for

getting Full Pension and also Welcomes them to our

prestigious Platinum Club (≥75 yrs). They will also

be issued the AERWA Platinum Club Certificate.

Name Phone No DoB

Viswanathan Gomathy 25516694 6-May-42

Rao Shakuntala 25653890 8-May-42

Tarika Satyapal 27751190 10-May-42

Nair P B 25573489 10-May-42

Khanna P P 10-May-42

Khanapurkar M P 27898944 12-May-42

Shetty Sadanand M 27547008 16-May-42

Siddiqui I A 25566817 18-May-42

Cherian George 67923083 20-May-42

Nair A R 23-May-42

Vithal Jathan 8202529937 1-Jun-42

Gupta J R 27526418 6-Jun-42

Manohar S B 25241136 6-Jun-42

Kamath H S 25555827 10-Jun-42

Pai Bhale S V 26127353 22-Jun-42

Asgaonkar S T 22-Jun-42

Swarup Gyan 27423818 22-Jun-42

Bhasin B D 25531797 28-Jun-42

Kulkarni B A 9967020536 28-Jun-42

Katyare S S 30-Jun-42

Kambale S H 27650226 30-Jun-42

Hearty congratulations to the following members

for completing 80 years of age and Congratulations

for getting additional Basic Pension

Name Phone No DoB

Krishnan L V 8-May-37

D'Souza T J 26429259 12-May-37

Deokar M R 25504781 16-May-37

Iyer N V 27821651 25-May-37

Kane D L 25376930 30-May-37

Apte B. K. 27668137 30-May-37

Menghani K T 25402518 1-Jun-37

Wadke P B 28020150 3-Jun-37

Thampi N S 11-Jun-37

Sonavane P C 14-Jun-37

Ramarathinam K 4426154551 15-Jun-37

Prabhu Y. H. 26403323 23-Jun-37

Gajare S D 29-Jun-37

Birthday Greetings to the existing

Platinum Club members. जीवेत ्शरद: शतम ्Name Contact No DoB

Potdar V K 26132463 1-May-30

Verma R S 25529037 1-May-32

Vishwas Rao C S 9167557748 1-May-36

Vaidyanathan

Meenakshy 25282153 1-May-38

Wamanacharya G S 9819341841 3-May-34

Kulkarni V J 27687509 3-May-39

Krishna Moorthy T S 27576843 4-May-36

Pullat Vijaya 9920525196 5-May-41

B.K. Bhandary 8242481491 6-May-27

Dhandayutham R 9362106987 7-May-34

C.R.P. Setty 427174892 7-May-38

Bhatia Har Kishin 26485873 7-May-40

Prasad J A 27701356 8-May-35

Thomas N J 25589767 9-May-34

Prabhudesai N A 25554891 10-May-36

Nair C V G 9967170596 10-May-40

Jamgaonkar S V 25168330 10-May-40

Peshori L H 25516794 12-May-32

Rawat S S 14-May-38

Keni H R 14-May-40

Shetty N P 27570652 15-May-34

Thodankar S R 24322205 15-May-36

Arya R C 15-May-38

Joglekar S B 25534739 15-May-39

Iyer Lalita R 9819588292 15-May-39

Bangia T R 65112233 15-May-40

Das Radha A 15-May-40

Jayadevan N C 27701506 16-May-34

Bhandiwad V R 9322591375 16-May-34

Mathur P K 16-May-41

Kundgolkar S 25430444 17-May-39

Gupta R K 25551666 17-May-39

Pendurkar H K 25233985 18-May-34

Phatak G M 2024471096 18-May-40

Narurkar Lalit 25518764 19-May-34

Iyer S Ramakrishna 27705059 19-May-39

Phadke C L 9869448102 19-May-39

Gadgil M D 9604128502 20-May-32

Ramakrishna Iyer S 27891134 20-May-39

Sastry C V A 27871439 20-May-40

Nair T N R 9619106905 20-May-40

Panicker K P 27655869 21-May-40

George K C 21-May-41

Tripathi K C 27684965 22-May-34

Nair K A 25378208 22-May-40

Kerekatte S S 24451968 23-May-36

Abraham K G 24-May-33

G Seshagiri Rao 25286616 24-May-36

Shanbhag M G 27650360 25-May-34

Butani K L 25272325 26-May-31

Khandekar V Jayaram 24224660 26-May-32

Nargundkar R S 27652374 26-May-39

Dominic K A 27636100 26-May-41

Joshi C P 25644503 27-May-25

Thakur N V 25565482 27-May-34

Narayanan M 4842477804 27-May-35

Idicula K I 28-May-32

Limaye M A 25564639 28-May-35

Kamath C S 9820617044 28-May-36

Rao B L 27573854 28-May-38

Hirwe S P 21733358 28-May-38

Sankaran K 30-May-39

Gopalkrishnan C V 25234961 31-May-40

Palai N C 27551309 31-May-41

Zachariah P K 31-May-41

Vadke M G 28946343 1-Jun-36

Mathur J D 27580384 1-Jun-39

Patel H D 28960472 1-Jun-40

Lahiri Pradip Kumar 8108666265 1-Jun-41

Mohan A L 25517176 2-Jun-36

Perira Una E 27570050 2-Jun-38

Naik Uma 26462542 2-Jun-40

More A K 27654877 2-Jun-41

AERWA News Letter 2017 9 Vol. 18(3) May-June 2017

Govindan Kutty 25559521 3-Jun-40

Soman S D 24096842 4-Jun-31

Subba Rao K 25584752 4-Jun-33

Nambiar P P V J 27896118 4-Jun-35

Gopalakrishnan C S 27651313 4-Jun-36

Purwar R C 9833003042 4-Jun-40

Vaidya A M 25367545 5-Jun-28

Advani Savitri M 25679021 5-Jun-34

D'Souza Norbert 5-Jun-35

Rao S M 9323197481 7-Jun-40

Yellaiah Y 7-Jun-41

Desai B R 8-Jun-28

Parameswaran K T 9833518503 8-Jun-35

Padmavathy Sridharan 27654139 8-Jun-38

Shirsat V T 40121436 8-Jun-39

Gandhi D P 27820809 8-Jun-40

Kulkarni R J 28622571 9-Jun-38

Bhalla K C 27891708 9-Jun-40

Karandikar P B 25837445 10-Jun-28

Narayan A 25270652 10-Jun-30

Nadkarni S S 26126413 10-Jun-34

Mayekar S V 25513236 10-Jun-36

Gupta R S 27714771 10-Jun-38

Shah C H 26714307 10-Jun-39

Bhat K S 27577610 10-Jun-39

Chandran K 21633503 10-Jun-41

Bhujbal B M 27881544 10-Jun-41

Dhule N Bi 27715646 10-Jun-41

Mahav Rao L 25218547 12-Jun-33

Sonawane K K 27570625 12-Jun-39

Chitre Virendra M 24451380 13-Jun-36

Nambisan P V 27749292 13-Jun-39

Divekar M W 14-Jun-33

Thomas P D 14-Jun-35

Shanmugam S 26252128 14-Jun-36

Velayudhan K M 27704039 14-Jun-38

Prabhakaran K 27706503 14-Jun-39

Udupa R S 25273809 14-Jun-39

Surjeet Kaur 27687584 15-Jun-29

Shah Ramesh K 25341775 15-Jun-30

Bivalkar N G 2652680544 15-Jun-30

Ramachandran M 27878440 15-Jun-33

Natarajan P N 27702477 15-Jun-35

Jamsandekar S G 28211210 15-Jun-36

Thakur V L 25510352 15-Jun-36

Ramanathan P V 25642507 15-Jun-39

Chandran G 27669481 15-Jun-40

Pawar S Vl 26325275 15-Jun-40

Mohite H C 27744558 15-Jun-41

Jain Brajesh Kumar 27895914 15-Jun-41

Gupta Anand Ram 27665740 16-Jun-30

Upendra D B 16-Jun-35

Ravindran K K 27577616 16-Jun-38

Borkar B B 9819526574 16-Jun-38

Thapar R K 28694500 17-Jun-29

Bhatti R T 8976180272 17-Jun-40

Gupta Santosh K 25253598 17-Jun-40

Noronha O P D 0824-2415771 17-Jun-40

Bhende D D 24450295 18-Jun-30

Vaidya D N 25427692 18-Jun-34

Gangal D V 25416322 18-Jun-36

Shresta D N 27714688 18-Jun-36

Kulkarni P G 26429134 18-Jun-41

Nayak V M 27895206 19-Jun-38

Din Dayal Sood 27814621 19-Jun-39

Iyer H Parashuram 28737079 20-Jun-32

Vishwanathan N 24084033 20-Jun-38

Parameshwaran M 27450685 20-Jun-40

Jain V K 25567688 20-Jun-40

Kirthi K N 24182392 21-Jun-34

Srinivasa Rao S 27700556 21-Jun-40

Mary Antony 25362975 22-Jun-38

Pillai Radha K 27578848 22-Jun-39

Mahadevan V 27822315 23-Jun-36

Thomas P T 23-Jun-40

Prabhakar K R 9844237419 24-Jun-38

Krishnamurthy S 25634309 26-Jun-34

Subramanian M 25514970 26-Jun-36

Attarde R B 25583005 26-Jun-39

Kulkarni A V 25569037 26-Jun-40

Suryanarayanan C S 25340787 26-Jun-40

Deshpande A S 25580991 27-Jun-38

Risbud V H 25443804 28-Jun-29

Gulavane S V 26114350 30-Jun-29

Murthy T S 27663703 30-Jun-30

Srivastava S P 27665163 30-Jun-38

Damodaran S 27630159 30-Jun-38

Raman S 25575315 30-Jun-39

Welcome to New Life (L)/ Patron (P) Members M.

No Name City Ph. No.

P-2803 Pendela Gnani Kamothe 9869224329

L-2804 Gunalan N Chennai 4442087718

P-2805 Godbole A.G. Dombivli(E) 0251-2454020

P-2806 Jayanth Kumar M. L. Nerul 27718425

Following members have made contribution

towards the cause of of S-29+. Rs 15000/member A. S Kameswara Rao K V Mahudeeswaran

Aditya Prasad Roy Veer Chand Rakhecha

V Sankara Sastry V P Balakrishnan

P Ramkumar Uma Easwaran

Santokh Singh Sachdev S S Ali

T G Srinivasan S N Betkerur

Chappidi Prabhakar Reddy V K Deshpande

B L Sharma N C Das

G D Jindal N K Bansal

B M Misra G M Patil

A G Deshmukh R K Nigam

V N Vaidya R C Arya

Ram Prasad Uma Sheshadri

Srinivasan Krishnan R K Batra

Anup Kumar Sinha B Krishna Kumar

A S Bhagwat K. Balachander

N Saratchandran C Babu Rao

A R Sunderarajan S C Mahajan

R C Pant V N Acharya

Chintamani Sharma M D Sastry

M S Kumra Virendra Sharma

Ajit Singh C M Kothari

A.Sequeira Narendra Gupta

Aniruddha Warudkar M Venkataraman

AERWA News Letter 2017 10 Vol. 18(3) May-June 2017

B C Bhatt S Jayram (Rs 16000)

D R Bongirwar

S E Kannan (Rs. 15001) V Ramanathan (Rs. 15001)

AERWA thanks the following for their

Donation for AERWA S D Soman 5000

G Subramanian 3000

K G Thosar 1000

AERWA wishes long and happy life to Shri K G

Thosar, who completed 87 years of age on Feb 14,

and thanks him for donating to the cause of AERWA

on the occasion year after year.

Important: The life Membership and Patron

Membership fees are Rs.600 and Rs.1000/-

respectively. If you are already a ‘Life Member’,

please convert yourself to ‘Patron’ by paying

additional Rs 400. This will augment AERWA corpus

fund. You may pay membership fee/ donation

through Internet Transfer or deposit a cheque of any

bank at any branch of State Bank of India in any city.

The cheque/ Internet Transfer should be in favor of

“Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association SBI A/c

34597981320”; (IFS Code: SBIN0013055) OR post

your cheque to: Shri Vaze P K ; 1 Udayagiri CHS, Opp.

Telecom Factory, Deonar, Mumbai-400088; Tel:

25584324 and Mob: 9821249101 ; Dr Veena Sagar:

9869176128.

Reverting to natural Posture?

PMO acknowledges our contribution to

PMNRF

All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers-AICPI (IW)-(Base of 115.76 as on

1/1/2006)

India Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers AICPI (IW)(Base of 261.4

as on 1/1/2016)

Month CPI

base

1982

=100

12

mth

total

12 mth

average

%incr.

Above

261.4

for

DA/DR

Apr-16 271 3195 266.25 1

May-16 275 3212 267.67 2

Jun-16 277 3228 269.00 2

Jul-16 280 3245 270.42 3

Aug-16 278 3259 271.58 3

Sep-16 277 3270 272.50 4

Oct-16 278 3279 273.25 4

Nov-16 277 3286 273.83 4

Dec-16 275 3292 274.33 4

Jan-17 274 3297 274.75 5

Feb-17 274 3304 275.33 5

Mar-17

DR @2% (total 4%) has been sanctioned to the

retirees vide the order F. No. 42/15/2016-P&PW(G)

dated April 7, 2017

A new feature related to the website has

been started from this issue and will list latest

uploads made on our website

https://aerwa.wordpress.com Following materials has been uploaded on the

pages of AERWA website. 1. BARC CHSS Rules

2. Senior citizen guide

3. 2% DR Release order

4. Constitution of CHSS Committee

Please make it a regular practice to visit the

website. Your comments and suggestions are

most welcome. Please write to:

maned_aerwa@yahoo.com

AERWA News Letter 2017 11 Vol. 18(3) May-June 2017

AERWA News Letter 2017 12 Vol. 18(3) May-June 2017

Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad

demise of our following members and share the

grief of their families. May God keep the soul of

each of them in peace.

Shri Navratna M R (P-197),

retired from Analytical

Chemistry Div, BARC

expired on 14-3-2017. He

is survived by two sons and

a daughter

Shri P S A Narayanan, (P-

2016), retired from NFC

passed away on Feb. 12

2017. He was 72. Shri

Narayanan is survived by

his wife and two

daughters. An Appeal: Death is an inevitable landmark of one’s

life and everyone meets death sooner or later. Still,

the near and dear ones of the deceased seek a

solace in the solidarity and condolences from the

friends and well wishers. It is for this purpose that

AREWA News Letter seeks your help in informing us

if you know our AERWA member friend passed

away. Please inform the news of demise of your

friend, if any, along with his photograph to

aerwa12@gmail.com

Important Tel Nos

Published & Printed by: Braj Mohan Misra on

behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah

Industrial Estate and published at: Project

Square, Opposite to SBI Anushakti Nagar Branch,

Mumbai 400094. Man. Editor: M P. Chougaonkar

Do you have your golden moments to share with

your friends? If you want to share the celebrations

of your 61st

, 75th

or 80th

birthday with your friends,

AERWA News Latter proposes to publish them on

donation basis. You can send us your photo and

suitable write up, both together to fit in the quarter

page for publication in the NL issue of appropriate

month. You will also be required to donate AERWA a

token sum of Rs 5000 to cover the expenditures.

Interested? Please write to

maned_aerwa@yahoo.com

Humour:

Two antennae met on a roof and fell in love of

each other.

They eventually married.

The ceremony was not great

But the reception was excellent

If not delivered please return to:

Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association

(Regd) Project Square, Opp. SBI Anushakti Nagar

Branch, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400 094.

BARC Hospital Security to call

Ambulance (Only for CHSS

beneficiaries)

2559 8200

2559 8308

24 hrs Ambulance Services for

Heart Attack

105

24 hrs Amb. Services for Accident

cases only

102

24 hrs Ambulance Services At New

Mumbai

27708016,

9324206678

24 hrs Ambulance Services at City

(Fort)

61618141

Police Control Room at Mumbai

and Navi Mumbai

100

Fire Station 101

Complaint against an auto-driver

who refuses any passenger

1800220110

Central Pen Ac Off, Delhi to Register

your Grievances about Pension

(Toll-Free)

180117788

Name and Address