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• RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 • POSTAL REGN. NO. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE

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Police raid three fake call centresFive cities in Maha-

rashtra gear up to join ‘Race to Zero’ global campaign

In the wake of world leaders com-ing together as a part of a global virtual summit on April 22nd and 23rd, 2021, India will be showcasing its efforts towards a climate-resilient future in light of the Paris Agreements. Led by US President Joe Biden, the vir-tual Leaders’ Summit on Climate seeks to motivate efforts by major economies to tackle the climate cri-sis...

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Timely inter-vention averts

illegal encroach-ment at CRZ-1 in

KhargharDue to timely in-

tervention by an en-vironment and animal activist Seema Tank, an illegal encroach-ment was averted today, 16th April, 2021 at sector 16 Kharghar. A group of five persons, mostly scrap vendors, had been attempting to occupy the land, behind Vastu Vihar housing complex at CRZ -1, near man-grove at sector 16 Kharghar since yes-terday…

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A gang of five arrested for running call centres under the name of Bajaj Finance

Fruits become dearer as Ramadan starts

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By Vikram gaikwad

Vashi police raided three fake call cen-

tres in Vashi and San-pada areas which were operating under the name of Bajaj Finance Company. A gang of five people were arrest-

ed for running the fake call centres. The investi-gation has revealed that the gang was trying to get loans for the citizens through fake call centres and swindled them in the name of processing fees, GST and insur-

ance. During the opera-tion, police seized cash worth Rs 1.20 lakh, mo-bile phones, two motor-cycles and other items worth about Rs 4 lakh. It is speculated that the

By Siddhesh Waykar

As the holy month of Ramadan starts, the

price of fruits has scaled northwards. Fruits are commonly consumed to break the Ramadan fast. The Agricultural Produce Market Com-mittee (APMC), Vashi which is the regular supplier of fruits across the country, witnessed a sudden rise in the price of fruits on the first day of the Ramadan itself.

According to the traders, a week prior to Ramadan, the oranges were priced at ₹120/kg and now these have shot to ₹150/kg. Same is the case with other fruits as well with the exception

of mangoes as it has its independent sale.

“This happens every year during Ramadan and the sudden hike in the prices of fruits is not

surprising. We experi-ence a good sale during this period along with mangoes. The lock-down has not affected much as the fruits come under the essential cat-egory”, said Kailas Waykar, Fruit Merchant

at APMC market. Not just regular

fruits, the demand and price of the imported fruits have also escalat-ed. “The rates have re-

cently increased during this week. The prices of apples and oranges have risen by ₹30-40 per dozen”, informed Vinod Phalke, Fruits Importer in APMC.

“Every year dur-ing Ramadan, the sale

and the price of fruits increase”, said Sameer Khan, a worker in the APMC market.

Not just fruits, dry fruits and vegetables too are in great demand during Ramadan, he added.

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Uneven road poses threat to motoristsRoad in sector-18, Ulwe has turned

into an accident-prone zone

By Ryhea george

The ongoing road repair work near

sector-18, Ulwe in front of Prathamesh Platinum Society since the past three months, has turned this stretch into an acci-dent hotspot. The motor-ists and the pedestrians say that driving on this stretch has become risky as the roads are uneven and there are open gut-ters and manholes.

Abhishek Kadu, a resident of Ulwe said, “The work has been going on since a long time. It is dif-ficult to understand why the manholes or the gutters have been kept open? There are chances that people may miss these en-

tirely while driving and this could lead to a mishap. In the absence of adequate lightings, pedestrians and the motorists may not see the open gaps and the tyres can get easily stuck. We have been complaining to the City and Indus-trial Development Corporation (CIDCO) regarding the same through online social media handles and have tagged CIDCO many times but there has been no action till date.”

Another resident of Prathamesh Plati-num Society pointed out, “The stretch has

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By dinesh pawar

On the auspicious occasion of Gudi

Padwa, Bhumi Pujan ceremony of develop-

ment work was held in Uran at the hands of Shiv Sena District Chief Hon'ble MLA Mano-harsheth Bhoir, Deputy

District Chief Naresh Rahalkar, Group Leader Ganesh Shinde and other dignitaries were present.

Bhumi Pujan ceremony of various development works in Uran held

By dinesh pawar

To prevent the spread of Covid 19, Gudi Padwa in rural areas includ-

ing Uran city was celebrated by the cit-izens in a simple manner and at home.

People worshipped beautiful Gudi and wished their near and dear ones through calls. The little children wel-comed the New Year by wearing beau-tiful attractive clothes.

Gudi Padwa observed in a simple way in Uran

Document missingNotice is hereby given that the Original Allotment Letter and Possession Letter (KL 4, 79/5 to 4E) issued by CIDCO in respect of B-103 situated on the Ex-Serviceman, Sec. 2, Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai in favour of Venkatlaxmi Mat-tanprartri, has been misplaced/lost while shifting house-hold items from Sumaras Aryuday Society, Sec. 4 to ex-serviceman, Sec. 2, Kalamboli area on 28/04/2017 around 12.00 noon ro 2.00 pm and is not traceable. A complaint to the effect has been lodged by Venkatlaxmi Mattanprartri, with Kalalmboli police station who have re-corded the same vide their document missing register No. 0427/202/dated 6th April 2021. Any member of the public who finds/has found the said documents, is requested to arrange to return the same to Venkatlaxmi Mattanprartri (Mob.: 9987545521) or inform Kalamboli Police Station. Sd/-Date : 17-04-2021 Venkatlaxmi mattanprartriPlace: Navi Mumbai. mob.: 9987545521

By: Crime Reporter

A team from Crime Branch Unit-2

arrested two persons on Wednesday af-ternoon for selling pistols in Kamothe area. Mukesh Kumar Gulab Singh, 31, and Nawab Sahib Saiful-lah Ansari, 22, were arrested by the crime branch along with two pistols, two live cartridges.

Vaibhav Ronge, assistant police inspector in Crime Branch Unit-2, was informed that two persons would come under the bridge at Kamothe to sell pistols. Sub-Inspector of Po-lice Vaibhav Ronge and his team led by Senior Inspector of Police Giridhar Gore under the guidance of Additional Commis-sioner of Police Dr. Shekhar Patil and Dep-uty Commissioner of Police Praveen Patil set a trap under Kamothe Bridge on Wednesday evening.

Mukesh Kumar Singh and Nawab An-sari came under the Ka-mothe Bridge at around 4.30 pm and were ar-

rested by the police. Police later found two pistols, two live cartridges in their pos-session. When the po-lice questioned them further, they said that they had bought the pistol and cartridges from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, a case has been registered against them at Kamothe po-

lice station and they have been arrest-ed. The accused Nawab Saheb, who was arrested in the case, is a notorious criminal from Uttar Pradesh and has been booked for assault at the Turk-patti police station in Uttar Pradesh.

Two arrested for selling pistols

PuBLic noticeNotice is hereby given to the public at large that the prevailing

Owner of the below mentioned property namely mr. mohan Krishna thombare residing at govind nagar, nashik, has decided to enter into transaction in respect of the said property with my client and has assured and guaranteed my client that the said property has absolutely clear marketable, title and the said is free from any encumbrances and the Prevailing Owner has absolute clear and marketable title over the same.

However , Any party or person having or claiming any right, title , interest, claim or demand of any nature whatsoever in, to, over, upon or in respect of the said property or any part thereof, by way of sale, ex-change, assignment , lease, tenancy, mortgage, license, easement, gift, alimony, maintenance, inheritance, charge, lien, lispendens, beneficial right/interest under any trust, right of prescription or pre-emption , MOU, Agreement to Sale, Sale Deed, or under any Agreement or otherwise claiming however (including any right of possession of the said property or any part thereof) is hereby called upon to make the same known in writing by personally remaining present along with supporting Original documentary evidence at the address given below within a period of 15 (Fifteen) days from the date of this notice failing which it shall be presumed that there exists no Claim of any nature whatsoever of any party or person in, to over or in respect of the said property or any part thereof and the prevailing Owner has the absolute clear and marketable title over the said property. My client shall presume that no any person has any right title and/or interest over the said property and/or any part thereof and any party or person shall be deemed to have acquiesce in the said title by waiving their claims, or the same has been released and shall proceed with the further transaction in respect of the said property. Please note that any claim received after the expire of the said period of 15 (Fifteen) days is liable to be ignored by my client, as if no such claim had at all been received by my client.

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By Ryhea george

A blood donation camp was or-

ganized by the Navi Mumbai Congress on Wednesday,14th April at ward number 84 in Nerul sector-2, on the occasion of the 130th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambed-kar. Around 100 people visited the camp. The blood collected would be handed over to Terna Hospital, Nerul.

A volunteer Sud-harshan Sawant who is also the General Sec-retary of Youth Con-gress said, “There were

around 100 people who came forward to donate blood even in such dif-ficult times and showed their responsibility as

citizens of the country. We will be handing over the blood to Terna Hospital in Nerul. We

urge the residents to come ahead and donate blood and save lives. The camp was orga-nized to mark the birth

anniversary of Dr. Ba-basaheb Ambedkar and also to help and support the civic body.”

Navi Mumbai Congress organises blood donation camp in Nerul

By: Chandrashekhar Hendve

On the occasion of the birthday of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Pras-

ad Rangile, National President, Shramik Mahasangh, National president, Prasad

Rangile distributed food kits to 500 needy families. N. Mishra, Tejas Jad-hav, Nisar Khan, Vishal Babar, Sudhir Thombre, Tushar Dhekale, Prathamesh Phanse, Ajay Kamble were present.

Food grains distributed to needy

By Crime Reporter

A mechanic repairing a trailer came un-

der the wheel of another trailer and died on the spot, on Tuesday morn-ing. One more person sustained serious inju-ries, while another was seriously injured. The driver of the trailer, who hit the halted trailer, fled after the accident. Uran police have launched a search for him.

Kamal Verma, a trail-er driver working for LCL at Panvel Shirdhon

was taking the trailer in the yard at Jasai around 2 am on Tuesday. How-ever, the trailer stopped on the lane leading to JNPT on the bridge in front of DRT Company on NH4B Highway. The trailer driver in-formed the company about technical issue. Another trailer driver of the company along with mechanic Ramprit Balu Jagdish Saroj (39) and electrician Dilsher Jamaulhak Miaali (26) went to repair the trail-

er. While the mechanic was repairing the trail-er, a speeding trailer, hit the halted trailer on the left side and went ahead. As a result, me-chanic Rampreet Balu Jagdish Saroj came under the wheel of the trailer and died on the spot. While trailer driv-er Kamal Vaidyanath Verma sustained seri-ous injuries on his left leg. The trailer driver who hit them after the accident, left the trailer and fled.

Mechanic repairing halted trailer dies after hit by another trailer

By dinesh pawar

Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji High School of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha

and Loknete DB Patil Jewish College Jasai Vidyalaya celebrated the 130th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Suresh Patil, Chairman of School Management and Development Com-

mittee and National General Secretary of Indian Trade Union Confederation, Rambhau Gharat, Vice Chairman of the school, Naresh Gharat, Former Chair-man of the school, Yashwant Gharat, Ramesh Patil, Padmakar Gharat, Principal of the school, Arun Ghag, Senior Writer DK Patil, Raju Bhoir, Pandurang Mumbaikar were present.

130th birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar celebrated at Jasai Vidyalaya

gang may have swindled lakhs of rupees from people across the coun-try through this fake call centre. The police are now trying to contact the customers to get more information.

Among the arrested are Kallan Jan Moham-mad Mallik (53), Faizan Kallan Mallik (24), Mo-hammad Junaid Asghar Usmani (20) are resid-ing in Delhi, while Im-tiaz alias Sohail Maulana Qureshi (29) and Sha-bana Sohail Charania (25), all are from Vashi.

Kallan Jan Moham-mad Mallik (53), Fai-zan Kallan Mallik (24), Mohammad Junaid As-ghar Usmani (20) had hired 10 to 15 youths and through them they were reaching out to the citizens. The prospec-tive customers were as-sured of getting loans from Bajaj Finance Company and were asked to deposit pro-cessing fees, GST and insurance in an account opened at Canara Bank in Delhi under the name of Smart India Educa-tion.

Upon learning about

the fraud taking place under the name of Bajaj Finance Company, the fraud control unit of the company lodged a com-plaint with the Vashi po-lice. Under the guidance of senior police inspector Ramesh Chavan of Vashi police station, Assistant Inspector Sachin Dhage and his team raided the fake call centre, which was operating in Vashi Plaza building. Sohail Maulana Qureshi, the manager of the call cen-tre, was later arrested.

Police immediately raided the second fake call centre on the 23rd floor of Vashi Infotech Park and arrested Sha-

bana Charania. Dur-ing interrogation Sohail Qureshi revealed that there was another call centre at Haware Info-tech Park in Vashi. After getting more informa-tion, the police raided the third call centre in Sanpada, Sector-13.

Police seized cash, mobile phones and other tele-calling materials from the three fake call centres during the raid. Police have since ar-rested three people from Delhi for running the fake call centre. The in-vestigation has revealed that these three had start-ed the fake call centre two years ago.

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become risky espe-cially for the children. Besides, there are chances that motorists too may not see the open manholes. People need to be careful all

the time while walk-ing or driving due to such never ending ongoing road repair work. The officials of CIDCO should look into the matter at the earliest so that no big accident takes place. As I am a resident of

the area, I am aware of these manholes but for the people who are travelling for the first time to the area, there are chances that they may not see these un-covered manholes and uneven road patches.”


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Kids NutritionNutrition for kids is

based on the same principles as nutrition for adults. Everyone needs the same types of nutri-ents — such as, carbo-hydrates, protein, fats, vitamins & minerals. Children, however, need different amounts of spe-cific nutrients at different ages.

So let us understand the best for-mula to fuel your child's growth and development.

Consider these nutrient-dense foods:

• Protein. Choose seafood, lean meat and poultry, eggs, beans, peas, soy products, and unsalt-ed nuts and seeds.

• Fruits. Encourage your child to eat a vari-ety of fresh & seasonal fruits — rather than fruit juice. If your child drinks juice, make sure it's 100 percent juice without added sugars and limit his or its servings.. Keep in mind that one-quarter cup of dried fruit counts as one cup-equivalent of fruit. When consumed in excess, dried fruits can contribute extra calories.

• Vegetables. Serve a variety of fresh & seasonal vegetables. Aim to provide a variety of vegetables, in-cluding dark green leafy vegetables, red and orange, beans and peas, starchy and others, each week.

• Grains. Choose whole grains, such as whole moong & masoor. Include all the varieties of lentils. In India we have so many varieties of dals. Each of them to be included to get the benefit of supplying proteins to the growing children.

• Dairy. Encourage your child to eat and drink fat-free or low-fat dairy products, such as milk, yogurt, buttermilk.

Aim to limit your child's calories from:

• Added sugar. Limit added sug-ars. Naturally occurring sugars, such as those in fruit and milk, are not added sugars. Examples of added sugars include brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, honey and others. Check nutrition labels. Avoid drinks with added sugars such as soda and sports and energy drinks.

• Saturated and trans fats. Limit saturated fats — fats that mainly come from animal sources of food, such as red meat, poultry and full-fat dairy products. Look for ways to replace saturated fats with vegetable and nut oils, which provide es-

sential fatty acids and vitamin E. Healthier fats are also naturally present in olives, nuts, avocados and seafood. Limit trans fats by avoiding foods that contain partially hydroge-nated oil.

• Sodium. Encourage snacking on fruits and vegetables, home made

murmura, chiwda, lad-doos instead of chips and cookies.

Breakfast is an im-portant meal of the day. Kids land up eat-ing more of processed and sugary food for the breakfast which is actu-ally unhealthy. Remem-ber the start of the day should be with some

wholesome and healthy food. Hence let us make healthy choco chips at home and serve it with banana and milk. Kids will love this.

Healthy Choco Chips DelightIngredients: • Wheat flour – 200

gms • Powdered jaggery - 100 gms • Water – 1 cup • Cocoa powder – 3 tblsp • Baking soda – 1/4th tsp • Salt – a pinch.

Method: Sieve wheat flour, bak-ing powder & cocoa powder, salt. Then mix powdered jaggery. Now add water little by little and mix it using your palm. You need to make a thick dough by constantly knead-ing with your palm. Once the dough is ready, keep it aside for 10 minutes. Now roll out on the rolling board by dusting some flour on it. Cut into piece small diamond shaped pieces. Grease a baking tray and spread these pieces on it. Bake it on 180 degrees for 20 minutes. Crispy and healthy choco chips are ready. This can be stored in an air tight container for 8-10 days. These choco chips can be eaten as it is or can be added to milk and taken for the breakfast. You can add bananas also in your bowl.

Do try this healthy choco chips delight.

Bhavani Swaminathan

The writer is Nutritionist and Founder of AAKANKSHA : Desire For Wellness. Contact 7021648382; e-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://aakankshadfw.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and subscribe to our Channel.

HEAltH AND NutRItION

THeOry OF brAIN lATer-AlIzATION

The father of left and right brain theory is Roger W

Sperry, the American Neu-ropsychologist who with two of his colleagues won the Nobel Prize in 1981 in Phys-iology and Medicine for his split-brain research. This led to theory of lateralization of brain function. This essentially means that there are two types of people: left brain dominated and right brain dominated. Left brain determines the logical thinking space. Thus, the people with left brain domination are more rational, logical, analytical and objective in thinking process. On the other hand, right brain dominated people are said to be more intuitive, emotive and innovative in their cog-nitive and behavioural aspects.

Why it is important for students and teachers?

Students are getting prepared for facing challenges in life; this in-cludes both professional as well as personal life. In both the places, they are expected to take decisions. And all decisions are based on facts as well as gut feel. While the concept of data driven decision making is getting popularity, decisions, in fact, are taken what is felt as right at that particular point of time based on not only facts / data but also intuition of the decision maker. A good decision is always a balanced one based on ra-tionality as well as intuition. Thus, it is a function of both sides of the brain.

Development of both sides of the brain is thus crucial. The students should, therefore, try to ensure that they develop in balanced ways in:

1. Intelligent Quotient (IQ) and Emo-tional Quotient (EQ)2. Numerical ability and imaginative thinking3. Rational as well as cre-ative ways of looking at a problem4. Grooming in technical subjects simultaneously with interest in softer as-pects like music, painting,

etc.5. Reasoning ability and also out of

the box thinking6. Corporate problems as well as sen-

sitivity to social issuesCurriculum and delivery should

take care of all above aspects so that students are groomed holistically.

Current challenges and coping strategies

In the current context, we see that there is an over-emphasis of compart-mentalization and focus on single-disciplinary approach. Engineering students are learning only engineer-ing subjects; similar is the case is with other disciplines. All over the world, educators are moving towards liberal multi-disciplinary education to cre-ate a balanced bunch of students who are developed in both left as well as right side brain efficiency. The New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in In-dia also aims towards this.The writer is Founder and Convener, Higher education Forum (HeF). He

is former director of SieS College of Management Studies (SieSCoMS), navi Mumbai and Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan’s S p Jain institute of Management & Research (SpJiMR),

Mumbai. He may be contacted at [email protected]

or 9821128103.

YOutH CORNER: Balance of left Brain and Right Brain

dr. a.K. Sen gupta

By: dinesh pawar

As the summer season sets in the

demand for mangoes scales up. Be it in ripe or raw form, the king of fruit dominates ev-ery Indian kitchen.

A trader in mango business since two decades, Jayashree Ramkishan Pardeshi points that from mid-March he is flooded with inquires for raw mangoes for pickle preparation.

She further said, “We sell mango at the rate of Rs. 50 to 70 per kg. While for cutting the raw mangoes, we charge

an additional Rs. 20 per kg. Citizens prefer to cut the mango as it gets easier”.

“Ready-made pickles are avail-able in the market. Many companies make ready-made pickles like man-go, lemon, mix-pickles, chilli pickles etc., but

home-made pickles taste very good and last long as we use good quality of mango, good spice, pay special atten-tion to processes of making it”, says Sanad Patil, a homemaker.

Demand for mangoes rise



Chief Minister Ud-dhav Thackeray

has written a letter to the Prime Minister Na-rendra Modi the pan-demic to be treated as a natural calamity and State Disaster Re-sponse Fund (SDRF) be used to provide individual benefits to the affected. “We all have accepted this (pandemic) as a natural calamity. So, we are requesting the PM to give individual benefits that are given in natural calamities to the people whose liveli-hood has been impacted by the pandemic,” he said.

In view of the short-age of oxygen, Mr. Thackeray in his letter appealed to the Centre to take action under the National Disaster Man-agement Act and supply oxygen to the state by air.

“Today the state needs more than 1200 metric tons of produc-tion of oxygen. By the end of April, the de-mand for oxygen could reach 2 thousand met-ric tons per day. While the Central Government has approved to take oxygen from steel proj-ects in the eastern and southern parts of the country, we are also ar-ranging oxygen from local and surrounding places. However, in or-der to save time, urgent

action needs to be taken under the National Di-saster Management Act to transport oxygen by other means, mainly by

air,” he said.As a relief measure

to the citizens of Maha-rashtra, CM Thackeray urged for a three month extension of the timeline for filing GST returns for small and medium taxpayers.

Expressing gratitude for the decision to stop export of Remdesivir, Chief Minister Thack-eray said that under Sec-tion 92 of the Indian Pat-ent Act, 1970, exporters of these drugs should be given permanent licens-es so that they can sell Remdesivir in the local market.

Financial Help to Poor and Priority Group FamiliesWhile requesting

the PM to declare the pandemic as natural ca-lamity, the CM said that under the State Disas-ter Response Fund, the state should be allowed to provide Rs 100 per

day per adult and Rs 60 per day per child to the ration card holders of Antyodaya Anna Yojana and priority groups dur-

ing the lockdown pe-riod.

The Chief Minis-ter said that the first installment of the Centre's share in the SDRF (State Disas-ter Response Fund) should also be re-ceived immediately so as to help the eco-nomic situation cre-ated by the pandemic.

Health Minister Rajesh Tope instructed the district health sys-tem to manage oxygen and Remedisivir while increasing beds in health institutions

“Emphasis should be placed on institu-tional segregation rather than home segregation of positive patients. In-crease the number of RTPCR tests in the dis-tricts,” Health Minister Rajesh Tope directed the district health system in the state today.

District Surgeons should pay special at-tention to ensure that the benefit of Mahatma Jotiba Phule Janaaro-gya Yojana is not denied to the patients. He also said that the environ-ment, cleanliness, qual-ity of food, cleanliness of toilets in Covid Cen-ters should be monitored and staff of other depart-ments should be called for help if required.

CM Uddhav Thackeray urges PM to declare Covid pandemic as Natural DisasterRequests for transporting Oxygen by air and making Remdesivir available

By Ryhea george Corporator Netra

Kiran Patil has alleged that various diagnostic centres in the Panvel City Municipal Cor-poration (PCMC) are charging more than the prescribed amount

for the various clinical tests.

“I have been re-ceiving complaints that some diagnostic centres are charging exorbitantly from the patients. We have made a written request to the

health authorities to take immediate action against such diagnos-tic centres and help the patients. Such financial looting of the patients should be stopped im-mediately,” said Kiran Patil.

Corporator Kiran Patil alleges exorbitant rates for clinical tests by some Diagnostic Centres

By Ryhea george

In the wake of world leaders coming

together as a part of a global virtual summit on April 22nd and 23rd, 2021, India will be showcasing its efforts towards a climate-resil-ient future in light of the Paris Agreements. Led by US President Joe Biden, the virtual Lead-ers’ Summit on Climate seeks to motivate ef-forts by major economies to tackle the climate crisis. ‘Race to Zero’ is a global campaign to rally leadership and support ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference also known as COP26 mobilizing the largest ever alliance of actors committed to achieving net-zero car-bon emissions by 2050.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi being one of the invitees at this event, India will be among 40 other na-tions showcasing efforts by its different states, which are committed to green recovery and limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius. Climate Voices which is a collaborative initia-tive aimed at engaging people in Maharashtra on climate change and amplifying solutions - had an interaction with the Environment and Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray where he shared efforts by Maharashtra, one of the largest state in the country, to emerge as a leader to achieve state-wide climate resilience.

Thackeray an-nounced that soon Mumbai, Pune, Aurang-abad, Nagpur and Na-shik will join the ‘Race to Zero’ global cam-paign in the run-up to the 2021 United Nations

Climate Change Con-ference - Conference of the Parties (COP26) to be held in November this year at Glasgow, United Kingdom. Cities joining ‘Race to Zero’ will seek to prevent future climate threats, create jobs, and unlock equitable, sustainable growth. These cities must publicly acknowl-

edge and recognise the global climate emer-gency, keeping climate resilience in line with urban decision mak-ing, pledging to reach net zero in the 2040s or sooner. They will also be identifying priority actions over the next decade.

Launched in Decem-ber 2020, the ‘Race to Zero’ campaign is led by several international bodies rallying against climate change includ-ing C40 cities. He also added that he strongly believes that climate mitigation and adapta-tion will not remain an option anymore. “It is unavoidable and urgent. We need to make the language simple, take it to the common man, and make it a part of mainstream politics. It also needs to be part of every level of governance, legislation, judiciary, and corporate structure,” said Thack-eray.

In the last 50 years, Maharashtra recorded a seven-fold increase in drought events and a six-fold increase in the frequency of extreme flood events, impact-

ing livelihoods across the state. The state also has a high climate risk due to heatwaves and droughts, affecting every sector - from agri-culture to industries. In 2020 itself Maharash-tra has had to pay out almost ₹13,000 crores as compensation for weather events related to climate change. “The

livelihood of communi-ties, from coastal areas to hills to farmlands, is dependent on each of these ecosystems, which will be altered by effects of climate change. This might lead to distress and social instability,” said Thackeray.

Among scaling cli-mate efforts internation-ally, Maharashtra has also signed a Memoran-dum of Understanding (MoU) with the C40 Climate Leadership Group. Under this, a draft climate action plan will be prepared for Mumbai by August 2021. “This is a first for any C40 city in the Indian subcontinent,” he said. Thackeray poin-Ated out that Maharash-tra had already emerged as a state leader com-mitted to energy transi-tion and green recovery. “The state is also active-ly working on energy transition. Our effort must be towards making green energy the new conventional form of energy. We are finding more stable and firm sources of energy and energy storage when it comes to renewables,” he said.

Five cities in Maharashtra gear up to join ‘Race to Zero’ global campaign ahead of COP26


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There is no substitution for human touch. A hug offers warmth and solace when one is going through rough phase or is extreme-ly happy. A person of any age group requires that gentle touch which has a healing effect.

According to therapists, human touch has a huge impact on a hu-man being and the lack of it can really affect the brain and body in many ways than they might rea-lise. It is the foun-dation for human connection. Experts say that our mental health is largely governed by our feelings and emo-tions, and a certain kind of emotion or feeling is evoked by hormones. When we are stressed and anxious, our body releases stress hormones or ‘Cortisol’. To balance this, the body needs another hormone, ‘Oxytocin’, which is called the love hormone. Touching, caressing, hugging, etc. leads to the release of this hormone. When the body does not produce enough ‘Oxytocin’, it leads to several psychological issues like depression and anxiety amidst people. Positive touch from the dear ones, helps in improving

the immune system, digestion and sleep.

With online classes going on, the children are missing that

gentle hug of love and appreciation from their teach-ers. From hugs to handshakes, a pat on the arm, back or head, kisses on the cheek, or hand-holding, a touch is essential. It’s a universal need and natural method of communicating joy and intimacy.

However, the pandemic, has taken away this human warmth and with the cases

surging again hugging each other is bound to remain a distant dream. Some public health experts even say that they do not know if we will ever return to certain habits like shaking hands. The best solution to ward off loneliness, probably is to build connection albeit virtually. A regular video chat with the elderly, friends and near and dear ones for instance, can help in making us feel that we are not alone. Although there is no substitute for touch, but even just waving to the neighbour or the friend to say ‘hello’ can help one feel less isolated and alone.

Touch deprivation By ashok dhamija

As per the World Health Organization,

a healthy diet has a direct impact on human health as it not only helps in pro-tecting against malnutri-tion in all its forms, as well as non-communicable dis-eases (NCDs). In addition, dental and oral health too complements this cause as poor oral hygiene can lead to dental cavities and gum disease, and has also been linked to cancer, heart disease, diabetes among other NCDs. In fact, people whose in-ner cheeks, teeth and gums are in poor condition may be more susceptible to mouth and throat Cancers.

Oral Cancer is one the most com-mon cancers in India amongst men (11.28% of all cancers), the fifth most frequently occurring cancer amongst women (4.3% of all cancers). The causes attributed to Oral Cancer is mainly tobacco chewing, areca nut, alcohol consumption, and poor oral hygiene (POH) may have contributory effects. Most times, we associate poor oral hygiene with dental caries, Gingi-vitis, Periodontitis (gum disease) and foul smell, but poor oral hygiene in the long run can give rise to fatal diseases including Cancer. A British study has shown that patients with poor oral health index have overall higher mor-tality rate (they die prematurely) as compared to others.

Dr. Hitesh R Singhavi, Consultant, Fortis Hospital with vast experience in Head & Neck Onco-Surgery and member of the Action against Tobacco Act, India, shares his opinion on this issue related to poor oral hygiene and oral cancer with Newsband readers. The excerpts are as below:

What are the factors causing poor oral hygiene?

There are numerous common fac-tors leading to poor oral hygiene, in-cluding tobacco chewing, alcohol, Areca Nut chewing, infrequent dental visits, immunocompromised status, low socio-economic status and lower level of education. Studies have shown that all these factors significantly dete-riorate oral hygiene.

How does Poor Oral Hygiene (P0H) cause Oral Cancer?

POH is strongly associated with oral cancers. It aids the carcinogenic potential of other known carcinogens, like tobacco and alcohol. It causes easy conversion (faster endogenous nitra-tion) of tobacco metabolite into Cancer causing products (nitrosamines), lead-ing to development of Cancer. POH

also reacts with alcohol to form Aldehyde-also a class I carcinogen (Class I carcinogen is the product which can independently cause Cancer).

How can you prevent Oral Cancer by main-taining good oral hy-giene?

One should not con-sume tobacco or tobacco products which is one of the major causes of Gingi-

val Recession (loss of gums) leading to loosening of teeth and formation of pre-cancerous lesion. Similarly, avoid-ing alcohol consumption may help maintain good oral hygiene, as evi-dence shows that an alcohol consumer has higher chances of foul-smelling mouth, more tar burdened teeth, and greater possibility of bleeding gums.

Which are the parts of the oral cavity you should look for cancer-ous lesions associated with poor oral hygiene?

Buccal Mucosa (inner cheek mu-cosa) is the most common site of oral cavity cancer when POH is associated with tobacco chewing habit. When POH is associated with alcohol, then under the surface of the tongue, the floor of mouth is the most common site.

Can sharp tooth or ill-fitting den-tures cause Oral Cancer?

Chronic mucosal trauma due to sharp tooth or ill-fitting dentures can cause Oral Cancer. A study conducted by Tata Memorial Centre (Singhavi et al) has concluded that chronic mucosa trauma has higher chances of develop-ment of Oral Cancer. It’s not an un-common finding to have Oral Cancer in non-habitual patients, especially Tongue Cancers. Chronic mucosa trauma and poor oral hygiene are the front runners in such cases.

What is the evidence that ascer-tains the link between poor oral hy-giene and Oral Cancer?

Level 1 (direct causation) evidence to determine poor oral hygiene as the primary etiological factor of Oral Can-cer is lacking. However, there are stud-ies which have shown that maintain-ing good hygiene reduces the chances of Oral Cancer by 200%. Also, there are 93 relevant articles published in the literature until the year 2020 which conclude that poor oral hygiene con-tributes to Oral Cancer causation, in one way or the other. Hence it is im-portant to sensitise the masses on the factor that maintaining a good oral hy-giene is a must to stay away from Oral Cancer.

Poor oral hygiene can trigger Cancer

Dr Hitesh R Singhavi Consultant, Fortis Hospital

By: Chandrashekhar HendveA blood donation

camp was organized at New Bombay School, Ghansoli Sector 9 on the occasion of Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb

Ambedkar Jayanti. Former MP Sanjeev Naik along with the president of the society Ganesh Sakpal, Pradip Shinde were present on the occasion.

70 units of blood were collected dur-ing the camp. All the donors were honoured with certificates by former MLA Sandeep Naik.

Blood donation camp held in Ghansoli



Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil in a re-

view meeting of senior of-ficials directed the police administration to strictly enforce the restrictions imposed in 'Break the Chain' and take strict action against the viola-tors to curb the grow-ing infection of corona.

Strict restrictions have been imposed in the state under 'Break the Chain'. Home Minis-ter Dilip Walse Patil re-viewed the implementa-tion of these restrictions. The meeting was attend-ed by Additional Chief Secretary Manukumar Srivastava, Additional Chief Secretary (Appeal and Security) Anand

Limaye, Principal Sec-retary Vineet Agarwal, Relief and Rehabilita-tion Principal Secretary Asim Gupta, Director General of Police San-jay Pandey, Mumbai Po-lice Commissioner He-mant Nagarale and other senior police officials.

Section 144 has been implemented in the state. Essential services are being provided as per the guidelines given by the government. All of these restrictions are intended to break the chain of the corona. The police administra-tion should create the belief in the minds of the people that the state government is taking ut-most care not to incon-

venience the citizens. Mr. Valse Patil ap-

pealed to the people to cooperate with the gov-ernment and the police administration in this battle of Corona and follow the three prin-ciples of Corona namely wearing mask, washing hands frequently and keeping safe distance.

Director General of Police Sanjay Pandey, Mumbai Police Com-missioner Hemant Nag-arale informed about the measures being taken and implemented under Section 144 in the state. Relief and Rehabilita-tion Principal Secretary Asim Gupta informed about the restrictions of Break the Chain.

Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil instructs to strict enforcement of restrictions under 'Break the Chain'


every year Railway Week is celebrated

from 10th April to 16th April to commemorate the birth of railways in India, when the first rail-way train ran from Bori-bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termi-nus Mumbai) to Tannah (Thane) a distance of 33 km on 16th April 1853.

During this 66th Railway week celebra-tion, Central Railway re-viewed its performance in the past year, awards were given to the of-ficials who had done extraordinary and ex-ceptional services, road maps were planned for the coming year.

Shri Sanjeev Mit-tal, General Manager,

Central Railway in a virtual conference held on 16th April, 2021 con-gratulated the railway officers and staff for achieving a freight load-ing of 62 million tonnes during the lockdown and unlock in 2020-21. He also appreciated the running of shramik spe-cials, special trains, etc. and completing infra-

structural works at more than 80 locations over Central Railway.

Shri Mittal also said the automatic coach washing plant at Wadi-bunder, Mumbai will help us to save time and water in cleaning the coaches thereby giving a clean and neat train for the service of pas-sengers.

Central Railway observes Railway Week 2021

By: Rhyea george

The government of Maharashtra plans to float its Non-Convention-

al Energy Policy soon, it is learnt. The state will make an investment of Rs. 1 lakh crore by 2025 and intends to gen-erate non-conventional energy such as solar, wind, hy-droelectric, waste-to-energy, and new technology-based among others, to the tune of 17,385 megawatts.

“We are encour-aging the use of al-ternative clean fuels like hydrogen cell fuel while our com-mitment is to have a minimum of 25% of our overall en-ergy needs to be met through solar en-ergy by 2025. Innovative methods like solarising highways, barren farmlands and floating solar panels on our dams are a part of that effort,” said Aaditya Thackeray, Environment and Tourism Minister.

As a part of the energy transition,

Maharashtra has an Electric Vehicles (EV) Policy, approved in early 2018, which will come into effect soon. It aims at increasing the registered num-ber of EVs to five lakh through the five-year policy duration while creat-ing over one lakh jobs with an invest-

ment of Rs. 25.5 crore through manufacturing.

“This policy will be imple-mented in six cities including Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad & Nagpur,” said Thackeray.

The Maha-rashtra government is working along-side the Netherlands to cooperate on an integrated approach towards a sustainable circular economy in the water-plastic-reuse sector. A climate action curriculum has been developed for young minds in Maharashtra un-der the state’s Majhi Vasundhara Ab-hiyaan (My Earth Campaign).

Maharashtra to float Non-Conventional Energy Policy soonPlans to make investment of rs. 1 lakh crore by 2025

By dinesh pawar

The vaccination pro-cess which was

halted due to shortage of vaccine, has once again resumed in Uran Talu-ka. Dr. Manoj Bhadre, Superintendent, Indira Gandhi Rural Hospital, said that now there is a stock of 600 Covishield and 100 Covaxin avail-able in Uran.

In the last two to three days, vaccinations at Rural Health Cen-tre, Koproli and Indira Gandhi Rural Hospitals in Uran had come to a standstill. The growing number of corona pa-tients in Uran had also raised fear among the citizens. With the avail-ability of doses of vac-cine now eligible people can get themselves vac-cinated.

Covid-19: Vaccination resumes in

Uran

PuBLic noticeTHIS NOTICE IS HEREBY given that my client have pur-chased the property more particularly mentioned in the schedule written hereunder from M/s. MANOJKUMAR RAMESHKUMAR, of which the 1) Original Registration Receipt bearing No.2290/1993, of Lease Deed dated 25/08/1993, duly registered with the Sub-Registrar of Thane-3, on 25/08/1993, executed between THE BOM-BAY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET COMMITTEE & M/s. MANOJKUMAR RAMESHKUMAR and 2) Original Taba Pavati (Possession Receipt) issued by MAPMC, and other related documents are lost/misplaced & same are not traceable. A police complaint for the same has been lodged with APMC Police Station, Navi Mumbai on 17/03/2021, which is recorded in property missing Regis-ter, under Reg. No.0495/2021. All persons having any share, right, title, benefit, interest, claim, objections & demands in respect of the property or any part thereof by way of sale, exchange, assignment, mortgage, charge, gift, trust, inheritance, occupation, pos-session, tenancy, sub-tenancy, leave and licenses, care-taker basis, lease, sub-lease, lien, maintenance, ease-ment, release through any agreement, conveyance deed, writing devise, contracts/agreements or encumbrance or otherwise howsoever are hereby requested to make the same known in writing along with documentary proof /suf-ficient evidence within 14 days from the date of publication hereof, failing which or as otherwise the sale of the said property shall be completed without any reference or regard to any such claim or interest which shall be deemed to have been waived.

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18th edition of Frames Film Festival gets underwayBy ashok dhamija

Founded in 2003, Frames Film Festi-

val an initiative by the BAMMC students of SIES (Nerul) College of Arts, Science and Com-merce, got underway early this week. Touted as the India's largest undergraduate film fes-tival, the 18th edition of Frames which aims to provide a platform to the promising, upcoming filmmakers from across the globe is honouring the wonderful women of cinema and their im-mense contributions with its theme: 'Kriti- A Work of Art'. ‘Kri’ rep-resents creation and ‘Ti’ focusing on women of cinema.

The virtual event

powered by Mukesh Gupta and co-powered by MTV Beats India, commenced with a

warm welcome to the online audience and a few words of wisdom from the HOD of the BAMMC department Mithun Pillai. The HOD discussed how it seemed difficult for Frames to be held this year, due the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country including Maharashtra,

but the hard work and dedication of the stu-dents made it possible. A tribute video for the

late principal Dr Milind Vaidya was played.

A trailer for the fes-tival was played and the Youtube Livestream au-dience expressed their excitement and eager anticipation for the start of the screenings. Well known TV and film ac-tor Rohitash Gaud who inaugurated the Frames

Film Festival virtually during an interactive session congratulated the organisers for their efforts and said “The an-nual three-day Frames

is a great initiative. This will definitely help usher new talent and provide a stage for some great films.” Known for his role in the ongoing satire series ‘Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain’ as Manmo-han Tiwari, the veteran TV artist highlighted the problem of typecasting an actor in the industry and stated, “If someone does a comic role, he is seen only as a comic ac-tor. When quizzed about whether he would like to work more in televi-sion or films, Rohitash who has acted in 11 Bol-lywood films, post his debut in the movie that

highlighted the personal life of freedom fighter’ Veer Savarkar’, he said “I would prefer to work more in films and also potentially OTT plat-

forms as I have in Tele-vision for a long time”. The first section for the day saw screening of five best shortlisted ‘Interna-tional Short Films’ that were judged by veterans’ actors Manoj Pahwa and Rohini Hattangadi and received good feedback from both the jury and the online audience.

In his address Manoj Pahwa praised the stu-dents for organising such a big event in the time span of just one month and that too on-line. The second sec-tion saw ‘National Short Films’ being screened which had actors Neelu

Kohli, Lubhna Salim and Gurinder Makna. The films showcased here also drew praise from the judges for the interesting themes and

ideas portrayed in the stories.

The third and final section for the day was a panel discussion on Sto-ry Writing with the guest being writer and director Amreeta Roy. She spoke about the importance of balancing event and emotion-based elements when writing stories. When asked about the necessity of complex language in stories, she answered that for the un-derstanding of the com-mon man simple lan-guage is preferred. She revealed that her least favourite genre to work in would be horror.

HOD of the BAMMC depart-ment Mithun Pillai interacting with the virtual audience with his motivating words

Veteran actors Manoj Pahwa and Rohini Hattangadi: judged the International Short Films category

A still from one of the movie screened in the National Short Films category that was judged by Lubhna Salim, Neelu Kohli and Gurinder Makna

Writer and director Amreeta Roy sharing her views on Story Writing

indrani Basu

Due to timely inter-vention by an en-

vironment and animal activist Seema Tank, an illegal encroachment was averted today, 16th April, 2021 at sector 16 Kharghar. A group of five persons, mostly scrap vendors, had been attempting to occupy the land, behind Vastu Vi-har housing complex at CRZ -1, near mangrove at sector 16 Kharghar since yesterday. They had brought huge gunny bags full of various kinds of household wastes, rags, scraps, plastic cans etc. and started dump-ing there as that is a se-cluded place. They even brought chairs, measur-ing equipment and other

essentials to start a scrap business.

Seema Tank, a not-ed environment activ-ist and an animal lover and a resident of Vastu Vihar com-plex noticed some people roam-ing around the area in the pre-text of beginning a shop on 15th April. Seema im-mediately asked them to leave the place and vacate the land. She re-vealed, “The mis-creants are taking full advantage of the curfew and Covid 19 restrictions. They know people won’t come out from houses as there is spike in Covid 19 cases.

Even though I warned them repeatedly, I was astonished to watch their carefree attitude, as if they are the residents

of that place. They told, that they would start their scrap dealing busi-ness at that place. Imme-diately I tweeted to civic

authorities and took to social media handle and uploaded a video of their act. I received full support from other envi-

ronmental activists from different areas.”

The next day (16th April) too, the encroach-ers were still there and

were in the verge of beginning their com-mercial activity. Seema immediately called Kharghar police to clear

that place. Police came but nobody was there. As soon as the po-lice left, the en-croachers came back again.

Seema firmly said, “I was ada-mant to get the area vacated. Last month too I took a stand to clear the chemical gar-bage which was dumped at that

same place by some un-known miscreants. After all, we all are the tax-payers and we have the right to keep our resi-

dential areas infringe-ment free.”

She then raised a complaint to Panvel City Municipal Corpo-ration (PCMC) and told them to take immediate action. By the afternoon PCMC staff came with van and picked up every-thing from that place.

Jitendra Madhavi, the officer from PCMC who had conducted the raid told, “The person who was trying to en-croach upon the area is a scrap dealer and has a scrap business at another place. He had a plan to shift here and restart it. We warned him that he should refrain from such kind of act. Hopefully he will not come back to this place again.”

timely intervention averts illegal encroachment at CRZ-1 in Kharghar

Scrap dumped at CRZ 1 in sector 16, kharghar near mangrove

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300 students of New Horizon Public School barred from online classes

Parents, students stage agitation; School management says they are just following the lawBy Ryhea george

Around 300 students of New Horizon

Public School, Sector 13, Airoli have been de-nied access to the online classes for non-payment of tuition fees. Many par-ents allege that the school authority has deliberately stopped the access to the online accesses despite they (parents) highlight-ing their financial situa-tion due to the pandemic. The parents claim that the school should lessen the fees as the students have not been using the library, computers or science labs since the pandemic. While some other parents say that the school should give

them some more time to pay the fees as they are unable to manage home and fees together since the pandemic.

Ashish Saindane, a member of the Parents Teachers Association said, “Since the begin-ning of the new academ-ic year, which started in April, our children have not been given access to the online classes as we have not been able to pay the fees. Students who have not paid the fee have not even received their results. We have been urging the school management to take the fees in a phased manner. We have been a part of this school for years. The

administration should have some humanitar-ian approach. How can the school authorities

expect us to pay the fee all together and deprive our children from educa-tion?”

“School management

should not stop students from attending online or physical classes even if they have not paid their

fee and should not with-hold exam results. They should be a little more sympathetic towards stu-dents who are unable to

pay their fees”, said an-other parent.

Another parent Jai-kumar said, “This is in total violation of Right to Education. How can they deny access to the online classes to our children when we have been in the school since pre-primary section? The school ad-ministration did not even consider PTA to be in-cluded in the decision of the fees’ regulation. Many parents complain that the school collects fees on time but will they compensate for the class-es a student was barred from? We had even met the officials of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Cor-poration and they had as-

sured action, but till now we have not received any response from them. The future of our children is at stake.”

The principal of New Horizon Public School Airoli, Dr. Nicholas Cor-rea denied the allegations and said, “We have given enough time to the par-ents to pay the fees. They had asked for time and we gave them, but they have to pay the tuition fees. We also have our staff to whom we need to give salaries. The High Court as well as the Su-preme Court has given the clear-cut order that everyone has to pay the fees and we are just fol-lowing the legal norms.”

In view of the rapidly increasing cases of

Covid 19 in Navi Mum-bai, the commissioner of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corpora-tion (NMMC), Abhijit Bangar took a detailed review of the oxygen stock in the municipal area.

“At present, NMMC

has adequate oxygen reserves and 20 days’ oxygen reserves have been made available for emergencies,” informed commissioner Bangar.

“It is very important to keep a daily record of oxygen supply and regularly monitor it and refill it within the stipulated time,” the

commissioner said and directed the concerned officials to keep a close watch on the supply.

The commissioner directed that along with the increase in cylin-ders, the process of setting up liquid tanks should also be expe-

NMMC chief reviews oxygen stockPresently there is adequate oxygen reserve: Abhijit Bangar

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By: Ryhea george

The residents of Sec-tor 19, Sanpada are

wary of illegal hut-ments that have cropped up in front of their residential societies on open vacant plot. They say that due to these hutments, it has become diffi-cult for the people, especially women, to even walk on the road as many men from these slum settle-ments roam around in drunkard state.

“The open plot in front of Kesar Solitaire

Plot 88, 5, Sector 19, Shiv Darshan Apart-ment, Sant Gyaneshwar

Road, Sector 16, Jaipuri-ar school, MSEDCL Sonkhar substation etc. has been encroached upon,” says Krishna, a resident of Sanpada,

who prefers not to dis-close his identity.

Krishna says that he

has written hundreds of emails, letter and twit-ter posts to the officials of the Navi Mumbai

Residents of Sector 19, Sanpada demand action against illegal hutments

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With the imposition of stricter restrictions and curfew by the

government of Maharashtra, the var-ious activities in the state have come to a grinding halt. The ruling Maha Vikas Agadhi has levied curbs by shutting down non-essential servic-es, and now imposing night curfew with section 144. But this only goes on to show that things are not pro-gressing the way it actually should and something is amiss. So far, vari-ous restrictions that have been im-posed till date, have failed to curb and control the rising surge in cases. However, it has nevertheless, suc-ceeded in spreading a feeling of un-rest among the migrant population, who have now started going back to their native places. This again, has put a dent in the economy and the various establishments, including those dealing in essential commodi-ties, are struggling to keep pace with the demand.

The citizens have become wary of such mismanagement, high drama and mess created due to mismanage-ment. While the citizens were still trying to come out from the econom-ic impact of the first lockdown, there is now news of stricter restrictions, which is not less than the lockdown itself, though the word is not being mentioned. As we all know, lock-down is relatively easy to enforce but the adverse impact it will have on the economy, is difficult to imag-ine at this particular juncture.

The government and its task force along with the Municipal Corpora-tions should focus on ensuring strict adherence to Covid safety behaviour not only in containment zones but by the citizens in general at all the places. The government should en-sure that people of all age groups get vaccinated and the health infrastruc-ture is ramped up with no shortage of vital medicines and vaccines.

City comes to a grinding halt

By Ryhea george

With sudden short-age of RT-PCR

test kits since the be-ginning of April, 2021, many private labs in the satellite city have stopped taking fresh samples. The labs which are taking samples, are issuing reports late due to pending backlog, it is learnt.

Sheela Lal, a lab as-sistant from Vashi said, “Most of the private labs are facing shortage of the RT-PCR kits and the necessary medical ame-

nities required for de-tecting the virus. While usually, the tests results are generated within 24 hours, it is now taking more than 72 hours to issue the report.”

A lab assistant from the Unique Pa-thology Laboratory of Koperkhairane, said, “We have stopped tak-ing fresh samples since two days as there is a shortage of kits and the required materials to detect the virus. The time duration of giv-ing the results has in-

creased from 2 days to 5 or 6 days due to heavy backlog.”

Another lab assis-tant from Ashirwad Diagnostic centre, sector-15 Vashi said, “The tests have been stopped and no further appointments have been scheduled due to the backlog of the pending tests reports. We will be finishing the tests and then moving forward to conduct new tests. But it will take atleast three days to finish the pend-ing tests.”

Private labs face shortage of Rt-PCR kits

While many labs have stopped taking fresh samples those which are taking samples are giving reports late due to pending backlog

By Crime Reporter

Panvel city police have arrested six

transport owners for al-legedly stealing oil from a tanker of a mixed in-dustrial hydrocarbon oil supplied by a chemical company to a transport owner and black mar-keting it and pouring the same amount of water into the tanker without breaking the seal.

The police also seized an oil tanker, a truck, an iron pump, two cars, two motorcycles, plastic pipes and other items worth about Rs 43 lakh. It is suspected that these transporters have embezzled industrial hydrocarbon oil worth millions of rupees.

Among those arrest-ed were Sunil Mahadev Vanve (30), owner of Sunil Transport, Sampat Gorakh Palve (33), own-er of Prathamesh Trans-port, Shivaji Mahadev Ingwale (35), owner of Shubham Transport, Kakasaheb Bhimrao Na-

gargoje (36), owner of Deepak Translines and Shahadev Ufarf, owner of Vishal Transport. Bapu Sukhdev Palve (44) and five transport owners and driver Pral-had Gorakh Garje (36).

All the transport owners are from differ-ent parts of Panvel. If any of the transport com-panies got the job of de-livering mixed industrial hydrocarbon oil, they would take the tanker to a secluded place and open the sealed nut bolt sheet without breaking the seal of the oil tank and steal.

After that, they used to distribute the oil among themselves. To escape from being caught, they used to pour the same amount of water into the oil tanker.

On April 9, Hasthi Chemical Company in Taloja sent a tank of Mix Industrial Hydrocarbon Oil to Sunil Transport to reach another company. Accordingly, driver

Pralhad Garje brought the tank filled with oil from Hasthi Chemical Company at Taloja and took it to Nilesh Dhaba at Palaspe. He and his accomplices then began pumping 200 litres of oil out of the tank.

After receiving the information about the oil theft, the Panvel city police, on the sug-gestion of senior police inspector Ajay Kumar Landage, Assistant In-spector of Police Anil Deolale, Sub-Inspector of Police Sunil Tarmale and his team raided the place at around mid-night. By then all the oil thieves had fled. Police then seized the tank full of oil and a truck, as well as materials used to steal the oil, and arrested the truck driver, Garje. They then arrested five other transport drivers on the basis of the information he provided. The court has remanded all the ac-cused in police custody till April 15.

6 transport owners arrested for stealing oil


ReSidenTS oF SeC-ToR 19, Sanpada...

Municipal Corporation (NMMC), but so far there has been no action by the civic body.

Speaking with News-band, Deputy Commis-sioner, Encroachment, NMMC Amrish Pat-nigire, said, “We are aware of the issue and have even conducted

anti-encroachment drive several times but as the plot belongs to the City and Industrial Develop-ment Corporation (CI-DCO), the issue has to be tackled by them. The High Court has clearly specified that it is the duty of the land owner to take action if there is any encroachment on the land. To avoid encroachment, CIDCO

needs to barricade or fence the area.”

CIDCO encroach-ment officer of Sanpa-da, Bharat Thakur said, “We were not aware of the but now that it has been brought to our no-tice, we would definite-ly look into the matter. The issue can be high-lighted to us and we will take action against the encroachment.”

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By Siddhesh Waykar

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corpora-

tion (NMMC) will start its pre-monsoon cleanli-

ness work ahead of mon-soon from 1st May, 2021 onwards. This includes

cleaning the roads, sew-age lines and nallahs

across the city. The ten-der is still under pro-cess, and once it is out, the work to clear block-ages will be undertaken. The entire drive will be conducted under the ob-servation of the NMMC

chief, Abhijit Bangar and Dr. Babasaheb Rajale, Deputy Municipal Com-missioner, NMMC (solid waste management).

Last year, the dead-line was set till May 25, 2020 to complete all the

cleanliness work, but this year there has been a delay in floating the ten-der and hence the date of completion of the work has not been announced yet.

“The current focus is

more on controlling and curbing the rising Covid 19 cases. Cleanliness is an integral part of our city, but we all are giv-ing more time in dealing with the pandemic”, Dr. Rajale said.

NMMC to start pre-monsoon cleanliness campaign from 1st May

dited.The commissioner

also directed to ensure that the list of oxygen supplying companies is kept ready. While in-creasing the number of

hospital facilities, much needed and important things like oxygen are also being closely mon-itored and the capacity of the oxygen beds in the CIDCO Exhibition Centre is being planned keeping in view the fu-ture needs, he said.


nMMC CHieF ReVieWS oxygen SToCK...

By dinesh pawar

On Tuesday 13th April,

2021 Santati Test Tube Baby and Fertility centre was inaugurated in Uran. Dr. Anita Koli in-charge of Uran Centre, Dr DnyaneshwarKoli, Mr. Savin Mhatre and other dignitar-ies were present.

Santati Test Tube Baby and Fertility centre

inaugurated in Uran

Airoli MNS Deputy City President Nilesh Bankhele, Siddharth Gaikwad and his colleagues on behalf of MNS provided ration to the family of Shailesh Uttekar and family, whose house was completely burnt during a fire incident which occurred on 6th April. (By: Chandrashekhar Hendve)

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A golden jackal, thriv-ing in mangroves,

has been noticed at Kharghar in Navi Mum-bai as some stray dogs chased it away, demon-strating the man-animal conflict bringing the de-struction of sea forests in Mumbai Metropoli-tan Region (MMR), en-vironmentalists said.

A BNHS official confirmed to NGO Nat-Connect Foundation that the Kharghar animal

is golden jackal. “Yes, there are many, particu-larly in Navi Mumbai side,” the official said. They are top predators in our mangroves but unfortunately have not been studied well, he said.

Wildlife and nature enthusiast Tarang Sarin, who was on his usual rounds looking for birds in Sector-17, Khaghar, said, “Suddenly, this jackal came up in front of me, then went down from the bund to man-grove, as dogs started chasing it.”

As the rampant man-grove destruction goes on across Navi Mumbai, the wildlife that thrives in sea forests is bound to invade human habitats,

B N Kumar, director of NatConnect Foundation pointed out.

An official informa-tion obtained by Nat-Connect Foundation un-der the RTI Act shows that the construction of the Bullet Train project will wreak havoc with the entire bio-diversity of the MMR as a num-ber of wildlife will be displaced.

According to Man-grove Society of India

(MSI) report, done for the Ahmedabad-Mum-bai Bullet Train project, 11 types of mangrove species, the habitat of 177 species of resident and migratory birds, ot-ters, turtles, fish, crabs, oysters, wild boar, mon-keys, flying fox, fishing cats, civets, mongoose, wild cats etc. which fre-quent the mangroves for feeding and shelter, will all be directly affected.

As per the official es-timates, the Bullet Train project will destroy at least 32,000 mangroves – over thrice the size of Azad Maidan, said Ku-mar. NatConnect has appealed to the Prime Minister to work out an alternative route for the project and save man-

groves which are vital for protecting the coast from tidal attacks.

“Jackals are natural inhabitants of reserved

forests. The jackals in human skin have de-stroyed their habitats and continue to do so,” said environmental activist

Naresh Chandra Singh.Environmentalists

said this golden jackal incident clearly shows the urgency to declare

mangroves as reserved forests and conserve them under the wildlife and environment pro-tection acts.

Mangrove inhabitant Golden jackal surfaces at KhargharEscapes stray dog attack; Greens say sea-forest destruction forcing wildlife invade cities

Golden Jackal escaping from dogs at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. (Photo by Tarang Sarin)

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