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NEWS INBRIEF

Senior musicianAshok Patki bestowed

with SwargandhaKalabhushan Award

The Swargandha Kalab-hushan-2020 award giv-en by Swargandha MusicSchool in Airoli has be-stowed the prestigiousaward to senior musicianAshok Patki this year. Theaward will be presented tohim at a concert which willbe held in Airoli on Febru-ary 23, which also marksthe 31st anniversary of theorganization, said Sadan-and Gole, president ofSwargandha Institute…

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Navi MumbaiCo-operative HousingFederation Ltd Boardof Directors elected

The election of Board of Di-rectors of Navi Mumbai Co-operative Housing Feder-ation Ltd for 5 years from2019-20 to 2023 -24 washeld recently. Meeting ofthe newly elected directorstook place on 20th Febru-ary 2020 in the federationoffice under the chairman-ship of Mahesh R Bhoir.The following officer-bear-ers were declared electedunopposed: Arun KumarBhattacharyya, Chairman,Bhaskar Raghoba Mhatre,General Secretary, Pan-durang Shankar Kshetra-made as Treasurer.

NMMC’s Yulu Bikesreceive 38,61,07,732

grams of carbon creditThe initiative has helped in controlling pollution

and in making citizens health conscious

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to make the sat-ellite city pollution freeand also make peoplebecome health con-scious, the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion (NMMC) came upwith initiative of Pub-lic Bicycle Sharing Sys-tem and Electric BikeSystem in associationwith M/s. Yulu BikesPrivate Ltd. Satellitecity achieved a mile-stone and received38,61,07,732 grams ofcarbon credit from thedate of the initiation ofYulu Bikes in Novem-ber 2018.

Speaking about theachievement of civicbody during the NMMCBudget of 2020-21 theCivic Chief AnnasahebMisal said, "It is heart-ening to note that theYulu bikes and electricbikes are receiving anoverwhelming responsefrom the citizens. Thecity has succeeded inreceiving 38,61,07,732

grams of carbon creditthrough the usage ofelectric Bikes and YuluBicycle."

Misal added, " Tilldate around 2,50,620citizens from the cityhave registered onlinefor public bicycle shar-ing system. 8,14,908rides and 33,00,865 ki-lometers distance have

been covered since theinitiation of this sys-tem. In the days tocome we will be mak-ing the citizens moreaware about using theYulu Bicycle and Elec-tric Bikes for small dis-tance rides. There isalso a plan to developdesignated cycle tracksin the city."

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Fourmembers of a familyliving in Shiva Cornerbuilding in TalojaPhase 1 allegedlycommitted suicide.The members havebeen identified asNitesh KumarUpadhyay and hiswife, Babli along withtheir two children,aged eight (daughter)and five (son).

Four decomposedbodies found in a home

The police suspect that all the

four members had allegedly

committed suicide in January

The incident cometo light when thehouse owner, who hadnot received rent sincemany months, cameto check upon thefamily on Saturday.The family had cometo the city 8 monthsago. When afterrepeated attempts, noone responded to thedoor bell, the owner

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Navi Mumbai celebratesMaha Shivratri magnificently

By Lakshman Sundar

The Maha ShivaRatri was celebrated allover Navi Mumbaiwith fervour and devo-tion. Devotees formed along queue at allmandirs to offer theirprayers to Lord Shiva.Day and night long cel-ebrations suffused theair of Navi Mumbaiwith divine resonance.

At Shiva VishnuMandir in Vashi, largenumber of devotees pa-tiently stood in a longqueue from early morn-ing. Apart from themain Shivalingam, an-other one was kept atthe center of the spa-cious hall to enable dev-otees perform abhishe-gams individually. Acolourful winsome tab-leau of Lord Shiva atthe end of the main hallattracted the visitors.All devotees were givensumptous prasadamsthroughout the day andnight. Book stalls sell-ing sacred Hindu bookswere put up inside thepremises. The Mandirhas also organized aweek long pravachansand bhajans followed bydinner on every day.Sarvashri Deepak Cha-bukswar, Ashwin, Ket-an, priest Pandit Ma-hashabdhe and Manag-er Shri. Praful playeda key role in the suc-cessful organization ofthis grand festival.

Sri Vara Siddhi Vi-nayaka Seva Samaj cel-ebrated Maha Shi-varatri in a grand man-ner by hosting abhishe-gams, archanas, poo-jas, deepa araadhanas.The day started off withParayanam in themorning. On theevening BrahmashriVenkatesa Ganapadigalperformed the elaborateRudra Ekadasa Abh-ishegams on Shivalin-gam with holy waterand panchamirtams of

milk, curd, honey,chandan, coconut wa-ter. Afterwards theShivalingam was deco-rated with sacred ash,flowers and rudrak-shas. The chanting ofVedic mantras,Rudram, Chamakam,Lingashtakam, ShivaPanchakshra Stho-thram rent the air.

Brahmasri Ven-katesa Ganapadigal ex-plained the importanceof Maha Shivarathriand how the day ener-gises the entire man-kind.

Smt. SubbalakshmiNarayanan, Smt.Sakuntala Natarajanand Smt. Uma Ra-makrishnan from theSVSVSS' ladies groupsang the famous Sam-bo Shiva Sambo andtwo other compositionsin praise of Lord Shiva.Then aarati and deep-aaraadhana were con-ducted. Distribution of

PUBLIC NOTICEPublic notice is hereby given that my client had executedmemorandum of understanding dated 22/06/2010 regarding thepurchase of Plot no.13A, Sector-18, Ulwe admeasuring about750sq.mtrs with the original allottee Mr. Ramchandra SakharamDeshmukh through investor who was duly appointed and authorizedby Mr. Ramchandra Sakharam Deshmukh. My client states that,my clients had paid huge amounts to Mr. Ramchandra SakharamDeshmukh and his appointed investor as and by way of partconsideration.

Description of Property

Node Sector No. Plot No. Area in Sq. mtrs.

Ulwe 18 13A 750.00

The notice is hereby given to public at large that no person shall doany deal with any person or any entity regarding sale or purchaseof above mentioned Plot without informing my client at the addressof the undersigned and not to execute any documents of transfer ofsaid Plot without written consent from my client

Sd/-Adv. MR.SIDDHESH PATILADVOCATES HIGH COURT

SP ASSOCIATESSS-4/273,SECTOR-2,VASHI,

NAVI MUMBAI 400 703.Date : 23/02/2020. Mob.: 9867780746.

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY given to the public at large that my clientMr. Zahoor Noormahamad Hakim, residing at D-10, LanjekarNagar, near LIC Colony, Udyamnagar, Mirjole, Ratnagiri 415639has agreed to purchase the residential Flat No.103, on the 1st floor,Daffodil Apartments, Plot No.54, Sector-44, Karave, Nerul, NaviMumbai 400706, admeasuring 44.60 Sq. Mtrs. Built-up area, withinthe limits of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and within theRegistration District and Sub-District of Thane from its Owner Mr.Muddassar Mohammed Ishaq Khot.Any Person or Persons, firm, company having any claim in, to orover the said flat or any part thereof, either by way of sale, mortgage,lien, gift or otherwise howsoever, should give notice of suchClaims/Objections in writing stating therein the nature of his/her/their Claims/objections along with other particulars sufficient toidentify the same as well as documentary evidence, in supportthereof and the same must be lodged with the office of the undersignedwithin 14 (fourteen) days from the date of the Publication of thisNotice failing which it shall be presumed that the said flat to bepurchased is free from all encumbrances and the right and claimsor any holder of the claim, if any has been waived and my clientshall proceed with the purchase of the said flat without consideringany claim or objection received after expiry of Notice period asaforesaid.

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Advocate, High Court, MumbaiShop No.06, Neel Empire CHS, Plot No.3A/4,

Near IDBI Bank/ Jhama Sweet Shop,Sector-25, Nerul (E), Navi Mumbai 400706

Dated: 23/02/2020 Mob. 9321731273

Celebrations Of Maha Shiva Rathri At Shiva Vishnu Mandir, Vashi

Brahmasri Venkatesa Ganapadigal Performs Abhishegams & Deepaaradhana To ShivaLingam & Ladies’ Group Singing At SVSVSS, Vashi

Contd. on pg. 9

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CaratLane- launches

its 8th store in Vashi

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Carat-Lane - A Tanishq Part-nership, India's leadingomni channel jewellerhas launched its 8thstore in Vashi. Carat-Lane’s retail expansionhas been acceleratedthroughout the year,and with the launch ofthis store, the brandnow has 18 stores inthe western region ofthe country, and 82stores across India.

Vashi has many loy-

al customers who havealways considered Car-atLane as their go-tojewellery brand andlove the designs. Theaddition of a store to thecity is an added bonusfor those who also loveto browse and try-onjewellery before theybuy. The new store isperfectly situated atInorbit Mall, which isone of the most promi-nent shopping hubs ofthe city. With peoplehailing from all over

Vashi to shop in themall, there could be nobetter location for thisnew outlet.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Mithun Sache-ti, the Founder andCEO of CaratLane said,“We are proud to launchour 1st store in Vashi.With this store, weshould be able to reachout to all our custom-ers who have been ea-gerly waiting for a Car-atLane store, nearer tothem.”

Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Ward No 11, the road from Airolivillage, Setor.19 water tank to Saishardha apartments, has been named as RammanTipanna Kamble Marg, while from Airoli village to Ekvira Chowk to Marathi school, theroad has been named as Narayan Krishna Madhvi Marg

NAVI MUMBAI: Hereis some good news forthe residents of Kuksh-etgaon, Nerul. TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation will de-velop a new school atSector 14, Kukshetgo-an, Nerul. The bhoom-ipoojan was done byMLA Ganesh Naik.

Mayor Jaywant Su-tar, Former MP San-jeev Naik, Leader ofthe House RavindraIthape, Local Corpora-tor Sujata Patil, GirishMhatre, Jayashree

A new school will come upin Sector 14, Kukshetgaon

Bhoomipoojan for the new school building was

done recently at the hands of MLA Ganesh Naik

Thakur, RupaliBhagat, FormerChairman of TransportCommittee PradeepGavas, Executive En-gineer SubhashSonawane, FormerCorporator Ram Chan-dra Patil's wife Ranja-na Patil and other dig-nitaries were present.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Mayor JaywantSutar said that everyvillage in Navi Mum-bai has a history. TheMunicipal Corporationof Navi Mumbai in

2000 transferred theschools to the Zilla Par-ishad in its area withan aim to promote ed-ucation. As a result, ev-ery year now, the num-ber of municipal schoolis increasing.

Corporator SurajPatil informed aboutthe various facilitiesbeing provided in theward for developmentof the village of Kuksh-et and thanked the peo-ple and citizens for thesupport and coopera-tion.Senior musician Ashok Patki bestowed

with Swargandha Kalabhushan AwardBy Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: The SwargandhaKalabhushan-2020 award given bySwargandha Music School in Airolihas bestowed the prestigious awardto senior musician Ashok Patki thisyear. The award will be presented tohim at a concert which will be heldin Airoli on February 23, which alsomarks the 31st anniversary of theorganization, said Sadanand Gole,president of Swargandha Institute.

Swargandha Music School hasbeen honoured with the Swargandha

Kalabhushan award for its contribu-tion in the field of music since 2008.So far Pt. Yogesh Samashi, DevkiPandit, Ustad Taufiq Qureshi, Sadha-na Sargam, Asha Khadilkar, AartiAnklikar, Pt. Balasaheb Waikar, Sha-kir Khan, Pt. Raghunandan Pan-shikar, Pt. Vibhav Nagashekar, Us-tad Irshad Khan and Tabla playwrightOjas Adhia have been honoured withthe Swargandha Kalabhushan Award.This year's Swargandha Kalabhush-an Award-2020 will be given to the se-nior composer Ashok Patki.

Mobile Medical Van facility inFunde village inaugurated

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: BPCL Mum-bai Refinery and Mum-bai Uran (LPG) GasPipeline (MPL), recent-ly inaugurated a MobileMedical Van facility inFunde village at thehands of Gram Pan-chayat Sarpanch Jaya-vanti ParashuramMhatre and V S. Seh-

gal, G.M. Maintenance(pipeline).

The CSR project hasbeen started with anaim to provide qualityhealthcare to the poor inthe rural areas of thesurrounding villages.This project is imple-mented on behalf of theWockhardt Foundationthrough India Petro-

leum all year long.Funde Gram Pan-

chayat Sarpanch Jay-vanti ParashuramMhatre, Deputy Com-missioner PrashantBhoir, Village Improve-ment Board FundeChairman ParashuramMhatre, Village Im-

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Issue : 250 23 February, 2020

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

crease in the crime graph. Cases of daylight robbery, chainsnatching etc. are on the rise while the detection rate has re-mained abysmal. This has instilled a sense of insecurity amongstthe residents. The non chalant attitude of the many police offi-cials, non friendly image of the police department and the diffi-cult legal procedures have only helped in eroding the imagefurther.

This is an era of specialization. Considering the competitive-ness that one has to face, success in any field, to a great extent,depends on specialization. This adage applies to the police de-partment as well. The present day working in the police depart-ment makes it imperative for the officials to carry out a widerange of duties, which in turn adversely affects their performanceas prime security providing agency. The police today have nodefined duties, which varies from nabbing criminals to provid-ing security to the VVIPs to making bandobast for dharnas &community celebrations, to managing traffic, mediating in dis-putes, providing security cover to the politicians during elec-tions and election rallies and what not. It is because of this multifaceted duty requirement that the performance of police in Mum-bai and Navi Mumbai is lack luster and they fail to perform theirprime duty that of providing security to the residents, which iswhat they are actually created for. Limited force equipped witharms of the stone- age era with unlimited working hours is find-ing itself at the receiving end especially when the nature of crimeis getting sophisticated and complex. As is said power corruptsperson, the same is true to great extent for the police forcealso, which wields legitimate and some times even illegitimatepowers. Lack of commitment and weak morale are visible in thepolice force today leading to disgust in the society and police asa profession carries a very poor image.

The police alone cannot be blamed for this sorry state of af-fairs. Huge interferences from the politicians who treat the po-lice department as personal employees, has also contributedtowards its poor performances. Transfers and postings makelot of news these days where merits rarely count. This has put abig question mark on the working of the police department andthere is an eminent need for revamping the whole system espe-cially in view of the recent scam.

The police department needs to go in for specialized forcesfor different works like for example crime branch, VVIPs secu-rity, traffic department etc. It is heartening to note that recentlyefforts have been made to modernize the department, but theforces should be imparted specialized training in dealing withparticular kind of crimes especially in view of new types of crimeslike financial and cyber crimes. A significant amount of autono-my needs to be given to the police department and there has tobe a minimum interference from the politicians. In this revamp-ing process not only the police department needs to be over-hauled but the public in general also needs to be counseled.The illegal migrants from neighbouring countries, the slum dwell-ers, many of the road side beggars and urchins are also poten-tial criminals and they need to be discouraged as prevention ofcrime is better than conviction of criminals after crime is com-mitted. The working conditions in the police department needto be improved and the police force should be augmented andequipped with latest arms, means of communication & trans-portation. They should also have better inter connection andexchange of information with other security agencies in orderto enhance their performance and also to improve their saggingmorale.

Inspire: P.Parmeshwaran -Heart beat of our Nation

By Dr. Vandana Mahajani

A modern saint anda great visionary, ShriP Parmeshwarn, Pres-ident VivekanandaKendra Kanyakumarileft this mortal worldon 9 February 2020,leaving a great void.“Service to mankind isservice to God”Parmeshwaran ji be-lieved in this thought ofSwami Vivekanandaand worked relent-lessly towards thesame. In order tobring people to-gether, makethem strong, disci-plined and self-suf-ficient, Parmesh-waran ji spent ev-ery minute of hislife and gave all hisenergies towardsuplifting his peo-ple. He was a Karmayo-gi in the real sense.

He wrote more than20 books in English andMalayalam. Among thebetter known are“Shree Narayan Guru,the paigambar of re-naissance” and “Heartbeats of a Hindu Na-tion”. He comparedMarx and Vivekanan-da’s thoughts in hiswritings and also Hin-dutva and other reli-gious thoughts and pre-sented before the peo-ple.

Parmeshwaran wasborn on the year 1927in Alpuzza district ofKerala state. He did B.A(Hons) in history fromThiruvananthapuramUniversity College. Atan early age of 23 yearshe decided to work forthe nation and joinedthe RSS . In 1957 heworked for Janasanghfirst at the state levelthen at national level.

During emergency, likeother leaders he toowent to jail. After thathis resolve to work forhis nation became evenstronger. Till 1982 hewas with DeendayalResearch Centre at Del-hi as Director of the in-stitute.

Kerala always wasgripped by riots andkillings. Parmeshwa-ran ji wanted to end allviolence in the name ofpolitical acts. He calledfor a debate as a solu-tion to the problem. He

then started his own“Bharatiya Vichar Ken-dra” at Tiruvanan-thapuram. After thishe joined VivekanandaKendra Kanyakumari,which is a spirituallyoriented service mis-sion, as its president.He gave momentum toits activities which arerelated to education,development in ruralareas, health care facil-

ities, especially inthe states ofA r u n a c h a lPradesh, Assam,Nagaland and An-adaman and Nico-bar Island.

In 2004 he wasawarded the Pad-mashri by thePresident of Indiaand in 2018 he wasawarded the Pad-

mavibushan, which isthe second highest civil-ian honour presented inour country. ShriNarendra Modi calledhim a son of the soil. Itis clear from this thathe was totally devotedto serving the poorest ofthe poor in our country.His thoughts are clear-ly visible in his writ-ings. His work has giv-en direction to manyyouth.

Dr Vandana Mahajani isPramukh VivekanandaKendra, Navi Mumbai

P Parmeshwaran

All aspiring candidates can’t bepromised party ticket: Anil Kaushik

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Allthe political parties inNavi Mumbai havestarted gearing upfor the upcomingcivic body electionwhich is scheduledto be held in April2020. However,while preparationsare underway andstrategies are beingplanned, there arealso speculations ofinternal strifewithin the parties.

When Newsbandcorrespondent askedNavi Mumbai’sCongress PresidentAnil Kaushik about

insurrection withinthe Congress partyworkers due to ticketdistribution and

favouritism he said,“During any electionbe it Civic body,

Assembly or Loksab-ha, there is alwaysdemand from theparty workers for the

ticket. Every partyworker aspires tocontest the electionand it is not at allwrong on theirpart. But the finalcall about thedistribution oftickets rests withthe higher authori-ties in the party.While giving ticketto a candidate,various factors aretaken into consider-

ation and only after

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‘Dancing Queen’ the transgender dance troupeenthralls audience with scintillating performance

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NERUL: The audi-ence were spell boundas one by one scintillat-ing dance performanc-es were being staged byprofessional transgen-der dance troupe of‘Dancing Queen’ at Ter-na Dental College audi-torium on 17th Febru-ary, 2020.

Urmi Jadhav, one ofthe founding membersof the ‘Dancing Queen’,along with the troupepresented a range of

enthralling dances onsongs that included la-vani, gondhal, koli, pa-triotic and bollywoodnumbers. Nargis pre-sented a belly dance onpopular demand.

The programme wasorganised by InnerWheel Club, New Bom-bay Seaside under theguidance of AshwiniNahpade. Dr. DevangiVakharia, chairpersonof the Inner WheelClub, District 314 wasthe Chief Guest.

Dr. Devangi Va-kharia, while laudingthe IWC of New Bom-bay Seaside for organiz-ing this path-breakinginitiative said that thetransgender communi-ty is an integral part ofour society. She alsohighlighted the socialinitiatives of IWC, Dis-trict 314, particularlythe village adoption pro-gram from the commu-nity centre at Saphalevillage in Palghar dis-trict in this golden ju-

bilee year of the IWCDistrict 314.

Ashwini Naphadeinformed that the fundsraised during this silverjubilee year of IWCNew Bombay Seasidewill be utilized for themedical, education, vo-cational training, skilldevelopment and wel-fare of the transgendercommunity. She addedthat the community isgenerally known forbegging at traffic sig-nals, prostitution or

badhais in slums, butthe dancing queens arechanging this percep-tion.

Dancing Queen,which was founded byAbina Aher, UrmiJadhav and MadhuriSarode in 2009, high-lights the ethos andstruggles of the trans-gender communitythrough the medium ofdance, spreads aware-ness about the commu-nity and gives them achance to express

themselves. The troupehas performed around115 shows all over In-dia and one interna-tional show in Swedenlast year.

With the enthusias-tic assistance fromRitu Mittal, the projectco-ordinator, SharmilaRai Jain, the convenorand the sponsors, in-cluding some clubmembers, IWC of NewBombay Seaside ac-complished a worthysocial initiative.

MLA Ganesh Naik along with Ravindra Ithape, Corporator Surekha Ithape, Social Worker Pandutya Dumbare, Bhi-mashankar’s Chairman Ramesh Pawar, Sanjay Chouhan and other dignitaries visited Bhimashankar Society on theoccasion of Maha Shivratri.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

BELAPUR: ShivJayanti was celebrat-ed at Belapur fort, theonly fort and histori-cal site at Belapurwith great enthusi-asm. This was thesecond year that ShivJayanti is beingcelebrated here. Themain aim behindcelebration was tomake people knowabout the historicalimportance of the fort.

The celebrationbegan with the

Shiv Jayanti celebratedat Belapur fort withgreat enthusiasm

lighting of lamp.Yugnirmate Pratish-than had organisedthe ceremony. Shan-kar Wasman founderof YugnirmatePratishthan said,"This is the only fortin Navi Mumbai. Wewant to make it atourist attraction andproposal in thisregard has been sentto the government.Discussion is alsobeing held on therehabilitation of thefort.”

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Kala Ghoda 2020: Time forNavi Mumbai’s version

By Agnel Peter

Kala Ghoda 2020was a huge hit withpeople across all demo-graphics and the nextedition is being eagerlyawaited.

The iconic Kala Gho-da festival concluded ona high note with muchappreciation by citizensa few days back inMumbai. The KalaGhoda festival, nowover two decades old, isorganised annually dur-ing the first week ofFebruary. This eventcelebrates art, bringstogether people from allwalks of life and createsnew memories whilerefreshing old ones.Also, on a side note, theevent is free for all vis-itors.

The festival had astrong focus on four-teen art categorieswhich included heri-tage walks, literature,theatre, cinema, urbandesign, and danceamongst others. Theparticipants had theopportunity to learnmore about their favou-rite art form and get in-troduced to new ones.

We particularly en-joyed the Fort heritagetour curated by an ar-chitect which educatedus about the history ofthe buildings in theFort area and the seriesof reclamation activi-ties that took place inthe city since the 1700AD. We have developeda much deeper appreci-ation for our city and itshistory. Another activ-ity which was a crowdfavourite was the seriesof short films which fol-lowed audience interac-tion.

In addition to beingmesmerised by art,Kala Ghoda is a greatevent for families andfriends to bond and re-connect. Everyone fromnew parents with stroll-ers to college studentsto senior citizens spenthours at the event hav-ing a good time. As abonus some get a sur-prise bump in to withtheir long-time ex-col-leagues and batch-mates. Also, newfriendships are formedduring the standing inlines and activity par-ticipation.

Though Navi Mum-bai has many eventsthroughout the year, itdoes not have one thatmatches the scale,scope, and intensity ofKala Ghoda. UnlikeSouth Mumbai, NaviMumbai does not facespace constraints. Oneof the suitable placesfor conducting NaviMumbai’s version ofKala Ghoda would beon the road stretch be-tween Vashi Bus Standand Sagar Vihar. It isan unbusy road withample space to houseactivity centres. Fur-thermore, its proximi-ty to public transporta-tion hubs would makeit easily accessible toMumbai and rest ofNavi Mumbai. Thisfun event would enablecitizens of all ages tocome together, cele-brate art, and makenew memories. Just thevery thought of havingour version of Kala Gho-da is creating so muchexcitement, imaginewhen this translatesinto reality.

The writer is freelancer

from Vashi

By: Dr. Monica Khanna

The other day, as Iwent for a walk aroundthe Nerul lake andpassed by Jewel of NaviMumbai, I was pleas-antly surprised to seepeople of all age groupssoaking in the beauty ofnature and indulging inactivities that seemedto bring joy and happi-ness to their faces.While there were thosewho were out for a ca-sual stroll, there wereothers who were on aweight loss mission,seriously engrossed inbrisk walk listening tomusic on their smartphones, blissfully un-aware of those aroundthem. There were seri-ous joggers and run-ners who seemed to begearing up for a mara-thon. There were youngchildren, frolickingaround trying to keeppace with their elders,and enjoying passingthrough the tunnel oftrees. There was an eld-erly man standing onhis head, and I could nothelp but admire thestillness and firmnessof the difficult posturethat he maintained fora reasonably long peri-od of time. There wereteenagers playing dif-ferent sports in the openspaces – from football tocricket to badminton,they were all engaged inhealthy competition.And then there werepeople working out inthe open gym on ma-chines that may not betechnically sophisticat-ed or branded, butsolved the purpose they

Fitness Fever – A Healthy Viruswere intended for. Therewere some silently do-ing yoga, meditation,and deep breathing ex-ercises. Of course therewere couples clickingselfies with broadsmiles, finding cosy cor-ners where they couldbecome invisible to theworld. As I reflected onwhat I had seen, whatstruck me was that al-most everyone seemedto have one commongoal – fitness.

“Fitness isn’t a sea-sonal hobby, it’s a life-style.” Indeed, if onewalks in the numerousopen parks in Navi

Mumbai, one cannothelp but observe thatfitness has graduatedfrom being a fad to a lif-estyle. The fitness feveris delightfully conta-gious, and seems to beinfecting Navi Mum-baikars across the city.The fever takes on dif-ferent forms based onpersonal preferences,but it is a healthy vi-rus that will make apositive difference toeach individual whocontracts it. It is theperfect diagnosis forthose seeking solitudeand ‘me time’ just as itis for those searchingfor quality time withtheir loved ones.

One doesn’t need to

spend an exorbitantamount of money to goto a fancy gym toachieve one’s fitnessgoals. Away from thehustle bustle and pollu-tion of the main city,we residents of NaviMumbai are fortunateto have well designedand well maintainedpublic parks that areeasily accessible andstrategically locatedclose to housing societ-ies. Hence, it becomesconvenient for peoplewho do not have the lux-ury of space, fresh airor greenery in andaround their own com-

plex.It is heartening to

see people use the facil-ities that are madeavailable to them, to seethem conscious of theneed for fitness, to seethem passing on thebaton of fitness to theyounger generation.When fitness becomesa lifestyle, a passionand a mission, it is ahealthy sign of ahealthy nation! Let ushope this virus infectsmore and more peoplein the coming years…

The writer is Associate

Professor, Indira Institute

of Business Management,

Consultant, Indian School

of Management and

Entrepreneurship

provement Board FundeVice President SagarMhatre, Funde GramPanchayat MemberAtul Mhatre, Member,Amar Mhatra, MemberAmar Mhatra, Nirma-

la, Meenakshi Patil,Jyoti Mhatre, PradeepMhatre, Senthi, R, Su-nil D Patil, Dr.Shailesh Nangare Wa-khart Foundation andhis team, students fromvillage council, zillaparishad school inFunde village werepresent.

This mobile medicalvan is equipped with

MobileMedical Van

facility...Contd. from pg. 3

MBBS doctors, pharma-cists and will go to thenearest village and pro-vide health care. Thevan will provide prima-ry health care and willspread communityawareness on healthand hygiene, care ofmothers and children,and community aware-ness of healthy practic-es and lifestyles.

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Dr. Prakash Amte and his wife Dr. Mandakini visit Vashi

The Magsaysay, Padmashree and Lifetime Achievement award winners have

dedicated their lives for the development of tribal people and injured animals

By Dr. Veena Adige

VASHI: The simpleunassuming Magsay-say, Padma Shree andLifetime Achievementawards winner DrPrakash Amte was inVashi with his wife DrMandakini recently.Son of the iconic BabaAmte, Dr Prakash hasshown his mettle andhas earned his richlydeserving awards byhard work, dedicationand humility.

When they firstwent to Hemalkasa inGadchiroli district ofMaharashtra, theyfounded the Lok Bira-dari Prakalp in 1973.The Madia Gond trib-als, at that time, werea laid back community.They were a forgottenpeople, living amongthe dense forests, livinglike prehistoric people.It was here that theyoung doctor couplePrakash and Mandaset their house, per-forming operations andcuring people in theabsence of proper elec-

tricity and other facili-ties. The area would becut off during the mon-soon (there are as manyas forty small riverscrisscrossing the area)and medicines had to bepacked in plastic bags,held in the mouth by

those bringing them asthey swam through therivers.

They started asmall hospital wherethe tribal people camefor getting cured. Mostwere wounds made by

wild animals, whilemalaria, and other ill-nesses were rampant.

“We had to make thepatients stay in the hos-pital till they recoveredsince they had no con-cept of time. If we toldthem a certain medi-

cine had to be taken af-ter meals, we were notsure when they wouldhave their meals if theywere in the forests. Soit was better for themto stay here under oureyes,” they say.

The cured peoplewould ‘pay’ through pre-sentation of rare, exot-ic animals and theirkids. This is wherePrakash learnt to lovethe wild animals andmade his famousAmte’s Animal Parkwhere leopards, lions,

cheetahs and other an-imals live in freedomand happiness.

Ably supported byMandakini, Prakashhas been looking afterthe Madia Gonds for thelast four decades andmore. The small hospi-

tal has expanded andanother one has beenadded. (About 40,000people are treated thereannually now). Theschool for tribal chil-dren has now multi-plied and there arethree schools.Prakash’s sons Digant

and Aniket and theirwives have joined themin their social work andassist them happily.

They have been in-vited by many groupsand have travelled quitea bit. Monaco, a smallcountry has issued a

By Chandrashekahr Hendve

KHARGHAR: TheKharghar Traffic De-partment undertook adrive against motoristswho violate trafficrules. The drive wascarried out on Fridayunder the guidance ofSenior Police InspectorAnand Chavan ofKharghar Traffic De-partment. Traffic po-licemen were seenstanding at UtsavChowk, Central Park,Rapid Action Force Cir-cle, Bharati UniversityHiranandani EntranceRoad. Drivers who vio-lated the various traf-

Drive against traffic violatorsundertaken in Kharghar

fic rules, such as notwearing helmet, driv-ing under the influence

of alcohol, driving with-out documents, no li-cense etc. were fined.

NMMC corporator Rupali N Bhagat demandsaction against illegal encroachments

Civic chief assures action

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecorporator from WardNo.78, Rupali NishantBhagat on Thursday20th February, 2020during the generalbody meeting of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) expressedconcern over therising number ofencroachments in herward and demandedstrict action againstthe encroachers beforethe civic body electionin the satellite city.

Ms. Bhagatdemanded to knowhow do the encroach-ers get the water andelectricity connec-tions? And if NMMCwas unaware about

the illegal electricityand water connectionsgiven to them? “Doesthe civic body havethe records of Bang-ladeshi migrants in

the city?”, she asked.Bhagat said, “If

any untoward inci-dents take place in thecity will NMMC takethe responsibility?”

Replying to Bhagat

NMMC Mayor said,“Soon the civic bodywill initiate actionagainst the encroach-ers and we will alsoensure that no struc-tures come up againafter the demolitiondrive is undertakenby the NMMCencroachmentdepartment. I willalso order the civicchief to inspect thevarious encroach-ments in the citybefore the NMMCelection.”

Annasaheb Misalsaid, “I will look intothe matter and willsoon initiate actionagainst the encroach-ers. Our aim will be tomake the city en-croachment free.”

stamp in honour ofPrakash and Mandaki-ni Amte and Bill Gateshas awarded them aLifetime Achievementaward in 2019.

A biographical filmDr Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero starringNana Patekar asPrakash Amte and Son-ali Kulkarni as Manda-kini Amte was releasedon 10 October 2014. Thefilm has been released inthree languages, Hindi,Marathi and English. Ittells the life of Prakashand Mandakini in greatdetail.

I met them first in1985 and continuedmeeting them whenev-er possible. This weekwhen I met them againin Vashi, they were ex-actly like how theywere when I first metthem. The same sim-ple, unassuming ap-pearance, the same dil-igence and the samededication, the samegenuine smiles.

The writer is freelancer

from Vashi, Navi Mumbai

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Government of Ireland brings together leading Irishinstitutes for its ‘Education in Ireland Fair’ to Mumbai• Leading Irish Institutes to participate with an aim to draw students from Mumbai •Job prospects, admission procedures

and scholarships to be discussed •Offers 2 scholarships worth •3,000 each for students attending the fair in Mumbai

• Exclusive Hospitality Masterclass to be hosted by top Hospitality Management institutes of Ireland before the fair

MUMBAI: Driven byoverwhelming responseof Indian students, En-terprise Ireland is allset to organize its Edu-cation in Ireland Fairin Mumbai for Indianstudents who are deter-mined to polish theirskills and grow both,professionally and per-sonally.

The fair will be con-ducted in Mumbai atThe St. Regis on 26th

February from 12 PMto 5 PM wherein lead-ing Irish Institutes willbe present in each fairto address, discuss, re-spond to queries, speakabout programmesavailable, intakes, offeracceptance, campuslife, accommodation,international studentsupport, scholarships,culture and more un-der one roof. Other thanMumbai, Education inIreland fairs are alsobeing organized in Del-hi, Lucknow, Bengalu-

ru & Chennai.With the colossal

rise of the hospitalitysector in the world, Ire-land nurtures the up-coming industry profes-sionals. To showcasethe 360-degree growththat Ireland provides inthe said sector, Enter-prise Ireland will behosting a HospitalityMasterclass exclusivelyfor Mumbai right beforethe onset of Mumbaifair at St. Regis from9:30 AM to 12 Noon.

The masterclass will behosted under the guid-ance of Ms. Helena Doo-dy & Ms. CatherineO’Mahony from Shan-non College of HotelManagement and CorkInstitute of Technologyon How to be Interna-tionally Employable’and ‘Plated Dessert:Chocolate Techniques’.

Ireland has a longhistory of welcominginternational studentsand in recent years it

has become one of themost preferred educa-tion destination; as itrenders a worthwhilefuture that assures anestablished career forall students. Talkingabout the fairs, Mr.Barry O’Driscoll, Se-nior Education Adviser,India - Education inIreland said, “Throughthe education fair weaim to provide a trans-parent and delightfulopportunity for the stu-dents to access end-to-end Irish educationmarket under one roof.The fairs will offer abroader percept on thecourses, the job oppor-tunities given post stud-ies and various scholar-ships to interested stu-dents and help themmake well-versed deci-sions about their educa-tion goals.”

To keep the excite-ment on, Ireland is alsoproviding students thatattend the fairs with

vibrant scholarships.“This year we are alsooffering scholarshipsworth •3,000 each totwo lucky students whowill attend the fair inMumbai and to furtherunderstand & clarifytheir doubt regardingthe visa procedure stu-dents & parents canvisit the Visa desk. Isuggest parents andstudents should visitthe Education in Ire-land fairs to find outmore!” adds Mr.O’Driscoll who will bepresent at the fairs tohave face-to-face inter-action with the stu-dents.

In the recent yearsthe most popular cours-es in Ireland are me-chanical engineering,electronic engineering,biotechnology, cloudcomputing, artificialintelligence, data ana-lytics, cyber security,accounting / financeand MBA with an in-

creased level of interestin courses such as me-dia, design, arts, socialsciences, hospitalityand hotel management.

Talking about theIndian market, Mr.O’Driscoll added, “Oneof the major reasonswhy Indian studentsare heading to Irelandis because of its strongsense of ROI – which insimple terms meansthe career boost againsttheir graduation. To-day, Ireland offers over200 scholarships foraspiring Indian stu-dents at higher leveleither undergraduateor postgraduate stud-ies.”

A key advantage ofstudying in Ireland isthat students can availof up to two years ‘stay-back’ option after com-pleting their course, atpostgraduate level.This guarantees stu-dents the opportunity toremain in Ireland for a

period of two years toseek employment indynamic sectors suchas ICT, biopharma, en-gineering, medical de-vices, food science andfinancial services. Thepossibility of gainingvaluable post-studywork experience,makes Ireland a verycompelling option forthe Indian students.With over 1,000 multi-nationals based in Ire-land, the country offersexciting career opportu-nities for talented grad-uates.

The country also of-fers a buzzing, multi-cultural society wherestudents will certainlyfind the highest of edu-cation standards andwarmest of welcomesas Ireland is wellknown for being a safeand welcoming society.

To register for thefair, please visit https:// w w w. e d u c a t i o nirelandevents.com/

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Two-year-old SumitSonakamble, whowent to play with hisgrandfather in agarden in Koprivillage, died onWednesday afterbeing bitten by asnake.

The deceasedSumit AnandSonkambleresided in Koprivillage with hisparents andgrandparents.About 6.00 pm inthe evening onWednesday, healong with his grand-father went to Koprigarden to play. WhileSumit's grandfatherleft him in the park toplay, a snake which

2-year-old dies after snakebites him in garden

The incident occurred in Kopri village park

was in the bushes bitSumit's leg. Sumitwent to his grandfa-ther crying whopoured water on the

bite thinking it was acut. But when Sumitdid not stop crying, hewas taken to a nearbydoctor.

Doctors there

advised him to betaken to the Munici-pal Hospital immedi-ately. However, onreaching the hospital,

the doctors declaredhim dead. APMCpolice have reportedthe case as accidentaldeath.

PANVEL: MalharEmployment andAdarsh ??Group ofInstitute, under theguidance of PanvelMLA PrashantThakur, in collabora-tion with VisputeCollege, organised amega job fair onSaturday, whichreceived an over-

Mega job fair receivesoverwhelming response

691 people got on the spot job offer

whelming response.During the fair a totalof 691 people got jobs onthe spot.

The job fair wasinaugurated by MLAPrashant Thakur inthe presence of Adarsh??Group ChairmanMahendra Vispute,Chairman DhanrajVispute, former Zilla

Parishad memberRajendra Patil, ZillaParishad memberAmit Jadhav, corpora-tor Tejas Kandpile,Panchayat Samitimember BhupendraPatil, Trustee VijaySonar, Pandana VijaySonar, Vandar, KishoreSurat along with manyother dignitaries.

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Bollywood celebrities participate along with the students

MUMBAI: The39th annual day of theChildren Welfare Cen-tre High School andClara’s College of Com-merce was celebratedwith pomp and gaiety.The program beganwith lighting of tradi-tional lamp at thehands of chief guestsand Principal of theSchool Ajay Kaul. Thestudents presented acolourful dance compel-ling spectators to taptheir feet and gyrate.Many film and TV ac-tors and actresses werepresent. The meritori-ous students wereawarded, felicitated andwere given best wishesby the principal andvarious film artists ex-pressed their views onthe occasion.

Actress KarismaKapoor said, “To be-come successful in lifeyou should concentrateon the field in whichyou have utmost inter-est. Do not choose a ca-reer under the familypressure or just to ful-fill traditional aspira-tions. I did not becomeactress due to my fam-ily background, but be-cause I was interestedin film career.”

Film actor Aditya

Pancholi said, “The stu-dents through theirplay communicatedthat the temples/mosques may be differ-

ent in form, but thegood work ultimatelyreaches to only one al-mighty. After I watchedthe play, I thought as ifI am watching a reali-ty show. I congratulatethis institute on com-pletion of 39 years andalso thank Ajay Kaulfor guiding students to-wards progressivepath.”

Film and TVActor Daya Shetty saidthat today we have tobecome strong not onlyphysically but alsomentally. We don’tteach children; in factwe get to learn a lotfrom the children. The

parents should developethical standardsamong their children.

Hollywood, Bolly-wood actor and wrestler

Dalip Singh Rana(Khali) said, “Disciplineis essential in life,without which we can-not be successful. Assuch I appeal to stu-dents that you may getmore or less marks inexamination, but youshould live a disciplinedlife. You are fortunatethat you are learning inthis institute”.

Chunky Pandeysaid, “No doubt thateducation is important,but with that sport ac-tivities are also essen-tial. You are lucky toget all the facilities un-der one roof. After Ireached here, I felt that

as if I am attending afilm fare award func-tion. I thank PrincipalAjay Kaul who hasvowed to educate chil-

dren of the entire coun-try.”

Sonali Bendre said,“You can achieve dizzyheights through knowl-edge, which no one cansnatch from you. Mon-ey comes and goes. But

the knowledge is sucha capital which is use-ful and will always re-main with you. Afterwatching students’ per-

formance, memories ofmy college days wererevived. I thank thechoreographer and ex-tend good wishes to thisinstitute.

Actor Sunil Shettysaid, “I compliment this

Annual Day celebration at Children Welfare Centre High School

institute which hasmoved with incrediblesuccess in the last 40odd years. The educa-tion is inseparable partof life. As such parentsshould educate theirchildren. Usually thechildren pick up whatthey see. If the parentsbehave well with neigh-bors, it will also inspirechildren to behavewell”.

Film actor andcomedian KrishnaAbhishek said, “Astudy is essential toenter any field. It’s notthat education is notrequired to become anactor. There are manymodes in life, whereeducation is essential.As such not only forvocation, but even forgeneral knowledge, youshould educate your-selves.”

that the tickets areoffered. All theaspiring candidatescan’t be promised thecandidature.”

Kaushik furtheradded, “There are noindifferences as ofnow among theCongress party overticket distribution forthe upcoming civicbody election in April2020. I am confidentthat the congressparty will do theirbest in the upcomingNMMC election andwe will definitely getthe support of all theloyal party workersin the city.”

Inspite of thisassurance, there is

speculation that thereis a tiff for ticketbetween Rakesh Surveand Shardul Kaushik,son of Anil Kaushikfor the ticket for WardNo.53 in Vashi,Juhugaon.

However, it isclaimed that the mainaim of the MahavikasAghadi is to preventthe Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) to come topower at NMMCunder the leadershipof BJP’s Member ofLegislative Assembly(MLA) from Airoliand Belapur constitu-ency. Every effort isbeing undertakentowards that end, itis said.

All aspiring candidates...Contd. from pg. 1

broke open the door. There was afoul stench and he immediatelycalled the police. The police foundthe bodies in decomposed form.

The police said, “It is likely thatNitesh killed his wife and twoyoung children and later committedsuicide. The family has not been incontact with anyone for the pasttwo and a half months and it is

likely that they committed suicidein the month of January”.

All the four bodies have beensent for autopsy, police said.

Meanwhile, it is not yet clearwhen and how the exact incidenttook place, but prima facie itappears that Nitesh Kumarmurdered his wife and two youngchildren and then strangledhimself. However, after theautopsy, the picture will be clearer,said police.

Four decomposed...Cont. from pg. 1

sumptous prasadams concluded the event. Over150 devotees attended the sacred functions.

At Nerul

At Nerul Bhakta Samaj elaborate poojas, abh-ishegams, archanas and Veda Parayanam wereconducted on this auspicious day and night.

At SIES Nerul many cultural and religious pro-grams have been conducted during the run up toMaha Shivaratri. Homams, Veda Paarayanam,archanas and abhishegams were held.

Shree Subramania Seva Samaj at Sanpada cel-ebrated the day and night with poojas, Rudra Ab-hishegams, Maha Deepaaradhana and Prasadamsdistributions. Elsewhere in other nodes of NaviMumbai, Maha Shiva Ratri was celebrated withzest and enthusiasm not only in temples but inthousands of homes and cultural organizationswith prayers, paarayanams and programs andevents

Importance

The fourteenth day of every lunar month orthe day before the new moon is known as ShivaRatri. Among all the twelve Shiva Ratris that oc-cur in a calendar year, Maha Shiva Ratri, the one

that occurs in February-March is of the most spir-itual significance. On this day, the planetary po-sitions in the Northern hemisphere act as potentcatalysts to help a person raise his or her spiritu-al energy more easily. This is a day when natureis pushing one towards one’s spiritual peak. It isto make use of this, that in the Hindu tradition,we celebrate Maha Shiva Ratri which is night-long. To allow this natural upsurge of energies tofind their way, one of the fundamentals of thisnightlong festival is to ensure that we remainawake with our spines vertical throughout thenight.

The festival is principally celebrated by offer-ings of Bael leaves to Lord Shiva, all-day fastingand an all-night-vigil (jagaran). All through theday, devotees chant “Om Namah Shivaya”, thesacred mantra of Lord Shiva. Penances are per-formed in order to gain boons in the practice ofyoga and meditation, in order to reach life’s high-est good steadily and swiftly. The benefits of pow-erful ancient Sanskrit Slokas and mantras suchas Shiva Sahasra Namam, Shiva Ashtothram,Bilvashtakam, Vishwanathashtakam, Kala Bhair-avaashtakam, Maha Mrityunjaya Mantram andother Shiva Sthothrams increase greatly on thisnight.

Navi Mumbai celebrates...Contd. from pg. 2

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A boost to Mumbai’s night lifeMumbai's night life has comes alive as the shops

and malls in the city can now remain open 24X7and making way for free shopping at night. Themove to close shop early was initiated after serialbomb blasts and and 26/11 terror attack and thatforced the government to close shops and eateries to down shutters aroundmidnight. Presently shops can be kept open 24x7 and eating joints wereallowed to remain open beyond mid-night as well. The new move will giveMumbai's night life a boost and the shopping spree will continue to boostthe sales and the customers can walk across to malls at midnight alsoand buy items.

This was necessitated as the cities like London and Paris and otherplaces have 24X7 shopping and Mumbai followed suit. The Shops andEstablishment Act has been amended by the Maharashtra LegislativeAssembly to pave way for a such a positive move in the hope of increasingthe sales in the hope of boosting business in the Commercial Capital. Butthe move boomeranged to bring best results and the old order of the day isfollowed in many areas. Many shopping areas are alongside residentialareas and there is resistance of the inmates of these places. As far as oldtimers are concerned the new order makes no difference. The old methodof shopping is the best of the best as we have time to sleep and rest aswell.

Mumbai city is glorified with 24X7 shopping facility as one can shop,dine and play all night long and reduce the tension you have undergone inthe office routine. The night shopping facility will provide housewives togo for an outing and buy the items required for their regular use. Mum-bai is the commercial capital of India and just like in Mumbai night lifein the metro city is worth experiencing and with additional entertain-ment it will be worthwhile to go out and make hey when the lights are on.Despite providing such a special provision, the response in the last 30days is not fruitful as shopkeepers failing to get proper response continueearly closing the purpose of 24x7 shopping is totally defeated. The presentday clientele enjoy the new wave of shopping not very much. Onlineshopping is prevailing at present is more popular as return option is avail-able if you do not like a particular product.

We heard of 24x7 facility in Singapore and Dubai and now we areexperiencing such a feeling in the metro city. Please take care of yourwallets as we find highway robberies are common and do not drink anddrive in the expressways and risk your life in the name of shopping atnight. Let us make shopping a pleasure and not a burden by falling intotraps laid by shopkeepers 24x7 facility during festivities. There is no drasticchange in the shopping pattern and it remains a stalemate as 24x7 shop-ping will be of real success.

Despite online shopping prevailing very much, people would like topick and choose as per their own choices by visiting the shopping malls inthe metro city.

C.K. Subramaniam, Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

Sounding board of healthy politicsIt was great to see Uddhav Thackeray turning to PMs sounding board

and it is a healthy change for encouraging politics. Not withstandingideological differences with his MVA partners, Maharashtra CM assertedthat he would not allow the tinkering of human rights reiterated that noone should be afraid of CAA, and NPR will be conducted in the state. Thisshows that the CM has faith in PMs confidence booster and would like togo with the Central government.

In the wake of protests, agitation and disturbances this has come as asolace. Even Delhi CM Kejriwal exhibited confidence leaving the Con-gress led government all alone. But already, the age old party is in troublewith interior politics and an amicable solution will be arrived at the costof national interest. It is indeed a sounding board of health politics.

Chitra Rugmini, 9/D Nav Monica, CST Road, Kalina, Mumbai

Installation of Coronavirus detectionscanners: commendable step

The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus disease has affected more than15,000 people worldwide. The vast majority of the cases are inside China.The fatal virus seems to have spread to other countries as well. It is goodto know that the government of India has taken swift and commendablesteps by installing virus detection scanners at airports. In addition tothis, the media too has played a crucial role in spreading awareness aboutthis virus and preventive measures that has to be taken.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....

The prize ceremony of the cricket tournament was held at Koparkhairane. The eventwas inaugurated by MLA Ganesh Naik, in the presence of Mayor Jaywant Sutar, formerMP Sanjiv Naik, Ravindra Ithape, former corporator Sampat Shewale, corporator Shan-kar More and other dignitaries.

SELSI Organises SELSI-WZCON 2020

By Ashok Dhamija

Society of Endoscopic and Laparo-scopic Surgeons of India (SELSI) inassociation with Global Hospital &Research Center, Nanavati super-specialty Hospital organized a twoday live workshop and scientific pro-gram as part of its West Zonal Con-ference titled ‘SELSI-WZCON 2020’.

The same was graced by manyprominent dignitaries of the likes ofProf MC Mishra (Chief Guest), DrMadhu Chopda (Guest of honor), DrMehta, Divine sister BK Yogini Didi,Prof SD Maurya (Founder Presi-dent), Prof Virendar Bansal (SELSIPresident), Dr Amit Srivastava (Sec-retary), Dr JB Agarwal (Chairman)and Dr Manmohan Kamat (Co-orga-nizing Secretary ) graced the eventby their presence.

The theme for the event was from‘Basic to Advance’ saw participationsfrom more than 300 surgeons of Ma-harashtra and Gujarat and almost70 Surgeons of national repute.

The panellist and the subjectmatter experts dispensed informa-tive sessions on majority of laparo-scopic procedures in scientific pro-gram. In addition they covered se-quels/complications of basic proce-dures along with advance laparosco-py through master videos, panel dis-cussions and debates.

Dr.Madhu Chopda, a successfulbusiness woman, film producer anda physician, who has served IndianArmy for years and a successfulmother, shared her valuable experi-

ences and gave guidance to the sur-geons attending the conference.

Prof Virendar Bansal, SELSIPresident shared “The whole idea ofholding this conference was initiat-ed in south zone 2019 at Coimbatore.Ever since then Dr. J B Agrawal –Organizing Chairman remained in-strumental and active towards coor-dinating and optimizing team effort.Mumbai Surgical Society, support-ing staff and doctors of Nanavati Hos-pital and Research Center, residentsof the Nanavati Super Specialty Hos-pital provided whole hearted supportfor the conference. Dr. Prasad Ayereand all his crew members for arrang-ing the camp during the two dayslong conference”.

Dr. J B Agrawal – OrganizingChairman on the other hand whilethanking the Founder Convener ProfMishra and Founder President ProfMaurya for their vision, guidanceand leadership shared “ Its becauseof these stalwarts in the medical fieldthe journey of Society of Endoscopicand Laparoscopic Surgeons whichstared with 20 members has cur-rently been joined by 3500 membersat present. The West Zonal Confer-ence ‘SELSI-WZCON 2020’ was at-tended by over 300 surgeons of Ma-harashtra and Gujarat participatedand almost 70 Surgeons of nationalrepute. Te Laparoscopic surgical pro-cedures were telecasted live and theexperts gave didactic lectures on dif-ferent topic which benefited the youngsurgeons”.

Dignitaries pose for a group photo during SELSI-WZCON 2020

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Investment of $75-100 bn to help Indian Chemical industry to double its size by 2025MUMBAI: With the

advance developments& innovations, therehas been a robustgrowth in the eco-nomic statisticsglobally. In India, thecurrent turnover ofthe chemical industryis $150 billion whichis estimated to reach$300 billion by 2025,making it a 7 trilliondollar economy by2030. To achieve thistarget, an investmentof about $75-100billion is required,while reducing theimport dependencyand improvingexports. India ispoised to become thethird largest economyafter China andUnited States respec-tively growing at therate of 8 per cent per

annum by 2030.The chemical

industry is an indus-try-of-industries witha combined turnoverof USD 160 billiongrowing at 100 basispoints faster thanIndia’s GDP, making

it an important sectorto propel the growthof the nation’s econo-my. Indian ChemicalCouncil, the apexnational body dedicat-ed for the growth anddevelopment ofchemical industry,

outlined vision 2025for the chemicalindustry. The keytrends identified weredigitalization, globalmergers and acquisi-tions, and focus ondownstream specialtychemicals.

soaps to automobiles.It is one of the mostdiversified industries,and India has ob-served high growth inthe past decade whileholding substantialpotential for futuregrowth as well.Sustainability andSafety is a key focusICC has been advocat-ing though its NicerGlobe and ResponsibleCare initiatives. It isnow imperative tocreate a new ecosys-tem for the IndianChemical Industrymoving closer tocustomer needs withcollaboration andconvergence as thenew mantra ofgrowth.” said Mr.Vijay Sankar, Presi-dent, Indian Chemi-cal Council.

“The use of chemi-cals in our modernlife is indispensable,now more than ever,with most modernindustries beingdeeply dependent onthe chemical indus-try, ranging from

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International LanguageDay celebrated in school

By Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: On theoccasion of the Interna-tional Language Day, aprogramme was orga-nized on Friday at NaviMumbai MunicipalSchool No. 15, ShirvaniSchool. During the pro-gramme, plays byRahul Gawade andOmkar Mudde werepresented in Kolhapuriand Vadar language.Amrit Patil Nerulkar,the art teacher, ex-plained the act and pre-sented a poem in Agarilanguage.

The students playedthe role of speakers andteachers played the roleof the audience. Stu-dents gave speech andsung songs in respec-tive languages such asMarathi, Urdu, Guja-rati, Marwadi, Agrai,Malwani, Ahirani, Ban-jari, Vadar, Khandeshi,Koli, Konkani, Marath-wadi, Nagpuri, Punja-bi, Haryanvi.

“When learning inmother tongue any con-cept becomes clear and

quick. Therefore, moth-er tongue is the bestmedium of education”,said teacher NishaPimple in her speech.

All the teachers and

non-teaching staff of theschool worked hard tomake the programmesuccessful under theguidance of PrincipalSunil Mukadam.

Raksha Bandhan team to protect women

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: MNS’s 'RakshaBandhan’ squad is being set up totake care of the safety of every wom-an, said Sharmila Thackeray ofMNS, who was present at Navi Mum-

bai MNS’s event, the Western Ma-harashtra Festival in Sanpada.

During the event 20 womenachievers and journalist ManishaThakur and Priya Bhujbul were fel-icated.

By Chandrashekar Hendve

NERUL: Annual Hal-di kumkum ceremonywas organised by Jan-aseva Samajik Mandalat Sector 23, Nerul.Archana Gholap, Tah-sildar of Thane districtwas the chief Guestduring the programme.Sunil Patil, ward cor-porator, Saluja Sutar,Janaseva SamajikMandal President

Annual Haldi kumkum ceremonyorganised by Janaseva Samajik Mandal

Sandeep Barve womenpresident of the Janase-va Samajik MandalSeema Bandhal werepresent.

The mandal was in-corporated in 2013 andsince then they havebeen organizing vari-ous social programmesin collaboration withpeople of different plac-es in the region.

Seema Bandal Ja-

yashree Waghmode Ja-yashree Kamble San-geeta Shelke Maya She-jval, Kavita SatputeMansi Gaware JyotiVibhuti, Vicky Mahate,Pratima Morya, Nagi-na Kamble, AnjaliMane, ShrikantShelke, Gautam Kam-ble, Vikrant Galale,Suresh Hegde, AjayMoraya Bala Kannadawere present.