NMMC Receives First Consignment of 21,000 Vaccines
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The Dynamic Daily Newspaper of Navi Mumbai Friday, 15 January 2021 www.newsband.in Pages 8 • Price 2 VOL. 14 • ISSUE 186 RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. No. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE NMMC seeks permission NMMC receives from MCZMA to remove State notifies 1.5 K ha sludge from holding ponds mangroves as pro- first consignment of tected forests, Uran The move was taken as some of the misses the list holding ponds have mangroves The Maharashtra Government has de- 21,000 vaccines he Commissioner chief observed a large clared 1,575 hectares Vaccination drive will be launched in four hospitals Tof the Navi Mum- amount of silt, which re- of mangroves in Raigad, bai Municipal Corpora- duces the water storage Sindhudurg, Mumbai tion’s (NMMC), Abhijit capacity of the holding suburban and Thane Bangar has written a pond. districts as reserved for- letter to the MCZMA “The holding ponds ests. The Government (Maharashtra Coastal provide safety to the Order signed by Arvind Zone Management Au- city from flooding dur- Apte, Chief Conserva- thority) seeking permis- ing monsoon. However, tor of Forests, on Janu- sion to remove sludge with a large amount of ary 11, however, does from holding ponds. silt, the water holding not cover the mangrove zones of Uran and other parts of Navi Mumbai where environmentalists have been waging a pro- longed battle to save the official State Trees... (More on page 8) Photo by Sumit Renose I cast actors accord- ith the arrival Mumbai Municipal Cor- the city on 16th January, ing to the demand of Wof the first con- poration (NMMC) is all 2021. The drive will be signment of 21,000 set to launch the Covid the content: Girdhar CONTINUED ON page... 2 Swami vaccines, the Navi 19 vaccination drive in The young and vi- brant, Girdhar Swami, has carved a niche as Navi Mumbai slums receive The letter was written capacity of the ponds casting director in film as some of the holding are reduced. And if it industry in a very short digital addresses ponds in the city have rains during the high span of time. He started mangroves. tide, waterlogging can his career with Rajku- The satellite city, occur in some parts of mar Hirani’s ‘3 Idiots’ in which is situated below the city. Even during the year 2009 and there- sea level, has 11 hold- the torrential downpour after there was no look- ing ponds which pro- on 05th August, 2020, ing back. Today Girdhar vide safety to the city the holding ponds could Swami is one of the from flooding during not store water, causing most reputed casting the monsoon season. waterlogging in the city. directors in the industry. However, during the re- Hence, it is very impor- Many well-known direc- cent visit to some of the tors and producers from holding ponds, the civic CONTINUED ON page... 3 the industry rely on him for the requirements of By Ryhea George in slums across Pune, ciates said the NGO has talents. In a conversa- ollowing the efforts Thane and Kolhapur. partnered with Google tion with Newsband’s Fof Shelter Associ- Till now, the Chinch- and UNICEF to bring Senior Correspondent, ates, a Pune based NGO, pada slum in Airoli has a unique solution called Abhitash D.Singh, Gird- 4000 houses in slums received 4,000 plus `Plus Codes’, which are har Swami speaks in under the Navi Mumbai codes for the families obtained based on the detail about his journey Municipal Corporation and the NGO is working latitude and longitude as a Casting Director... (NMMC) have received on increasing the num- and displayed as num- (More on page 4) the ‘Plus Codes’. The ber of plus codes. bers and letters. NGO has so far digital- Pratima Joshi, ly tagged 9000 houses founder of Shelter Asso- CONTINUED ON page... 7 2 Friday, 15 January 2021 Trainee teachers attend ‘Maha Videography Contest’ seminar on mental health on Maharashtra Tourism By Ryhea George By Chandrashekhar Hendve videos will be published Directorate of Tourism njuman-i-Islam’s Akbar Peerbhoy he Directorate of on the website and social (DoT) to the selected ACollege of Education conducted a TTourism, Govt. of media handles of Maha- participants. one-day seminar on mental health for Maharashtra is orga- rashtra Tourism. Cash For further informa- the students of their B.Ed. College nising a month long prizes and certificates tion, visit www.maha- recently. The aim of the seminar was ‘Amateur Videography will be awarded by the rashtratourism.gov.in to help the trainee teachers deal with contest’, starting from the stress which they have been ex- January 15, 2021 till periencing during the pandemic. The February 15, 2021. The session was conducted by Dr. Dave, objective of this contest a well-known psychiatrist from Navi is to showcase the natu- Mumbai. ral beauty, culture and “The entire academic year just heritage of Maharashtra passed by due to the pandemic. These and encourage tourists to teachers who are undergoing training visit the State, which is in teaching not only adapted to on- home to several magnif- line classes for themselves, but were icent destinations. This also given training to teach students contest will be free and on virtual platform. This caused a lot Lobo, a trainee teacher said, “Dr. Dave open to anyone- hobby- of stress and strain in them”, said Dr. explained about basic emotions and ists, amateurs, aspiring Supriya Deka, an associate professor gave us real life examples on how we videographers etc., irre- of Akbar Peerbhoy College of Educa- overthink and create emotional prob- spective of their age. tion. lems for ourselves. She even answered Entries must be based “We thought that there was a need questions on how to manage stress and on any of these themes - for a discussion in order to inculcate not let it affect our teaching life. She Forts, Caves, Wildlife, the ability to resolve conflicts. Hence, made us understand how important it Beaches, Major reli- we organized this particular interac- is to make schedules as future teach- gious places, Heritage tive lecture with Dr. Nahid Dave, who ers. Our mood affects our teaching and structures and unique lo- is a trained psychiatrist,’ added Dr. Su- the learning can get hampered as well. cation and things in Ma- priya. The session was much needed after harashtra. The selected Sharing her experience, Steffi such a big halt in all our lives.” NMMC RECEIVES drive will start from Jan- instructions and has ap- vaccine should be given FIRST CONSIGNMENT... uary 16th in the entire pointed the necessary of- in the order registered CONTINUED FROM page...1 country. To review the ficers and staff there. The on the Covin app and the launched in four hospi- vaccination plan in the appointed officers and person should be given a tals: civic hospitals in NMMC area, NMMC employees have under- handbill of 4 important Vashi and Airoli, Apollo commissioner, Abhijit gone rigorous training. messages while waiting Hospital, Belapur and Bangar held a review On January 8th, the dry in the observation room Dr. D.Y. Patil Hospital meeting recently, which run of Covid 19 vacci- after vaccination. In the in Nerul. was attended by Addi- nation was conducted at second phase of vacci- “In the first phase, tional Commissioners- Nerul civic hospital. The nation, the frontline em- health workers will be Sujata Dhole, Sanjay drive was successful and ployees in police, secu- given the vaccine shots. Kakade, Medical Health the loopholes, that were rity, sanitation and other Around 100 vaccines Officer as well as well as observed, have been municipal employees will be administered various members of the plugged. Demonstration will be vaccinated. on a daily basis. To be- City Task Force Com- training sessions were While instructing to gin with, around 9,500 mittee. also conducted for other check the power backup healthcare workers will Medical officer Dr. appointed officers,” said facility at the Central be given vaccine shots. Ratnaprabha Chavan civic chief, Abhijit Ban- Cold Store to maintain The same workers will will control the Covid gar. the temperature fixed be given the second 19 vaccination cam- The commissioner for vaccine storage, the dose of vaccination after paign along with three has directed that every Commissioner directed the lapse of around 2-4 divisional nodal officers. employee posted at the that strict action should weeks, or as prescribed. The divisional nodal of- centers should be in- be taken to store the vac- With the arrival of the ficers will be in charge formed about the work cine from the cold chain second consignment of of the immunization to be done in order to storage stage till its dis- vaccines, more health- programme at the cen- avoid any problem at tribution and its return, Attention READERS: While every effort is made care workers will be giv- tres in their respective the centres, reserve staff if required. The com- to check the genuineness of party/parties inserting en vaccination doses,” divisions. should be appointed missioner also said that ads in this paper, we cannot be held responsible for said Sanjay Kakade, Ad- “NMMC has iden- and they should also be responsibility should be the truthfulness of its contents. The publishers, Editor ditional Commissioner tified around 50 vac- trained. fixed at every stage and and/or the staff cannot be held responsible for any (II), NMMC. cination centres as per The commissioner there should be no neg- loss or damage due to transactions that they may en- Covid 19 vaccination the state government’s also suggested that the ligence in this.