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Tuesday, 20 October 2020 www.newsband.in Pages 8 • Price 2 VOL. 14 • ISSUE 113 RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. No. NMB/154/2020-22/ MDG POST OFFICE State government gives nod to PCMC to cancel MoU with start gyms from 25th October Mastermind behind Group exercises like zumba, steam, sauna gutkha racket arrested Dr. DY Patil & MGM Hospital The anti-narcotics and yoga centres to remain closed squad of the Navi Mum- Action initiated after state government’s directions By Chandrashekhar Hendve bai Police on Saturday By Abhitash D. Singh tion, the then former Commissioner. green signal as per the morning arrested the Navi Mumbai PCMC chief Ganesh The PCMC has come instructions in the SOP. nder ‘Mission Be- mastermind behind the he Maharashtra Deshmukh had entered into criticism after enter- Chief Adviser to the gin Again’, the gutkha racket in Navi Government’s health into an agreement with ing into the agreement. U Chief Minister Ajoy T Maharashtra State Gov- Mumbai. Pramod Das department has directed the Dr. D Y Patil Hospi- Rajesh Tope, Maha- Mehta, Additional Chief alias Kalu (35) was ar- the Commissioner of the ernment has given its Secretary to the Chief rested by the police Panvel City Municipal nod to start gym opera- Minister Ashish Kumar while he was trying to Corporation (PCMC) to tions in the state from Singh, Additional Com- flee from Mumbai - air cancel the agreement for Dussehra i.e. 25th Oc- missioner of Mumbai port to Bhubaneswar the treatment of Covid- tober, 2020. Chief Min- Municipal Corpora- (More on page 3) 19 patients at Dr. D Y ister Uddhav Thackeray tion Ashwini Bhide, said, “Approval is being Principal Secretary to NMMC asks Urban Patil Hospital in Nerul and MGM Hospital in given to start gymnasi- the Chief Minister Vi- Haat officials not to ums, fitness centres in kas Kharge, Principal host exhibitions for . Following now the directions from the The Navi Mumbai state government the Municipal Corporation PCMC Chief Sudhakar (NMMC) has asked the Deshmukh has ordered officials of Urban Haat for the cancellation of not to host any exhibi- the Memorandum of tal on 11th May, 2020. rashtra Health Minister tion for now as a num- Understanding (MoUs) The agreement with speaking with the News- ber of city residents are with both the hospitals. the MGM Hospital was band correspondent in- still getting infected with Earlier, when the signed later when Sud- formed, “The state had Covid-19 was at its peak hakar Deshmukh took Covid-19 every day. Continued on page... 7 (More on page 3) in the PCMC jurisdic- the charge as the PCMC As Navratri begins, flower prices scale up Civic schools to be under CCTV the state from Dussehra Secretary Health De- With the onset of with strict compliance partment Pradip Vyas, Navratri festival, the surveillance in two months of corona preventive Dr. Shashank Joshi as flower prices have By Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan process and the contract not to be named, as he is rules, measures and well as Nikhil Rajpuria scaled up. The devotees Navi Mumbai will be awarded within not authorized to speak SOP (Standard Opera- of Maharashtra Gym point out that although ll the schools run a month. The contrac- to media. tion Procedure)”. He Owners Association, se- every year, the flower Aby the Navi Mum- tor will be given a time- According to the interacted with repre- nior journalists Sandeep prices go up during the bai Municipal Corpora- frame of one month to engineer, surveys were sentatives of gyms, fit- Acharya, Karan Talreja, festival period, however, tion (NMMC) will be ness centres through an Abhimanyu Sable, Ma- this year, the prices are under the surveillance online meeting. hesh Gaikwad, Hemant extremely high and un- of CCTV cameras in “Gymnasiums and Dudhwadkar, Sainath affordable… two months. Once com- fitness centres are for Durge, Rajesh Desai, (More on page 3) pleted, the NMMC will public health. However, Yogini Patil were pres- be one of the few civic maximum care should ent in the meeting. bodies in the whole of be taken to prevent the India to have done this, spread of corona infec- a senior officer said. The tion in this area”, he civic body has allocated added. The Chief Min- a budget of Rs 3.75 crore ister also directed that on this project. the SOP prepared for NMMC runs a total finish the project. Thus, conducted earlier this gyms should be strictly of 70 schools of which we can say that the cam- year, to understand the followed. 53 are primary and 17 eras will be installed number of cameras re- However, group ex- are secondary schools. within two months,” quired in each school. ercises such as Zumba, “We have already said an executive engi- yoga, steam and sauna started the tendering neer of NMMC wishing Continued on page... 2 have not been given 2 Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Celebrating white colour Onions bring tears again in auspicious way By Chandrashekhar Hendve, Navi Mumbai e have seen many forms of WDurga, and Durga has come to our support whenever there is a crisis on the human race. Even today, Adi Maya, Adi Bhavani and many others forms of Durga, in the form of doctors, nurses and para medical staff have come to our aid in this pandemic. From the last six months, the covid warriors (men and women) of Terna Specialty Hospital and Due to continuous heavy rains, the onion crop has been adversely hit. As a result, the onion Research Centre at Nerul in Navi prices have gone up to Rs 70 per kg (By: Sumit Renose) Mumbai have been fighting Coro- na for 24 hours. The covid warriors of Terna Speciality Hospital gave a APMC security guards manhandled positive message to corona positive patients by posing as Navdurga. for asking labourers to wear masks By Crime Reporter, Navi Mumbai everyone to wear face mask while ven- Samarthanam Trust distributes nger for being told to wear masks turing out of the house. Meanwhile, Aand follow the guidelines, few the state government has also started ration kits to people with different abilities labourers at the Agriculture Produce taking action against those who do Market Committee (APMC) fruit di- not wear masks. The APMC adminis- vision manhandled the security guards tration has also stopped giving access on Saturday afternoon. While it is nec- to those who do not wear masks in essary to use face masks to prevent the the market. But even after that, some spread of corona, many labourers in traders in the APMC market and their the market are violating the rule. The labourers can be seen roaming around reckless behaviour of the workers has without the masks. led to fear of the surge of corona in the After the incident, the security market. guards lodged complaint with the Various measures are being taken APMC police station and the police by the state government to curb the have registered a case against the spread of corona. As a part of this, the labourers who pushed the security government has made it mandatory for guards. Civic schools covering her mouth with tured by the cameras and to be under CCTV... a handkerchief when she that they will be arrested By Chandrashekhar Hendve de, Airoli Divisional Officer, Ganesh Continued from page 1 was entering the school by police. Therefore, ev- Navi Mumbai Aghav, Superintendent, Circle 2, Sub- “The number will and raped her inside it. ery school including the amarthanam Trust for the Disabled hash Mhase, Sanitation Officer, Anil vary depending on the The police could not ar- private ones should in- Sin Belapur distributed ration kits Patil, Sudesh Parab, Jitendra Karnik structure of the school rest anyone in that case. stall such cameras.” to 250 persons with different abilities of Samarthnam Sanstha distributed premises. We will in- The parents of the Ramesh Bhagat, an- in Navi Mumbai. Manohar Gangur- the kits. stall such cameras in the students have welcomed other parent said, “At classrooms, teachers’ the move. Usha Pathare, times parents allege that common rooms, balco- a parent from Vashi said, their kids are beaten up nies, near the gates and “When a school has by teachers. The teach- toilets. The data collect- CCTV cameras installed ers, on the other hand, ing machines will be on its premises, miscre- deny that. There will kept at the principals’ ants normally get scared never be such confu- rooms,” he further said. to enter its compound. sion, if every classroom The CCTV cameras They will be scared that has CCTV cameras in- on the school premises their faces would be cap- side it.” was a topic of discus- sion in the satellite city Attention readers: While every effort is made in 2018, after a minor to check the genuineness of party/parties inserting girl was allegedly raped ads in this paper, we cannot be held responsible for by someone inside the truthfulness of its contents. The publishers, Editor her school premises at and/or the staff cannot be held responsible for any Vashi. The girl said that loss or damage due to transactions that they may en- an unidentified person Ayush Mhatre offers his prayers to an idol of Goddesses Durga at Jai Ambe ter into guided by the ads. Navratri Utsav Mandal (By Dinesh Pawar) took her to the toilet by

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By Crime Reporter, Navi Mumbai he anti-narcotics Tsquad of the Navi Mumbai Police on Sat- urday morning arrested the mastermind behind the gutkha racket in Navi Mumbai. Pramod Das alias Kalu (35) was ar- rested by the police while he was trying to flee from Mumbai airport to Bhu- By Dinesh Pawar, Uran English Medium High Malusare, members baneswar. n behalf of Navdur- School, Bori on Sunday. from Navi Mumbai Mu- The accused was op- Last week the police seized stocks of gutkha worth Rs. 36 ga Navratrautsav The camp was at- nicipal Corporation’s erating the gutkha racket lakhs which was brought to the satellite city in three vehicles O from Gujarat. Mandal at Bori in Uran tended by Councillors Blood Bank, Vashi, in Navi Mumbai and was city, a health and blood Atul Thakur, Sudesh Sa- Public Relations Officer smuggling stocks of gut- During further investigation, the donation camps were lunkhe, Nandan Pansare, Sarita Shivkumar Kher- kha from Gujarat to various places in police found out that Das was the organized at Rotary Hershal Samel, Shankar wasia. Navi Mumbai. Similarly, last week, mastermind behind the racket. The he had ordered stocks of gutkha worth police had kept a close watch on his Rs. 36 lakhs from Gujarat which was house at Koparkhairane and Ghansoli. being brought to the satellite city in However, he was not found. NMMC asks Urban Haat officials three vehicles for distribution. Realising that the police were However, after the anti-narcotics looking for him he planned to flee to not to host exhibitions for now squad of Navi Mumbai police came Bhubaneswar. He reached Mumbai Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan tion around to know of this, they conducted a raid airport on Saturday morning. Howev- Navi Mumbai D i w a l i . at Mahape MIDC and confiscated the er, after the Navi Mumbai police got he Navi Our centre stock of gutkha and intercepted the the information, the police traced him TMumbai Mu- is big and three vehicles. Four people were also through mobile location and arrested nicipal Corpora- spacious, arrested in this connection. him from the Mumbai airport. tion (NMMC) has and hence asked the officials e n s u r i n g of Urban Haat not social dis- As Navratri begins, flower prices scale up to host any exhi- tance in- By Dinesh Pawar, Uran this, the flower beds high in demand during bition for now as side it will ith the onset of have been destroyed Navratri festival are be- a number of city not be a WNavratri festival, and there has been a re- ing sold at Rs. 200 per residents are still problem.” the flower prices have duction in the arrival of kg to 280, generally the getting infected scaled up. The devotees with Covid-19 every day. point out that although Urban Haat, the exhibition cum every year, the flower trade centre (managed by the City and prices go up during the Industrial Development Corporation) festival period, howev- at CBD Belapur, has been shut ever er, this year, the prices since the lockdown was announced in are extremely high and March. The officials had planned to unaffordable. reopen it and host the first exhibition “Every year during in this month. festival, be it Ganesh “At present, we have requests for utsav or Navratri, the two exhibitions at our centre. We had flower prices zoom up. planned to hold the first one from However, this year the 15th of this month. However, holding price is really high. A such exhibitions during this time of simple garland of half pandemic, is not in accordance with feet is sold at Rs 80,” the guidelines of NMMC. There- said a consumer. fore, they asked us to wait for some Agreeing with this, flowers in the market. flower is sold at Rs 120. more days before hosting such pro- a florist said, “This year With more demand and The price of vani, grammes,” said KVS Nair, manager the business has been less supply, the rates at which is offered to the of Urban Haat. very bad. First due to the market have scaled Goddess has gone up to Talking about the two existing the pandemic. Secondly, up”. Rs. 50 per piece. Earlier, requests Nair said, “The first is a re- due to the sudden heavy As per the rates, these were being sold at quest for a handicraft exhibition, to rains which lashed the Marigold (Genda) flow- 20 for two pieces. be held by the Government of India. state last week. Due to ers which generally are The second request is for a handicraft and handloom exhibition by a private organization. If we get the permis- sion from the concerned officials of Sharing festival spirit after 7 months NMMC, we will host the first exhibi- (By: C.K. Subramaniam) 4 Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Navratri -the true meaning of Shakti puja ouring and showing our gratitude to and on this first day of Navratri, Devi cosmic egg is manifested from an in- the Mother Divine. While we attend Shailaputri is worshipped so that we finitesimal energy of Devi and on this the puja, we give up all our worldly may also attain the highest state of day we remember our origin and pay activities for a while and enter into consciousness. reverence to Mother Divine. deep meditation and this reverence On the second day, Devi Brah- On the fifth day, the mother form towards Devi gives us power of sus- macharini is worshipped .It is the of Devi Parvati is worshipped. As Festivals, for most people, seem tainability. I will give my example form of Devi Parvati in which she she is the mother of Lord Karthikeya to be no more than a welcome break here. I am a diabetic and I fast on 9 undertook severe penance to gain and represents motherly affection ,so from the monotonous routine. But, days but this is partial fasting as I Lord Shiva as Her consorts and this we worship this form of Devi to bring there is more to festivals than mere have to take medicines at time. But day is especially sacred for medita- abundance of wisdom, wealth, power, fun and enjoyment and every festival the feeling of this worship puts me in tion and exploring our inner divinity. prosperity and liberation. has a reason and significance behind a trance of purity and gives me en- On the third day, Devi Chan- On the sixth day, Devi manifests its celebration. Behind the celebration ergy to sustain the lack of grains, as draghata is worshipped. Chan- as Katyayaniand she takes this form of the Navratri festival there is proper I am not eating any grain on these 9 draghata is the form that Devi Parvati to annihilate the demonic forces in meaning and significance. The festi- days. In normal days if you tell me took at the time of Her marriage with the universe. She was born from the val celebrates the power of women in to fast for one day, I will feel weak. Lord Shiva. Here Chandra refers to anger of the gods and she is the one the form of Shakti puja. The idea of who slayed Mahishasura. She is the shakti perhaps grew out of a conflict anger that arises in creation to restore and compromise between a power- balance .We worship her on the the ful matriarchal culture that existed sixth day to put an end to all our inner in India before the Aryan migrations foes that behave as obstacle on the (2500, B.C.) and the male-dominated path of spirituality. society of the Aryans. The Indus Val- On the seventh day, we invoke ley people worshipped the Mother Devi Kalaratri. Mother Nature has Goddess and they never really gave two extremes. One is terrifying and place to male dominance. The Earth the other is beautiful and serene. Mother continues to be worshipped Devi Kalaratri is a fierce form of Devi in India as the power that nurtures the and It is only at night that we get a seed and brings it to fruition and this glimpse of infinity in the skies. Devi basic reverence of an agricultural cul- Kalaratri is that infinite dark energy ture says that man is really dependent that houses innumerable universes. on woman for she gives life, food and On the eight day we worship Devi strength. Mahagauri ,she beautiful, gives mo- Our Veda says that Devi repre- mentum and freedom in life. Ma- sents the omnipresent cosmic Energy hagauri represents the beautiful and and the whole Creation is permeated serene aspect of Natureand she is the by this Energy. The prosperity that But in Navratri the name of Devi the moon and moon represents our energy which propels our lives and we enjoy in our daily lives is a mani- gives me the strength to bear fasting mind. As our mind is restless and also liberates us. festation of this Mother Divine and and the rituals related to it. keeps moving from one thought to On the ninth day, we worship Devi she serves us in so many forms. She This is the thought behind Shakti another. So this day directs us to Siddhidatri. Siddhi means perfection. dwells in the forms of our mother, Puja in Navratri but in these nine days remove all vagaries of the mind, and Devi Siddhidatri brings perfection in father, friends, husband, wife, son, each day she has a different name and concentrate with a single focus on life and she makes the impossible, daughter and also the Guru. We can performance. Mother Divine. possible. say that Devi Puja is an expression On the first day, Devi Shailaputri On the fourth day, Mother Divine So, these are the nine forms of of expanded consciousness showing is worshipped and this is the name for is worshipped as Devi Kushmanda. Devi we worship, next week what reverence to the whole Creation and Devi Parvati who is known as the Ku means little, ushma means en- Mantras we tell and what is the the puja that we perform during the daughter of Himalaya. Shaila means ergy and anda refers to egg. This form of worship. So till then Happy 9 days of Navratri is a way of hon- extraordinary or rising to great heights entire universe which arose from the Navratri readers. Films division pays tribute On duty police man hit by autorickshaw By Crime Reporter, Navi Mumbai to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam hree police squad have been de- Tployed to search for an abscond- Documentary ‘People’s President’ was ing rickshaw driver who allegedly hit an on duty Sub-Inspector Pankaj Ma- released on his 89th birth anniversary hajan and fled. In the incident Mahajan has sustained injuries and has been ad- By Chandrashekhar Hendve tribute to Bharat Ratna mitted to Ashtavinayak Hospital for Mumbai Abdul Kalam by stream- treatment. he 89th birth anniver- ing People’s President (52 Five police personnel, including Tsary of Dr. APJ Abdul Min./ English/ 2016) on Sub-Inspector Mahajan, who was in- Kalam, who served as the its Website and YouTube jured in the incident, were on bando- for treatment. 11th President of India with channel. Directed by Pankaj bast duty in Roadpali area on Sunday Deputy Commissioner of Police of distinction and who was Vyas, the documentary is evening. A speeding rickshaw driver Circle-2 Shivraj Patil, Assistant Com- instrumental in India’s suc- dedicated to his life and hit Mahajan and fled. As a result, Ma- missioner of Police Gidde, Senior In- cess in missile and nuclear work including Dr Kalam’s hajan fell down and sustained serious spector of Police Satish Gaikwad and technology, was celebrated on 15th pivotal role in the success of Indian injuries on his mouth and hands. He others went to the hospital and met October, 2020. Films Division paid aerospace science programme. was immediately admitted to hospital Mahajan. Tuesday, 20 October 2020 5 NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Should cinema halls be allowed to reopen?

Cinema is in the blood of every Indian. Every Indian must be From last few months, I am missing cinema and other things very happy when theatre opens. Malls are open. Most of the very desperately waiting for cinemas to be opened. Literally shops are open. Events are permitted. Local are running. Met- waiting for popcorn, Nirma ad, fun with friends, shouting, clap- ros are running. Then why not Cinemas? Government should ping and whistling, box office, book my show, buy 1 get 1 offer start theatre with minimum 50% occupancy. As corona fear and many more. has gone down drastically. Nikhat Khan, Koparkhairane Kanta Singhadiya, Chembur

In my opinion everything should now be started. Under "Mis- While it is not an essential service, it provides livelihood to sion Begin Again" the state government is slowly starting a lot of people and therefore, it is probably okay to re-open various activities so I will say that they should now open cinema halls. However, one must exercise caution and care everything including Cinema as well as Auditoriums where when visiting a cinema hall and maintain social distancing at plays are performed. It is now a known fact to everyone that all times. we have to learn to live with coronavirus & Covid-19 then Bhupal Singh, Service, Kopar Khairane. bold steps like opening of every activity in the city should be initiated soon. We all need to take care ourselves only. Vikrant Bhandari, Social Activist, No. At this point our first priority should be to stop the spread of Covid-19, which has already wreaked havoc on the econ- omy of the country. Therefore, we should first concentrate on The state government has slowly started opening various ac- the revival of the most essential services and the theatres are tivities but they should not open the cinema halls, religious definitely not one of them. The theatres should not be opened places and other such activities where many people come for the next four to five months. together. There will be chances of spread of the dangerous Gopal Sharma, Service, Vashi. disease if the cinema gets permission. Shahid Khan, Sr. Journalist, Nerul Yes, cinema halls need to be opened with proper precau- tions: like thermal scanning, social distancing etc. But most Yes, as long as there is adequate physical distancing of at least importantly, the people need to follow the guidelines. If rules six feet outside the auditoria, common areas and waiting areas are followed properly all will be good. Everything is opening at all times. There should also be hand sanitizers, preferably after the lock down. So, it is ok to open cinema halls too with in the touch-free mode, at the entry and exit points, as well as responsibility. the common areas within the premises. Respiratory etiquettes Pratik Yadav, Founder, Parivartan Foundation, Nerul should also be strictly followed. This involves the strict practice of covering one’s mouth and nose, while coughing or sneezing In the absence of vaccine for Covid-19, we need to take preven- with a tissue or handkerchief or flexed elbow and disposing off tive measures. As preventive measures, apart from using san- used tissues properly. Use of face masks should also be made itizer and masks, we need to give priority to keeping social dis- mandatory. Spitting should also be strictly prohibited within the premises. tances at public places. Before the start of a show and during the Jubel D'Cruz, Dombivili, Mumbai show spectators are likely to follow the social distancing rules. However, after the show spectators are likely to rush towards the Cinema theatres remain completely closed while the feature exit doors and in the process, likely to violate the rules. Further, film is going on. There is very little room for the impure air it is unknown if the cinema halls are medically well equipped to inside to get out and the pure air to get inside. Therefore, the identify positive patients, if any, amongst the spectators. In the possibility of Corona spreading in such a congested environ- absence of the necessary equipment, spectators with corona positive, if any, are ment cannot be denied. Corona is currently under control. The likely to get the entry and spread the virus. Keeping all this in view, it is felt that at possibility of Corona's influence will increase if the cinema the- least at this point of time, the decision to reopen cinema halls be suitably postponed. atres are started. Ravikant Shridhar Tawde, Navi Mumbai. Sudhir Kangutkar, B. R. Nagar, Diva (East) QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK Do you think Tanishq should have withdrawn their advertisement featuring inter-faith baby shower? Readers desirous of contributing in this column may send their views along with their passport size picture and address to [email protected]

Tulja Bhavani Sakhi Parivar Group celebrated the sec- Nirmala Sakhi Group Savarkhar, Uran celebrated the ond day of Navratri on Sunday at Uran, Navi Mumbai second day of Navratri by wearing orange colour. Sarvajanik Navratri Utsav Mandal, Ganpati Chowk (By Dinesh Pawar) (By Dinesh Pawar) celebrates it's 49th year (By Dinesh Pawar) 6 Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Editorial Navaratri organisers celebrate Issue: 113 20 october, 2020 festivity by following guidelines Stern action is the need of the hour he Ministry of Environment 20 micron thickness. However, due Thad earlier notified the retail- to poor implementation, the plas- ers to start charging for the plastic tic bags continued to be used ex- bags from the customers. This was tensively. Though shopkeepers in a good step as it helped in encour- certain areas in Navi Mumbai, had Indrani Basu, Navi Mumbai Gujrat Bhavan at Vashi, sector-14 aging the buyers to carry bags from even at that time, joined campaign avaratri mandals are trying their is the place which is the main attrac- home. against the use of plastic bags by best to create an atmosphere of tion for all Gujaratis. A large number Plastic bags, which came in use certain NGOs, and had switched N festivity and joy in the backdrop of of Gujaratis gather every year for more than decade back, almost rev- over to paper bags, because of con- Covid 19 pandemic. All the guidelines dandiya and Garba. This year there olutionized the concept of carrying venience and less cost, most of them announced by the Navi Mumbai Mu- is no celebration at all, not even any baskets and packaging. It provided a still continued to use plastic bags. nicipal Corporation (NMMC) are be- guest is allowed to go inside the Bha- cheaper alternative to paper or cloth Ironically, the users are mostly the ing strictly followed. van. Hashmukhbhai, the President bags. It also was superior hygieni- educated lot, who are well aware Following the regulations, the informed, “We keep one priest there cally due to use and throw possibil- of the problems associated with the mandals have cancelled the Dandiya to perform arti in front of the kalash ity. However, the menace that was use of such bags. While in western program and are instead holding health along with 2-3 members. We ordered unfolding could be realized only countries people have switched over camps, distributing free masks, creat- our gatekeeper not to allow anyone in- recently after it has played havoc to jute bags or paper bags, in India, ing awareness on social distancing. side the premises. We will respect the with the environment especially in people have changed over from the Lohana Community celebrates tra- guidelines laid down by the authority the megapolises. One can see huge traditional jute or cloth bags to such ditional Garba at Lohana Samaj Hall and will support the cause wholeheart- dumps of garbage littered with plas- trendy plastic bags. To carry bags at Koperkhairane. Every year, after edly.” Daily sanitization is being done tic bags thrown any and everywhere from home is considered old fash- performing ceremonious puja in front for the safety. by the users without the minutest ioned. of the Devi Idol, ladies and gents start Pragati Mitra Mandal is celebrat- concern for the environment. Seg- It is already late and quite a lot of Garba and Raas dandiya in full cos- ing its 32nd year of Navaratri celebra- regation of these non-biodegradable damage has been done to the nature. tume. "Dandiya, the major attraction tion at Minatai Thakrey Udyan, sector wastes is next to impossible making Now it is time to put the acts to- of Navaratri festival, could not be or- 14-15, in Vashi. it difficult to recycle which - other gether to prevent further onslaught ganized because the corporation did Two and half ft tall idol of Devi wise also, generates toxic fumes. on nature. The bans, rules and regu- not give permission in the backdrop Maa has been installed for puja. Daily Several incidences in the past have lations can bear results only if they of the pandemic. So, we installed the arti is being performed by the mem- been reported regarding death of are supported by the citizens. It is Garba or Garbo, the sacred kalash on bers keeping social distance in mind. stray cattle and dogs due to intake time to say no to the plastic bags the first day, ceremoniously. We only Raju Shinde, the organizer told, “It is of polythene bags. and patronize the cloth or the jute allow 7 persons for the ceremony and a very simple celebration, this year, Realising the potential threat bags, baskets or the paper bags. A telecast live to our members and well- following the guidelines. We keep the to environment, earlier in October small step taken now shall result in wishers. Thermal checking, hand pandal open on all four sides so that 2000, the civic body had banned a giant step in the path of preserving sanitization, Spo2 check are being devotees can have darshan maintain- the use of plastic bags of less than the environment. done prior to the entry in the prem- ing social distance, without standing ises” informed Sajay Palan, President in queue. Apart from that, we keep of Lohana Samaj. The Samaj will dis- sanitizers and tell everyone to cover House rent and other taxes should be tribute 5000 free masks among needy face with a mask. On day of Ashtami population. Every evening at 9 pm, ‘havan’ will be performed permitting waived off: Opposition leader Pritam Mhatre they perform arti in front of the de- only 5-6 members.” The organizer is ity of Mata Amba allowing only five planning to conduct a free health camp Due to the pandemic and the lockdown, residents people and telecast live. during these nine days. are reeling under great financial crunch, he says Panvel: zens have lost their jobs pointed out. Meritorious students awarded pposition leader of due to the lockdown. “In the financial year OPanvel City Mu- But, the expenditures 2020-2021, 100 percent nicipal Corporation, exemption should be (PCMC) Pritam Janar- given for housing and dan Mhatre has demand- other taxes for houses ed in a statement to the below 500 square feet commissioner of PCMC and 50 percent exemp- to waive off the house tion for residential hous- rent and other taxes un- es with an area of more der its jurisdiction in the than 500 square feet,” he backdrop of Covid 19 said. pandemic. Pritam Mhatre, Cor- “Currently, the Co- porator Sarika Bhagat, rona crisis and the pe- Pramod Bhagat, and By Chandrashekhar Hendve, Navi Mumbai of Sunil Sawant, meritorious students riod of lockdown have Ravindra Bhagat have n behalf of Maratha Samajik Prat- of 10th and 12th class of Ganpati Pada caused huge financial demanded the Com- Oishthan, a felicitation ceremony in Digha area of ​​Navi Mumbai were losses to the citizens”, have not reduced, such missioner to take this was organized for the students of Da- honoured. Vivek Shankhapal, San- said Mhatre. There is as house rent, electricity into consideration and havi Baravi. As per the suggestion of jay Lotankar, Arun Datkhile, Kishore still no relaxation in bill, and various types implement it as soon as Santosh Palande, President of Maratha Borhade Dada, Omkar Padwal were some areas. Many citi- of bank installments, he possible. Social Foundation, under the guidance present. Tuesday, 20 October 2020 7 Mumbai Indians cruise past KR & CR to run weekly festival special Kolkata Knight Riders trains via Panvel from 23rd October By Ashok Dhamija, Panvel By Ashok Dhamija Class and Four Second No. 01410 Madgaon Jn. onkan Railway Class Seating coaches - Pune Jn. Weekly Fes- or the second time in as many (KR) in coordina- Halts en-route includes tival Special will leave matches defending champions K F tion with Central Rail- Wardha, Badnera, from Madgaon Jn. at Mumbai Indians outplayed former way (CR) have decided Akola, Bhusaval, Na- 16:00 hrs on Saturday, champions Kolkata Knight Riders in to run Fully Reserved shik, Igatpuri, Kalyan, 24th & 31st October and the ongoing Dream11 Indian Premier Festival Special Trains Panvel Jn., Roha, Man- 7th November 2020. League (IPL) 2020 at the Sheikh Zayed between Nagpur / Pune gaon, Khed, Chiplun, Train will reach Pune Jn. Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday. In Jn. and Madgaon Jn. via Sangameshwar Road, at 05:50 hrs on the next the process MI registered its fifth vic- Panvel Jn. in order to Ratnagiri, Rajapur day.The above Special tory on the trot cater to the extra rush of Road, Vaibhavwadi will include O­ne AC-2 Chasing a target of 149 runs for a passengers. The details Road, Kankavali, Sind- Tier, Four AC-3 Tier, victory MI skipper Rohit Sharma (35) are as under: Eleven Second along with his opening partner Quin- A) Nagpur Sleeper Class and ton de Kock knocked off 94 of them Man of the Match - Madgaon Jn. - Four Second Class in less than 11 overs before the former Nagpur Weekly Seating and Two edged one behind the wickets to Dinesh context of the match. Jasprit Bumrah Festival Special SLR coaches Halts Karthik off 21year all-rounder Shivam dismissal of KKR all-rounder Andre Train No. en-route includes Mavi (1/24). The South African wicket Russell of a sharp bouncer saw KKR 01235 Nagpur Lonavala, Panvel, keeper batsman de Kock continued his lose half their side at 61 by the 12th - Madgaon Jn. Roha, Mangaon, fine form with the bat and soon com- over. Skipper Morgan (39 n.o.) and Pat Weekly Festi- Khed, Chiplun, pleted his third fifty off the tournament Cummins (53 n.o.) however ensured val Special will Sa ng a me shwa r off 25 balls with eight boundaries and an important recovery thereafter, with leave from Nag- Road, Ratnagiri, two sixes in the next over. The de- the latter dominating the partnership. pur at 16:00 hrs Rajapur Road, pendable Suryakumar Yadav (10) for The duo accumulated 87 runs which on Friday, 23rd & V a i b h a v w a d i once failed after he dragged one back included 35 runs in the last two overs. 30th October and 6th hudurg, Kudal, Sawant- Road, Kankavali, Sind- onto the stumps off leg-spinner Varun The co Vice-captain of Australian team November 2020. Train wadi Road, Thivim and hudurg, Kudal, Sawant- Chakravarthy (1/23). Needing 38 runs Cummins in the process completed his will reach Madgaon Jn. Karmali stations in both wadi Road, Thivim for victory in 6.3 overs at this stage de maiden IPL half-century at 16:40 hrs on the next directions. and Karmali stations in Kock (78 n.o.) along with all-rounder With their win, fifth victory on the day. On its return jour- both directions. Reser- Hardik Pandya continued to make mer- B) Pune Jn. - trot MI retained their top position in the ney Train No. 01236 vation for all the above ry of KKR pacers in the next couple of Magdaon Jn.- Pune points table. They next take on Kings Madgaon Jn. - Nagpur Specials can be made at overs including Pat Cummings. All- Jn. Weekly Festival XI Punjab who are placed at the bottom Weekly Festival Spe- all PRS Centers and on rounder Cummings leaked as many as Special after losing a few matches from a posi- cial will leave from Train No.01409 website www.irtc.co.in. 15 runs with the latter accounting 14 tion of strength. Madgaon Jn. at 19:40 Pune Jn. - Magdaon Jn. Passengers are re- off those including two fours and a six Rohit Sharma in his post-match hrs on Saturday, 24th Weekly Festival Special quested to kindly avail in the 16th over to Pandya (21 n.o.). views expressed that It felt special to & 31st October and 7th will leave from Pune the services and fol- The four times champions MI in the win as comprehensively (had defeated November 2020. Train Jn. at 18:45 hrs on Fri- low all norms of State end cruised to a comfortable victory in the same rivals KKR by 49 runs in their will reach Nagpur at day, 23rd & 30th Octo- & Central Government the next over with 19 balls to spare and first leg league encounter for their first 20:30 hrs on the next ber and 6th November regarding COVID-19 eight wickets in hand. win in the tourney). day. The above Special 2020. Train will reach including social dis- Earlier Eoin Morgan, who took over Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight will include O­ne AC-2 Madgaon Jn. at 08:30 tancing, sanitization charge of KKR from Dinesh Karthik Riders - 148/5 in 20 overs (Pat Cum- Tier, Four AC-3 Tier, hrs on the next day. On etc. in trains and at the and elected to bat after winning the mins 53*, Eoin Morgan 39*; Rahul Eleven Second Sleeper its return journey Train Railway stations. toss, played a key role in KKR post- Chahar 2/18) lost to Mumbai Indians ing a decent score on the board after - 149/2 in 16.5 overs (Quinton de Kock PCMC to on priority basis, cancel formed, “It was the need his team’s top order collapse. MI pacer 78*, Rohit Sharma 35; Varun Chakra- cancel MoU... the agreement with both of the hour to get sign Trent Boult (1/32) once again struck varthy 1/23) by eight wickets. Man of Continued from page 1 the hospitals.” agreement with both upfront to pick his 50th IPL wicket that the Match: Quinton de Kock (Mumbai already extended Ma- The official from the the Hospitals earlier as of Rahul Tripathi (7) caught brilliantly Indians) hatma Phule Jan Arogya health department in- PCMC does not have a at Point by Suryakumar Yojna (MPJAY) health formed, “The payment hospital of its own and in the 3rd over. Nathan insurance scheme to all made by the civic body the sub-district hospital Coulter-Nile (1/51) the hospitals and have to both the private hospi- had only 150 beds with picked his first wicket also capped the charges tals includes expenditure just 10 fitted with oxy- for the Rohit Sharma- along with reservation of on hospital maintenance gen. Since now, we have led unit as he had Nitish 80 percent beds in private which is covered by the received the guidelines Rana caught with a short hospitals. It is difficult state health insurance from the state govern- ball inside the power play to understand why the scheme. Thus, there ment, we will follow which yielded 32 runs in PCMC got into agree- would be the duplica- it. Earlier the decision all. Leg spinner Rahul ment with private hos- tion of expenditure on to enter into the agree- Chahar double strike in pitals- Dr. D Y Patil and patients.” ment was taken due to his opening over (8th of MGM Hospital. They Speaking with the the situation prevailing the innings) that of for- paid Rs. 5 crore to both Newsband correspon- then. But now after the mer U-19 India World the hospitals under the dent about the state di- state guidelines we have Cupper Shubman Gill agreement even know- rection to cancel the issued orders for cancel- (21) and the experienced ing that both the hos- MoUs with Dr. D Y Patil ling the agreement with Dinesh Karthik (4) off pitals were empanelled Hospital & MGM Hos- Dr. D Y Patil Hospital, consecutive balls proved Sangita Pawar Saheli Group dressed in white attire under MPJAY scheme. pital, the PCMC Chief Nerul and MGM Hospi- to be crucial phase in the during the third day of Navratri (By Dinesh Pawar) The PCMC chief should, Sudhakar Deshmukh in- tal, Kamothe.” 8 Tuesday, 20 October 2020 NMMC begins the second phase of 'My Uran village flooded again, Family - My Responsibility' campaign Greens blame wetland burial Navi Mumbai the government's Navi Mumbai to suffer," said Nandaku- illegal, they point out. fter success- 'My Family, My esidents of Kunde mar Pawar, Head of Shri The planning au- Afully com- Responsibility' Rvillage were sud- Ekvira Aai Pratishthan. thorities are well aware pleting the first campaign. The de- denly woken up by flash Recalling that the that the Dronagiri node phase of ‘'My partmental wise floods at around 2 a.m. High court appointed where land develop- Family - My Re- review of the daily on Monday. mangrove protection and ment is taking place on sponsibility' cam- survey conducted “All of a sudden, wa- conservation committee 2700 hecters is situated paign’, the Navi in the municipal ter started gushing into had asked for reversing below 3 metres of RL Mumbai Munici- area was done our lanes and homes,” the burial and replanting (Reduced level). As it is, pal Corporation through webinars. said Sanman Patil, a the mangroves, B N Ku- huge mangrove stretches (NMMC) has Each team of resident of Kunde. and wetlands have started the second two to three peo- There has been no been recklessly phase of the survey. ple visited 50 to 55 houses daily and rain, he said. buried. Any fur- The first phase of 'My Family - My recorded the health information of the The village ther reclamation Responsibility' campaign was imple- family members, which included their along with many on mangroves and mented from 15th September till 10th temperature and oxygen level. Now, in other areas has destruction of wet- October, during which the civic body the second phase, which started on Oc- been facing unsea- lands would spell surveyed 3,35,469 families with the tober 14, the same teams will re-visit sonal floods since an ecological di- help of 670 teams. This exceeded the the houses and check the current body February 2019. saster for the entire target of 3,16,449 families that was temperature and oxygen level of the “This is mainly be- Uran taluka, says given by the state government for the citizens. From this, it will be possible cause of the block- Mr. Kumar. first phase of the campaign. The health to know the difference in the health ing of free flow “CIDCO's own survey of 10,53,896 citizens has been condition of the citizens as their health of tidal waters re- legal papers say completed. Now, in the second phase, condition has been registered in the sulting from the that 99% of these the teams will re-visit the families reg- previous survey. This will give an idea burial of wetlands areas fall under 3 istered in the previous survey and reg- of who is suffering from the problem and destruction metres of high tide ister their health in the government's after the first survey and if it is found, of mangroves by lines. It means de- app. remedial measures can be taken. various infrastruc- velopment is invi- The main objective of the 'My Fam- For the second phase of the survey, ture project pro- tation to disaster. ily - My Responsibility' campaign con- the teams have been given a target of ponents,” said B Instead of protect- ceived by the Chief Minister Uddhav reaching 75 to 100 houses per day. N Kumar, director ing mangroves and Thackeray is to find the coronavirus A person suffering from fever, NatConnect Foundation. mar said, no action has wetlands, which are nat- cases quickly and begin treatment and cough, sore throat, fatigue, difficulty Environmental been taken as yet. ural sources to combat prevent the possible spread of corona. in breathing, will be given special at- groups- Shri Ekvira Aai The green groups flood situation, the proj- Meanwhile, Abhijit Bangar, Com- tention as also the people who have Pratishthan and Nat- last week, called for the ect proponents are plan- missioner NMMC, has been imple- co-morbidity such as diabetes, heart Connect Foundation scrapping of the NM- ning to build seawalls menting 'Mission Break the Chain' in disease, cancer, kidney disease, organ have been repeatedly SEZ project which they ostensibly to block tidal the Corporation from the very begin- transplantation, asthma. complaining to various said turned out to be water and destroy the ning and has been emphasizing on the The teams are also conducting authorities against this anti-environment. The wetlands,” Pawar said. effective implementation of the three various public awareness campaigns phenomenon. documents obtained via People's lives and principles of 'Rapid Tracing', 'Testing' and are informing the citizens about "It is due to the cal- the RTI Act route clearly nature must weigh high and 'Treatment'. the various ‘Dos’ and ‘Don’ts’. They lous anti-environment demonstrated that the rather than short-term The Commissioner paid special are also encouraging citizens to donate attitude of CIDCO that landfill at Pagote and gains for projects, Ku- attention in the implementation of plasma for the health benefits of others. the Uran villagers have Bhendkhal wetlands was mar said. Residents demand more infrastructures to cross Sion-Panvel Highway By Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan kilometer long High- road. The authori- us with sufficient infra- Navi Mumbai way, starts at Sion in ties concerned should structures, while on the ith the increase in Mumbai and ends at take this matter into other they are not even Wvehicular popu- Kalamboli, near Pan- consideration and do maintaining the existing lation, it has become a vel. This road is play- something about it as ones.” challenge for the city ing a vital role as it early as possible,” she When contacted, residents to cross the connects the Greater said. PWD officials said that busy Sion-Panvel High- Mumbai with the Sunil Singh, a they have plans to de- way. A large number of Mumbai-Pune Ex- resident of Nerul said, velop a few more FOBs people meet with ac- pressway and Mum- “The public work de- on this road. cidents while crossing bai-Goa Highway. partment (PWD) had Sarika Desai, deputy the road every year. The Mrunali Salvi, a developed eight un- engineer of PWD said, residents believe that the resident of derpasses across this “We are now conducting number of accidents will said, “At present there road around seven surveys to understand definitely come down, if are four to five foot- years ago. However, the areas that are in need some more infrastruc- over-bridges (FOBs) the residents cannot of such FOBs. Based on tures are provided to on this road, but those Belapur, Nerul, Sanpada and hence they risk their use them as many of the survey reports final cross the busy road be- are not sufficient. You and at Vashi every day. lives every day.” them are filled with wa- decisions will be taken tween Vashi and Kalam- will see groups of people It is very risky to cross “It will not take a lot ter and debris. On the and the works at the sites boli. crossing the road near the road. But these peo- of money to develop a one hand, the authori- will be started by second The twenty-five- Kalamboli, Kamothe, ple have no other option few more FOBs on this ties are not providing half of 2021.”