www.newsband.in • VOL. 15 • ISSuE: 100 • THuRSday, 26 AuGuST 2021 • RNI No. MAHENG/2007/21778 • POSTAL REGN. NO. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE PAGES: 8 PRICE : 2.00 Dr. Mahendra Kalyankar Work of new water takes charge as Raigad BCCI announces In- dia Women’s squad district collector for Australia tour tank commences Nidhi Chaudhari transferred as few leaders The All-India Se- nior Women’s Selec- from MVA government raised objections tion Committee an- at sector 5 Vashi over her style of functioning nounced the squads By Abhitash D. Singh and for India Women’s Also, Chaudhari dur- Chandrashekhar Hendve upcoming tour in ing her tenure as Raigad Australia which will r. Mahendra Kaly- district collector had dif- consist of one Test Dankar took charge ferences of opinion with match, three ODIs and from Nidhi Chaudhari Raigad district guardian as many T20Is… as the District collector minister Aditi Tatkare, (More on page 7) of Raigad on Tuesday, MP Sunil Tatkare, Ali- August 24. Dr. Mahen- baug MLA Mahendra dra Kalyankar an officer Dalvi and PWD leader 28% Navi from 2007 batch of the Jaywant Patil. Mumbaikars have Indian Administrative Recently Nidhi received both doses Inauguration of the construction of new water reservoir of Covid 19 vaccine The Navi Mumbai By Indrani Basu three years back. The houses which are close Municipal Corpora- new ESR or bamboo scaffolding to the existing water tion (NMMC) has suc- A Elevated Storage work for the construc- tank. All required ceeded in vaccinating Reservoir (water tank) tion of water tank com- safety measures are two lakh ninety four is coming up at sector menced on 24th August being taken up by Navi thousand and one 5 Vashi in place of the and a six-meter-high Mumbai Municipal forty two Navi Mum- old one which had been barricade is going to be Corporation while baikars with both the declared ‘dangerous’ installed for protection doses of Covid 19 by the survey team of the residential row CONTINUED ON paGE... 5 vaccine so far. Also, the first dose has been given to seven Gate 2022 exam registration process lakh ninety four thou- sand and five seventy to commence from 30th August Service (IAS) was earli- Chaudhari was seen ac- er honoured twice as the companying the union two people... By Ashok Dhamija Roorkee), GATE 2022 type questionnaires in- best collector of Thane. minister Narayan Rane (More on page 3) he registration pro- will be organised by the cluding Multiple Choice Earlier on Friday, the and leaders of opposi- cess for the Gradu- Indian Institute of Tech- Questions (MCQ), Mul- T Maharashtra government tion Devendra Fadnavis Azadi ka Amrit ate Aptitude Test in nology, IIT Kharagpur tiple Select Questions transferred the Raigad and Pravin Darekar at Mahotsav-Photo Engineering (GATE), in two sessions (morn- (MSQ) and/or Numeri- district collector Nidhi Taliye village where Exhibition organised an annual national lev- ing and afternoon daily) cal Answer Type (NAT) Chaudhari, IAS of 2012 in Navi Mumbai el examination which landslides had occurred batch following strong Ministry of Infor- serves as benchmark for in which more than 100 objections raised by mation & Broadcast- admission to Postgradu- people were killed. The the Maha Vikas Aghadi ing is celebrating its ate Programs (Master’s ruling party did not like (MVA) partners over Iconic Week of the and Doctoral) with her style of functioning. CONTINUED ON paGE... 2 Azadi Ka Amrit Ma- Ministry of Education hotsav. As part of (MoE) and other Gov- the ongoing activities ernment Scholarships/ Regional Outreach Assistantships will be Bureau, Maharash- held between 30th Au- at 195 centres across the Questions in a total of tra-Goa (ROB) has gust to 24th September, country on 5, 6, 12, and 29 subject papers (with organised a photo- 2021. 13 February 2022. two new ones viz Geo- exhibition at Kendriya Conducted by IISc The Computer Based matics Engineering Sadan, CBD Belapur, Bangalore and seven Test (CBT) exam will be and Naval Architecture Navi Mumbai IITs (Bombay, Delhi, held over a period of 180 & Marine Engineer- (More on page 8) Guwahati, Kanpur, minutes. The same will Kharagpur, Madras, encompass objective CONTINUED ON paGE... 4 2 Thursday, 26 August 2021 Activists raise concern over rising cases of animals Registration for new bike series to be launched soon being hit by vehicles near Karnala bird sanctuary By Chandrashekhar Hendve he new series MH46 CC for new registration of By Ryhea George department to take action against area.” two-wheeler vehicles will be launched soon at the he animal activists are highly T those who dump food for animals The area around Karnala fort in Regional Transport Office, Panvel, informed the Sub- Tdisturbed to see the rising on the highways there has been no the taluka is famous for its diver- Regional Transport Officer, Panvel. Citizens of Uran, cases of animals being hit by ve- success. The animals in the sanc- sity of birds. This area is protect- Panvel, Karjat and Khalapur talukas under the jurisdic- hicles near Karnala bird sanctuary tuary are losing their lives. Many ed. But the Mumbai-Goa highway tion of Panvel office are appealed to reserve attractive / in Panvel taluka. On 21st August, adjacent to the sanctuary is unsafe unattractive registration numbers for their new vehicle 2021 between at 12.30 pm an un- for wildlife. Crores of rupees have under Rule 57A of Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Rules identified vehicle hit a monkey been spent for the protection of 1989 in MH46 CC series. The office should be con- and left. The monkey was seri- the animals in the sanctuary. But tacted on office working days from 10.00 am to 2.00 ously injured in the accident. The the fact that they are not techni- pm. Such an appeal has been made by Sub-Regional incident evoked strong resentment cally effective is the reason that Transport Officer Anil Patil. If more than one applicant among the activists. wildlife accidents happen. applies for the same registration number, it should be Santosh Thakur, an animal Suraj Jadhav a frequent com- noted that a public auction will be held for the regis- activist said, “The monkey was muter mentioned, “Preventive tration number as per the provision, the Sub-Regional seriously injured and fell in the measures have been taken on both Transport Officer, Panvel said in a press release. middle of the road. Local activ- sides of the Mumbai-Goa highway ists in the area stopped to help the to prevent animals from entering CHANGE OF NAME monkey and took him to the side the sanctuary. But these measures of the road. They immediately are proving to be a failure as the I have changed my name from CAITANO SANTIAGO called Forest Range Officer Prad- lives of animals are being lost in GODINHO to CAETANO SANTIAGO GODINHO as ip Chavan and Forest Ranger Am- accidents on highways. Despite per documents. baji. The ranger Rathod, who was the pleas not to feed the monkeys, present at the spot, was requested some unruly citizens feed them to treat the injured monkey imme- times, we see injured animals and food anyway.” diately.” we report to the forest officials. Nandkishore Kupte, Assis- He further added, “Despite Unfortunately, no proper medi- repeated calls made to the forest cal facilities are available in the CONTINUED ON paGE... 4 DR. MAHENDRA KALYANKAR TAKES... Brief introduction of Dr. Mahendra Kalyankar (IAS) CONTINUED FROM paGE...1 • Date of birth: April 10, 1968 • Education: LLM and Doctorate in Management Nidhi Chaudhari’s ges- • Former Chief Minister's Private Secretary from 2008 to 2010. ture and took serious • Accepted the formulas as Akola Municipal Commissioner on 17th February objection over her pres- 2014. During this period, initiatives for Green Akola as well as anti-encroach- ence especially when the ment campaigns were implemented. administration was busy • Assigned as Manager, Maharashtra State Mining Corporation on 20th Janu- in relief and rehabilita- ary 2015 at Nagpur. tion work. • Assumed charge as Chief Executive Officer of Chandrapur Zilla Parishad on The new district col- 30th May 2015. Initiatives for Swachh Bharat Mission during this tenure. lector of Raigad Dr. Ma- • Award by the then Governor Vidyasagar Rao and Rural Development Minister hendra Kalyankar during Pankaja Munde for Bramhapuri Panchayat Samiti winning first place in the his tenure as district col- state in Yashwant Panchayat Raj Award Scheme lector of Thane received • Outstanding performance under Mission Navchetana Panchayat Raj Sashak- compliments by the ad- tikaran Abhiyan, Katkari Utthan Yojana, Jal Parishad, Jalayukta Shivar, Mahat- ministration for his ef- ma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Swachh Bharat forts to increase revenue Mission for Primary Education in the district in the district and also for • Performed significant responsibilities as Thane District Collector from 30th providing government April 2016 to 14th August 2018. schemes to the people through effective use of distribution of a few lakh er children were trained Act to make it easier information technology. certificates in one place and got jobs. Under his for banks and financial Dr.Kalyankar was also through innovative ini- leadership under the institutions to recover responsible for effective tiatives like government government's Digital In- their arrears. distribution of Pradhan fairs, first skill develop- dia program the Thane He was also lauded Mantri Mudra Yojana ment center of the dis- district collector’s office for his work as Labour loan and significant in- trict administration. He was awarded the Digital Commissioner. He had crease in crop loan dis- has set an example for Championship award. created awareness about ATTENTION READERS: While every effort is made bursement.