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12 October VOL. 13 • ISSUE 137 PAGES 10 • PRICE ` 1 2019 SATURDAY RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. NO. NMB/154/2017-19/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE NEWS IN City to observe global Senior Citizens demand BRIEF E-Waste Day on October 14 Escalators & Lifts Annual Most of the stations do exhibition Red bins, street play, human chain to not have the facility cum sale create awareness about safe disposal By Abhitash D. Singh ity is still a dream for Students, staff NAVI MUMBAI: Un- the Navi Mumbaikars. and management of like most of the sta- Sunil Parab (60) a Swami Brahmanand NAVI MUMBAI: Elec- tronic waste or e-waste tions in resident of Pratishthan, Centre Central Ulwe who for special children is is emerging as a seri- ous public health and and West- travels organizing their ern rail- from 30th annual exhibi- major environmental concern in the country. way line, Kharkopar tion cum sale on Oc- the sta- to Vashi dai- tober 12, 2019 from With an aim to in- crease consumers’ tions in ly says, “It 10.30 am to 6.30pm Navi becomes dif- at Swami Brah- knowledge about e- waste and how to dis- Mumbai ficult for the manand Pratish- are still person of than ‘Nav-Shanti’, pose it off correctly, en- vironmental groups, not com- my age to plot no 7, Sector 8A, muter travel in the CBD, Navi Mumbai. students and NGOs in 2019. and NGO Navi Mum- the city have come to- As part of the cam- bai First, students friendly, local train gether to observe the paign spearheaded by from Anchorwala Edu- say senior due to un- Coffee with International E-waste environment forum, citizens. availability Day on October 14, The Nature Connect Contd. on pg. 2 The sta- of lifts and Goa CM tions nei- escalators Goa State Chief ther have in almost Minister Pramod Fake driving license racket busted escala- all the sta- Sawant will be com- tors nor tions of Navi ing in the city on the By Crime Reporter elevators Mumbai. I due to which they have have to take staircases October 12. He will NAVI MUMBAI: The 245 fake licenses seized be participating in APMC police have ar- to use staircases, which for changing the the ‘Coffee with CM’- rested members of a becomes a difficult trains.” a chat programme task, they add. gang who issued fake Contd. on pg. 7 with Navi Mumbai driving license. The Both the Central doctors. The pro- gang allegedly stole the and Western Railway gramme will be held cancelled driving li- had decided to install between 4 pm to censes from the Navi escalators and eleva- 5 pm at Grand Mumbai RTO office tors at most of the sta- Mookambika Hotel, and made around 245 tions in the year 2011. plot No 1, Sector 1A, fake driving licenses. A After eight years, most Koperkhairane, in- large number of fake of the stations in both formed Dr. Rahul licenses, rubber stamps central and western Dhale, President of of Navi Mumbai, Pan- lines have at least two doctors Cell. to three escalators and Contd. on pg. 9 also lifts but this facil- www.newsband.in | [email protected] 2 Saturday, 12 October 2019 RCS Students Pay Tributes To Elders With Love & Affection

Montessori students showcasing their personalised greeting cards and mimicked their Grandparents. Few of them even dressed like their elders in the family

By Ashok Dhamija contribution towards NAVI MUMBAI: USA the society an activity based Tia Walker, a was conducted on renowned public Friday 11th of Octo- speaker, facilitator of ber 2019 by Ryan women’s groups, Christian school healthy lifestyle Vashi. advocate and proud Ryanites from mother of three sons Mont I to Gr. VIII once said “To care for made beautiful those who once cared greeting cards to for us is one of the express their love and highest honors.” gratitude for their Who better can be grandparents. Little referred in our close ones from Montessori Secondary students pen their thought about their sweet memories about their Grand Parents during one of the many surroundings, than section also imitated activities held to mark the International Elder’s Day one’s own Grandpar- their grandparents ents. They are the of a loving legacy, the tions. Grandparents Through their special close at heart. To with role plays much family’s greatest greatest storytellers, are the family’s love and care, grand- honour them and to to the delight of the treasure, the founders the keepers of tradi- strong foundation. parents keep a family appreciate their gathering. City to laptops, cameras, TVs last year’s collective “The ill-effects of pealed to the PM and lamented Lions club etc. campaign, Navi Mum- improper and irrespon- the various States to member, Vijayalaksh- observe A group of citizens bai Municipal Corpora- sible disposal of e- take appropriate policy mi B. global... will gather at 11 am on tion (NMMC) had an- waste are too well measures and save the It may be recalled Saturday to formally nounced to set up an known to be de- nation from future that according to AS- Contd. from pg. 1 launch the campaign. E-waste education sec- scribed,” said Mohan shocks. Sadly, envi- SOCHAM, an indus- cation Academy will “We will hand over the tion at the country’s Gurnani, Chairman of ronment care is one of trial body in India, the stage a street play and E waste to government first Swachh Park at Navi Mumbai First. the most neglected as- Compound Annual conduct a human recognised labs for safe Koparkhairane. That “We are told that high pects by the Centre Growth Rate (CAGR) of chain at Vashi Railway disposal and recy- was a good beginning. and prolonged exposure and States.” electronic waste is station focusing on e- cling,” said B N Ku- We now need to go be- to these chemicals and ”It is shocking 30%. With changing waste management. mar, director of The yond this Park concept pollutants emitted dur- that the awareness consumer behaviour Lions Club of Navi Nature Connect. An- and ensure proper col- ing unsafe e-waste re- about proper disposal and rapid economic Mumbai NRI will also chorwala Education lection and disposal,” cycling leads to dam- of e-waste if generally growth, ASSOCHAM participate. Academy has also kept said Kumar. age of nervous sys- lacking and hence estimates that India In a first citizen en- a red bin at its school The Nature Con- tems, blood systems, many of us tend to sell will generate 5.2 mil- deavour, The Nature inviting students, par- nect has launched a kidneys and brain de- it as any other junk to lion tonnes of e-waste Connect will keep a ents and teachers to campaign addressing velopment, respiratory kabadi and raddiwalas,” by 2020. dedicated red e-waste make use of it. the Chief Ministers of disorders, skin disor- bin at its premises at The Nature Con- States like Maharash- ders, bronchitis, lung Sector-6 as a perma- nect has aligned itself tra, Telangana, Kar- cancer, heart, liver, ATTENTION READERS nent facility for people with the Europe based nakata and Haryana and spleen damage,” While every effort is made to check the genuineness of to deposit their dis- WEEE (Waste Electric which has IT and he said. party/parties inserting ads in this paper, we cannot be held carded e waste prod- sand Electric Equip- ITES hubs using and Nandakumar responsible for the truthfulness of its contents. The publish- ucts, which may in- ment) Forum to focus replacing electronic Pawar, head of Shree ers, Editor and/or the staff cannot be held responsible for clude gadgets like on scientific disposal of equipment in large Ekvika Aai Pratishtan any loss or damage due to transactions that they may enter smartphone, tablets, e-waste. “During our numbers. said: “We have ap- into guided by the ads.

Printed and owned by Kailash Shankarlalji Gindodia Published by Shiv Kailash Gindodia Editor : Varda Sharma Printed at Siddhakala Print Media & Publications Pvt. Ltd. Plot No. W-230, T.T.C. Ind. Area, MIDC, Khairane, Navi Mumbai – 400 710 and published at 1313/1314, 13th Floor, Real Tech Park, Plot No. 39/2, Sec. 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400 703. • RNI No. MAHENG2007/21778 • Postal Regn. No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office • ABC Certificte No. 133/2106 Phone : 2087 0513 / 2781 5380 Telefax : 2781 5380 e-mail : [email protected] website : www.newsband.in www.newsband.in | [email protected] 3 12 - 18 October 2019 Two Nigerians arrested for selling drugs Sharbat distrubuted on Vijayadashami to school students in Navi Mumbai By Crime Reporter about a man named team chased and NAVI MUMBAI: A spe- Imran Gulshan Khan nabbed the Nigerian cial anti-narcotics (30), who sold drugs citizen and arrested team of Circle-1 has near Fr. Agnel School him. When the police arrested two Nigerian in Vashi. Accordingly, checked they found 35 citizens and a peddler special squad laid a grams of heroin in his who smuggled heroin trap and nabbed Imran possession. Subse- and methaculone near the school. The quently, both the Nige- drugs to students in police found 12 grams rian citizens and Im- various schools, colleg- of methaculone under ran Khan have been es in Navi Mumbai. Ac- his possession. When arrested under NDPS, cording to Deputy the team further in- said Deputy Commis- Commissioner of Po- quired, he informed sioner of Police Pankaj By Chandrashekhar Hendve Sharbat to the committee president lice, Pankaj Dahane, about two other accom- Dahane. On the occasion of devotees. Present on Najim Qureshi, Vice heroin and methacu- plices. The Nigerian citi- Vijayadashami (Dusse- this occasion were president Farooq lone powder worth Rs. Following which zen, Anhey Kingsley hra), the Muslim Anwar Shaikh, Sheikh, Secretary 2 lakh were seized from the special squad, with Chinedu, arrested in community in Turbhe former Navi Mumbai Wasim Shaikh, both the men. the help of Imran the case, was smug- under the aegis of Municipal Transport Treasurer Ismail According to police, Khan, called Nigerian gling drugs and sup- Madina Navi Mumbai committee chairman, Qureshi, Salim Khan a student, Ganesh citizen Anhee Kingsley plying to Imran Khan. Committee distributed Madina Navi Mumbai and others. Suryavanshi was Chinedu, 29, near Fr. It is learnt that these found consuming drug Agnel’s school. Howev- drugs were sold to stu- by a patrolling special er, he tried to flee when dents near Fr Agnel anti- narcotics team of he saw police. But, Spe- School, ICL College in zone-1. When the spe- cial branch Assistant Navi Mumbai, as well cial squad interrogated Police Inspector Gan- as the students at DY him, Ganesh informed gadhar Devde and his Patil College in Nerul. Deep Mela at Urban Haat On the occasion of han, Gujarat, Odisha, will be the colourful di- Diwali, Deep Mela has Kerala, Tamil Nadu, yas (lamps) in various been organised at Ur- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, sizes while the other ban Haat in Belapur Chhattisgarh and products include hand- from 19th October to Haryana will be dis- loom clothes, modern 28th October, 2019 be- dress material, tween 11.00 am to sarees, crafts, aro- 9.00 p.m. matic candles, jute Artisans and art- products, artificial ists from Maharash- jewellery etc. There Training provided to citizens about voting in Agarkoli Bhavan in Navi Mumbai Nerul tra State Small Scale will also be food stalls (Sumit Renose). Industries Board, De- displaying the tradi- partment of Tribal De- tional delicacies. Cul- velopment, GoM, tural programmes Election Office of Airoli 150 constituency Madhya Pradesh will be held on week- Handicraft and Hand- playing traditional art days between 07.00 pm holds an awareness camp for senior citizens loom Development Cor- and craft products dur- to 09.00 pm to add fla- and people with physically challenged poration and from var- ing the Deep Mela. vour to the pro- ious states like Rajast- The main attraction gramme. Vendor arrested for selling tobacco products to minors By Crime Reporter products to minors. ed, Kanhaiyalal NAVI MUMBAI: The Despite ban on selling Gupta, 55 under anti-narcotics team cigarettes and other section 77, 78 of the arrested a small tobacco products to Children Act (Juvenile vendor for selling minors under the age Justice Act, 2015). cigarettes and other of 18. “The police said tobacco products to Accordingly, the that the action will be children under the age anti-narcotics team taken against shop- By Chandrashekahr Hendve the specially abled and kar. of 18. which was monitoring keepers if they are NAVI MUMBAI: With senior citizens under During the aware- The action was the shop in Vashi found selling tobacco an aim to have good Airoli 150 constituen- ness camp Mr. Kar- taken following Sector-2 on Thursday and drugs, such as voter’s turnout during cy. Detailed informa- gutkar gave demon- complaints to the caught the owner leaves, sugary nuts, the upcoming assem- tion about ramps, stration of the actual Anti-Narcotics En- giving cigarette to a tobacco, gutkha, bly election, which wheelchairs, transport voting process which forcement Team 16-year-old boy. The cigarettes, alcohol to will be held on 21st system, etc., were is done via the EVM against a shopkeeper anti-narcotics team minors under 18 years October, 2019 the provided to the voters machine. He gave in Vashi Sector-2 who also shot a video. of age,” said senior Election Office Abhay under the guidance of information to the was selling cigarettes Later, the team raided police inspector Kargutkar orgainsed Election Decision and other tobacco his home and arrest- Ravindra Budhwant. an awareness camp of Officer Abhay Kargut- Contd. on pg. 4 www.newsband.in | [email protected] 4 12 - 18 October 2019 Aiming for smart city status for the satellite city we can touch 3rd posi- information technology pedestrians should be duce fuel, reduces prop- easy access to all basic tion. Already, Navi is the principal infra- given a pride of place. osition in the smart infrastructure with Mumbai is a child structure and the basis We need to have better city race. Thus we best quality cent per friendly city with num- for providing essential planning to make our would like to have less cent efficiency. The ef- ber of schools and chil- services to residents. dream come true. Cit- traffic congestion. ficiency of the utilities dren’s parks available There are many tech- izens will enjoy wide As we propose to in one that is not in plenty. It has nological platforms in- pathways with street have a safe and sound achieved till date due to achieved the status of a volved, including but furniture at regular in- living with hassle free inadequate monitoring. livable city and an In- not limited to automat- tervals with easy mo- civic services. Initia- Making the city beau- By C K Subramaniam ternational Airport is ed sensor networks and bility to differently- tives such as LED tiful is of foremost im- Gone are the days coming up soon. More- data centres. Though abled. Car free Sunday lights to ensure pedes- portance. Cities are fo- when Navi Mumbai over it is an eco-friend- this may sound futur- that will make streets trian safety, video sur- cusing on developing was just twin city along- ly city and measures istic, it is now likely to available for citizens to veillance to monitor more lung spaces in the side Mumbai. It is are underway to main- become a reality as the interact and do lot of crime in the city with city. As part of smart time to expand the ra- tain its environment ‘smart cities’ movement activities on streets. an effective common city initiatives, smart dius of these Metro cit- friendly nature. It is a control centre to moni- components like cy- ies beyond and have a regional economic cen- tor the traffic violations cling, street furniture, twin city concept. tre with commercial and to ensure efficient jogging track, space for There are many 2 tier capital Mumbai by our on street parking man- hawkers etc., will con- cities developing and side. Again it is a tran- agement. Most impor- tribute a lost in en- once these cities take a sit oriented city with tantly, this will enable hancing aesthetic of strong hold, Mumbai transport available to citizen’s engagement in the city. Green spaces has to be able to com- go to anywhere in the all aspects of city func- will get a new dimen- pete with them. Navi entry. With Konkan tioning as the data sion with new soft and Mumbai, Mumbai’s railways starting from sharing or transparen- hard landscape with satellite city, itself, is Panvel and it is an en- cy between government WI-fi hot spots, which giving Mumbai a run route to many places. and citizens will be a will be an interesting for its money. The sat- There are lots of ex- forum for citizens to sport for citizens to re- ellite city is home to pectations from Smart understand the know lax, exercise and inter- many IT parks and cities concept coming in how of their city. act. It also plays a head office of various India. Many of the pro- The major and fore- major role in creating corporates. Same is posed smart cities in most is the need for di- a healthy and sustained true for Bangalore, Hy- India lacks basic infra- saster management environment. derabad, Chennai and structure and the deci- cell. Disasters are in- Now it is time to more recently Noida sion to include them is evitable, however hu- make sure that the city and Pune. These 2nd defeated with the draw- unfolds in India. Availability of ade- man interventions in is clean and green to rung cities have the backs particularly lack There are 10 basic quate parking is the taking up precaution- give the much needed advantage of being bet- of drinking water and needs for achieving the need of the hour as ary measures will help ambiance required for ter planned and other amenities. With yardstick and citizens number of vehicles are in minimising the loss setting up a smart equipped with better increasing urbaniza- expect those basic plying on the roads. to a great extent. city. The city will have infrastructure, lesser tion and the load on amenities. The main With more and more Clean and healthy to take up the addition- population, tax breaks rural land, the govern- and the major ones are heavy vehicles on the neighbourhood is a al responding of provid- etc. Mumbai, on the ment has now realised commented upon here:- street, manoeuvring blessing in disguise. ing quality education, other hand is crowded, the need for cities that We need to have better through the heavy ve- Solid waste manage- dependable power sup- expensive and polluted. can cope with the chal- public transport sys- hicular traffic is a ment through smart ply, health conscious- It is time to aim lenges of urban living tem to be at par with tough task. On street solutions to make roads ness, e-governance, af- high and should have a and also be magnets for world’s best cities. The parking management clean and to ensure a fordable housing for broader outlook. Our investment. The an- growing urbanisation is a reliable revenue for healthy environment is poor, water supply and vision should go beyond nouncement of ‘100 has increased the num- the cities, which can be considered as an impor- several other sectors our expectations and we smart cities’ falls in line ber of private vehicles used to further tant factor for smart would be the centre of must strive harder for with this vision. thereby creating traffic strengthen public cities. Recycling of focus under the project. getting back the smart A ‘smart city’ is an congestion in almost all transportation system waste will produce re- Smart city tag will city status. We should urban region that is cities of India. In Mum- in cities. Managing the newable energy, en- bring cheers to the citi- have a vision for the highly advanced in bai we look upon local on street parking will sures safe disposal of zens of the country and future. Already, Navi terms of overall infra- trains as our lifeline reduce traffic conges- solid waste, prevents we dream of becoming Mumbai is the cleanest structure, sustainable and if it stops on day tion, increase effective soil and environmental a place to behold in the city in India and we are real estate, communi- and everything goes carriage way width pollution and reduces world. in the seventh position cations and market vi- awry. available for the vehi- depletion of resources. The writer is freelancer and and by striving hard, ability. It is a city where In our roads, the cles to commute, re- There is need for resides in Sanpada Election Chief Kranti Patil Surve (Deputy Solase (Nodal Officer) were present. Speak- Tahsildar), Vilas as well as a central Office of ing during the occa- Whaval, Arvind office coordinating Airoli... sion Mr. Kargutkar Ursal, Ashutosh officer were present. said, “Various facili- Cont. from pg. 1 ties have been ar- citizens about the ranged for the physi- SPECIAL OFFER various services cally challenged people arranged for the and senior citizens.” CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT ON REAL people to ensure that He appealed them to ESTATE (Buying /Selling /Paying Guest etc.) they do not face turn in large numbers A 20 word classified in NEWSBAND difficulties during during the voting day. voting. On this occasion will cost you only Rs 150/- + GST Applicable During the camp Sujatkha Tadavi for direct buyers and sellers. Deputy Commissioner (assistant election For details, call : 20870513, 27815380 (License) and ETC officer), Samata www.newsband.in | [email protected] 3 Saturday, 12 October 2019 Magnificent performance by Praveena Gouthaman

By Dilip Sengupta

People born during quicksand of life right peers and believing in this week of any year now before it smothers yourself more. You get have the right inten- to completely in its discipline in your life tions and you ride the slush. and get organised. You right horses but the re- You are trying your put in long hours at wards are not as expect- best to the most of the work and start from the ed. There are new op- rotten situation that scratch. The dividends By Lakshman Sundar Manasa in raagam crown in Smt. portunities and a you find yourself in. It starts showing almost The Anushaktina- Bahudari with Kalpa- Praveena Goutha- chance of true peace, will help you to take to immediately as though gar Kanchi Kamakoti na Svaram followed. man’s exquisite plenty and prosperity. self disciplining, your life was just wait- Kainkarya Sabha Saraswathi Na- portrayal. She kept You take a break and through yoga and med- ing to be set right and (AKKKS) organized mothuthe in Saras- the audience enrap- spend time with conge- itation. Work is unat- looking for the slightest Navarathri Festival wathi raagam com- tured and entranced nial companion ship. tended and you could excuse to stabilise it- at Sri Shakthi posed by late Shri. by for more than an You try to take your risk a job loss and this self. Finance improves Vinayaka & Sri Raja G N Balasubramanian hour and half. “It hair down and laugh, could to further ramifi- and so do the relation- Rajeswari Temple and Sri Raja turned out be a great play and relax, but it cation. You need to sta- ships. There are other inside BARC Complex Rajeswari in Poor- evening of pure doesn’t help too much. ble your boat to a sta- personal gains too but by having cultural nachandrilka by traditional Carnatic Deep down you know ble ground and make the larger canvass programs in which Shri. Muthusamy music. The artiste that your plans are not an all out effort to do it. needs to be more illumi- various artistes from Dhikshithar were virtually transported working and as you had The waters are now nated as you know Mumbai and Navi presented with con- us to heaven through hoped they would. You swirling around your where you are headed. Mumbai participated. summate passion and her divine and need to look ahead with neck and you could re- You are pulling your- On Saturday, October utmost devotion. Then melodious voice,” said hope .You look at the alise that you could self from the bootstraps. 5th Vashi based came Janani in Sudha a group of connois- metaphysical aspects of drown in it. Everybody You have indulged your- Carnatic Vocalist Saveri by Shri. Swati seurs of music who life and seek answers. helps you. Family and self in various ways and Smt. Praveena Thirunal, Shankari came from Kharghar, It’s a time for deep in- friends rally around feel it’s time to return Gouthaman delighted Shankuru (Thisra Navi Mumbai. trospection. There you and with every ef- to the daily grind. You a discerning audience Nadai) in Saveri by The accompanists could be marital prob- fort you salvage the lost make Super human ef- by singing famous Shri Shyama Sastri, Shri. Satish Seshadri lems and several indul- ground. Suddenly even forts at your job front compositions in Srinivasa in Hamsan- on the violin and gencies that trap you total strangers lend a and realise that you re- honour of Goddesses andam by Shri Papa- Shri. Anirudh Srini- and throw you frontal- helping hand. alise that the sincere Durga, Saraswathi nasam Sivan and vasan on the mridan- ly into a downward spi- There is progress in hard work is the need of and Lakshmi. Bhaagyada Lakshmi gam gave a good ral, i.e a way of your your affairs as you the day. She commenced Baaramma by Saint support. own making. Your wrestle to quell. The Enquiries, if any are the evening concert Purandara Dasar- all The artistes were mind is not rock steady demons that hound solicited on No.98694 with a Kalyani sparkling like dia- honored by the and is the cause of all you. You look at growth 72971. Varnam. Then Bhaja monds in a bejewelled President of AKKKS. your problems. and advancement and There is some confi- you push hard to dence and self beliefs in achieve your potential. your efforts but they You could see many are still not bearing changes which could fruit. You are in debt include your job hope or and take to gamble and a new line of work alto- other excesses, it is gether. You feel isolat- high time that you pull ed now and need to up your socks or it work back lost prestige. could get too late. The You take time off and family is pained by spend it in Ashrams what they see and you and for GURU’s look- to refuse to hear the ing for answers. There sane counsel of friends may be even a pilgrim- and well wishers.You age to a shrine as you know they are right but need divine help. You you are adamant and have the rails and need refuse to listen to your to get back on the inner voice which tells track. Your mind is still you to change in no playing tricks with you uncertain terms. Your and you strive to quell mind is warped and it. you are being swayed by There is a shimmer new found associates of hope as you slowly who don’t mean well for regain control of your you .You need to extri- life. You need to get cate yourself from the back the respect of your www.newsband.in | [email protected] 4 Saturday, 12 October 2019 Navi Mumbai DSO Athletics Meet Gets Underway By Ashok Dhamija NAVI MUMBAI: Over 2000 athletes (Boys and Girls) in three age groups U-14, U-17 and U-19 from over 55 schools in Navi Mumbai jurisdic- tion are participating in the District Sports Office Athletics meet being or- ganized by NMMC Sports Department at Bharatratna Rajiv Gan- dhi Sports Complex, CBD Belapur. Photo feature shows some exciting mo- ments on Day 1 which witnessed 32 finals in various Track and Field A Thane District Athletics Association official documents the proceedings at the finish events. line. Close finishes including those in the qualifying rounds of the relay event were the order of the opening day.

The lush green track provided an ideal opportunity for the budding athletes in the U-14 age group to run bare foot.

New Horizon Public School, Airoli athletes too made a mark in various Track and Field the events on the open- ing day. They included (L to R in front row) Ishani Panth and Archit Mahale who came second in the Girls and Boys U 17 Discuss Throw events. On the other hand (L to R second row) Smit Gaingade Shashank Kubeskar both U-17 came in first in Long Jump and 100m events, while Prathmesh Patil (U-14) and Jay Adake (U-19) too came in first in 100m and Javelin Throw respectively.

Sai Sawant who won the Long Jump Gold in the U-19 Girls category also anchored Fr Agnel 4x100m Relay team to the glory on the opening day. Sai (extreme right) joins her U-19 other members of the quartet (Inset) which included (L to R) Nidhi Shetty, Kirti Madhvi, Dharitri Nandy who were part of the successful Agnels team which had earlier also won the Navi Mumbai DSO U-19 Girls Football title.

A young athlete gets some support from his team mate in order to me fit for the next race.

Fellow athletes find something to smile about during one of the event even as their Coach keeps track of the busy schedule of various Track and Field events for her athletes www.newsband.in | [email protected] 5 Saturday, 12 October 2019 Funfilled Activities Mark Young Citizens Embark On A Blue Day Celebrations Educative Trip To A Police Station

The Montessori students of Ryan Kharghar enjoyed their educative outdoor trip to the Blue over the ages has been one of the favourite colour of Boys nearest Police Station By Ashok Dhamija NAVI MUMBAI: To take a closer look at the Community Help- er, who maintains law & order and ful- fils the responsibility of providing security to the citizens, an ed- ucational outfield trip to the nearby police station was organized Time to witness weapons used by men in kakhi at close Dressed in variants of Blue Girls too participated with enthusiasm and showcase for the Montessori quarters various props, toys etc . Section of Ryan Inter- By Ashok Dhamija 11 Oct, 2019 with en- props, toys and charts. national School, NAVI MUMBAI: Blue- thusiasm in the school As water is blue, the Kharghar early this the colour of the sea and premises. teachers took the oppor- week the sky, Makes the The teachers ex- tunity to make the tiny The tiny tots smil- spirit rise and fly….The plained the importance tots aware about the ingly greeted the men Montessori section of of colors and showed importance of water in kakhi with confi- Ryan Sanpada celebrat- them various things in dence. The young cit- ed Blue Day on Friday blue color through Contd. on pg. 7 izens were thrilled to see the various de- partments of a police Students of SCOE bring laurels station such as the wireless room, police lockup, case diary room, the weapons room etc. The inspec- tor on duty explained about the procedural aspects of a com- plaint. He also took the students to the A lady Police official extends warm welcome to all the weapons room, where young visitors he demonstrated how to use a gun. The stu- policemen, but were duties performed by po- dents were intrigued eager to shake hands licemen. It was an en- to see the gun and with them and moved joyable experience for KHARGHAR: Students tion held at KJSIEIT, Rangari (Dean) and Dr. even more excited around the premises the kids. On their way of Saraswati College of Sion. Madan Jagtap (Dean) when they had a comfortably. The pur- back to school the stu- Engineering (SCOE), Students from var- of SCOE congratulated hands on experience. pose of the visit was ful- dents sang the rhyme Kharghar won Mumbai ious prestigious colleg- the students for their “Even though for filled, which was to ‘Wheels of the bus’ and won first prize for Pre- es in Mumbai region stupendous perfor- majority of the chil- make the students un- couldn’t wait to share sentation at the Region- participated in the mances. SCOE now dren, it was a maiden derstand the physical their experience with al level Nurturing Intel- competition. Dr. Man- qualifies for NICE visit to the police sta- structure of a police sta- parents” shared Swap- ligence of Curious Engi- jusha Deshmukh South-Asia 2019 com- tion they were not in- tion and make them na Wale, Section Head neers (NICE) competi- (Principal), Dr. Sunil petition. hibited by presence of aware of the nature of of the institute. www.newsband.in | [email protected] 6 Saturday, 12 October 2019 Bollywood celebrities galore at the

Issue : 137 12 October, 2019 launch of Khalid Mohamed’s debut novel ‘The Aladia Sisters’ Sustainable development Om Books Interna- chronicled only by one has written the origi- tional celebrated the journalist, the grand- nal stories and screen- is the need of the hour launch of The Aladia son of one of the sisters. plays for three films by Economic Development vs. Environment protection- This has Sisters Khalid Moham- About the Author Shyam Benegal: Mam- become the biggest dilemma and the topic of heated debate in ed’s debut novel. The Khalid Mohamed mo, Sardari Begum today’s world. novel was launched by started as reviewer and and Zubeidaa. He Even though development and growth have always been vital Chief Guest, Bollywood co-editor during his wrote the original sto- to people, dramatic changes in the climate as well as its impact on Director Karan teenage years, for ries and screenplays for the environment have made a sea change in the perception of de- Johar and Guest of Ho- Close-Up, a film society the films, Fiza, Te- nour Anil Kapoor, who quarterly magazine. hzeeb and Silsiilay and velopment in the recent years. spoke about Khalid He then covered crime, also directed them. He The Indian economy has grown at a tremendous pace over the Mohamed’s immense politics and the arts for was playwright and di- last few decades. With the fast paced construction, there has also contribution to Hindi The Times of India, rector of the stage play been large influx of people migrating from rural areas to cities cinema. Mumbai, from the mid- Kennedy Bridge. His leading to newer settlements. While, the development growth has On the occasion, helped the rising population in improving their quality of life, it Karan Johar, Anil has led to compromise in the natural habitat of animals as they Kapoor, Khalid Mo- have been displaced from many a places where high rise buildings hamed, Javed Akhtar have come up. and Publisher, Ajay The catastrophic consequences of environment degradation for Mago shared their ex- periences of putting to- achieving growth rapidly have been largely visible as the number gether the book. of floods as well as torrential rains have increased drastically and Also present on the the world is experiencing global warming, rising pollution etc. occasion were Asha There is no denying the fact that both development and envi- Parekh, Lalita Lajmi, ronment are important in their respective spheres. While on the Maria Goretti, Anoop one hand, to eradicate poverty and increase growth in the econo- Soni, Juhi Babbar, Ra- my, development is mandatory. Without economic development a jniesh Duggall and nation cannot come out of the vicious circle of poverty and cannot Achint Kaur, among provide their residents a guarantee of survival. On the other hand, others. rapid development is depleting the natural resources, without About the book Traversing the era which survival is impossible. of the British Raj, the Development and environment need to be seen as complemen- Partition and India’s 1970s, engaged in dai- documentaries The tary, not antagonistic terms. Although the issue has gained more Independence to the ly reporting and film Last Irani Chai, Little importance in today’s grave scenario, sadly, environment conser- here and now of the In- criticism. Appointed Big People on Mum- vation is still a neglected sector. Improper implementation of pol- ternet millennium, the Media Editor of the pa- bai’s street children, icies, coupled with indifferent attitudes of authorities has accentu- story of six sisters of a per, he went on to serve and The Master: Shy- ated the ineffectiveness of environment strategy in India. patriarchal Muslim as editor of Filmfare am Benegal, have been What probably is needed is to create more awareness and sen- family, is investigated magazine, while con- widely screened at in- sitivity towards the environment and the best way to do so is to by a journalist. Before tinuing as the daily’s ternational film festi- tap students. We should also provide infrastructure for waste man- coming of age, the sis- film critic for 27 years. vals and on television. ters had run away in He reviewed television He has written two agement, water harvesting and paper recycling in schools and col- the deep cover of the for The Economic short story collections leges which can help in sowing the seeds of environment conscious- night from a Haryana Times besides contrib- – Two Mothers and ness in young minds. village to define their uting articles to The Il- Other Stories and Fac- Environmental balance has been one of the primary reasons lives and destinies. Be- lustrated Weekly of In- tion: Short Stories by why sustainability has been maintained for thousands of years. If gan an undeclared dia and Femina. His 22 Film Personalities development is achieved at the cost of spoiling environment, then game of may-the-best- writing has also been Speaking about the development loses its sheen. What needs to be focused and sister win. Earn mon- featured in India To- book, Ajay Mago, Pub- stressed upon is sustainable development. The development should ey, express inchoate tal- day, The Indian Ex- lisher, Om Books In- be planned and carried out in such a way that it uses as less natural ents in the arts, hook press, The Telegraph, ternational said, “The resources as possible and also saves a considerable amount for the richest husband, the international film Aladia Sisters is trib- raise the next genera- weekly, Variety, and in ute to the novel as an our future generations. With this sustainable development, the tion right – these were the Sunday Observer, art form. It a story that economic growth of the world is also not restricted and the envi- just a scattering of London. He was film started germinating ronment is also taken care of. We all need to join hand in this their to-do list. critic for Mid-day, Se- years ago, was cast endeavour. A conscious step by each one of us can go a long way in Through confidences nior Editor of DNA into different art forms maintaining a perfect balance between environment and develop- and vignettes, updates newspaper, and Na- before being distilled ment. and interviews, the tional Culture Editor into a novel spanning Mumbai journalist and film critic for the three generations. The travels between Delhi, Hindustan Times. A canvas is vast, and the Ajmer, Mount Abu and post-graduate in Polit- choices made by the London, to recreate the ical Science from protagonists—six sis- For Newspaper narrative of a confeder- Mumbai’s St Xavier’s ters—caught at the acy of women who College, he has trans- crossroad of the na- dared to break the rules lated eminent painter tion’s and their person- SUBSCRIPTION way before they were M.F. Husain’s autobi- al histories, make it a written. The story – ography – Where Art novel reminiscent of Call Now : 2087 0513 | 2781 5380 blending fact and fiction Thou? – from Hin- the classics we grew up – could have been dustani to English. He with.” www.newsband.in | [email protected] 7 Saturday, 12 October 2019 Johnson & Johnson India employees Letters to the Editor.... join forces to battle plastic pollution Hawkers are a nuisance The hawkers menace in Mumbai and its sub- urbs is getting out of control. Hill Road in Ban- dra (West) has become a terrible and horrible place with hawkers occupying the road right from Bandra railway station to Mehboob Stu- dios and even further. Majority of these hawk- ers selling clothes and other items do not even have a license. The concerned authorities should take a strict action against them. Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai A burning issue The common practice for household refuse disposal in rural areas is to dump solid wastes openly in backyard gardens or in an open space. Such indiscriminate disposal is an environmen- tal hazard and can threaten human health and Employees from government’s Swach- committed to the ef- Johnson. ”At Johnson safety. Johnson & Johnson’s hata Hi Seva initiative. forts to reduce the reli- & Johnson, we encour- Solid waste that is improperly disposed of along with their fami- “We laud the Indian ance on single-use age and support civic can result in a number of problems. It can cre- lies collected over 1057 government’s sustain- plastic,” says Vikas improvements that ate a breeding ground for pathogenic microor- kilograms of plastic ability initiatives, and Srivastava, Managing help protect the envi- ganisms and vectors of disease, and cause a waste across India in as responsible corpo- Director, Consumer In- ronment and natural public nuisance due to unsightliness and bad support of the Indian rate citizens, remain dia at Johnson & resources,” he added. smell. It can cause contamination of surround- ing soil, groundwater and surface water, and it can also create fire hazards, physical hazards Hockey India CEO Ms Elena Norman Bags and have poisoning effects (from pesticides and insecticides). ‘Business Woman of the Year Award’ At IABCA 2019 However, these problems can be avoided by using appropriate management techniques. For By Ashok Dhamija around the the occasion, Mohd all waste management issues, your role should Hockey India CEO world, along Mushtaque Ahmad, be to engage community members and fami- Ms Elena Norman won with the President, Hockey In- lies in awareness of the solid waste problems in the prestigious ‘Busi- successful dia said, “On behalf of their area and try to change their behaviour. ness Woman of the Year organizing Hockey India and its In doing so, it should be possible to have a clean, Award’ at the India Aus- of various staff, I would like to con- attractive and sustainable environment. tralia Business & Com- prestigious gratulate our CEO Ms Proper management of solid waste will help munity Awards (IAB- internation- Elena Norman, on re- your community prevent communicable diseas- CA) 2019 which is sup- al events ceiving the prestigious es and safeguard the environment in a sustain- ported by Trade & In- such as the Business Woman of the able manner. vestment Queensland Odisha Year Award at the In- C.K Subramaniam, Millennium Towers, Sanpada held in Brisbane, Aus- Hockey dia Australia Business tralia at the IABCA Men’s & Community Awards Gala on Friday World Cup 2019 (IABCA). Over the Senior Pravashi Sangh evening. Ms Norman held in Bhu- years, her contribution informed, “We have was given the Award for baneswar to the sport has been Citizens been doing a regular her contribution and an last year. immense which has demand... follow-up with the outstanding impact on Congrat- railway authorities Contd. on pg. 9 Contd. from pg. 1 the development and Hockey India CEO Ms Ele- ulating Ms Norman on and also communicat- promotion of hockey na Norman poses with the Hasina Barakhab ing with the Ministry within the country and IABCA 'Business Woman Funfilled colour being one of (72) a resident of Nerul of Railways for provid- beyond. of the Year 'Award .jpeg them. All the children said, “Undoubtedly ing escalators as well As may be recalled Activities... looked dazzling bright most of the stations on as lifts for the benefit Ms Norman has term as the CEO of Cont. from pg. 5 in various shades of the western and central of the people of Navi worked in the Indian Hockey India, the Indi- and the reasons to con- blue color. Blue is one lines are commuter Mumbai. We have sports industry for an Women Hockey serve and save it. They of the three primary friendly. Commuters, been assured that the more than a decade, team qualified for the explained the value of colours of pigments in especially elderly people proposal for the same and prior to joining Olympic Games after environment and its painting and tradition- or those with physical will be taken up soon. Hockey India, she 36 years when they took contribution in a al colour theory, as well challenges or expectant We are hopeful that served as the COO with part in the 2016 Rio healthy world. Chil- as in the RGB colour mothers, need facilities soon the stations in a Sports Marketing Olympics and climbed dren make beautiful model. Its one of the fa- like elevators, escala- Navi Mumbai too will agency in New Delhi. to No. 9 in FIH Rank- badges with the mes- vorite color of humans. tors- which are the ba- get these facilities, Her expertise, along ings, the Junior Men’s sage of saving every A blue and clear sky, a sic amenities. However, which is likely to be with her dedication to- Hockey Team won the drop of water and car- sparkling blue water same is not the case in started from Airoli and wards the growth, de- Junior Hockey World ried proudly the mes- body add to the fitness Navi Mumbai’s station. later at all the stations velopment and better- Cup 2016, the Indian sage to their parents. of the Earth and help to The central railway till Panvel.” ment of Indian Hockey Men’s Hockey team “The event is a part spread awareness should provide at least Central Railway has seen the Men’s and improved their ranking of a Funfilled educative about the priority it two escalators and two Public Relationship Women’s National to No. 5 in the FIH initiative which is held holds in life” shared lifts at most of the sta- Officer A K Singh was Teams improve tremen- Rankings by virtue of over a period of time to Muriel Fernandes, tions in Navi Mumbai.” unavailable for the dously over the past winning various inter- introduce the young Principal of the Ryan Bhakti Dave, comment even after decade. During her national tournaments kids on various topics, Sanpada. President of Panvel several attempt. www.newsband.in | [email protected] 8 Saturday, 12 October 2019 X1 Racing League from November 30, powered by JK Tyre The X1 Racing and make motorsport and will have three that brings interna- ternational female er Ameet Ghadoke; Hy- League; a concept accessible to all. It is a unique team-based tional motorsport tal- drivers are English derabad team by re- started by Indian rac- huge opportunity for race formats per day. ent to interact with In- racers Pippa Mann nowned industrialist ers Armaan Ebrahim Akhilesh Reddy and and Aditya Patel will Ahmedabad by Pen In- hit circuits on Novem- dia Studios promoter ber 30-December 1 in Dhaval Gada. The New Delhi and Decem- sixth team ownership ber 7-8 in Chennai. has been confirmed and The league announced will also be announced its six team owners shortly. and will be powered by Adding to the inno- JK Tyres Motorsport. vation in the Indian “We are excited to realm of motorsports, partner with extreme- OnePlus, the global ly passionate team own- technology brand, has ers who have a long- joined hands with X1 term vision to develop Racing team as the Ti- and build motorsports aspiring racers from The X1 Racing League dian talent in this com- and Alice Powell, Swit- tle Sponsors to launch in India. We thank JK India to make their will follow the eSports position. It will appeal zerland’s Rahel Frey, the X1 Racing eSports Tyre for believing in us mark and all eyes from competition and will to a larger fan base and Denmark’s Michelle Season 1, a digital sim- and coming on board as the racing community take place at the Bud- with the addition of the Gatting and Christina ulator-based racing our Powered-By spon- will be on the league dh International Cir- eSports league, will Neilsen and Polish rac- competition with a prize sor. Personally, for thereafter,” said Ar- cuit in Delhi NCR and make the sport more er Gosia Rdest. pool of Rs.1.5 crore. The Aditya and me, this is maan Ebrahim at a the Madras Motor Race accessible.” said Mr. The X1 Racing first-of-its-kind eSports completing a full circle press conference held Track in Chennai. Sanjay Sharma, Head- League teams will be initiative in India will with them, and we in Mumbai on Wednes- “We at JK Tyre have Motorsport, JK Tyre. representing six cities, be organized between thank Sanjay Sharma day. been nurturing and The international franchise owners were October 10, 2019 and for his enthusiastic The franchise-based honing talents in the male racers include announced today. November 17, 2019 support. We are excit- X1 Racing League will country for almost over former F1 Italian rac- These included Chen- across all franchise cit- ed to partner with One- have six teams com- three decades now and er Tonio Luizzi, Malay- nai team to be owned by ies. The eSports compe- Plus – they are a glo- prising of four drivers seeing our boys Ar- sian Alex Yoong, son of India’s first F1 driver tition will happen at the bal leader and have and two cars in each maan and Aditya who legendary Austrian F1 and the fastest Indian Phoenix Mall in Chen- made pioneering ad- team. Of the four driv- started their motor- driver Niki Lauda – in the world Narain nai, Mumbai and Pune, vancements in technol- ers in each team there sport careers with us Mathias, China’s Karthikeyan; Delhi DLF Mall in Delhi, ogy. With them as a will be one internation- come up with this con- Frankie Cheng and team by the Crown Manjira Mall in Hyder- Title Sponsor for X1 al male, one interna- cept is so heartwarm- Englishmen Oliver Prince of Abu Dhabi, abad, and One Forum Racing eSports Season tional female, one India ing. We are happy to be James Webb and Fred- Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mall in Ahmedabad. It 1, we are aiming to set international and do- associated with X1 Rac- die Hunt, son of former Saeed Bin Tahnoon Al will also take place in the gold standard for mestic racer. Each race ing League which is an F1 world champion, Nahyan; Pune team by colleges across the the ecosystem in India will last for 30 minutes interesting new format James Hunt. The in- Ghadoke group promot- country.

By Vinod C. Dixit them during growth. The Governor of Gu- What we need is to jarat Acharya Devvrat Mission Organic Farming encourage organic deserves big Kudos for ural Farming pro- government has taken profitable and environ- conventional fertilizers. farming and our agri- successfully populariz- gramme is related to a steps like setting up of mentally friendly, pro- Organic agriculture culture universities ing and launching or- set of natural farming a cell to implement its vide several ecosystem is the best insurance pol- should become part of it ganic farming in the methods, under which new organic farming services, numerous so- icy that India can have via promoting research state of Haryana and has the cost of growing and policy. Farmers should cial benefits and deliver for its population with of organic farming. No motivated over 50,000 harvesting plants is now switch to organic nutritious foods with better performance on doubt, organic farming farmers to adopt organ- zero. Acharya has al- farming and its ways relatively less pesticide productivity, environ- presents many challeng- ic technique. As a Gov- ways tried to interact from conventional residues compared to mental impact, econom- es. Some crops are more ernor he is associated with farmers and in- method of farming. conventional farming. ic viability and social challenging than others with this innovative idea forms them about the Many farmers are ap- Earlier we use to guide well-being. Training, to grow organically; of the Zero Budget Nat- programme which in- prehensive about adopt- farmers by telling them camps and awareness at however, nearly every ural Farming project volves almost no mone- ing organic farming due to use chemical fertiliz- the grassroots level is a commodity can be pro- with the motive that tary investment and en- to the high production ers but now there is a must. Organic farming duced organically. We farmers of the state can visages the use of ‘Jee- cost and the three-year strong need to tell them is beneficial but calls for must remember that or- adopt organic farming, vamrutha’ and ‘Beejam- transition period when to use organic ways of a planned strategy. The ganic produce can usu- in Gujarat state too, he rutha’. Here ‘Zero Bud- farmers have to wait farming. Organic agri- farmers should adopt or- ally qualify for higher has already implement- get’ refers to zero net cost before getting their culture is an ecological ganic farming and re- prices than non-organ- ed his dream project of of production of all crops, farms certified. There production manage- duce or avoid usage of ic products. With the organic farming. which means that farm- are who are talking on ment system that pro- pesticides. Organic farm- increase in population Acharya rightly said ers are not required to yield drop by 30% with motes and enhances ing does not include the our compulsion would be that natural farming buy fertilisers and pesti- organic cultivation but biodiversity, biological use of any artificial ad- not only to stabilize ag- was a zero budget occu- cides to ensure the when we compare this cycles and soil biological ditives that can cause ricultural production pation and was based on healthy growth of crops. with chemical inputs activity. Today, consum- serious health issues if but to increase it further the use of cow dung in It will take time, but technology invest- ers purchase organic consumed. Most produce in sustainable manner. agriculture. It preserves Gujarat is committed to ments, the resulting foods for many different that is available today is Don’t we think it is time land fertility, saves wa- increase the spread of or- benefits from organic reasons. There are not fully safe to consume to look at the health ter and helps reduce glo- ganic farming through technology is superior. many who want to buy as a lot of them have benefits of organic pro- bal warming. systematic planning. It is fact that though food products that are traces of the artificial fer- duce ? According to the Gov- Today, for promoting there is lower yield, free of chemical pesti- tilizers and pesticides The writer is freelancer, ernor, Zero Budget Nat- organic farming, state these farms are more cides or grown without that were sprayed on writer and cartoonist www.newsband.in | [email protected] 9 Saturday, 12 October 2019 Fake driving fice and would make censes to many citi- license. He then made “Police then were found. fake licenses by attach- zens”. a fake RTO license searched his house and Suryavanshi also license... ing the photos of oth- “Upon receiving the within 3 days, without found 143 fake licenses, revealed that 245 fake Cont. from pg. 1 ers”. information from any documentation, 2 Aadhaar cards, 4 licensees have been is- vel, Thane RTO and While Daryl Lobo, APMC police, the police and without any RTO school certificates, rub- sued so far, said Depu- other materials were another accused in the sent Jaipdeep Pawar, a testing. ber stamps and stamps ty Commissioner of Po- seized, said Pankaj Da- case, would help police officer, to Deepak APMC police regis- of Thane RTO in his lice Pankaj Dahane. hane, Deputy Commis- tered a case against the house. On further en- The action was tak- sioner of Police, zone-1. agent Deepak quiry, Suryawanshi re- en under the direction The police has ar- Suryawanshi and ar- vealed the details of of Assistant Police In- rested an RTO agent rested him after verify- Phoenix Xerox Center spector Bhushan Deepak Venkat ing that the license was in Panvel from where Pawar. Suryawanshi, 25, the fabricated”. 102 fake license copies owner of Phoenix Xerox Centre, Daryl Lobo, 54, Hockey working for the devel- received over 300 entries from Panvel and motor opment of the sport.” across the twelve cate- school owner Dheeraj India... About IABCA gories over eight weeks, alias Narendra Maurya Contd. from pg. 7 India Australia and a panel of experts (25). seen Hockey India tru- Business & Communi- selected suitable candi- An official said, ly embrace the Hockey ty Awards (IABCA) is a dates as the finalists in “Deepak used to take Revolution. Her efforts highly regarded award each category, which the photos of the people and utmost dedication among the Indian and also saw Ms Norman get who came to get the Suryawanshi with fake Suryawanshi on the as the CEO towards the Australian population selected as finalist in two driving license at RTO rubber stamps of vari- pretext of obtaining a sport has benefited its working towards the categories Business Panvel. He would later ous RTOs. Dhiraj license. Agent athletes, coaches, offi- betterment of business Woman of the Year steal the license which cleared the licenses. In Suryawanshi took a cials and the backroom and community in both Award and Spirit of were cancelled from the this way, the gang had photo and demanded Rs staff, and I hope that the countries. The 2019 Sport Award earlier this Navi Mumbai RTO of- issued fake driving li- 5,000 for making the she continues to keep edition of the awards year in July. www.newsband.in | [email protected] 10 Saturday, 12 October 2019 Round Table meet held on challenges of E-Buses Availability of renewable energy at local level and battery life - A big challenge

By Jaspal Singh Naol E-Buses, he said, “In NAVI MUMBAI: In line Portland the E-Buses with the announce- have two batteries, one ments made by the gov- with standard charging ernment of India of that runs for around phasing out internal 120 km and second is combustion engines, fast charging batteries states and cities across that run for 80 km and the country are promot- all are charged through ing an accelerated tran- Wind power.” sition to electric public Hussain Indoriwa- buses. Waatavaran and la, Asst. Professor, Ka- Purpose jointly hosted a mla Raheja Institute of stakeholder meet with Architecture gave a an aim to develop a plan briefing on the transfor- around Mumbai’s elec- place, there has been a experience of Ahmeda- swap the battery. The source will be different mation of the Public tric buses and public steep increase in the bad stated, “E-Buses question is, whether at different locations. Transportation from transport, highlighting number of private ve- are being launched in my Bus driver has to In island we have 6 Animal based Carts to the aesthetic, environ- hicles in the last two the city and the first bring the commuters Depots, here we have Trains, Buses, Metros mental, economic and decades, in the absence buyers are mostly Pub- along with him and our own power, but rest and the Private vehi- overall sustainability of of strong, clean & well- lic Transporters. The make them wait for 15 21 are in Suburbans, cles and the challenges renewable powered connected public infra- buyers of E-Buses are minutes? Or must he/ the utilization will be ahead. Electric Buses (E-bus- structure.” presently still operating she ask the passengers based on the service Discussion was also es). The meet was held Sudhir Badami, In- it on an experimental get down and wait for providing agencies.” made on the vision to at The Ambassador Ho- dependent Transporta- practices with respect another Bus.” He also expressed have 100% clean public tel, Churchgate. ‘News- tion analyst expressed, to batteries being used. Informing about the that, “As a transporter transport while it is on band’ participated as “Currently there is less There are two major Charging Battery he for us Diesel was the the roads and its source one of the stakeholders than a third of the re- Batteries being utilized- expressed, “In the most comfort, CNG is of energy. In the Associ- from Navi Mumbai. quired number of bus- one is Swapping Batter- charging battery option bit discomfort, but Elec- ation of State Road Bhagwan Keshbhat, es on the roads. Under- ies and the second is we have to charge over- tricity is presently a Transport Undertak- Founder CEO, Waata- takings like BEST, Charging Batteries. night only. On an aver- big discomfort. The rea- ings, government of In- varan Foundation wel- NMMT etc. have been One must not be age one single Bus runs son is we are not used dia and their vision for coming the participants working towards pro- shocked to know that around 135 km. But to it. Actually we have all State Transport bus- expressed, “This is a curing new buses and 90 percent of the Elec- considering the civil skipped one section es to be electric by 2030. primary stage and at mitigating the unsus- tric Buses are dominat- condition of the city, that is Hybrid. It is like And how to ensure these this very moment the tainable vehicular ed by China made bat- the battery consump- jumping from Pager to electric vehicles are discussion on the issue growth in the city, but teries and buses global- tion will be more. This Mobile. Before under- powered by clean and of adoption and practi- the efforts need much ly.” again raises a question, standing the basic tech- renewable energy. cal aspects will help to more urgency. Howev- Explaining the chal- what if the bus battery nology we have gone to The other big chal- enhance the penetra- er, it is important that lenges of Swapping Bat- gets dried in the mid- higher technology. And lenge discussed was to tion of renewable pow- we address this ur- tery, Dr. Surendraku- way. Surely it has an hence we will have to increase ridership, Jas- ered electrical buses gently and look at in- mar Bagde, General automate system to in- learn from our experi- pal Singh Naol of News- and how it can meet the novative and adaptable Manager of BEST Un- form early about the ences.” band Newspaper and a goals of efficient, reliable solutions. Short route dertaking said, “In the status. But then, the Abhishek Kumar Campaigner of Green and clean transporta- Ten Seat buses are hav- swapping batteries pro- driver has to serve the Pratap, Senior Re- Society Forum shared tion. This consultation ing big scope as they cess the dried batteries people and cannot say searcher at Asar shared the experience of orga- will work as a tool for are the alternatives to are replaced with that the battery is get- the scope of renewable- nizing NMMT Bus Day providing support in rising Auto Rickshaws charged batteries at ting dried up and needs powered electric buses in Navi Mumbai for be- shaping up the right in the city.” the charging station by to be charged and go off and experience of Delhi havioural change and to future for Mumbaikar He also emphasized means of a plug-in con- the road. After all we based ESL Charging increase the ridership. via better public trans- that bus stops must be nector solution and ro- are not private trans- Kiosks that helps in The stakeholders portation system, clean designed keeping in bot system. On an av- porters, we are public saving time. present on the occasion energy and to put an air mind the visually and erage one E-Bus will servants and are an- Polash Mukerjee, included, Sharmila pollution free Mumbai physically challenged need to move to charg- swerable” from Lead – Clean Air, Deo, Prasar Pune, and its outskirt on the commuters. ing station atleast 2-3 He concluded stat- NRDC expressed the Debi Goenka, Conser- global map.” Sunil Dahiya, se- times a day. Even if it ing, “There is a need for proper need of creating vation action Team, Sandeep Dahiya, a nior Campaigner, is said, that it takes a substantial solution National Electric Vehi- Nirja Bhatnagar, Ac- campaigner at Purpose Greenpeace stated, mere 7 minutes, on a and it has to be the re- cle Policies and City tion Aid, Shikha, said, “Mumbai today is “Electric Mobility can practical note it takes sponsibility of the man- transport. He also ex- Jhatkaa.org, Rasika, facing an acute problem proved a solution to air around 15 - 20 minutes ufacturers to provide pressed that there is a Regularity Assistance of clean and affordable pollution and clean en- of process time” proper solution.” need to understand the Project, Rahul Kadri, public buses which of- ergy transition, which He further in- Speaking about the Gross Cost the trans- Principal Architect and ten leads to other prob- needs to be studied in formed, “On an average availability of spaces porter is going to face. Partner at IM Kadri lems: traffic congestion, depth and proper ac- an E-Bus with a swap- for charging and ener- Chirag Gajjar, Se- Associates, Jayendra high fossil fuel con- tions must be taken to ping battery, if it leaves gy source, Victor Nag- nior Manager, Climate Wadhankar, MEDA, sumption, loss of pro- resolve the challenges the depot at 6 am, by 9 aonkar OSD, BEST in- & Lead- Mitigation, Meghna Y, WRI, San- ductivity, vehicular that are presently am it completes 30 km formed, “The BEST is WRI India spoke on the geeta Kharat, Shrush- parking shortages, and faced.” of distance. And then as going to have around Integration of decentr- tidnyan, Virochan deterioration of air and Amit Bhatt, Direc- the battery gets dis- 600 E-Buses and all will alised renewable ener- Raate, Nirmala Niket- environment. While the tor, Integrated Urban charged, the Bus has to be charged mostly over- gy to power electric bus- an College of Social city has a formal public Transport at WRI In- come back to the night in our 27 Depots. es. He also shared the Worker, Evita Das, transport system in dia speaking about the Charging Station to However the energy experience of Portland IGSSS. Vol 23  No 24Navi Mumbai  12 - 18 October, 2019 RNI No. 71478/97 Pages 6 Price Re.1 Veggie prices remain stable Illegal dumping By Chandrashekhar Hendve ingJagtap from APMC of debris rampant VASHI: Here is some Navratri, said, “Due to torrential good news for vegetable the vegeta- and prolonged rains at Nerul Station lovers. The rates of the ble prices across the country, veg- vegetables which had had come etables and fruits were considerably increased down. How- affected the most. Veg- Construction waste dumped during last month has ever the etables were getting near Dwarka hotel now become stable. The sales were rotten due to rain wa- traders from the Agri- less as ter and the quality was culture Produce Mar- many in the not good. Now that the ket Committee (APMC), Hindu com- rains have stopped all Vegetable Division in munity ob- over the country, good Turbhe stated that the served fast,” vegetables have started stability in prices is said a trad- arriving at the APMC due to the increase in er from the as a result, prices have the supply of vegetables APMC. come down”. and with monsoon sea- Another ”About four hun- son almost coming to trader, an end. Prashant Contd. on pg. 5 As per the data from the market 550 to 650 Vegetable prices in the wholesale market trucks and tempos are arriving daily at the Current Wholesale Rate Last month Rate Current Retail Rate vegetable market yard. Okra Rs 28 to 34 Rs 28 to 40 Rs 25to 60 By Abhitash D. Singh struction debris is be- “The supply of vege- Cauliflower Rs 12 to 28 Rs 14 to 22 Rs 15 to 50 NAVI MUMBAI: The ing dumped illegally, tables was hit badly due west side of the Nerul now the slum dwellers to the heavy rains es- Cluster beans Rs 25 to 40 Rs 30 to 45 Rs 40 to 60 station near Dwarka too are dumping gar- pecially during the pe- Cabbage Rs 14 to 26 Rs 18 to 35 Rs 15 to 60 Hotel has become the bage at the same spot. riod of Ganesh Utsav. Chillies Rs 20 to 40 Rs 20 to 35 Rs 25 to 70 dumping ground for The vacant area has Due to this, the rates of construction debris. turned into an open gar- vegetables had in- Coriander Rs20 to 35 Rs 22 to 40 Rs 22 to 40 Piles of cement bags, bage throwing spot.” creased. However, dur- Tomato Rs 30 to 50 Rs 25 to 40 Rs 40 to 60 sand bags and other “We have com- construction materials plained the authorities can be seen dumped il- about it but so far our NMMC Commissioner urges voters legally in the vacant complaints have fallen area near the station. into deaf ears. The foul to exercise their democratic right With city experiencing stench emanating from strong winds, the sand the garbage is unbear- A huge board with message ‘I will Vote’ placed and other materials get able while the sand blown away while the blowing in the air is be- at NMMC HQ; Annasaheb Misal signs first garbage gets strewn coming reason for lung along the side. infection. The area re- By Abhitash D. Singh “Shockingly, the de- sembles a slum pock- NAVI MUMBAI: With bris is being dumped in et,” said Satish Jadhav, an aim to create aware- broad daylight and is who runs a shop in the ness amongst the citi- going on for almost a nearby lane. zens on the importance month. However, nei- Abba Ranaware, an of casting vote and ther the City and Indus- environmentalist from electing the right can- trial Development Cor- Juinagar said, “Due to didate and also with a poration Ltd. (CIDCO) dumping of debris and view to increase per- nor the Navi Mumbai garbage, the residents centage of voter’s turn- Municipal Corporation living in the vicinity out during the upcom- trance of NMMC HQ at NMMC Commissioner, Ravindra Patil, Ma- (NMMC) have taken are suffering from innu- ing Vidhan Sabha elec- Belapur with the mes- initiated the drive by havir Pendhari, Head any action against the merable health prob- tions, the Navi Mum- sage ‘I will Vote and himself signing on the Accounts and Finance culprits or have tried to lems. It appears that bai Municipal Corpora- Exercise My Democrat- board. The other offi- Officer Dhanraj Gar- clear the area,” re- the authorities are tion (NMMC) has come ic Right’ where the res- cials then followed ad, Head Accounts In- marked a commuter. waiting for some unto- out with a novel initia- idents can sign and join suit. Present during spector Officer Day- Sachin Tandel, a ward incident to hap- tive. A huge board has in the initiative. the initiative were Ad- resident of Nerul in- been placed at the en- Annasaheb Misal, ditional Commissioner Contd. on pg. 6 formed, “Not only con- Contd. on pg. 6 www.newsband.in | [email protected] 2 12 - 18 October 2019 Republican Party of India Demands

Issue : 24 12 - 18 October, 2019 to replace electricity cable Sustainable development is the need of the hour Economic Development vs. Environment protection- This has become the biggest dilemma and the topic of heated debate in today’s world. Even though development and growth have always been vital to people, dramatic changes in the climate as well as its impact on the environment have made a sea change in the perception of de- velopment in the recent years. The Indian economy has grown at a tremendous pace over the last few decades. With the fast paced construction, there has also been large influx of people migrating from rural areas to cities leading to newer settlements. While, the development growth has By Chandrashekhar Hendve “Whenever there is most. With exams go- The power cut, the officials ing on, frequent load helped the rising population in improving their quality of life, it NAVI MUMBAI: residents of Sector 1, 3 of MSEDCL provide shedding, causes stress has led to compromise in the natural habitat of animals as they and 4 in Ghansoli node temporary solution. to them”. have been displaced from many a places where high rise buildings are fed up with the fre- Frequent power cuts Assuring to solve have come up. quent load shedding in cause a lot of trouble to the issue, Deepak The catastrophic consequences of environment degradation for their area. It is alleged the citizens. Under- Jadhav, MSEDCL offi- achieving growth rapidly have been largely visible as the number that despite com- standing their woes, we cial said, “The old ca- of floods as well as torrential rains have increased drastically and plaints, no action has approached the officials bles will soon be re- the world is experiencing global warming, rising pollution etc. been taken by the au- and demanded immedi- placed.” There is no denying the fact that both development and envi- thorities. Ironically, de- ate replacement of elec- A number of activists ronment are important in their respective spheres. While on the spite huge residential tricity cables”, said Sa- including Republican complexes coming up in chin Katare, General Party of India youth ac- one hand, to eradicate poverty and increase growth in the econo- the area, the electrici- Secretary of the Repub- tivist Mayur Bhosale, my, development is mandatory. Without economic development a ty cables continue to be lican Party. Ghansoli youth presi- nation cannot come out of the vicious circle of poverty and cannot outdated, due to which Katare, further dent Sanket Pawar, An- provide their residents a guarantee of survival. On the other hand, there are frequent pow- said, “The students and iket Gaikwad, Ketan rapid development is depleting the natural resources, without er cuts. old people suffer the Patil were present. which survival is impossible. Development and environment need to be seen as complemen- tary, not antagonistic terms. Although the issue has gained more NMMC HQ wears a deserted look importance in today’s grave scenario, sadly, environment conser- vation is still a neglected sector. Improper implementation of pol- 70 percent of officials on election duty icies, coupled with indifferent attitudes of authorities has accentu- ated the ineffectiveness of environment strategy in India. By Abhitash D. Singh en the election duty in eral body meeting and What probably is needed is to create more awareness and sen- NAVI MUMBAI: With the eight administra- at least four standing sitivity towards the environment and the best way to do so is to around 70% officials of tive ward offices for the committee meetings. tap students. We should also provide infrastructure for waste man- the Navi Mumbai Mu- Airoli and Belapur con- This too is not being agement, water harvesting and paper recycling in schools and col- nicipal Corporation stituency.” held. Hence, even the leges which can help in sowing the seeds of environment conscious- (NMMC) engaged in Earlier, before the standing committee ness in young minds. election duties, the imposition model code chairman, mayor and Environmental balance has been one of the primary reasons NMMC Headquarter, of conduct, around other senior leaders is now wearing a de- 1500-1700 vehicles used who have been given why sustainability has been maintained for thousands of years. If serted look. Due cabin in the development is achieved at the cost of spoiling environment, then to the absence of NMMC, are not development loses its sheen. What needs to be focused and officials, the doc- coming to the of- stressed upon is sustainable development. The development should umentation and fice as they are be planned and carried out in such a way that it uses as less natural other important busy campaign- resources as possible and also saves a considerable amount for works of the com- ing for the elec- our future generations. With this sustainable development, the mon man are tions. economic growth of the world is also not restricted and the envi- getting delayed, Pratik Ya- ronment is also taken care of. We all need to join hand in this say the resi- dav, Founder of endeavour. A conscious step by each one of us can go a long way in dents. NGO Parivartan According to Foundation in- maintaining a perfect balance between environment and develop- NMMC PRO, formed, “I have ment. “Around 600 employees to come to NMMC HQ filed an RTI application are on election duty and on a regular basis but seeking information on hence very few officials now even the number of the working of NMMC are coming to the civic vehicles has gown Solid Waste Manage- body headquarter. 70 down to 800-900 per ment department in percent of the staff and day. Also in a month Contd. on pg. 5 officers have been giv- there used to be one gen-

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By Jaspal Singh Naol of humour. person is still unable to higher level.” strong. But the new travaganza, wherein PANVEL: With model Ashok Deshmukh get good sleep, he/she He further ex- generation is too weak the staff too sang songs code of conduct in place, said, “To live a Stress must recite either patri- pressed, “In our days, psychologically. As we along with the musical the Panvel City Munic- Free Life, one needs to otic songs, bhajans, schools were located far serve them whatever team. Overall the event ipal Corporation practice the following: mantras etc. whichever away and lodging com- they want on the plat- was an icebreaking mo- (PCMC) celebrated its First is Talking: Every calms and soothes the plaints against anyone- ter, they are not aware ment for the PCMC third anniversary in a individual must incul- mind. Fifth is Laughter. be it teachers or fellow of hard work. Every- staff who work 24x7 for non-politico manner, cate the habit of com- We must either make students- was not enter- thing in their life comes the development of the with less fanfare, but municating and talking others laugh or laugh tained by the parents. easily. When these chil- society. lots of laughs (LOLs) in with friends, family It may be recalled sync with the Municipal members and office col- that the PCMC has Commissioner’s vision leagues. Second is to around three hundred of making PCMC one of eradicate Jealousy. We staff only, which is not the stress free and best must rejoice in the hap- even one eighth of the Corporations. piness of others. Third total staff required to The guest of honour is Forgiveness: We must take care of the PCMC was Ashok Deshmukh, not spend our energy in region. Founder President, thinking of taking re- The event was Stress Management venge. Instead, we must graced by the PCMC Foundation. He gave forgive people for their Mayor Dr Kavita Chout- guidance on ‘Stress Free faults and channelise with others on jokes and Even when we fell and dren face challenges in mal, Commissioner Life’. Right from the our positive energy in sarcasm. And the final had bruises, our fathers life, they get depressed Ganesh Deshmukh, moment he started doing good deeds. one is Appreciation. never missed the oppor- and even go to the ex- Chairman of Women speaking, till his last Fourth is Good Sleep: If When we appreciate tunity to inform us of treme of taking their and Children Welfare word, there was laugh we talk openly, we will someone for their good our shortcomings- Can lives. As parents, we Committee Leena Gar- riot among the audi- not feel jealous and will or hard work, the latter you ever walk properly?- must teach our children ad, DMC Jamir Lin- ence. He interacted with be able to forgive people. feels motivated to work was the common to accept failures and garekar, DMC Chan- the staff for more than By doing so, by default, harder. Gaining and phrase. While we dis- find alternatives.” drashekhar Khamkar an hour and left them we will be able to have Giving appreciation has liked this at that time, The event was fol- and other Corporators is splits with his sense sound sleep. And if a to be practised on a it actually made us lowed by a musical ex- and PCMC Staff. Madhu Patil appointed as President of Maharashtrian Builder’s Association He was honoured during the Association’s Annual GB meeting By Vijaykumar Kamble supported me they will lunkhe as Treasurer, NAVI MUMBAI: The continue to render their Santosh Ugale, Pras- Maharashtrian Build- support in the similar hant Shetye, Mahesh ers Association (MBA) way to the new core Mate, Prashant Pin- on 1st October, 2019 ap- committee.” gle, Santosh Am- pointed Madhu Patil as The new President bawane, Rajendra its president. His name Madhu Patil thanked Kolkar and Ajit Yelmar was declared during a his predecessors for as Vice Treasurers. press conference held in their good work during Prakash Bawiskar, Ki- Belapur in the pres- ence of all the mem- bers of MBA. Earlier on 26th July, 2019 at Weapons were worshiped on the eve of Dassehra at Navi Mumbai-Vashi Police Station Maharashtrian (Sumit Renose). Builders Association general body meet- ing, Madhu Patil When I went to NMMC the Loksabha election NMMC HQ th was elected Presi- HQ on 27 March, duty. Since then, I am dent by the mem- wears... 2019, I was informed waiting eagerly for the bers. The former Contd. from pg. 2 that the then NMMC revert, which I feel President of the asso- their tenure. ran Bagad, K K Mha- February, 2019. Since Commissioner Dr. Ra- would be unlikely in ciation Sangram Patil The other members tre and Vikas Bhamre then I have been doing maswamy N. had gone view of the upcoming thanked all the core elected are: Anand Pa- as Advisors. regular follow up. to Uttar Pradesh for Assembly elections.” committee and the til, Shankar Mhatre The newly elected members of the associ- and Hitesh Sawant as President Madhu Patil Veggie prices Mumbai Metropolitan Meanwhile the rates ation for supporting Vice Presidents, Ba- thanked all the mem- Region. With good sup- of tomatoes have gone him in the growth of basaheb Bhosale as bers and said that he remain... ply coming in the mar- up, say the traders. the association. General Secretary, will be giving his time Contd. from pg. 1 ket this has helped in However, the rate is ex- Sangram Patil said, Ajay Patil and Ashish and energy for the well- dred to five hundred regularising the rates,” pected to come down “I am confident that Kawde as Vice Secre- functioning of the As- tonnes of vegetables are said Yogesh Kasare, a with the fresh arrival of the way, members have tary, Lakshman Sa- sociation. needed for the whole vegetable wholesaler. the crop after 20 days. www.newsband.in | [email protected] 6 12 - 18 October 2019 PCMC to beautify city lakes 3000 staff deployed to carry out By Jaspal Singh Naol will change the look of relief for the resi- election process in Airoli constituency PANVEL: Realising the city.” dents.” the dearth of enter- One of the resi- The two lakes tainment facilities in dents of Spaghetti slated for redevelop- the city, the Panvel Society, Ankit Kothiyal ment and beautifica- City Municipal added, “The residents tion are Jui Lake and Corporation (PCMC) has decided to beautify and redevelop two major lakes and make them into recreational spots. While talking about the initiative, Dr. Jameer Lin- garekar, Deputy Municipal Commis- sioner, PCMC said, “PCMC’s Navi Mum- bai accommodates population from both By Chandrasekhar Hendve awareness, possession constituencies in the urban and rural area. NAVI MUMBAI: In the of polling booths, set- Assembly constituency With most of them had been demanding Kopra Lake. The wake of the upcoming ting up of information have been identified as working, they hardly for the redevelopment development will election, a total of 3,000 boards, examination of sensitive zones and the get time to go to and the beautification include compound staff have been deployed ballot boxes and dem- Election Commission recreational centres, of lakes since long. walls, visarjan pond, in the Airoli constituen- onstration of ballot box- along with the police which are usually far These lakes are used fountains, garden cy along with four fly- es, actual work done in will keep a vigil. Ar- flung. PCMC under for many ritual space, sitting arrange- ing squads. With the polling booths. rangements for wheel- the guidance of its purposes. It may be ments, ritual space, help of the computers, More than 4 lakh chair facility has been commissioner, Ganesh for Chatt Puja, joggers path etc. The randomization of the voters are registered in made for the physical- Deshmukh has Ganesh Visharjan, PCMC has floated voting machines was the Airoli constituency. ly challenged voters decided to develop both Devi Visarjan, Bap- tenders for the project. done at the Election Of- Awareness campaign and the senior citizens”. Green spaces and Blue tism, etc. With lack of The expected comple- fice in Airoli under the has been launched to As per the decision spaces in the city, facilities available at tion time for the guidance of made by the which is bound to the lakes, people are project is around nine Election deci- Election Com- bring a great differ- facing inconvenience. months at an approxi- sion officer Ab- mission, the ence in the health of The development will mate cost of Rs three hay Kargut- duties as- local residents and bring in big sigh of crores each. kar. Represen- signed to each tatives from employee are various politi- compulsory. cal parties He also said PAP action Committee were present that he would along with take action meets Manda Mhatre Naib Tehsil- against em- dar Samta ployees who Surve, 150 Airoli De- keep the voting process fail to comply by or- partment Coordinator peaceful and fearless. ders. Ganesh Aghav. There will be 440 poll- Abhay Kargutkar, The voting will be ing stations in 82 plac- said, “A special helpline held on October 21 un- es in the Airoli assem- facility 1950 has been der the guidance of Col- bly area. During the launched for the pur- lector and District Elec- election period, 4 flying pose. Citizens are re- tion Officer Rajesh squads, 4 video deploy- quested to visit website Narvekar. Accordingly, ment personnel and oth- https://ceo.mahara the election schedule er centre wise 3000 per- shtra.gov.in if they no- has been prepared, sonnel will be deployed, tice any suspicious ac- which includes infor- Kargutkar said. He fur- tivity during the elec- mation about voter’s ther said, “In Airoli, 36 tion process”.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve fected Farmers Action during this 5 year she Illegal dumping of debris... concerned to take stock NAVI MUMBAI: The Committee, Vice Presi- has worked on all the of the situation and Contd. from pg. 1 MIDC and CIDCO dent Vasant Mhatre, problems mentioned by take strict action Project Farmer Action President Dr. Rajesh our PAP members and pen before they will Priya Ratambe, Public against the culprits. Committee met Manda Patil, Secretary Sudam has fulfilled all the de- swing into action.” Relationship Officer, Dumping of construc- Mhatre and assured Patil, Namdev mands we have made,” Official from NMMC CIDCO said, “We have tion debris is illegal and their support during Dauarkar and other said Manohar Patil, was unavailable for the not received any com- if any person is found the upcoming assembly members were present. chairman of MIDC and comment even after plaints from the resi- to be flouting rules, election. Manohar Pa- “MLA Manda Mha- CIDCO project affect- several attempts. dents. Nevertheless, we stringent action will be til, Chairman of MIDC tre has completed 5 ed farmers’ commit- When contacted will ask the officials taken.” and CIDCO Project Af- year successfully and tee. NMMC Commissioner urges.. Apart from this, NMMC is conducting Contd. from pg. 1 various other initia- anand Nimkar, Depu- along with many oth- tives to encourage vot- ty Commissioner Da- er officers from the ers to exercise their dasaheb Chabukswar NMMC. democratic rights.