The Dynamic Daily Newspaper of Navi Mumbai Saturday, 12 September 2020 www.newsband.in Pages 8 • Price ` 2 VOL. 14 • ISSUE 81 RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. No. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE NMMC issues show cause Substandard ventilators at notice to MGM Hospital at Covid-19 Care Centres reason 2 lakh citizens tested in CBD for excessive billing NMMC & PCMC jurisdic- By Crime Reporter the MGM Hospital at tion for Covid 19 for many deaths: Ganesh Naik Navi Mumbai CBD for not refunding The Navi Mumbai The Navi Mumbai the excess bills of the pa- Municipal Corporation Municipal Corporation tients concerned. In the (NMMC) and the Panvel NMMC should initiate action against City Municipal Corpora- (NMMC) has issued a show cause notice, the tion (PCMC) together poor ventilator providers show cause notice to the municipal administra- have tested 16 percent of MGM Hospital and Re- tion has asked as to why the population for Covid search Center at CBD for criminal action should 19. The NMMC completed violating the guidelines not be taken against the testing of 1.5 lakh people, issued by the govern- hospital. the PCMC conducted 50,000 tests. These in- ment regarding the maxi- With the number of cluded both rapid antigen mum amount that can be positive Covid 19 cases testing and RT-PCR test charged by the private rising, many patients are till Thursday 10th Sep- and charitable hospitals. going to private and char- tember, 2020… The municipal adminis- itable hospitals for treat- (More on page 2) tration had written to the ment. The corporation is CR mega block on By Abhitash D.Singh the Navi Mumbai Covid- of the Navi Mumbai 5th and 6th main lines Navi Mumbai 19 care centres are of Municipal Corporation management of MGM receiving complaints that this Sunday The Member of poor quality and due to (NMMC), Abhijit Ban- Hospital three times to many private hospitals Central Railway (CR), Legislative Assembly this the death rates are gar. refund the excess bills of are charging exorbitant- Mumbai Division will op- (MLA) from Airoli Con- increasing in the satel- Ganesh Naik who the five patients affected ly from the patients for erate Mega Block on 5th stituency from Bharatiya lite city. He demanded has been meeting the by the corona. NMMC fi- and 6th Main lines which nally took action against CONTINUED ON page... 5 caters to outstation pas- Janata Party (BJP), Ga- strict action against the NMMC Commissioner sengers/ Express and nesh Naik has alleged poor ventilator providers Freight trains, in order to that the ventilators in all from the Commissioner CONTINUED ON page... 6 carry out various engi- neering and maintenance works on Sunday 13 Sep- Strict action demanded tember, 2020. The same will be applicable between against hospitals for disposing Thane and Ghatkopar sta- tions from 11.30 am to biomedical waste unscientifically 4.30 pm. The Mega Block will also be enforced be- BJP corporator Nitin Patil says that biomedical waste can be tween Ghatkopar and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus seen lying on the footpath and even on National Highway stations from 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm and 3.15 pm to Panvel 6.45 pm. However, Spe- JP cor- cial suburban services pora- will run as per schedule B on both the Main and Har- tor Nitin bour line routes. Patil has demanded action by the Pan- vel City Municipal Corpora- that biomedical waste ter in this regard which tion (PCMC) against the could be seen strewn on was accepted by Deputy hospitals which are dis- the footpath and even on Commissioner Vitthal posing off the biomedi- the National Highway Dake. Standing Com- cal waste unscientifical- near Karnala Sports. CONTINUED ON page... 2 ly and illegally. He says He handed over a let- 2 Saturday, 12 September 2020 2 lakh citizens tested in NMMC & Young man commits PCMC jurisdiction for Covid 19 suicide in Koperkhairane NMMC tests 10 % and PCMC 6% of the population By Crime Reporter, Navi Mumbai inside and left for his home. After that A young man working in an elec- Prakash committed suicide by hanging By Abhitash D. Singh, Navi Mumbai Abhijit Bangar, NMMC Commis- tronics shop in Sector 6, Koperkhairane himself in the shop at around midnight. he Navi Mumbai Municipal Cor- sioner claimed that 10 percent of the committed suicide by hanging himself At around 9 in the morning, when Tporation (NMMC) and the Panvel population with 1.5 lakhs citizens inside the shop. The motive behind the Prakash's uncle came to open the shop, City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) have already got themselves tested for suicide is yet to be ascertained, police he found Prakash hanging inside the together have tested 16 percent of the Covid-19 through both rapid antigen said. shop. After getting information about population for Covid 19. The NMMC and RT-PCR testing. The deceased has been identified as this incident, Koperkhairane police completed testing of 1.5 lakh people, Sudhakar Deshmukh, PCMC Com- Prakash Mohan Patel, 24. He worked in rushed to the spot and sent the body for the PCMC conducted 50,000 tests. missioner claimed that 6 percent of the his uncle's electronics shop in Sector-6 autopsy. Koperkhairane police have These included both rapid antigen population i.e. 50,000 citizens have and was sleeping in the same place. At registered an accidental death in the testing and RT-PCR test till Thursday completed their rapid antigen test and 9pm on Wednesday night, Prakash’s case. The motive behind the suicide is 10th September, 2020. RT-PCR for Covid-19. uncle asked him to close the shop from being ascertained, police said. STRICT ACTION “On the one hand, we DEMANDED... are fighting against dis- CHANGE OF NAME CONTINUED FROM page 1 eases like corona by try- I have changed my name from IMTIAZ AHMED to mittee Chairman Pravin ing our best, while bio- IMTIAZ AHMED NISAR AHMED SHAIKH as per af- Patil and Corporator medical waste is being fidavit No. 6861/2020. Amar Patil were present dumped so carelessly on on the occasion. roads by some hospitals. Speaking further Pa- This is a serious matter til said, “It was shocking and needs to be looked to see biomedical waste into as it involves the lying unattended on the health of the people”, he National Highway in surrounding area come few days, it has been added. front of Karnala Sports. to the service road on observed that medical The violators should The Highway sees heavy the side of the National waste is being dumped be investigated and strict vehicular movement on Highway every morning illegally at these places, action should be taken a daily basis. In addi- and evening for walks. which poses serious against them by PCMC, tion, the citizens of the However, in the last health hazard.” he asserted. Attention READERS: While every effort is made to check the genuineness of party/parties inserting ads in this paper, we cannot be held responsible for the truthfulness of its contents. 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No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office • ABC Certificte No. 133/2106 Phone : 2087 0513 / 2781 5380 e-mail : [email protected] website : www.newsband.in Saturday, 12 September 2020 3 Bird activist Anand Uran Municipal Council Madhavi saves an eagle collects Rs 26,000 as fine By Dinesh Pawar, Uran n injured and a fa- for not wearing masks Atigue eagle sitting near Mukesh Madhavi's Action taken against 52 citizens house in Chirle village of Uran taluka, was res- cued by bird activists- Anand Madhavi, Pankaj Gharat, Vineet Madhavi, Shubham Madhavi. The rescuers went and caught the bird safely without any harm and informed the forest ranger officer lots of feathers on her body. Her eyes Major Kiran Deokar, Major Surdas are very sharp. She must have been Dhande, ranger Milind Bhoir about hovering around for food and must By Dinesh Pawar dheshware, Vijay Pawar, be taken against the vio- the eagle. have ended up in the city”, said Anand Uran Jitendra Jadhav, Akash lators,” said Uran Mu- “Her complexion is brown with Madhavi. he Uran Munici- Kavade, Chetan Giri, nicipal Council Chief Tpal Council in an Sachin Nandgaonkar, Santosh Mali. on going drive against Police Naik Ritesh On Friday (Septem- PSI Sunil Gurav of Panvel people who are not fol- Dharkar, Police Naik, ber 11), 18 patients test- lowing Covid-19 guide- DG Nage and others as- ed positive for Covid-19 Taluka Police Station saves lines fined 52 people sisted the drive. corona, taking the tally and collected a fine of “Corona infection to 1598 in Uran Taluka. Rs 26,000. The drive is on the rise. Citizens Of these, 1274 have been lives by donating blood was taken following a should strictly follow cured and discharged. By Chandrashekhar Hendve surge in Covid-19 cases all the rules laid down 245 corona positive pa- Panvel in Uran rural areas as by the state government tients are undergoing olice PSI Sunil Gurav, well as in urban areas.