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7 Bangladeshinationals arrested in

Roadpali area ofKalamboli

Kalamboli policehave arrested sevenBangladeshi nation-als who have been il-legally residing inRoadpali area ofKalamboli. It wasfound that all ofthem work at a con-struction site inKalamboli and sur-rounding areas…

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Volunteers back atwork on Kharghar

hilltop days after firedestroyed plantsWhile the recent

fire that erupted on aportion of hillock atKharghar in whichhundreds of plants/saplings were de-stroyed, jolted theGreen volunteerswho had made effortsin planting and nur-turing saplings, ithas however, failed todampen their spirit.The volunteers, whoare striving to maketheir locality greenerand beautiful, haveonce again started toplant new saplingsand nurture the sur-viving plants. ..

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CR mega block today Central Railway

(CR) will operateMega Block on itsSuburban sections(Harbour and Mainlines) for carryingout maintenancework for infrastruc-ture upkeep andsafety o-n Sunday 1st

December, 2019..(More on page 2)

NEWS IN

BRIEF

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Contd. on pg. 5

By: Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Forthe effective recovery ofpending dues from theproperty tax default-ers, the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) has imple-mented AmnestyScheme from 1st De-cember, 2019 for a pe-riod of four months.Mayor Jaywant Sutarand Commissioner An-nasaheb Misal haveappealed all the prop-erty defaulters of thecity to avail the bene-fit of the amnestyscheme which is offer-ing 75 percent rebateon the fine amount ifthe pay it from

NMMC introducesAmnesty Scheme for

property tax defaultersProperty tax defaulters to get 75 % discount offered

on fine amount if paid within the time framework

1st December, 2019 till31st January, 2020.

According to theNMMC data, there are1 lakh 45 thousand 887property holders inNavi Mumbai area.They were directly con-verted in the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)jurisdiction from

Gram Panchayat inthe year 1992. Theproperty holders com-prise of 68 thousand633 from Village, 15thousand 801 from ex-tended village and 58thousand 991 proper-ties developed by CI-DCO in node wise. In

Contd. on pg. 8

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Policehad initiated the “Cam-

pus with Helmet” initia-tive in the satellite cityin March, 2019 with an

“Campus with Helmet”board goes missing at

NMMC HQTwo wheeler motorists without

helmets are freely entering the

premise, say visitors

aim to control accidentdeaths involving two-wheelers. The Civicbody too joined hands in

the initiative in July

NAVI MUMBAI: Con-gratulating Maharash-tra Chief Minister Ud-dhav Thackeray forsaving Aarey foresttrees, environmental-ists have appealed thegovernment to saveover 54,000 mangrovesfrom being massacredby Ahmedabad-Mum-bai Bullet Train; de-clare Panje wetland asa bird sanctuary andapprove the pendingsuggestion for a dedi-cated green police to

After Aarey, save mangroves from bullettrain massacre, Greens urge the CM

Mangroves need to be saved now more

than ever to save sinking city

tackle environmentcrimes.

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PAPER NOTICEIt is informed to all public through this NOTICE that my clientpurchased from Mr. MANISH MULCHAND GANGAR havingaddress B3:12:02, Sector – 3, Vashi, Navi Mumbai. The plotallotted in CIDCO in the name of Shri YASHWANT SADASHIVPATIL residence at Bokadvira, Uran. Shri. YASHWANTSADASHIV PATIL already transferred the plot no. 60, Sector15, at Dronagiri area 199.98 Sq. Mtr. In CIDCO the name Mr.MANISH MULCHAND GANGAR on 12th Sep. 2014. So allrights of this plot present time in favour of Mr. MANISHMULCHAND GANGAR.

CIDCO FILE NO. 490 DRONAGIRI, SECTOR – 15,PLOT NO. 60, AREA 199.98 SQ. MTR.

Any person / persons having any claim against or to saidproperty by way of sale mortgage, charge, gift, lease,easement, use, trust, possession, inheritance, lien or otherwisehowever is hereby required to make the same known to theundersigned at my office address given hereinabove, withina period of 15 days from the date of publication hereof, withsufficient document proof, all the persons are hereby cautionedto take note. If anybody entered into any transaction in respectof plot, whatever he / she / they shall be doing so entirely athis/ her / their own risk and cost and consequences suchtransaction shall not be binding upon me.

Sd/-Adv. Basant T. Mishra

R. Ho. 19, Punit Park, Plot No. 182C,Sector – 17, Nerul, Navi Mumbai – 400 706

Date : 01-12-2019 Mob. : 9757026227

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PUBLIC NOTICETHIS is to notify that my Clients propose to purchase theApartment No.RH-II/B-13, consisting of ground plus oneupper floor, situated at Sector-7, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Tal. &Dist. Thane (said Apartment) from 1) SMT PRAMILA KU-MARI, W/o. MR MAHENDRA KUMAR JAIN and 2) SMTJATAN KUMARI HIMMATLAL JAIN.The Original (i) Allotment Letter and (ii) PossessionLetter issued by the CIDCO in the name of MRSTEPHEN JOSEPH VESSAOKAR, in respect of the afore-said Apartment has been lost, misplaced and are not trace-able. The Complaint was lodged with Vashi Police Station,Navi Mumbai and recorded the same under Lost PropertyRegistration Number 3937/2019 dated 29th November 2019.Person/s, any Govt. / Non Govt. Authorities and/or any oth-er Concerned Authorities, if any, having any right, title, claimetc. against or in the aforesaid Apartment by way of aforesaidlost documents and/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage,possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, de-velopment, easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in anylitigation or otherwise or any other right or interest whatsoev-er is/are hereby required to make the same known in writingto the undersigned within a period of (15) fifteen days fromthe date of publication hereof.If no claim is made or received as required hereinabove, myClients will be at their liberty to complete the transaction inrespect of the said Apartment without any reference or re-gard to any such purported claim or interest, which shall bedeemed to have been waived for all intents and purposesand not binding on my Clients.Date: 01-12-2019Place: Navi Mumbai.

Sd/-Adv. GEETA V. PATEL

25, Om Rachana CHS, Plot No.3,Sector-17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400703.

Tel: 27892953,Mob. No.9820883474, 9594102831

I have changed my name from BALU DIGAMBARNARUTE to SAMADHAN DIGAMBAR NARUTE as peraffidavit dated 30th November 2019

CHANGE OF NAME

CR mega block today

No Direct connectivity on Harbour route from

city to Wadala Road / Bandra & beyond

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:Central Railway (CR)will operate MegaBlock on its Suburbansections (Harbour andMain lines) for carry-ing out maintenancework for infrastructureupkeep and safety o-nSunday 1st December,2019 as per the follow-ing schedules:

A) Vashi -

Wadala Road- UPand Down Harbourlines

From: 11.10 amto 03.40 pm

UP Harbour lineservices for Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT),Mumbai leavingPanvel / Belapur /Vashi from 10.17 am to3.00 pm and DNHarbour line servicesfor Vashi / Belapur /Panvel leaving CSMT,Mumbai from 10.34am to 03.16 pm willremain suspended.However, Specialtrains will be run onPanvel – Vashi -Panvel section duringthe block period.

Harbour Linepassengers are permit-ted to travel via Trans-Harbour / Main Linefrom 10.00 am to 4.30pm.

B) Kalyan -Thane UP MainFast Line

From: 11.20 amto 3.50 pm

UP Main Fast

services leavingKalyan from 10.54 amto 3.52 pm will bediverted o-n UP MainSlow line betweenKalyan and Thanestations halting at allstations and furtherre-diverted o-n UPMain Fast line be-tween Thane andChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT), Mumbai

halting at Mulund,Bhandup, Vikhroli,Ghatkopar, Kurla,Dadar and Bycullastations and will arrivedestination 20 minutesbehind schedule.

DN Main Fastservices leaving CSMT,Mumbai from 10.16am to 3.22 pm willhalt at Ghatkopar,Vikhroli, Bhandup,Mulund and Divastations in addition totheir respectivescheduled halts andwill arrive destination15 minutes behindschedule.

All Main Slow lineservices leaving/arriving CSMT,Mumbai between 11.00am and 5.00 pm willarrive destination 15minutes behindschedule.

UP Mail/Expresstrains arriving Mum-bai during the blockperiod will arrivedestination 20 – 30minutes behindschedule.

C) Short Termi-

nation of Passen-ger Trains

Train no. 50104Ratnagiri – DadarPassenger will beterminated at DivaJn. and Train no.50103 Dadar – Ratna-giri Passenger will

depart from Diva Jn. ASpecial suburbanservice will be runfrom Dadar to Diva forpassengers of 50103which will depart fromDadar at 3.40 pm,Thane at 4.06 pm andarrive Diva at 4.13pm.

Due to these blocks,suburban trains arelikely to be morecrowded than usual.Passengers are re-quested not to take anyrisks while travelling.

For representational purpose only


Navi Mumbai: NMMC has undertaken the work of cleaning nullah at Sector 17, Vashi.However, no board has been put up as to when the work is likely to get completed(Sumit Renose)

Amit Thackeray demands NMMC togive arrears of contract workers

Threatens agitation if dues are not given in stipulated time period

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Theleader of MaharashtraNavnirman Sena, AmitThackeray, son of RajThackeray is aggres-sively entering the pol-itics ground, well aheadof the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corpora-tion’s (NMMC) election.He has hinted an ag-gressive protest atNMMC headquarter, ifthe arrears of 6,500 civ-ic body contract work-ers are not given in astipulated time frame-work.

On Thursday 28thNovember, 2019, theMaharashtra Navnir-man Sena (MNS) lead-er Amit Thackeray leda protest at NMMCheadquarter along with6500 contract workersof the civic body work-ing in 17 civic depart-ments including solid

waste management,sewerage, electrical,water departmentetc. The protest was ledto get the arrearscleared of all the work-ers.

The NMMC admin-istration assured theMNS leader AmitThackeray and the del-egation that all the ar-rears which amounts toRs.90 crore will be paidwithin three weeks toall the 6,500 workers.

Gajanan Kale, NaviMumbai’s MNS leadersaid, “Our partyfounder Raj Thacker-ay’s son Amit Thacker-ay has come forward tosupport the contractworkers. He is rightlydemanding the arrearsof all the 6,500 contractworkers. It was the firstprotest led by him butif no action will be tak-en by the civic body

than many more ag-gressive agitations willbe carried out under hisguidance.”

Amit Thackeraysaid, “I have put for-ward the demand infront of the civic bodyand they have assuredme in writing that allthe arrears will be paidwithin three weeks’time. If the arrears arenot cleared within thegiven stipulated time,than I along with mysupporters and the6,500 NMMC contrac-tors will be carryingout more aggressiveprotest in the days tocome.”

While talking abouthis preparedness for thecivic body election, hesaid, “We have startedgearing up for the up-coming NMMC electionwhich is scheduled nextyear in April or May.”

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Shri Khando-ba Temple, Sonari vil-lage in Uran talukawill be celebrating theChampashati on Mon-day 2 December. Dur-ing the whole day vari-ous rituals will be car-ried out. To ensure thedevotees get proper dar-shan of the Lord, vari-ous arrangements havebeen made, said Ravin-dra Rama Kadu, Presi-dent and Trustee of ShriKhandoba Temple.

Shri Khandoba Temple at Sonarivillage to celebrate Champashati

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: The APMC policeraided a massage parlour cum Spa onFriday evening, named ‘MountainFamily Salon and Spa’ at ShivamComplex building, APMC Sector-19,for running flesh trade and attract-ing customers in the name of massageparlour. The APMC police had takenaction against the same massage par-lour last February as well.

The raid was carried after the po-lice received information that the la-dies working at the salon cum spa wereindulging in vulgar acts with custom-

APMC Police takes action againstmassage parlour for running flesh trade

ers coming for massage at the centre.Accordingly, senior police inspectorSatish Nikam formed a team and senta fake customer to the Mountain Fam-ily Salon & Spa in APMC on Fridayevening. On getting confirmation thatflesh trade was operating at the par-lour, the police team raided the spa.

During the raid police arrestedwomen working at the spa and thelady manager of the centre.

In the past, APMC police haveraided Violet Buddha Spa & Saloon inSatara Plaza, Sector-19D, for runningflesh trade.

Gang member brutally murderedBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A gangmember of Vicki Desh-mukh, Sachin Garjewho went missing twomonths ago was mur-dered and burnt, re-vealed the crimebranch investigatingteam. The officials havearrested 3 accused in-volved in the murder.

The deceased Sa-chin Bhimarao Garje(32) lived in Sector 28,Nerul and was last seenon September 14, 2019.He had informed hisfamily that he was go-ing to meet a friend atUran. After which hehas been missing. Fol-lowing which afterthree days his familylodged a missing com-plaint with the Nerulpolice.

While the Nerul po-lice started investigat-ing the case, they foundhis last mobile locationnear a mall. After in-

vestigating the CCTVfootage in the mall, thepolice arrested 3 ac-cused Vikrant Chan-drakant Koli (22),Narayan RamchandrPawle (27) and RupeshKamlakar Jhirale (37).During interrogationthe accused confessed to

have killed Garje, fol-lowing the orders of Vic-ki Deshmukh, aknown gangster ofUlwe.

“He was first bru-

tally assaulted and shotdead. They thendumped his body in seaat Uran. However, hisbody was washed toshore. Later, the ac-cused tried to buryGorge’s body. However,due to rains mud cov-ered over the body wast-ed away and finally theaccused burnt the bodyat Ransai jungle inUran.” The police havealso found the corpusremains of Garje andother evidence havebeen found as well.

The police furthersaid, Deshmukh andGarje, have committedseveral crimes togetherand were even sen-tenced to rigorous im-prisonment earlier. Theinvestigation officialsaid that the motto be-hind the murder is stillnot clear and the truthwill be cleared onlywhen Deshmukh willbe nabbed.


Issue : 178 1 December, 2019

Safety of women in India -A big question mark?

The recent brutal rape-murder of Hyderabad’s young veteri-narian doctor, has not only shamed the country but has once againbrought to the fore the safety of women in India. Indian Constitu-tion has envisaged a dream of true social, economic and politicaldemocracy which guarantees equality (of status, opportunity, law)for all citizens but this has not yet been fully realized. The risingincidents of sexual assault, molestation, rapes, trafficking are ajolt on the confidence of the women, of society and on our judicialsystem.

“The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treat-ment of its women; There is no chance for the welfare of the worldunless the condition of women is improved,”- These are the fa-mous quotes of Swami Vivekananda, who strived to uplift the plightof women not only in India but across the globe. However, sadly,despite women marching ahead in all spheres of life and are rub-bing shoulders with their male counterparts, their safety remainsa big question mark.

Indian History is replete with incidents where women hadstepped out of their regular roles as home-makers, mothers andwives to shoulder the responsibility of forming an independentnation. They participated whole heartedly in uniting the countryfor the cause, faced bullets, picketed shops.

However, seven decades after Independence and despite be-ing granted Equal Rights by Indian Constitution in all spheres oflife, women are still struggling for their rights. Undoubtedly, moreand more women are getting access to education, but despite theirqualifications, what acts against them is a threat to their securitywhile working outside their homes, travelling to educational insti-tutes etc. Irrespective of geographical boundaries, women acrossthe length and breadth of the country have to face numerous op-pressions- acid attacks, rape, molestation, eve teasing to name afew. The question that comes to mind is “Why”? Despite, the coun-try making great strides and marching ahead, why do women stillsuffer from such social attitudes?

The answer surprisingly lies within us. Till date in many Indianfamilies, different set of values are taught to boys and girls fromtheir childhood. The girl is taught to be more homely, timid, sub-missive, obedient. Interestingly, they are even encouraged to optfor those careers which will enable them to balance family dutyalong with work. Boys on the other hand are given free hand inmaking choices.

It is the fundamental duty of each one of us to ensure that allwomen enjoy their human rights and fundamental rights with senseof pride, freedom and confidence. To begin with, women may beprovided with such devices which could provide her location us-ing GPS technology to a central control room of police or sendmessages of her address to nearby locations. Allocation of womenpolice in every area and their continuous monitoring can also be apreventive solution. This also requires installation of CCTV cam-eras at strategic places, beefing up the police security systemsand closely monitoring them. Also, it is imperative to bring aboutreforms in our judicial system. At individual levels, we need tobecome impartial while raising up our children of both gendersequally, whether in terms of education, upbringing or instilling moralvalues.

It is time to make India become more flourished and progres-sive nation as envisaged in our Constitution and that can beachieved if we make our country more secure and safe for womenso that they too enjoy their freedom and rights and feel more em-powered and fearless.

Book Review: Saffron SwordsBy C.K. Subramaniam

Manoshi Sinha’s book “SaffronSwords” tells us the story of thoseIndians who fought valiantly againstinvaders and armies, based on animmense moral courage. Earlier,these stories, written by Marxist his-torians, were presented to us in a lan-guage designed for deceit. A brilliantbook that talks of unknown kings,queens and common people whofought the invaders, yet, never madeit to our history books. A perfect giftto let our kids / grand kids knowabout our glorious past.

One of the defining characteris-tics of history writing by historians

of India is that they make it bereftof ideas. As a social scientist wouldtell, this is one of the classic ways inwhich historians can hide, distort apart of history as it really happened,and present their own version forfuture generations; the argumentbeing that if history textbooks gen-erate ideas and are taken seriouslyby readers, they will make the studyof history ‘contingent’. Events of thepast will then be seen as that couldhave gone either way, making thereader go deeper and search for moreideas.

One of consequences of that willbe to explain why right peoplearmed with the right ideas didn’talways win. This process generatesempathy for those who fought andstruggled valiantly and be an inspi-ration.

Manoshi Sinha’s book ‘SaffronSwords’ does exactly that. It tells usthe story of those Indians who foughtvaliantly against invaders andarmies, based on an immense moralcourage. To me, this book will dowhat our textbooks haven’t been ableto do for the children of India andmany adults like me. It will gener-ate ideas for us to look deeper in thehistory we haven’t been exposed toas part of our education.

How much do we know about the

valorous saga of our ancestors fromthe east to west, north to south ofBharat? Unfortunately very little!Were we always defeated? It is a BigNo. But we have been projected aslosers. During the last 1300 years,our ancestors across the country putup a brave resistance against invad-ers, first against Islamic invasionand rule and later the British. Hun-dreds and thousands of our warriorswon battles and many fought untiltheir last breath defending the moth-erland.

Indian History text books havehardly glorified these real warriorsof the soil. We have grown up read-

ing more about the glories of our in-vaders. A nation’s citizens, who areignorant about the brave feats of theirancestors, tend to deviate away fromtheir roots, historicity, and theirsense of belongingness for the moth-erland. Saffron Swords that contains52 tales of valor, is a tribute to theunsung warriors of India, both menand women, from the last 1300 years.This book is the first in its series.

Indian history text books hardlyglorify the exploits of Indian warriorswho won in battles against Islamicinvaders. Many freedom fighters,who played an instrumental role infreeing India from clutches of theBritish, have not found a place inhistory. Instead, it is the invaderswho are glorified. From the north tothe south, east to the west, there arehundreds of winning exploits of war-riors, both men and women. 52 sto-ries are inspirational to further bringabout pride in our glorious past. Iread each and every story like anepisode. It is time history text booksare rewritten.

This book deserve to be in ourschool syllabus. It reminds us of ourbrave ancestors who sacrificed theirlife but we forgot them because ofadultered history.

The writer is freelancer from Sanpada,Navi Mumbai


By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Kalamboli police havearrested seven Bang-ladeshi nationals whohave been illegally re-siding in Roadpali areaof Kalamboli. It wasfound that all of themwere working at a con-struction site inKalamboli and sur-rounding areas.

Kalamboli seniorpolice inspector SatishGaikwad had receivedinformation that someBangladeshi nationalswere living illegally inthe Roadpali area ofKalamboli. According-ly, a squad of Kalam-boli police launched a

7 Bangladeshi nationals arrestedin Roadpali area of Kalamboli

search operation frommidnight on Thursday.At around 7am on Fri-day, raids were con-ducted at the house ofAnnapurna Niwas inthe village of Roadpali.Alamgir Abdul SattarSheikh, 45, MirajAlamgir Shaikh (21),Siraj Alamgir Shaikh(20), Nima SirajShaikh (17) and RiazAlamgir Shaikh (16)were arrested by thepolice. Later, when po-lice raided the house atKisan Niwas in Road-pali, Rina MohammadShakeel Shaddar (23)was found living ille-gally in the house withher 4-year-old daugh-

ter.The police then

checked house num-ber-92 in the village ofRoadpali and arrestedSalma Begum YunusKazi, 40, a Bang-ladeshi woman. Thepolice then detained allof them and inquiredabout their citizenship.They were asked to fur-nish citizenship docu-ments or some otherevidence. However,none of them present-ed the evidence. Ac-cordingly, Kalambolipolice arrested allBangladeshi nationalsunder the ForeignersAct as well as the Pass-port Act 1920.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A 54-year-old woman, wholives in Koparkhairanewas allegedly robbed ofher 6 gold banglesweighing 6 tolas andworth Rs. 1 lakh and 60thousand. Police havestarted investigatingthe incident.

The victim, Naren-darkour JoginderSingh, had visited Re-liance Fresh to buy gro-

Duo pose as police, lootlady of her 6 gold bangles

ceries near her houseon Friday. While shewas returning, she wasstopped by the duo whowere dressed in civilclothes. They intro-duced themselves ascops and said that therewas some issue aheadand asked her to re-move her gold banglesand put those in herpurse. Pretending tohelp her, the duo clev-erly kept the bangles

with them and just pre-tended to wrap the ban-gles in cloth and keptinside the purse and leftthe place.

After reachinghome, when Singhchecked her purse, shedidn’t find the gold ban-gles and realised thatshe was looted by theduo. Later, with help ofher son she filed a com-plaint at Koparkhair-ane police station.

and the civic Headquar-ter was termed as ‘Cam-pus with Helmet’ premise.The visitors on two wheel-ers could enter or move outof the NMMC Head Quar-ter only if they were wear-ing helmets. To make peo-ple know that it is man-datory to wear helmets, abanner ‘Campus withHelmet’ too was placedoutside the Head Quarter.However, not only thebanner is missing, the vis-itors too can be seen en-tering the premise with-out the mandatory hel-met.

The initiative was in-augurated in March byNavi Mumbai PoliceCommissioner SanjayKumar at Mindspace inAiroli and at that time hesaid that this is for thefirst time they are takingsupport of public in re-ducing fatalities in roadaccidents. Most of the ac-cidents on two wheelersare caused due to non-

wearing of helmets &over speeding.

Sunil Lokhande, Dep-uty Commissioner of Po-lice, Traffic Navi Mum-bai said,” In this pro-gramme which is titled“Campus with Helmet”our idea was to spreadawareness on the impor-tance of wearing helmet.The aim was to see thatno one enters or movesout of the premise with-out helmets where thebanner “Campus withHelmet” is placed. Theincrease in the number ofaccidents due to two-wheelers in the state andthe satellite city is a mat-ter of concern. 60 percentof accidents involve two-wheelers and of these,fatalities of those ridingwithout helmet are themost. The SupremeCourt has ordered thatevery two-wheeler shouldstrictly wear helmets.But sadly, people are notfollowing traffic rules.

A senior traffic officialon the condition of ano-nymity informed, “Inmost of the government

organisations in thecity, the banner “Cam-pus with Helmet” can beseen placed at promi-nent location. But thesame banner cannot beseen on the gate ofNMMC headquarter.The banner has beenkept in the cabin of thesecurity official. It wasjust placed for few daysand everyone was fol-lowing the instructionsbut later the banner wasremoved and now no oneappears to be followingthe initiative.”

Ganga Singh, a res-ident of Seawoods whooften visits the NMMCfor official work in-formed, “The initiativewas given importancefor three- four weeksonly. All the people whoused to enter theNMMC were asked towear the helmet andwithout helmet theywere not allowed entry,but from last one andhalf month, the initia-tive is not being followedseriously.”

Akalakh Barakab, aresident of Vashi who isinto media communica-tion business informed,“Recently I went on mytwo-wheeler to meet oneof the civic body offi-cials. I had forgotten totake helmet along withme, but no one stoppedme outside the gate andalso there were no ban-ner on the gate mention-ing “Campus with Hel-met” initiative.”

Campus withHelmet...Contd. from pg. 1

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE IS hereby given that my client SMT. SAYYAD ABIDABIABDUL SAMAD AND MR. ABDUL SAMAD SUBHAN SAYYED,as under.That following original paper belongs to my client have been lost /misplaced by them, while travelling by auto from Sector 20 NerulVillage to Sarsole Village, Navi Mumbai, on 18/11/2019 at 5.00 p.m. and after diligent search also it could not be found to my client andthey have lodge the said information about lost of following with Nerulpolice authority under Property Missing Regi. No.3787/2019, on 21/11/2019.1. Original Registered Agreement For Sale Dated 25th day of No-vember, 2014, Document No.7972/2014, registered with Thane -3,Between M/s. FAM Construction Co. thorough its partner MR.RAFIQ MISTRY AND SMT. SAYYAD ABIDABI ABDUL SA-MAD AND MR. ABDUL SAMAD SUBHAN SAYYED in respectof Flat No.302, Third Floor, Samadhan Apartment, House No.753,Nerul Village, Navi Mumbai.2. Original Aadhar Card of SMT. SAYYAD ABIDABI ABDUL SA-MAD.3. Original PAN Card of SMT. SAYYAD ABIDABI ABDUL SA-MAD.4. Original Passport of SMT. SAYYAD ABIDABI ABDUL SAMAD.5. Original Voting Card of SMT. SAYYAD ABIDABI ABDUL SA-MAD.6. Original School Leaving Certificate of SMT. SAYYAD ABIDABIABDUL SAMAD issued by Municipal School, Cheetacamp, Trom-bay, Mumbai.If Any person or person, firm, company, found the original documentsas stated above, return the same within 15 days from the date ofpublish this notice or having any claim in to or over the said Flat ordocuments or any part thereof, either by way of sale, mortgage, lien,gif or otherwise howsoever, should give Notice of such claim /objection in writing stating, therein nature of his / her / their claim /objection along with the other particular sufficient to identify the sameas well as documentary evidence, in support thereof and the samemust be lodged with the office within 15 days from the date of publi-cation of this Notice, failing to which it shall be presumed that the saidFlat and Documents are free from all encumbrances and the right andclaims of any holder of the documents, if any, be waived and myclient shall proceed to any transaction without considering any claimor objection received after expiry of Notice period as aforesaid.Date: 01-12-2019Place: Navi Mumbai.

Sd/-YOGESH RAMESH DESAI

M. COM, L. L. B., G. D. C. & A.ADVOCATE HIGH COURT

Office Add : 1, Swami Samarth Complex,Sector -9, Divagaon, Near Airoli Bridge

Circle, Airoli, Navi Mumbai 400708


Impressive march past accompanied by school brass band by the students set the stage for the Annual Sports Day Celebrations.

Annual Sports Day Inspires Lawrencian To ‘Believe To Achieve’By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai :The sporty and ener-getic students of St.Lawrence High School– Vashi gave a fantas-tic performance duringtheir Annual sportsDay which was held onits sprawling schoolground amidst hugecheers from their col-leagues and parents.

God’s presence wasinvoked with a specialprayer. The eminentguest hoisted theschool flag and raisedthe mascot ‘Chandray-an’ symbolizing Perse-verance and the ‘Nev-er Give Up’ attitude toreinforce Lawrenciansfaith of “Believe toAchieve’.

The parents wereastounded as the statelevel and District Levelwinners passed on thetorch to the primaryand pre-primary sportskids. Aimed at promot-ing sports, fitness and

health as a way of lifethe Aerobic exercise or-ganised on the occasionalso forced the parentsto get involved from theside lines.

“We are so overjoyedand overwhelmed to seeour kid’s hidden talentare nurtured and pol-ished their overall de-velopment”, said a con-

tent parent. “Impor-tance is given to cur-ricular and co-curricu-lar activities, as ourChairman Sir Dr A FPinto’s vision is tobring about all rounddevelopment of person-ality in every child.The Annual SportsDay witnessed somesterling performance

by the students in thevarious Track andField events organisedon the occasion. Aimedat promoting sports,fitness and health as away of life few fun filledgames were also orga-nised for parents whogenerally are caughtup in resolving variouschallenges in their day

to day life both at workand home front. TheParents infact couldn’tstop their laughterwhen the Mothers ofour students wereasked to hit the Pina-ta blind folded. TheTiny-Tots too wereamazed to see their Fa-thers making a gar-land and make a dash

for the finish line dur-ing the race event. Allin all it was a day tocelebrate the zest forlife despite challengesand what other activi-ty inspires its betterthan sports”, said theHeadmistress of theschool,. Saira Kennedy,Head Mistress of theinstitute.

Kid’s Zone

Ms. Shrutika Behera, Std. V-BRyan International School,Sanpada

Contd. on pg. 8

Speed breakers to get backstripes again on the city roads

NMMC initiates the work

By Jim George

NAVI MUMBAI : Withan aim to avoid acci-dent, The Navi MumbaiTraffic Department hasrequested the NaviMumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC) topaint the stripes on thespeed breakers as many

of them have either lit-erally vanished or havefaded across the city.

“The markings onspeed breakers shouldbe visible from far awayeven during night.Right now, due to thelack of visibility of theseat night, chances of ac-

cidents are higher asthe motor vehicle driv-ers can fall and injurethemselves and othersin their vicinity”, saidPrasad Victor, a citizen.

“We have alreadysent suggestion regard-


Except, Expect and Accept

By Dr. Monica Khanna

Most teachers ofEnglish language in-corporate a section onhomonyms or homo-phones in their class-es under the heading‘Words that Confuse’.One common exampleis the usage of thewords ‘except’, ‘expect’and ‘accept’, which areoften erroneously usedinterchangeably. How-ever, the meaning ofthese words goes be-yond the similarity inspellings and sounds,and extends to humanbehaviour and relation-ships.

The problem ariseswhen we expect peopleto accept our thoughts,values, beliefs, cus-toms and decisions un-conditionally, withoutany exceptions. Ourunrealistic expecta-tions from others arewhat weigh down a re-lationship for two rea-sons. Firstly, we fail torecognise and embracethe difference in per-spectives, and second-ly we expect nothingbut perfection fromothers, and are unwill-ing to accept mistakes.

Whether it is withour parents, spouses,children, bosses, sub-ordinates or colleaguesat our workplaces,most of the problemsthat arise in our inter-actions with others do

so because we set highunreasonably stan-dards that other peopledon’t seem to match upto. When we look at thenumber 6, we do notrealize that the samenumber can be read as9 by a person standingopposite – and that wewould both be correct,even if our responsesare different. We are sofirmly entrenched inthe belief that we areright, that we use ourown selves to bench-mark, and blind our-selves to other ways ofthinking or doingthings. If it isn’t donemy way, it isn’t done

perfectly.That brings us to

the idea of ‘perfectness’which is often subjec-tive and also a little ide-alistic. As humans, weall make mistakes –we fall, we get up, wefall again, and then welearn to walk withoutfalling. Yet, we are in-tolerant of the mis-takes of others, expect-ing them to be infalli-ble and flawless. I havehad parents of childrencomplaining to meabout half a mark thatthe child lost on ac-count of carelessness,and reducing the childto tears with theirhurtful words. True,that loss of half amark could have been

avoided had the childconcentrated a littlemore. True, if the mis-take of a child is notpointed out, the childmay not learn or im-prove. But is it reallynecessary to malignand humiliate a childfor what could havebeen a human errorthat anyone couldhave made as a resultof misunderstanding,pressure or mere pre-occupation? Do we re-ally need to be so harshin our judgment of peo-ple around us that webecome intolerant anddestroy the self-imageof others? Can we not

realize that mistakesthat are made uninten-tionally must be treat-ed as lessons and notfailure? Are we our-selves as perfect as weexpect people aroundus to be?

While we all strivefor perfection and worktowards doing our bestin any given task, it isalso important to tonedown our expectationsand raise the bar of ac-ceptance, knowingthat there are and willalways be many excep-tions to perfection.

The writer is Associate

Professor, Indira Institute

of Business Management,

Consultant, Indian School

of Management and

Entrepreneurship

By Jim George

KHARGHAR: Whilethe recent fire thaterupted on a portion ofhillock at Kharghar inwhich hundreds ofplants/saplings weredestroyed, jolted theGreen volunteers whohad made efforts inplanting and nurtur-ing saplings, it hashowever, failed todampen their spirit.The volunteers, whoare striving to maketheir locality greenerand beautiful, haveonce again started toplant new saplings andnurture the survivingplants.

For the volunteers,fire appears to have be-come a sad routinewhich they have be-come accustomed to.“We started the treeplantation drive in2016 with the help ofthe Forest Departmentwho provided us withhundred trees. Thetrees were growing wellwith the monsoonrains and some hadeven grown to almostsix feet tall. Few daysback, almost all thetrees were burnt downdue to the burning ofgrass by some miscre-ants. This was indeedvery shocking andhighly disturbing forus. It is difficult to un-derstand why peopleindulge in such activi-ties?” says Jyoti Nad-karni, an environmen-talist.

“There are around

Volunteers back at work onKharghar hilltop days after

fire destroyed plants

20 volunteers whowork selflessly in pro-moting greenery byplanting saplings.Though not everybodyworks on a daily basis,they are still active.Most of the volunteersare working profession-als, while some arehome makers. Initial-ly, we found carryingwater up the hills a dif-ficult task but gradu-ally it has become partof our lives. Roughlythirty five to thirtyeight litres of water arebeing carried everydayup the hills. We will allget together tomorrowand decide on a courseof action to get back ontrack after the recentfire,” said Nitin Ti-

wari, another environ-mentalist.

He also added thatwith a view to savesome of the trees thathave survived from thefire, he has begun tocollect dry cow dung. Adug up pit is then cov-ered with mud for a fewdays and the tree isthen planted. “In thisway, we have managedto grow the plants fromthe roots that survivedthe fire after removingthe leaves,” he said.

These volunteersare determined toachieve their goal ofmaking their sur-rounding Green irre-spective of the variouschallenges and hurdlesthat come on their way.

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Special kids from Jidd Special School, Thanevisit Mumbai Maiden Cruise at Bandra

Wave of laughter and gaiety filled the air as kids accompanied by their

guardians explored the ship anchored at Bandra - Worli Sealink

MUMBAI: A groupof kids accompanied bytheir guardians arrivedonboard the MumbaiMaiden cruise ship, atthe Bandra jetty yester-day in the morning. The kids from Jidd Spe-cial School run by theThane Municipal Cor-poration were visitingthe ship for a fun daytrip onboard.

Some apprehensivebut awed by the sealooked around with won-

der, holding the handsof their respectiveguardians, and slowlyas they were leadaround the variousdecks of the ship, theylet their guard down -dancing, clapping, sing-ing and making mer-ry.

“It is an absolutelywonderful feeling to seethe joy on the faces ofthese kids, the laughterand shout out of thankyou overwhelmed me

ed the Captain as heexplained the workingsof the ship and narrat-ed the importance ofsafety and other mea-sures available on-board to the kids.

The fact that soonSSR Marine Services,the company behindMumbai Maiden will bestarting their servicesin Thane GaimukhCreek was receivedwith loud shouts of ap-preciation.

and we feel more deter-mined to make the ex-perience for our visitorsa one of a kind uniqueone,” said Sanjeev Agar-wal, CEO MumbaiMaiden Cruise.

“I am also gratefulto Mr Sanjiv Jaiswal,Commissioner ofThane Municipal Cor-poration, Mr Rajdekarand Mr Joshi for theircontinuous supportand guidance to makethis event as reality,”

continued SanjeevAgarwal.

“The experience ofthe ship is meant to of-fer a wholesome fami-ly experience and see-ing the kids enjoythemselves and lettheir guard down, rein-states Mumbai Maid-en’s objective for beingthe most unique andholistic experience inleisure and entertain-ment”, added TwinkleSehgal, Brand Ambas-

sador of MumbaiMaiden who was seeninteracting with thekids and the membersof the corporation.

The kids strolledaround the decks of theship, even the beatingsun did not deter theirspirits as they dancedtheir feet off to theirfavourite music.Laughing, makingmerry and just havingthe time of their life.

The kids surround-

NMMCintroducesAmnestyScheme...

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many places, changesin rules like the CRZRules resulted in pen-alties leading to prop-erty tax dues of manyproperty holders. It isfelt that through theimplementation of “Ab-hay Yojana” or Amnes-ty Scheme for govern-ment, semi-govern-mental assets, govern-ment-owned enterpris-es and other assets inthe municipal area,NMMC will be able toeffectively recoverpending property taxesin its jurisdiction.

According toNMMC Mayor Jay-want Sutar, “Underthe Abhay Yojana, nodeduction will be appli-cable for the original

tax amount. There willbe a discount on thepayment of penalty /interest only. Thescheme will be imple-mented from1st December, 2019.The scheme will be ap-plicable for a period offour months. 75 per-cent penalty will bewaived off if the out-standing property taxamount is paid withintwo months of its im-plementation that isfrom 1st December,2019 till 31st January,2020. However, if thetax payers pay in thelast two months of theimplementation ofthe scheme that isfrom 1st February 2020till 31st March 2020,then only 62.5 per centof the penalty amountwould be waived off.There will be no ex-emption and no refundin respect of the penal-ty / interest paid with-

out tax before this Gov-ernment’s decision isissued.”

All the property taxdefaulters residing inNMMC jurisdictionwho would like to takebenefit of the amnestyscheme can get the ap-plication on NMMCwebsite www.nmmc.gov.in online or theycan get it from theeight divisional office ofNMMC or any of thecollection centres setup by the civic body.

There will be thefacility of paying thetax amount in cash,cheque or by digitalmode at NMMC head-quarter and also at allthe eight divisional of-fices. Apart from allthese facilitation cen-ters, special centreswill be set up and theinformation of it willbe available on theNMMC website. From1st December, 2019 on-

wards the online appli-cation can be receivedand also payment canbe done online andfrom 2nd December,2019 onwards the pay-ment can be paid at thedivisional offices andcollection centers.

On NMMC websitethat is www.nmmc.gov.in and the mobileapp NMMC e-connect,the payment can bepaid through debitcard, credit card, inter-net banking, NEFTand RTGS.

At present, the out-standing property taxamounts to more thanRs. 2100 crores.Through Abhay Yoja-na, NMMC is hoping torecover a considerableamount of pendingdues from property taxdefaulters. The collect-ed amount will be usedfor many urban devel-opment facilities in thecity, it is learnt.


Ek Bharat Vijayi Bharat

By Dr.Vandana Mahajani

Kanyakumari-based VivekanandKendra and its stateunits have launcheda year-long nation-wide contact pro-gramme to spread themessages of SwamiVivekananda. Themass contact pro-gramme, titled “EkBharat Vijayi Bhar-at”, coincides with the50th foundation yearof Vivekanand RockMemorial in Kanya-kumari.

Involving around20,000 workers ofaround 1,005 units ofVivekanand Kendraacross the country,the programme hasgot underway with ameeting with Presi-dent Ram NathKovind on 2 nd Sep-tember 2019. Later,the team consisting ofsenior kendra mem-bers that include,Shri Blakrishnan Ji,President Vivekanan-da Kendra, Sushri.Nivedita Bhide, VicePresident and ShriBhanudas ji, Secre-tary, VivekanandaKendra Kanyaku-mari and others havemet Vice PresidentShri. M VenkaiahNaidu and PrimeMinister Shri. Naren-dra Modi.

All state teams of

Vivekananda Kendrawould contact the headsof states and a sizeablenumber of people fromall segments of societywith the messages ofSwami Vivekananda.Mananiya NiveditaBhide, Vice President,Vivekananda KendraKanyakumari informsus the purpose of thisinitiative

1) To take the mes-sage of Swami Vive-kananda to the people -The message is : Beingpart of the society, weshould give our some-time for the good worksin society; serve man,serve god; and Indiahas a message for theworld thus with ourwork we should enableIndia to give her mes-sage.

2) To tell the inspir-ing story of Vivekanan-da Rock Memorial tothe people, which is aconstructive examplethat if we come togeth-er in the interest of thenation then greatworks are achieved.

3) To tell themabout the activities ofVivekananda Kendra. ”

The programme willalso focus on makingpeople aware of the in-spiring story of Vive-kanand Rock Memori-al and the activities ofVivekanand Kendra.The memorial standson a mid-sea rock offthe Kanyakumarishore where SwamiVivekananda mediatedin December 1892 anddecided to restore theglory of Bharta

ABOUT VIVEKANANDAROCK MEMORIALAs his biographers

tell us, the Swamijihad been only a simplewandering monk tillhe sojourned on this

Rock to do mediationand Sadhana in searchof an answer to nu-merous queries in hismind. Swami Vive-kananda’s meditationson the KanyakumariRock found explosiveexpression immediate-ly after in the messageof dynamic spirituality

which he delivered inAmerica, England, andIndia during the re-maining ten years ofhis life, a message com-prehensive of man’s to-tal welfare, material aswell as spiritual.

That vision trans-formed him into agreat reformer, a mas-ter organizer and amighty world teacher.It is to commemoratethis event in the Swa-miji’s Life that thisedifice has been builtinspite of the hazardsof construction at thatdifficult spot and thehigh cost it involved.

The architect of thismemorial was ShriEknath ji Ranade, aswayam sevak, whohad proved himself inthe past. His abilitiesof organisation and sin-cerity towards his mis-sion were remarkable.Ranade was deeply in-fluenced by the teach-ings of Swami Vive-kananda. In 1963, dur-ing the centenary year

of Swami Vivekanand’sbirth, he published aselection of Vivekanan-da’s writing under thetitle Rousing call toHindu Nation as a per-sonal tribute. Thesame year, Ranade con-ceived the idea of build-ing a monument toVivekananda at the

mid-sea rock locationnear Kanyakumari.His idea found approv-al among seniors ofSangha.

Knowingly, he wasthe choosen one to begiven the task of con-structing the rock me-morial. When the ideawas initially rejectedby the Ministe of edu-cation and culture,Shri Humayun Kabir.Ranade drummed upsupport from over 323members of the Parlia-ment, which led to theproject receiving ap-proval from PrimeMinister Indira Gan-dhi. Ranade also man-aged to win endorse-ment for the projectfrom a diverse sectionof the political andspiritual community.

After the projectwas approved, Ranadeled a cadre of volun-teers to raise funds forconstruction from do-nors across the coun-try; state governmentsand the central Gov-

ernment of India alsocontributed towardsthe Rs.12.5 millionfund total. The RockMemorial was complet-ed in 1970, and inau-gurated by Presidentof India ShriV.V.Giri on 2 Septem-ber. Two years later hefounded the Vive-kananda Kendra.Presently the organisa-tion has bloomed anddoing fantastic work,especially in northeastern region of ourcountry

Eknath Ranade said“This Rock is associat-ed with the Swamiji’sLife almost in the samemanner as the Bodhitree in Gaya is associ-ated with the life ofGautam Buddha. Itwas just an ordinarytree as any other tree.But, on account of thefact that Gautam Bud-dha, meditating underthis tree, received di-vine illumination, thetree and the entire sur-roundings have be-come a place of pil-grimage and a sourceof inspiration to mil-lions of people all overthe world.”

Swami Vivekanan-da was inspired by thegreat truth discoveredby the ancient sages ofIndia and conveyed tohumanity at large bythat immortal litera-ture of our Philosophi-cal and spiritual tradi-tion, namely, the Up-anishads, that the trueglory of man lies in hisinalienable, divine, im-mortal Self, the At-man. Evidently, thatglory of the humanspirit proclaimed byhis nation’s books andsaints had not passedon to the nation’smasses. They bore the

mark of arrestedgrowth due to contin-ued neglect and op-pression. Other na-tions created history,and India became itsvictim century aftercentury.

Swami Ranga-nathananji says“And the messagewhich Kanyakumaricoveys to us today,therefore, is medita-tion combined withaction, resulting inthe evolution of a per-fect national charac-ter, and synthesizingour age old moraland spiritual efficien-cy with modern sci-entific and technicalefficiency.

It is this new em-phasis on work, onintelligent, co-opera-tive, team work, forthe betterment of thelives of millions andmillions of humanbeings, that is sym-bolized in this Kany-akumari. Let us allenergise the Kendrawith our sampark inthe coming years.

Says Vivekanan-da in one of his greatutterances voicingman’s awakening tohis inborn divine na-ture : “Teach your-self, teach every one,his real nature; callupon the sleepingsoul and see how itawakes. Power willcome, glory willcome, goodness willcome, purity willcome, everythinggreat and gloriouswill come, when thesleeping soul isroused to self-con-scious activity.”

The writer is Nagar

Pramukh, Vivekananda

Kendra Kanyakumari,

Navi Mumbai Branch

Speedbreakers ...

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ing this to the NaviMumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC). Al-though, we have not re-ceived any complaintsregarding this till date,it is imperative to paintthe speed breakers to

avoid accidents,” saidSunil Lokhande, DCP ofTraffic in Navi Mum-bai.

Meanwhile, theNMMC, acting on thesuggestion of the trafficdepartment, has initiat-ed the work, but speedbreakers on differentroads like those in Sec-tor 9 and Sector 10 in

front of schools, still re-main unpainted. “Withthe heavy traffic of chil-dren and parents enter-ing and exiting theschool at various timesin the day, the workshould be hurried upbefore accidents arecaused due to it, saidMeena Dalvi, a residentof sector 17, Vashi.

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“We are quite hap-py to learn from mediareports that the newState government hashalted the work onmetro car shed atAarey forest and wewould like to draw yourattention to the nextmajor environment de-stroyer – the BulletTrain project,” said theNGOs NatConnect,Shree Ekvira Aai Prat-ishtan and fishermen’sgroup PaaramparikMachhimar BachaoKruti Samiti.

“The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Trainproject is slated to de-stroy 54,000 man-groves and unsettle theentire ecology as hasbeen confirmed in theofficial impact assess-ment reports,’ said B NKumar, director of Nat-Connect. “At a timewhen we need moreand more mangrovesand new varieties ofthem to protect thecoast, we are hell benton destroying the exist-ing ones. This is noth-ing short of a recipe fordisaster,” he said.

“500-acre wetland

at Dastan Phata hasbeen turned into a dustbowl, thousands ofmangroves are beingdestroyed in the nameof JNPT SEZ, NMSEZand expansion of high-ways, wetlands are be-ing buried at Bori Pa-khadi, Belpada, Pagoteand other places. Thelandfill and blockage offree flow of creek waterhas led to the waterfinding its own courseand flooding several vil-lages during Holi fes-tival,” added Kumar,who has asked the newgovernment to form adedicated green policefor tackling environ-ment violations.

The environmentgroups have drawn thegovernment’s atten-tion to the recent USresearch study whichcautioned that the ris-ing sea levels willdrown Mumbai andother coastal cities.Floods at BKC, Bad-lapur, Kalyan-Sheeland Uran are too freshin our minds to be for-gotten, they said.

SEAP head Nanda-kumar Pawar said,“As much as 8,000hectares of 32,000 hect-ares of wetlands andmangroves in the eco-sensitive Uran regionhave been destroyed.

The process of destruc-tion is going on un-abated despite the Bom-bay High Court rulingsand the court appoint-ed mangrove commit-tee’s instructions”.

Adding further hesaid, “In the name oflandfill for Navi Mum-bai International Air-port, hundreds of hect-ares of mangroves arebeing wiped out. Thishas in fact led to floodsat CBD Belapur dur-ing February whenthere was no sem-blance of rain.”

“Our appeal for de-claring Panje wetlandin Uran as a bid sanc-tuary is also pendingwith the government.It is essential to savethe large wetland notonly as a bird destina-tion but as an environ-ment project,” Pawarsaid.

“While trying tosolve the farmers’ is-sues, we appeal theChief Minister to lookat the unresolved prob-lems faced by the fish-ermen, particularly inUran area, and thewanton destruction ofenvironment in thename of infrastructureprojects,” TukaramKoli of PaaramparikMachhimar BachaoKruti Samiti said Koli.

After Aarey,save

mangroves...Contd. from pg. 1

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: CentralRailway has decided toaugment Train nos.11085 / 11086 Lokman-ya Tilak Terminus-Madgaon & Train nos.11099/11100 LokmanyaTilak Terminus-Madg-aon AC Double-DeckerExpress with seven ACcoaches o-n permanentbasis. The details are asunder:

i) Train nos. 11085/11086 Lokmanya TilakTerminus-Madgaon ACDouble-Decker will beaugmented with FiveAC-3 Tier and Two AC-2 Tier Ex. LokmanyaTilak Terminus w.e.f.Thursday 9 Jan, 2020and Ex. Madgaon w.e.f.Friday 10 Jan,.2020.

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – MadgaonAC double-decker Express to have

Seven additional AC Coaches

ii) Train nos. 11099/11100 Lokmanya TilakTerminus-Madgaon ACDouble-Decker Expresswill be augmented withalso have additionalFive AC-3 Tier and TwoAC-2 Tier Ex. Lokman-ya Tilak Terminusw.e.f. Saturday 11Jan,.2020 and Ex. Mad-gaon w.e.f. Sunday 12

For representational purpose only

Jan .01.2020.The above Double-

Decker Express whichpasses via KonkanRoute will also have haltat Panvej Junction asper it original schedule.

Reservation forthese additional ACcoaches will be openfrom Monday 2 Dec,2019.

Stage Set For Spectacular finishAt Grand Finale Of JKFOS

By Ashok Dhamija

India’s most eagerly awaited mo-torsports show, the JK Tyre Festi-val of Speed (JKFOS), got underwayat the Buddh International Circuit,Greater Noida this weekend. Thesame saw India’s most celebratedracers lock horns with many inter-national stars lining up for top ho-nours and glory.

Among the many battles thatwas on display and had its own setof thrills in the two important cate-gories included the LGB Formula 4and the JK Tyre Suzuki Gixxer Cup.Chennai’s Vishnu Prasad and Ra-ghul Rangasamy, close pals off fieldand arch-rivals on track in the LGB-4 category and were tied on 73 pointsafter Saturday’s two races to set abattle royal in their one last race forthe coveted title in the JK Tyre FM-SCI National racing Championshipon Sunday

In the JK Tyre Suzuki GixxerCup, Tanay Gaikwad of Pune whowas sitting pretty with 54 points atthe end of the qualification stage,however suffered an unexpectedDNF on Saturday, which resulted inhim slip to second position behindBengaluru’s Syed Muzammil whocurrently leads with 56 points to setthe stage for yet another exciting fin-ish on Sunday.

The JKFOS also unveiled itsmarquee event, the X1 RacingLeague, which boasted of six fran-chise-based teams and involved highprofile owners and international andIndian drivers. Along with India’sfirst Formula 1 driver NarainKarthikeyan, the League also sawthe likes of former Force India driv-er Tonio Liuzzi, Malaysian hero AlexYoong and legendary F1 driver NikiLauda’s son, Mathias, too were inaction in exciting new format whereeach team boasted of an Internation-al Male, International Female, Indi-an International and two Indian do-mestic drivers who not only had toshow great skill and speed but alsoperfect teamwork and co-ordinationto clinch the first of the two rounds.

The JKFOS had an internation-al flavour for bike lovers too in 1000ccand 600 cc classes for the coveted JKSuperbike Cup, with Round 3 of theAsia Cup of Road Racing spicing upthe extravaganza. The event sawparticipation from top bikers fromAsian countries like Japan, India(with close to 50 top riders from nboth categories), Nepal and Philip-

pines as they looked to consolidatetheir position on the points table inthe FIM sanctioned event.

BRS Racing Bengaluru began theX1 Racing competition on a domi-nant note, and won the day’s tworaces. The pair of Arjun Maini (Indi-an International Racer) and OliverWebb (International Racer, Male)proved to be unbeatable while theirteammates, Nayan Chatterjee (Indi-an Domestic Racer) and MichelleGatting (International Racer, Fe-male), finished fourth and third inthe two races. Mumbai Falcons werethe other formidable team, andcruised to the third position thanksto Karthik Tharani and MikkelJensen in Race 1 and the second po-sition, with Kush Maini and PippaMann, starring in Race 2.

In the JK Tyre Super Bike1000cc, Bhumik Lalwani and DilipLalwani of Mount Abu clinched thehonours, taking the first two places.Simranjeet Singh of Delhi took thethird place to set the stage for an-other close finish.

Provisional Results: A) JK LGB Formula 4:Race 1: 1. Diljith TS (13:31.101);

2. Raghul Rangaswamy (13:31.298);3. Ashwin Datta (13:31.349)

Race 2: 1. Ashwin Datta(19:37.578); 2. Diljith (19:38.649); 3.Raghul Rangasamy (19:38.775)

B) JK Tyre Suzuki GixxerCup: 1. Syed Muzammil Ali(23:30.905); 2. Sanjeev Mhatre(23:37.455); 3. Amul Angadi(23:40.296)

C) JK Tyre Superbike Cup1000CC: 1. Bhumik Lalwani(15:40.361); 2. Dilip Lalwani(15:49.420); 3. Simranjeet Singh(15:55.262)

D) X1 Racing:Race 1: 1. BRS Racing Banga-

lore (32:34.633); 2. DG RacingAhmedabad (32:45.545); 3. MumbaiFalcons (32:55.046)

Race 2: 1. BRS Racing Banga-lore (32:51.044); 2. Mumbai Falcons-32:58.124; 3. BRS Racing Bangalore-32:59.273

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BRS Racing Bangalore won both the X1league races on Saturday


Thomas Cook India honoured at the French Ambassador’s Travel AwardsConferred with the Diamond Award for registering the highest number of French visa deliverances in India

MUMBAI: ThomasCook (India)Ltd., India’s leading in-tegrated travel and trav-el related financial ser-vices company, has beenconferred with the pre-mier Diamond Awardfor registering the high-est number of Frenchvisa deliveries in2019.The award waspresented to ThomasCook India by His Ex-cellency, Mr. EmmanuelLenain, Ambassador ofFrance to India at the5th edition of the FrenchAmbassador’s TravelAwards- established torecognise and rewardoutstanding performers

in the travel and tour-ism industry in India.

Thomas Cook In-dia’s internal data hasrevealed the strong andgrowing popularity ofFrance and this isacross its segments ofLeisure, MICE and B-leisure; the destinationfeaturing as a top inter-national choice for Indi-ans. Given the diversi-ty of its appeal, ThomasCook India has curatedunique programmes,from signature cuisineon tour by renownedChef Ranveer Brar thatcelebrates France’s ac-claimed gastronomy;exclusive stays in a cha-

teau or a vineyard in theheart of Champagne,Alsace and Bordeaux;vintage car drivesamidst the glamour ofthe French Riviera; itin-eraries that capturestunning vistas of theRhone Alps, to delight-ful local experiences invillages across Provenceand Occitanie.

Commenting on thetop award, Mr. RajeevKale, President &Country Head - LeisureTravel, M.I.C.E & Vi-sas, Thomas Cook (In-dia) Ltd., said, “It issuch an honour to re-ceive the prestigiousDiamond Award at the

French Ambassador’sTravel Awards. Thisaward for the fifth timein a row serves to high-light Thomas Cook In-dia’s sustained contribu-tion towards Francevisa issuances in India.In this success, I sin-cerely appreciate thededication of all our Th-omas Cook India visaand business teams;equally the unstintedsupport of the FranceConsular offices togeth-er, as also the outstand-ing spirit of partnershipdisplayed by its Tour-ism Board, AtoutFrance.”

He added, “France

continues to holdfavoured destination sta-tus across our range ofconsumer segments andwe will continue towork closely with AtoutFrance to maximise onthe delightful diversityof its allure- to ensurelonger and repeat stays,also infusion of freshnew experiences.”

Ms. Sheetal Mun-shaw, Director AtoutFrance India, said, “Th-omas Cook India hasbeen a consistent fore-runner in this catego-ry since the last 5 yearsand has driven volumesacross different seg-ments to France. Atout

France India and Tho-mas Cook India havecollaborated on diverseprojects over the yearsand this has propelledour efforts in showcas-ing France in a diver-sified and versatilemanner under brandThomas Cook India. Weare confident thatwith all our synergiesearmarked for the com-ing year, 2020 will alsobe an extremely prom-ising year for both ourorganisations. I wouldlike to thank ThomasCook India for their con-tinued and dedicatedsupport through theyears.”


Academic enrichment through Experiential Learning ProgrammeNAVI MUMBAI: With

an aim to promoteacademic enrichmentand enable the teach-ers to learn differentteaching methodolo-gies and adapt uniquemethods to enhancethe teaching learningprocess, the Central

Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE) hascome up with aunique idea- Experien-tial Learning Pro-gramme under itsHubs of Learning.The programme hasbeen formed to collabo-rate among CBSEaffiliated schools inorder to enable self-improvement throughknowledge sharingand augment self-improvement.

Amrita Vidya-layam, Juinagarorganized this pro-gramme recently inits school. Teachersand students of GreenFingers Global School,Kharghar RamshethThakur Public School,Kharghar, AtomicEnergy CentralSchool, AnushakthiNagar, and DAVPublic School partici-pated in the pro-gramme.

Speaking on theoccasion, Principal ofAmrita Vidyalayam,Brni. Rekha said thatthis method resem-bles the Gurukul wayof teaching whereteachers strived toenhance the subjectknowledge of theirstudents through one-to-one interaction andexposing them to reallife experiences.

The participating

schools were invitedone by one to presenttheir classes.

Ms. Sunil fromGreen Fingers GlobalSchool demonstrateda fun way to learn“Muhaavre” byorganising a DumbCharades game where

her students weredivided into twogroups and mimedeach Muhaavre fortheir teammates toguess. RamshethThakur Public Schoolteacher Ms. AnjaliSingh came up withher students of Class10 and 11 and ex-plained the concept ofBasic Plasma inPhyics with the helpof an experimentwhich helped tobroaden the under-standing of basicproperties of plasmasand ions in theplasma environment.Ms. Munira Zaveri ofDAV Public Schooland her students ofClass 7 took theaudience through theliterary world byintroducing the poem“Friends and Flatter-ers” written byWilliam Shakespeare,through which theconcept of identifyingtrue friends andflatterers was taughtwhere each line of thepoem was comparedto a quality of asincere friend or aflattering foe.

Mr. VinodSonawane of AtomicEnergy school ex-plained the concept of“Understanding ourcriminal justicesystem with the help

of a skit where thestudents of Class 8enacted a scene of arobbery and thesubsequent stepstaken by the police tosolve the theft.Amrita Vidyalayamteachers Ms. Varshaand Ms. Asawari

presented “Forest-ourlife line” along withstudents of Classes 7and 8. The teacherspresented their lessonwith the help of a PPTwhich explained theprocess of deforesta-tion and soil erosion.The students present-ed a small skit toshow how decompos-ing happens naturallywith the help ofdecomposing agentslike fungi and bacte-ria. The studentsinteracted with theteachers and sharedtheir ideas regardinguses of forests tohumans and the waysin which we canconserve forests thatprovides mankindwith sustainable life.

Once, all theschools presentedtheir classes, Princi-pal Brni. Rekhaobserved the uniquemanner in which eachschool presented theExperiential LearningProgram and observedhow each student willtake away somethingnew from this sessionand teachers canlearn new methods ofteaching. She alsoinvited teachers andstudents to speakabout their thoughtson the workshop.

The teachersthanked Amrita

Vidyalayam fortaking the lead inconducting the

Experiential LearningProgram and alsohow they benefittedby observing the

sessions of otherteachers. SrishtiMishra, a student of

Amrita Vidyalayamexpressed her excite-ment of meetingstudents from differ-

ent schools andthanked all theteachers for teaching

various subjects in aspan of two hours insuch an interestingmanner.

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