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2 poisonous snakesfound on railwaytracks at TurbheRailway StationThe Turbhe RPF per-

sonnel with the help ofsnake catchers rescuedtwo poisonous snakes thathad crawled to the TurbheRailway Station. OnThursday, at around 7.30pm, there was commotionat the station when the pas-sengers saw two poison-ous snakes on the railwaytrack…(More on page 3)

CIDCO appealscitizens to vigilantwhile purchasing

homeTaking note of the ris-

ing fraudulent cases inland dealing, the City andIndustrial DevelopmentCorporation (CIDCO)have urged residents to bevigilant while entering intoany land transactions andverify the documents…

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Rs 14,880 stolen froma watch shop

A burglar who went toa watch shop in KhargharSector-6 on the pretextof getting change, de-camped with cash of Rs.14,880 from the shop. Theburglar first diverted the at-tention of the woman in theshop and then removed themoney from the cashcounter…

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NAVI MUMBAI: To en-sure that the roads inthe satellite city are freefrom potholes, the Com-missioner of the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC),Annasaheb Misal hasordered all the officialsto avoid digging of theroads and instead usethe latest technology forlaying cables.

NMMC Commis-sioner Annasaheb Mis-al said, “The civic bodyis planning to use theduct and trench tech-nology to lay cables sothat the contractorsand officials do not digroads repeatedly. If we

NMMC Chief aims forpothole free roadsCivic body plans to use duct and trench

technology for laying cables

succeeded in properlyexecuting the plan thanin the New Year the cit-izens will have potholefree roads in the satel-lite city.”

He further added, “Ihave instructed andasked all the officials toavoid digging roads asmuch as possible sothat there will be a lessdamage to the road. Wehave been regularly get-ting complaints fromthe citizens about thebad condition of roads.”

Civic Chief hasasked the deputy andadditional municipalcommissioners and alsothe city engineer to re-view the applications

for road digging.Misal said, “Many

roads get dug up twiceand thrice for layingcables. The constantdigging not only dam-ages the roads but alsocauses harm to the oth-er utility cables. The of-ficials should now keepa check on agencieswhich keep on applyingfor the permission fordigging roads. Theyshould also ensure thatthe road which has beendug up are repaired andredone on a priority ba-sis.”

Surendra Patil,NMMC City Engineer

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Although the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)has initiated a cam-paign against unau-thorized construction,hawkers and illegalencroachers, themarket premises inSector 19, APMCappear to have beenoverlooked. Thetraders in Jalaram

No place to walkPedestrians forced to walk on

roads as traders occupy marginal

space in APMC market

Market and MerchantChambers, haveencroached upon thepavements, forcingthe pedestrians to risktheir lives by walkingon the road.

There is already aparking problem inthe market at Matha-di Bhavan. The roadis connected to all thefive markets and

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Developers, M/s.KALPAVRIKSHA CONSTRUCTIONCOMPANY and Mr.RAJENDRA HEMCHAND BHANDARI.

b). Original Possession Letter dated 16-03-1994, issued by theDevelopers, M/s.KALPAVRIKSHA CONSTRUCTIONCOMPANY and Mr.RAJENDRA HEMCHAND BHANDARI.

My Clients represented that the aforesaid documents are not depositedwith any other person or authority or institutions as a security or dealtwith any manner whatsoever.All persons having or claiming any share, right, title or interest of anynature or claim or demand whatsoever in to or upon the said Flat orany part thereof, arising under sale, mortgage, gift, lease, conveyance,exchange, trust, lien, maintenance, lispendence, attachment or chargeor otherwise howsoever are hereby requested to make the sameknown in writing to the undersigned at the following address, within 15days from the date hereof. Any claim not made in writing as aforesaid,shall be deemed waived or abandoned or given up or released orrelinquished and the said Flat in question will be dealt without anyreference or regard to any such claim, demand, right, title, interest andbenefit and ignoring the same.

Sd/-Suresh K.Nair LL.B., LL.M, D.H.R.M, D.C.L.

ADVOCATE HIGH COURT, MUMBAI.C-1/8/2:3, Sector-2, Vashi,

Date : 21-12-2019 Navi Mumbai-400 703.

I have changed my name from MRS. KAISARESHAMIZAALAUDDIN HODEKAR to KAISARESHAMIZA RIZWANMAHDEVI as per affidavit dated 18th December 2019.

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said, “It is indeed a goodinitiative and if imple-mented earnestly, theroads in the city willnot be dug up for lay-ing cables. We get reg-ular complaints fromthe citizens about thebad condition of roads.This will, hopefully,help in solving theproblem.”

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A 68-year-old woman, wholives in Nerul wasrobbed of her jewelleryworth Rs. 1.25 lakhby two men who posedas police officials. TheNerul police havelaunched a search andare investigating thecase.

The victim,Sumati Salyan, 68,stays in Sector-10,

Two men posing as police rob oldwoman’s Jewelry worth Rs. 1.25 Lakh

Nerul police launch search for the duo

Nerul. Last TuesdaySumati left the houseat 9 am as shewanted to go toSiddhivinayak Templeat Dadar. She waswaiting for the bus atthe bus stop nearTerna School. One ofthe con cops came ina rickshaw and saidthat there has beenrising cases of chainsnatching in the cityand he himself

removed his chainand kept it in hispocket. He also askedSumati to remove herjewelry and keep it inher purse and intro-duced himself as thecop.

Sumati followedsuit and kept herjewellery in thepurse. The con copsasked her to showthem her purse sothat they can ensure

that jewellery hadbeen kept safely. Afterexamination, theyhanded back thepurse and went away.The theft came tolight when laterSumati checked herpurse and foundjewellery missing.She then realized thatthose cops were fakeand then immediatelyfiled a complaint atNerul police station.


NAVI MUMBAI: Citi-zens have organisedvarious programmes todiscuss the CitizenshipAmendment Act in thecity.

On 21st December aprogramme has been

Residents organizeprogrammes to discuss CAA

organised by ShivaniOjha and Rohit Mal-hotra at Shivaji Chowk,Vashi at 5 pm. CAA willbe discussed at lengthand why the citizensshould support it wouldbe highlighted.

On the same day, a

silent rally to protestagainst CAA is beingorganised from NerulStation (E) at 4 pm. Ac-cording to the organiz-er, Parvez Mansuri,“CAA may not be Anti-Muslim, but surelyAnti-Indian.”

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hence there is ahuge influx ofvehicles. In theabsence of properparking areas, thevehicles are parkedon the streets, thusconstricting theroad. The traderswith a view todisplay their goods,occupy the pave-ments due to whichthe pedestrians areforced to walk onthe roads.

“Pavementshave beenconstructed forthe convenienceof the pedestri-ans. But inAPMC market,these are beingused by thetraders todisplay theirgoods. Those whocome to purchase

goods are forced towalk on the roads,

which are alreadynarrow as the vehicles

are parked on eithersides. No action is

being taken againstsuch illegal en-croachment,”angrily says ShilpaDasgupta, aresident of Vashi.

APMC is awholesale marketand the goods arepriced reasonably.Hence, people fromeven Mumbai andsuburbs of NaviMumbai includingretail traders come

to the market.“While we do

taken actionagainst illegalencroachers butthey resumetheir activitiesagain. We will betaking actionagainst illegalencroachmentsoon,” saidSameer Jadhav,ward Officer,Turbhe, NMMC.

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A bur-glar who went to a watchshop in Kharghar Sec-tor-6 on the pretextof getting change, de-camped with cash of Rs.14,880 from the shop.The burglar first divert-ed the attention of thewoman in the shop andthen removed themoney from the cashcounter. This incidentwas caught on theCCTV camera of theshop. With the help ofthe CCTV evidence thepolice have filed a theftcomplaint and aresearching for the bur-glar.

Karan Gurusingh(38) who lives in Ti-laknagar, which is close

Rs 14,880 stolen from a watch shopto Chembur owns awatch shop called Pre-mium Time LLP inSector 6, Kharghar. Atthe time of burglary, ashop assistant RupaliDhumal was at the cashcounter. The burglar gotinto the shop and askedfor a change of Rs. 500.He gave the assistantthe change of Rs 500 andtook a whole 500 rupeenote from her. He triedto divert her attentionand took Rs 14,889 fromthe cash counter andran away. Meanwhile,before closing the shopat around 9 pm, shopmanager Vidya countedthe daily dealings, andnoticed shortfall by Rs14,880.

She immediately

called the owner KaranGurusingh. However,as the shop was closedon December 13, theowner went to the shopthe next day to have alook at the CCTV foot-age in the shop. Whilegoing through the foot-age it was noticed thatOn December 12, theburglar had come intothe shop in order to getchange. Rupali who wasat the cash counter wasbusy with another job.The burglar reached thecash counter ’s deskwhere all the money waskept and stole Rs14.880.

Karan Gurusinghhas lodged a complaintwith Kharghar policestation.

CIDCO appeals citizens to vigilantwhile purchasing home in Navi Mumbai

At the time of purchase of the premises, ownership of

the land, fees to be paid should be taken into account

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Tak-ing note of the risingfraudulent cases inland dealing, the Cityand Industrial Develop-ment Corporation (CI-DCO) have urged resi-dents to be vigilantwhile entering into anyland transactions andverify the documents.

It is observed thatin many cases, theproject owners underthe 22.5% scheme hadgiven the land for devel-opment through mutu-

al agreement with thedevelopers. Withoutany such legal transfer,any charges for landlevied to the developermay be levied on thenew homeowner, says apress release from CI-DCO. Therefore, CI-DCO’s Managing Di-rector Lokesh Chandrahas appealed to the cit-izens to make sure thatthe developer is the of-ficial leaseholder of theland, whether thetransfer of the land hasbeen made legally to

the developer etc. whilepurchasing a house inNavi Mumbai.

CIDCO has clarifiedthat if the landownersuffers financial lossesdue to a dispute be-tween the original land-owner and the develop-er, CIDCO will not beheld responsible.Hence, the citizens areadvised to exercise cau-tion and check the landownership rights, pend-ing charges, occupancycertificate etc. beforepurchasing property.

2 poisonous snakes found on railwaytracks at Turbhe Railway Station

RPF jawans rescue both snakes

with the help of snake catchers

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheTurbhe RPF personnelwith the help of snakecatchers rescued twopoisonous snakes thathad crawled to theTurbhe RailwayStation. On Thursday,at around 7.30 pm,there was commotionat the station whenthe passengers sawtwo poisonous snakeson the railway track.

Upon receivinginformation, TurbheRPF Senior InspectorPK. Vishwakarmaalong with AssistantPolice InspectorWarekar rushed to thespot. They asked thecommuters to stepaside and called thesnake catchers.

Snake catchers-Suhas Shinde, AjaySalunkhe and ArjunRathore- caught the

two snakes, whichwere by then hadcrawled under awooden sleeper. As thestation was crowded,it took almost half anhour to catch thesnakes which werepoisnous. The snakeswere later released inthe forest. Fortunate-ly, no one was hurt inthe incident and thelocal services were notdisrupted.

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A man found dead in a carin Belapur Village

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Aman was found deadin a Wagon R carparked in Sector-20 inBelapur village onFriday afternoon. Thedeceased, who hasbeen identified asShivaji SadashivGunjal, 39, had leftthe house on Decem-ber 11. It is not yetclear what exactlycaused Shivaji Gun-jal’s death. NRI policehave taken the bodyinto custody and havesent it for autopsy.

The deceasedShivaji Gunjal, usedto stay with his familyin Ghansoli. Shivaji,who was a labourer,

was addicted toalcohol. On December11, 2019, Shivaji wentto work in his WagonR car. It was commonfor Shivaji to stayaway from home for10 to 15 days for workhence his familydidn’t find anythingfishy when he didn’treturn home afterleaving on 11th December. However,at around 12 noon onFriday, Shivaji’s bodywas found in a WagonR car parked in frontof the SiddhivinayakBuilding in Belapurvillage.

After receivinginformation of theincident, the NRI

police rushed to thespot and recovered thebody. Shivaji’s bodyhad bloated and hadstarted to decompose.The police have sentthe body for autopsy toascertain the reasonfor his death. Policefound Shivaji Gunjal’saddress with the helpof his car’s numberplate.

Later, the family ofthe deceased rushed tothe hospital to identifyhis body. It is still notclear what exactlycaused Shivaji Gun-jal’s death, it is saidthat he died naturally.NRI police are cur-rently investigatingthe incident.

Selfie point that has been created at Navi Mumbai-Vashi Mini Seashore is receiving anoverwhelming response (Photo courtesy Sumit Renose)


Tribute to veteran actorShreeram Lagoo

By C.K. Subramaniam

An ENT surgeon, alegendary actor, the-atre person mainlyknown for his Marathiplays, activist and athinker Dr ShriramLagoo passed away inPune, aged 92. He isknown for his charac-ter roles in films andhas acted in over 100Hindi and Marathifilms, over 40 Marathi,Hindi and Guja-rati plays, andhas directed over20 Marathiplays. He is con-sidered one of thegreatest actors ofMarathi stageduring the sec-ond half of twen-tieth century. Hehas also been veryvocal and active in fur-thering progressiveand rational socialcauses, for example in1999, he and social ac-tivist G P Pradhan beundertook a fast insupport of anti-corrup-tion crusader AnnaHazare. He won the1978 Filmfare BestSupporting ActorAward for Hindi filmGharaonda. His auto-biography is titledLamaan , whichmeans ‘the carrier ofgoods’.

Shreeram Lagoo

was born in Satara dis-trict, Maharashtra,India to Dr. Balakrish-na Chintaman and Sa-tyabhama Lagoo, theeldest of four children.He attended BhaveHigh School, Fergus-son College (Universi-ty of Pune), and B.J.Medical College inPune, India.

Shreeram Lagoostarted acting in plays

while attending Medi-cal School. Once bittenby the theatre bug, hecontinued his dramat-ic activity through thegroup “ProgressiveDramatic Association”which he started withlike-minded seniorfriends like BhalbaKelkar. Meanwhile hetrained as an ENTsurgeon in Mumbai inthe early fifties andpractised in Pune for 6years before going toCanada and Englandfor additional training.

He practised Medi-

cine in Pune, India andTabora, Tanzania inthe sixties but his the-atre activity throughProgressive DramaticAssociation in Puneand “Rangaayan” inMumbai continuedwhen he was in India.Finally, in 1969 he be-came a full-time actoron Marathi stage, de-buting in the play “ItheOshalala Mrityu” writ-

ten by VasantKanetkar.

He was thefirst protagonistof the famousMarathi playN a t a s a m r a twritten byK u s u m a g r a j(Vishnu VamanShirwadkar) andis best remem-

bered for that role.He has a legend sta-

tus in Marathi cinema,where he has donemany memorable mov-ies which include suc-cessful movies likeSinhasan, Pinjra,Mukta And manymore

His wife, Deepa La-goo is also a noted the-atre, television andfilm actress.

RIP veteran actorShreeram Lagoo.The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada, Navi Mum-bai

MUMBAI: Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd(PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of theItalian Piaggio Group, Europeanleader of the 2Wh sector and India’sleading manufacturer of small com-mercial vehicles today launchedtheir new electric range, Ape’ Elec-trik, and marked its entry into theelectric vehicle segment. Ape’ Elec-trik will have full range of electricvehicles across various categorieswith Ape’ E-City being the first prod-uct launched under the Ape’ Electrikrange.

The new Ape’ E-City offers a rev-olutionary driving experience withzero emission with nearly no noiseand vibration making it a next gen-eration last mile mobility solutionfor urban India. It comes with vari-ous class leading features making it

a unique proposition with advancedLi-ion batteries, automatic gear box,superior power and torque, no gearand clutch, doors for safety, full dig-ital cluster. Ape’ E-City is the first 3-wheeler to have smart swappablebatteries. The swappable battery con-cept is being brought in associationwith Sun mobility, a leader in elec-tric mobility battery technology. Sun-Mobility will provide a Quick Inter-change Station network which willenable Piaggio Customers to justSwap and Go in a few minutes. Cus-tomers can also experience an appenabled eco-system to check batterycharge, recharge, locate swap sta-tions etc.

Showcased also was the Ape’ E-city FX prototype with a Fixed bat-tery concept. This will make the Ape’Electrik range giving options to cus-tomers to choose between swappable& fixed battery concepts in the fu-ture.

Ape’ E-City is equipped with a firstin category digital instrument clus-ter with information like state ofcharge, drive modes, service alerts,

Piaggio launches Ape’ Electrik

A range of E-Autos powered by advanced

Lithium Ion Smart- batteries is set to

revolutionize last mile mobility in India

economy mode etc provided for ad-vance assistance to drivers. Ape’ E-City customers will be given a superwarranty of 36 month/ 1 lac kms.(Whichever is earlier) along with freescheduled maintenance for 3 yearswhich is the best offering in thisspace. The company is also offeringan introductory 3 year AMC pack-age at a nominal cost of Rs.3000/-.

Ape’ E-City is easy to own andpromises greater earnings. It aimsto provide a noiseless, comfortableride to its passengers with zero emis-sion making it a vehicle for new &transforming India.

Ape’ E-City comes with an intro-ductory ex showroom price of Rs.197000/- (Ex-New Delhi).

Speaking on the occasion, Mr.Diego Graffi, MD & CEO of Piaggio

Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. said, “Ape’, a brandwith a trust of more than 29 lac hap-py customer is paving the way forthe Indian electric revolution withthe Ape’ Electrik range and Ape’ E-City as the 1st offering. At Piaggio,we believe in providing path break-ing solutions in the last mile trans-portation segment with best in classtechnology offerings to our custom-ers. Piaggio Group has a rich heri-tage of developing Electric technolo-gy over the last 15 years which wehave leveraged to develop these classleading products for India. We havedeveloped both Swappable & FixedBattery technology solutions to servethe varied needs of the customer. ForSwappable technology, our partner-ship with Sun Mobility will enablecustomers to experience a very in-novative, smart and unique swappa-ble smart battery eco-system in In-dia. We have faith that with the gov-ernments focus on EVs in the 3wheeler category and Piaggio’s ownvision of developing innovative EVsolutions, mass adoption of EVs is anear reality.”

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Aspeeding car fatallyknocked down a pedes-trian on the Sion Panv-el route on Tuesdayevening.

The deceased, whohas been identified asJagannath Shinde, 49,stayed at Ghatkoparand worked for a busi-

Speeding car fatally knocksdown a pedestrian

nessman in Sanpada.After leaving from work,Shinde was crossing theroad near the flyover atSanpada on the SionPanvel route and washeading towards theSanpada train station. Aspeeding car that washeading towards Mum-bai hit Shinde who wascrossing the road.

Shinde was rushed tothe hospital after beingcritically injured in theaccident, but was pro-nounced dead on admis-sion.

Sanpada police haveregistered a caseagainst the driver of thecar (MH-43, AJ 2060)responsible for the acci-dent.


Horizon Fiesta showcases journey of Happiness from roots to wings

By Ashok Dhamija

‘Horizon Fiesta’the two day grandAnnual Day Pro-gramme of NewHorizon Public Schooland Penguin Kids,Airoli based on twinthemes ‘Happiness’and ‘Roots to Wings’showcased a harmoni-ous and enthrallingmusical extravaganzawhich depicted anarray of spell-bindingtalents of students.Held on the13th and14th of December2019.

Day one of theFiesta saw the young

Young students present a colourful ensemble during the two day Horizon Fiesta

A stage performance highlighting the need for leading a harmonious life

students present acolourful ‘Ensemble’based on a beautifulstory sprinkled withvarious scenes foot-tapping performanceand conveyed ansubtle message that‘Happiness is whatyou think, what yousay and what you doare in harmony’. Thegraceful and the well-coordinated acts oftiny tots left theparents enthralled.

The Day two, thetalented studentssustained their energyand vigour with theendearing stage

performance througha Play interspersedwith dance showcas-ing five scenes whichdepicted the need forphysical fitness, socialwellbeing, intellectualdevelopment, emotion-al balance and spiritu-al harmony as essen-tial components forupliftment of one’slife.

These componentsare like roots whichhelp one to grow inlife and help one tosoar skies. Life is abeautiful journeyfrom ‘Roots to Wings’.Live each day to the

fullest. It showcasedan ‘ethos inspiringvision’ formulated bythe school ‘Educationto Excel’

“‘Horizon Fiesta’the two day AnnualDay Programme ofour school this timewas based on thethemes ‘Happiness’and ‘Roots to Wings’ .The harmonious andenthralling musicalextravaganza presen-

tation showcased anarray of spell-bindingtalents of studentsand was a grandaffair. The five scenesdepicted the harmoni-ous relationship onphysical, social,intellectual, emotion-al and spiritual frontwhich are essentialcomponents of one’slife. It balancedproperly they are likeroots which help one

to grow in life andhelp one to soar skies.Life is a beautifuljourney from ‘Roots toWings’. Live each dayto the fullest. Itshowcased an ‘ethosinspiring vision’formulated by theschool ‘Education toExcel’ “ said Dr.Nicholas Correa -Executive Directorcum Principal of theinstitute.

60 photographers from NM & Mumbai attend photography workshop by Nikon

Photographers were imparted knowledge about wedding photography

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI:Nikon School Indiain association withthe Navi MumbaiPhotographer Wel-fare Association(NMPWA) organisedwedding photographyworkshop on Friday20th December, 2019at Hotel Four Pointin Vashi. The work-shop was heldbetween 9:30am to2pm and the entrywas free for theprofessional photog-raphers as well asfor budding photog-raphers.

60 photographersfrom Navi Mumbaiand Mumbai partici-pated in the work-shop and they werehappy with theknowledge theygained from NavinKrishanan and

Sandeep Suryawan-shi who were thementor for theworkshop.

Ganesh Gharat,President of NaviMumbai Photogra-pher Welfare Associ-ation who wasleading the workshopsaid, “We, in associa-tion with NikonSchool India, organ-ised the wedding

photography work-shop for both profes-sional and amateurphotographers fromboth Navi Mumbaiand Mumbai so thatthey learn the knittygritty of the weddingphotography. As theworkshop wasorganised in FourPoint hotel, which iscentrally located, itwas convenient forboth the Navi Mum-bai and Mumbai’sphotographers.

Satish Jadhav,Senior Photographerwho has worked withleading newspaperssaid, “The weddingphotography work-shop by NikonSchool India wasreally an enrichingexperience for all theprofessional as wellas budding photogra-phers.”


Dronacharya Award Winner Gopichand aims to addresscoaching needs through Badminton Gurukul

Pullela Gopichand interacts with kids at a badminton clinic, even as Aparna Popatlooks on, during the official launch of the Badminton Gurukul

Sets up 28 training centres across at 14 cities across India

By Ashok Dhamija

The Indian badmin-ton scenario has under-gone dramatic changein the last few years.Indian players’ domi-nance on the worldstage stands testimonyto the fact that the sub-continent has emergedas a badminton power-house on the global are-na. And to continue thisup charge India needsto do a lot more not justin the development pro-grammes at grass rootlevel but in the field ofcoaching as well. Bad-minton Gurukul, aninitiative by former AllEngland Championand current Indian na-tional coach PullelaGopichand whose illus-trious wards includeOlympic medallist Sai-na Nehwal and PVSindhu with his co-partner former inter-national shuttler Su-priya Devgun.

Badminton Gu-rukul, in partnershipwith the Tata Groupand associate partnersTVS Logistics Group,have set up 28 trainingcentres at 14 citiesacross India where1000+ students are un-

(L to R) Former India international Mitesh Harjinis, ex-World Railway Games gold medalist Asawari Parmar, former national champion and coachAnil Pradhan, TVS Logistics Group vice-chairman Mr Ravikumar Swaminathan, Badminton Gurukul Founder and Director Pullela Gopichand,Goldman Sachs India Chairman Sonjoy Chatterjee, Badminton Gurukul Founder and Managing Director Supriya Devgun, Olympians Aparna Popatand Anup Sridhar during the official launch of the Badminton Gurukul at MCA Club in BKC on Thursday.

dergoing training un-der 20 former nationaland international bad-minton stars. The sim-ple yet short premise isto bring on board thebest coaching talent inthe country and set upa structured and sys-tematic programme toprovide youngsters theopportunity to learn asport and in grain ahealthy lifestyle.

Talking about theinitiative during apress conference inMumbai today, theDronacharya Awardwinner Pullela Gopic-hand, who is also theMentor, Founder and

Director of BadmintonGurukul said, “Withthe kind of results we’vehad in the internation-al arena, and the unex-pected boom badmintonhas seen in the last fewyears, a lot of badmin-ton courts that havecome up, and conse-quently there is an in-creased requirementfor quality badmintoncoaches across thecountry. Keeping allthis in mind, Badmin-ton Gurukul have comeup with this uniqueknowledge sharing fo-rum where we are in-

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RCS Vashi Christmas celebration spreads message of Love, Peace & Joy

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: “Joy tothe world, the Lord hascome, Let earth receiveher King, Let everyheart prepare Himroom, And Heaven andnature sing, And Heav-en and nature sing, AndHeaven, and Heaven,

Montessori students enact a skit depicting the birth of Lord Jesus Christ

Enthusiastic students spread the message of love, peace and joy

and nature sing, “ averse from Bible

The Montessori Sec-tion of Ryan ChristianSchool Vashi organiseda Christmas pro-gramme on Friday20th December 2019.The event which wasgraced by Guest of Ho-

nour Pastor Jimmy Jo-seph - United Pentecos-tal Congregation andCina Mathew - Head-mistress of Faith For-mation School at St.Thomas CatholicChurch, Vashi wit-nessed an active partic-ipation from the young

students who show-cased the true meaningof this forthcoming fes-tival through variousperformance. This in-cluded a heart touchingskit with a Tableau

that had been put up toremember the Birth ofLord Jesus Christ.Beautiful and melodi-ous carols too were sungby the enthusiasticMontessori choir In

unison.“The Joyous time

has come back againwith loads of wisheslove, Peace and joy.

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Age is no bar for Uttam Anna Mane- An athlete from Sanpada

By C.K. Subramaniam

SANPADA: Age doesnot come in the way ofUttam Anna Mane, a66 year old athlete fromSanpada, Navi Mum-bai. He won fourmedals in the re-cently held 3rd In-vitation NationalMasters AthleticMeet 2019 held atSwami VivekanandStadium, Raipur,Chattisgarh from14th to 16th De-cember. LikePravin Tambeplaying IPL crick-et for RajasthanRoyals at an age of48, Uttam AnnaMane at 66 provedhis mettle in the trackfield winning four med-als in all.

Mane has partici-

pated in the 65+ eventsand performed credit-ably well against allodds. He won silvermedals in hammer, dis-cus and javelin throw

events and won abronze in triple jumpevent. He is a memberof Jesth Nagarik

Sangh, Sanpada and isactive in encouragingsports in the satellitecity.

He shot to limelightfrom the year 1992 win-

ning 31 Gold, 29 Silverand 18 Bronze medal toprove his worth as vet-eran athlete.

With the growing needs and demands of individuals in acountry like India which has a population of 1.3 crorepeople, for the majority, it isn’t easy to survive when itcomes to meeting ends. Every passing day presents an-other challenge to life and to deal with it one looks tofamily. And what better way to bring family togetherthan festivals. The celebration of light and love. But thereare some who try to pry unconditioned profits out of some-

thing so pure and basic. No festival is complete without celebration whichinvolves sweets and food and with people commercializing this industry,indulging in festivities has become a luxury that not everyone can afford.From the perspective of a common man, I believe this culture should bebrought to a stop and those taking profits off of people’s happiness mustbe taken under scrutiny.Aryamanna Shrivastava, S.Y BMM, Pillai College

FROM THE CAMPUS Your views on the commercialization of festivals?

Question for next week:

Your views on introducing uniforms in

Colleges?

Christmas! It’s all about creating joyful memories withour loved ones and sharing a special bond with them butsomewhere in this modern world we’ve lost the essenceof Christmas and it has become Materialistic rather thanspiritual. So this year let’s focus on forging new bonds,sharing love and believing in Christmas miracles. Wishyou all a Merry Christmas!Megha Patil, S.Y Bsc. Biotech, ICL College

I think I’m not the only person for whom festivals havebecome synonymous with sales and offers rather thancelebration and having fun. Gone are the days when wetruly enjoyed ourselves and celebrated each festival forwhat it symbolized. Now, every festival is about peoplespending money and companies making money.Anushka Menon, T. Y BMM Journalism, Pillai College

Festivals are roots of our nation which connects the sig-nificant part of various religions. Individuals from ev-ery community share and care in such festivities. Un-fortunately, festivals have become commercialized thustaking away the real essence of celebrations. Example,during Ganesh Chaturthi each sectors have Ganpatistructures which causes road alteration that results inroad blocking and in those each sectors number of hous-

es have Ganpati structure too rather each sector can group up and coordi-nate by getting one Ganpati Murthi, as such resulting in cost- cutting,Eco-friendly and actual togetherness shared within the society. DiwaliFestivals can be celebrated with more lights and least use of crackers toavoid air pollution and to lit up the city with lights for dew days. Holi canbe celebrated using “Dry Holi” concept of using more use of colors and lessof water to prevent water wastage.Komal Mistry, TY BMM Journalism, Pillai College

What’s the first thing that comes to my mind when Ihear festival? If you had asked me this 10 years ago, itwould’ve been Diwali ke crackers, Ganpati ke homemadesweets, Holi ke colours. However now, the crackers haveconverted into the new, limited edition designer lehen-gas, and I don’t know when the homemade, mouthwater-ing sweet got converted into sugar-free, low calorie, taste-less food items. I don’t know when we started to invest somuch of our time and money into such materialistic things over our cul-tural and traditional ideals and beliefs. I wish we could go back to the timewhen festivals were all about spending time with family and friends, learn-ing more about the true meaning behind the festivals and just having funrather than running behind this consumerist world that we have become.Avantika Singh, S.Y.B.Com, Pillai College

I don’t believe in commercialisation of festivals. Becauseit changes the whole meaning and the reason of cele-brating a particular festival.Alfa Thampi, TY Bsc Nursing, SNDT College

Girls from Karmaveer BhauraoPatil College bring laurel in

Kho-Kho tournament


VASHI: In the 13thSouth Asian Gamesthat were held at Kath-mandu, Nepal recently,Pournima Govind Sak-pal, a student of RayatShikshan Sanstha’sKarmaveer BhauraoPatil, Vashi baggedbagged Gold medal in

Kho-Kho tournament.Earlier, in the Inter-

University western Re-gion Kho-kho tourna-ment held at Akola,Maharashtra, threeKho-Kho players of theCollege-Pranali Magar,Sheetal Bhor, and Rupa-li Bade- won Gold Med-al.

The Principal of theCollege, Dr. V. S. Shi-vankar, Chairman ofCollege Gymkhana Dr.Vivek Bhoir and Physi-cal Director Mr.Bhaskar Hanuwatecongratulated all theplayers and wishedthem a glorious journeyahead.


Issue : 195 21 December, 2019

By: Dr. Firuzi Mehta

Polycystic OvarianDisease (PCOD), alsoknown as Stein-Lev-enthal Syndrome, is acommon cause of infer-tility in many youngwomen. In this condi-tion the follicles do notrelease the eggs nor-mally in every menstru-al cycle; multiple cystsare formed in the ova-ries. It is not reallyknown why PCOD oc-curs. The polycystic ova-ries are a sign of hor-monal malfunction.Hormones can be affect-ed by a woman’semotions, thoughts,diet and personalhistory. A few casesare genetic and runin families, butmost cases have nosuch familial link.In recent years, in-take of milk hasbeen implicated as acause of PCOD be-cause cows are be-ing injected with hor-mones to increase milkproduction. As it is,milk is a hormone prod-uct, the hormones in-jected increase the hor-mone content in themilk which in turn, trig-gers PCOD.

Practitioners whoadopt the holistic ap-proach are aware thatwhen there is a problemwith something so com-plex as the ovulationprocess, there may be aproblem with the regu-latory mechanism ofthe menstrual cycle inthe brain. We know thatthe brain is affected byemotional and psycho-logical factors such asstress and repressedpain in the past. Whereovarian functioning isconcerned, it has beenfound that negativefeelings about being fe-male or feelings of infe-riority are oftenpresent.

Polycystic Ovarian diseaseSymptoms

• Obesity • Excesshair growth on face andbody • Irregular and in-frequent or absent mens-es with infrequent or ab-sent ovulation •Acnewith greasy skin • Mis-carriages • Infertility

Diagnosis

A diagnosis of PCODcan be made based onthe symptom picture thepatient presents with,confirmed by blood testsand USG (ultrasonogra-phy) of the abdomen andpelvis. The blood testsare done to check thelevels of the hormonesoestrogen, progesterone,follicle-stimulating hor-mone (FSH), luteinisinghormone (LH), test-osterone and DHEA.Women with PCOD areat higher risk of devel-oping other illnesseslike high blood pressure,diabetes, heart disease

and uterine cancer.Treatment

Exercise and reduc-ing body weight are im-portant parts of thetreatment of PCOD asthey can reduce the riskof developing other ill-nesses. Having regularperiods is important forthe woman to reducethe risk of uterine can-cer. Since conventionalmedicine doesn’t knowthe cause of most of thecases of PCOD, treat-ment is aimed at quell-ing the symptoms only.Most women are there-fore prescribed birthcontrol pills and anti-androgenic drugs to cre-ate cyclic menstrualperiods. Women suffer-ing from infertility areprescribed drugs whichinduce ovulation tem-porarily. These treat-ments, though helpful,do not address the lackof ovulation or the hor-monal status of the

brain.Doctors with a ho-

listic approach believethat treatment shouldbe aimed at setting thebasic cause right andnot just targeting eachindividual problem sep-arately in the complexof PCOD. Patientshave to realise thatPCOD does not have tobe a lifelong chroniccondition. Emotionshave to be heeded andnot suppressed. Goingout in natural light asmuch as possible is ben-eficial in re-establish-ing hormonal balance.Diet should be well bal-anced and full of nutri-tious items. Junk foodshould be avoided. Cutout milk and dairy prod-ucts as far as possible.A regular exercise pro-gramme should be fol-lowed.

Homeopathic treat-ment involves a detailed

case taking where-in all emotional, in-tellectual and phys-ical aspects of thepatient are consid-ered before themain remedy ischosen. Such a cho-sen constitutionalremedy works atdeep levels settingright the imbalance

in the body. It is seenthat patients respondwell to such treatmentand regular menstrualcycles are soon estab-lished. As the treat-ment progresses, thechoice of medicine shiftsas the patient im-proves. Over a period of1-2 years, all cysts inthe ovaries disappeartoo and the woman canlead a normal healthylife without furthertreatment.Dr. Firuzi Mehta qualifiedin homeopathic medicinein 1997 and then complet-

ed her HMD from theBritish Institute of

Homoeopathy, London.She recently graduated

from the prestigiousInternational Academy ofHomeopathy, Greece. She

is also qualified in thepractice of Mistletoe

therapy for cancer. Shepractices from her clinic in

Tardeo, Mumbai. http://www.homoeopathie.in

E waste- A threat to mankindTechnology today is advancing at an exponential rate. Almost

every other day there is a new discovery and the consumers arebombarded with newer and fresher alternatives. We live in a con-sumer driven society that is constantly buying, upgrading, and re-placing current technology and discarding the old ones. Electron-ic waste or e-waste is the term given to describe any electronicproduct, or product containing electrical components, that hasreached the end of its usable life cycle. However, as these dis-carded products are electronics, they contain many chemicals suchas lead, arsenic, chromium and dioxins which if not disposed off ina proper and scientific manner, may leach into the environment,causing environmental degradation and a threat to humans andanimals in the vicinity.

The two major types of e-waste recycling methods that are usedthroughout the world are formal and informal e-waste recycling.Formal recycling primarily occurs in more developed countriesdue to the increase in the costs necessary to use this method.Informal recycling facilities are primarily used in developing na-tions.

Ideally, all e-waste should be recycled in formal recycling facil-ities. However, because the formal e-waste facilities are costly toconstruct and operate, especially in less developed countries, in-formal recycling sites are prevalent. The informal e-waste sectorconsists of sites that extract the valuable parts of the electronicsusing crude recycling and disposal methods usually without anykind of safety equipment such as goggles or gloves or the assis-tance of technology. Some of the valuable components are removedprimitively and the remaining parts of the e-waste are typicallyburned, buried or discharged into waterways for convenient dis-posal. The process emits toxic chemicals from the e-waste intothe surrounding environment and is one of the main reasons forenvironment degradation. Many of the chemicals found in elec-tronic components can easily leach out into local water sources,find their way in food, and can easily be blown away by the wind andtransported into the air. Mercury, a heavy metal found in thermo-stats, fluorescent bulbs, and other household items bioaccumu-lates in wildlife, especially fish when mercury is deposited in thelakes and streams.

Realising the harmful effect of e waste and its impending dan-ger to humanity, International E Waste Day is being celebratedglobally with an aim to spread awareness amongst the masses.However, by merely celebrating a day will not solve this graveproblem. We all need to take few steps at individual levels to en-sure that there is minimal e waste generation from our end. Man-ufacturers too should also design electronics that are safer andmore durable, repairable and recyclable. This would mean usingless toxic materials. In addition to recycling, it is also important torepair and reuse the devices that we have. Additionally, compa-nies that make products should be made responsible for the man-agement and disposal of their products at the end of their lives. Inother words, manufacturers should provide consumers with freeand convenient e-waste recycling procedure wherein the consum-ers can go to the collection centres set up by the company for freeremoval, handling and proper disposal of electronic goods.

The consumers on their part can also help in curbing e wastegeneration by resisting to buy a new device until it is absolutelyessential. It would be ideal if the old product could be repaired butif it can’t be fixed, it should be resold or recycled responsibly.However, before recycling any broken parts should be stored inseparate containers so that hazardous chemicals don’t leak. ManyNGOs and the civic body have set up red bins where the citizenscan dispose off their e wastes. We should make maximum use ofthis facility. A small step from our end can help in bringing a bigchange.


When we think aboutChristmas we remem-ber Merry Making andfun. The true meaningof Christmas is thebirth of Jesus Christaccording to God’s planwho came down fromheaven and sacrificedhimself for the forgive-ness of our sins in or-der to save us from theclutches of evil and giveeternal life to those whobelieve in him. Thiswas the message be-hind celebrating the

Christmas programmeunder the guidance ofour Respected Chair-man Sir Dr. A. F. Pintoand Managing DirectorMadam Grace Pinto.Winners of various

RCS VashiChristmas

celebration...Contd. from pg. 4

Avian fluAvian influenza—known in-

formally as avian flu or bird fluis a variety of influenza causedby viruses adapted to birds.The type with the greatest riskis highly pathogenic avian in-fluenza (HPAI). Bird flu is sim-ilar to swine flu, dog flu, horseflu and human flu as an illnesscaused by strains of influenzaviruses that have adapted to aspecific host. Out of the threetypes of influenza viruses (A,B, and C), influenza A virus isa zoonotic infec-tion with a nat-ural reservoiralmost entirelyin birds. Avianinfluenza, formost purposes,refers to the in-fluenza A virus.

Though influenza A is adapt-ed to birds, it can also stablyadapt and sustain person-toperson transmission. Recentinfluenza research into thegenes of the Spanish flu virusshows it to have genes adaptedfrom both human and avianstrains. Pigs can also be infect-ed with human, avian, andswine influenza viruses, allowfor mixtures of genes (reassort-ment) to create a new virus,which can cause an antigenicshift to a new influenza A vi-rus subtype which most peoplehave little to no immune pro-tection.

Avian influenza strains aredivided into two types based ontheir pathogenic i ty : highpathogenicity (HP) or lowpathogenicity (LP). The most

wel l -known HPAI strain,H5N1, appeared in China in1996, and also has low patho-genic strains found in NorthAmerica. Companion birds incaptivity are unlikely to con-tract the virus and there hasbeen no report of a companionbird with avian influenza since2003. Pigeons can contract avi-an strains, but rarely becomeill and are incapable of trans-mitting the virus efficiently tohumans or other animals.

Between early 2013 to early2017, 916 lab-confirmed human

cases of H7N9 were reported tothe World Health Organization(WHO). On 9 January 2017,the National Health and Fam-ily Planning Commission ofChina reported to WHO 106cases of H7N9 which occurredfrom late November throughlate December, including 35deaths, 2 potential cases ofhuman-to-human transmis-sion, and 80 of these 106 per-sons stating that they havevisited live poultry markets.The cases are reported fromJiangsu (52), Zhejiang (21),Anhui (14), Guangdong (14),Shanghai (2), Fujian (2) andHunan (1). Similar sudden in-creases in the number of hu-man cases of H7N9 have oc-curred in previous years dur-ing December and January.

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai National-ist Congress Party(NCP) corporator fromNerul, Swapna Gawdewalked out from thegeneral body meetingand tore the agenda ofthe meeting blamingthat the NMMC MayorJaywant Sutar does notallow her to discuss

about the developmentalwork in her area in theGB meeting. She boy-cotted the GB meetingin the midst of chaos.

Swapna Gawdespeaking with the me-dia said, “Whenever Itake up the issue of de-velopment in my area,I am asked to sit downand there is no furtherdiscussion on it. I don’t

know why the mayordoes not allow womencorporators to speak? Iraise the voice not formy own benefit but forthe people I represent.Mayor should respectthe women corporators.There is no point in at-tending the meetingwhen the corporatorsare not allowed tospeak.”

NCP Corporator Swapna Gawdewalks out of NMMC GB meetingBlames NMMC Mayor for not permitting

to discuss developmental work

The Winners of various competitions were also felicitat-ed by the dignitaries in presence of RCS Vashi Headmis-tress.

competitions were alsofelicitated by ourguests,” shared EdwinFernando, Headmis-tress of Ryan ChristianSchool, Vashi.


Kid’s Zone

Nikhil Krishnan, Std 1,Reliance Foundation School, Koparkhairane.

Suraj Kotiyan, Vocational,Swami Brahmanand Pratishthan

SantaClaus iscoming

Kareena Rajput, Vocaitonal unit,Swami Brahmanand Pratishthan

Shakti Mohan Announces Season 2 of Break A Leg

Neeti Mohan and Vishal Dadlani create anthem for Season 2

MUMBAI: After a suc-cessful maiden inning,India’s only dance-meets-comedy-meets-style web series titled‘Break A Leg’ thatmarked popular dance-preneur and televisionpersonality, Shakti Mo-han’s foray into webproduction, is gearingup for its’ grand Season2 showcase. The showwill chronicle Mohan’seffort in bringing to-gether non-dancer per-sonalities give a go atprofessional dancestyles aside of engagingin candid anecdotes,dancing drills and face-off battles.

The title track ofSeason 2 is composed byHarsh Upadhyay withVishal Dadlani and Nee-ti Mohan on the vocals.Produced by NrityaShakti and ITW Play-worx, the video is di-rected by Dance Plusjudge Punit J Pathakand features the stun-ning Mohan sisters.The title track waslaunched today in pres-ence of Shakti Mohan,Neeti Mohan, Punit JPathak and SidharthGhosh (CEO, ITWPlayworx) at JLWA,Bandra.

Talking about thenew season Shakti Mo-han states, “Dance likethey say speaks a uni-versal language and Iam super excited to pro-duce and present Sea-son 2 of Break A Leg.It’s going to be unique

in every way. I feel ev-eryday is a blessing be-cause as I never expect-ed to be where I am. Iam surprised at everyopportunity to realizehow I am chosen forthis.”

Adding on VishalDadlani states, “Shak-ti is a dear friend andsomeone I admire forher dedication to danceand dance education.Her show, Break A Leg,while also hilarious,showed us in Season 1,that anyone can reallydance. Season 2 will beeven bigger and better!The title song by HarshUpadhyay has a greatgroove and I really en-joyed singing it, as wellas shooting the video!Working with NeetiMohan is always a joy,so overall, I guess all Iwas doing was havinga good time!”

Elaborating furtherNeeti Mohan states,

“Break A Leg Season 2is going to be amazing.I’m so happy to be partof this project. Viewersloved the unique con-cept and found it veryentertaining in Season1 and I’m sure it’s go-

ing to be even more epicthis time around. I amcertain that all dancersworldwide are going tolove it.”

Speaking on the col-laboration, Mr.Sidharth Ghosh, CEO,ITW Playworx states,“The new age audienceand marketeers are con-stantly seeking forcatchy content and weare looking forward toour association withBreak A Leg Season 2in collaboration withShakti Mohan andNritya Shakti. This isjust the beginning of anexciting journey and weendeavour to produceengaging content thatcaptures the pulse of

our audience.” Spanning across 8

episodes, featuring 8celebrities, with a du-ration of 20 minuteseach, the series will airstarting mid-January2020 on Nritya Shakti

YouTube channel andaims to engage withover 20 million viewers.Season 1 featured per-sonalities like Apar-shakti Khurana, Ritiv-ik Dhanjani, ShrishtiDixit, Karan Wahi,Mallika Dua, AbishMathew, KashyapKapoor and Namit Das.

Having freshly col-laborated with DJ Bra-vo for The ChamiyaSong, the “Dance Plus”and “Dance IndiaDance” superstar iscurrently busy with herdance studio NrityaShakti which will hosta series of workshopswith experienced danceteachers from acrossthe globe.

Dr. Shriram Lagoo’s workwill always be remembered

Dr. Shriram Lagoo was not only a versatile actorbut also a dynamic director. He acted in over 250 films, including Hindiand Marathi films, as well as Gujarati plays, and directed over 20 Mar-athi plays. His wife, Deepa Lagoo, is also a noted theatre, TV and filmactress. Dr. Shriram Lagoo also instituted the prestigious Tanveer Sam-man given to most promising stalwarts in the theatre industry of Indiain the memory of his late son, Tanveer Lagoo.

Some of his best performances in Hindi films were when he waspitted with Rajesh Khanna in films like Thodi Si Bewafi, Maqsad, Souten,Nasihat and Awam. His other best performances came in films like De-vata, Des Pardes, Lawaris, Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Inkaar, Sajan BinaSuhagan, Kinara, Lootmaar, Sau Crore, Jyoti Bane Jwala, Neeyat, Nis-hana, Swayamar, Shriram Shrimati and Sadma.

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volving the ex-players to come forward and sharetheir experience with the young and upcomingshuttlers. This is not just coaching, but manysteps ahead of that. These players have experi-enced elite coaching programmes first hand andplayed at the highest level to understand the hardwork and rigour required to succeed at the toplevel. This is an excellent combination and I amsure it will improve the quality of coaching acrossIndia and will lead to a greater talent pool acrossthe country.”

The former India international, who is also theFounder and Managing Director of BadmintonGurukul, Supriya touched many hearts when shesaid, “With Badminton Gurukul, we are trying torestore dignity and respect for our coaches, give asecond wing career for our ex-achievers, put to-gether high quality professionally-run events,standardise operations and bring in a curriculum,and with all these, we are trying to institutional-ize the sport. Through Badminton Gurukul, weare trying to make sport a way of life and teachour kids to look beyond medals. For us, the suc-cess parameter is not the amount of money oneearns, it is the number of lives we touch, whether

by teaching you sport or by bringing you back tothe sport as an administrator or as a coach, for usthat is success. Through Badminton Gurukul, wewant to achieve that.”

Such an initiative is not possible without cor-porate support. Talking about the Tata group’spartnership with Badminton Gurukul, Brand Cus-todian, Tata Sons, Harish Bhat, said, ”We are de-lighted to partner with Badminton Gurukul, aninitiative that will bring together the best coach-ing talent in the country on one platform and helpyoungsters to pursue and excel in the sport througha structured and systematic programme. Fornearly a century, the Tata group has been com-mitted to developing the Indian sports landscapeand has supported sportspersons across disci-plines. We believe that sports has the potential toact as a catalyst for positive social change andplays an important role in building a healthy andinclusive society.”

Ravikumar Swaminathan, vice-chairman ofTVS Logistics Group, associate partners of Bad-minton Gurukul, added: “At TVS, we understandthe importance of corporate support for sports andsportspersons, and we found that in complete syncwith the Badminton Gurukul initiative. It is notonly helping the growth of the sport in the coun-try but also helping the sportsperson grow. It gives

Dronacharya Award ...Contd. from pg. 4

us immense pleasure to be associated with thisinitiative as badminton is one of the most lovedsports in the country and our badminton starsare adored by all.”

About Badminton Gurukul:Badminton Gurukul is an initiative by Padma

Bhushan Pullela Gopichand supported by severalformer Olympians and International / Nationalchampions and players, both past and present. Theoutreach is from grassroots programmes to enthu-siastic adults, and this will hugely increase thebadminton playing population in India.

Their focus is on contributing significantly to-wards introduction of a strong and sustainablephysical literacy programme across India. Theymake excellence accessible by having on boardhighly skilled and trained coaches (Gurus) per-sonally hand picked by Pullela Gopichand who willwork with and mentor the students supported bya strong standardised curriculum, solid infrastruc-ture and the latest technology available.

The aim is to institutionalize the sport of Bad-minton give a second wing career opportunity toex-achievers. It is also a social story where evenbeginner students get good sparring experience,access to inter Badminton Gurukul tournaments,and if they show potential then a path forwardcan be shown to them to excel in the sport.


Miss India 2019 visits her school in Panvel By Ryhea George

PANVEL: There wasloud cheer with stu-dents lighting firecrack-ers and band playingwelcome music as sec-ond runner up of MissWorld 2019, second run-ner up of Miss WorldAsia 2019 and also MissIndia 2019- Suman Raoentered her old school-Pillai’s Mahatma Edu-cation Society’s Schoolof Academics andSports on 19th Decem-ber, 2019.

The founders of theSchool Dr. K.M Vasude-van Pillai and Dr.Daphne Pillai welcomedher with great pomp.Suman Rao, who has

role in enhancing herpersonality. The SchoolPrincipal MS. RamadeviPutta, while welcomingSuman said that it wasa moment of great pridefor the entire College tosee her success and thehonour which she hasbrought to the country.

Suman Rao interact-ed with the studentsand answered their que-ries. She advised themto focus on their careerand to believe in them-selves and to activelyparticipate in all the co-curricular activities.She was felicitated bythe founders of the Pil-lai Group Of Institu-tions.

completed her SSC andHSC from this college,

was extremely happy tobe amongst the stu-

CIDCO MD visits Vashi nodal officeInspects the online services of the department

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: The City and Indus-trial Development Corporation (CI-DCO) vice president and managingdirector Lokesh Chandra visited theCIDCO’s Vashi nodal office on Fri-day 20th December, 2019 to inspectthe online service which was initiat-ed from November 1st, 2019 to en-sure the ease of doing business.

Under the direction of CIDCOMD, all the transactions in the Es-tate Department have been madefully online from 1st November. Allthe applicants can apply for the on-line services through CIDCO’s web-site- https://cidco.maharashtra.gov.in

Mr. Lokesh Chandra wanted tocheck whether the online serviceshave been fully implemented or not.CIDCO has initiated many facilitiesfor the ease of doing business like ob-taining mortgage NOC, heirshiptransfer, obtaining various permis-sions etc. related to Estate Depart-ment and also initiated the steps ofonline payment facility, reducing thenumber of documents required, andallowing applicants to uploadscanned documents.

CIDCO MD Lokesh Chandra said,“We have planned to go fully online

in order to ease the method of doingbusiness. The implementation wasstarted on 1st of November and allthe applicants were asked and en-couraged to start doing all the pro-cess online instead of offline. The lastdate for offline application was on31st October, 2019. The purpose oftoday’s visit at Vashi nodal office wasto check whether the initiative hasbeen fully implemented. The decisionwas taken so that the applicant neednot come to CIDCO office and savehis/her valuable time by doing all theEstate department process throughonline. I also met the officials atVashi nodal office to know from themwhether they are getting the goodresponse to the online procedure.”

The MD also discussed with allthe officials and employees at theVashi nodal office and inspected therecord room and the working of themembers. He also had a word withthe citizens present during his visit.

Present along with the CIDCOVice President and MD were Ravin-dra Matkar (Additional Chief Plan-ner), Chandel Maksud (ExecutiveEngineer), Priya Ratambe (PublicRelationship Officer), M K Mhale(Executive Engineer) and Charai(Nodal Officer).

dents and the teachers.She said that the Insti-

tute and the teachersplayed an important

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecommuters of bothNavi Mumbai andMumbai know thestruggle of daily travelfrom one end of the cityto another. It takes al-most two hours to trav-el from South Mumbaito Navi Mumbai. In or-der to reduce the trav-elling distance, the Cityand Industrial Develop-ment Corporation (CI-DCO) and the Maha-rashtra MaritimeBoard (MMB) hadplanned to introducehovercraft services inthe year 2018, whichwas to become a reality

Hovercraft service tobecome a reality in 2020

Project was planned 2 years back

in February, 2019.However, all did not goas per the plan and hov-ercraft services failed totake off. But now ac-cording to Chairman ofMumbai Port Trust(MPT), the hovercraftservice will be a realityin the year 2020.

Speaking with theNewsband CIDCO Pub-lic Relationship OfficerPriya Ratambe in-formed, “With an aimto reduce travellingtime, CIDCO alongwith MMB had plannedto start hovercraft ser-vices from Navi Mum-

bai to Gateway of Indiain 2018. After the intro-duction of hovercraftservice, the commuterscan travel from Nerulto Gateway of India inless than 30 minutes.Currently it takesabout two hours to cov-er the same distance.”

As per the informa-tion from the senior of-ficials from Maharash-tra Maritime Board thehovercrafts are beingpurchased from a Rus-sian based company.The said vessels will beable to hold a capacityof 50 people per hover-

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Thedemand of the exten-sion of deadline for re-location by the projectaffected persons (PAPs)of the Navi Mumbai In-ternational Airport(NMIA) project hasbeen ceded by the Cityand Industrial Devel-opment Corporation(CIDCO). The newdeadline set for reloca-

tion is now 5th Janu-ary, 2020 as requestedby the PAPs.

Earlier, CIDCO hadasked all the villagersfrom ten villages toshift by December 15,2019. However, whilesome villagers shiftedto the assigned areas,there were few villag-ers who refused to re-locate. They too, afterthe meeting with MDCIDCO have nowagreed to relocate buthave asked for exten-sion of time. Accordingto the CIDCO officialsfew villagers fromWaghivli, Targhar,Ulwe, Kombadbhujeand Ganeshpuri are yetto shift from the up-coming NMIA area.

Pundalik Mhatre,

PAPs requestextension of time

for relocation5th January is now the final deadline

who is heading the co-ordinating committeeof the villagers said,“CIDCO who is initiat-ing the NMIA projecthad given us time till15th December, 2019 toshift but every year wekeep the annual puja atUlwe temple and it isour big celebrationwhere people from oth-er villages too join inthe celebration. This

time the puja is sched-uled from December 27to January 3. We haverequested the CIDCOthat we will start shift-ing from 5th January,2019. Since the newtemple is still notready, we will be per-forming puja in the oldtemple in Ulwe. Oncethe new temple isready, we will shift thedeity there and willstart performing pujathere.”

Mhatre further add-ed, “We are happy thatUddhav Thackerayhas been elected as theMaharashtra ChiefMinister and we aresure that he will hearour problems. We will

Contd. on pg. 6

NAVI MUMBAI: Dis-turbed by the rampantillegal dumping of de-bris at Panje wetland ineco-sensitive Uran area,the environmentalistshave called for declar-ing the place as a birdsanctuary and protect itfrom land sharks.

Green groups suchas NatConnect Founda-tion and Shri EkviraAai Pratishtan (SEAP)have pointed out thatthe wetland has beenunder constant attackand the latest one beingthe massive landfillthat has begun.

B N Kumar, direc-tor of environment fo-cused NGO NatCon-nect Foundation, point-ed out that the City and

Greens renew bid to save Panje as bird sanctuary

Uran tehsildar takes action against illegal dumping

Industrial Develop-ment Corporation (CI-DCO) has leased outparts of the wetland toNMSEZ. “CIDCO de-clared the wetland as aholding pond as a floodcontrol mechanism.One wonders as to howcan wetland and hold-

ing pond be allotted forproperty development?”he asks.

“The Bombay HighCourt appointed Man-grove Monitoring andConservation Commit-tee in its meeting heldlast month had in-structed CIDCO to

maintain Panje as wet-land though it mightnot figure in the wet-land atlas, the area hasall features of a wet-land, the committeenoted,” says Nandku-mar Pawar, head of

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try to meet him withsome of our demandslike the rehabilitationof villages which werebadly affected in theheavy rainfall; weshould be given the pri-ority in jobs at the newairport, new fishing jet-ties and also plots fortheir homes.”

Speaking with theNewsband CIDCO Pub-lic Relationship OfficerPriya Ratambe said,“The villagers have re-

quested us for an ex-tension of deadline toJanuary 5 and we haveaccepted it. They willstart shifting fromJanuary 5th and thenthe NMIA work willspeed up.”

According to theCIDCO all the affectedpeople from the NMIAhave been given thepromised compensa-tion and even the in-creased demand. Theother pending workwill also be completedsoon. All the houseswhich are near the vil-lage have already been

Timely action is the need of the hourThe Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation appears to have sud-

denly realized its role as an authority for regulating developmentactivity in Navi Mumbai. Its decision to demolish unauthorizedconstructions appears to be a step in this direction.

Illegal constructions grew rapidly especially in Gaothan areasfew years back. Hundreds of these have either been sold or rent-ed out. NMMC instead of taking action against appears to beencouraging their growth by providing them with all the essentialamenities like drinking water, electricity, drainage connectionsetc. In many residential buildings, ground floors or stilts havebeen converted to commercial shopping complexes, garages,workshops etc. but no action is ever taken against them. Had thetimely action been taken, the menace could have been curbed inits infancy. However, only recently NMMC seems to have un-dergone a change in its policy. It has now started unleashing itswhip against the illegal structures.

While there is no denying that illegal constructions should notbe encouraged and the defaulters should be severely punished,but to demolish the structure especially when these are occupiedby the residents, is not the correct step. The best course of actionat this stage would perhaps be to regularize these illegal or irreg-ular constructions. The builders should be fined heavy penaltiesand the illegal constructions, if not yet sold, should be taken overby the authorities. Only those structures which hinder the devel-opment process like extension to the hotels, shops etc. which blockthe footpaths and the pathways should be demolished. Action ofregularizing illegal structures should not generate a feeling ofweak administration. To avoid that, the builders should be finedin geometric progression to their offence. Since the authoritiesare equally responsible for such constructions stern action shouldbe taken against them as well. These measures would go a longway in the proper planning of the development activity in NaviMumbai. Regularising rather than demolishing the unauthorizedstructures with penalties to the builders would not only save thealready created assets but will also save the traumatized resi-dents from sleepless nightmares.

vacated and some ofthem will start vacat-ing their homes soon.

In Ulwe 133 fami-lies and 252 families inKombadbhuje are yetto shift.

Macchindra Bhagat,a resident of Ulwe vil-lage said, “Few villagerslost their family mem-bers last year and arewaiting legal heir certif-icate. CIDCO needs toclear out all the thingsand give us all the pa-pers before 5th January,2020 so that the shift-ing process can be com-pleted peacefully.”

PAPs requestextension...

Contd. from pg. 1

craft.Sanjay Bhatia,

Chairman of MumbaiPort Trust speakingwith the Newsband

said, “It is true thatthe hovercraft serviceis being planned fromGateway of India toNavi Mumbai. Firstthe hovercrafts will betested based on whichthe services will bestarted. Hopefully, in

2020 the services maystart.”

The MaharashtraMaritime Board (MMB)Chief Executive OfficeDr. Ramaswamy N.was unavailable for thecomment event afterseveral attempts.

Hovercraftservice...Contd. from pg. 1

Greensrenew bid...

Contd. from pg. 1

Shri Ekvira Aai Prat-ishtan.

Moreover, Pawarsaid, the MaharashtraCoastal Zone Manage-ment Authority (MCZ-MA) has in its affidavitbefore the High Courtadmitted that Panje andKaranja wetlands dofall under CRZ-1 andhence any constructionhas to have its clear-

ance.Speaking to News-

band, Uran Tehsildsar,Bahusaheb Andharesaid that on the com-plaints received fromthe environmentalists,he inspected the areaon 17th December,2019. “We spotted atruck dumping debrisillegally and took strictaction. We have evenfiled an FIR against theculprit. Strict actionwill be taken if there isany illegal dumping in

the area.”Environmentalists

have long been com-plaining against the re-peated attacks on Pan-je by blocking free flowof tidal water and pre-venting the entry offishing community andbird watchers.

“A huge boundarywall has been built onthe property forwhich CIDCO blamesReliance IndustriesLimited,” says BNKumar.

VASHI: Under theguidance of Mr.Kishan Jawale, Add.Collector (Sel. Grade)and CCUC, CUC(North) a demolitiondrive was under-taken by the Cityand IndustrialDevelopmentCorporation(CIDCo) at Vashinode on 13th

December, 2019against illegalstructures.

During thedrive the unautho-rized ground + onefloor buildingbeing constructedon Plot no. 463 to475 near DattaMandir on an areameasuring approxi-mately 712.80 sq. m.at Sector 31 in Vashinode was demolished.

“The above men-tioned encroachments-unauthorised con-structions wereconstructed by violat-

CIDCO organizes demolitiondrive at Vashi node

ing the prevalentregulations and policyof CIDCO and withouttaking any permissionof CIDCO or NMMCand CIDCO adminis-

tration by followingthe due procedure oflaw demolished thoseencroachments,” saidPriya Ratambe, PROCIDCO.

The demolitiondrive was carriedsuccessfully with thehelp of Senior Police

Inspector Mr. AnilDeshmukh and agroup of 40 policepersonnel under hisjurisdiction. CIDCO’ssecurity guards and

MSF workers werealso present duringthe drive.

While carrying thedemolition drive 15laborers were em-ployed and the ma-chinery used was 1pock lain, 1 truck, 1JCB, and 2 jeeps, etc.


By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheKoperkhairane resi-dent, Tanmay Mahen-dra Sutar (17) baggedfirst prize in the swim-ming competition or-ganised by Sindhu-durg District Swim-mers Associationbagged first prize inthe competition. Theyoung swimmer who isstudying in ICL Moti-lal Jhunjhunwala Col-lege, Vashi completedthe 5km distance ofMalvan Chiwle Beachin just one hour thirtyfour minutes and thir-ty two seconds.

Tanmay Sutar isbeing trained at NaviMumbai Sports Associ-ation’s (NMSA) swim-ming pool by SanketSawant, Head swim-ming coach. Apartfrom swimming, Tan-

Koperkhairane swimmer Tanmay Sutarwins state level swimming competitionCompleted 5km sea route in just one & half-hours’ time

may takes keen inter-est in Martial Arts andhas won many acco-lades both at Nationaland International lev-els. It is learned thatafter this feat, Tanmaywill get a direct entryin the 13km swim-ming competition fromGateway of India to El-ephanta on2nd February, 2020.

Speaking with

Newsband Tanmay’sfather Mahendra Su-tar said, “It is a mo-ment of great joy forthe entire family. Tan-may is a dedicated stu-dent and takes histraining sessions veryseriously. The award isthe result of his hardwork and efforts. Wehope and pray thatTanmay wins the nextcompetition as well.”

By Abhitash D.Singh

PANVEL: Aboli Mahi-la Rickshaw Sangha-tana of Panvel throughMaharashtra StateGovernment scheme ofproviding free autodriving training to thewomen of Panvel hasinitiated a free autodriving training campwhich was inauguratedby the former Memberof Parliament RamsethThakur in Panvel.

The initiative is alsosupported by the Panv-el RTO. During the in-auguration, DeputyRTO officer HemaginiPatil guided all thewomen who will be get-ting training during thecourse.

Ramseth Thakurcongratulated all thewomen and welcomedthem and also encour-aged them for taking upthe new responsibilityin their life.

Thakur said, “I amreally happy that now-adays women are finan-cially supporting theirfamilies. They are nowrubbing shoulders withmen in all the fields.The women rickshawdriver who will be get-ting the training fromthe Aboli Mahila Rick-shaw Sanghtana willdefinitely work hardand will support in thegrowth of their familyearnings.”

The training costfor all the women whowill be participating inthe auto rickshaw driv-ing course will be borneby Aboli Mahila Rick-shaw Sanghtana.

Aboli Mahila Rik-shaw SanghtanaFounder and PresidentSantosh Bhagat whohas initiated the coursesaid, “I have started thecourse for the under-privileged and theneedy women of Panv-el for free of cost. Theresponse for the courseis overwhelming. Thetraining course will con-tinue till we give train-ing to at least 35-40

Women to get free trainingin autorickshaw driving

Former MP Ramseth Thakur inaugurates

the training course in Panvel

women autorickshawdrivers.”

Bhagat further add-ed, “Due to inflation andthe rising cost of essen-

tial commodities, it hasbecome difficult tomake both ends meet.The women too arethinking of pursuingbusiness to support thefamily, but they don’tget the right training,so we identified that is-sue and thought of pro-viding free autorick-shaw driving trainingto enable women to be-come self reliant.”

It is essential to getbatch, licence and rick-shaw driving trainingto start the auto driv-ing business. Aboli Ma-hila Rickshaw Sang-htana will support theneedy women by pro-viding them withbatch, license and freetraining.

The women with yel-low ration card can takethe benefit of the initia-tive which was startedon Thursday 19th De-cember, 2019. The ini-tiative has been under-taken by SantoshBhagat, SulochanaBhagat and ShaliniGurav(Vice President ofAboli Mahila RickshawSanghtana), Vilas More(Secretary), LalitaRaut (Treasurer).

Panvel Deputy RTOOfficer Hemangini Pa-til while addressing andguiding the womensaid, “Most of the wom-en are now becoming

self-employed and theyare also competing withtheir male counterpartin every field. Thewomen should be en-

couraged to start theirown business. I appre-ciate the initiative tak-en by Santosh Bhagat.Any woman who facesproblems while doingthe auto driving busi-ness can contact me atany given period oftime.”

Panvel Traffic Po-lice Senior Police In-spector Abhijeet Mohitesaid, “Many timeswhen women drive theautorickshaw few mis-creants create prob-lems for them. I requestall that during suchemergency don’t panicand contact and com-plain to us so that wecan take a stern actionagainst the miscre-ants.”

Present during theinauguration werePanvel Deputy RTOOfficer Hemangini Pa-til, Abhijeet Mohite(Panvel Traffic PoliceSr.Police Inspector),Ankush Khedekar(Kalamboli Traffic Po-lice Sr.Police Inspec-tor), Editor of DailyNewspaper VadalwaraVijay Kadu, NileshSonawane( Panvel Ta-luka Patrakar Sang-harsh Samiti Chair-man), Anil Bhole (Pan-vel Press Club Presi-dent) and many otherdignitaries.

Lab and fire safety training camp heldat Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College


VASHI: A trainingcamp on ‘Laboratoryand Fire Protection’ wasorganized at Kar-maveer Bhaurao PatilCollege, Vashi in collab-oration with India Pri-vate BASF Limited.

Fire safety officerB.D. Ajagaonkar andhis BASF team gavedemonstrations on lab-oratory and fire protec-tion. He spoke in lengthabout the causes of fireand the safety mea-sures that can be tak-en in case of fire. Heexplained the causes offire, negligence, neglectin the laboratory and athome. He also spoke

about the various typesof fire extinguishers tostaff and students, in-cluding handling ofchemicals in laborato-ries.

The program wasorganized under the

central government’sDBT-Star Collegescheme. Dr. V.S. Shi-vankar and Head ofChemistry DepartmentY.S. Gaikwad, studentsand staff participated inthis training camp.


Vijay Lakhani takes charge as the President of MCHI


NAVI MUMBAI: In the5 th Annual GeneralBody Meeting ofMCHI which was heldon 14 th December,2019, president offormer managementcommittee, PrakashBaviskar handed overthe charge to the new-ly elected President,

Vijay S. Lakhani.Madanlal Jain is theSenior Vice Presidentof the Committee.

In the meeting var-ious difficulties whichare being faced by theDevelopers of the sat-ellite city pertainingto their projects andother related issues ofreal estate were dis-

cussed at length. Theother relevant aspectsof their projects suchas getting approval forthe development ofprojects, electric, wa-ter and drainage con-nections from NMMC,NAINA, MSRDC werealso discussed.

Mr. Lakhanithanked the members

for electing him as thePresident and urgedthe newly elected Man-agement Committeeto work hard in fulfill-ing their duties andresponsibilities. Healso thanked theformer managing com-mittee and soughttheir support andguidance.

Following are themembers of the newlyappointed manage-ment committee:

President: Vijay S.Lakhani

Sr. Vice President:Madanlal Jain

Vice President:Manoj Awasthi

Vice President:Manohar Shroff

Secretary: SangramPatil

Jt. Secretary: JeetuHira

Treasurer: Miss.Priyaa Gurnani

Jt. Treasurer: An-shul Agarwal & PunitSabhlok

Committee Members:Nirav Shah; NandlalRajpal; Govind Advani

AIROLI: With an aim to revive an-cient sports, ‘Aapla Katta Sanstha’ isorganizing a workshop ‘Chala KhelKheluya’ on 22nd December, 2019 atSaraswati Vidyalay, Sector 5, Airolifrom 8 am to 2 pm. The workshop isbeing organised for the 7th consecu-tive year.

Children will be trained in tradi-tional outdoor games such as gilidan-da, lagori, marbles, tops, atyapatyaetc. Along with it, children will alsobe introduced to other board gamessuch as Mokshpat (snakes and ladder),pachisi, chaturanga, baghchal, aath-challas etc. which are made on woodand cloth board. Children will get anopportunity to play all these games.

“There were days when we keptourselves quite occupied without any

Chala Khel Kheluya - A workshopon reviving ancient games

of today’s modern technologies. Chil-dren used to jump, run everywhereon the playground with no bound-aries which was helpful in improv-ing the immune system and stimu-lated mental and physical growth.India has a tradition of playing boardgames. Chaduranga is one of the an-cient board games, which is from In-dia and now we play it as chess. Pa-chisi which is the national board gameof India, which is also played in manyparts of the world,” said Pankaj Bho-sale, a member of the Sanstha.

“The main aim of organizing thisworkshop is to introduce ancientboard games as well as outdoorgames,” he added.

For participating in the workshopcontact: 98210 09137/88506 74797

After successful journey of 16 years in Vashi Animax Studios India Pvt Ltd launchedtheir Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) in Panvel. Sanjay Khanted andPrasad Vanarase of MAAC say that quality education is provided in animation, visualeffects, film making, mutli media, web designing, graphic designing and more joboriented courses. MAAC is located at shop no. 9, Omkar Arcade, Sector 15 A, oppositePanvel Railway station (E).

NMMC organizes MayorMarathon for clean Navi Mumbai

Mayor & Commissioner appeal citizens

to participate in large number

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is organizingMayor Marathon on5th January, 2020 withan aim to promote itsmotto of clean and greencity in 2020.

NMMC in associa-tion with Sterling Insti-tute, Nerul have orga-nised a smart conceptof Mayor Marathon.The marathon willstart at NMMC Head-quarter in Belapur andit will conclude on thePalm Beach Road.

The marathon willhave different catego-ries: 21km Half Mara-thon, 10 and 5km fun

run for both male andfemale group and it willbe organised at statelevel. In order to regis-ter for the marathon, itis mandatory to regis-ter through onlineon bit.ly/mayormara-thon. All who registerthemselves online willget a T-Shirt and a kitalong with participa-tion certificate andmedal.

In this marathonthe girls and boys below17 years from NaviMumbai schools canparticipate in indepen-dent 3km run and girlsand boys below 14 yearscan participate in 2kmindependent run. Thestudents can register

themselves offline forthe run at Rajiv Gan-dhi Stadium in CBD-Belapur at Sector-3A.The participants will beprovided with T-Shirtand participation certif-icate.

The winner of May-or Marathon will beawarded with the cashprize of Rs 3.84 Lakh.

NMMC Mayor Jay-want Sutar and Com-missioner AnnasahebMisal have appealed allthe citizens to comeahead in large numbersand participate in theMarathon. The mes-sage of the Marathon is“One Step Ahead forNavi Mumbai City to-wards Cleanliness”.

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