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One killed and2 injured as portion

of iron gate fallsA security guard

was killed and twoother security per-sonnel were critical-ly injured when aportion of an irongate at the main en-trance of the NRIComplex in Sea-woods fell. NRI po-lice have launchedfurther investiga-tion…

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Portion of slab fallsin fireman’s home

at UlweA portion of the

slab fell in the resi-dence of the firemanS D Jagtap at StaffQuarters inside theUlwe Fire Station inSector-19 in the af-ternoon at around1:30 pm on Tuesday,26 November 2019.Fortunately, no onewas hurt in the ac-cident…

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Panvel RTO takesaction against 278illegal passengertransport vehiclesThe Panvel Re-

gional Transport Of-fice (RTO) haslaunched a specialdrive against illegalpassenger transportvehicles during theseven-month periodfrom April to Octo-ber and have seized33 vehicles for flout-ing rules. The vehi-cles were illegallytransporting pas-sengers on the Sion-Panvel route as wellas in the Panvelarea..

(More on page 5)

NEWS INBRIEF

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Transport (NMMT)has finally received allthe 30 electric buses.The first electric bus

All 30 electric buses arriveat NMMT Turbhe Depot

Bus services will be extended to Mumbai as well

entered the NMMT de-pot at Turbhe on 19thof August, 2019. Sub-sequently, on 18th Sep-tember, 2019, 14 bus-es entered the depottaking the total to 15

buses.Last year in August

the civic transportwing of the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-

Contd. on pg. 2

NMMC plans to developsports infrastructure

By Jim George

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to boost sportsin the city, the Navi

Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)is planning to expandthe sporting infra-structure availableunder its jurisdiction

A Detailed Project Report is being

prepared for developing indoor as well

as outdoor sports in 72 gardens

for indoor as well asoutdoor sports and ismaking a DetailedProject Report (DPR)

under the guidance ofthe Sports Depart-ment.

“Presently, there

Contd. on pg. 2

Contd. on pg. 5

Season 2 of Mumbai Games to kick-offwith Football event in various age groups

Registration OpensBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Mum-bai’s very ownOlympics – Mum-bai Games, amulti-sport ini-tiative whichaims to providep a r t i c i p a n t sfrom MumbaiMetropolitan Re-gion rangingfrom Virar toChurchgate toNavi Mumbaiand Thane re-gion, an opportu-nity to play fortheir own Contin-gent similar to interna-tional sporting eventslike Olympics or Com-

m o n w e a l t hgames is all set toreturn for its 2ndedition.

To be held bythe year end2019, the one ofits kind city-lev-el franchise-based, multi-sport, extrava-ganza for all citysports fans, pro-

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tion (NMMC) approvedthe proposal of theNMMT managementfor purchasing 30 elec-tric buses for the sat-ellite city in order toreduce pollution. Theproposal for electricbuses was passed dur-ing the tenure of thethen NMMC Commis-sioner, Dr. Ramaswa-mi N.

As of now the electricbus services are run-ning on three routes inNavi Mumbai and soonthe services will be ex-tended to other parts ofthe city. In coming days,there is a plan to extendthe services to Mumbaias well.

Shirish Aradhwad,NMMT Manger in-formed, “In order toboost the use of electric

buses as an eco-friend-ly initiative by theunion government,The transport depart-ment had sent the pro-posal to the depart-ment of heavy industryfor the project to be fi-nanced under the cen-tral government’sFaster Adoption andManufacturing ofElectric (& Hybrid)Vehicles in India(FAME-1) scheme. Un-der this scheme, 60 per-cent of subsidies areprovided by the centralgovernment to the gov-ernment and semi-gov-ernment organisationsif they buy the electricvehicles which will begoing to be used forpublic transport. Andanother 10 percent sub-sidy is provided for buscharging facility.”

Aradhwad added, "We have received allthe 30 buses now. Cur-rently these bus ser-vices are being provid-

ed on three routes thatis from Ghansoli toVashi 9 number bus,105 number bus fromBelapur to Bandra and20 number bus fromGhansoli to Nerul Sec-tor-48. Among 30 bus-es, 25 buses have al-ready been passed bythe RTO, while the pro-cess for the remainingfive is under way.”

"It is essential tohave a charging sta-tion for the electric bus-es. The NMMT atpresent has set up twocharging stations atTurbhe Bus Depot andthe work of two morecharging stations isgoing on. Apart fromthe already operation-al charging stations,there is also a plan toset up charging sta-tions at Vashi RailwayStation Bus Depot andCBD-Belapur Bus sta-tion. There is also aplan to have a charg-ing station outside the

Turbhe Bus Depot sothat even other privatevehicles can take thebenefit of it. Thiswould be a source foradditional income forthe NMMT. It takes 45to 60 minutes forcharging a bus, postwhich the bus can cov-er a distance of 220Km. However, present-ly, the buses are ableto cover just 120 to 160km. after beingcharged for an hour.When the bus comes toreserve point, it isbrought back to theTurbhe Bus Depot,"informed Aradhwad.

Annasaheb Misal,NMMC Commissionerinformed, "The electricbuses are eco-friendlyand beneficial in con-trolling pollution. Thedemand for the electricbuses will increase incoming days. Wewould like to add atle-ast 100 electric busesin the fleet of NMMT.”

All 30electricbuses...

Contd. from pg. 1

are seventy-two sportsgrounds in Navi Mum-bai, out of which a feware developed like theRajiv Gandhi Stadiumat Belapur. Gamessuch as kabaddi, kho-kho, football and crick-et are played in othergrounds, however theylack proper infrastruc-ture. Indoor sportssuch as table tennis,basketball and othergames also lack prop-

NMMC plansto develop...

Contd. from pg. 1

er facilities. Hence, adetailed plan is beingmade by the corpora-tion to understandwhat facilities needs tobe introduced in eachground. The develop-ment will be done inthe ratio of 30:40 thatis, 30 grounds willhave exclusive facili-ties for indoor gamesand 40 will have foroutdoor sports. Howev-er, the final decisionwill be taken duringthe final stages ofDPR”, said Nitin Kale,Deputy Municipal

Commissioner of Vehi-cle, Sports & Cultural.

The plan will beused to find out whichgrounds would be fea-sible for introducingsynthetic tracks forathletics, the possibil-ity of constructingmore football groundsas well as wrestlingtraining facilities to goalong with the indoorsports. Additionally,the plan will also aimto find out whichgrounds can be usedfor both indoor and out-door sports.

An architect fromthe Engineering De-partment will executethe plan based on thedetails provided by theSports Departmentsuch as where thegate, stage, cameras,facilities and toiletsshould be located.“There will be differentplans for each sport toensure their respectiveadvancements. At leastthirty to forty stadi-ums will be developedor constructed for thispurpose,” informed Mr.Kale.

On the occasion of International Drama Day, Mr Ram Kajrolkar, a senior most actor in Marathi drama stage was awarded with a memento, citation and an award forhis great contribution to Marathi stage for over 50 years. He is an active member of Jesth Nagarik Sangh Sanpada. (By C.K Subramaniam)

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Agitation demanding nation-wideimplementation of NRC held in the city

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

KOPARKHAIRANE: Anagitation was held inNavi Mumbai onNovember 24 by therepresentatives of ShriShivpratishthan

Hindustan, HinduMahasabha, Agri KoliBrains, Hindu Jan-jagruti Samiti, San-athan Sanstha andother organizationsdemanding nation wide

implementation of theNational Register ofCitizens (NRC),considering the gravityof increasing infiltra-tors from Bangladesh,Pakistan and Myan-mar into India.

Dr. Uday Dhuri,spokesperson for HinduJanjagruti Samiti said,“19,06,657 residents inAssam did not findtheir name in theNRC, which meantthey had infiltrated orresiding illegally. Thisis a cause for concernand has become anational issue.”

Dr. Uday Dhuricalled upon the UnionGovernment to in-struct all States toimplement the N. R. C.to enumerate thenumber of infiltratorsacross the nation from

Bangladesh, Pakistanand Myanmar andtake strict steps tosecure the boundariesof the nation and toimplement necessarymeasures on the

borders of the nation.A call was also

made to hand over theinvestigations of themurder of the presidentof the Hindu Mahasab-ha in Uttar Pradeshand Hindu SamajPaksh, KamleshTiwari and the 5 pro-Hindutva activists inU. P. to the NationalInvestigation Agency.Investigations revealedthat the plot to murderTiwari and others washatched in Dubai andthere were threats tothe life of the IndianPrime MinisterNarendra Modi, someIndian cricketers andsome pro-Hindutvaleaders from theseterrorists, as per theinformation of theintelligence depart-ment.

One killed and 2 injured asportion of iron gate falls

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A se-curity guard was killedand two other securitypersonnel were critical-ly injured when a por-tion of an iron gate atthe main entrance ofthe NRI Complex inSeawoods fell. NRI po-lice have launched fur-ther investigation.

The iron gate wasclosed for the last onemonth due to pits infront of gate No.1 of thefamous NRI Complexat Seawoods. There-fore, those entering theNRI colony were givenaccess through gatenumber-2. However,the left side gate num-ber-1 was temporarilytied as there were pot-holes on the easternside.

The NRI Society'sGate No.1 was openedon Tuesday morning

after the concretingwork was finished. Theiron gate on the leftside was moved by 7 to8 security guards. How-

ever, suddenly the gatecollapsed on the secu-rity guards. Some ofthe guards fled to savetheir lives as the gatefell, however, three se-curity guards weretrapped. The injuredhave been identified as

Rajesh RamkumarKushwaha (36), Pafp-ulal Goswami (19) andChhutulal Goswami(23). The trio were im-

mediately rushed to DrDY Patil Hospital inNerul for treatment.However, during thetreatment, the serious-ly injured securityguard Rajesh Ramku-mar Kushwaha suc-cumbed to his injuries.

Fire guts two floors of hookah parlour in Digha By Sumit Renose

DIGHA: An illegalhookah shop at Gana-pati Pada in Dighawas gutted in fire onTuesday. The fire isbelieved to have start-ed from 8 am in themorning and spreadacross the G-plus twostoreyed hookah par-lour despite war foot-ing effort by the fire-fighters. The fire soonengulfed the interiorand other valuables.

There was no lossof life in the incident.The total damage tothe property is beingasserted. “Two of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation’s firecrews arrived at the

scene and tried to ex-tinguish the fire. A firetruck from Mukundalso swung into action.

“After about twohours, most of the firecrews were able to ex-

tinguish the flames.The fire is believed tohave occurred due toshort circuit on theground floor”, said anofficial. He furthersaid, “The staff of the

parlour were rescuedin time. Apart fromthe losses to the hoo-kah parlour, a four-wheeler parked nearthe parlour was alsogutted.”


Issue : 174 27 November, 2019

Open gym parks-The latest fitness trend

Open gym parks have become the lat-est fitness trends that have been receiv-ing overwhelming response from the res-idents of all age groups. Apart from theother facilities, these parks provide hostsof open air gym equipment which are freeof charge and can be used by residents atany time of the day.

Studies have shown that outdoor phys-ical activity has greater advantages. It low-ers a person's blood pressure and heartrate. Hence, exercise outdoors feels lessstrenuous than similar exercise done in-doors. Moreover, fresh air helps in fight-ing insomnia and improves the quality ofsleep. Getting sunshine, which has becomea rare treat, is an added advantage. Freshoutdoor air and natural light invigorate andprovide more energy for the mind andbody. Sunshine provides the vitamin D andalso enhances energy generation in themuscles and oxidation of the tissues. Moreimportantly, the facilities come free ofcharge. Hence, can be easily enjoyed bypeople of all strata and age groups.

In today’s scenario, when family mem-bers do not get much time for each other,these open gym parks, can help in bring-ing the families and friends together. Peo-ple can exercise together and can evenencourage and guide those who are notfamiliar with various equipment installedin the park. For many senior citizens, whofeel walking and jogging are the only ex-ercises they can indulge in, the manyequipment that have been specifically in-stalled for them, will give them chance toexplore new fitness techniques. The openair gym provides them with free access toa host of fitness equipment such as shoul-der rehabilitation device, surfboard exer-ciser, waist-twisting table, abdominalstretching stand, back massager, ellipticalcross-trainer, stretching rack, leg lifter andstepper.

Just few minutes with nature can helpin improving mental wellbeing and self-esteem. Free and unstructured exercisein the outdoors boosts problem-solvingskills, focus and self-discipline. Socially, itimproves cooperation, flexibility, and self-awareness. Emotional benefits include re-duced aggression and increased happi-ness. Nature is a tool to get people of allage groups to experience not just the widerworld, but themselves. Let us all play aconscious and proactive role in develop-ing a positive outlook towards outdoorgames or sports and exercises. On the occasion of Constitution Day, Mayor Kavita Choutmal, along with along with other officials of Panvel City

Municipal Corporation (PCMC) paid tribute to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s.

NAVI MUMBAI : "TheConstitution is sacredfor all Indians," saidformer Justice Dr. D.K Sonawane. He wasspeaking as thekeynote speaker on theConstitution Dayprogramme held atCIDCO.

Nisar Tamboli,Chief Vigilance Officer,Prashant Bhangare,

Constitution Day celebrated at CIDCO

Manager (Personnel);Nilesh Tandel, Presi-dent, CIDCO Employ-ees Union; J. T Patil,General Secretary,CIDCO EmployeesUnion; Milind Bagul,Chairman, CIDCO C.Employees Associationand Narendra Hire,the department heads,officers and staff ofCIDCO, including the

Employees Association,were present in largenumbers.

The programmestarted with thecollective reading of theConstitution's objec-tives. Chief Vigilanceoffice Nisar Tamboliread out the motives tothe attendees.

Dr. D. K.Sonawane, said that

the Indian Constitu-tion is the largestconstitution written inthe world. To draft aconstitution for acountry as big andmulticultural as India,posed a challenge toBabasaheb Ambedkarand his colleagues.The Constitution theycreated has kept thecountry united.

NAVI MUMBAI : With an aim to ensure transpar-ency in operations, the City and Industrial Devel-opment Corporation (CIDCO) has adopted SAPsystem to make changes in its operating practic-es and the important Material Management Mod-ules have been completed. This module is beingsuccessfully implemented in various departments.The CIDCO had appointed ZENSAR to implementSAP system.

The Materials Management module compris-es of the key departments - Engineering, Plan-ning, Public Relations, Establishment, Health,Systems, Security, Statistics, Fire, Accounting andArchitecture. Following the completion of this mod-

CIDCO ensures transparency in operations

ule, the SAP system is now successfully used inall these sections of CIDCO. The adoption of thismodule allows one to easily find out about anybilling process and documentation in one click.Similarly, various reports pertaining to the workrelated to the department will now be easily avail-able.

“CIDCO has always taken the initiative toadopt new methods to make the body function ef-ficiently. The modules of other sections under theSAP system are also in the final stages of comple-tion. This will make the functioning of the corpo-ration and officers and staff even more efficient,”said Priya Ratambe, PRO, CIDCO.


For representational purpose only

Season 2 of Mumbai ...Contd. from pg. 1

fessionals as well as non-professionals, will kick-off with the world most popular game Football.Slated to be held from the mid-December 2019,the same will be held in 5 vs 5 format of the game.The football event which will held for Men (U-12,U-14, U-16, U-21, Open 21 plus, Veteran 40 plus)and Women (U-14, Open 16 plus) will be playedacross four weeks at various venues includingNavi Mumbai in a league cum knockout manner.At stake are various cash prizes apart from med-als and champions cup for the winners.

Participation in ing in Mumbai & its subur-ban areas, Thane and Navi Mumbai region.

For more information about the tournamentcontact the organisers via E-mail Id:info@mumbai games.in

Remembering the martyr’s of 26/11 terror attack

By Chandrashekher Hendve

On the 11th anni-versary of the 26/11attack the studentsalong with teachersand non-teaching staffof Chhatrapati ShahuMaharaj Vidyalaya inRabale paid tribute tothe martyr;s of theterror attack. Theyalso observed IndianConstitution Day. Onthis occasion, seniorcorporatorand formermayor SudhakarSonawane, corporatorRanjana Sonawane,Headmaster MarutiGawli, Mrs. Alka

Dhawale, JitendraSoni, sports teacher

Amol Kumar Wagh-mare, Indrajit Kam-

ble, Sanjay Dede andothers were present.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePanvel RegionalTransport Office(RTO) has launcheda special driveagainst illegalpassenger transportvehicles during theseven-month periodfrom April to Octoberand have seized 33vehicles for floutingrules. The vehicleswere illegally trans-porting passengerson the Sion-Panvelroute as well as inthe Panvel area, saidPanvel RegionalTransport Officer(RTO) LaxmanDarade.

During thiscampaign, RTOofficials seizedvehicles carryingillegal passengers onthe Saina-Panvelroute to Kharghar,Kalamboli, Kamothe

Panvel RTO takesaction against

278 illegal passengertransport vehicles

Rs. 76 lakh 44 thousand

collected as penalty

and Panvel areas.RTO inspected 826small and largevehicles transportingillegal passengervehicles. Duringinvestigation, 276small and largevehicles were foundguilty. The seizedvehicles also includelarge buses. In thisaction, they collectedtax of Rs. 65 lakhs58 thousand 802rupees, and fine of Rs10 lakh and 86thousand and in totalthe departmentcollected RS 76 lakh44 thousand. TheRTO has also sus-pended the registra-tion of 98 vehicles.

RTO LaxmanDarade said thataction would contin-ue to be takenagainst vehiclesillegally carryingpassengers.


By: Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: "Polit-ical democracy cannotlast unless there lies atthe base of it, social de-mocracy. Social democ-racy means a way of lifewhich recognizes liber-ty, equality and frater-nity as the principles oflife." A well-knownquote of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, who wasthe First Law Ministerof the country post itsindependence and alsoplayed a key role inframing of the IndianConstitution.

Ryan International

Sanpada based Schoolobserves Constitution Day

Ryan Sanpada students enact a skit highlighting the fundamental rights and duties ofthe citizens of India on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of National ConstitutionDay.

The special assembly was attended by hundreds of Ryanites.

School Sanpada on theoccasion of the 70thAnniversary of the Na-tional ConstituencyDay celebrated thismomentous occasion byconducting a specialAssembly at its schoolpremises. A young stu-dent inspiring speechhighlighted the impor-tance of the Constitu-tion and its influenceand impact on the coun-try. Apart from this,there was a Quiz con-ducted based on Consti-tution which saw en-thusiastic participationfrom the students. A

skit enacted by the stu-dents highlighted thefundamental rights andduties of the citizens ofIndia.

A special Assemblywas organised on theNational ConstitutionDay also known asSamvidhan Divas orNational Law Day onTuesday 26 Nov, 2019and a number of activi-ties were organised inthe school to acknowl-edge the contribution ofthe framers of the Con-stitution in particular

KR Observes 70th National Constitution Day

Sanjay Gupta, CMD, KR (4th from Left) reading out the Preamble in presence of his Directors, Executives & Staff to mark the important occasion when the Constitution of Indiawas adopted way back on 26 Nov, 1950.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: On the Occasion of the 70thNational Constitution Day also known asSamvidhan Divas, Sanjay Gupta, Chairman

and Managing Director, Konkan Railway alongwith Directors, Executives & Staff read out thePreamble at its Corporate Office, Belapur. TheFundamental duties of every citizen were also

read out to raise an awareness about the IndianConstitution. Similar activities were also held inRatnagiri and Karwar region of Konkan Rail-way.

Contd. on pg. 8

Aadhaar - Opportunities &Challenges, 10 Years On

Gaurav Gupta, Dalberg’s Partner and Asia Regional Di-rector (Centre) along with Roopa Kudva, MD of OmidyarNetwork India (Left) and a key contributor unveil theState of Aadhaar: A People’s Perspective 2019 researchbased report

Dalberg tables key findings based on research in various

states and demographic groups across the nation

By Ashok Dhamija

Aadhaar is theworld's largest biomet-ric ID system, a 12-digitunique identity num-ber issued to every citi-zen in India by theUnique IdentificationAuthority of India(UIDAI), a statutoryauthority established inJanuary 2009 by theGovernment Of India,under the jurisdictionof the Ministry of Elec-tronics and Informa-tion Technology is fastbecoming the govern-ment's base for imple-menting its public wel-fare and citizen servic-es across the countrysince 2009. Be it Acqui-sition of Passport,Opening of Bank Ac-counts, LPG Subsidy,Digital Life Certificatesfor Pensioners, JanDhan Yojana, Disburs-ing Provident Fund theUID biometric docu-ment that stores an in-dividual's personal de-tails in highly securedgovernment databaseto allay any fear of itsmisuse.

In order to highlighthow the citizens of In-dia experience Aadhaar,a universal identity pro-gram be its registra-tion, updates, usageacross various publicand private services, aswell as their broadersentiments and trust inits use in addition

which aspects ofAadhaar are workingand which are not, Dal-berg, a leading socialimpact advisory groupcarried out a surveyearly this year with anaim to provide valuablefeedback about the reallife experience - and theneed for practical ad-justments to improveits functioning.

The outcome ‘Stateof Aadhaar: A People’sPerspective 2019 ’ re-port was released onTuesday 26 Nov,2019at an event attended byMr. R.S. Sharma(Chairman, TRAI), Jus-tice B.N. Srikrishna(former Supreme Courtjudge), Ms. Dipa Sinha(Convenor, Right to

Food Campaign), andnoted journalistShankkar Aiyar. Thesame is based on a na-tion-wide study thatcaptures the experienc-es and perspectives ofover 167,000 house-holds across 28 statesand union territories,making it the largestprimary dataset on theuse of Aadhaar andmore broadly, the use ofnational digital ID inthe world

The following are the 10

Key Findings

Aadhaar is becom-ing ubiquitous in India.95% of adults and 75%of children haveAadhaar.

Contd. on pg. 9


By Dr. Neel

During my continu-ous research work tounearth various psy-chological factors lead-ing to human success,failures and happiness,I realized that life posesnew challenges if wedon’t get into habit ofserious continuouslearning. In this articleI would be sharing wis-dom learnt from manyand from my very ownwork in this field. Cer-tain natural principlesemerged in the scheme

of Mother Nature whichif followed honestly anddedicatedly, will trulybenefit in the path oflearning and growth. Tobegin with it is so foun-dational that "Learningis Meditation”. Somekey inputs to makelearning meaningfulare:

• Get 100% physical-ly, mentally &emotionally involvedgiving undivided atten-tion.

• Remove every clut-ter from mind.

• Consider the per-son from whom you arelearning as your men-tor, irrespective of ageor any such factors.

• Learn by absorb-ing every input like adry sponge.

• Never learn aloneis a powerful philosophy.Choose a partner i.e.someone with whomyou will share whatev-er you have learnt. De-

Learning is meditationvelop firm mindset thatyou will share every-thing with the chosenpartner and enrich thisperson with whateveryou have learnt. Makea habit of sharing on adaily basis or atleasttwice in a week. Encour-aging children to teachyounger ones will putthem in the loop of learnto teach and teach tolearn. Believe me teach-ing is the best methodto learn.

• While teachingstand like a pillar to fa-cilitate the learning ofyour buddy.

• Encourage yourbuddy to ask questions.When the buddy ques-tions your point of view,then you must strive tofind the right answers.By encouraging yourbuddy to ask questionsyou will in fact uplift

your learning ability.Don’t be disheartened ifyou are not able to an-swer all the questionsfully. Assure them thatyou will revert by clari-fying the same withyour mentor who wouldclarify it 100%.

• During learningand sharing be open toexplore new paradigms.Whatever we are today,is basically because ofour learnt paradigmsand the resultant hard-wiring created in ourbrain. Willingness torelook into own para-digms help in reducinginner resistance andmental blocks. Newlearnings may manytimes hurt &break you. It may evenmake you think “is itreally the right ap-proach?” but be open tochange. Some of thenew paradigm canbring breakthrough re-sults.

• Never go to a placeof learning without apen and paper or appro-priate recording tools.Without these tools alearner becomes a vic-tim like that soldier whohas gone to a battlefieldwithout arms and am-munitions.

• Understand thepoorest place to store in-formation is our brainhence follow the philos-ophy “Never end up onlythinking….always con-vert your thinking intoinking”.

• I always tell peo-ple that during the pro-cess of learning ask ev-ery question in yourmind openly and fear-lessly as living with ig-norance is more injuri-ous to self. Once youhave been answeredwith the right answers,your fear and inhibi-

tions vanishes and youbecome enriched. Don’tfear that people maythink you are a fool ormay laugh at you whenyou ask question.

• Next importantthing is be energetic andenthusiastic to learn inevery place.

This process oflearning with a commit-ment to take definitiveaction and sharing withothers can go a long wayin your life. It will keepyou always updated andfighting fit in this everchanging world.

The writer is Consulting

Counsellor and Psycholo-

gist: Vedanta Health Care &

NMIMS @ Kharghar. Formerly

he was with Nayati Medicity

Hospital (Mathura). He is

the recipient of Super

Achievers Award (OES);

Advisory Board Member:

Oriental Institute of

Management, NM and

Associate Life

Member: Kharghar Doctors

Association, Navi Mumbai

By Nidhi Agarwal

Today ‘Make nBake’ is going to sharerecipes of somedesigner choco-lates, whichare very expen-sive in themarket butcan be easilymad at homewith your pa-tience and cre-ativity. Youcan gift thesechocolates onany occasionand childrenlove them.

Ingredients

White choc-olate com-pound (You cantake of anybrand). Try totake premiumbrand as itmakes wholelot of difference in thetaste and texture ofthe Chocolate.

Some dry fruits ofyour choice (Almond,walnut, pistachio,cashew)

Colourful sprinklesSilver ballsSome dried fruits

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State Level Ekankikacompetition to be held

PANVEL: RamsethThakur Social Develop-ment Board in associa-tion with All IndianMarathi Natya Par-ishad, Panvel and CKTCollege will be hosting,sixth Atal Trophy StateLevel EkankikaCompetition.

The competition,which is the brainchild of former MPRamsheth Thakur,aims to promotetheatre and dramawhich is fading awayand to empower thetheatre enthusiastsfrom across the state.

The preliminaryround of the competi-tion will be held atNighojkar MangalOffice, Nighoj, Puneon 14th and 15thDecember and theother rounds will beheld at CKT collegeauditorium from 19thto 22 December, andthe final will be heldon 3rd and 4thJanuary, 2020 atKrantivir VasudevBalwant PhadkeAuditorium. Interest-ed people can contact98217 58147, 8411845445


Kid’s Zone

Spending Christmasvacations usefully

By C.K. Subramaniam

Christmas vaca-tion will start soon inschools. During vaca-tions, kids are at aloss to understandwhat theyshould do andhow should theyspend the time?Making scrapbooks or readingmoral stories canhelp them tospend their timein a valuableway. Bed timestories are fa-mous but Akbarand Birbal sto-ries even applyfor the presentgeneration ofchildren in a bigway.

Birbal, orRaja Birbal, wasa Hindu advisorin the court of theMughal emperor, Ak-bar. He is mostlyknown in the Indiansubcontinent for thefolk tales which focuson his wit. Birbal wasappointed by Akbaras a poet and singerin around 1556–1562.

Birbal stories arevery famous and pop-ular in India amongall ages of people.They are also calledby another name Ak-bar-Birbal Stories.There was a Mogul

Emperor in India, Ak-bar The Great (1542-1605). His full namewas Jalaludden Mo-hammed Akbar Pad-shah Ghazi and he

ruled India from 1560to 1605. He himself wasilliterate, but he invit-ed several learned peo-ple in his court. Amongthese people, nine werevery famous and werecalled Nav Ratna (ninejewels of the MogulCrown) of his court.Among these nine jew-els, five people weremore famous - Tansen,Todarmal, Abul Fazal,Maan Singh and Bir-bal.

The exchanges be-tween Akbar and Birbal

have been recorded inmany volumes. Manyof these have becomefolk stories in Indiantradition. Birbal's col-lection of poetry pub-

lished under thepen name Brahmare preserved inBharatpur Mu-seum, Rajast-han, India.Many courtierswere jealouswith Birbal andoften plotted forhis downfall.There are manystories found onthis issue too.There are a cou-ple of other sto-ries too whichare of the sametime and typeand are as inter-esting as Birbal'sones.

There are manybooks publishedabout Birbal Storiesbut the collector's edi-tion is a treasure topreserve. One hun-dred wise tales of Ak-bar and Birbal cangive the children theenjoyment of their lifetime during this sum-mer vacation. Let theparents also readthese stories and im-part knowledge totheir children tolearn the moral inthese stories.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar asits Chairman. The As-sembly brought about afeeling of realization

about the norms andregulations of India andthe rights and duties ofits proud citizens whichought to be respectedand followed. In factIndia’s constitution isthe longest written con-stitution in the world

Sanpadabased School

observes...Contd. from pg. 6

which took around twoyears, 11 months and17 days to complete it.It is a day of glory forall Indians and we re-solve to stand by theConstitution forever”shared Principal Muri-el Fernandes.

By Vinod C. Dixit

India is a source,destination and transitcountry for womenbeing trafficked for theuse of forced labourand commercial sexualexploitation. Womenare being held in debtbondage and are veryvulnerable to forcedlabor working in ricemills, brick kilns, andagriculture and inembroidery factories.Interestingly, atelevision debateconcluded that divorcerates and womenempowerment aredirectly proportional.Empowered though,women's status hasnot been any better,thanks to honourkillings, call centreatrocities, femaleinfanticides and youname it. Imagine aworld without it! Theworld of work ischanging, and withsignificant implica-tions for women. Onone hand, we haveglobalization, techno-logical and digitalrevolution and theopportunities theybring, and on the otherhand, the growinginformality of labour,unstable livelihoodsand incomes, newfiscal and tradepolicies and environ-mental impacts—all ofwhich must be ad-dressed in the contextof women’s economicempowerment.

It has rightlypointed out that“Single means muchmore than living lifeyour way”. It is foundthat a single womanfaces many psychologi-cal and emotionalhurdles because of thetraditional views ofsociety. The class ofsingle women with anew status may be the

Let us respect womendirect result of the newconcept of women’sdevelopment. Onewould find thatfacilities in ourcountry to welcomethis new trend are stillinadequate and youngwomen will have to betrained for such apossibility. There aremany single womenwho are self-confidentand have a positiveself-image. Womenprefer to stay singlebecause it gives themthe right to live theway they liked andutilize their incomethe way they wished.In India, a goodnumber of womenhave begun to remainsingle and they havevalued their indepen-dence regardingphysical matters anddecision making. Oursociety needs tochange, to help thesingle women to standon their feet withdignity and pride. Thephenomenon of beingsingle either by choiceor by circumstances, isa deviation fromtraditional expecta-tions but both thefamily as well as thewomen themselvesneed to redefine theirconcept of suitability ofa marriage partner.Inter-cast or inter-religious marriagescould be encouraged asthis would broaden therange of choice ofpartners. Societyshould stop exploitingthem and respect theirright to be happy andindependent.

Crime ratesagainst women aremuch higher in bigcities than in eithersmall cities or ruralareas. Time hashelplessly watchedwomen suffering in theform of discrimination,

oppression, exploita-tion, degradation,aggression, humilia-tion. In a countrywhere women andgirls are traditionallyrevered as the Motherand the Goddess, thisis simply unaccept-able. A society that isunable to respect,protect and nurture itswomen and childrenloses its moral moor-ings and runs adrift.The major lacuna inthe laws is that theyare not gender neutral.Many women andtheir family members,therefore, misuse themto settle scores,intimidate and harassthe husband and hisfamily. It is notuncommon to projectself-inflicted injuriesas assault by hus-bands. Sensitivitytraining and knowl-edge of the rights ofwomen and childrenare another vital needand must be mademandatory for all lawenforcement agencies.To increase thereporting of suchcases, at first, we needto empower the womenand children. Theymust be educated ontheir rights andencourage them tocome forward toregister the cases.There are manyviolent cases but dueto stigma in thesociety very few arereported. The problemcannot be solved by thegovernment alone butby a national awaken-ing involving theentire country andcivil society. A nation-wide campaign isneeded to reigniteIndia’s core values andtraditions that respectand nurture women.The writer is freelancer,

writer and cartoonist.

14-year-old boy diesdue to electrocutionBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A 14-year-old, Milind Prahl-ad Yadav, who climbedto remove a shuttlecockthat had gone on theroof top of his housewhile playing badmin-ton, died due to electricshock on Mondayevening in Pavan vil-lage. Turbhe MIDC po-lice have initiated fur-

ther investigation, andhas filed the case asaccidental death.

The deceased Mil-ind, lived with the fam-ily in Ganesh Chawl inPavane village. OnMonday evening, Mil-ind was playing bad-minton in front of hishouse with his elderbrother. At that time,the shuttlecock went on

the roof top and Milindclimbed the stairs to getit. He came into contactwith an open electricwire that was passingthrough Milind's houseand fell down due toelectric shock. He wasimmediately rushed tothe Municipal Hospitalin Vashi but was de-clared dead by the doc-tors.


On the occasion of Constitution Day, Deputy Mayor Man-dakini Mhatre along with Municipal Commissioner Anna-saheb Misal along with other officials paid tribute to Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar’s at the Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation’s headquarters at CBD Belapur. Dr. Babasa-heb Ambedkar is known as the drafter of the Indian con-stitution. Constitution Day (National Law Day), alsoknown as Samvidhan Divas, is celebrated on 26 Novem-ber every year to commemorate the adoption ofthe Constitution of India.

NMMC observes Samvidhan Divas

A notable minority still does nothave Aadhaar. An estimated 28 mil-lion adults do not have Aadhaar, most-ly in Assam and Meghalaya whereenrolment has been slow due to ques-tions about legal residency amongstothers. Among vulnerable groups, ahigher share of third-gender residents(30%) and people who are homeless(27%) do not have the ID.

Updating is the hardest part of theAadhaar process. One in five peoplewho tried to update their Aadhaar didnot succeed. 4% of Aadhaar cardscurrently have errors.

Aadhaar has supported inclusion.49% of people used Aadhaar to accessone or more services like food rations,bank accounts, and social pensions forthe first time. For 8% of people,Aadhaar was their first ever ID.

Problems with Aadhaar sometimesled to denial of welfare services. 0.8%of people experienced exclusion due toAadhaar-related reasons from a keywelfare service (PDS rations, MGN-REGS, social pensions) that they hadearlier received (versus 3.3% due tonon-Aadhaar factors).

Aadhaar has improved service de-livery. 80% feel that Aadhaar has madePDS rations, MGNREGS, or socialpensions more reliable. Using Aadhaar,residents were 40% more likely to ob-tain a new SIM card within one day,compared to using other forms of ID.

Despite the Supreme Court ruling,many people find Aadhaar to be de fac-to mandatory for bank accounts, SIMcards, and school enrolment. Morethan half of those who used Aadhaarto get a SIM card or bank account saidthat the service provider accepted onlyAadhaar for identification purposes.0.5% of 6 to 14 year olds could not en-roll in school due to Aadhaar-relatedreasons.

Most people appreciate Aadhaar’suniversal acceptance; some have con-cerns. 72% appreciate that it is a con-venient, universal ID; nearly half ofthose also worry about linking it to

too many services.Most residents are satisfied and

trust Aadhaar. 92% of people are sat-isfied with Aadhaar. 67% of people whohave been excluded from a service dueto problems with Aadhaar still saythey are satisfied. 90% say it keepstheir data safe, while 61% say it pre-vents others from accessing their ben-efits. 8% worry about its misuse.

Newer digital features are yet tobe embraced. 77% have never usedfeatures such as Aadhaar, QR code,virtual Aadhaar or masked Aadhaar.Only 39% of residents have the cor-rect mobile phone number linked totheir Aadhaar.

Gaurav Gupta, Dalberg’s Partnerand Asia Regional Director on theoccasion said ” The research is notan attempt to adjudicate the ultimatemerits of Aadhaar. It is about takingresidents' perspectives into accountto help better design and implementAadhaar. We believe the UID’s suc-cess will ultimately depend on howwell the program can learn from theexperiences and concerns of those whouse or are not yet able to use Aadhaarin their daily lives”.

Roopa Kudva, Managing Directorof Omidyar Network India, whichfunded the research and the report,said, “We believe that technology,used responsibly, is a powerful forcefor inclusion. We actively supporthigh quality research as a vital com-ponent of system level impact – tohelp creation and continuous im-provement of robust digital infra-structure and technology solutions forinclusion. We are delighted that therich dataset underlying this verylarge survey is being made public, forthe benefit of all stakeholders.”

About Dalberg : Dalberg is a lead-ing social impact advisory group thatbrings together - strategy consulting,design thinking, big data analytics,and research to address complex so-cial and environmental challenges.We work collaboratively with commu-nities, institutions, governments, andcorporations to develop solutions thatcreate impact at scale.

Aadhaar - Opportunities...Contd. from pg. 6 Mumbai woman sheds 46 Kgs in

1.5 years; Gets a new lease of lifeIn 2016, she was whopping 110 kgs, having sleep

apnoea and depression that affected her day to day life

Dr Aprana Govil Bhaskar

Bariatric Surgeon

Dr. Savita Salian, abranch manager atLIC, spent the last 3years caring for herhusband who under-went brain surgery.Soon, she started expe-riencing bouts of fa-tigue and tiredness,and before she could doanything, she realizedthat at 49 years of ageshe had piled up 110kgs. As her own weightcontinued to increase,she started experienc-ing difficulty in sleep-ing.

On consulting thedoctor, it was revealedthat she suffered fromobstructive sleep ap-noea (OSA). It is a dis-ease that reduces theoxygen level in the bodyand increases carbondioxide levels. Patientsexperience difficulty insleeping and as a resultof this feel tired andsleepy during the day.Patients are not able torecognize the symptoms

and attribute to otherstress-causing factorsin life. If left untreated,sleep apnoea leads toincreased pressure onthe lungs and heartraising the risk of heartfailure. To her dismay,the patient also startedexperiencing other sideeffects of obesity likebreathlessness and dif-ficulty in walking.

Dr. Aparna GovilBhasker, Bariatric andLaparoscopic Surgeon,Currae Specialty Hos-pitals, Thane, high-lighted, “Obesity is adisease that is affectingmore and more Indians.As of today, bariatricsurgery is the only op-tion that can lead tosustained weight losswhen it comes to losing30 kgs or more. Obesi-ty is as much of a dis-ease as cancer or diabe-tes and has as manyside effects. It affectsthe body from head totoe and must also betreated early in thecourse of the disease.”

She added, “Thispatient visited meabout 1.5 years ago. Af-ter clinical evaluation,she underwent bariat-ric surgery in the formof laparoscopic sleevegastrectomy. In thissurgery, the stomach isdivided vertically and

about 65% of it is re-moved. Multiple mech-anisms lead to weightloss. Hence, reductionof food intake, early sa-tiety, decreased hunger,hormonal effects are afew of these mecha-nisms by which sleevegastrectomy leads toweight loss. Post-sur-gery, she weighed 64kgs. The patient is backon track after losing 46kgs and was able to getrid of sleep apnoea anddepression. She hasalso experienced a posi-tive psychosocialchange in how peopleview her.” her presentweight is 64 kgs.

“3 years ago, Icouldn’t take care ofmyself owing to myhusband’s ill health.Unfortunately, I piledup 110 kgs, and my ac-tivities were restricted.But, I thank the doctorfor helping me live lifethe way I wanted to. Ifeel as though I havefallen in love with my-self again. I make surethat I exercise and fol-low a well-balanceddiet. My productivity atwork is also increasedand I recently got a pro-motion too. I am moreactive now, and my hus-band is elated too,” con-cluded Dr. SavitaSalian.


Dance of Democracy- The game of Hide and SeekA month after the Maharashtra Assembly election results were an-

nounced on October 24, the political impasse in the State seems to havereached a climax, albeit with a stunning overnight twist. In less than twelvehours, the focus shifted from the NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena alliance thatwas all set to form a government, to the BJP, as Devendra Fadnavis tookoath as the Chief Minister along with NCP leader Ajit Pawar as DeputyCM.

Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly were held on Octo-ber 21. Allies BJP and Shiv Sena emerge as the two largest parties in theresults, but both parties see a dip in the number of seats won and their voteshare. Meanwhile, the NCP and the Congress are net gainers, with 54 and44 seats respectively. Although a BJP-Shiv Sena government with Mr. Fad-navis at the helm seems like a done deal, the Sena insists on a rotationalchief ministership. The BJP, however, maintains that it does not intend toshare the post.

Although a BJP-Shiv Sena government with Mr. Fadnavis at the helmseems like a done deal, the Sena insists on a rotational chief ministership.The BJP, however, maintains that it does not intend to share the post. Thetwo parties, in a bid to boost their numbers, enlist the support of MLAsfrom small outfits and independents. The State is suffering from farmerproblems. The instability in the State is not good for the development of theState. It was important to form the government and hence claimed to formthe government. The President's rule was removed accordingly.

A lesson for Indian politicians where money is more valuable than hon-esty and dignity, only way we can reform this type of dealing is governmentfunded election it means each and every political party should get equalamount of money and every week they should submit/ publish the expendi-ture details. Actually, this dirty practice of snooping should be made illegaland should come under criminal activities. Then only democracy will sur-vive. Right now government formation is just a plaything.

Though nothing in politics is surprising as public can never read theirpolitical leaders' minds and know their real intentions till the last minute,yet this seems somewhat awful as the till the last night, the NCP-Congressand Shiv Sena trio was reportedly all set to form government in Maharash-tra but Mr Pawar eventually proved his one-upmanship by outwitting allplayers and did think twice before turning tables even on the Grand OldParty, its pre-poll ally as well. The BJP again outplayed all the politicalparties and placed its CM again in Maharashtra comfortably again. Whata piece of political manoeuvre!

Sena after trumpeting about the CMs post and forming the governmentin Maharashtra, now appears to be silent after exploiting all the permuta-tions and the combinations. It was indeed a futile exercise after partingways with coalition partner BJP. Despite all the set backs, still Sena con-tended by saying the talks are on course. The eternally optimist Shiv Se-na's much piece claimed that there are no hurdles and the talks are mov-ing smoothly. The undue delay is causing concern for the people of Maha-rashtra. Anyway, there is hope of hopes for the CMs chair and plumb postin the ministry.

Stability is the key word for the people in the ensuing State Elections.Over and above people look for free and fair elections and incident freepolling. We need to have a government with absolute majority. After seeingcoalition politics people are fed up with price of vegetables, fruits and othercommodities going up to pinch the pocket of the people very much. The bestsolution to the problem is to have an absolute majority for a single party sothat there will more co-ordination. More over the Centre-State relationsshould be cordial to meet both the ends up and come up with an amicablesolution to more pressing problems facing the State. It is time to have abroader outlook for pressing problems and do a world of good to the welfareof the people. The destiny of the two States is in the hands of the people.They should go in large numbers to vote on the polling day.

If by chance, the trio makes a combination and comes out with a CMPand installs the Government, what would we call the 1st party who alignedwith another agreeing and campaigning poll promises are they not devi-ating from the promises made to public and adopting another set of de-mands from their opponents, just to be in power? Can such a party betrusted ever by the common man who slogged it out for campaigning aswell as voted for them? Now the matter is going up to SC level and thegame of hide and seek continue for over a month and the public are madeto pay for voting for trusted parties. In the end Fadnavis resigned to bringback Maharashtra politics to square one. It is indeed the dance of democ-racy.

C.K. Subramaniam, Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

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Temporary Halt At KanhangadStation For Kerala Bound Express

Trains Via KR Route

The move will be beneficial to thousands of studentswho will take part in the biggest three day cultural eventof Asia, the 60th edition of Kerala School Kalolsavam tobe held at Kanhangad - Kasaragod

For representational purpose only

By Ashok Dhamija

CBD BELAPUR: Inview of the large num-ber of participation ex-pected from studentsfrom Class VIII to ClassXIIth in the biggestthree day cultural eventof Asia, the 60th editionof Kerala School Kalol-savam popularly knownKerala State SchoolYouth Festival sched-uled to be held from 28Nov, 2019, Railwayshave decided to providetemporary stoppage atKanhangad station, forfollowing Express trainsvia Konkan Railwayroute. The same will beapplicable for Expresstrains plying between 27Nov and 2 Dec, 2019 onspecific days as per thedetails under:


‘Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar and Aditya Birla KalakiranPuraskar- 2019’ to be conferred to instrumental musicians

The Sangit KalaKendra institutedthe Aditya VikramBirla KalashikharPuraskar in 1996.Subsequently, theyalso set up the AdityaBirla KalakiranPuraskar. Theawards are a recogni-tion of exemplarytalent and amazingdistinction in thefield of performingarts and are themat-ic.

For the year 2019,the award willrecognize an exem-plar in instrumentalmusic. Emergingmaestros will also behonoured. TheKalashikhar

Puraskar will beawarded to one of themost reputed andglobally recognizedtabla maestro. Dr. N.Rajam among theworld’s most re-nowned violinist willbe the Chief Guest atthe awards ceremonyto be held on the27th of November inMumbai. Mrs.Rajashree Birla,President and Mr.Kumar MangalamBirla, Vice Presidentof Sangit KalaKendra will greet theawardees as well.

Over the years,these awards havebecome aspirational.Its recipients have

been exemplars inthe field of perform-ing arts. Some of themarquee names ininstrumental musicare legends – PanditShivkumar Sharma(2015), Pandit VijayRaghav Rao (2008)and Pandit Shri RamNarayan (1999).

Among othervirtuosos feature:Kum. LataMangeshkar (1996),Shri M. F. Hussain(1997), Guru Kelu-charan Mohapatra(1998), Pt. BhimsenJoshi (2000), ShriHabib Tanvir (2001),Shri SankhoChoudhuri (2002),Smt. Tejan Bai and

Shri Jeeva SomaMaashe (2003), ShriPurshottam DasJalota (2004), Dr.Gangubai Hangal(2005), Shri K. G.Subramanyan(2006), Smt. Mrinali-ni Sarabhai (2007),Pandit Jasraj (2009),Prof. Raj Bisaria(2010), Shri NagjiPatel (2011), Pad-mashri Smt. Ya-munabai Jawle andShri Nageshwar Rao(Babji) (2012), Dr.Girija Devi (2013),Pandit Birju Maha-raj (2014), Dr.Pratibha Agrawal(2016), Dr. PrabhaAtre (2017) and Dr.Kanak Rele (2018).


Meenatai Thakre Udyan to have senior citizens’ entertainment centre soon

Centre to have library, facilities for playing indoor games

By Jim George

VASHI: MeenataiThakre Udyan in Sec-tor 17, Vashi will soonhave a senior citizensentertainment centre.The Centre which is be-ing constructed by theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC), will have a li-brary as well as facilityfor playing indoor gameslike carrom.

“The constructionhas been sanctioned bythe NMMC Town De-partment and is sched-uled to be completed byFebruary 2020. Howev-

er, the work might fin-ish by January 2020,”said Dayawati SampatShewale, the ward cor-porator.

“Around hundred tohundred and fifty se-nior citizens come to thepark during the peakhours of 7-10 am and 6-10 pm, so the Centrewill be opened in themorning and evening.It is for the comfort ofthe senior citizens thatthe Centre is beingbuilt. However, it willremain closed in theafternoon along withthe park.”

“It is a brilliant ideaput forward by authori-ties. Being a senior citi-zen myself, it is reallygood to get a place in ourown locality where wecan go and play gamesor just read peacefully”,said Eapen Thomas, asenior citizen.

While most peopleare happy about the de-cision, a few are scepti-cal about it as well. “Itis a good idea if execut-ed properly. We canonly hope that theseplans come to fruition”,said Radha Shah, an-other senior citizen.

By Abhitash D.Singh

ULWE: A portion of the slab fellin the residence of the fireman S DJagtap at Staff Quarters inside theUlwe Fire Station in Sector-19 inthe afternoon at around 1:30 pm onTuesday, 26 November 2019. For-tunately, no one was hurt in the ac-cident.

One of the firemen residing inthe staff quarters on the conditionof anonymity informed, “The UlweFire station was built eight yearsback in Sector-19 by the City andIndustrial Development Corporation(CIDCO) and the operation wasstarted in the year 2015. The qual-ity of the residential building for thestaff is not up to the mark. In justeight years the slabs have startedcollapsing. This is not the first in-

Portion of slab falls infireman’s home at Ulwe

No one hurt in mishap

cident. Earlier too, there have beenincidents of slabs falling in the res-idences of some of the firemen. Wehave complained to the CIDCO offi-cials several times but no construc-tive action has been taken by theplanning authority.”

He further added, “In the after-noon we heard a loud thumpingsound. When we reached Jagtap’shome we found a portion of the slabfallen. We informed our senior of-ficers who came and reported the in-cident to the senior CIDCO fire of-ficer. I don’t understand why the au-thorities are not paying attentiontowards the firemen’s problems?”

Newsband tried to contact VijayS. Rane, Deputy Chief Fire Officer,CIDCO but he was unavailable forcomment.

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