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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVIMUMBAI: After theshocking incident ofburglary in theNMMC Commission-er’s bungalow, wherecurrently former civicchief is residing, on15th August, 2019 thecivic body has decidedto install CCTVcameras at theofficial bungalows ofboth its commissionerand mayor.

According topolice, thief enteredthe former civicchief ’s bungalow fromthe backyard andstole a laptop and amobile phone worthRs.70, 000. Soon afterthe incidence the

Cont. on pg. 2

CCTV cameras to beinstalled in NMMC Mayorand Chief’s bungalows

Move after recent burglary in NMMC

Commissioner’s Bungalow

Nerul police reachedthe spot and searchedthe place.

The sprawlingbungalows of NMMCCommissioner andMayor were con-structed by NMMC in1997 and 1998respectively at thepicturesque locationsof Nerul and Parsik

Contract workers of NMMCs garden department agitateBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: About250 contract workersfrom the gardendepartment of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) carried outan agitation at theNMMC headquarters,CBD Belapur onMonday. The agitationwas carried owing tothe non-payment ofsalary since twomonths of the contractworkers of the horti-culture department.

During the agita-tion the workers alsobrought to the noticeof the authorities from

Cont. on pg. 3

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Motorists can heave asigh of relief albeit fora few days. Minister ofState for Home(Rural), Finance andPlanning, Govern-ment of Maharashtra,Deepak Kesarkar hasannounced to waive offtoll for the devoteesgoing to Konkan viaKolhapur fromAugust 30th toSeptember 12, 2019.He also assured thatthe road repairs willbe completed beforethe onset of festivalbegins. The Ministerwas speaking at apress conference heldat Konkan Bhavanon Monday.

Kesarkar saidthat the road repair

Relief to the motoristsToll for motorists going towards Konkan via

Kolhapur to be waived during Ganesh festival

work in Sindhudurgdistrict is 100 percentcomplete and works inRatnagiri and Raigaddistricts will becompleted by August27. Due to heavyrainfall, roads inKonkan have beendamaged. Minorrepairs are underwayand instructions havebeen given to theauthorities to completethese immediately.

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Free seminar on ‘SME Supportand Development Series”


NAVI MUMBAI: Maha-rashtra Chamber ofCommerce, Industryand Agriculture in as-sociation with ThaneBelapur Industries As-sociation (TBIA) andWorld Trade Centre(Navi Mumbai) is orga-nising free seminar on“SME Support and De-velopment Series/ (Ses-sion 1: Business Plan-ning)” on Tuesday, 27thAugust, 2019 from02:00 p.m. to 05:00p.m. at Thane BelapurIndustries Association,P-14, TTC IndustrialArea, Rabale.

“SMEs in the coun-try are often faced withvarious challenges.While several challeng-es are in the area of Fi-nancial Planning andStrategy, most of theseare intricately tied tothe business model.Therefore, the span ar-eas will be covered inthe session,” informedan official from TBIA.These include: CurrentSchemes of MSME: Anoverview of the provi-sions and the schemesthat are currentlyavailable for variouscompanies; IntegratedStrategic BusinessPlanning: An overviewsession on the new toolof business planningusing modeling andsimulation. It coversareas like (a)What thecompany needs to do,(b) How it needs toachieve its goals; set-ting the Ball Rolling:Implementation chal-lenges (where, what,when, where and who).It has been observedoften that planning iseasier as compared toimplementation. Forthe strategy to be suc-cessful, robust controlmechanisms need to bein place at the imple-mentation stage so thatthe desired outcome isachieved. Modelingbased methods are thebest ways to do this.

The session, it islearnt, will demon-strate how this has tobe done in practice,even by the common-man entrepreneur.Key objectives will be:understanding of vari-ous areas outlinedabove; How memberscan benefit from the

Hill in Belapur.While the bungalowshave been deployedwith sufficientsecurity guards, thebackyard lacksproper securityarrangement.

Speaking with theNewsband NMMCMayor Jaywant Sutarsaid, “After theshocking incident ofburglary in NMMCCommissioner’sbungalow, wherecurrently former civicchief is residing, adecision was takenunanimously in thegeneral body meetingheld on 20th August toinstall CCTV camer-as in both mayor andthe commissioner’sbungalows.”

Sutar further

added, “The civicbody will not beallocating any sepa-rate budget forinstalling the cameraat both places. Adecision was takenearlier to install1,439 new CCTVcameras across thecity. The cameras inthese two bungalowswill be allotted fromthis project itself. Thecameras will beinstalled at the mainentrances, passages,backyards and atother strategiclocations of thebungalows. Both thebungalows will need10-12 cameras each.We will soon issuetender for theproject.”

The NMMC Public

Relationship OfficerMahendra Kondeinformed, “All thecameras at the mayorand commissioner’sbungalows will beinstalled by thebeginning of 2020. Asof now there 266CCTV cameras havebeen installed in thecity. These are beingmonitored by thepolice officers andcivic officials from acommand centre atthe police commis-sioner’s office inBelapur. There areadequate securityguards at both mayorand commissioner’sbungalows. Byinstalling CCTVcameras, we will beensuring additionalsecurity.”

CCTV cameras to be installed....Cont. from pg. 1

Chamber / Institutionin many of these ar-eas; UnderstandingPartner Selection;How to engage etc.

Key note speakerswill be Mr. Suresh S. Branch Manager, NsicLtd, Navi Mumbai;Rtn N. S. Gurjar, LeadTrainer.

Karjat MLA to go on hunger strikedemanding water from Kondhane

dam for local residentsBy Tutu

NAVI MUMBAI: MLAfrom Karjat, SureshLad has decided to goon hunger strike fromTuesday to protestagainst the handingover of Kondhane damto the City andIndustrial Develop-ment Corporation Ltd.(CIDCO). The MLAhas demanded thatthe water fromKondhane dam shouldbe given to the resi-dents of Karjattaluka. The popula-tion of the taluka, heasserts, is growingmanifold and hencethe demand for watertoo is rising.

The Karjat MLA’sother demands includecommencementof pending roadconcretisation work ofNeral-Karjat (inKarjat taluka) andSavroli (Khalapur) -Kharpada (Pentaluka). Earlier, whenhe had gone on

hunger strike de-manding concretiza-tion of the aboveroads, he was givenassurance that thework will commence.

“However, the officialshave failed to fulfill thepromise,” he says.

Mr. Lad will stagehunger strike at TilakChowk in Karjat. MLALad has also written aletter to the CMDevendra Fadnavisurging him to look intothe matter. The localresidents and thevillagers, he says, are

highly dissatisfied asno reservation inwater supply has beenkept for the Karjatresidents in theKondhane dam. “Thisis the only damfulfilling water needsof the local residents.If their demand is nottaken into consider-ation, the local resi-dents will continue toface water woes,” hesays.

Large scalehousing developmentprojects are going onin the taluka. Sincethe last severalmonths after the Cidcowas handed over theKondhane dam by thestate government, thelocal ruling parties arekeeping silence.Meanwhile, the PCMChas also demanded thehanding over of thedam from Cidco as theKondhane dam islocated around 45 kmaway from the PCMCarea.

Karjat MLA Suresh Lad



NAVI MUMBAI: Fivecomputers and twoprinters have beendonated from theMLA fund to thePeople’s EducationSociety’s High Schooland Junior CollegeSchool at CBDBelapur. The comput-er lab was inaugurat-ed recently by MLA

People’s Education Society’s High Schooland Junior College gets computers and

printers through MLA fund

Manda Mhatre.Numerous studentsand teachers werepresent on the occa-sion. Ms. PushpaYadav, Principal ofPeoples High Schooland Junior Collegethanked Mrs Mhatrefor her support.

With an aim toimpart training tostudents in comput-

ers, the Directors ofPeoples High Schooland Junior CollegeSchool had requestedMLA Manda Mhatreto help the school ingetting computersand printers. Mrs.Mhatre helped insetting up the com-puter lab in theschool through MLAfund.


NAVI MUMBAI:Thebhumi poojan for jettywas held at Sarsolegaon with great enthu-siasm on Sunday. TheJetty will help the fish-ermen of Navi Mumbai.

The fishermen had

Jetty’s Bhumipoojanceremony held at Sarasole

requested MLA MandaMhatre to help themconstruct the jetty fol-lowing which MrsMhatre personally fol-lowed up with the Ma-harashtra MaritimeBoard and got sanc-tioned Rs 1 crore 25

lakh for the project.Mrs Mhatre has alsodeclared to give Rs. 25lakh from her MLAfund. The jetty will beconstructed in aphased manner. Thefirst phase of the jettywill be completed soon.

horticulture depart-ment that the contrac-tor pays them salaryonly after 25th ofevery month.

Speaking to themedia Mangesh Lad,President of SamajSamtha Kamgar

Sangha, Navi Mum-bai said, “250 contractworkers have notreceived their salarysince two months.Every year workersget bonus and leaveencashment money.But this year that isalso pending. Despitethe deduction from thesalary of around Rs1,000 a month forESIC, the workers donot get any benefitfrom it. Contractorhas not paid themprovident fund aswell”.

Lad also said thatthe workers have notreceived the uniformfor the last threeyears. The workers

first met the superin-tendent of gardendepartment Bhalchan-dra Gawli. Followingwhich the agitatorsmet DMC Nitin Kaleand shared theirgrievances.

During the meet-ing DMC Kale saidthat the workers willget their salary, bonusand leave encashmentwithin two days.“Other issues will alsobe resolved withinfifteen days,” heassured.

The union hasthreatened to take outmorcha again if theirsalary and bonus arenot paid within twodays.

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCity and IndustrialDevelopment Corpora-tion Ltd. (CIDCO) hasannounced 1.09 lakhaffordable homes on568 acres space inSanpada.

Priya Ratambe,Public RelationshipOfficer of CIDCOinformed, “CIDCO’sMD Lokesh Chandramet the state chiefsecretary of Maha-rashtra, Ajoy Mehtaand presented to hima proposal which hasbeen prepared underthe Pradhan MantriAwaas Yojna. Theproposal has receiveda go ahead.”

“The 1.09 lakhaffordable homes willcome up in huge landparcel in Sanpada. Itwill be a big townshipwith all the modernfacilities. The plan-ning authority is

CIDCO announces 1.09 lakhaffordable homes in Sanpada

already building 1.01lakh homes under thePMAY and now theaddition of the 1.09lakh homes will takethe figure close to 2.2

lakh homes,” sheadded.

The Government ofIndia has come upwith the initiativetitled Pradhan MantriAwaas Yojana (PMAY)in the year 2014under Narendra Modi

leadership. Throughthis initiative thegovernment aims toprovide housing to allby 31st March 2022.

Ratambe informed

further, “The officialsfrom the CIDCO willsoon be verifying thestatus of the plot. Thehomes will be for thepeople from economi-cally weaker sectionand low incomegroups.”

Contractworkers...

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Issue : 100 27 August, 2019

City joins hands to helpflood victims

People of the state have once again setan example to the world by showing howin times of need, we forget political, re-gional and religious differences and joinhands to help our brethren affected by nat-ural calamity. People from all walks of lifeand from different strata and age groupsare coming forward in large numbers tohelp flood victims in Western Maharash-tra. Many people lost their lives andhomes and are trying to come out fromthe devastating floods.

In fact, dahi handi, which is one of thefestivals that is celebrated with great zealand enthusiasm and truly defines Mum-bai, was a low-key affair this year. Manypoliticians who often support the mandalswhich organise human pyramids with largecash prizes for the tallest and fastest tow-er to break a handi, pulled out of the eventand mandals themselves cancelled theirfestivities instead pledging the funds tohelp flood-ravaged districts of WesternMaharashtra.

The relief collection points that havebeen started at different locations acrossthe state are teeming with volunteers andflooded with material to an extent that theauthorities had to send advisories via so-cial media that certain things are not need-ed anymore.

In a multicultural, multilayered societylike India, almost everyday is a festival.But as time goes on, celebration has gonebeyond the religious core, and now is away for people to come together, shareand experience the uniqueness of everyfestival and uphold the distinctive featureof this beautiful nation which is Unity inDiversity. Festivals help us to keep con-nected to our roots, our culture and ourvalues. By celebrating festivities in a sub-dued manner this year, India has onceagain shown that the citizens strongly be-lieve in humanity and rejoice in the feel-ing of community.

Slew of measures and more to followBy C. K. Subramaniam

A slew of measuresannounced by the Fi-nance Minister Nir-mala Seetharamancame at the righttime. While the stepstaken by policymakersto make amends fortheir previous policyerrors are obviouslywelcome, they shouldnot deflect attentionfrom the larger andpersistent issue ofoverreach by the gov-ernment against in-vestors. In a world ofglobalised capital mar-kets, where many nim-ble emerging marketscompete to attract cap-ital from the developedworld, India cannot af-ford to be seen as flip-flopping on its commit-ments.

In order to encour-age investment in thecapital market, it hasbeen decided to with-draw the enhancedsurcharge levied by theFinance Act (No 2) Act2019 on long and shortterm capital gainsarising from thetransfer of equityshares and in otherwords, the enhancedsurcharge on FPIs

goes and the pre-Bud-get position is restored as of now. Simply in-fusing liquidity intothe system repeatedlyis not going to work.The structural issueshave to be workedupon. Even if the fi-nancial sector has sur-plus credit, which italready has, it will notlend it because of largeuncertainties in themarket and break-down of trust. TheGovernment shouldremember that its roleis that of a facilitatoralone and should not bespoon-feeding the sec-tor like in the per-lib-eralization era.

In a bid to addressslowdown in the autosector, the governmentannounced a slew ofmeasures including lift-ing ban on purchase ofvehicles by governmentdepartments, and al-lowing additional 15per cent depreciation onvehicles acquired fromnow till March 2020.Also, BS-IV vehiclespurchased up to March2020 will remain oper-ational for the entireperiod of registration.In addition, allowing

higher depreciation onvehicles bought beforeend of this financialyear and boosting li-quidity for purchase ofvehicles were some ofthe measures an-nounced by the Fi-nance Minister as partof a three-part reformprocess out to be laidout over the next twoweeks. The auto indus-try welcomes the firmmeasures announcedby the government.The host of positivemeasures announcedhas given the much re-quired boost to the autosector and also sets aclear road map. Autoindustry is confidentthat these measuresonce implemented, willsupport growth anddrive demand for theauto sector. These mea-sures will provide theimmediate relief thatthe industry was seek-ing. The promptness ofthis government’s re-sponse is reassuring fornot just industry, butfor the common man aswell because it’s put-ting liquidity into themarket and easing thesqueeze on the smalland medium sector.

Slew measures willwork wonders only ifGST rates are simulta-neously cut. Not every-one purchases homesand can avail of creditfacilities. Unless GSTrates are cut very sig-nificantly where’s thescope fir improvement?This money is hardlysufficient to meet theneeds of even 1 croresmall business owners.This is insufficient.But certainly a verygood beginning. Thegovernment also decid-ed to front-load the ¹70,000 crore of capitalinfusion in public sec-tor banks that was an-nounced in the Budget,a move aimed at in-creasing private invest-ment by facilitatinggreater credit disbur-sal by the banks. Ac-cording to the govern-ment, this ¹ 70,000crore will lead to about¹ 5 lakh crore of freshliquidity that can beloaned out. Centre re-sponds to downturnwith steps to boostgrowth. Slew of mea-sures now announcedand more to follow willsee the light at the endof the tunnel.

Shivaji Sutar Is CR’s New CPROBy Ashok Dhamija

Shivaji Maruti Su-tar has taken over thecharge of Central Rail-way’s new Chief PublicRelations Officer. An of-ficer of Indian RailwayTraffic Service 2008batch he succeeds Su-nil Udasi, who hasmoved o-n deputation toMumbai Railway VikasCorporation which isresponsible to executethe projects underMumbai Urban Trans-port Project (MUTP) assanctioned by Ministryof Railway

Shivaji Sutar

Before taking overas CPRO, Central Rail-way, Sutar was work-ing as Senior Division-al Operations Manager,Mumbai Division, Cen-tral Railway. Hehas worked in variouscapacities o-n EastCoast Railway as AreaManager- Vishakhapat-nam Steel Plant, Divi-sional Operations Man-ager, Waltair Division,Area Manager- Pa-radeep Port. He hasworked as DivisionalCommercial Manager,Divisional Operations

Manager, Mumbai Di-vision and well versedwith suburban opera-tions.

He has been award-ed with General Man-

ager ’s award andHon’ble Minister ofRailways Nationalaward in 2017 and 2018respectively for his out-standing contributionin Railways. He hasimmensely contributedin improving the assetsof Mumbai Division torun Suburban services,Mail/Express trainsover Mumbai Division.He played crucial rolein rationalisation ofsuburban time tablewhich created paths foradditional suburbanservices.

Eco- friendly Ganapati workshop in PanvelPANVEL: An eco-

friendly Ganapati work-shop has been organizedon behalf of BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) ward39 under the title ‘MyEco Friendly Bappa’.

The workshop willbe held at MiddleclassHousing Society’s Shri.Ganesh Temple Hall.The last date for regis-tration is August 29.For registration and

more information,please contact May-uresh Netkar(9821531547), ChinmaySamel (8767149203) orAbhishek Patwardhan(9029580343). CIDCO

President MLA Pras-hant Thakur and HouseSpeaker PareshThakur have appealedcitizens to join handsand participate in theworkshop and celebrate

the Ganesh Utsav in aneco-friendly way.

There will also be aneco-friendly decorationcompetition. The prizewinners will be given aprize of Rs. 25,000. The

last date for registrationin the competition is Au-gust 30, 2019. Peoplecan also email [email protected] contact the abovenumbers.


Maharashtra Nav Nirman MathadiKamgar Sena, Navi Mumbai distributesessential items to flood affected victims

Essentials distributed at Bramhanal village, Sarpanch Uttam Bandgar and Vice-Chan-cellor Vaibhav Madanna informed that the Help Centre was started at Bramhanal HighSchool


NAVI MUMBAI: To helpthe flood affected villag-

ers of Bramhanal inPalus taluka of Sangli

district, the Vice Presi-dent of Nav NirmanMathadi Kamgar Sena,

Ganesh Mahatre alongwith this team and res-

Hawkers menace at Airoli Naka


NAVI MUMBAI: Theresidents of sector 1,Airoli Naka, nearholding pond havebeen forced to walk onroads due to the illegalencroachment offootpath by thehawkers.

According to theresidents, the foot-

paths on both the sidesof the road leading toShiva Colony to AiroliNaka have beenillegally encroachedupon by the hawkers.In the evening, thesituation gets worse asthe number of hawkersincreases.

Speaking about theissue, Anant Jadhav,

ward officer, Airolisaid, “Anti encroach-ment drives areconducted on aregular basis. Howev-er, the hawkersreturn back and startconducting businessagain. We will contin-ue to carry out ourdrives and take sternaction”.

Three lakh gutkha seized in Uran cityBy Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Acting on atip-off the, DB squadofficer and staffalong with Pen foodinspector raided agrocery shop atAnand Nagar.During the raidgutkha worth Rs3,12,744 was seized.A case has beenregistered at thepolice station.

The accused

shopkeeper, identi-fied as ManoranjanGiri and Shiva Adik,were caught withgutkha in theirpossession. A total ofRs. 3,12,244 / -worth of goods hasbeen seized. Subse-quently, the accusedwere brought atUran Police Stationand a case wasregistered Nos. 157/2019, under sections

188, 272, 273, 328, 34sections 26 (2) (i), 26(2) (iv), 27 (3) (d), 27(3) of the Food Securi-ty and Standards Act2006 e) d. filed on 24/08/2019. The accusedwere produced beforethe court. They willbe in police custodytill August 28, saidsenior police inspectorJagdish Kulkarni ofthe Uran PoliceStation.

ByCrime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: Anunidentified robberbroke into the house ofSunanda Waghmare(75), a resident of Sha-habaj village of CBD-Be-lapur, and looted goldjewellery worth aroundRs 1 lakh. Sunanda,who was made to drinka liquid became uncon-scious. The incidentcame to light after twodays when she woke-up.The NRI police havelaunched a searchagainst the unidentifiedman.

Sunanda Waghmareis the mother of Assis-tant Commissioner Li-censing (NMMC)Prakash Waghmare.Mr. Prakash Waghmareand his mother stay intwo different houses butin close vicinity. Shewould come for dinner atMr. Waghmare’s houseeveryday and go back toher home. Meanwhile,on August 22, while Su-

NMMC’s Additional

Commissioner’s mother looted

idents of Airoli collect-ed essentials like rice,flour, pulses, cereals,

edible oils, medicines,as well as clothes forwomen and children.

The drive was con-ducted by Ganesh Mha-tre, journalist VijayGaikwad, Piyush Mha-tre, Rakesh Pawar,Rashami Mhatre, Sa-chin Chincholkar,Kishor Joshi, SandipPatil.

nanda Waghmare wasalone in her house, anunknown thief enteredher house and forcedher to drink a liquiddue to which she fellunconscious. The rob-ber robbed her jewelleryand later closed the doorand fled. MeanwhileSunanda Waghmaresustained injuries onher ear as the thiefforcefully snatched herearrings.

Ms. Waghmare layunconscious in herhouse for two days af-ter the incident. OnSaturday evening, ashis mother didn’t visithouse Prakash startedknocking on the door.Seeing his mother in anunconscious state, herushed her to the hos-pital. Accordingly, NRIpolice have registered acrime against unknownrobber. Police have be-gun to check the CCTVfootage of the area tofind the robber.


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DSO Badminton Gets Underway

An aerial view of the DSO Badminton Tournament being organised by NMMC SportsOffice at Navi Mumbai Sports Association, Vashi in the Boys category. Being held inthe Boys U-14, 17 and 19 age groups the same is witnessing participation from over 400players from over 35 schools in Navi Mumbai (Photos By Ashok Dhamija)

The much awaited inter school level Bad-minton tournament provides opportuni-ties for novice to rub shoulders with ex-perienced campaigners.

The action packed tourna-ment in the Boys category iswitnessing many closelycontested matches includ-ing the semi-final one in theBoys U-14 category betweenPodar International School,(CBSE), Nerul and RelianceFoundation School, Ko-parkhairane. The Nerulbased team prevailed overtheir counterparts 2-1. Pho-to shows the Doubles matchbetween in progress betweenthe two sides which involvedPodar’s Siddhartha Das / Nishant Galande (Fore court) contesting in an engrossing tieagainst the Reliance duo of Vaibhav Tewari and Apratin Banarjee

RCS Toddlers Celebrate TheColour Of Joy & Creativity

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Thesky takes on shades oforange during sunrise

Montessori students took part in many fun filled activities which included Pumpkinmaking

and sunset, the colourthat gives you hope thatthe sun will set only torise again. - Ram Cha-

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Today I am going towrite on a subject onwhich I don’t have anyexpertise but one per-sonal tragedy in mycircle led me to thinkabout this matter. Thetopic is security inchemical analysisfirms and my interestis more because it hap-pened in Navi Mum-bai. One of my friend’sfiancée worked in achemical analysis firmin Navi Mumbai.While examining somepoisonous material, heinhaled the poisonousgas and became uncon-scious. In spite of hav-ing such good hospitalsin Navi Mumbai thecompany officials tookhim to a small nursinghome, where properfacilities were notavailable. The youngman was kept underobservation and thefamily was informedlate. He died in night.A very young life wasnipped in bud.

In the night I sawChernobyl on Hotstarand from then onwardssomehow the incidentand the serial bothhave been hauntingme. I thought againand again that the peo-ple handling this busi-ness must be aware ofthe risks involved,then why a life waslost? It was an incidentin close contact butmany such incidentsare happening every-where. Many years

Occupational hazardleads to personal loss

ago more than twothousand deaths froma methyl isocyanatechemical leak in Bho-pal, India, drew worldattention to serioushazards in the chemi-cal industry. After thistragedy, the Occupa-tional Safety andHealth Administration(OSHA) developed

guidelines to aid em-ployers in reducing thenumber of potentialhazards in chemicalindustries. The risksassociated with the useof chemicals must becontinuously exam-ined, assessed andminimised, in accor-dance with the Ordi-nance to avoid futurerisks. So, the need isto strictly assess work-place risks and givepeople an overall pic-

ture of the state of oc-cupational safety andhealth and its develop-ment needs in theworkplace. It creates asafe work environmentand healthy workingconditions. The staffwill feel well protectedand the production andservices will runsmoothly. It is a neces-

sity to assess system-atically the hazardsand risk factors in theworkplace. If the haz-ards cannot be elimi-nated completely, theirsignificance to thehealth and safety ofworkers should be as-sessed and measuresshould be taken to re-duce the risk to a man-ageable level or toeliminate it altogether.

Cont. on pg. 8Navsala Pavanara Maharaja Sarvajanik Ganesh Ustav, sector 17, Vashi welcoming theElephant Lord. (By Sumit Renose)


The company’smanagement can takethe decision to carryout a risk assessment.Commitment from themanagement is need-ed, to make decisionsabout possible mea-sures on the basis ofthe assessment and tosecure the continuityof the assessment.Risk assessment is anongoing process and itis necessary in situa-tions of change, suchas when expandingbusiness operations, orchanging the nature ofthe operations, reno-vating the premises, ormaking personnelchanges. So, keeping apolicy of risk assess-ment to prevent riskscan turn out to be agood strategy. This as-sessment can be car-ried out by an occupa-tional safety andhealth organization ora separate evaluationteam. When assessingspecific risks, such asthe use of chemicals ormachine safety, expertassistance and moredetailed evaluationshould be used. Theteam can identify therisks and hazards byanalysing the workdone in the place of as-sessment, by observ-ing the work, and byinterviewing employ-

ees. Checklists to iden-tify risks and hazardsmakes the work moresystematic more sys-tematic.

When the team isidentifying hazardsand risks, abnormalsituations should alsobe taken into account,such as maintenanceand repair work, holi-day periods, workshifts and the use ofstand-ins and trainees.The magnitude of therisk should state howbig an impact wouldhave on people’s healthand safety. The systemshould keep track ofwhich chemicals arebeing used in the busi-ness. There should belist of the substances,the amounts beingused and the risks as-sociated with them.This also helps in gath-ering information anddistributing it to thosewho need it. Storingand using chemicals ina safe way is necessaryfor working withchemicals. In continu-ing risk reductionwork, it is necessary todecide whether a par-ticular chemical is re-ally needed. Or wheth-er it is harmful forhealth. We can use inmany cases anothersubstance that is lesshazardous to healthand the environment,or perhaps a differentmethod.

Chemicals mustnot be stored togetherwith inflammable ma-terial and gas cylin-ders or they will cre-ate disasters. Chemicalstores must not haveopen floor drains or ifit is there, it must beequipped with protec-tion to prevent leakagewith tight fitting lids,a manual opening andclosing function in thedrain or other compa-rable arrangement.The employees shouldbe instructed to alwaysread the safety datasheet and the text onthe packaging careful-ly when they areabout to use a productwith which they arenot completely familiarwith the risks. Theyshould always wearpersonal protectionequipment that isgloves, face masks.

The planning andpreparation of safeplant operation will be-come meaningless, un-less it can be imple-mented. If a problemoccurs then, there is notime for committee orfront office decisions.Correct decisions haveto be made at the low-est organizational lev-el possible, and thosedecisions have to becommunicated to oth-er affected personnel orall the exercise of riskassessment will be fu-tile.

Kanak ‘s pen..Cont. from pg. 7

Bradman’s Muse-um in Bowral, a sleepytown tucked away onthe picturesqueSouthern Highlands ofNew South Wales, is aMecca for those wholove the game ofcricket and for thosewho love Sir DonaldBradman. 27thAugust is a day tobehold and rememberthe great run makingmachine. It will be his111th birth anniversa-ry and we in Indiaadmire this cricketinggenius from the wayhe made the runswith high consistency.Definitely DonaldBradman is a masterblaster in his ownright and authority.He was a legend andcontinue to mingle inour mind.

India’s little masterSachin RameshTendulkar was part ofthe fortunate few whomet Bradman for his90th birthday inAdelaide in the year1998. Recalling hismeeting with Sir Don,Tendulkar said that itwas a dream cometrue. Not many hadthe opportunity tomeet him and I wasfortunate to do so. Hewas a great man and I

111th Birth Anniversaryof Donald Bradman

will never forget thatexperience for the restof my life.

Don Bradmanremained a tall figurein test match cricket.He made 6996 runs in52 test matchesfinishing with anaverage of 99.94. Hegot out for a blob in hislast innings and hadhe scored runs in hislast innings, his testaverage would havetouched 100. He made

29 hundreds in hisillustrious career with17 centuries,10 doublecenturies and 2 triplehundreds. AgainstIndia he made 715runs in 5 test matcheswith one big hundredand two double centu-ries to make hispresence felt at theripe age of 39 years.

His death on 25thFebruary, 2001 cameas a shocker forcricket lovers like me.World remembers TheDon for his superhu-man effort with the

bat throughout hisentire career.

In first classcricket he played matches, he scored28067 runs with 452not out as the highestplaying for New SouthWales vs SouthAustralia. I had theprivilege of coveringhis career test recordsmatch by match andinnings by innings andpresented it to theBradman’s Museum atBowral for display tothe people visitingNew South Wales. So,I am also part ofBradman’s historyand proud to receive aletter from theMuseum in charge in1997. And whenBradman’s portraitwas unveiled at theWankhede Stadium, Iwas also part of theunveiling functionalong with othercricketing dignitaries.This was my bright-est moment in mycricketing life.

Bradman was mostpopular among thecricketers. And hispopularity came toview when a post cardaddressed to him withhis photo and addressreached the starbatsman while ontour. Though many ofus have not seen himplay live, we adorehim for his breadthtaking records. Itrequires superhumaneffort to break Brad-man’s unique averagein test match cricket.Kudos.

By C K Subramaniam

Anwar Tungekar appointed as BJPMinority Cell General Secretary

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN : RyanAnwar Tungekar hasbeen appointed asthe BJP MinorityCell General Secre-tary. The appoint-ment letter wasgiven by JNPTtrustee and BJP

Raigad districtgeneral secretaryMahesh Baldi.

BJP Uran CityPresident andCouncilor KaushikShah, Raigad Dis-trict Minority Presi-dent ShahnawazMukadam, Navghar

Zilla ParishadDivisional PresidentMahesh Kadu, BJPUran Taluka Gener-al Secretary SunilPatil, Uran CityYouth PresidentNilesh Patil, Jasim,Irfan Sheikh andothers were present

2019 - not a good yearfor the BJP

2019 does not seem to be a good year for theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as they have losttheir 4th and most- trusted leader, Arun Jaitley. The other three are Manohar Parrikar, Ananth Kumar and SushmaSwaraj. Arun Jaitley was like the Man of the match for the BJP and willalways be remembered as an astute Parliamentarian in the hearts ofthe people. As the Finance Minister, he did his job well and the peopleloved him. May he find peace with God in heaven.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....


Quick Service Restaurant (QSR)format for quick, hygienic and

affordable food After a successful launch of 4 outlets Mumbai gets its 5th outlet in

the upmarket South Mumbai area of Horniman Circle, Fort.

Mr Asad Porbanderwala along with family members and guests at the launch of the first SaMo-

Cha outlet at Horniman circle in Mumbai.

By Divakar Gore

AVA Foods whichspearheads brandslike Grillicious, Jiffyand SaMoCha is abrainchild of AnishBhanwadia whospearheads theFranchise model of hisparent company. Theyalready have 2 outletsof Grillicious, 7 of Jiffyand 4 of SaMoChaacross Maharashtrawhich totals to 13 asof now.

The 5th outlet ofSaMoCha waslaunched yesterday atHorniman Circle, Fortat the hands of theFranchise owner Shri

Asad Porbanderwala.SaMoCha runs on

a QSR (Quick ServiceRestaurant) formatand as the namesuggests its quickservice which will be aboon for office goers inthe busy area ofFort. Speaking at thelaunch Mr. AsadPorbanderwala –Franchise owner said,”Office goers look forhygienic food, which iswell priced and isserved almost immedi-ately due to timeconstraints. This is aperfect fit in thefinancial district aseveryone prefers chai

and samosas in theirsnacks and whatbetter than SaMo-Cha.”

Mr. Anish Bhanwa-dia, Partner - AVAFoods, commented,“customers preferthe popularity of QSRswhere service isquick, efficient andhygiene levels aremaintained. Mumbaiis an active marketfor us and we areaggressive on theexpansion plans forthe same & will soonbe appointing aMaster Franchise

By Vinod

Chandrashekhar Dixit

P.V. Sindhudeserves a big ap-plause for becomingthe first Indian to wina Goldin Badminton WorldChampionship bybeating familiar rivalNozomi Okuhara ofJapan in a lop-sidedfinal. All recognitiongoes to Sindhu fortrusting her instinctsand playing withsupremeconfidence. Sindhuhas now become ahousehold nameafter her remarkableachievement.

She has been ableto draw the nation’sattention towardsherself through hercommendable achieve-ments as she has beenthe most consistentperformer in theWorld Championshipsin the last few years.

Earlier, she hadreceived great acco-lades when she

P.V. Sindhu-Golden Girl

of India’s Badmintonbecame the firstIndian woman inSingles to win a medalat the Badmintonworld championshipin the year 2013. Withher growing successin her field of sport,she was awarded thePadma Shri award,

making her theyoungest recipient ofIndia’s fourth highestcivilian honour in2015. It reveals thefact that today womencan compete in sports,once a vestige of maledomination; there isnow room for womenin that arena.

Pusarla VenkataSindhu became thefirst Indian woman to

grab a Silver Medalfor our Country in theOlympics. After SainaNewal, P V Sindhu isthe next IndianBadminton player toever win an Olympicmedal. In 2015, shereceived India’s fourthhighest civilian honor,

the Padma Shri.Sindhu has

marked her foot printsin the history ofIndian Sports throughvarious records andachievements. She isthe youngest everIndian who made aPodium finish at theOlympics, that too, inan Individual Event,

Three people seriously injured in vehiclecollision on the Sion Panvel route

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Threepersons were seriouslyinjured in a collisionbetween a travelingbus, a dumper and anEeco car in Sanpada onSunday afternoon onthe Sion-Panvel route.All the injured are un-dergoing treatment atMPCT, a private hospi-tal in Sanpada. TheSanpada police haveregistered a caseagainst the bus driverresponsible for the ac-cident.

The injured havebeen identified asMathura Akshay A.(24), her daughter Sh-anya Akshay A (3 years)and Shivaji A. (21)- allresidents of Usargarvillage in Raigad Man-gaon. The trio wereheading towards Mum-bai by Eeco-car on Sun-day morning.

At around 1pm, thedriver of the car parkedthe vehicle on the road

at Sanpada after cross-ing the Juinagar rail-way station on the Sion-Panvel route. Thedumper driver, alsoparked his vehicle be-hind the Eeco-car. Atthis time a speedingprivate travel camefrom behind and hit the

dumper standing on theside of the road. Thedumper in turn hit theEeco-car that wasahead.

Due to the collision,the Eeco-car, includingthe Travels bus andDumper were severelydamaged.

Cont. on pg. 10Uran:The fourth Shravan Monday was observed with great religious fervor by thedevotees. (By Dinesh Pawar)

Cont. on pg. 11


Massakali Movement strives to empower the Indian Handloom weavers

Shabana Azmi, Bhagyashree and Sharmila Thackeray grace event

In order to revivethe Indian handloomindustry and to keepthe craftsmanship ofthe Paithani weaverwomen alive andbreathing, ShraddhaSawant and her brain-child Massakali hadbrought together morethan 500 handloomsarees to an exhibitionat Novotel, Juhu. Han-dloom lovers and ac-tresses Shabana Azmiand Bhagyashree werepresent along withSharmila Thackeray,actress Indira Krish-nan, filmmakerAnusha SrinivasanIyer and Indian ethnicwear influencer Mam-ta Sharma Das akaThe Bohobaalika,among many other ce-lebrities.

Shraddha Sawanthad flown in two oftheir Paithani weaversalong with one of theirlooms to recreate theentire weaving atmo-sphere to give the on-lookers the opportunityto have a go at theweaving process.Paithani sarees jostledwith several other han-dloom sarees such asBenarasi, Chanderi,Khadi-Jamdani, Ikat,

Zari, Kanjivaram, andGarhwal at the well at-tended exhibition.

Decoding the nameof the brand, Sawantexplained, “Massakalimeans a bird in flight,and stands for freedom,peace and prosperity –

all the things I wish forour weaver communitythis festive season, es-pecially our lady weav-ers.”

Emphasising howdifficult the situation isfor the weaving com-munity, she stated,“The weavers are a tre-mendously talented butimpoverished lot, all for

lack of connectivitywith buyers. They de-serve to be valued by theurban audience andpatronised suitably forthem to be able to con-tinue to keep alive theage-old traditional pro-cess of weaving. That’s

where Massakali stepsin, and helps them livetheir lives happilywhile continuing theirchosen vocation.”

Wishing to infusenew economic oxygeninto the art of weavingbefore the tradition be-comes extinct, Sawantcontinued, “The hand-loom industry is a ve-

hicle to provide ruralemployment to protectour cultural heritage.Through Massakali, Iam trying to revive thetradition-bearers whoare in a state of penu-ry, as well as bringback the symbol of In-dia’s glorious cultural

legacy – it’s weavingart.”

Sawant also teach-es weavers how to cre-ate exclusive designersarees, besides the tra-ditional weaves. “Atleast, once in a month,we personally visitsmall villages and in-teract with the weav-ers. We also give themnew design ideas. Theyfeel encouraged andmotivated,” she smiled.

“When we preservethe dignity of the Indi-an craftsman, we actu-ally help ourselves.Handloom is not justeco-friendly; it also less-ens the carbon footprintas the revival slowsdown rural migration,besides making us

torchbearers of a resur-gence of hundreds ofmarvelous regional In-dian weaves and tech-niques.”

Shabana Azmi, not-ed as much for her on-screen magnetism asfor her penchant forhandlooms, admitted,“My love for handloomsstems from my child-hood. My mother wasalso a huge patron ofIndian handloom

sarees. When I haveplayed the role of aweaver’s wife in ShyamBenegal’s movie “Sus-man”, I realised thatwomen are allowedonly peripheral statusin this trade. I com-mend Shraddha heart-ily for involving wom-en weavers and empow-ering them in the pro-cess.”

Ageless beautyBhagyashree shared asartorial secret, “I haveplenty of Paithanisarees which wereworn by my mother,which I hope that mydaughter would wearand that her daughterwould wear some day,for a very simple reason– that they are striking-ly gorgeous!”

“With sarees likethese that retain theirbeauty forever, it is notonly ones’ jewellery thatone can hand down toour children but alsothese sartorial gems,”she added. Both the art-ists heartily endorsedthe support of handloomusage in everyday aswell as festive wear,and appealed to all tocome forward in sup-port of the weavers en-ergetically.

PANVEL: In the Uran VidhanSabha Booth Workers’ Meetingwhich was held under the leader-ship of BJP’s Chowk PanchayatSamiti division headed by Kashi-

Members from Peasants and WorkersParty of India and Shiv Sena, Jambhivali

(Chowk) join BJP

nath Gawade, the members of thePeasants and Workers Party ofIndia and Shiv Sena party fromJambhivali (Chowk) joined theBharatiya Janata Party.

She is the firstIndian Shuttler toreach the OlympicsBadminton Event’sFinals and the firstIndian woman to wina medal at theBadminton WorldChampionships (inWomen’s Singles) andat the age of 17, Shebecame one of the top20 players of theBWF World Rankingand that is how shebecame a pioneer inIndian Sports Histo-ry. In the 51stNational SchoolGames in India, shehas won the goldmedal in the under-14 category.

Don’t we think therole of women in

sports has reflectedthe changing status ofwomen in society?Sindhu has shownthat hard work,focused play and thewill to win certainlyyields results. Shescripted history bybecoming the firstwoman from India towin Gold atWBC. She did afabulous job and madeall the people of Indiaproud. She has nowproved that womenare not weak and withhard work, determi-nation and commit-ment - One canachieve. Sindhu is anexample to all fatherswho feel that theirdaughters should notenter the sports field.She is now a rolemodel and will en-courage other young-

sters to take up sportin a big way. There isno doubt that Sindhudeserves all the love,respect, and support,for she is are makingIndia proud interna-tionally, in such aprestigious gamesevent. The SportsMinistry should scoutfor more talent inbadminton. Womenhave come a long wayand yet have a longway to go. Womenshould be treated asequals to men when itcomes to sports andthis seems verypossible in the abso-lute near future whenwe see the starperformer like Sindhua pride of India.

The writer is

freelancer, writer

and cartoonist

P.V. Sindhu -Golden Girl...

Cont. from pg. 9


thor and speaker withover 35 years of experi-ence in serving manytop global companiesand on board.

Vashi based RyanChristian School cele-brated ‘Orange day’ toacquaint the little Ry-anites from Mont I toGr. II with the conceptof colour and objects re-lated to it. The class-rooms were beautifullydecorated with orangecoloured balloons rib-bons and toys. Studentswere given were intro-duced to the colour ofjoy and creativitythrough different funfilled activities likePumpkin making, Or-ange candy, and Color-

ing orange fruit. Tomark this special day,the students and teach-ers also dressed in or-ange. These activitieshelped in reinforcingthe concept of orange co-lour and creating a cog-nitive link between vi-sual clues and words

among the tiny tots.Speaking on the oc-

casion Edwin Fernan-do, Headmistress of theinstitute shared said “

The colour Orangeis blend of red and yel-low, and is a combina-tion of the energy asso-ciated with red and the

Showcasing enthusiasm, vigour and zest students takepart in the Orange Day celebrations

happiness associatedwith yellow. This co-lour of joy and creativi-ty can be found in na-ture largely due to theglow of rising and set-ting sun, the major partof the citrus fruits, fall-ing leaves, flowers etc.The children enjoyed alot and it was indeed apleasure to witness lit-tle ones dressed up inorange bubbling withenergy and fascination.The contribution ofteachers, parents andstudents was an excel-lent way in makinglearning fun for kidsand to teach the impor-tance of colours. In anutshell, the purpose ofthis activity was ful-filled with each and ev-ery child emitting en-thusiasm, vigour andzest.”

RCS ToddlersCelebrate...

Cont. from pg. 6

which will helpSaMoCha to expand inan organized manner.”

SaMoCha requiresan investment of onlyRs.8 lakhs with anearning potential of60k-80k per month forthe franchisee.

QuickService

Restaurant(QSR) format...

Cont. from pg. 9

Whereas Jiffy requiresan investment aboutRs.2 lakhs with anearning potential of 90to 120k per monthand Grilliciousrequires an invest-ment of Rs.45 lakhswith an earningpotential of 2.75 to 3.5lakhs per month.

We are looking atexpanding upto 25SaMoCha outlets bythe end of this finan-cial year.

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and ensure that the authorities

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NAVI MUMBAI: A Yulucycle stand, an initia-tive of the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion (NMMC) was inau-gurated besides petrolpump located at Sector-24, Juinagar on25th August, 2019 in thepresence of CongressCorporator Rupali Nis-hant Bhagat, NishantBhagat, Chairman ofNavi Mumbai YouthCongress and senior cit-izens from Juinagar.

Initially five cycleswill be placed at thestand. The number willbe increased gradually.

Nishant Bhagatwhile addressing theresidents said, “Yulucycle was initiated bythe civic body to reducepollution by encourag-ing residents to use bi-cycles instead of vehi-cles to go to nearby ar-

Yulu cycle stand inaugurated at Juinagar

eas. I would appeal allthe citizens to use theYulu cycle facility inlarge number and joinhands with NMMC inreducing pollution inthe satellite city. Ridinga cycle is one of the bestexercises to keep thebody fit. Moreover, italso helps in savingmoney. For using Yulucycle, residents have topay just Rs. 10 for halfan hour.”

stead of vehicles andhelp in curbing pollu-tion in the city.”

Present during theinauguration were Vin-od Patil, Vijay Patil,Santosh Patil, PraveenPawar, Nilesh Mane,Shivaji Deshmukh,Arvind Gaikwad, Deep-ak Tari, Om Namdas,Imran Khan, Shas-hank Ramdas Rakshe,Gaurav Bhosale, Shub-ham Shyam Patil,Amar Raju Gaikwad,Swapnil Godse, RakeshThorat, Satish Shindeand many supportersalong with the resi-dents.

Sachin Shinde, VicePresident, Navi Mum-bai Youth Congressgave demonstration onhow to use the YuluCycle app for riding thecycle. “In the comingmonths Electric Mira-cle Cycle will also bemade available at thestand for those who areabove 18 years of age.If the response for thecycle is good, the num-bers will be increased,”

he said.Hrishikesh Mhatre,

a resident of Juinagarsector-23 and a cyclistsaid, “I am very excit-ed that the Yulu cycle

stand has been startedin my area. I am anavid cyclist and enjoyriding it. It would begreat if the people startusing the bicycle in-

Airoli to get auditorium by 2022

Civic body has allocated Rs. 64 crore for the project


NAVI MUMBAI: Hereis a good news for theresidents of Airoli. TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) has decided toconstruct a state-of-the-art auditorium in Airo-li. A budget of Rs. 64crores has been allocat-ed for the same. Thefour storied buildingwill have a seating ca-pacity of 865 seats.

The project has beenpending approval sincelong. Five years backthe civic body had ini-tiated the proposal toconstruct an auditori-um at plot no-37 in sec-tor-5, Airoli.

According to the ex-ecutive engineer ofNMMC Girish Gu-maste, “Initially therewas a plan to constructan auditorium with theseating capacity of 550seats at the cost or Rs.34 crores. However, af-ter the demands fromAiroli’s Marathi Natya

Samiti, residents’groups and the activ-ists, the plan was re-worked and now in thenew plan the cost hasbeen increased by Rs.30 crores taking the es-timated cost to Rs.64crore. The seating ca-pacity too has been in-creased.”

According to an ac-tivist from Airoli,“NMMC had startedthe construction workfor the auditorium fiveyears back. However, ithad to be stopped mid-way just after digginga trench for the base-ment, as the contract-ing firm, that had beenassigned to carry outthe work, was delayingthe project. His con-tract was then termi-nated. The bid for con-struction was re-invit-ed.”

He further added,“Due to the delayedwork, the dug-uptrench was left neglect-ed and got filled with

rain water. The trenchbecame the suicide spot.Last year, in January,a lady committed sui-cide in the trench alongwith her five year oldson. After that incidentthe civic body barricad-ed the trench with steelfence. However, few res-idents are still usingthe trench to fetch wa-ter.”

Gumaste added,“The construction workfor the auditorium islikely to commence bythe year end. It will beensured that this time,the contractor com-pletes the work withinstipulated time period,which is 2 years. If allgoes per plan, the resi-dents will have audito-rium by early 2022.”

“The auditoriumwill have adequateparking space andwould be able to accom-modate around 41 two-wheelers and 94 fourwheelers,” informedGumaste.

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