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VOL. 13 • ISSUE 134October

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8th October, 2019 onaccount of Dussehra.There will be no issue

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Markets flooded withvariety of flowersThe markets in

Navi Mumbai areflooded with a varietyof flowers. The high-est in demand aremarigold flowerswhich are commonlyused in makingtorans. This is fol-lowed by Chrysanthe-mums which too arein great demand..

(More on page 5)Minor rape victim

delivers baby, accusedarrested

The Vashi policehave arrested a manfor raping a minor 15-year-old girl. The in-cident came to lightonly when the girl wasadmitted to the mu-nicipal hospital inVashi by her parentsfollowing labourpains, informed thepolice. The victim hasdelivered a baby girl,it is learnt…

(More on page 9 )

Lover kills girlfriendand later commits

suicideDattatrey Vare, 24,

first strangled his be-loved Sakshi Gole (19)in the Simplex colony,Ghansoli on Sundayafternoon and latercommitted suicide.The police are now in-vestigating the chat ofthe duo on social me-dia and WhatsApp asthe reason for murderand suicide are stillunclear…

(More on page 9)

NEWS IN

BRIEF

By: Abhitash D. Singh

ULW E : In the ab-sence of good transpor-tation facility in thenode of Ulwe, the au-torickshaw drivers aredictating terms and arecharging fares as pertheir whims and fan-cies, say residents.

Pratik Yadav,Founder of NGO Pari-vartan Foundationsaid, “Commuting is amajor problem in Ulwe.As the transport facili-ties are inadequate, res-idents have to relyheavily on auto driverswho charge fares as pertheir mood. Even after

Autorickshaw drivers’diktat rules in Ulwe

Fares charged as per their whimsand fancies, say residents

charging exorbitantly,they refuse to drop pas-sengers till their desti-nation and are quiterude.” “My work hoursare erratic and I usual-

ly come back homequite late at night. Itake auto at around11.30 pm from Belapur,near NMMC Headquar-

ter to go to my home atSector 17, Ulwe nearRamseth Thakur sta-dium. The auto drivercharges Rs 100 -150,which is unpalatable.They do not go bymeters,” says AkalakhBarakab, a residentfrom Ulwe.

“How can anyone af-ford Rs 100-150 daily topay to the auto driver?,”he rues. “The authori-ties should look intothis issue and shouldpenalise auto driverswho do not abide byrules,” adds Barakab.

NAVI MUMBAI: Withover 2,700 trees inAarey forest beingaxed for metro carshed, focus should

now be to save 32,000mangroves to bemassacred for BulletTrain project to save

Need to save32,000 mangroves from

Bullet Train project:Environmentalists

No lessons learnt from frequent floods

in Mumbai Metropolitan region

Mumbai and NaviMumbai from environ-mental catastrophe,say green groups.Around 104 villages, it

is learnt, are going toaffected by the project.

Contd. on pg. 10

Contd. on pg. 4

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheVashi police were in fora big surprise whenthey checked the hut-ment of a 75 year oldbeggar, who died whiletrespassing railwayline between Man-khurd and Govandi.

Two lakh coins and fixed depositsworth Rs. 8 lakh 77 thousand found

in deceased beggar’s hut

They found coins to thetune of Rs. two lakhsand fixed deposits worthRs 8 lakh 77 thousandand rupees 96 thousandin a bank account.

The deceased hasbeen identified as Bira-di Chand PannaramjiAzad, who was living

alone in a hut in Tatan-agar Govandi area. Anative of Rajasthan,Azad lived his life bybegging in the Govan-di Railway Stationarea. On October 4,while passing the rail-

Contd. on pg. 4

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By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: CentralRailway will runReserved SuperfastSpecial Trains o-nSpecial Charges andUnreserved SpecialTrains to Nagpur toclear the extra rushof passengers duringDhamma ChakraPravartan day whichis celebrated to markthe mass Buddhistconversion of B. R.Ambedkar andapproximately600,000 followers on14 October at Nag-pur. The details areas under-

A) Nagpur -Lokmanya TilakTerminus Specials:

Train No. 01273Special will leaveLokmanya TilakTerminus o-n11.10.2019 (Friday)at 23.05 hrs andarrive Nagpur at14.30 hrs next day.Train No. 01272Special will leaveNagpur o-n09.10.2019 (Wednes-day) at 12.15 hrs andarrive LokmanyaTilak Terminus at03.10 hrs next day.Halts en-routeincludes Thane,Kalyan, Igatpuri,Nashik Road, Man-mad, Bhusaval,Malkapur, Shegaon,Akola, Badnera,Chandur, Dhamang-aon, Pulgaon, Ward-ha, Sewagram, Sindiand Ajni stations.The above Specialwill have 14 SleeperClass and Six Gener-al Second Classcoaches.

B) ChhatrapatiShivaji MaharajTerminus Mum-bai- Ajni Specials:

Train No. 02115Special will leaveChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj TerminusMumbai o-n

Special Trains On Mumbai-NagpurRoute On Account Of Dhamma

Chakra Pravartan Day8.10.2019 (Tuesday)at 00.20 hrs andarrive Ajni at 15.00hrs same day. TrainNo. 02116 Specialwill leave Ajni o-n9.10.2019 (Wednes-day) at 23.05 hrs andarrive ChhatrapatiShivaji MaharajTerminus Mumbai at13.50 hrs next day.Halts en-routeincludes Dadar,Thane, Kalyan,Igatpuri, NashikRoad, Manmad,Bhusaval, Malkapur,Shegaon, Akola,Badnera, Chandur,Dhamangaon, Pulga-on, Wardha, Sewa-gram, and Sindi

stations. The aboveSpecial will have 14Sleeper Class and SixGeneral Second Classcoaches.

Reservation:Bookings for Train No.01272/01273 and02115/02116 specialtrains o-n specialcharges leavingNagpur/LTT/CSMT/Ajni are open at allPRS locations and o-nwebsitewww.irctc.co.in. General Second Classcoaches in all theabove trains will runas unreserved accom-modation and bookedthrough UTScounters.

Students of Samantan High School, Sector23, Turbhe take out rally on ‘No Plastic’

NAVI MUMBAI : Thestudents and teachers ofSamantan High School,Sector 23, Turbhe car-ried out at an awareness

rally on No-Plastic. Dur-ing the rally SanitationOfficer Sudhakar Wad-jay informed about theadverse effects of plasticand also emphasizedabout the harmful ef-fects of one time useplastic and how one canstop using plastic com-pletely.

The students andteachers, collectivelytook an oath to banplastic and also to col-lect plastic waste in the

area. The teachersurged that every stu-dent should convey themessage to make theirhomes free from plas-tic, and also ask theneighbors and relativesto actively contributetowards making plas-tic free nation.

A similar campaign

was launched by Bhar-ti Axa Life Insurance.Chief Cleaning OfficerRajendra Sonawaneand Deputy Chief

Cleaning Officer Prahl-ad Khosey pledged theplastic ban to officials,staff and promised toban plastic. Bharti AxaLife Insurance on thisoccasion implemented“Our Real Heroes” andthe cleaning workers ofBelapur division werehonoured.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNerul police have ar-rested four thieves forlooting a jewellery bagcontaining gold jewel-lery worth Rs 40 lakhfrom a jeweller. The in-cident happened onSunday at 11.30 pmwhen the victim AnilSemlani, 39 a residentof Sector 17, Nerul wasreturning from his jew-

Thieves snatch away jewelleryworth Rs. 40 lakh; one arrested

ellery shop located atZaveri Bazar in Mum-bai.

As he approachedrailway station ataround 11.30 pm, fourunidentified men forc-ibly snatched the bagcontaining jewelleryand documents worthRs 40 lakh from Anil’shand and fled awayfrom the spot. Howev-er as Anil raised an

alarm one of the thievesidentified as Mohd Ri-yasat Nasir Ansari (25),fell down and wascaught by the policepatrolling in the area.However, the otherthree fled from the spotwith the bag containingthe jewellery.

The police have nowlaunched a search forthe three accused in thecase.


By Chandrashekhar Hendve

VASHI: Senior Citi-zen’s Day was celebrat-ed at Vashi Juhugaonrecently by cutting acake and paying respectto the elders. More than30 elders were presenton the occasion. Thepeople who work to-wards the well-being ofthese 130 group of el-ders is led by LalchandBhoir, President of ShriHanuman MandirTrust Juhugaon &Jeshtha NagrikAadhar Sanstha Ju-hugaon.

Uma Ahuja, an ac-tive Social Activist, Dr.Vidhya Verma, ShaliniVidhani, Arvind Vermaand Dhiraj Ahuja felic-itated the elders withshawls and coconut.

“After a lifetime ofworking, raising fami-lies, and contributingto the success of ournation in countless oth-er ways, senior citizens

Senior Citizen’s Day celebrated at Vashi Juhugaon

deserve to retire withdignity,” says UmaAhuja.

“We are fortunate tolive in a time when somany of our elderly areleading a healthy lifewith good financial se-curity. But such was

places in which olderpeople can participateto the fullest and canfind the encourage-ment, acceptance, as-sistance, and servicesthey need to continue tolead lives of indepen-dence and dignity,”stressed Dhiraj Ahuja.

Shalini Vidhanisaid, “The main objec-tive of celebratingWorld Senior CitizensDay is to thank andacknowledge elders. El-ders, in general, do a lotfor their children andhave never been appre-ciated for the effortsthey put in. A lot of sac-rifices are done in theirentire life in nurturingtheir relationships.They have always beensensitive, protectiveand are selfless towardstheir children. For this,they need some recog-nition and some appre-ciation. Hence, this dayis celebrated.”

not always the case.Throughout history, oldage was not somethingan individual expectedto reach, and so we lostthe wisdom and experi-ence of these individualsat an early age. SeniorCitizen Day celebrates

the fact that these keep-ers of wisdom are stay-ing with us longer eachyear, and in betterhealth,” she added.

“For all they haveachieved throughoutlife and for all they con-tinue to accomplish, we

owe older citizens ourthanks and a heartfeltsalute. We can bestdemonstrate our grati-tude and esteem bymaking sure that ourcommunities are goodplaces in which to ma-ture and grow older -

“Filmnation brings golden opportunity for those desirous ofmaking career in Film & Media industry,” Actor Pankaj Vishnu

Famous personalities from film industry to guide aspirants in 3 days free workshop

VASHI: With an aimto help people who arestruggling to make acareer in Film &Media industry,“Filmnation” a Film &Media workshop isbeing organized from11th October to 13thOctober, 2019 inCinebuzz Academy,2nd Floor, Vashi.

While givingdetails about theworkshop, ActorPankaj Vishnu, ActorPankaj Vishnu said,“FILMNATIONworkshop is a goldenopportunity for thosewho are stepping intoFilm Industry andMedia field. Organiz-ers by conducting this

free workshop forenthusiasts areintroducing theindustry in realsense.” While answer-ing to the queries bymedia, Diadem MissIndia, Shama Sheikhsaid, “Youth whowant to prove them-selves in selected fieldshould work hard tobe successful, to giveright opportunity toartistic talents, Ibecame an ambassa-dor of FILMNA-TION.”

National Awardwinner Director NitinKakkar and manyother famous personal-ities from film indus-try will be guiding the

participants throughthis workshop, it islearnt.

During the pressconference held on 7th

October, 2019, theorganisers informedthat Director RajuParsekar of Marathifilm Sat Na Gat, TeenBayka Fajiti Eika,Police Line, Ahilyaand many hit TVserials are going toshare their experi-ence. Actor KashyapParulekar, whobecame a well knownface through his rolein “Man UdhanVaryache” TV serialand lead actor of“Taptapadi” Marathimovie, will also be

giving in depthknowledge in actingand direction. Alsopresent will be RadioJockey -Nidhi Sahu,Akula Gautam - Headof Creative GraphicsCinema TV andothers.

“During thesethree days workshop,the participants willbe shown movies andthe director will guidethem on questions likeHow the TV serialsare shoot? etc.,” saidUmesh Chaudhari,the organiser. Theparticipants will alsobe visiting TV serialshooting sites and willbe interacting withsenior actor Pradeep

Welankar, it is learnt.At the end of the

workshop, partici-pants will be givencertificate of participa-tion. “There are lots oftalents in NaviMumbai, but peoplefind it difficult tomake right choice.The workshop aims atguiding the aspirantsin making correct andright decision withregards to film andmedia industry,”added Umesh.

For participation,individuals can

register their namesby visiting www.flixmates.com.”

In the managingcommittee there areMr. Kiran Sawant,Director of CinebizzAcademy, Mr. AkshayJadhav, Mr. VishalGiri and Mr. SantoshGambhire of A VProduction, Mr.Shreenith Nair of TheFriq, Mr. ZishanThakur and Mr. NoorAlam Siddiqui ofFlixmates along withMr. Amitraj Nirmal ofCinematic.


Issue : 134 8 October, 2019

By Tejas Bawiskar

Sadly today millionsof children worldwideare forced to performhorrendous tasks toearn bread for theirfamily. Their rectitudeis replenished with ne-farious mindset andmalicious attitude. Intoday’s competitiveworld toddlers are soldfor vile gains leavingdeleterious effect ontheir health and fur-ther effecting their ma-turity.

The main reason forchild labor is poverty.Parents living in pover-ty are incapable to ful-fill basic important ne-cessities for their chil-dren like food, shelterand education.

Government takesinitiatives for children’seducation but is itenough? Just have aglimpse on today’s sce-nario.

Poor parent whoperforms assiduouswork since his tenderage while their toddlersare sent to perform la-borious tasks like ga-rage work, cleaning,selling stuff on railwaystations, etc. It seemsto be a heinous taskjust to metamorphosetheir mindsets.

How will this initiativework?

A lot of children fallvictim to child prostitu-tion, drugs businesswhich they deliverthrough their schoolbags with minimumstipend and maximumwork. It is a vile prac-tice which makes edu-cation as a pipe dream

A child is a hope andlifeline of nation

due to which they failto socialize efficiencywith their co learnerswhich may further addon to illiteracy of ourfuture citizens.

Various NGOsshould take initiative tocreate awareness aboutimportance of educa-tion. After all if youwant to make a positivechange in society theneducation is the onlygateway. Like for in-stance a weekly volun-teer program should beinitiated by NGO’s toconvince the parents ofsuch children andmake them understandimportance of educationand counsel children tolook towards life as “op-portunity to do some-thing better with one-self “.

What are the possiblesolutions?

Encourage NightSchools which are aid-ed by government tosupport such childreninvigorate them to as-pire and achieve theirdreams.

Government’s initi-atives of mid-day mealare okay, but in myopinion there should benight Tiffin services aswell as free stationaryfor such children.

Faculty of such in-stitutions should be en-couraged to establishcommunication richenvironment and focuson life skills develop-ment where they will betaught precise enunci-ation of language whichwill aid to curb jingois-tic roots to establishwell-mannered society.

A multicultural en-vironment should beencouraged and practi-cal application of knowl-edge should be favoredto perform various ex-tracurricular activitiesto generate interest inthem, some may likearts, sports, games ,encourage them to beas fit as fiddle by giv-ing equal importance tostudies ,sports andgames.

Schools and stu-dents must work in col-laboration. They mustestablish a market likesystem in which prod-ucts created by suchchildren should be soldand persuade people tobuy these products sothat it would be profit-able for the children fortheir wellbeing and thismoney should be storedin a mini financial in-stitution like bank cre-ated only for such chil-dren in schools whichwill help them teachpractical skills tobridge the lacuna be-tween children of pri-vate schools and gov-ernment schools whichwill at some extentcurb labor practices byengaging them in moreproductive tasks .

Let’s make achange let these valu-able assets of our nationlive salubrious lifestylelike us.

The writer is 4th

year student of

Bachelor of Legal

Science, MCT

College, Airoli,

Navi Mumbai

Need to ponder over water transportThe population and the economy of the twin city have grown

multi-fold, but the growth of the infrastructural facilities has re-mained stagnant over the years. The transport sector has sufferedthe most. Over years, it has deteriorated in quality as well as inquantity of service. The demand today far exceeds the supply. Theproblem is far more acute for the residents of Navi Mumbai, ascontrary to the projections of the planners, the business opportu-nities did not develop in Navi Mumbai and still most of the popu-lace of Navi Mumbai has to depend on Mumbai for the livelihood.For this, they have to undertake gruesome train journeys every-day. Few years back, there was the hovercraft facility available fortraveling to Mumbai, which due to bureaucratic apathy was aban-doned with no signs of restarting.

Like many of the projects, the hovercraft project has been abig failure for the CIDCO and is indicative of poor homework.Aimed at providing an eco-friendly alternate transport system andwith the intention of providing relief to the Roads and the Rail-ways, which were bursting on their seams, the hovercraft serviceswere started from Vashi and CBD. Huge investments were madeby CIDCO to develop hover-ports. However, these services werefinally abandoned and the investments are today seen as in-fructu-ous expenditures. The once tastefully developed hover-ports,which used to bustle with activity, today wear a deserted look withshrubs growing wildly. The area has in fact become home for theencroachers and antisocial elements.

The hovercraft services were highly welcomed by the officegoers as it made traveling faster and comfortable. Moreover, thejoy rides in the evenings and the special services introduced forthe Elephanta Caves and the JNPT were a big rage amongst theresidents. Due to these services, the hover-ports both at Vashiand CBD became tourist spots and Navi Mumbai an importantdestination. However, life was strangulated out from these servic-es, thanks to the non-cooperation and the lack of initiative andinterest from the state government and the CIDCO. Initially, whenthe service was started, the Maharashtra state government hadasked the hovercraft service providers to run from a temporaryterminal at Mumbai to begin with. Years rolled by and the file hold-ing the request for a permanent terminal shuttled from office tooffice without any outcome and since then is gathering dust. It isreally a misfortune that a city with immense scope to have superi-or quality water transport system with its calm bay, is continuingwith its limited roads and railways, which are creaking under everrising traffic demand. The waterways provide eco-friendly alterna-tive, that too with no or very miniscule maintenance cost for theinfrastructure. It can also help in reducing travel time on roadsbesides bringing down the road-accident statistics. Though it hasdawned late, still the traffic planners should seriously try to ex-ploit this vital resource that Mumbai and Navi Mumbai are blessedwith, as it is better late than never.

Sangeeta Patil, a res-ident of sector-19, Ulwesaid “The auto driversindulge in fight when weask them to go bymeters. The commutersin Ulwe are completelyat their mercy.”

Talking to News-band Prashant

Thakur, BJP MLA ofPanvel and CIDCOChairman said, “Wehave staged agitationagainst errant autodrivers, but the autodrivers are still charg-ing the same fare andare plying withoutmeter. More than 80%of auto rickshaw driv-ers both in Panvel andUlwe are charging asper their wishes.”

Sunil Lokhande,

Autorickshaw

drivers’

diktat...Contd. from pg. 1

DCP Traffic, NaviMumbai assured tolook into the matter.“All the auto drivershave to ply by meters.Stringent action will betaken against anyonewho is found to be flout-ing rules and regula-tions,” he said.

Ulwe is one of thefastest developingnodes with more thanone and half lakh pop-ulation.

way line between theGovandi MankhurdRailway Station, Bira-di Chand, was hit by alocal and died.

Deputy Superinten-dent of Vashi Police Sta-tion Pravin Kamble,Assistant Police Depu-ty Inspector Patoli andHead Constable Patil

who are investigatingthe case began to tracehis identify and learntthat he was living in ahut at Tatanagar Gow-andi.

His neighboursidentified his face butdidn’t know his nameand told police that hehad been living alonesince many years. Thepolice, therefore,searched his house tofind documents and

know his identify. Dur-ing the search theyfound four gunnybags filled with coinsand also Fixed Depositof Rs 8 lakh 77thousand. Apart fromthis, they foundAadhaar card, PANcard and other docu-ments. The police arenow looking out for hisrelatives in Rajasthan,senior police inspectorNandkishor Saste said.

Two lakhcoins...

Contd. from pg. 1


These days the cut-ting of the green treesin Aarey colony isprominently in news.This is being done forcreating the space ofcar shed for Mumbaimetro. We all knowhow important treesare for our planet .Theyare not only essentialfor life, but as the long-est living species onearth, they give us alink between the past,present and future. Tosave this planet in thepresent scenario, it iscritical that woodlands,rainforests and trees inurban settings, such asparks, are preservedand sustainably man-aged across the world.Mumbai public isaware of this necessityand they led out manyprotests. But in spite ofthat over 1,000 treeswere felled in northMumbai’s Aarey colonyon Saturday for theMetro rail project. Vo-ciferous protests asclashes broke out afterthis, between the policeand green activists,leading to arrest of atleast 29 persons. In alast-ditch effort to stopthe cutting of over2,500 trees of the Aareyforest in Mumbai, theenvironmental activ-ists have turned to theChief Justice of India(CJI) to look into thematter but the Bom-bay High Court refusedto stay the cutting oftrees.

Zoru Bhathena, alocal resident who hasbeen a petitioner beforethe High Court chal-lenging the Tree Au-thority’s order direct-ing 2646 trees to be cut,moved the court againand his plea came upbefore a division benchof Justices SC Dhar-madhikari and AK Me-non and it refused togrant a stay. Now forthe next move, a dele-gation of students willvisit CJI Ranjan Go-goi’s residence in Del-hi and request him toexercise his special ju-risdiction and go out ofthe conventional way toput a stay on the fell-ing of trees in Aarey by

Save trees save environment

Mumbai Authorities.The student activistsaid that as there is notime left for filing anappeal petition and go-ing through legal tech-nicalities as by thenAarey will be cleared offby the Mumbai Au-

thorities. This is hap-pening in Mumbai un-der our nose that policehas imposed section144 of the CriminalProcedure Code inAarey, restrictingmovements and gath-ering of groups, andcordoned off the area.On social media the ephotos and videos fromthe midnight protestwere widely shared asthe netizens waged anonline battle againstthe move. Many cameout in criticism of thestate government’s de-cision to allow the fell-ing and also of theBombay HC but invain .We always hearthat trees are good forthe environment andthat deforestation, con-versely, is bad for theplanet. Is this the timeto tell authorities thathow trees help in keep-ing global warmingaway or should wehave to remind themagain the need of greenspaces?

We hear a lot aboutour carbon footprint,but we don’t realizethat the carbon in this

equation is carbon di-oxide, or CO2. This isa common knowledgethat humans breatheoxygen and exhaleCO2, trees breath inCO2 and exhale oxy-gen. This carbon diox-ide becomes sugars

that can then be eaten,burnt for fuel but it isnot good for inhalingand excess of it is de-structive. We shouldknow that an adulttree can change 48pounds of carbon everyyear into enough oxy-

Contd. on pg. 8

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

and Dinesh Pawar

N AVI MUMBAI: Themarkets in Navi Mum-bai are flooded with avariety of flowers. TheShivaji Chowk vicinityat Vashi, say the resi-dents, appears to haveturned into a sea offlowers of yellow andorange hues. Farmersfrom Western Maha-rashtra have speciallycome to the city withthe flowers which arebeing sold at rapid pace.

The highest in de-mand are marigoldflowers which are com-monly used in makingtorans (A garland madewith bright yellow andorange colour marigoldflowers and mango

Markets flooded withvariety of flowers

leaves) are being soldat Rs 80 to Rs 100 perkg. Chrysanthemumstoo are in great de-mand. The price hasincreased due to thedecrease in the crop ofmarigold flowers. Whilethe flowers like acaciaand ashtar are alsoavailable in the mar-ket. The prices, howev-er, for these flowershave risen slightly fromlast year and are beingsold at Rs. 200 per kg.Last year these varietyof flowers were sold atRs. 160 at Vashi, Ko-parkhairane, CBD Be-lapur, flower market.

”This year, due tochange in weather andheavy rainfall, the pro-duction of flowers have

been largely hit. Flow-er prices have risenthis year as the yield offlowers has decreased.The hike in diesel pric-es have also affectedthe prices”, said Vish-wanath Punde, a flo-rist.

Similarly, the trad-ers from Uran say thatthere is a demand formarigold especially dur-ing Navratriotsav andDussehra. The flowerwholesale shops on theKamtha road oppositePalvi Hospital in Uranis dazzling with goldcolour flowers. Theowners of New SaiGanesh, a flower shop-Pramod Patil, Prakash

Contd. on pg. 10


Anchorwala Education Academy School, Vashi celebrated the 9th day of Navratri. Thestaff were dressed in Green colour.

Navratri Special- 9th day celebration

The women staff of Bank of Maharashtra, Sector 2, Vashi celebrating Navratri Utsav (ByChandrashekhar Hendve)

Staff of Tilak Junior College, Sector 28, Vashi

The staff and teachers of Vivekananda School, Sector 4, Sanpada celebrating Navratri(By Vijaykumar Kamble)

The teaching and non-teaching staff of Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Jr College, Vashi too get into the Navratri festive mood on the occasion of asthami by wearing shadesof green colour attires. The color green which is a relaxing color and is pleasing to the eye is said to have healing powers and also represents growth, nature, money, fertility,safety among many traits. (By Ashok Dhamija)

The staff and teachers of Saraswati College of Engineering celebrating the 9th day ofNavratri with great zeal.

150 tiny tots of Pushp Niketan English School, Pale Budruk, New Panvel danced on theGarba rhythm (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)

Enjoy the victory of good over the evil.May you have a fun-filled and blissful day.

Happy Dussehra 2019!


It is unfortunate that our society is becoming addictedto mobile phones and other gadgets. There is no commu-nication with each other. In a family, it is a commonscenario to see all the members glued to their respectivemobiles. There is a need to change this on urgent basisand the best way to do so is by allotting family time, atleast for few hours, where no one should be allowed touse mobiles.Raghujeet Marwaha, photographer, Ulwe

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Now days due to overindulgence with mobiles phones byyoungsters and even small kids, there is no communica-tion between children with their parents, friends and peo-ple around them. They are becoming more and more in-trovert which is resulting in depression and inability totake up stress. Also their eyesight is hampered largely.Many youths can also be seen using mobile phones whiledriving, which increases risk of road accidents in India.Dr. Gauri Bawiskar, Dental Expert, Kalamboli

It is indeed a very bad prognosis. As they are insepara-ble from mobile, lots of health problems can be seen inyoungsters. Most commonly physical ailments can beseen but what is more dangerous is the radiation affect-ing their mental health. Lots of irritability, violence,aggression can be seen in their behaviour. I have evenseen youngsters admitted in Rehabilitation centre formobile Addiction. It is really horrible! First of all we

need to start conversations with each other. We need to dedicate familybonding time with them which will help to reduce mobile addiction.Dr. Manisha Kamble, Homeopathic Consultant & General physician, Roadpali,Kharghar

In my view, mobile phones are more of a necessity thanaddiction. Whether it is information pertaining to ourcollege, study material etc. mobiles come in handy. More-over, we remain in touch with our friends, colleagues,distant relatives etc. with this medium. Hence, mobilesare an asset, I feel.Mathili Patil, Final B.A. student, St. Xaviers College

As far as technology is concerned, mobile is certainly agreat invention. However, too much usage by any per-son, is bound to have adverse effect. Now these dayswith more and more families becoming nuclear and withboth parents working, mobile phones and other gadgetsbecome the easily available options for the children. Thisis certainly a cause for concern and as parents/teacherswe need to find a solution for this.

Ulhas Mahadev Thakur, Former GM, Environment Health and Society, SI Group India Ltd.

It is a growing problem in every house. When we conductawareness programme, parents raise this concern. Theissue is that today families are nuclear and both parentsare working. Single child is another reason. Right fromchildhood, a child is seen eating food and watching mobilelater this becomes a habit. There is also less communica-tion between parents and child/children. It is very impor-tant that there is open communication and not only re-stricted to academics related only. Also there are many attractive gamingapps a child is bound to like them. It is the duty of parents to have healthyatmosphere and encourage more outdoor activities

Ajit Magdum, Vashi, de-addiction specialist and social activist

One of the largest association of Bengalis in the state of Maharashtra and a leadingsocio-cultural institutions Navi Mumbai Bengali Association (NMBA), is celebratingthe 40th Durga Puja in a grand way CIDCO Exhibition Centre, Hall no 1, Sector 30 Vashifrom 4th October to 8th October 2019. President Nemai Gorai, General Secretary: ParthaSarathi Basu. (By Ashok Dhamija)

Asomiya Sarvajjanin Durga Puja being celebrated at Assam Bhavan Sector 30 Vashi forthe 14th year is promoting the social message of Save Nature and Save The Rhino withsupport from its Residential Commissioner Debashis Sharma and abled guidance ofSP Borthakur , Ex-President. President: Tarun Chandra Hazarika; Secretary: ManzilBora; Treasurer: Dilip Sarma. (By Ashok Dhamija)

Vashi Sarbojonin Durgotsav 2019 is being celebrated by Vashi Cultural Association atCIDCO Ground,Sec 30A,Vashi. Adjacent to CIDCO exhibition Center with traditionalrituals and fervour for the 15th year inside a huge pandal made on the lines of the 17th

century Rajshahi Raj (now in Bangladesh) made by Raja Decorators. President: Sur-broto Sengupta; Secretary: Tapas Mukherjee; Treasurer: Pradeep Bhattacharya. (ByAshok Dhamija)


MUMBAI: SatguruMata Sudiksha Ji Ma-haraj inaugurated vol-untary sewa for 72nd

Annual Nirankari SantSamagam at SantNirankari SpiritualComplex, SamalkhaHaryana on Sunday, 6th

October, 2019. The Sa-magam is scheduled tobe held at the Sant-Nirankari SpiritualComplex near Sa-malkha on G.T. Road inHaryana from Novem-ber 16 to 18, 2019.TheSamagam is being heldat the Mission’s ownland for the secondtime.

From Mumbai Zone

of the Mission About1000 Volunteers includ-ing Nirankari Sewadaland other devotees willparticipate in the prep-arations of the Samag-am. A group of 90 vol-unteers from Mumbaiis leaving for SamagamGround in the nextweek to build Magnifi-cent Artistic Gates of

Voluntary sewa for 72nd Annual Nirankari Sant Samagam beginsthe Samagam.

While addressingSewadal Adhikaris, vol-unteers and a largegathering of devotees

from Delhi, GreaterDelhi, Haryana, Pun-jab, Rajasthan, Him-achal Pradesh, Utt-aranchal and Jammu& Kashmir, SatguruMata Ji said that Sewavoluntary service) is notabout the members ofSewa dal only, who havebeen contributing to-wards this selfless ser-

vice, rather it is foreach member of theMission who have beentaking part with loveand devotion. The real-

ization of Nirankar Al-mighty enables eachdevotee to respect oneanother. This is howevery devotee worshipsGod here.

Recalling 90-yearjourney of the Mission,Satguru Mata Ji saidthat the Mission is allabout spreading themessage of Oneness,

Peace, UniversalBrotherhood and imbib-ing human values indevotees of the Mission.For this, we must al-

ways adopt the orna-ments of Sewa, Simranand Satsang. Her Ho-liness prayed for thewellbeing of entiremankind and devoteescoming for Sewa fromGod Almighty.

A p p r o x i m a t e l y4,000 volunteers wouldbe rendering their ser-vices on daily basis atthe Samagam venuefrom 7th October, 2019

onwards.Lakhs of devotees,

like each passing year,are expected to arrivefrom all over India to

attend the Samagam. Alarge number of saintswill come from abroadalso. For the conve-nience of devotees, Min-istry of Railways hasdecided to halt everyExpress and Mail trainfor 3 minutes from No-vember 5 to 30, 2019 atthe Bhodwal Majri Rail-way Station locatedclose to the Samagamvenue.

Besides the mainSatsang Pandal and alarge township of resi-dential Shamianas, theSamagam Ground willhave various offices,exhibitions, publicationstalls, Langar (commu-nity kitchen), canteensand dispensaries, med-ical centres, etc. Therewill be parking areasfor buses and other ve-hicles. All basic ameni-ties would be well tak-en care of to make thestay comfortable for allthe devotees.

All arrangementsfor water, electricitysupply, transport, traf-fic control and other

necessary facilities arebeing well-coordinatedwith the local authori-ties concerned.

Special attentionwill be paid to cleanli-ness and environment.Langar will be servedin steel plates. Therewill be special arrange-ments for differentlyabled devotees comingto attend the Samag-am.

gen to keep two peoplealive. Trees also reduceozone levels, in largecities, a reduction inozone can mean mild-er temperatures andmore breathable air.Trees reduce erosionbecause their rootsphysically keep soilfrom washing away,but also because treeroots absorb and storewater. The presence oftrees can reduce heat-ing and air condition-ing costs. There is areason trees tend to beclustered aroundhomes because ownerswant them there, notjust for their shadybeauty, but for their ef-

fect on temperature. Itis well known fact thattrees can absorb sum-mer heat and they yalso provide shade thatcan cool a house andyard substantially. Incooler months, treestrap heat and a differ-ence of just degreescan save a lot of ener-gy over the course of ayear. Trees can alsotrap dust, smog, andother particles in theair as these collect onthe leaves and tend tostick there. This cre-ates cleaner air forpeople and animals tobreath, which can beimportant for quality oflife in both cities anddusty agricultural ar-eas .The trees form anecosystem for animals,

Kanak’s pen..Contd. from pg. 5

insects, and other life,because they are im-portant part of manyecosystems. They arenot just part of the car-bon cycle, but also ahome and a food sourcefor many critters. Infact, many animalshave a preferred type oftree that they callhome, which meansevery tree is a potentiallife-saver to certain spe-cies. But the contribu-tion of trees doesn’tstop there. Trees aretruly a green part ofour world, in more thanjust colour. Do the au-thority will under-stand this or one by onebearers of our ecosys-tem will be destroyedand green Mumbai willbe in our dream only?

Temporary One Minute Halt ForExpress Trains At Ajni From Today

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: CentralRailway will provideo-ne minute tempo-rary halt at Ajnistations on 8 and 9Oct, 2019 for thefollowing regularExpress Trains on theeve of DhammaChakra Pravartanday as per the follow-ing details givenbelow:.

On 8.10.2019(Tuesday) towardsMumbai: Train No.12860 Howrah-Mumbai GitanjaliExpress; Train No.12810 Howrah-

Mumbai Mail viaNagpur; Train No.12994 Puri-Gan-dhidham Express;Train No. 12102Howrah-LTTJnaneshwari Ex-press; Train No.18421 Puri-AjmerExpress;

On 8.10.2019(Tuesday) towardsNagpur: Train No.12101 LTT-HowrahJnaneshwari Ex-press; Train No.12809 Mumbai-Howrah Mail viaNagpur; Train No.22848 LTT-Visakhap-atnam Express;

Train No. 12859Mumbai-HowrahGitanjali Express.

On 9.10.2019(Wednesday) to-wardsMumbai: Train No.22886 Puri-LTTExpress; Train No.12860 Howrah-Mumbai GitanjaliExpress; Train No.12810 Howrah-Mumbai Mail viaNagpur; Train No.12146 Bhubaneshwar-LTT Express.

Passengers travel-ling on these Expresstrains are requestedto avail the facility.


By Ashok Dhamija

Ayub Khan,Founder & CEO, Indi-an Fiesta, who is alsoa well known personal-ity in the event indus-try along with his teamannounced the launchof ‘Indian Fiesta’ amulti talent hunt plat-form for budding mu-sicians & modelsacross India amidstthe grand launch par-ty held inMumbai. The samewas well attended bypopular celebrities ofthe likes of actor RahulRoy, ‘Sanju’ fame AditiGautam, Rustom fameVarun Verma, a well-known theatre actressRidhima Bedi, Prast-hanam fame Anusmri-

Indian Fiesta To Provide Platform ForBudding Artists & Models Across India

ti Sarkar, singer TochiRaina, popular televi-sion actor Karan Me-hra, Miss IndianWorldwide TanishkSharma, Saand Ki Aankh fame RaunakkBhnder, Marc Robin-son, Ravi Kishan andmany his close associ-ate.

Elated Ayub Khanshares, “Finally themoment has arrivedfor which I was wait-ing for. It’s an emotion-al moment for me as allmy friends from the in-dustry have come tosupport me at thelaunch. I am veryproud of Indian Fiestawhich is a benchmarksetter for what talenthunt shows should be!

The hunt targets rap,music, bands, modelsand musicians. I feelit’s not just a hunt, butit will kick start thecareer of deservedones”. He further add-ed “With Indian Fies-ta, we will put a spot-light on the most tal-ented and aspiring cit-izens of our country. Itis our vision to createa stage where model-ling and music createa visually stunningpanorama which Indiahas never seen before,gathering talents from80 cities, across thenation. We are going tobring talents that willhave potential to takeover the entire indus-try”

Ayub Khan, Founder & CEO, Indian Fiesta (2nd from left) in presence of well-knowncelebrities from the Bollywood industries during the launch of his new venture.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:With the advent ofNavratri, the colourof Garba and Dan-diya takes over thecountry. Montessorisection of RyanInternationalSchool, Kharghartoo cherished ‘Gar-ba Mania’ recentlywithin the schoolpremises. Thetwinkling starsdressed in colourfultraditional festivefineries swayed tothe tunes of folknumbers along withtheir classmatesand teachers on theoccassion. Theteachers also ex-plained the signifi-cance of the festivalwhich marks God-dess Durga’s victoryover demon demonMahishasura symb-olises the victory ofgood over evil”.

Garba Mania At Ryan Kharghar

“The energyexuberating out ofthe colourful vi-brant costumescombined with theenthusiasm ofdancing to therhythmic beatsmade the Garba day

a memorable one.The students wentback thrilled tocelebrate the festiveseason at home too”shared SwapnaWale, Section Head,Ryan InternationalSchool. Kharghar.

Can’t keep calm, because Garba season is on.

A teacher too joins in with the young garba revellers onthe occasion

By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheVashi police have ar-rested a man for rapinga minor 15-year-oldgirl. The incident cameto light only when thegirl was admitted to themunicipal hospital inVashi by her parentsfollowing labour pains,informed the police.The victim has deliv-ered a baby girl, it islearnt.

After questioningthe girl, the police ar-rested the accused,

Minor rape victim deliversbaby, accused arrested

Rajesh alias ZulfiqarKhan (22) for sexuallyassaulting the minor.

The accused, a resi-dent of Mandala area inMankhurd sellscolouring books inVashi area. SinceRajesh alias Zulfiqarwould come regularly toVashi, he was intro-duced to the minor vic-tim, a year ago. Takingadvantage, the accusedRajesh started sexual-ly assaulting the vic-tim. When the accusedlearnt that the victim

had got pregnant, heabsconded.

The Vashi policelaunched a search forthe alleged accused un-der the Pocso. Howev-er, the victim faced dif-ficulty in locating theaccused as she did notknow anything abouthim. Despite incom-plete information, As-sistant Police InspectorSachin Khondre andhis team were success-ful in arresting the ac-cused Rajesh fromMandal area.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Dat-tatrey Vare, 24, firststrangled his belovedSakshi Gole (19) inthe Simplex colony,Ghansoli on Sunday af-ternoon and later com-mitted suicide. The Ra-bale police have regis-tered a murder caseagainst the deceasedDattatrey Vare. Mean-while, police have beeninvestigating the chatof the duo on social me-dia and WhatsApp as itis not yet clear whyVare murdered his girl-friend.

The deceased Dat-tatreya Vare lived in

Ghansoli suicide case: lover kills hisgirlfriend and later commits suicide

Simplex colony inGhansoli and was inrelationship with Gole,who lived in Ko-perkhairane. Vareworked as a Mathadiworker. While, Sakshistudied in College andalso worked in a privatecompany. The couplewere introduced to eachother via Facebook andhad an affair since twoyears. Their familieshad approved of theirmarriage and theyeven got engaged twomonths back.

However, at about12 noon on Sundayafternoon, Sakshi visit-ed Vare’s house. During

that time Vare and hisbrother were there.Vare’s younger brotherwent out and returnedhome at around 2 pm asthere was no response tothe calling bells Vare’sbrother broke open thedoor and saw Sakshi ly-ing lifeless on the floor.His brother was foundhanging from the ceil-ing. Following whichthe police rushed to thespot and recovered thebodies of the two. Lat-er, the bodies were sentfor post-mortem inwhich the report hasrevealed that Sakshidied due to strangula-tion.


The real issues that areplaguing the society arerelegated to the back-

groundWhat times are we living in where lynch-

ing is okay but questioning it is a crime.Where cutting down thousands of trees is okay in the name of so calleddevelopment but protesting against it is a crime. These heinous crimesof protesting and questioning are now slammed with FIRs. For thosewho were not born or too small to know what emergency was like, wehave a whole State experiencing it first hand for over two months now.How much have we progressed since the mid of this current decade thatwe have reached the mid of 1970’s. The speed at which we are going, preindependence days aren’t far away. Sad no one talks of the real issues ofunemployment, economic slowdown or the torn apart social fabric!

Syed Abdul Monim, A-7 Tata Vidyut, Sector 9A, Vashi

Dussehra marks the victory of good over evilDussehra is a ten days and nine nights long Hindu festival. It marks

the victory of goodness over evil power, such as victory of Rama overRavana and the victory of Durga over Mahishasura. It sends a strongmessage to people that in a battle of right and wrong, righteousnessalways triumphs victorious. The festival of Dussehra is mostly celebrat-ed outside the homes, in community places, in the form of fairs rangingfrom small to large.

The main attraction of the fair is a large effigy of Ravana, which isdramatically burned down to ashes by a member of the public depictingLord Rama.

Dussehra is also called Vijayadashami, which is a combination oftwo words, ‘Vijaya’ meaning ‘victory’ and ’Dashami’ meaning ‘tenth’.Hence, Dussehra is celebrated on the tenth day with great enthusiasmand fervour.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor....By: Vinod C. Dixit

Dussehra is one ofthe most important re-ligious festivals of In-dia. According to thehistorical beliefs andmost famous Hinduscripture, the Ramaya-na, it has been men-tioned that Lord Ramahad performed a chan-di-puja (holy prayer inorder to get blessings ofthe Goddess DurgaMata to kill the power-ful demon, Ravana. Thereal meaning of theword Dussehra is thedefeat of ten headed(Dus head) demon ontenth day of thisfestival. It is also a cel-ebration of the triumphof good over evil but isalso the beginning of theharvest season in Indiaand so people invoke theMother Goddess towatch over the new har-vest season and rejuve-nate the fertility of thesoil. It is believed thatthe celebration ofDussehra started in the17th century, when theking of Mysore orderedthe celebration of theday on a grand scale.Ever since, the day iscelebrated with greatfervour andenergy. The mythologi-cal stories associatedwith Dussehra teach usto curb our greed andward off bad intentionsthat may harm us inthe long run. Dussehraalso marks the shift inseasons, from harsh

Why we celebrate Dussehra?summers to cold andpleasant winters. LordRama, his brother Lak-shaman and wife Sita,it is said, returned toAyodhya about 20 daysafter Dussehra. It is onthis day that the wholeof India celebrates Di-wali.

It gives us a mes-sage that in a battle ofright and wrong, righ-teousness always tri-umphs victorious. Thefestival of Dussehra ismostly celebrated out-side the houses, in com-munity places, in formof fairs ranging fromsmall to large. Firstnine days involves theworship of goddess Dur-ga that’s why called asNavratra festival. Onthe tenth day peoplecelebrate Navratra byburning the effigy of thedemon king, Ravana. Itis also believed that onthis day Ram, alongwith Hanuman and anarmy of vanaras defeat-ed the demon Ravana.They waged this battlein order to rescue Ram’swife Sita, whom the evilrakshasa had cunning-ly kidnapped and im-prisoned in his palaceon the island fortress ofLanka. The 10th dayafter Ashwina, isDussehra which cele-brates the victory oflord Rama over Ra-vana. Often giant dum-mies of Ravana stuffedwith fireworks are shotwith arrows until they

blow up before a large,applauding audience.Largely, the day is cel-ebrated to commemo-rate the prevalence ofgood over evil.

One would find thatDussehra festival hasimmense mythologicalsignificance. It can alsobe interpreted as“Dasa-Hara”, whichmeans the cutting ofthe ten heads of Ra-vana. As per Ramaya-na, Ram did Chandi-Puja and invoked theblessings of Durga tokill Ravana, the ten-headed king of Lankawho had abducted Sita.Durga divulged the se-cret to Ram how hecould kill Ravana. Wefight every day, everyminute but it seemsthat justice is a bit toolate. But the fightagainst evil takes time.And that is what festi-val like Dussehra re-mind us – the fight be-tween the Good and theEvil, including all thehardships that one fac-es in this battle.

The theme of tri-umph of Good over Evilis a recurring one inHindu Mythology. Thesignificance of Dusse-hra festival lies in itsreligious value and theheroic character of LordRama inspires us tostand and fight againstthe evils.

The writer isfreelancer, writer andcartoonist.

Stating thatenvironment has beenthe single biggestvictim of all infra-structure activitiesover the past fewyears leading torepeated floods inMumbai Metropolitanregion (MMR), thegreen groups haveasked all partycandidates in theAssembly elections tomake their standclear on ecology andpress for a dedicatedGreen Police.

“While develop-

ment BKC and SEZprojects at Uran havedealt an irreparableblow to the natureleading to frequentfloods, the successivegovernments have notlearnt any lessons,”says B N Kumar,activist and Chairmanof Samachar Founda-tion.

”In our mad racefor development wehave not only turned ablind eye to environ-ment but destroyedthe nature with noregrets and no plansto repair the loss,” headds. “On the onehand, the governmentlaunches ambitiousplans to plant croresof trees while on the

other it uproots manymore under the guiseof development. Weare not againstinfrastructure or anydevelopment. But ourquestion is: should ithappen at the cost ofenvironment?,” heasks.

“It is really tragicthat despite the bigtalk about the impor-tance of mangroves,the life-saving seaplants continue to betreated as some wildgrass or plants andbeing hacked merci-lessly to make roomfor concrete jungles.Around 104 villagesare going to be affect-ed by the project. Mostof these villages fall in

Thane and NaviMumbai area: Pal-ghar (39), Thane (20),Mumbai (3-4),” saysNandakumar Pawar,Head of Shree EkviraAai Pratishtan(SEAP) which hasbeen fighting for thecause.

“Swachh Bharat isjust not about symbol-ically taking up thebrooms for mediaphoto-ops or gettingall India ranks. It isalso about maintain-ing a clean environ-ment,” he asserts.

Mangroves help tocontrol pollution,protect coastland byabsorbing the energyof storm driven wavesand wind action,

tsunami, cyclones,and other stormscreating an effect of anatural breakwaterthat helps stoperosion, preventing agreat deal of propertydamage and some-times even humandeath, say experts.

Listing the recentdamages to theenvironment, Pawarsays, as many as onelakh trees are to becut for Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway.“Hundreds of fisher-men from Uran andother areas in Mum-bai have lost theirsource of income astheir fishing areashave been snatchedaway for various

projects. The victimsare yet to get compen-sated. To top it, theproject proponentsare wantonly destroy-ing fish breedingareas – mangroves.The fishermen arestruggling for theirdaily catch andsurvival,” he says.

The activists whohave been runningaward winning onlinecampaign #De-stroyNatureDestroy-Mumbai have re-minded the candi-dates about PrimeMinister NarendraModi’s recent state-ment that it is timeto act and end meretalk about environ-ment care.

Need tosave 32,000mangroves...

Contd. from pg. 1

Patil and Nisha Tiwarisaid “We are sellingmarigold flowers at Rs100 per kg, Shevanti atRs. 160 per kg, Tube-

rose (Rajanigandha,Gulchadi)at Rs. 160 perkg.

Marigold (yellow) Rs80 to Rs 100 kg per kg

Marigold (orange)Rs 80 to Rs 120 kg kg

Marigold (Kolkata)Rs 120 to Rs 160 kg

Ashtar flowers 200rupees kg

Chrysanthemum flowers Rs 250 kg

Bouquet Rs 400 toRs 500 kg

Jasmine Rs 800 toRs1000 kg

Rose Rs 80 dozen

Marketsflooded...

Contd. from pg. 5


‘The Movement In-dia’ and ‘A21’ partnerwith 47 colleges, corpo-rates and NGOs acrossIndia to organise thesilent Walk at publicspaces in 10 cities onOctober 19th, 2019.

According to the In-ternational Labour Or-ganisation (2016), 40.3million are caught invarious forms of mod-ern-day slavery global-ly. Of these, right now,there are 8 million peo-ple trafficked in Indiafor sex, labour, organs,forced marriages anddomestic servitude, ac-cording to the GlobalSlavery Index 2018 .

The Walk for Free-

Thousands gear up to ‘Walk for Freedom’ across10 Indian cities to raise awareness about human trafficking

dom is the world’s larg-est event to raise aware-ness against humantrafficking, happeningsimultaneously in 450locations across 50countries. It is a silentwalk where partici-pants pledge to help endhuman trafficking intheir lifetimes, andwalk single file in apublic place holdingplacards about the re-ality of human traffick-ing that raises aware-ness among the watch-ing public. Globally, theWalk is organised byA21, an internationalNGO in the fightagainst modern-day sla-very.

The Walk for Free-dom comes to India onOctober 19th for thethird year in a row,hosted by The Move-ment India, a volunteermobilisation platformbased in Mumbai. Over2500 participants havealready signed up toWalk for Freedom at 10cities - Mumbai, Pune,Delhi, Kolkata,Shillong, Hyderabad,Chennai, Kochi, Benga-luru and Panjim. InMumbai ‘Walk forFreedom’ will start at6.30 am from St. Stani-slaus School Ground,Bandra (assemblypoint) and will passthrough Bandra Band-

standTo register: visit

www.themovementindia.com

In the lead up tothe Walk, The Move-ment India has con-ducted over 40 aware-ness workshops abouthuman traffickingreaching over 4000 par-ticipants across Indiain the last 1.5 months.These include aware-ness sessions in Mum-bai colleges like WilsonCollege, Mithibai Col-lege, Rizvi College, St.Andrew’s College, MdShah Mahila College,corporates such asHDFC Sales Pvt Ltd,FedBank, United Con-

sultancy Services,NEST-IT, Headout Appalongside partnerNGOs such as Prera-na anti-human traf-ficking cell, WasteManagement Society,TejasAsia, Transform-ing Lives Foundation,Rescue Foundation,ARC - Action for theRights of the Child,Bethesda Life Centre,Justice and Hope, Vi-sion Rescue, JusticeVentures Internation-al, Justice and Hope,World Vision India,Childline, Internation-al Justice Mission, LIA- Love in Action, Anti-Human TraffickingCell, Kochi, Operation

Red Alert, GrassrootShillong, Faith Foun-dation Shillong, BoscoIntegrated Develop-ment Society, North-East Network, SparkLight to lives, MartinLuther Christian Uni-versity, Reach Minis-tries Shillong, YWCAof Bombay, YMCA ofGreater Secunderabadamong many others.

Last year, TheMovement India con-ducted the Walk atfour locations in Mum-bai - Bandra, Juhu,Powai, Vasai - and onein Chennai and drewover 1450 citizensacross different strataof society.


KHARGHAR: On 4thOctober, 2019, the ClubHeads of Saraswati Col-lege of Engineering,Kharghar were induct-ed by the Principal Dr.Manjusha Deshmukhand the Faculty coordi-nators of the clubs.

Meehir Mhatre (Me-dia cell), Viraj Sawant(media photography),Ajay Rathod (fashionclub), Aman Dewarkar(photography), AmrutaFulsundar (music),Ekta Golap (orator),Jaydeep Bore (sports),Nikhil Patil (Drama),Jay Parab (dance),Amay Rai(Fine arts).

Induction ceremony of The Club Headsof Saraswati College of Engineering

Time to groove… Young revelers enjoy the nine day Navratris festival by taking part inGarba and Dandiya dance at Balaji Mandir Vashi. The same was organized by LionsClub, Navi Mumbai Chapter.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: SreeLaxmi Venkatarama-na (Balaji) Mandir inVashi reverberated tothe beat of dandiya onSaturday evening. Atleast a hundreddancers dancedexcitedly to thebeautiful music. Theywere dressed incolourful dresses,sarees and traditionaldresses and dancedbeautifully. Organ-ised by MJF LNSavitha H.Nayak,District Chairperson-Talent Hunt, LionsDistrict 3231 A2, thedancers for theDandiya competitionwere divided into fivegroups- 2 to 6 years,7 to 15 years, 16 to30, 31 to 50 and 51and above.

Trophies weregiven to the Best

Dandiya Contest At Balaji Mandir

Sunita Ravat Pai, TV artiste being awarded a Trophy

dancer, best coupleand the best dressedplayer in each group.The judges for theoccasion were Mr andMrs Sanjay Palan,President of LohanaSamaj, Koparkhair-ane and Lion UshaTalwar. The Chief-Guest was Lion I JTalwar, 2nd viceDistrict Governor ofdistrict 3231 A2. WEAbha Mathur, Avoncosmetics distributorgave cosmetic gifthampers. Alsopresent was WESujata Rao, DistrictChairperson of WE323 A2. ‘My sisterKavita and I prac-ticed dandiya formany days,’ saysVeena Shenoy smil-ingly after winningthe Best Coupleaward in their group.TV artiste Sunita

Rawat Pai who alsoparticipated walkedaway with a trophy.So did Dr Veena Adigewho received a trophyfor the Best dress.

“There were manyenthusiastic dancersin the first age group-children below six.The judges found itdifficult to decide whothe winners were asthe competition wasquite stiff. A couple ofmale players and alittle boy got awardsfor their dress anddance. Many compli-ments were given tothe organisers for thebeautiful contest. Itwas quite a chal-lenge” shared SavithaH Nayak who alongwith her team whichincluded Dr VeenaAdige who workedhard for the successof the event.

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