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Kharghar & Kamotheresidents pressed

“NOTA”Many concerned

citizens fromKharghar and Ka-mothe who beforeelections did a num-ber of protests re-questing everyone topress “NOTA” but-ton during theVidhan Sabha elec-tions because theywere not happy withthe work in their re-spective areas by theelected representa-tives did the same on21st October, 2019….

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Raw products formaking Diwali sweets

at affordable priceWith an aim to

ensure people getgood quality and af-fordable raw materi-al to prepare Diwalisweets and snacks ataffordable rates,Shiv Sena corporatorSunita Mandwe fromTuesday has starteda centre at the ShivSena Office, ShineriApartments, Sector8, Station Road, Ner-ul. …

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Demand for colorfullanterns made from

bamboo zoomWith only a few

days left for Diwali,the demand for lan-terns (known askandil) made fromcolourful kite papersand bamboo fibresare increasing inUran market. Thespecial lanterns atdisplay are done bythe craftsmen fromAndhra Pradesh….

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NEWS IN

BRIEF

By Jaspal Singh Naol

TALOJA: Theindustries in theTaloja zone have areason to rejoice.The Supreme Courthas finally stayedthe 50 percent watercurtailment imposed

Supreme Courtorders stay on water

cut in Taloja MIDC

by MIDC. Themembers of theindustrial units wererunning from pillarto post for more thana month seekingrelief from the watercut.

Shekhar Shrin-

gare President,Taloja Manufactur-ers Association(TMA), informed,“The decision of theMaharashtra Indus-trial Development

Contd. on pg. 8

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Therehas been a spike inmosquito menacesince the last severalweeks due to whichthe city is witnessinga surge in vectorborne disease, say theresidents. The ongoingconstructionand lack offumigationby the civicauthoritiesand also theplanningbody that isthe City &IndustrialDevelopmentCorporation (CIDCO),coupled with rains arecited to be the mainreasons for the surgein the mosquitopopulation.

“Mosquito menacehas reached analarming rate. In theevening, one cannotsit anywhere withoutusing mosquito coil,liquid or the newmosquito aggarbati ,”says Shailesh Gaik-wad, a resident ofsector 12, Kharghar.

Navi Mumbai andthe surrounding

Mosquito menaceplague residents

Cases of dengue and

malaria surge in the city

regions have seen ahuge surge of popula-tion in recent time.With the suddenincrease in populationand continuousconstruction, all thenodes are surroundedwith piles of garbageand debris.

“We have lodgedcomplaints to theauthorities about thepathetic situation.They have acted andincreased the frequen-

Contd. on pg. 5Innovative training session initiated byNMMC for garden maintenance staff

Civic chief’s vision is to make Navi Mumbai

live up to its name as ‘City of Gardens’

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to make thesatellite city the ‘Cityof Gardens’, theCommissioner of Navi

Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC),Annasaheb Misal hasdecided to provide aninnovative trainingsession to all the

garden staff of NMMCfor the proper mainte-nance of the park.

Navi Mumbai has

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Seawoods Grand Central Mall and Max Fashion spread happinessamong the inhabitants of Dehrang village this Diwali

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

SEAWOODS: Diwali,the festival of lights isaround the cornerand Seawoods GrandCentral Mall and MaxFashion join hands tolight up the lives ofthe people of Dehrangvillage. SGC Mallalong with MaxFashion spreadhappiness by giftingnew traditionalclothes to over 500inhabitants of thistiny village. This alsoearmarks the begin-ning of this year’s‘Happyness WaliDiwali’ .

On this occasion,Mall had invitedguests from thevillage and held asmall ceremony todayin their honor. NileshSingh, Centre Head ofSeawoods GrandCentral Mall and MrDevesh Kumar ,AVPOperations , MaxFashion handed overthe clothes to theguests and exchangedpleasantries. Theguests were then also

given a tour of theentire mall which isnow all decked updepicting traditionalmythology with lifesize Dhanush andGada. Members fromBlessgings NGO, akey partner in theentire activity, alsograced the occasionwith their presence.

Nilesh Singh, said,“This year’s Diwali isvery special foreveryone at Mall as

we are joined by ourfriends from Dehrangvillage in our celebra-tions. We are happy tobe a part of their livesand be a reason fortheir happiness. Mallwill continue to worktowards spreadingcheer not just amongits patrons but alsoamongst those whoare less fortunate.”

The tiny village ofDehrang located inPanvel has about 500

inhabitants who aremany a time deprivedfrom the basics of lifewhich city dwellersare fortunate to havein abundance. EarlierMall had donated overthousands of books tothe students of thisvillage.

Devesh Kumar,said, “Max Fashionbelieves that it is afestival for everyone.We are happy to joinhand with Seawoods

By C.K. Subramaniam

NAVI MUMBAI: Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankaris visiting Mumbai on 28th and 29th October.Those interested may join for Kuber Puja, Ma-halakshmi Homa and Mahasatsang andKanakadhara - Shower of Wisdom and join theArt of Living at MMRDA Bandra East. Buses arearranged from Vashi, Sanpada, Nerul, Khargharand other centres.

Deepawali Mahotsav atMMRDA Ground, Bandra

Grand Central Malland adopt a villagecalled ‘Dehrang’which is 20 Kmsaway from Panvel.

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given public at large that my client MR. GAUTAM

RAMESH DONDE, Owner of the Office No.03,4th floor of the saidBuilding to be known as ‘RAIKAR BHAVAN”, Vashi, Navi Mumbai.My client as lost or misplaced the said original Legal paperOriginal Agreement, duly executed between builder, The complaintis lodged Vakola, Police Station under N. C. No. 6148/20019,Dated 16/10/2019.All persons having any claim to or any interest against or to be saidApartment, premises by way of sale, transfer, assignment, mortgage,lien lease, trust, gift, charge, easement possession, inheritance,maintenance or otherwise howsoever are hereby required to makethe same known to the undersigned in writing at my office within aperiod of 15 days from the date of publication of his notice, failingwhich, the sale shall be completed without any reference to suchclaim, if any, and the same shall be deemed/considered to havebeen waived.

Sd/-Adv. Sheetal Bhalekar

Bawa Tower, Office No.122, First Floor,Sector-17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Date : 23-10-2019 Mob : 9322405626.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Ayoung man workingat Chirag Bar &Restaurant in Turbhecommitted suicide instaff room in the weehours of Mondaynight. The deceasedhas been identified asAlimuddin IliyasAnsari, 24, and thereason behind suicideis yet to be known,said a police official.

Ansari, had joinedthe bar & restaurantin Turbhe village fivemonths ago as acleaner in the kitchenand stayed in the staffroom at Dutt PrasadBuilding.

Young man commits suicide byhanging self from ceiling fan

It is learnt thatAnsari after complet-ing his Monday dutywent to his staff roomon Monday night ataround 12.00 am andhanged himself fromthe ceiling fan withthe help of a towel.

The incident cameto light when hiscolleague reached thestaff room and foundhim hanging from theceiling. He wasimmediately taken tothe municipal hospi-tal at Vashi by thestaff. However,doctors declared himdead.

Meanwhile, theAPMC police regis-

tered the case asaccidental death and

have initiated furtherinvestigation.

This is a smallinitiative from us tospread happinessaround 500 people inthe village. ”


By Chandrashekhar Hendve

KHARGHAR: NMIMSCentre for Social Initi-atives in collaborationwith Rotaract club ofNMIMS Sunrise andRotary Club of NaviMumbai Sunrise orga-nised a blood donationand Thalassemia checkup camp in NMIMSCampus Kharghar.The camp was inaugu-rated by G. Subraman-yam, Sr.VP HDFCBank, Manoj PantRBM Snowman Logis-tics and BiswaranjanSabat Sr.VP SBI Life.

Dr.PN MukherjeeDirector NMIMS NaviMumbai in his welcomeaddress emphasized theneed to utilize huge stu-dent resources and in-frastructure facilities ofNMIMS towards com-munity service and vol-unteered to donate oldusable computers toneedy schools whereNMIMS students cango and give training oncomputer for few hoursin a week. This pointwas well taken by Ro-tary President

Blood donation and Thalassemiacheck up camp held

Biswaranjan Sabatwho promised that Ro-tary club and NMIMSwill organise thisproject under theirHappy School projectand will also take vari-ous other projects in-cluding Rojgar Mela to-gether. G Subraman-yam who looks after thepan India flagship eventof blood donation ofHDFC Bank highlight-ed how blood collectedthrough camps like thisis transfused to Thalas-semic children and

gives them a lease oflife.

More than 170 stu-dents participated inthe camp. Dr.ChandanAdhikari Chairpersonof NMIMS CSI washighly appreciated byDr. Mukherjee and oth-er dignitaries for hiscommitment to com-munity services andorganising events likethis.

Ms. Dhanshree VicePresident Rotract Clubof NMIMS Sunrise an-chored the function.

By Sumit Renose

NAVI MUMBAI : Theballot boxes of the as-sembly elections arebeing kept in the strong

Ballot boxes kept in strongroom under tight security

rooms amid tight secu-rity. The ballot boxes ofthe Belapur constituen-cy have been kept inAgarkoli Bhavan, Ner-

ul. While the Airoli con-stituency ballot boxeshave been kept in Sa-raswati Vidyalaya,Airoli.

No-Profit, No-Loss Center for Diwaliinitiated by J M Mhatre Social Institute

PANVEL: A two-dayDiwali sale center hasbeen started by the J MSocial Institute on thebasis of non-profit orloss. The aim of the salecenter is to ensure thateven ordinary people getcelebrate the festival oflight Diwali within bud-get. In the sale centervarious raw materialused for making sweetsand snacks for Diwali is

been made available ataffordable price.

The two days exhi-bition center was inau-gurated on 22nd Octo-ber and the centers areat Panvel near chha-trapati maharaj stat-ue, New Panvel inD.A.V Publick Schoolnear Dwarka Sweets,Khanda Colony inShekap office.

“The rising inflation

has been giving toughtime to poor and under-privileged people. Thusto spread joy amongstthe needy people wehave initiated the ‘No-profit, No-loss Center’at the center people willget all the ingredientsrequired to make Diwa-li sweets and snackslike semolina (rava),sugar, maida,” said Pri-tam Mhatre.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheKamothe police havearrested four men forposing as Food andDrug Administrationofficer and allegedly de-manding Rs 5,000 andtaking away packets ofdry fruits.

According to police,the accused arrestedhave been identified asDr. Sandeep SahebraoDehte, 26, chief medi-cal officer of AlibaugPedhembe, Dr.Shailesh Pramod Gha-lwadkar, 46, AlibaghTaluka Health Officer,Bhagwan Mhatre, 61, aretired health inspectorat Penn and RajkumarBirajdar an unem-ployed youth.

The four men alleg-edly pretending to be

Men working in governmenthealth department posing

as FDI officers arrestedThose arrested include two health officials and

one retired health inspector from Alibagh Taluka

from Food and DrugAdministration depart-ment visited Nilakan-tha Sweets and tried tomake money from theshopkeeper. However,they were unsuccessful.Later, all the four vis-ited Balaji Sweets Shipin Sector 21, Kamotheand threatened the shopowner by confiscatingthe license, stating thatthe food was not uptothe mark. They de-manded Rs 5,000 fromthe shop owner GaneshChaudhary. However,after Choudhary saidthat he did not havemoney, they demandedpackets of dry fruitsfrom the shop and tookaway four pockets ofdry fruits. However,Chaudhary becamesuspicious and contact-

ed the Kamothe policeand engaged the four ina conversation till thepolice arrived.

During interroga-tion, the police foundthat the four were notofficers from the Foodand Drug Administra-tion, but governmentmedical officers. Allfour were arrested forallegedly posing as FDAofficer and misusingtheir power, senior po-lice inspector Babasa-heb Tupe said. Tupe fur-ther said, “The accusedwere released on bailafter taking personalbonds. A letter inform-ing about the incidenthas been sent to thedepartment asking thedepartment head totake action against thetwo medical officers”.


Issue : 146 23 October, 2019

Need for an introspectionOver the last few weeks, there has been a stupendous in-

crease in the crime graph. Cases of daylight robbery, chain snatch-ing etc. are on the rise while the detection rate has remainedabysmal. This has instilled a sense of insecurity amongst the res-idents.

This is an era of specialization. Considering the competitive-ness that one has to face, success in any field, to a great extent,depends on specialization. This adage applies to the police de-partment as well. The present day working in the police depart-ment makes it imperative for the officials to carry out a widerange of duties, which in turn adversely affects their performanceas prime security providing agency. The police today have nodefined duties, which varies from nabbing criminals to providingsecurity to the VVIPs to making bandobast for dharnas & com-munity celebrations, to managing traffic, mediating in disputes,providing security cover to the politicians during elections andelection rallies and what not. It is because of this multi facetedduty requirement that the performance of police in Mumbai andNavi Mumbai is lack luster and they fail to perform their primeduty that of providing security to the residents, which is whatthey are actually created for. Limited force equipped with armsof the stone- age era with unlimited working hours is finding it-self at the receiving end especially when the nature of crime isgetting sophisticated and complex. As is said power corruptsperson, the same is true to great extent for the police force also,which wields legitimate and sometimes even illegitimate pow-ers. Lack of commitment and weak morale are visible in the po-lice force today leading to disgust in the society and police as aprofession carries a very poor image.

The police alone cannot be blamed for this sorry state of af-fairs. Huge interferences from the politicians who treat the po-lice department as personal employees, has also contributed to-wards its poor performances. Transfers and postings make lot ofnews these days where merits rarely count. This has put a bigquestion mark on the working of the police department and thereis an eminent need for revamping the whole system especially inview of the recent scam.

The police department needs to go in for specialized forcesfor different works like for example crime branch, VVIPs securi-ty, traffic department etc. It is heartening to note that recentlyefforts have been made to modernize the department, but theforces should be imparted specialized training in dealing withparticular kind of crimes especially in view of new types of crimeslike financial and cyber crimes. Further, the city police have alsobeen instructed not to provide VIP escorts on the route fromMumbai to Pune, which is the right step. Besides this, a signifi-cant amount of autonomy needs to be given to the police depart-ment and there has to be a minimum interference from the poli-ticians. In this revamping process not only the police depart-ment needs to be overhauled but the public in general also needsto be counseled. The illegal migrants from neighbouring coun-tries, the slum dwellers, many of the road side beggars and ur-chins are also potential criminals and they need to be discour-aged as prevention of crime is better than conviction of crimi-nals after crime is committed. The working conditions in thepolice department need to be improved and the police forceshould be augmented and equipped with latest arms, means ofcommunication & transportation. They should also have betterinter connection and exchange of information with other securityagencies in order to enhance their performance and also to im-prove their sagging morale.

Stop blame game;strengthen economy instead

Blaming game is tobe stopped by both Na-tional Parties (Con-gress and BJP). In-stead efforts are to betaken to strengthenour Banking sector aswell as mode of itslending by proper riskassessment. CreditRating Agencies quali-ty is to be standardizedand enhanced. RBIs"regulating" aspect isto be carefully moni-tored. Our Economicadvisers have to pinpoint the areas whereeconomy activity needsmore attention.

In a recent out-burst Dr. ManmohanSingh attacked NDAgovernment for its fail-ure address majorproblems relating toIndian Economy. Headdressed a meetingrecently and reiteratedthat "The main prob-lem in our economy isthe shortage of de-mand'. The event, ti-tled "Words of Wisdomon Indian Economy"came rather late fromthe ex-prime ministerof India creating a con-troversy. He went on toadd that the govern-ment needs to at leastfix economic crisis, if itcannot diagnose theproblem. But the prob-lem commenced duringthe 10 year rule of theUPA government. Thethen government wasaddressing problem re-lating to various prob-lems and never concen-trated on the Indianeconomy.

For a statesmanwho was a man of fewwords during his ten-ure as Prime Ministerin the United Progres-sive Alliance (UPA) wastoo much for askingnow. The slackness inour economy startedover a decade back be-

fore BJP governmenttook over. A silentstatement during thetimes of scams nowspeaks his mind. Itwas rather too late butcame as a rejoinder tothe BJP led govern-ment. It appears asthough the pot is call-ing the kettle black.Despite Congress rulefor so many years, whyis it that the railways’infrastructure in-creased only by a mere30-35%, while the de-mand increased by 16times. In this situa-tion, it is natural thatthe railways should beoverloaded.

The UPA regimeunder Dr. Singh hadbequeathed a dodder-ing economy to the na-tion and that all sortsof scams be it the tele-com fraud of ?1.76 lakhcrore or the ‘Coalgate’scam of ?1.86 lakhcrore occurred duringthe Congress-led gov-ernment. Apart fromthat Suresh Kalmadias an Indian politicianand senior sports ad-ministrator involved incorrupt practices in re-lation to the 2010 Com-monwealth Games dur-ing his tenor. So Indiawas facing trouble oneconomic front duringhis time but the bugwas passed on to thepresent government.There were scams ex-ploding all around Dr.Singh, who only hadone answer: that theseare the compulsions ofcoalition politics. DMKthe main coalition part-ner exploited their po-sition as the single larg-est party made moneywhen the sun shines.

While we concedethat the demand hadbeen slow in the previ-ous two quarters andthe demand was gener-ally subdued. The gov-ernment exude confi-dence that the govern-ment would be success-ful in reversing theslowdown. The Fi-nance Minister has tak-en a number of proac-tive steps gauging theeconomy from time to

time and so both in-vestment and demandwill pick up soon. Be-fore 2014 there werevarious protest againstcorruption funded bythe then ruling partyand vigorously protest-ed in Jantar Mantarby Anna Hazare- andhe asked Lokpal in2014 and now it standsforgotten. Kiran Bedihas now become Gover-nor of Pondichery andBaba Ramdev has be-come a leading busi-nessman and of all Arv-ind Kejirwal is si-lenced.

Ex PM felt that thegovernment is obsessedwith trying to some-how fix blame on its op-ponents. In the process,it is unable to find so-lutions that will en-sure revival of theeconomy, particularlystrengthening of ourbanking system. Butmost of the bankingscams perpetratedfrom the UPA regimeand that is pinchingthe present govern-ment as well. Had hefelt the need of speak-ing then we would havebeen better of now andthe national partywould not have suf-fered such a humilia-tion. Corruption is thegrass root for all theproblems and the polit-ical parties need to ad-mit this. FormerPrime Minister Man-mohan Singh allegedfailure of the BJP’sdouble-engine growth,but his regime wasmarked by rampantcorruption and thatevery rule was disre-garded and the basictenets of transparencywere discarded to theadvantage of individu-als and no one wasready to open themouth then and therelies the crux of all theproblems. It is time tostop blame game andthere should be onlyconstructive criticismand the it should not bejust for the sake ofpointing fingers.The writer is freelancer from

Sanpada, Navi Mumbai

By C K Subramaniam


Prime Minister ShriNarendra Modi yester-day unveiled the book“Bridgital Nation” andpresented its first copyto Shri Ratan Tata. Thebook has been writtenby Shri N Chan-drasekaran and Ms.Roopa Purushottam.

Addressing thegathering, PM laudedthe authors for bring-ing out a visionarybook that is repletewith positivity and op-timism and delves indepth about the impor-tance of technology. Headded that the book iscoming out at a timewhen technology is pos-itively transformingthe lives of millions ofIndians.

Prime Ministerstressed on the need tounderstand that tech-nology is a bridge andnot a divider. He addedthat technology buildsbridge between aspira-tions and achievement,demand and delivery,government and gover-nance in order toachieve ‘Sabka Saath,Sabka Vikas’. He saidthat positivity, creativ-ity and constructivemind-set is essential forfast growing aspira-tional India. He alsoemphasized on the needto build bridge betweenartificial intelligenceand human intentions.

Prime Minister nar-rated how technologyhas been a key compo-nent of governmentschemes in order to re-

PM unveils the book“Bridgital Nation”Technology is the bridge to achieve

‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’: PM

form, transform andperform. He mentionedabout the use of dataintelligence, digitalmapping and real timemonitoring in UjjwalaYojana which hastransformed the lives ofmillions of women. Healso talked about howtechnology has helpedin empowering peoplethrough schemes likeJan Dhan Yojana andAyushman Bharat.

Prime Minister alsooutlined that his gov-ernment has used tech-nology to remove silosamongst governmentdepartments and builda bridge between supplysystems and demand,through innovativeideas like Governmente-market Place (GeM).He explained how tech-nology was used to cre-ate a robust Start-Upsystem in the country,especially in tier-2 andtier 3 cities - which hashelped in the develop-ment of an entirely newecosystem of startups.

Talking about theneed to convert chal-lenges posed by tech-nology into opportuni-ties, PM cited the exam-ple of the creation ofIndia Post PaymentBank. He added thatthe disruption causedby technology to theentire postal organiza-tion was converted intoa technology intensivebanking system, bene-fitting millions throughpostal bank whichtransformed ‘dakiya

into a Bank Babu’.The event witnessed

participation of mem-bers of the diplomaticcorps, including theAmbassadors of USA,Great Britain and thePeople's Republic ofChina. Secretaries ofseveral Ministries ofGovernment of India;representatives of in-dustry bodies includingCII, FICCI and NASS-COM; leading mediapersonalities includingRajat Sharma, NavikaKumar, Rajkamal Jha,Sudhir Chaudhary,Smita Prakash; andmembers of the TataGroup were alsopresent.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A manposing as an officialfrom the health depart-ment of Panvel CityMunicipal Corporations(PCMC) was arrestedby the Kalamboli policeafter the hotel manag-er, where he was hav-ing food, suspected him.

The accused,Rupesh Bhoir (30), ar-rested is a resident ofKolwadi Padaghe inPanvel taluka. Ataround 7.30 pm onMonday Bhoir visitedMirchi Hotel in

Bogus PCMC officer arrestedKalamboli and hadfood. After he complet-ed his food the waitergave him a bill of Rs593. However, Bhoirwent to the cashcounter and told Yo-gesh Gonda, hotel man-ager that he workedwith the PCMC andwas checking varioushotels who were usingplastic. The accusedshowed an identitycard without his photoand refused to pay thedining bill.

Feeling somethingwas amiss, Gonda con-

tacted the health in-spector Daulat Shindeof PCMC and informedhim of the incident andcalled him to the hotel.Shortly after health in-spector Daulat Shindecame to the Mirchi ho-tel, he inquired afterYogesh and found thatBhoir who stated as of-ficer working withPCMC was bogus. Fol-lowing which the hotelmanager Yogesh Gow-da and health inspec-tor Daulat Shindehanded over Bhoir toKalamboli police.

cy of spraying butthat is not enough tostop the menace. Theymust take somestrong steps likeconstruction debrisshould not be thrownanywhere and alsoregular fumigationshould be carried out,”said Sangita Patil, aresident from Vashi.

“In Ulwe which isdeveloping at a rapidpace, developmentalwork is being carriedout on war footing.Many societies inUlwe Sector-17 do noteven have the dust-bins and the peoplethrow their garbage

wherever they find theempty place. This iscausing a spurt inmosquito menace.Many people who ownhouses in Ulwe haverented their houses toavoid the mosquitoesmenace” informedSuraj Rajput, aresident of KrishnaTower in Ulwe Sector-16.

“We are tryingour best to make thenode mosquito freebut it will take time.As Ulwe and manyother parts are atdeveloping stage, wecannot stop construc-tion work. Once theconstruction workslows down, we willtake cleaning workaggressively,” saidPriya Ratambe,Public Relationship

Mosquitomenaceplague...Contd. from pg. 1

Officer of CIDCO.Few people have

been detected positivewith dengue andmalaria in the cityand they are gettingtreated in NaviMumbai’s privatehospital.

One of the pa-tients admitted inNavi Mumbai’sprivate hospital onthe condition ofanonymity said,“Apart from theconstruction debriswhich is the mainreason for mosquitomenace there areother reasons likelack of fumigationwork. Also from lastfew days there is anunseasonal rainwhich is also causingfever and dengue inthe city.”


Plastiman -To Earth’s Rescue

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Superheroes have alwaysbeen to the rescuewhenever Planet Earthis any form of danger inreal or fictional life. Beit in the form of LordRam or Lord Krishnain Hindu mythology orSuperman, Batman,Spiderman as depictedin Hollywood movies.

History repeated it-self when ‘Plastiman’became a desirable in-vader at Ryan Interna-tional School, Sanpadawith a mission to con-serve and protect theenvironment by accu-mulating all plasticwastes and disposingthem.

In order to spreadthe message across allthe students a cut outof the new super herowas stationed in eachclass room which wasready to devour all theplastic wastes includ-ing plastic wastes,chocolate wrappers, sa-chets etc. The enthusi-astic students made it

a point to feed himwith every availableplastic. The venturewas appreciated by thePrincipal who laudedthe effort of students tomake the communityplastic free.

“This was a healthyendeavor done in a funand playful manner bypour students. The stu-dents had a chance torealize their responsi-bilities as future youthof the society. A Plasti-man was stationed ineach class room and allthe plastic wastes, choc-

olate wrappers, sachetsetc. were representa-tionally devoured by theSuper Hero ‘Plasti-man’. This waste wouldbe taken away later bythe Municipal Corpora-tion and it would be con-verted into fuel, pack-aging material and roadtar. They worked inunison to dispense theirduties and make theschool proud of them,”shared MurielFernandes, Principal ofRyan InternationalSchool, Sanpada, NaviMumbai.

Young students along with their students excitedly participated in the Plastiman cam-paign to ensure the Earth is free of plastics.

Ryan Sanpada students ready to feed the new SuperHero Plastiman with plastic wastes

Kharghar School Organises StoryTelling and Creative Art Workshop

By Ashok Dhamija

KHARGHAR: ‘Imagi-nation and Creativitycan change the World’author unknown. Mon-tessori Section of RyanInternational School,Kharghar organized avaluable and distinctStory Telling sessionand Creative ArtWorkshop in the schoolauditorium for thetwinkling stars andtheir parents recently.

Conducted byNiyati Vaidya Mehta,the professional storyteller, trainer and EQcoach demonstratedthe use of voice modu-lation, body language,

creative gestures andfacial expressions inorder to capture the at-tention of the audi-ence. The story telleralso got the kids in-volved in role play,which gave them anopportunity to spreadtheir wings of imagi-nation and imitate thecharacters of the story‘The sky is falling’.

This was followedby a creative Fevicrylart workshop byMadhavi Patwardhan.The art instructordemonstrated simpleeasy techniques tomake attractive nameplates with mount

boards, mould it andbasic neon colours. Theinstructor also encour-aged them to put intheir own creativityand add variety on theoccasion.

“The interactivestory telling sessionconducted by NiyatiVaidya Mehta, a pro-fessional story teller,trainer and EQ coachfound an instant con-nect with both the chil-dren and their parentswho not only found itextremely interestingbut also seemed to betransported into the

Young kids along with their parents showcase their artistic name plate creations dur-ing the art workshop.

The fine art of storytelling and role play was a hit among the children and their parents.

Contd. on pg. 8

Diwali: Demand for colorfullanterns made from bamboo zoom

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN : With onlya few days left forDiwali, the demandfor lanterns (knownas kandil) madefrom colourful kitepapers and bamboofibres are increasingin Uran market.The special lanternsat display are doneby the craftsmenfrom AndhraPradesh. “We have

come all the way fromAndhra to make somemoney and go back toour state”, saidNagaraj D. While hiswife Lata is busygiving the finaltouches to a brightcoloured lantern.These lanterns areavailable in variedsizes from eight inchesto one and a half feet.

The market is alsodecked up with lights

and fireworks. One ofthe most importantthings in Diwali is thelanterns which ishung in front of thehouse. Previously thechildren would makelanterns using bam-boo sticks or popsticks and decorate itwith colour paper.However, with chang-ing time people preferto buy ready madelanterns.


Kid’s Zone

Nikhil Krishnan (Age 7) Reliance Foundation School,Kopharkaine

Bad effects of plasticBy Asmit Kumar Srivastav

Plastic is a substance made by Man In 1907.It was made in America. It is a light weightsubstance which is easy to carry anywhere. Itis cheaper and easy to produce.

But plastic has some long lasting bad effectsalso. It is the main cause of pollution. When weburn the plastic, it releases very harmful gas-es but then also we use the plastic freely with-out saying anything. From small sim cards tobig satellites are made from plastic. The plas-tic is also the main cause of flood. Because thesingle use plastic bags that we throw after use,become a blockage for sewer line. That is whyin Maharashtra plastic bags are banned.

At last, I want to only say that we shoulduse any other material instead of plastic.

The writer studies in Class – VII,M.N.M Vidyalaya & T.N.G. Jr. College of Science

Josephian’s Joyous Grandparents’ Day Celebration

By Ashok Dhamija

NEW PANVEL: Thepresence of grandpar-ents is the mostvaluable aspect in thelife of children. Theirstories and wisdom notonly help in formulat-ing a better personali-ty but their love andcare are the virtuesthat children willalways cherish.

New Panvel basedSt. Joseph’s HighSchool (CBSE) in orderto instil the value ofsuch relations organ-ised Grandparents’Day with full enthusi-asm recently. Thespecial occasion beganwith the Lord’s Prayerand Bible reading.Dazzling danceperformance performedby Montessori andprimary studentsenthralled the audi-ence with youthfulexcitement evidentfrom their long ovation

The winners of various fun filled games were felicitated by the Montessori and Primary Supervisors.

Young Josephian’s entertain the gathering with their dazzling performances.

Time to indulge in fun filled games.

that reverberated theschool premises. Funfilled games sawenthusiastic participa-tions from the grand-parents and theirgrandchildren. Win-ners of differentcompetitions werepresented with gifts bythe Montessori and

Primary Supervisors.The function concludedwith closing chorusand national anthem.

“Grandparents areunavoidable part ofchildren’s lives notonly for their love andcare, but also thestories and wisdomthey have been shar-

ing with their youngloved ones which onlyhelp in formulating abetter personality andtheir ethics. Tocelebrate this indis-pensable bond ourinstitute organisedGrandparents Daycelebration in ourschool premises. The

same participationfrom over 125 grand-parents. It wassatisfying and amus-ing to see that thegrandparents enthusi-astically participatedin all the games.While attending the

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imaginary world of sto-rytelling. Their faceslit up and had a mes-merized looks whichspoke about the inter-est it had generated inthem” shared Montes-sori Section Head ofthe Ryan Internation-al School, Kharghar.She further added” Inaddition the art work-shop by Madhavi Pat-wardhan too was a re-freshing enjoyable ses-sion for the young par-ents, who got to spendsome quality timewith their kiddos. Theenthusiastic kids andparents were readywith the required ma-terials and had agreat time making ap-

pealing name platesfor their home sweethome. Both the activ-ities would provide aroadmap on how touse the forthcomingfestive holidays pro-ductively and in nearfuture too”.

Alice Vaz, Princi-pal of the institute onthe other hand said “Itwas a double treat forthe young Ryanitiesand their parents or-ganised with a view torecreate the specialbonds between thechildren and their par-ents without the dis-traction of smartphones and other pro-fessional or domesticchallenges one is sub-jected in day to daylife. Indeed!!! It wasan adorable sight towatch the little handsbusy at work alongwith their parents”.

KhargharSchool

Organises...Contd. from pg. 6

Corporation (MIDC),which has initiated50% water cut toTaloja Industrialarea with effect from7th September, 2019was being vehement-ly protested by theIndustrialists. Thismove was forcingmany industrialiststo shut down theirplants which isultimately resultingin huge losses to thegovernment.”

He further added,“From 7th Septem-ber 2019 onwardsdue to curtailment ofwater to Industries,there is a 40 %revenue reduction toGovernment in this

Industrial Area.With shut down ofplants, some of theIndustries alsostarted announcinglayoffs to workersand this had startedcreating industrialunrest amongemployees.”

Jayshree KatkarVice President,TMA, expressed,“Immediately, TalojaManufacturers’Association (TMA)had opposed to theMIDC & had re-quested themthrough severalletters/mails torestore this illegalcurtailment of 50%Water Supply toTaloja MIDC Indus-trial Area. TMA hadeven staged protestagainst this illegalcurtailment on 30thSeptember 2019 to

ventilate grievancesof the Industries infront of TMA build-ing along withrepresentatives ofIndustries. “

Somnath Malgar,a Committee Mem-ber informed, “OurTMA delegationincluding ShekharShringare President,Jayshree KatkarVice President,ShyamsundarKarkun Vice Presi-dent, Manik ChopraJoint Secretary,Kishor SalunkeJoint Treasurer, Me(Somnath Malgar)and Sandip DongareManaging Commit-tee Members held ajoint meeting withMaharashtra Pollu-tion Control Board(MPCB) and MIDCAuthorities at MPCBSion office.”

SupremeCourtorders...Cont. from pg. 1

Malgar added,“But all our effortswere in vain. AsMIDC did not restorewater supply toIndustries, then TMAon behalf of Indus-tries filed StayAppeal Applicationagainst NationalGreen Tribunal(NGT) Order dated30 September 2019before Hon’bleSupreme Court Delhion 04 October 2019.”

Jayshree KatkarVice President, TMA,added, “Stay AppealApplication washeard by Hon’bleSupreme Court Delhion 21 September2019 and passed theStay Order againstMIDC Notice dated06 July 2019 for 50%curtailment of WaterSupply in favour ofTMA.”

India Whitewash South Africa 3-0Retain leadership position in World Test Championship

By Ashok Dhamija

India registered anemphatic innings and202 runs on the fourthday in the third and fi-nal Test in Ranchiagainst South Africaensured the host regis-ter their sixth seriessweep (three or moreTests) in Test historyand 11th overall athome. The Indian teamled by Virat Kohli reg-istered their biggestwin over the Proteasand in the processsealed a complete seriessweep by a margin of 3-0, their first whitewashagainst the visitors.

A brief flash back onhow India fared duringthe second seriesagainst South Africahad panned out duringthe World Test Cham-pionship 2019-21 so far:

1st Test, Visa-khapatnam: Indianpacer MohammedShami’s superlativefive-fer in the fourthinnings gave India a203-run victory inVizag. India who wereput in a great positionby debutant MayankAgarwal’s and his se-nior partner RohitSharma who tooopened the innings forthe first time in his sixyear of Internationalcareer. The formerstruck his first Testdouble hundred whileRohit scored tons in

each innings which in-cluded a record 13 six-es. South Africa showedsigns of grit in the firstinnings, when they re-sponded to India’s 502/7 declared with a 431 oftheir own, but that lev-el of resilience whenthey were under thepump again in thefourth innings. SouthAfrica began Day 5 at11 for 1, needing to playout 98 overs to salvagea draw, but Shami andJadeja ran throughwith six wickets be-tween them to leavethem languishing on 70for 8. Senuran Muth-usamy made a case fora batting promotion,

while Dane Piedt tooshowed enough applica-tion against spin to ar-rest the slide and get ahalf-century. But their92-run stand didn’tmake ends meet for thevisitors as Shami re-turned to end the defi-ance with two morewickets to pick his fifthTest match fifer.

2nd Test, Pune:Skipper Virat Kohli ledfrom the front with hisbest Test score of 254n.o, and off spinnerRavichandran Ash-win’s four-fer in thefirst innings, Indiasealed the series with acrushing victory inPune by innings and

137 runs. Opener May-ank Agarwal’s centuryon the opening day fol-lowing Rohtit rare fail-ure was followed by arecord-laden day for theIndian skipper whonotched up his seventhTest double before reg-istering his maiden250+ score in the long-est format. India de-clared on 601 and re-duced South Africa to 36for 3 by stumps on Day2. The third morningsaw the visitors slip toa disastrous 162/8 be-fore Keshav Maharajand Vernon Philanderput on a century standto frustrate the hostsand delay the inevita-

ble. South Africa man-aged 275 in their firstinnings as a result, butcame out to bat againthe fourth morning af-ter India decided to en-force the follow on over-night. The best effortwith the bat, apart fromDean Elgar’s 48 andTemba Bavuma’s 38,was again from theninth wicket pair whomade 22 and 37 respec-tively but South Africafolded for just 189 thistime, handing India acomfortable win.

3rd Test, RanchiRohit Sharma madethe opportunity to batin the opening slotcount as he got his

Indian team under the leadership of Virat Kohli wrapped up the three test series against South Africa with a 3-0 win(Courtesy BCCI).

maiden double centuryin Tests before the In-dian bowlers helped theside seal the match byan innings and 202runs — their biggestwin over South Africa.With the emphatic win,India also sealed a se-ries sweep of 3-0, theirfirst whitewash overSouth Africa. Faf duPlessis walked out withTemba Bavuma at thetoss hoping for achange in fortune. Ba-vuma called but SouthAfrica lost yet anothertoss, their 10th on thetrot in Asia. India opt-ed to bat but slipped to39 for 3. Ajinkya Rah-ane (115) and Rohit(212) got the side out oftrouble with a 267-runstand before handy low-er-order contributionsgot India to 497 for 9declared. In response,South Africa werebowled out for 162 and133, with MohammedShami and Umesh Ya-dav combining to pick10 wickets in thematch

With this win, Indiaadded 40 more pointseach for each Test winsto their World Champi-onship tally 120 in alland are have main-tained the leader boardposition

India earlier hadtasted success with a 2-

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Shiv Sena sells raw products formaking Diwali sweets and snacks

at affordable priceBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to ensure peo-ple get good quality andaffordable raw materi-al to prepare Diwalisweets and snacks ataffordable rates, ShivSena corporator Sunita

Mandwe from Tuesdayhas started a centre atthe Shiv Sena Office,Shineri Apartments,Sector 8, Station Road,Nerul. At the centrepeople will get 1 kg sug-ar, 500 gms maida, 500gms chana dal, 500 gms

poha at Rs 115.“This is our small

effort to help the localsget ingredients to makeDiwali sweets andsnacks at affordablerate from Tuesday,”said Shiv Sena branchchief Ganesh Kulkarni.

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Manyconcerned citizensfrom Kharghar andKamothe who beforeelections did a numberof protests requestingeveryone to press“NOTA” button duringthe Vidhan Sabhaelections because theywere not happywith the work intheir respectiveareas by theelected represen-tatives did thesame on 21stOctober, 2019.

When PrimeMinister Naren-dra Modi was inKharghar on 16thOctober, 2019 tocampaign for theBJP and alliancecandidates manyirked residentsplanned to protestoutside the venue butthey were detained bythe police for atleasttwo hours and theywere left when theevent got over.

Sharin Matthew, aresident of Kamothesaid, “I and my familypressed NOTA buttonwhen we went out onMonday to cast ourvote. We are not at allhappy with our anyrepresentatives.Kamothe is facingmany civic problemsfrom last five yearsbut not even a singleleader came aheadand took our issues

Kharghar & Kamotheresidents pressed “NOTA”

NOTA to teach a lesson to politicians

for their false promises

with the authorities.Bad roads, water cut,electricity problemsand many other issueshas become the part ofour life now. We areirked by the apathy ofCIDCO, civic authori-ties and also theleaders representingour area. NOTA was

the only option for usand we chose it.”

Akalakh Barkhab,another resident fromKamothe sector-20informed, “ From lastone month all themembers residing inour society hadalready decided thatthis time in theelection we will notpress on any symbolbut we will press“NOTA” button andwe did it. Why to votefor any parties candi-dates if they are goodfor nothing?”

Seema Nadar, aresident of KhargharSector-29 informed,

“When Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modiwas in the city he saidthat we are progress-ing. The satellite cityhas achieved a lot.When he came theCIDCO officials andthe Panvel MunicipalCorporation officialscleaned the road and

also all the potholeswere filled. But sameis not the case daily.The roads are not ingood shape, water-cuton a regular basis is amajor problem,sometime we stay indark for atleast 6hours and no onelooks after it. Theyjust come on our doorbefore the elections.This time we just tooka step to go for NOTAinstead of going forany particular candi-dates. We exercised itbecause we wanted toteach lessons to thepoliticians who alwaysmake false promises.”

a unique identity andit is regarded as the‘City of Gardens’ with108 sq. km space ofgardens. There are atleast 200 beautifullydecorated parks andspaces in the city.

Annasaheb Misal,speaking with themedia informed, “Inorder to maintain thedaily care of the parksin the city I havedirected the gardendepartment team toprovide proper train-ing to the mainte-nance staff of thepark.”

Soon after Misal’sinstructions, theDeputy Commissionerof Garden departmentNitin Kale conductedthe training for all thepark maintenancestaff at Rock Gardenat Sector-21 in Nerulon Saturday. Theytraining was impartedto all the contractworkers working inthe NMMC gardendepartment on themaintenance ofUdayan trees, shrubsand all the greenery.

Nitin Kale,Garden Department,Deputy MunicipalCommissioner said,“About 250 contractworkers who are

working in themunicipal gardensreceived trainingwhich will help themto carry out theirwork in a moresystematic way andwe will succeed infulfilling the civicchief ’s vision of cleanand beautiful gar-dens.”

V A. Rhode andShri Rajesh Sundara-jan provided basicguidance on the careand maintenance ofthe gardens. Thisguidance will be usedby the workers intheir daily activitiesand for maintainingproper care of theparks.

Innovativetraining...

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0 win in the West In-dies in a away seriesand are now on 240

India Whitewash South Africa..Contd. from pg. 8

points after wrestingthe maximum of 120points in both their se-

ries. They get a chanceto build further in anupcoming two-Testhome series againstBangladesh from 14November.

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Shortage of Police in IndiaBy Vinod C Dixit

We celebrated na-tional police day on 21stOctober 2019. It ho-nours the memory ofIndian police personnelkilled by Chinese sol-diers in 1959. The re-membrance day wasofficially instituted in1960 and has been ob-served at the nationallevel since 2012.Police-men also deserves atleast one of such daysbecause every day with-out having a rest theyrisk their lives for thesake of simple people,who do their usualthings. The system ofdemocracy stands onthree pillars: the exec-utive, the legislative,and the judiciary. Allthere contribute tomaintaining the demo-cratic structure, butthe one that has themaximum, and mostdirect, impact on hu-man life is that of thejudiciary. And one of themost important rungsin the judicial ladder ismade up of policemen.It is fact that while thecity police have takenother initiatives to en-hance safety and vigil,the shortage of man-power seems to be pos-ing a huge challenge,according to officials invarious stations acrossthe city. There is ashortage of over 5 lakhpolice personnel in thecountry as compared totheir overall sanctionedstrength. Internal secu-rity is very much a pre-rogative of police andefficient policing isneeded in order to tack-le threats.

With the increasingrate of crimes, shortageof manpower will havean impact both oncrime prevention anddetection. With the in-creasing rate of crimes,shortage of manpowerwill have an impact

both on crime preven-tion and detection. In-spectors and SIs at thepolice station have lit-tle time to focus on allcases and investigationis usually confined tosensational cases orgrave crimes. Fromproblems relating topolice organisation, in-frastructure and envi-ronment to obsoleteweaponry and intelli-gence gathering tech-niques to shortage ofmanpower to corrup-tion, police force in thecountry is not in a goodshape.

There are Police per-sonnel who are alsocomplaining of stressdue to over working.Deployment of police fortraffic regulation andaccident-prevention ac-tivities also takes abeating. There are oc-casion where most ofthe time Police person-nel goes attending today-to-day functionslike VIP security, pub-lic agitations etc. Forevery Indian VIP, thereare three police person-nel. There are as manyas 47,557 cops protect-ing 14,842 VIPs acrossthe country whichcomes to a ratio of threeis to one. The incidentsof chain and bagsnatching have alsobeen reported frequent-ly across the city. Whileresidents and expertsstress the need for in-creased patrolling, thequestion many ask ifthere are enough police-men to do the job. Theshortage of staff oftenleads to delay in inves-tigation and filing ofcharge-sheet in cogni-zable offences. Thereshould be no compro-mise in the deploymentof men for vehiclechecks, night patrollingand traffic regulation.Unlike the Assemblyelections where Central

para military forceswere roped in for secu-rity, the State policehave to manage the lo-cal body polls with theavailable strength.With no major recruit-ment done in recenttimes and thousands ofpolice personnel retir-ing each year, the va-cancies are set to in-crease, making it diffi-cult for police to man-age the election alongwith routine duties.The increasingly seden-tary lifestyle of young-er generations, the in-creased occurrence ofobesity, and the rela-tively low fitness levelof so many people havealso lead to a smallergroup of potential policeofficer candidates.There is a huge man-power shortage in thepolice department. Thepolice-population ratio,currently 192 police-men per lakh popula-tion, is less than whatis recommended by UNi.e. 222 policemen perlakh

There is now a seri-ous requirement for theexecution of the pro-posed system as thecity population is grow-ing and a stronger po-lice force is needed totackle crime and L &O situations. It is alsoreported that more andmore police personnelwere being diagnosedfor hypertension, diabe-tes and stress-relatedailments in the annualhealth screeningcamps.

The situation ismore or less the samein many stations in thecity where police per-sonnel are forced to putin extra hours. There-fore, the State Govern-ment should recruitpersonnel on a war foot-ing.

The writer is freelancer,

writer and cartoonist.

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: :Central Railway in coordination with Konkan Railway has de-cided to augment extra coaches including o-ne Sleeper Class and three Gen-eral Second Class coaches to Train No. 11003 / 11004 Dadar - SawantwadiRoad - Dadar Tutari Express on temporary basis to clear extra rush of pas-sengers during Deepavali festival - 2019. The same is being done from Wednes-day 23 Oct to Thursday 31 Oct, 2019. The details are as under :

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In addition the Empty rake of Train No. 11003 Dadar-Sawantwadi RoadTutari Express will arrive at platform number 5 at Dadar at 23.55 hrs anddepart at 00.05 hrs. On its return direction Train No. 11004 SawantwadiRoad-Dadar Tutari Express will terminate at platform number 5 at 06.45hrs. There will be no change in other timings and halts en-route whichincludes Panvel Jn too.

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Lending a helpinghand this Diwali

Every year the people of India keep wastingmillions of rupees on bursting crackers duringDiwali. Why can’t they donate the same money tothe poor? In India, there are millions of people who cannot even affordone meal a day. Instead of spending money on crackers, they shoulddonate it to an orphanage or a home for the aged.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....

Diwali Dhamaka

By C.K Subramaniam

With Diwali festival of lights falling duringweekend, diyas and colour rangoli powder salespicking up at Sector 5, Sanpada.

fun-filled programmewith their dearchildren the grandpar-ents forgot their agebarriers and infirmityfor a while. It was ajoyous occasion foreach of one to remem-ber always in particu-lar the special guestsand their grandchil-dren. The Programmeconcluded on a highlypositive note. All thegrandparents thankedthe Ryan Family fortheir love and affec-tion” shared KalpanaDwivedi, Principal ofthe institute.

Josephian’sJoyous...Contd. from pg. 7


MUMBAI: InformaMarkets in India (for-merly UBM India) –aleading B2B Events or-ganiser successfullykicked off the 14th edi-tion of the food Ingre-dients India & HealthIngredients (Fi India &Hi) as well as the 2ndedition of Propak Indiatoday, both B2B plat-forms for the food,health, packaging andprocessing industries

While Fi India andHi was inaugurated byDr. Pallavi Darade –FDA commissioner ofMaharashtra, Dr. Yo-gesh Kamat – DirectorFFSAI (Western Re-gion), Dr. Prabhodh

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20%. An increasedawareness for qualitystandards of food prod-ucts has amplified thefocus on the superiori-ty of ingredients thatgoes into the making ofthese finished prod-ucts. There is also anincreased awarenesswithin the industrywith regards to activeand intelligent packag-ing which is vital inthe preservation offood. Enhanced pack-aging techniques needto be developed thatnot only boost the shelflife of the product butalso sustain the nutri-tive value of the pro-cessed food.

Founder, CavinkareIndia Pvt. Ltd. & Mr.Suresh Gupta Presi-dent, IFCA in an in-dustry gathering.

Speaking at the in-auguration of Fi Indiaand Hi and Hi and Pro-

pak India in Mumbai,Mr. Yogesh Mudras,Managing Director forInforma Markets inIndia said, "The foodingredients and pro-cessing industry in In-dia was witnessed re-

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