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RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. NO. NMB/154/2017-19/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE

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Passport Service Centre at Vashigets good response from public

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Within four days, 80applications forPassports werereceived. FromMonday, daily 40applications will beaccepted.

Passport ServiceCentre has started inthe premises ofVashi’s Post Officesector 16A Vashi. OnJuly 13, the centerwas inaugurated byThane DistrictGuardian MinisterEknath Shinde. Thepassport center isgetting good response

Cont. on pg. 4


NAVI MUMBAI: Theincrease in populationin the city of NaviMumbai and to controlthe air pollution, therewas need to start watertransport service in thecity, Thane MP RajanVichare came up withwater transport propos-al and plan in 2015. OnJuly 28, 2016 the plangot a green signal fromthe central ministerNitin Gadkari.

Recently MP RajanVichare did the inspec-tion of work on Neruljetty which is water ter-minal also. This workis being carried out bythe City and Industrial

MP Rajan Vichare doesinspection of work on Nerul Jetty

The work to be completed by 3 April 2020

(File photo)

Cont. on pg. 5

By C K Subramaniam

SANPADA: After resi-dents gave a thumbsups to public bicyclesharing system eightm o n t h sago, NaviM u m b a iMunicipalCorpora-tion intro-duced andlaunchede l e c t r i cbike ser-vices facil-ity in thecity. Tostart with,the munic-ipal corpo-ration hasgot 35 e-bikes andone isplaced atSanpada’sLad Mas-ter Sitar-am Udyan. Along witha clean city, Navi Mum-bai should also be rec-ognised as pollutionfree and hence e-bikesfacility was launched atvarious centres and ithas received an over-whelming responsefrom residents. NaviMumbai is the first cityin the state to have e-bikes.

One has to pay ¹ 10to start e-bikes and af-ter that ¹ 10 will be

E- Bike Facilityat Sanpada

charged for every 10minutes. One has todownload YULU app ontheir mobile phones torent bikes. Users will

have to scan the codeson the e-bike to startusing them. The e-bikes have to be pickedup and dropped at the

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By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: Ministry ofRailway have decided toextend the Advance Res-ervation Period for run-ning of all Suvidha andSpecial trains on Spe-cial charges (excludingthe date of journey) to

Now Reserve Tickets OnSuvidha Trains and Special

Trains Four Months In Advance120 days and applicabil-ity of normal refundrules even in Suvidhatrains is extended forone year i.e. from 15July,.2019 to 14July,.2020. Passengersare requested to kindlyavail the services.

CR Mega Block Today

No direct connectivity on Harbour routefrom city to CSMT / Bandra & beyondBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Cen-tral Railway (CR) willorganise Mega Block onits Suburban sections(Harbour and Mainlines) for carrying outmaintenance work andinfrastructural up-grades on Sunday 21July, 2019 as per thefollowing schedule:

A) ChhatrapatiShivaji MaharajTerminus – Chunab-hatti UP & DN Har-bour Lines

From: 9.53 am to4.23 pm

All UP Harbour lineservices for Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT)Mumbai leaving Panv-el / Belapur / Vashifrom 9.53 am to 2.44pm and DN Harbourline services to Vashi /Belapur / Panvel leav-ing CSMT, Mumbai/Vadala Road from 11.34am to 4.23 pm will re-main suspended. How-ever, Special serviceswill run between Pan-vel and Kurla (PlatformNo.8) during the blockperiod. Harbour linepassengers are permit-ted to travel via MainLine from 10.00 am to6.00 pm.

B) ChhatrapatiShivaji MaharajTerminus – BandraUP & DN HarbourLines

From: 9.56 am to4.58 pm

UP Harbour line

services for Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT)Mumbai leaving Gore-gaon / Bandra from10.45 am to 4.58 pmand DN Harbour lineservices to Bandra /Goregaon leavingCSMT Mumbai from9.56 am to 4.16 pm willremain suspended.

Harbour line pas-sengers are permittedto travel via Main Lineand Western Railwayfrom 10.00 am to 6.00pm.

C) Mulund-Ma-tunga UP MainFast Line

From: 11.15 amto 3.45 pm

UP Main Fast lineservices leaving Kalyanfrom 10.37 am to 3.06pm will be diverted onUP Slow line betweenDiva and Parel stationshalting at all stationsbetween Diva andParel stations and fur-ther re-diverted to UPFast line proper atParel station and arrivedestination 20 minutesbehind schedule. DNFast/Semi-fast servicesleaving Chhatrapati

Shivaji Maharaj Ter-minus (CSMT) Mum-bai from 10.05 am to3.22 pm will halt atGhatkopar, Vikhroli,Bhandup, Mulund andDiva stations in addi-tion to their respectivescheduled halts and ar-rive destination 20 min-utes behind schedule.All DN and UP MainSlow services leaving/arriving CSMT between11.00 am and 6.00 pmwill arrive destination10 minutes behindschedule.

All Mail/Express forDadar and CSMT Mum-bai leaving Thane after10.50 am will be divert-ed on up slow line be-tween Mulund and Ma-tunga Stations will ar-rive destination 20 min-utes behind schedule.

D) Short Origina-tion & Termination ofPassenger Trains

Train No. 50103 willbe run Ex Diva. How-ever CR have made spe-cial arrangements for alocal service from Dadarto Diva for passengersof Train No. 50103. Thesame will depart fromDadar at 3.40 pm andThane at 4.06 pm. Thisspecial local will arriveat Diva at 4.13 pm.Train No. 50104 Ratna-giri-Dadar Passengertoo will be terminatedat Diva on account ofthe Mega Block.

Due to these blocks,suburban trains arelikely to be more crowd-ed than usual. Passen-gers are requested notto take any risks whiletravelling.



PANVEL: ThePanvel City MunicipalCorporation (PCMC)corporator made ademand to installCCTV cameras in theschools, tuition classesand important placesin the area. Corpora-tor Ravindra AnantBhagat made thedemand and handedover the copy recentlyto the PCMC commis-sioner Ganesh Desh-mukh.

Corporator Ravin-dra Anant Bhagatsaid, “The Kalamboliand Kharghar areasare now educationhubs and the numberof the schools andprivate tutorialclasses have risen inthe area. For thesafety of the schoolstudents and citizens,CCTV is the mostneeded thing to beinstalled. The numberof kidnapping ofstudents has also

Demand to install CCTVsat important places

risen. Recently onestudent got lost fromKharghar and he wasfound at Alibag area. A“suspicious” deviceresembling a “timerbomb” was foundrecently near oneschool area in Kalam-boli. Hence for safetyreasons CCTV camer-as are must.”

Bhagat said, “Inorder to control crime,under the PCMC

jurisdiction, installCCTV at importantjunctions, sensitivelocations, markets,schools and also giveinstructions to privatetuition classes toinstall CCTV camerasnear their area, I havemade such a demandto municipal commis-sioner. He is verypositive in this matterand he will soon fulfillthe demand.”

By Tutu

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNational Defence Acad-emy pass out Col SachinMahadik has been se-lected by the governmentto be trained at the Na-tional War College inUSA. He will be trainedfor special commandingcourse. A native of Polad-pur taluka and son of aretired senior police offic-er Shankarrao Mahadik

By Tutu

NAVI MUMBAI: Theadministrativebuilding covering thetahsildar and policestation work is goingon in Old Panvel since2014. The Tahsil officeand police station arecurrently operatingfrom the Talathitraining centre.

The surprising factis that a ground plusthree storey buildingcould not be completedeven after five years.The initial proposalwas for ground +3storey was slated tocost Rs9.81cr andaccordingly theconstruction workbegan. In between thepolice department hasraised objection citingless space given tothem against whatland under theirdepartment. Policedemanded more spacewith full furnishing(furniture etc).

The plot area isaround 4274 sq mwith total construc-tion availed around7000 sqm. Also forparking the basementwas added. Hencebasement and groundfloor area size havebeen increased. Therevised buildingconstruction planawaiting approvalstands at Rs14.14cr.

Further, the PWDhad demanded anoth-er additional approvalfor fire fighting,furniture etc atRs7.9cr. So the totalexpenditure will beover Rs21cr. By thetime the work willcomplete after approv-al, the expenses mayrise as the last twoapprovals are pending.Surprisingly, around15percent of the landis disputed and underlitigation but thestructure is out oflitigation area.

If a ground plusthree storey building

Think before you vote:Third of the series

with basement takesfive years for con-struction and remainsunfulfilled then whomshould you blame.Whether the authori-ties or the politicalclass or whom?

Now the underconstruction buildingis dusting and alsogetting rain water dueto incomplete con-struction. Peoplehave elected theirleader for not only torule but also resolvethe issues. However,whenever contractissues come with moremoney all get sidedwith the monetaryfactor.

Whether theofficials are inefficientand incapable tohandle a buildingissue across depart-ments prior to con-

struction? Why theissues could not beresolved before con-struction? Why yourelected representativedid not took up itseriously?

In the process

people lost money totake additional pain toreach to the tempo-rary tehsil office andpolice station. For fiveyears those who havepaid the transportexpenditure to theinterior area of Panvelagainst the nearbyaccessible locationmust have understoodthe pain. Now theirpain is not endingsoon that too beforethe assembly election-2019.

In the next of theseries we will high light

the road situationacross PCMC area.

Administrative building -

Tahsil office and police station

Year Building Cost

2014 Gr+3 storey Rs9.81cr(approved)

2019 Gr (extended) Rs14.14cr+3+stilt (to be revised)

Additional Fire fightingexpenditure and furniture Rs7.9cr

Total proposed over Rs21cr

Col Sachin Mahadikselected for training in USA

has become the pride ofthe taluka.

Many in the Polad-pur taluka had eitherserved or are serving invarious wings of Indiandefence forces. The colo-nel is having a daugh-ter and son besides hiswife and other familymembers. The talukapeople have expressedhappiness over such aprestigious training.

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Issue : 70 21 July, 2019

CA lens on Dawood family propertiesin Ratnagiri under SAFEMA and NDPS

By Tutu

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCompetent Authority(CA) will forfeit the il-legally acquired proper-ties of the drug offend-er and smuggler likeDawood family mem-bers under SAFEMA.Dawood’s mother havea bungalow and farmlands in Mumbke vil-lage, Khed, Ratnagiri.Dawood’s mother Ami-

na Bibi owns around 8acre farm land and 24guntha bungalow plotcollectively valuedaround Rs30lakhs. TheKhed revenue officialsare awaiting a formalcommunication aboutnext course of action. Inthe meanwhile, a boardhas been installed at-taching the property.The CA is a statutoryauthority formed underthe Smugglers and For-eign Exchange Manip-ulators (Forfeiture ofProperty) Act, 1976(SAFEMA) and Narcot-ic Drugs and Psycho-tropic Substances Act(NDPS), 1985. SAFE-MA was enacted to de-prive the persons en-gaged in such activitiesof their ill-gotten gains.

The CA under

SAFEMA are entrustedto identify the illegallyacquired properties, for-feit such properties,take possession of suchforfeited properties,maintain the forfeitedproperties and sell suchproperties through auc-tion. Four CompetentAuthorities located oneeach in New Delhi,Mumbai, Chennai andKolkatta are appointed

as Administrator underthe two acts (SAFEMAand NDPS) to managethe properties.

The revenue de-partment circle officerSanjay Madre said, “Ateam of officials ofSAFEMA had visitedthe properties recently.They had inspected theproperties and details.These lands have beenturned barren over theyears as no one takescare.”

The Mumbke ta-lathi RG Khedekarsaid, “The Dawood fam-ily have different farmlands collectively mea-suring around 8acre.One Mumbke villageground plus 2 storeybungalow is spreadover 24 guntha land. Athree acre land is hav-

ing mango and othertrees while anotherland close to the Jag-budi river. All theseproperties belongs toDawood’s mother andcollectively costRs30lakh.”

RG Khedekar add-ed, “The bungalowvaluables have beenstolen away long ago.The anti-smugglingstaff of the government

including one from Del-hi had visited theseproperties and put upsignboard. The Delhiofficial has taken theproperty details andwill send us a letter onnext course of action.However, so far no let-ter received.”

A local residentsaid, “The officials arecoming again andagain. There is fre-quent talk about auc-tioning of the proper-ties but nothing seemson ground.”

When contacted, aCA staff under SAFE-MA Mumbai said theadditional commission-er is handling the issue.However, the SAFEMAadditional commission-er declined to commenton the issue.

from the citizens.Within four days, 80applications forpassport were re-ceived since per day20 applications wereallowed to be submit-ted. After seeing thedemand for thepassports, 40 applica-

tions will be receivedper day from Monday.

Prashant Mohite,Passport verificationofficer of Vashi said“The work is carriedout under the region-al passport officerTulsidas Sharma. Thecitizens of NaviMumbai have givengood response and inthe future, there willbe still more and

more response. Allkinds of passportwork are carried outhere like loss, dam-age, renewal, etc.Only the Tatkalpassport facility is notavailable here. Peoplefrom nearby areas ofNavi Mumbai,Kharghar, Panvel,Uran and Pen arealso coming to thispost office.”

PassportService...

Cont. from pg. 1

Navi Mumbaikars to getmany useful civic facilities

Proposals for various works related to civic facilities have beenaccepted during Standing Committee Meeting. Municipal Com-missioner Annasaheb Misal had put forward various proposalsfor work on various civic facilities and these have been acceptedunder the presidentship of Navin Gavte.

Among the sanctioned works include the hospital facility atKoparkhairane. In the plot owned by M. Nuclear Health CareLtd. at Sector 23, plot no. 4/1A, it is intended to come up withKolarkhairane Mother Child Hospital. The proposal to buy thebuilding on this plot has been accepted. In this matter, along withthe chairman, the members of the standing committee too hadpersonally inspected the building. All the necessary works whichneeded to be done like anti-encroachment drive, doing structuralaudit of the building and other related works were completed.The SC members then made a suggestion to provide the resi-dents of that place the important hospital facilities. This movewill lead to eliminating the medical problems which the Ko-parkhairane residents had been facing.

Similarly, at Juinagar Sector 23, ploy no. 67, on the 234.30 sqm area plot, there is need to repair the dilapidated old asbestosshed of grampanchayat period. Mayor Jaywant Sutar made asuggestion to destroy that structure and in its place provide anew multi-purpose buildings for various uses to the residents ofthat region. The mayor has also agreed to contribute Rs 50 lakhsfrom the Mayor Fund. Now that the standing committee has ac-cepted the proposal for constructing of multi-purpose building,the residents over there will have a right place to hold varioustypes of events or programs, big or small.

The next is the fish market at Diwale village. This place is inhorrible condition and after considering the problems faced byshopkeepers and residents, the proposal for constructing a fishmarket was accepted. The market is in very bad state and theplace over there is not enough for the fish-sellers owing to whichthey have to sit outside on the road to sell their products. Thestink that emanates from this place is unbearable. Hence a shedlike structure which will serve as fish market will be constructedat that place and this will provide relief to the fish sellers, cus-tomers and also the residents over there.

There is no doubt about the fact that Standing Committee ofNavi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has done an excellent jobby accepting many proposals of providing very useful civic facil-ities to residents of Navi Mumbai.


C.K. Subramaniam

Striking ContrastCloud in the air but no rainsOne farmer to another - It’s no wonder there is

no rain.Most of the clouds are now with Amazon and

Google.

Cartoon Corner

Cont. on pg. 11

Lane violation termed dangerousdriving to attract heavy penalty

No overtaking by HMV allowed

on 8km ghat sectionBy Tutu

NAVI MUMBAI: Theadditional directorgeneral of police-traffic

has issued a circularon Monday asking theMumbai Pune ex-pressway users to stopdriving on the firstlane instead using itfor overtaking only.Also the heavy vehi-cles are prohibitedfrom overtaking in theghat section between40km and 48km of theE-way. This is toensure the lanediscipline on the

expressway. Any oneviolating the rule willnow be penalised heftyof Rs1200 for danger-

ous driving. Earlier,they were penalisedunder a meagre Rs200under lane cuttinghead.

The enforcement isnecessitated due torise in the trafficviolations. The firstlane is earmarked forovertaking, secondlane for light vehiclesand third lane forheavy vehicles on boththe carriageways of

the E-way. However,heavy vehicles can usethe second lane forovertaking and return

back to the third lane.Similarly, the lightvehicles can use thefirst lane for overtak-ing and returning tothe third lane. It hasbeen observed that thefirst lane is used forheavy vehicles andlight vehicles non-stop.

The AdditionalDGP (traffic) VinayKargaonkar hasissued the notificationon Monday. Thenotification says bothLMV and HMV should


NAVI MUMBAI: ShriGovardhani SarvajanikSeva Sanstha has orga-nized ‘MangalgouriMahila Mahotsav’ on 28July 2019 at ‘WarkariBhavan’ at CBD Be-lapur Sector-3A for thebenefit of women be-longing to Belapur Leg-islative Assembly. Thisevent is to give an op-portunity to women todisplay their varioustalents like dancing,singing, fashion, tradi-tional fancy dress, dra-

‘Mangalgouri Mahila Mahotsav’on 28 July at CBD Belapur

matics etc. The eventwill take place in twophases – 10am to 1 pm

and 1 pm to 6 pm. Therewill be various prizes

kept for the winners ofthe competitions. Thewomen who want toparticipate in this eventwill have to registertheir names with AartiRaul – 9967648091, RR Patil – 9137654029,Hemant Koli –9167302827. They cancontact these persons at‘Gaurav, Plot no. F-8,Sector 29, Agroli vil-lage, Belapur NaviMumbai’. MLA MandaMhatre is the master-mind behind organiz-ing this event.

Development Corpora-tion (CIDCO).

CIDCO officers in-formed MP Vicharethat 50% of the jettywork has been complet-ed and that the workwill be finished by 3April 2020.

Rs 111 crore hasbeen spent by CIDCOon this project. The

project is being carriedout on two parts - onland 650x30 meter roadis being built and inwater area 400x20meter in which 80x55meter is used for park-ing. In this project, ter-minal building, ticketwindow, waitingrooms, food court areincluded. In the park-ing space, 25 cars and11 buses are parked.

It is expected that40,000 passengers willuse this terminal daily.To reach Nerul to

Bhaucha dhakka with-in 30 minutes there willbe water-transport, andMandva, Alibag will bereached within anhour. Thus the trans-portation for NaviMumbaikars will be-come easier

During MP Vi-chare’s visit, CIDCO’sadditional chief engi-neer KM Godbole, Su-perintendent engineerChandel Maksud, andMaharashtra MaritimeBoard officers werepresent.

MP RajanVichare doesinspection...

Cont. from pg. 1


INSPIRE 5

Brahman - The ideal man

Dr Vandana Mahajani

S w a m iVivekananda had adeep understanding ofour scriptures. He alsoknew that the commonman’s understanding ofthe same was weak.He wanted the truth toreach each one of us.He put forward thevedantic conception ofwho a Brahman is.

In our culture theideal man is theBrahman. But whatdo we mean by idealman?

Swamiji explainsthe ideal of Brahman-ness, meaning inwhich worldliness isaltogether absentand true wisdom isabundantly present.Therefore it was saidthat the Brahman isbeyond law, he has nolaw and is not governedby kings, and that hisbody cannot be hurt.This is the true andoriginal vedanticinterpretation.

He said if all menand women wereBrahmans, i.e. those

who were not selfish,were spiritual, moraland good, it is notdifficult to understandor know of a countryas being above andbeyond law. No policeor military power isnecessary to governthem.

We have readthat only such menlived in Satya Yug,there was only onecaste and that wasBrahman.

We read in theMahabharata that thewhole world in thebeginning was full ofBrahman only. As theystarted to degenerate,they were divided intocastes. The cycle willturn someday and allwill move to becomingBrahman. However aneffort has to be madein this direction.

Swamiji said.” Thecommand is the sameto you all, that you mustmake progress withoutstopping, and that fromthe highest man to thelowest Pariah,everyone in thiscountry has to try tobecome the idealBrahman.”

We all have to movetowards becoming anideal spiritual man, whois non-resisting, calm,steady, worshipful, pureand meditative. How dowe bring about thischange?

Good results canonly be produced

through love andthrough sympathy.Vivekananda urged thepeople to come out. Hecompared the nation toa ship that haddeveloped a leak.“Today perhaps it hasbecome even moreworn out. Be patient.Be patriots. Let us notabuse our country. Lovethe country and the racethat has given so muchto us. Let us togethercreate a class of purityand culture. In thesuccess of this causelies the salvation ofhumanity.”

So what is theideal of patriotism?Swamiji said threethings are necessary.

First, feel from theheart. Because throughheart comes inspiration.

Secondly, find a wayout. Give a practicalsolution to take ourpeople out of miserythey are presently livingin.

And the last andmost important, Havethe will to surmount highmountains ofobstructions. Nothingcomes easy. Be readyto face the challenges.

All this is possibleonly after one is readyto put Nation before ourpersonal goals.Vivekananda, called outto the youth of thenation

Arise, Awake andStop Not Till the Goalis Reached!

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By Ashok Dhamija

Cricket superstarSachin Tendulkar ofIndia, retired pace aceAllan Donald of SouthAfrica and former Aus-tralia woman fastbowler Cathryn Fitz-patrick were onThursday inductedi n t othe ICC Cricket Hall ofFame at a ceremony inLondon.

From becoming theyoungest to score aninternational fifty toraking up a record 100centuries across for-mats, Sachin Ten-dulkar the most prolif-ic batsman in history,was inducted immedi-ately after becoming el-igible for induction,which requires that aplayer should haveplayed his last interna-tional match at leastfive years before. Ten-dulkar, who debuted atthe tender age of 16against Pakistan wayback in in November1989 before retiring inNovember 2013against West Indies,tallied 15,921 runs inTests and 18,426 inODIs, both of which re-main records. He is thesixth Indian to be in-ducted into the ICCCricket Hall of FameOther Indians who toomade the cut earlierincluded Bishan SinghBedi (2009), SunilGavaskar (2009), KapilDev (2009), Anil Kum-ble (2015) and RahulDravid (2018)

Donald, known asthe ‘White Lightening’,was arguably South Af-rica’s fastest bowlerever and finished with330 Test and 272 ODIwickets. He is one ofthe players creditedwith South Africa’ssuccess in the gameafter their return tointernational cricket in1991.

Master Blaster Sachin

Tendulkar Inducted Into

ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Allan Donald and Cathryn

Fitzpatrick to make the cut

Fitzpatrick, theeighth woman to winthe award, was thefastest bowler in wom-en’s cricket for a peri-od of 16 years, endingher career with 180wickets in 109 match-es, a record then. Shehelped Australia wintwo ICC Women’s Cricket World Cupsand finished with 60wickets in 13 Tests.

The Master Blast-er Sachin Tendulkarafter receiving the ho-nour from the hands ofICC Chief ExecutiveManu Sawhney said“It is an honour to beinducted into the ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame,which cherishes thecontribution of cricket-ers over generations.They have all contrib-uted to the growth andpopularity of the gameand I am happy to havedone my bit. On thisoccasion, I would liketo thank all of thosewho were by my sideover a long interna-tional career. My par-ents, brother Ajit andwife Anjali have beenpillars of strengthwhile I was lucky tohave someone likecoach Ramakant Ach-

Cont. on pg. 8

ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney formally inducts leg-endary Indian batsman Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar intoICC Hall of Fame by (Courtesy ICC)

The one that mattered the most… After five fruitless at-tempts Sachin Tendulkar was finally able to realise thedream of lifting the World Cup trophy, after India de-feated Sri Lanka by six wickets at Wankhede Stadium,his home ground in Mumbai on 2 April 2011, under theleadership of MS Dhoni (File Photo)


By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: RyanChristian School –Vashi organized aninteractive session byDr. Jayakar Ellisfounder President ofHEART (Helping toEducate, Associate,Rehabilitate and

Interactive Session On Wildlife And Environment Sensitizes Ryanities

Students watch in rapt attention the informative documentary on wildlife.

Dr. Jayakar Ellis founder President of HEART being ac-corded a warm welcome by a member of student councilin presence of her Headmistress.

Teach) Foundation, anNGO working againstdrug, sexual, alcohol,tobacco abuse, roadsafety, health etc. forits students to createawareness on ‘Wildlifeand Environment’recently. Ryanitesfrom Grade V to VIII

attended the same inlarge numbers. On theoccasion a documenta-ry on “Impact ofwildlife on the environ-ment’ was alsoscreened with an aimto spread awarenessamongst studentsabout its current

situation in India andthe role of each citizenin preserving andconserving MotherEarth.

“In order to createawareness of ‘Wildlifeand Environment’ aninteractive session wasorganized in our school

by Dr. Jayakar Elliswho is also the founderPresident of HEART.Our student interactedwith the SubjectMatter Expert based onabove theme and itsrelated topics. Themain aim of the sessionwas to increase aware-

ness about the naturalworld and prevalentenvironmental issues &sensitize our studentsto become consciousand responsible citi-zens” shared EdwinFernando, Headmis-tress, Ryan ChristianSchool Vashi.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: “A goodleader leads the peoplefrom above them, agreat leader leads thepeople within them.” MD Arnold,

To teach childrenthe leadership qualitiesand enhance their con-fidence, Ryan ShalomMontessori, Kamotheconducted their Inves-titure ceremony recent-ly, for the elected newcouncil of members forthe academic year2019-20.

A special assemblywas conducted to com-memorate the occasion.The session began withthe prayer and foot-tap-

Preparing Young Leaders to Take On Challenges Of Lifeping and worship songs.It was a day to reckonfor the kids of RyanShalom Montessori,when they got the tasteof the burden thatcomes with responsibil-ity.

All the kids partici-pated in the formal in-duction of the futureleaders at the Investi-ture Ceremony. SectionHead of the School Soni-ta Das administeredthe oath to the newlyelected prefecturalcouncil members whoaffirmed to dischargetheir duties to the bestof their abilities. Thepinning of the badgeand scarf was done by

the Section Head. “Themain objective of the

ceremony was to pre-pare the tiny tots to take

on the challenges of lifewith more confidence”

said Section Head ofthe School Sonita Das.


rekar as an early guideand mentor. I am alsothankful to all my cap-tains, fellow playersand the BCCI and theMCA administratorsover the years for theirsupport and for mak-ing me enjoy the gameso much and for solong. I thank the ICCfor this appreciation ofmy cricket career andI am happy to note thatcricket continues togrow with three popu-lar formats.”

ICC Chief Execu-tive Manu Sawhney onthe occasion said : ”Itis a great honour for usto announce the 2019inductees into the ICCCricket Hall of Fame.Sachin, Allan andCathryn are three ofthe finest players toever grace our gameand are deserved addi-tions to the Hall ofFame. On behalf ofthe ICC, I would like tocongratulate all threeplayers, who enrich thelist of all-time greatsalready members ofthis select club.”

Career highlights of the

inductees:

Sachin Tendulkar

• His 200 matches,15,921 runs and 51centuries are allTest records

• His 463 matches,18,426 runs and 49

Master BlasterSachin Tendulkar...

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Wrong parking causesproblems for pedestrians

The parking of vehicles of the showrooms on Service Road in Juinagar is causinginconvenience to the pedestrians who have to use the footpath for walking. Theyhave to walk on the road instead and risk their lives. (By Sumit Renose)

centuries are allODI records

• The only man toscore 100 centuriesin allinternational cricket

• A record 2278 runsand six centuriesin ICC Cricket WorldCup tournaments

• Wo n I C C C W C2011 with India

• The first man toscore a double-cen-tury in ODI cricket

• The leading runscorer in ICC CWC1996 and 2003

• He spent 1157 daysas the number 1ranked Test bats-man (1994-2011)

• He spent 354 daysas the number 1ranked ODI bats-man (1996-2008)

Allan Donald

• 72 Tests for SouthAfrica, taking 330wickets at 22.25apiece

• 164 ODIs, taking272 wickets at 21.78apiece

• Currently fourth-leading wicket-tak-er inTest cr i cket forSouth Africa

• He was the firstSouth African totake 300 Test wick-ets

• He was the firstSouth African totake 200 ODI wick-

ets• Until this week, he

was South Africa’sleading wicket-tak-er in WorldCup cricket with 38

• Spent 596 days asthe number 1ranked Test bowler(1998-1999)

• Peaked at number 2in the ICC ODIbowling rankingsCathryn Fitzpatrick

• 13 Tests for Austra-lia, taking 60 wick-ets at 19.11 apiece

• 109 ODIs, taking180 wickets at 16.79apiece

• Her 180 ODI wick-ets were a worldrecord from her re-tirement in 2003 un-til May 2017

• Took 33 wickets in25 ICC Women’sWorld Cup matches

• Won ICC Women’sWorld Cup with Aus-tralia in 1997 and2005

• Coached Australia’sWomen’s team fromMay 2012 to May2015, winning aWorld Cup andtwo ICC WWT20 ti-tles

• Spent a women’srecord 2113 days asthe number 1ranked ODI bowler(2000-2007)

• Reached 898 pointsin the Women’s ODIrankings in Febru-ary 2004 – the high-est bowling pointstally for any woman

Chest infectionsare common, espe-cially after a cold orflu during autumn andwinter.

Although mostare mild and getbetter on their own,some can be seriousor even life-threaten-ing.

The main symp-toms of a chestinfection can include:

a persistent coughcoughing up

yellow or greenphlegm (thickmucus), or coughingup blood

breathlessness or

rapid and shallowbreathing

wheezinga high temperature

(fever)a rapid heartbeat

chest pain ortightness

feeling confusedand disorientated

You may alsoexperience moregeneral symptoms ofan infection, such as a

headache, fatigue,sweating, loss ofappetite, or joint andmuscle pain.What causes chestinfections?

A chest infection isan infection of thelungs or airways. The

main types of chestinfection are bronchitisand pneumonia.

Most bronchitiscases are caused byviruses, whereas mostpneumonia cases are

due to bacteria.These infections are

usually spread when aninfected person coughsor sneezes. Thislaunches tiny droplets

of fluid containing thevirus or bacteria intothe air, where they canbe breathed in byothers.

The infections canalso be spread to

others if you cough orsneeze onto your hand,an object or a surface,and someone elseshakes your hand ortouches those surfaces

before touchingtheir mouth ornose.

Certaingroups ofpeople have ahigher risk ofdevelopingserious chestinfections, suchas:

babies and veryyoung children

children withdevelopmental prob-lems

people who arevery overweight

Chest Infections elderly peoplepregnant womenpeople who

smokepeople with long-

term health condi-tions, such as asthma,heart disease,diabetes, kidneydisease, cysticfibrosis or chronicobstructive pulmo-nary disease(COPD)

people with aweakened immunesystem – this couldbe due to a recentillness, a transplant,high-dose steroids,chemotherapy or ahealth condition, suchas an undiagnosedHIV infection


By Tutu

NAVI MUMBAI: Thou-sands of people who en-joyed the beautiful lo-tus flower in the cen-turies old Vadale lakein Old Panvel will notsee any lotus bloom.This will be for thefirst time in the histo-ry. Lakhs of lotus flow-er bloom in the over theten hectare lake. Afterthe Peshwas the lake isfamous for its lotusflowers. However, thisyear the PCMC initiat-

ed beautification workhas cleaned up even lo-tus roots in the lake.Residents are appre-hensive about whetherthe lotus will bloomagain or not. Aroundeight aquatic birds areno longer seen in thetalav.

Nature loverRakesh Thakur said,“Possibly for the firsttime in history the Va-dale lake have lost alllotus plants. ThePCMC beautificationwork has uprootedeach and every plantfrom inside the Pesh-wa built Vadale lake.Not a single flower willbloom in this season asno plant is visible. TheVadale lake has lost its

Lotus bloom across India,except at Vadale lake in Panvel

natural beauty due toPCMC.”

Rakesh Thakuradded, “In addition tothe lotus plants aquat-ic birds or those depen-dent upon plants inaquatic eco-systemhave been vanished.These birds like PurpleMoorhen, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, King-fisher, Red-wattledLapwing, White Stork,Purple Heron, GreatEgrat and Indian Cor-morant have lost their

habitat. This is a greatdamage to the eco-sys-tem of the lake. Alsosnakes have lost theirlife besides fishes.”

Naturalist ShekharBhadsavle said, “Thelotus plant helps ishighly potential forwaste-water treatmentremoving pollutingcompounds and heavymetals. It cleans thewater and helps in sup-pressing algae growthin water thus increas-ing the oxygen content.The plant assimilatehigher content of phos-phorus than aquaticplants. It assimilatenitrogen and createshabitat for bacterialgrowth in the waterbody. Through rhizofil-

tration heavy metalsincluding arsenic, cop-per and cadmium is re-moved efficiently fromwater. Removal of lotusplant.”

The illegal occupantwas earlier taking careof the lotus plants. Alsoat the same time theeco-system remainsbalanced with foodavailable for the birdsand animals.

RTI activist BharatJadhav said, “The nat-ural beauty of the Vad-

ale lake has been dam-aged severely. Its com-mercial exploitation asplanned will never beable to restore thesame. Will the lotusbloom?”

The PCMC addition-al commissioner Pras-hant Rasal said, “Thedesalting work is goingand hence there is nolotus flower. However,lotus will bloom againafter the beautifica-tion.”

Prashant Rasaladded, “A 2.5km longroad is being con-structed on the periph-ery of the Vadale lake.The green area willremain and the slumsaround it will be reha-bilitated.”

Cricket Talks: Greater Than Bradman -A Book By Rudolph Lambert Fernandez

Sachin the great, Don the legend

By C K Subramaniam

It is a regularthing taking place inIndian sports arenathat if somebodypraise our cricketerspast and present wemake a big news. Andonce if another reportclaims that the IndianSuper star is not greatthan we find all theabuses on the personcommenting andrubbing on the wrongside. We all know

that Don Bradman isthe greatest of all thebatsmen all over theworld and his recordspeaks very highabout his credentialsas a front line bats-men of Australia. Hemade three centuriesin a single day, hittingone before lunch, onebefore tea and onebefore the close of playof a test match. Againhe had a tally of 6996runs from 52 testmatches at an unenvi-able average of 99.94and this could notbeaten and even comenear that mark. AChennai based authorclaims that Sachin isgreater than Austra-lian legend DonBradman showingsome silly evidence.The figure speaks forBradman and he neednot get cheap publicity

like this in any way.Had Bradman scored4 runs in his lastinnings he would havehad the 100 plusaverage in test matchcricket. IncidentallySachin did not havesingle 300 plus scorein first class cricketleave alone testcricket. Bradmanscored 715 runs in a 4test series againstIndia, whereas Sachindid not have 500 plus

score runs in any ofthe test series heplayed in 24 years.So, opening up thePandora’s box only topraise Indian maestrolooked ridiculous withevidence. No doubtSachin is greatwhereas Don rules theroost as a legend allthe time.

On the eve ofTendulkar’s 41stbirthday his first afterretiring from Interna-tional Cricket, Rudol-ph Lambert Fernan-dez has come up withbook “Greater ThanBradman”, whichaims to prove that theLittle Master is thegreatest batsman ofall time. Fernandezopines that his bookuses illustration from‘science and martialarts’ to prove Ten-dulkar’s greatness.

This book is not aboutSachin being thegreatest batsman in1998 or in 2010. It isabout him as thegreatest batsman incricket history. Theclaims of the bookshows with “evidence”how Sachin Ten-dulkar is greaterthan Bradman andgiven some substan-tial proof. The bookis not just anotherbiography of Sachin

or Bradman. It is notanother compilationof interviews, matchanecdotes and expertopinions. It is not anautobiography. It issimply an analysisand nothing else. It isa forensic study thataims to set the recordstraight. This bookchallenges Bradmanas a batsman. Thereis no need for forensicevidence to prove whois great. Bradmanhad the class inplaying the gamewith ease and Ten-dulkar had a touch ofgreatness and nobodycan challenge eachother in their ownway of playinggentleman’s game ofcricket. The bookwill create onlycontroversies and notgive any conclusiveevidence.


Karnataka politicalcookie crumbles

Interestingly, the high drama of power grab-bing in Karnataka has desultorily been on fol-lowing the fractured mandate in the 2018 As-sembly polls which now turned sensationallymurkier further after some legislators from theruling Congress-JD(S) coalition governmenthave put in their papers to the Assembly Speak-er and, thus, leaving it in the minority. Now,the ball is in the Speaker’s court who underthe Governor’s advisory has to take the finalcall today on the rebel MLAs’ resignations aswell as the defection under the 10th Scheduleof the Constitution. Such bizarre political de-velopments have become commonplace thesematerialistic days with the public representa-tives caring a fig for the waste of precious timeof the Legislature, labour, and public money.It is to be seen the way this political cookiecrumbles now.

Even after knowing the certain defeat in As-sembly, HDK is reluctant to quit as Yediyurap-pa did. Perhaps he is visiting temple and per-forming puja for victory in his confidence mo-tion. This shameful coalition of the two cor-rupt parties Congress and JD(S) should reallyfall for the incapacity to rule the state of Kar-nataka properly. It was a travesty from the be-ginning when the obscure JD(S) rejected by peo-ple with just less than 40 MLAs was proppedup by Congress for running the coalition Gov-ernment. The two jackals both of whom werevoted down by people went against the people’swishes and formed the Government. Anger ofpeople for this act came in the form of an over-whelming support for BJP and outright rejec-tion of both the jackals in the Lok Sabha polls.Sooner they are packed out the better for theState coffers and the people as they know it istheir last chance at Treasury and will be de-termined to have a go before someone usurpsthem. Hope they bow out decently without find-ing further legal loopholes to stay and loot.Having said all these, BJP should seek disso-lution of assembly and fresh elections ratherthan use defectors’ support to govern.

Kumaraswamy government is in fragilestate. Dissidents are not willing to heed him.Speculations are high that he will lose the trustvote. If it happens, he will have to resign forth-with. Congress-JDS coalition will collapse.Those, who are advocating the people to respectmandate in democracydemocracy, are them-selves violating from it. This is what one couldascertain from Karnataka. If present coalitiongovernment goes, people also will very much ahumble Chief Minister who sleeps on the floor.Also we will miss his tears in public platformReally Gowda family in Karnataka is reallyfunny. Now one say hastily stitched alliance,but at that time you were all in praise asRahul’s master-stroke.

For the Congress, the disarray in the partyhigh command has added to their chaos here.Congress Legislature Party leader and formerChief Minister Siddaramaiah was reportedlyunhappy with the functioning of the govern-ment. Even last-ditch efforts to save the coali-tion by offering the Chief Minister’s post to theCongress was vetoed by former Prime Minis-ter H.D. Deve Gowda. The hopes of the govern-ment’s survival received a jolt when rebelMLAs, who are in a hotel in Mumbai, rejectedreconciliation talks, refusing to even meet Wa-

ter Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar, whohas assumed the role of a trouble-shooter for theCongress at the eleventh hour.

Dissidence has been a feature of the govern-ment since the Assembly elections in 2018, withthe hastily-stitched post-poll coalition of JD(S) andCongress starting to unravel dramatically afterits disastrous performance in the 2019 Lok Sab-ha election. The coalition partners won just twoseats among them, while the BJP made signifi-cant inroads into the coalition base with theirhistoric performance. Induction of two Indepen-dents, who had threatened to withdraw supportto the coalition, as Cabinet Ministers, only com-pounded matters for the Congress and JD(S)MLAs who were overlooked for Cabinet berths.So it was adding salt to the wound and the end isin sight for Cong-JD(S) rule.

- C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

Don’t underestimatethe Christians

Just because we Christians are peace-lov-ing and forgiving, and do not retaliate, some peo-ple of the other communities keep taking an up-per hand over us. Like them, we too should be-come unforgiving and fight for our rights.

We Christians believe in the Holy Biblewhich tells us to forgive our enemies otherwiseGod will not forgive us on the judgement day.

- Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Beware of goldornament thefts

With gold prices on an upward spiral, womenall over the country are under constant threatfrom chain-snatchers.

As far as the rising cases of chain-snatchingare concerned, I feel women themselves mustavoid wearing gold ornaments, and if at all theywear them, they must be alert.

The best way to curb such incidents is thatwomen should start wearing imitation jewelleryfor daily use. They must keep their special goldjewelleries for special occasions like weddings andparties and be cautious whenever they wearthem. Though mostly women are targeted, evenmen are falling prey to such crimes now-a-days.

We cannot expect the police to provide us100% vigilance to curb such incidents. But wehave to be alert. I have no idea of what punish-ments are awarded to those who are caught forgold thefts, but considering the gold prices, it hasbecome an easy way of making money, and any-one who wears gold — be it men or women —becomes an easy target for the criminals. Self-restraint is the best measure to avoid being avictim of gold theft.

- Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

A case of sheer negligenceMumbai continues to reel under persistent

monsoon rains and the problems go unabated asmore and more rain related issues continue tohaunt the city. After potholes menace the city isreeling under tree falls and building collapsescauses ripples in the minds of people.

Dilapidated buildings cause worry for inmatesand the Deonar building collapse is one such trag-

edy awakening people. BMC had issued PublicNotices through various news dailies askingthe inmates of these building to evacuate thebuildings and look for alternative accommoda-tion. This dilapidated condition of the buildingsis causing concern and are not safe to stay. Itis time to reconstruct these unsafe buildingsor it may cause disaster during severe rains.The major places where such unsafe buildingsare: Mahim, Bhandup, Sion Koliwada, AntopHill, Kurla, Tilak Nagar.

The water soaking of these building duringheavy rains may cause dampness and the chanc-es of these buildings coming down is very high.To avoid human loss and loss to the property,BMC has served notice well in advance. In thepast we have seen many building came downheavily during rainy season in Mumbai. Letthe residents vacate dilapidated building anddoes not make it a prestige issue and stay atthese buildings and risk their lives against theinstructions of BMC. Deonar building collapseopened up Pandora’s Box and brought to lightthe nexus between politicians and the builders.There is no doubt that it is a self inflicted disas-ter. Stitch in time saves nine is true. Regularmaintenance of old building is the only solutionto enhance the life of buildings. It is time to re-alise harsh realities of life in the best way possi-ble to look for favourable solutions. It was in-deed a case of sheer negligence.

The callous attitude of BMC and the care-free attitude of the residents struggling for sur-vival in an old building all caused the collapse.In the recent building crash is yet another case,where BMC showed its apathy in dealing withold buildings These old structures could not takeweight and declared unsafe for stay six yearsback. The Government of Maharashtra mustthink and act to save lives of poor people dyingon this count and in view of the fact there arethousands and thousands of such buildings inMumbai and suburbs remain insecure for oc-cupation. Unauthorised construction and dilap-idated building are the root cause for all themajor building collapses in the city. It is in-deed a very sad and shocking incident. Obvi-ously, those who died mostly belonged to differ-ent family. Where is affordable housing thesedays. My heart goes out to the families of thevictims.

What is amazing is that tenants, knowingfully well that the structures are illegal, rent-ed it with risk. What is more surprising is thatthe electricity department provided power con-nection meters to these building helping outthe cause of stay. If you look at it, you realisethat there were violations by everyone con-cerned and such a deadly cocktail had to endin some catastrophe such as a building collapseof a illegal structure. Did those who rent spacein the buildings imagine that disasters hap-pened only to other people. They are as culpa-ble in this crime as the owner and the officials.

BMC has failed to follow construction normsstrictly and educate the residents of dilapidat-ed buildings in a better way to avoid such fatalmishaps and that made matters worse in fatalmishaps. Residents on the other hand fail toadhere to Municipal instructions and pay heavyprice for that. The residents not only lose theirproperty as well dear life of near and dear ones.Now BMC should check and on erring build-ers, who resort illegal construction withoutproper plan and permission. Building crashin Bhiwandi and other similar incidents have

Letters to the Editor....

Cont. on pg. 11


created a fear psycho-sis among the resi-dents. The residentswill have seek permis-sion from the societybefore making alterna-tions within and out-side the building. Evenunauthorised exten-sions will have to becondemned and if re-quired needs to be de-molished with BMC su-pervision. This willgive other residents thefear when look for ex-tra space within thefour walls and not tooccupy the space notmeant for them as perthe plan. Awarenessabout not changing themain walls and beamshad always been there

and a close watch needsto be taken. The impe-tus for these long need-ed changes have comein the wake of recentbuilding collapses dur-ing the monsoon sea-son. Instead of just con-ducting an inquiry andjust brush aside thematter BMC shouldhave a holistic ap-proach to the crux of theproblem in buildingcrashes of this nature.One of the various ar-guments given as to thecauses of building col-lapses were laxity inimplementation ofbuilding by-laws.Whether BMC officialswill pay heed to the factand act fast before somemore buildings fall andcause major losses.

- C.K. Subramaniam,Sanpada

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Laneviolation ...

Cont. from pg. 5

overtake on thedesignated laneskeeping in mindtraffic flow. Parkingbeyond the earmarkedareas have beenprohibited. No over-taking is allowed onthe 8km ghat section(40km to 48km) on E-way except emergencyvehicles police, fire,ambulance, etc.

The SHP Panveldivision inspectorSudam Pachorkarsaid, “Currently laneviolations are pena-lised of Rs200 only. Inthe wake of accidentsthe thumb rulechanged to dangerousdriving categoryinviting Rs1200 fine.

The enforcement inthe ghat section will bestringent owing tomany HMVs plying onthe second or first lanethus obstructingLMVs.”

Sudam Pachorkaradded, “After thenotification has beenissued now all types ofvehicles will bepenalised heavily. Thepenalty action hasbeen started.”

The SHP Palaspeunit assistant inspec-tor Subhash Pujarisaid, “The enforcementof the rule has becomean worrying factorwith less penalty.Buses, trucks, etc aremostly noticed plyingon the first laneresulting into mishapsor slow moving of lightvehicles.”


Social Work Marks Vsisters Funfilled Monsoon Outing At Keshav ShrishtiBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Citybased Vsisters, a groupof like-minded ladies,enjoyed Monsoon Mas-ti along with Socialwork at Keshav Shr-ishti, a beautiful twohundred acre farmnear Bhayandar locat-ed in the outskirts ofMumbai Suburbs.

Braving the suddenmorning heavy show-ers, the 19 memberVsisters team were tak-en around the innova-tive and versatile hubfor educational, irriga-

Vsisters members donated books, stationary items and other necessities to the needychildren who study at Keshav Shristhi.

Vsisters team were taken around the innovative and versatile hub at Keshav Shristhi whose nursery that has morethan six hundred medicinal plants by social worker Anagha Didi (Right).

tional, social projects,by Anagha Didi, a dedi-cated social worker.Inspired by the uniquesetup which was thebrainchild of (Late) DrKeshav BaliramHedgewar - founder ofRashtriya Swayamse-vak Sangh (RSS), set-up with a vision to cre-ate socially consciousleaders and dedicatedcitizens of the country,the Vsisters offered vol-untary services too. Inaddition many of theVsisters who are alsomembers of variouschapters of WE Clubalso donated books, sta-tionary items and oth-er necessities to theneedy children who

study at the residentialschool at KeshavShristhi

“Keshav Srushti is avibrant & path- defin-ing tribute to the mem-ory of one of the great-est Indian visionaries ofthe 20th century, Dr.Keshav BaliramHedgewar- founder ofthe Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh (RSS), ded-icated to the service ofthe nation. Spread overtwo hundred acre farmnear Bhayandar inMumbai. The campusis nestled in the lap ofnature and is a resultof the generosity of Dr.S h a r a d c h a n d r aAjinkya, Principal ofthe Veterinary College

of Mumbai, who donat-ed the land as an act ofcontribution to projectsthat were aimed at na-tion-building” sharedDr Veena Adige.

Speaking about thevisit Sudha Kamath,said “We combined ourpicnic with some socialwork at this beautifulplace which has twoschools, one interna-tional and the other res-idential; a senior citi-zens home; three tem-ples a place where ag-ricultural educationand research is goingon in addition to a ma-jestic Cowshed (Gaush-ala ) which has morethan two hundred andtwenty five cows giving

frothy milk”. “We donated books,

stationary items and

other necessities to theneedy children whostudy at Ramratna

Vidyamandir a residen-tial school having overa hundred students andthe Ramratna Interna-tional Schools a dayschool located insideKeshav Shristhi” add-ed Savitha Nayak, whois also one of thefounder members of the WE club

“ W eVsisters enjoyed thescenery, the fresh airand the lovely environ-ment. As a token of re-membrance we re-turned home from theMonsoon funfilled out-ing armed with leavesand plants from KeshavShristhi” said a beam-ing Savitha Joshy..

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