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Over 3000 participatein the Cycle Rally &

Walkathon organisedby MGL

Mahanagar Gas Limited(MGL) conducted ‘Sak-sham 2020’ Cycle Rally &Walkathon in Thane andNavi Mumbai on Sunday,2nd February, 2020.Flagged off by Shri SanjibDatta, Managing Director,MGL at Navi Mumbai andShree Deepak Sawant,Deputy Managing Direc-tor, MGL at Thane the rallybegan at 7am on Sundaymorning and saw partici-pation from over 3000 en-vironmental enthusiastswith around 2000 partici-pants from Navi Mumbaiand 1000 participants fromThane…

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7-foot long snakerescued from Turbhe

A seven-foot snake wasrescued in Indira Nagar,Turbhe MIDC on Sundayat around 2 pm from thehouse of Bhimrao Park-shale, who works as a staffat the MIDC’s water pumpHouse…

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Trio posing as copsloot senior citizen

In yet another case an eld-erly couple were looted ofjewellery worth Rs 1 lakhby unknown robbers whoposed as a cops. The inci-dent occurred on Saturdayin Airoli. Rabale police havelaunched a search againstthe robber…

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Contd. on pg. 4

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TwoNMMT bus driverswere assaulted lastweek at Sanpada busdepot. Sanpada policehave launched a searchfor the absconding tem-po driver and his ac-complice.

The victim NMMT

bus driver Santosh Sak-pal (58), was plying anempty bus from Sanpa-da Railway Station toTurbhe depot ataround 10pm on Satur-day night. While hewas coming out of theSanpada Station depot,a tempo that wasparked haphazardlycaused hindrance. Thebus driver Sakpal re-quested the tempodriver to take the vehi-cle forward. However,the tempo driver, andhis colleague came outof the tempo and in-dulged in verbal argu-ment with Sakpal.

2 NMMT busdrivers beaten in

Sanpada in a weekDuring heated argu-ment, they attackedSakpal with a knife.The two then escapedwith their tempo. Afterthe incident, NMMTbus driver Santosh Sak-pal lodged a complaintat Sanpada police sta-tion. No one has beenarrested in the case so

far, police said.In another incident

on January 23, an uni-dentified person, whowas travelling on ascooty near a bus depotat Sanpada RailwayStation, beat an NMMTbus driver JyotiramNilakanth Vadje, 32,with a belt. Vadjen wasseriously injured in theattack.

Following the inci-dents, the NMMT Gen-eral Manager, ShirishAradwad has written aletter to the PoliceCommissioner de-manding stern actionagainst the culprits.

Over 100 kg of plastic collected

The Rethink PlasticCampaign’ held at Sagar Vihar

NAVI MUMBAI : Over100kg of plastic wascollected during thecleaning activity thatwas carried out at Sa-gar Vihar, Vashi by theEnergy and ResourcesInstitute (TERI) in as-sociation with UNEP(United Nations Envi-ronmental Pro-

gramme) under theirprogramme ‘The Re-think Plastic Cam-paign”. The pro-gramme was organisedwith an aim to reduceand reuse plastic and torevive the damaged ec-osystem.

The programme in-volved NSS volunteers,

clean up marshals,NMMC officials,UNEP-TERI officialsand local citizens. Theyalso got endorsementsand commitment foractive participationfrom organizationssuch as University of

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Theresidents of Sector 5,Airoli who had beenfacing traffic snarlsdue to haphazardparking by thevehicle owners, cannow heave a sigh ofrelief. In the recentlyheld general bodymeeting, the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)has passed a proposalto develop a vehicleparking zone at

NMMC to develop parkingzone at Sector 5, Airoli

Sector 5, Airoli. Thefacility will be devel-oped at the plot whichwas reserved for thesame purpose.

The NMMC will de-velop the parking zoneat the cost of Rs 2 crore19 lakhs. The proposedplot is next to an audi-torium and a multipur-pose hall and a marketdue to which the thereis always shortage ofparking space.

“This was the longpending demand of the

residents. People visit-ing auditorium, multi-purpose hall or themarket had difficultyin finding parkingspace and generallyparked vehicle in hap-hazard manner. Thisleads of constriction ofroad and traffic snarl,”said a resident of Airo-li.

“The approval fordeveloping a parkingzone will ease vehiclemovement,” said an-other resident.

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Over 3000 participate in the Cycle Rally& Walkathon organised by MahanagarGas Limited in Thane and Navi Mumbai

The initiative aimed at promoting walking and the use of cycles for short distances

NAVI MUMBAI:Mahanagar GasLimited (MGL)conducted ‘Saksham2020’ Cycle Rally &Walkathon in Thaneand Navi Mumbai onSunday, 2nd Febru-ary, 2020. Flagged offby Shri Sanjib Datta,Managing Director,MGL at Navi Mum-bai and Shree DeepakSawant, DeputyManaging Director,MGL at Thane therally began at 7am onSunday morning andsaw participationfrom over 3000environmentalenthusiasts witharound 2000 partici-pants from NaviMumbai and 1000participants from

Thane.By encouraging

citizens to participateover a 5km GreenRide Cycle Rally and3km Walkathon, theinitiative aimed atinspiring people tomake healthierchoices in theirlifestyle and protect-ing the environment.

The event was suc-cessful in spreadingawareness on fuelconservation bypromoting walkingand the use of cyclesover short distances.

The initiative wasorganized by Petro-leum ConservationResearch Association(PCRA) under the

aegis of Ministry ofPetroleum andNatural Gas, Govern-ment of India. Propa-gating the message of‘Cycle for Health,Environment &Conservation’, PCRAis organizing CycleRally and Walkathonin 200 cities acrossthe country.

NMMT files case againsta person for demolishingwall built at Vashi Depot

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By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Transport Corpo-ration (NMMT) hasfiled a complaintagainst PrakashSathe for demolishinga wall built forredevelopment ofVashi Bus Depot.

Vashi Bus Depot isbeing redeveloped byAshwini Contractor onbehalf of Navi Mum-

bai Municipal Trans-port. The accusedSathe allegedlydemolished the 10-footwall built by themunicipality. Onreceiving information,the officials of thetransport body went tothe Vashi bus depotand inspected it. Theyfiled complaintagainst PrakashSathe for demolishingthe public property.

Bengali Association,Sanpada in conjunc-

tion with ChemistBlood Bank arranged

a blood donationcamp on Sunday, 2nd

February, 2020 atChemist BhawanSanpada. Bengal

Association, Sanpadaconducts blood

donation camp twicein a year- once duringPuja Festival and onceduring winter season. (Photo courtesy: C.K.

Subramaniam)

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By: C.K. Subramaniam

NAVI MUMBAI: CBDResidents Agro Societyconducted Basant Ut-sav 2020 on 2nd Feb-ruary, 2020 in a grandway. Vegetables suchas sweet potato, gin-ger, radish, corianderetc. were sold at theUtsav. Visitors were

Basant Utsav-2020

Go Green initiative

also informed about thefiner points of compost.Also available wereseeds for various vege-tables to encourage theresidents to grow theirown veggies.

All the organic veg-etables were sold atRs.25 for 250 gm,while a bunch of corri-

ander was sold atRs.30/-

Apart from field ac-tivities, a visit to but-terfly garden was ar-ranged. There wereother activities like:soil your hands and bea farmer and preparethe field for sowing ex-perience etc.

Annual Day and prizedistribution ceremony held

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Shara-da Vidyaniketan HighSchool Marathi mediumGhansoli, SaraswatiVidyaniketan HighSchool English MediumGhansoli and ButterflyKids Pre-Primary

Ghansoli Ulwe andKamothe jointly orga-nized the 17th AnnualDay and Prize Distribu-tion Ceremony. Chief

Guest for the occasionwas MLA and formerGuardian MinisterGanesh Naik.

Also present wereSudhakar Sonavane(Former Mayor),Former CorporatorRaju Shinde, FormerCorporator ShashikantRaut, Anjali Valuj (Cor-porator) Sunil Chilap(Director, MS Logistics,Ghansoli, Navi Mum-

bai), Janardan Darekarand Bhaskarbai HitachMaruk, Sudat Dive(Ward CommitteeMember, Ghansoli),Pramod Kadam (WardCommittee Member,Ghansoli).

The students raisedawareness on “BetiBachao Beti Padhao”through various pro-grammes organisedduring the occasion.

7-foot long snake rescuedfrom Turbhe

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

TURBHE: A seven-footsnake was rescued in In-dira Nagar, Turbhe MIDCon Sunday at around 2 pmfrom the house of BhimraoParkshale, who works asa staff at the MIDC’s wa-ter pump House. His son-in-law noticed the snake inthe house and informedabout the reptile to Park-shale following whichParkshale called snakeactivist Deepak Gaikwad,who immediately went tothe place and rescued thesnake. It was later releasedin the forest.

VASHI: A literarypoetic symposium wasorganized by ManzilGroup Literary Forum,Delhi at writer Dr.Manju Gupta’s house atDwarka Society, Vashi,Navi Mumbai on theoccasion of Vasant Pan-chami and Gandhi Jay-anti. The works ofmany eminent writerswere highlighted on theoccasion. Dr. Maju Gup-ta welcomed the ChiefGuest, Sudhir Singhwith shawl and coco-nut.

In the last part ofthe program, the writ-

Writers honoured on theoccasion of Vasant Panchami

ers were honoured withvarious titles. SudhirSingh Sudhakar waspresent as the chiefguest at the event,while the programmewas chaired by Dr. Man-

ju Gupta. So far theForum has honoured1,800 writers for theirliterary feat. The pro-gramme is being orga-nised since the lasteleven years.

Trio posing as cops loot senior citizenBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Inyet another case anelderly couple werelooted of jewelleryworth Rs 1 lakh byunknown robberswho posed as a cops.The incident oc-curred on Saturdayin Airoli. Rabalepolice have launcheda search against therobber.

The elderlycouple KrishnaHarinandan Singhand Bachdevi Singhhad come fromBihar to visit theirmarried daughter,who lives in Sector19, Airoli. OnSaturday afternoon,Krishnan Singh hadtaken his wifeBachhdevi Singh tohospital for treat-

ment. While the twowere approachingKrishna RaghoGarden in AiroliSector-4 at around12 noon, threepeople approachedSingh and said thatchecking was goingon ahead and askedthe couple to removetheir jewellery andkeep in the pocket.On the pretext of

helping the couple,one of the accusedpretending to keepthe jewellery inSingh’s pocketwrapped those in apaper and went away.

After some timewhen Krishna Singhopened the paper, hefound it to be empty.They lodged com-plaint at Rabalepolice station.

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A Medical Camp was organised at Jesth Nagarik Sangh, Sanpada on Sunday with allthe basic tests conducted for the seniors in a systematic way by the team of doctors.Seniors availed the facility (Photo courtesy: C.K. Subramaniam)

Medical camp organised forsenior citizens of Sanpada

Encouraging outdoor sportsPlaying outdoors should be a vital part of every kid’s early

development. Besides boosting physical and mental growth, it alsohelps the child to learn various life skills: a great chance for kids torun, jump, make a mess, explore their self in natural surroundings.

With the advent of modern technology, children these days arespending more time on their iPads, Nintendos or in watching televi-sion. Scientists, doctors, mental health experts, educationalists,sociologists from across the globe have been professing the needto allow children to go out into the natural world. This, they stress,not only helps in their development, in terms of physical and men-tal, but also that of the society as a whole.

Unfortunately, children these days do not appear to have sparetime as well. The parents, in their eagerness to make their wardsexcel in every sphere, lay more emphasis on after-school activities,coaching, organised sports etc. Due to this, children have really notime to do activities like climbing trees, building dens, playing inthe mud etc. Moreover, living in a nuclear family makes it all themore difficult to let kids go out and play while ensuring they are safeand sound under adult supervision. Hence, digital technology be-comes the easiest and the only option for parents to keep their kidsbusy with something while they get busy completing their never-ending office or household work. But this is taking a huge toll ontheir health. Obesity is perhaps the most visible symptom of thelack of such play.

As per the studies conducted worldwide, by spending just fewminutes with nature can help in improving mental wellbeing andself-esteem. Free and unstructured play in the outdoors boosts prob-lem-solving skills, focus and self-discipline. Socially, it improvescooperation, flexibility, and self-awareness. Emotional benefits in-clude reduced aggression and increased happiness.

Nature is a tool to get children to experience not just the widerworld, but themselves. Let them learn how to take responsibilityand how to measure risk for themselves. Children are the future ofour nation. Let us all play a conscious and proactive role in devel-oping a positive outlook toward outdoor games or sports amongkids.

By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A mo-torcyclist was crushedto death after he cameunder the wheels of atruck, while his col-league was seriouslyinjured on Mondaymorning in front ofRaigad Petrol Pump inPanvel. The motorcycledriver was hit by atruck due to negligenceof the truck driver. ThePanvel Taluka policehave registered a com-plaint against the truckdriver who was respon-sible for the accident.

The deceased hasbeen identified as VinitManoj Kadu, 20, andhis colleague Vivek Dil-ip Thakur, 19. Vivek

Motorcyclist dies due tonegligence of truck driver

resided in Virar whileVinit lived in Dahanu.Vivek and Vinit wereboth worked as paint-ers. A month ago, theygot a painting job atHiranandani FortunerCity in Bhokarpada,Panvel. For this, thetwo men travelled dai-ly from Dahanu andVirar to Panvel. Afterreaching Panvel theyused to go to work atHiranandani’s site atBhokarpada on motor-cycle.

The duo arrived atPanvel on Mondaymorning from the localtrain. After that, theywere on their way toBhokarpada in theirPulsar motorcycle. At

this time, the driver ofthe truck coming to-wards ShendungTaluka suddenly madea right turn to reachthe Raigad petrolpump. As a result, Vin-it’s motorcycle got hitat the back of thetruck. Vinit, who wasriding the motorbikefell under the wheels ofthe moving truck anddied on the spot. Vivekwho was sitting behindVinit on the motorcyclefell sideways of the roadand was injured. Afterthe accident, people atthe scene held the driv-er of the truck, Cha-nafpa Baluragi, andhanded him over to thepolice.

Mumbai, VJTI, Mum-bai, State GovernmentInstitutions and corpo-rates.

The activities of thiscampaign included tak-ing pledge against sin-gle use plastic, percep-tion survey on plasticuse and its manage-ment, clean-up activi-ties to raise roadsidenative saplings of ban-yan, fig, peepal, ashokato offset carbon foot-print and to promotecircularity in plasticwaste managementwith the target of using50,000 waste plasticbottles. They also orga-nised many games topromote awareness.

Former Chief Secre-tary of the State J SSaharia, Chief Advisorto Teri G S Gill, Gov-ernment of India high-er officer Lovish Ahu-ja, Chairman of theEnvironmental Ad HocCommittee of the Mu-nicipal Corporation Di-vya Gaikwad, DeputyCommissioner Dadasa-heb Chubabswar, Co-Director of the Teri Dr.Anjali Parasnis, UN-EP’s plastic pollution

consultant Saloni Goy-al and other dignitarieswere present.

Former Chief Secre-tary, Government ofMaharashtra J S Sa-haria appreciated ‘TheRethink Plastic’ initia-tive and expressed sat-isfaction that the youth

participation was sig-nificant. He expressedthe need to do a lot ofwork on the individualand organizational lev-el against plastic pollu-tion.

Chief Advisor of TeriInstitute G S Gill said,“NMMC is working to-wards an eco-city and iscreating awareness onplastic ban, which isheartening.”

Talking about theRethink Plastic con-cept, co-director of the

TERI Anjali Parasnissaid that by recyclingand reusing plastic, aneffort is being made toprotect environment.

UNEP Pollution Ad-visor of the InstituteSaloni Goyal said thatdue to the large amountof plastic waste in the

sea, the marine life isgetting adversely affect-ed. She said that initia-tives have been startedin Mumbai, Agra,Ahmedabad and Harid-war.

The students fromKarmaveer BhauraoPatil College, ICL Col-lege, Ramrao Adik Tech-nical Institute andS.I.E.S. College as wellas the Indian Institute ofEnvironment Manage-ment and NSS partici-pated in a large number.

The Rethink

Plastic....Contd. from pg. 1

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People participate in large number to seek blessings of ‘Kharghar Ki Devi’

By Ryhea George

NAVI MUMBAI :‘Kharghar Ki DeviMaa Saraswati Puja2020’ was organized forthe 5th time by SewaFoundation headed byMr. Rajesh Shrivastav(Founder President) onWednesday, 29th Janu-ary,2020 near the Mu-seum Ground, UtsavChowk, Kharghar. AsMaa Saraswati is con-sidered to be the God-dess of Wisdom, Learn-ing, Arts, Career, theSewa Foundation orga-nised the event in asso-ciation with RadcliffeSchool, Kharghar,Navi Mumbai. Withthe help and support ofMs. Swati Mukherjee,the Regional Head Rad-cliffe School, Ms. Akhi-la Dinesh, Principal ofRadcliffe School and theentire team of theschool the Pujan wasconducted peacefully.Ms. Anishka Verma ofgrade IVA representedRadcliffe School in cul-tural function whichwas appreciated by thevisitors and guests ofthe event.

Along with RadcliffeSchool, the students ofNew English SchoolKharghar with thePrincipal AkankshaKavi Upreti and ITMBusiness School,Kharghar with the Cul-tural Head Arjun Naikparticipated in the cul-

tural function.Various Cultural

functions were wellplanned and anchoredby Mr. Amit K Verma(President of CulturalCommittee) and Mr.Rajeev Srivastava.Thousands of people at-tended this function toseek blessings ofKharghar Ki Devi andenjoyed the culturalevening. Many dignitar-ies of various fields at-tended this function.Some of them wereDIG CRPF Mr. Ravin-dra Rautela, Senior Ac-tor Mr. Anjan Srivasta-va, Ms. Shweta Shali-ni who is Chief advisorof Ex CM Mr. DevendraFandavis, Young MusicSensation Khali Balisinger Mr. ShivamPathak and manymore.

The Immersion ofKharghar Ki Devi MaaSaraswati was conduct-ed on Thursday, 30thJanuary, 2020. “Thegrand success ofKharghar ki Devi MaaSaraswati Puja waspossible due to sincereefforts of the energetic50 members of theFoundation. With thecrowd that came in wecan surely say that theDevi pujan is going tobe one of the majorevents of Navi Mumbaiin the coming years”,said one of the membersof the Committee.

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MUMBAI: Taekwon-do Association ofThane District, Taek-wondo Association ofKalyan Taluka alongwith Challenge Taek-wondo Academy hadorganized 2nd Chal-lenge District Champi-onship at Wamanrao PHall, Kalyan West re-cently.

A total of 360 stu-dents participated. The

Students of Victory Taekwondo Academybring laurels at the 2nd Challenge Cup

students from VictoryTaekwondo Academy ofNavi Mumbai led byMaster KamleshShambharkar andteam also participatedand brought many lau-rels.

Advita Bhardwaj,Hamsini Sreekaku-lam, Shreya Mawale,Avaneesh Sreekaku-lam, Kushal Khairnarand Gaurav Gupta

from Victory Taekwon-do Academy baggedgold medals whereasRiddhi Mestery, DakshKumar, Rajvaishnavibagged the silver med-al and the bronze med-al was won by SairajYewale, Ravariya Ma-hadev and Rutvi. TheJunior Boys and girlsteam both bagged theSilver medal in the tagteam match.

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Maharashtra State Police’s ‘Ride2Rise’ Bicycle Rides Attracts 500 Cyclists

A Precursor To Its International Marathon 2020To Promote Fit India Moment

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: With aview to strengthenbonds between Maha-rashtra Cycling

Cyclists from various Municipal Corporation includingNavi Mumbai and Panvel during the ‘Ride2Rise’ event

The participating Cyclists pose with Maharashtra State Police Special lG –Administration, Admin, Krishna Prakash(Center-in Blue and White) during the Ride2Rise” event a bicycle kick-off ride in the lead up to MPIM 2020, on Sunday.

Community and theState Police, a bicyclekick-off ride‘Ride2Rise’ wasorganised by the

Maharashtra Policeon Sunday 2, Febru-ary, 2020. The‘Ride2Rise’ ride whichwas spearheaded by

Bicycle Ride PartnerAbdul Rab Kazi(Founder & Admin ofMaharashtra CyclingCommunity) along

with Dr Vivek Kakkar(Founder of We-Wake.com) and MsFiroza Suresh (BicycleMayor Mumbai),

under the directguidance of KrishnaPrakash, (Spl. IGP –

Contd. on pg. 10

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Navi Mumbai is a well planned city. Transport facilityis good here and connectivity of buses and trains areexcellent. Because of wide roads, service roads whichare connected with the main road and every node is con-nected with Mumbai-Pune highway which gives fastestaccessibility that is the reason of excellent transport fa-cility. Palm Beach road has become the heart of NaviMumbai which has given faster accessibility to Vashi.

Railway station and bus depot are so well planned and the best part ofrailway station is office premises are constructed just above the station sothat people can save their travel time. There are long distance bus hub atevery node junction. NMMT buses are connected till the last mile.

Rtn. Prachi Chaudhari, Home maker, Belapur

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Your views on transport facilities in Navi Mumbai?

QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK :

Your views on the Union Budget 2020?

Navi Mumbai urgently needs proper and fast connectiv-ity. The population has increased tremendously and publictransport remains the same. Metro connectivity shouldbe introduced immediately to connect areas from Vashito Thane, Vashi to Mumbai, Vashi to ulve, Vashi to Be-lapur, Panvel and other areas. When smaller cities aregetting Metro, why Navi Mumbai remains neglected isthe question to our city administration? Only bus and

train are inadequate and metro should be introduced as soon as possible.Gurunath Kamble, Retired, Koperkhairane

Navi Mumbai is extremely lucky to be blessed with ad-equate transport facilities. With the transport manage-ment in the hands of NMMT, every area is connected bybus. Excellent connectivity is available for Navi Mum-baikars to every major nodes. However there is a needto increase frequency of buses. Also more midi busesshould be introduced to connect areas that arecongested. More buses should be introduced to nearbysatellite cities also.

Dr Pratap Mudaliar, Business, Vashi

Navi Mumbai is blessed to have good transportation fa-cility. Probably nowhere in the country such facility isavailable. The city is well connected by public and pri-vate bus service, trains and very soon it will have metro,water and air transport. This will give an internationalstatus to the city.

Anil Kumar Ubale, Journalist, Koperkhairane

Navi Mumbai is the city of the 21st century. It has beenwell conceived and planned by the City and IndustrialDevelopment Corporation. The planners had envisagedthe transportation facility and hence the residents areblessed with good transportation whether in the form ofST, BEST, NMMT or KDMT. The city is well connectedand the residents do not face any problem with regardsto transportation.

Raghjeet (sonu) Marwah, Navi Mumbai

I believe that the public transportation in Navi Mum-bai is smoother than that of Mumbai. The trains arepretty well managed but at times the beggars causetrouble and also the vendors hog the place while stand-ing in a crowded train. The most annoying thing aboutthe public transport in general is the lack of cleanli-ness as it should be considered as priority in today’sgeneration.

Mansi Worlikar, Kharghar

Readers desirous of contributing in this column may send their views along

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The roads in Navi Mumbai are spacious, clean and wellmaintained. However, people are misusing them by driv-ing rashly in roads such as Palm Beach Marg as thereis negligible traffic police coverage. As far as local rail-ways are concerned, fast locals should be introduced inthe harbour line as most of the trains in the peak hoursare congested. Being a SeaWoods resident, I have seen alot of traffic congestion near the newly built Seawoodsmall. As a result, many cars are parked in the residential areas adjacentto Seawoods mall.Santosh Shettar, Software Engineer, Seawoods

CR’s EMU Competes 95 Years Of Glorious ServiceYear wise EMU Type:

1925 - 4-car* on Harbour Line1927 - 8-car on Main Line & Harbour Line1961 - 9-car on Mainline1986 - 12-car on Mainline1987 - 12-car towards Karjat2008 - 12-car towards Kasara2010 - 12-car on Transharbour Line2012 - 15-car on Main line2016 – 12-car on Harbour line2020 – AC local on Transharbour line* Car of local train is also referred to as

Coach in today’s parlance by the CR reveredpassengers.

By Ashok Dhamija

Central Railway(CR) completed 95years of ElectricMultiple Unit (EMU)service on Monday 3February, 2020. Itwas on way back in1925 the first EMU(local) service with 4coaches was flaggedoff by Sir LeslieWilson, the thenGovernor of Mumbai.The first service ranfrom the then BombayVT (now ChhatrapatiShivaji MaharajTerminus Mumbai) toKurla on Harbourline. Since then theSuburban Serviceswhich has been thelife line of the citypresently runningwith 12 /15 Coaches,has been extended up

CR top officials join to flag off the Special rerun of the first EMU service from CSMT

to Panvel on theHarbour route,including Karjat andKasara on the Mainroute, TransharbourLine between Thane –Vashi /Panvel and the

Fourth corridor(Belapur-Seawoods-Uran line) tillKharkopar. Thelatest being theintroduction of the AClocal on Transharbour

line last month end Veenadharan PT,

an employee fromMumbai Division cutthe cake and releaseda pamphlet on comple-tion of 95 years of

EMU service atplatform no.1 atCSMT on Monday.Later, special rerun ofthe first EMU servicefrom CSMT wasflagged off at 1230hrs. S.P. Vavre,Additional GeneralManager & PrincipalChief Electrical

Engineer, A.K.Gupta, Principal ChiefMechanical Engineer,Anup Agarwal, ChiefElectrical LocomotiveEngineer, ManojMahajan, ChiefElectrical ServiceEngineer, V.K.

Contd. on pg. 10

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Spiritual Tour Of Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji

Maharaj Thane And Mumbai

Preparations On War Footing

THANE: Her HolinessSatguru Mata Sudik-shaJi Maharaj, Head ofthe Sant Nirankari Mis-sion will be visitingThane and Mumbai on5th and 6th February,2020. The Sant Niran-kari Mandal, MumbaiZone has organized oneday Sant SamagamProgrammes in the di-vine presence of HerHoliness in both theplaces. Nirankari dev-otees of Mumbai andThane are engaged inpreparations for theseprogrammes onwar footing.

Her Holiness ison a spiritual tourof Maharashtrasince 22nd Janu-ary, 2020. The 53rd

Annual NirankariSant Samagam ofMaharashtra wasorganized in Herdivine presencefrom 24th to 26th

January, 2020 atNashik. Afterwhich She visitedPune on 28th Jan-uary, Vai (Satara)on 31st January,Kolhapur on 1st Febru-ary and Pandharpur on2nd February where,one day Sant Samag-ams were organized byconcerned zones of theMission. Her Holinesswill be reaching Mum-bai after blessing the

devotees of Aurangabadon 3rdFeburary atChikalthana.

The first pro-gramme will be onWednesday, 5th Febru-ary, 2020 from 6.00 PMto 9.00 PM at BoriwadeGround, Boriwade Vil-lage, Anand Nagar,Ghodbunder Road,Near Kasarwadvli Po-lice Station, Behind D-Mart, Thane (West).While the second one ison Thursday, 6th Feb-ruary, 2020 from 6.00PM to 9.00 PM at

MMRDA Ground, NearAsian Heart Hospital,Opp.Bharat DiamondBource, G Block BKC,Bandra Kurla Com-plex, Bandra East,Mumbai 400051.

Holy Discourse byHer Holiness will be at

9.00 p.m. in both theprogrammes. Thou-sands of Nirankari dev-otees and God lovingpeople from Thane,Mumbai, Navi Mum-bai, Vasai-Virar, Kaly-an-Dombivali and ad-joining areas are ex-pected to attend theSant Samagams andseek blessings of Satgu-ru Mata SudikshaJiMaharaj.

The Nirankari Mis-sion is a spiritual move-ment aimed at fosteringuniversal brotherhood,

peace, love, amityamongst all hu-man beings andpromoting conceptof oneness by im-parting God-knowledge. It isthe simple, logical,scientific approachto seek God-knowledge thathas seen the Mis-sion grow in largenumbers.

The cross-sec-tion of devotees re-veal that theycome from variedcultural & reli-

gious beliefs, speakingdifferent languages,enjoying varied eco-nomic status, but onlyone thing in common –God knowledge. Thisoneness is displayed bysuch an assemblage onone common platform.

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: Western Railway havedecided to augment extra coaches ontemporary basis to clear extra rushof passengers on following Bi-Weeklyand Weekly Express trains via Kon-kan Railway route with halt at Pan-vel Jn. too . The details are as under

A) Additional One AC 3 TierCoach and Two Sleeper Coaches

1) Train no. 19260 Bhavnagar -Kochuveli Weekly Express Ex.Bhavnagar every Tuesday from 4 to25, February, 2020.

2) Train no. 19259 Kochuveli -Bhavnagar Weekly Express Ex. Ko-chuveli every Thursday from 6 to 27,February, 2020.

3) Train no. 19262 Porbandar -Kochuveli Weekly Express Ex. Por-bandar every Thursday from 6 to 27,February, 2020.

4) Train no. 19261 Kochuveli -Porbandar Weekly Express Ex. Ko-chuveli every Sunday from 9 Febru-

Temporary Augmentation of Coaches For Bi-Weeklyand Weekly Express Trains Via KR Route

ary to 1 March, 2020. B) Additional One AC 3 Tier

Coach1) Train no. 19578 Jamnagar -

Tirunelveli Bi-Weekly Express Ex.Jamnagar every Friday & Saturdayfrom 1 to 29, February, 2020

2) Train no. 19577 Tirunelveli -Jamnagar Bi-Weekly Express Ex.Tirunelveli every Monday & Tues-day from 4 February to 3 March,2020

3) Train no. 22908 Hapa - Madg-aon Jn. Weekly Express Ex. Hapaevery Thursday from 6 to 27, Feb-ruary, 2020.

4) Train no. 22907 Madgaon Jn.- Hapa Weekly Express Ex. Madga-on Jn. every Friday from 7 to 28, Feb-ruary, 2020.

During the above period, all theabove Bi-Weekly and Weekly Expresstrains will run with a compositionof 23 coaches.

Passengers are requested tokindly avail the services.

Businessman looted by a gangAccused befriended the victim through Facebook

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A busi-nessman in KamotheSector-12 was looted ofRs 39 lakh 90 thousandby a gang.

The victim Shan-karlal Saini, 42, in hiscomplaint said last Oc-tober, he received afriend request on Face-book from a womannamed Ella Basil follow-ing which Shankarlalaccepted Ella Basil’sfriend request and start-ed chatting with herregularly.

Later in the monthof November, Basil said

she wanted to meet himand visit India. Withindays, a woman namedSonia Gupta calledShankarlal, said thatshe was speaking fromthe airport’s customsoffice department andsaid that Ella Basil, whocame from abroad, wascarrying gold jewellery,laptops and phones andRs. 45,000 needed to bepaid for her release.Saini made a paymentof Rs 45,000.

Later Gupta calledagain saying that Basilhad brought a draft ofRs. 1.8 crore and that

money needed to be paidfor her release. Howev-er, Shankarlal refusedto pay the amount.However, other mem-bers in the gang calledthe victim and said thatBasil will not be re-leased until the dueswere paid. Accordingly,Shankarlal sent a totalof Rs 39 lakh 90 thou-sand 600 to the gang.However, Shankarlalrealised he was connedand later he lodged acomplaint with the Ka-mothe police.

Contd. on pg. 11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE is hereby given to the Public at large that my Client hasagreed to purchase / acquire all the rights, title, interest and benefits inPlot No. 53, admeasuring 366.27 Sq. Mtrs., situated at Sector19-E, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane, more particularlydescribed in the Schedule hereunder written from (1) MR.HARVINDERJIT SINGH MAKKAR AND (2) MRS. MANDEEPKAUR MAKKAR.Any person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s,Company/ies or any other Govt./Concerned authorities having anyright, title, claim, interest, estate, share, benefit, etc. against or inrespect of the aforesaid property or any part thereof by way ofAgreement, Demand, Sale, Transfer, Exchange, Tenancy, Sub-tenancy,Mortgage, Possession, Gift, Lease, Sub-lease, Lien, Charge, Trust,Maintenance, Development, Easement, Lis-Pendens, Leave andLicense, Inheritance, or any other means, or any other Attachment orunder any Decree or Order or Award passed by any Court of Law,Tribunal, Revenue or Statutory Authority or Arbitration, etc. or otherwise,whatsoever, is/are hereby called upon to make the same known inwriting to the undersigned with all supporting documentary evidence atthe address mentioned herein below within a period of 15 days fromthe date of publication hereof.If no claim is made within 15 days, it will be deemed that there are noclaims or the claims, if any, will be deemed to have been waived andmy Client will be at liberty to proceed accordingly.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TOAll that Piece and Parcel of the said Plot No. 53, admeasuring366.27 Sq. Mtrs., situated at Sector 19-E, Vashi, Navi Mumbai,Tal. & Dist. Thane – 400 703, assessed in Revenue Village Vashiand within the limits of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation,Vashi Division and within the Jurisdiction of Registration Dist.Thane and Sub Registration Dist. Thane (Navi Mumbai).

Sd/-A. A. PATEL

ADVOCATE HIGH COURTSS3/230, SECTOR–2, VASHI,

Place : Navi Mumbai NAVI MUMBAI – 400 703Date : 04/02/2020 MOB: 9321225353

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By Lakshman Sundar

NAVI MUMBAI: Aspart of its ongoing ThaiPoosam Festival, Ner-ul Bhakta Samaj(NBS) organized aGrand Radha Madha-va Kalyana Mahotsa-vam at its MuruganTemple Premises atSector 29, near NerulBus Depot, Nerul Easton Sunday, Febraury1, 2020. The whole ven-ue was brimming withdivine atmosphere asdevotees began to pourinto the temple rightfrom the early morn-ing. Excellent arrange-ments were made bythe management ofNBS for the benefit ofpeople visiting the tem-ple during this impor-tant festival. The wholeevent was organizedmeticulously and mag-nificently.

The day startedwith Maha GanapathiHomam around 6.15 inthe morning It was fol-lowed by Ekadasa Dra-vya Abhishekam. AfterDeepaaradhana, Dam-pathi Pooja and Manga-lya Dharana (LakshmiPooja), Unchivriti andBhajans for Sri RadhaMadhava Kalyana Ma-hotsavam by Sri. Sree-kant Gopala KrishnaBhagavatar & Teamfrom Mumbai kept theaudience in the jam-packed hall spellboundfor nearly three hoursby their melodious ren-dition.

Ashtapadi–Gita Govindam

The Bhajan startedwith invocation andwas followed by GuruKirtanas on Trinitiesand Guru Abhangs(Marati).

About 24 Ashtapa-dis composed by SriJayadevar and all Ash-tapadis were sung.The 22nd Ashtapadipopularly known asKalyana Ashtapadiwhich describes theHappiness of Radha inuniting with LordKrishna after a longseparation was ren-dered as the mainpiece. This was fol-lowed by SriBhadrachala Rama-dasar ’s Kriti ‘RamaRara’ inviting Lord for

Nerul Bhakta Samaj organises a resplendent Radha Madhava Kalyan Mahotsavam

His WeddingLadies attired in

traditional MadisarSarees then brought allthe Seervarisai items(presents) like kum-kum, flowers, sugar,Dhotis and Sarees withblouse pieces, sweets,fruits, MangalaSutram Etc. ThenBhagavathas offered allthose items to LordRadhakrishna amidthe singing of GowriKalyana Vaibhogame’‘Gowri Kalyana Vaib-hogame’ song

Sanskrit Slokas de-scribing the divine at-mosphere prevailing inthe beautifully decorat-ed wedding hall, musicsung by Narada, Tum-buru and Gandharvaasand various Vedic Rit-uals performed by theGreat Saints and glori-fying the personalityand virtues of Lord SriKrishna and Radhawere recited.Pooja & Mangala Harati:

Mangalya Pooja wasthen performed. Slokasexplaining the heredi-tary (Genealogy) ofLord Krishna andRadha i.e. Vamsamand Gothrams were re-cited. Then Kanni-kadanam (the offeringof the bride) was per-

formed.Eight slokas in

Mangalashtakam,which describes the ar-rival and presence of allGods, Saints, Kings,Holy Mountains, HolyRivers and all the Plan-ets were chanted. ThenMangalya Dharanamwas performed andsweets were distribut-ed. Nalangu kritis weresung. Sri Radha thengave Taambula (betelleaves preparation) toSri Krishna and theDivine Couple ex-changed garlands,playing with ballsmade of flowers.

Shodasa UpacharaPooja and MangalaHarati were then per-formed. Sri RadhaMadhava Kalyana Mo-

hotsavam concludedwith Mangalam.

Child GoddessDevotee Kumari

Avantika Karthick, athird standard child atPodar InternationalSchool in Nerul becamethe cynosure of all eyeswhen she was deifiedand honoured. It dem-onstrates that our tra-dition not only respectswomen but also chil-dren of both genders. Itwas a very delectablesight to watch Avanti-ka being venerated asa representation ofDevi. It was like seeingRadha coming in theform of Avantika.

Sreekanth Bhagav-atam & his team werehonoured by the Man-aging Committee Mem-

bers of Nerul BhaktaSamaj with a shawland other traditionalofferings. All those whowere responsible for thesuccessful culminationof this event were alsoindividually honoured.

Over 300 devoteesattended this auspiciousevent and enjoyed everynano second.

Mahaprasadam (asumptuous lunch) wasoffered to all after theconclusion of the RadhaMadhava Kalyana Ma-hotsavam.

SignificanceRadha Madhava Ka-

lyana Utsavam (or sim-ply called Radha Kaly-anam) is performed tomake people realize theimportance of Jeevatma-Paramatma union onthe basis of the GitaGovinda Maha Kavyamcomposed by Sri Jayade-va Kavi during 12thCentury.

Performing RadhaKalyanam like SitaKalyanam, MeenakshiKalyanam, ParvathiKalyanam, RukminiKalyanam and Sri Val-li & Devyani Kalyan-am is part and parcelof our Bhajan Sampra-daya. These DivineWeddings help us as-semble all devotees inone place and concen-trate their minds onBhakti that leads toharmony, happinessand human integra-tion.

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Navi Mumbai and NMTV lost a

noble soul in Dr. Ravi SubbaiahEditor in Chief at Navi Mumbai Television

Pvt Ltd is no more. He died of illness. NMTV isthe only local cable news station to be accreditedby the government of Maharashtra. In his death, the satellite city has

lost a noble soul and a spirited human being.Working in the capacity of the Editor-in-Chief of the channel Dr.

Ravi Subbaiah has ensured that NMTV stays as a media independent ofgovernment, political party and any other special interests. Dr. RaviSubbaiah was a source of inspiration and evidently resolved to assertthe editorial independence of the news channel, which is the key to thebest in journalism by sparing no effort to endure its economic indepen-dence.

Dr. Ravi Subbaiah was also the first person with disability in theworld to head the operations of a local cable news station. This feat wasrecognized when the University of Jerusalem conferred on him an hon-orary doctorate for his research and work in the field of media and newsbroadcasting industry. The quality that gives any media its distinctionis the collective contribution of the team. Under Dr. Ravi Subbaiah,NMTV was home to the city’s finest talent. Dr. Ravi Subbaiah, a won-derful human- die hard worker, who brought NMTV to this height andit was very shocking to hear his untimely passing away. As a freelancewriter my career performance was covered by NMTV twice by this localTV channel. I am indebted to submit this obituary. May his noble SoulRest In Peace! Heartfelt condolences. RIP.

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

New Zealand’s T20 TraumaAbased At AucklandAbashed At AucklandHumbled At HamiltonWalloped At WellingtonMashed Out At Mount Maunganui

Lakshman Sundar, Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Letter to the Editor.... Genius Consultants Survey showcases

the view of India Inc. on Revolutionary

Amendments on Labour lawsMUMBAI: Genius

Consultants Ltd., oneof the leading staffingcompanies of India hasinitiated a survey tolearn the impact of thetwo labour reform billsintroduced by the gov-ernment on India Inc.The two labour reformbills are Code on Wag-es Bill 2019 that aimsto simplify the wageand bonus paymentsrules, besides mandat-ing a national mini-mum wage and. Theother one is Occupa-tional Safety, Healthand Working Condi-tions Code 2019 thataims to improve theworking condition ofworkers across all com-panies which has 10 ormore employees. Thewage code bill has sub-sumed four laws from44 and the occupation-al health code hasmerged 13 related laws.

The survey show-cases that 76 % respon-dents believe that therevised merged labourlaw bill will help in easeof doing of businesswhile only 14% saidthat previous formatwas better followed bymeagre amount of 10%thought that merging

is unnecessary.According to the na-

tionwide study, 62% ofthe participants is ofthe opinion that reduc-tion of ESI contributionto 4% would encouragepeople to join thescheme whereas 29% isof the opinion that thelives of the beneficiarieswould have a positiveimpact with highertake home salary due tothe initiative.

While engagingwith people to knowabout government’s la-bour reform initiativesof amalgamating thelong format labour lawsinto four codes on wag-es, industrial relations,social security, safety &health and working con-ditions, 71% said thatthis will help to sort outon the going labour is-sues followed 16% say-ing that disadvantagesin the unorganised sec-tor like employmentsecurity, low wages etc.will be streamlined.

In terms of raise inpercentage of EPFwithdrawal from 2018-19, the study says that85% is positive in theiroutlook that it will en-courage more employ-ers to be part of EPFO

on the other hand 8%says that this changewas not necessary fol-lowed by 7% indicatingthat it is unclear be-cause government isrequesting RBI to low-er the rates and simul-taneously allowing highrates on EPFO regula-tions.

Mr. R.P Yadav,Chairman and Manag-ing Director, GeniusConsultants Ltd, said“According to our sur-vey, the overall indus-try sentiments with theseries of government’sinitiatives indicate apositive outlook for theindustry and its people.These comprehensivelaws aim to rationalizedifferent formats intosimpler one and bringabout uniformity in def-initions. This showcas-es government’s actionin creating an ecosys-tem for growth andemployability.”

The countrywidesurvey across indus-tries presents a com-plete assessment of theindustry opinions andcontains attentivethoughts, facts, and in-dustry validated datafrom well-known or-ganisations.

Administration ,Maharashtra StatePolice). The samesaw active partici-pants from over 500participants who rodefrom Mumbai, Panvel,Thane, Kalyan& Mira-Bhyander MunicipalCorporation jurisdic-tions sportingthe India Flag andMPIM flags, converg-ing at Bombay Presi-dency Radio Club,Colaba with somecyclists covering adistance of approxi-mately 150 km (to &fro), cycling throughall the major portionsof Mumbai city. TheRide also saw 10visually impairedparticipants riding ontandem cycles guidedby their pilot.

Bajrang Bansode(AIG -Operations,Maharashtra StatePolice , who addressed

the gathering at thefinish point shared‘’The ‘Ride2Rise’bicycle ride was heldto promote improvedyouth engagementand to inculcate betterpolice-public interface.

Being organised asa build up to ourMaharashtra PoliceInternational Mara-thon (MPIM) 2020scheduled to be held infour categories fromFull Marathon, HalfMarathon in additionto 10 Km and 5 Kmroad races to be heldnext Sunday, thesame also acts as acatalyst for being partof the ‘Fit IndiaMovement’”.

He further added“Over 500 participantsrode from Mumbai,Panvel, Thane,Kalyan & Mira-Bhyander sportingthe India Flag andMPIM flags. The ridealso saw 10 visuallyimpaired participantsriding ontandem cycles guided

by their pilots tospread the message.The idea behindhaving visuallyimpaired participantswas to showcase thatthe police are the pilotsof the society, workingin tandem with thepublic and striving tobuild a society basedon Trust, Service,Commitment, Safety,Security, Unity &Harmony”.

Krishna Prakashon the other hand inhis address motivatedthe participants withshayaries and poems,appreciated the effortsof the participants andfurther encouragedthem to aspire andattempt DuathlonRaces (Running +Cycling) and TriathlonRaces (Running +Cycling + Swimming)across the World. Thedream is to have a fleetof Triathletes repre-senting India on theGlobal Map of Iron-man/ Ultramanevents.

MaharashtraState Police..

Contd. from pg. 6

Mehra, Chief Electri-cal Engineer (RollingStock), A.K. Tiwari,Chief Electrical

CR’s EMUCompetes...

Contd. from pg. 7

Engineer (General), iSanjeev Deshpande,Chief Motive PowerEngineer, RupeshKohli, Chief RollingStock Engineer(Coaching), PiyushKakkar & Shri H.G.

Tiwari, AdditionalDivisional RailwayManagers, MumbaiDivision, Shivaji Sutar,Chief Public RelationsOfficer, Central Rail-way were present onthe occasion.

By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A tempo driver losthis life in a collision with a truck whileon the Mumbai-Pune Express route.

The deceased was identified asRameshkumar Shivcharan Pal, 40,a resident of Kurra Village in MaladEast. At midnight on Sunday,Rameshkumar was on his way toMumbai from Pune via Mumbai-Pune Express, in Eicher Tempo. Ashis tempo approached Kalamboli ataround 4.30am on Monday, he lostcontrol of the tempo and hit a ten-wheeler truck. Due to the collision,

Tempo driver killed onMumbai-Pune Expressway

the front part of the tempo was com-pletely crushed due to which Ramesh-kumar Pal sustained injuries and wastrapped inside.

Few passersby tried to removeRameshkumar from the vehicle how-ever as they were unable to do so, theycalled the fire brigade and the policewho then removed Rameshkumarfrom the mangled tempo and rushedto the hospital. The doctor, however,declared Rameshkumar dead beforeadmission. Khandeshwar police haveregistered a case against Rameshku-mar responsible for the accident.

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Bank of India strengthening on quarter to quarterBy Vinod C. Dixit

Kudos to Bank ofIndia for reporting a netprofit of Rs106 crore inthe third quarter end-ed December 31, 2019,against a net loss of Rs4,738 crore in the year-ago quarter. It is reallyto be appreciated thatin the fourth successivequarter that the BoI apublic sector bank haslogged a net profit. Thisreveals that fact thatBOI is strengthening onquarter to quarter andthere is no doubt thatthe huge force of BOIhas ability to turnaround the Bank fromany adverse situation.Net interest incomerose 24 per cent YoY toRs 4,119 crore in thereporting quarteragainst Rs 3,332 crorein the year-ago quarter.

Non-interest incomehas jumped 50 per centYoY to Rs 2,503 crore inthe reporting quarteragainst Rs1,669 crorein the year-ago quarter.This was mainly due toa marked improvementin recovery in written-off accounts, whichsoared to Rs 1,337 crorefrom Rs 262 crore.

BoI is poised for agreat leap in future. Itis today stronger, big-ger, more vibrant andconfident bank. Sever-al structural changeswere introduced inBank of India tostrengthen the recoverymechanism and tostrengthen the creditmechanism. The fraudmanagement systemwas also brought undercontrol. Mission Sa-madhan has played an

vital role in reducingthe net NPA as it hashelped a lot in dealingwith big as well as ARCaccounts. BoI is work-ing on strengthening itsprocesses on a quarter-on-quarter basis and isfocussing on asset com-position, quality andcapital maximizationwhich is more impor-tant than growing busi-ness. Customers acqui-sition and introductionof new projects, cam-paigns and products aswell as services havegiven a new impetus.

Bank of India’sname is now a house-hold name and synony-mous with growth, de-velopment and efficien-cy. The bank has thebest of technology andbest of capabilities. Ithas several firsts to its

name and has alwaysbeen in the forefrontfor bring about newconcepts and changesin the Indian bankingscenario. There is nodoubt that BOI contin-ues to have a com-manding presence inthe nation’s corporate-industrial realm. It isobserved that amongstall banks BOI remainsone of the front run-ners in the commit-ment and implementa-tion of Financial inclu-sion initiatives.

BOI is a bank thatbelieves in nation build-ing, ethics & integrity,value for customers,pride for its employees,profitable growth andcontributing to society.Top Managements hasinitiated very good re-forms in bank and is

reviving very fast. BOIhas been built on verysound principles with aunique culture, en-riched by successivegenerations. BOI is re-ally blessed with thedynamic leadership ofMD & CEO Atanu Ku-mar Das and dynamicED Chaitanya GayatriChintapalli.

The huge force ofBOI has the capacity towalk an Extra Mileand put in extra effortsby “Working More”and “WorkingBetter”and will comeout with decent figuresin March 2020. BOIbeing placed continu-ously amongst themost trusted branch inthe banking industryreveals the trust of itscustomers in the bank.

Lastly, I would like

to quote the words ofEdwin C. Bliss “Suc-cess doesn’t mean theabsence of failures, itmeans the attainmentof ultimate objectives.It means winning thewar, not every battle.”The writer is freelancer,writer, cartoonist.

“Nowadays, manyyoung people are accept-ing strangers’ friend re-quests through socialmedia and chatting withthem. Such strangersare likely to cheat.Therefore, citizensshould not associatewith strangers throughFacebook or social net-working,” appeals NaviMumbai Police.

Businessmanlooted ...Contd. from pg. 8

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JNPT Chairman reviews work of JNPT SEZBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: ShriSanjay Sethi, Chair-man, JNPT reviewedthe onsite infrastruc-ture implementationwork of JNPT SEZ re-cently. During the in-spection he visited ar-eas which included the220/33 KV JNPT SEZmaster station, whichwill mainly be used tosupply power for thesubstation inside theSEZ area; the 33 /11KV substation whichsupplies power to vari-ous plot owners; servic-es corridor adjacent tothe road network; theTraining Centre and Ad-ministration building;the Sewage treatmentplant; elevated waterstorage reservoir; etc.

Commenting on theprogress, Shri SanjaySethi, Chairman,JNPT said, “All infra-structure works are in

advance stages of con-struction, including200/33 KV substationwork, administrationbuilding, and the Ser-vices laying works.JNPT team is closelyworking with the as-signed vendors to en-sure timely completionof the infrastructuresupport work, so thatthe investors can startthe construction workon their allotted plotssoon.’’

JNPT-SEZ is a Spe-cial Economic Zoneproject of 277 Ha con-ceptualized in line withthe objective of Port ledIndustrialization underMinistry of ShippingSagaramala initiativeand is first of its kindmajor port multi prod-uct industrial complexin the country. TheSEZ envisages settingup various industriesas per norms laid in

cess in three rounds oftender process.

M/s Hindustan In-fralog Pvt Ltd, a jointventure company be-tween DP World invest-ment BV (DPW) andNational Infrastructureand Investment Fund(NIIF) won the bid forallotment of 44 acres ofland for setting up ofFree Trade Warehous-ing Zone - FTWZ inJNPT SEZ. FTWZ is aSpecial Economic Zonewherein mainly trad-ing, warehousing andother related activitiesare carried on. ThisWarehouse will be astrategic asset forJNPT-SEZ and thecompanies investinghere because it will pro-vide warehousing ofvarious products, state-of-the-art equipment,transportation and han-dling facilities for thetrade. As per the busi-ness plan submitted,the estimated invest-ment in the develop-ment of FTWZ landshall be INR 200 croreand the project is like-

ly to be operationalizedwithin 2 years inphased manner, gener-ating an estimated em-ployment for 600+ peo-ple.

JNPT-SEZ is metic-ulously designed withstate-of-the-art infra-structure to boost ex-port-oriented industriesin India. To promote in-dustrialisation and eco-nomic growth throughsustainable develop-ment, the Governmentof India is providing at-tractive financial incen-tives to all SEZ inves-tors. Both co-developersand investors will be el-igible for duty exemp-tions, tax exemptions,and FDI norm relax-ations. JNPT -SEZ hasalso issued its firstbuilding permission asSpecial Planning Au-thority (SPA) to M/s.Krish Food Industry (In-dia) earlier this week.They are likely to starttheir construction andfurther operations soon,which will make JNPTSEZ an operationalSEZ.

SEZ Act and Rules, in-dustries like Automo-bile, Engineering Elec-trical, Electronic,Pharma & Food Pro-cessing industries, etc.Currently approx. 75acres of land out of to-

tal 400 acres SEZ landto lease out is success-fully allotted for a peri-od of 60 years at a totalpremium of INR 630crore to 16 companiesthrough transparent e-tender-cum-auction pro-

Students Spread Message OnEnergy and Water Conservation

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: ‘Savetoday, Survive tomor-row, Towards a Health-ier Future’ with this asthe motto, Ryan Inter-national School, Sanpa-da conducted a funfilled activity at NerulGymkhana last weekend to spread the real-ization of importance ofenergy and water con-servation.

Students in the agegroup 3 to 14 yearsshowcased their cre-ative talent during thecollage making, sloganwriting and poster

The best of the best were felicitated by the organisers

Poster making activity was one among many that allowedthe participants to showcase their creative talent

making activities andshowcased various in-novative ideas. A funfilled running race wasalso organized for theadults and Senior citi-zens which too wit-

nessed enthusiasticparticipation. The win-ners too were felicitat-ed on the occasion.

“The students ac-tively participated inthe event and exhibit-

ed immense talent andcreativity. Various in-novative ideas werehighlighted. The activ-ity spread awarenessabout a very relevantand big concern- Ener-gy and Water preserva-tion. It helped the chil-dren and adults under-stand their responsibil-ities towards the healthand prosperity of theirplanet Earth and exe-cute their duties like-wise” shared MurielFernandes, Principal ofthe Sanpada based in-stitute.