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By Tutu

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePCMC’s prepared citydevelopment plan(CDP) will require amassive Rs 10514 croreby 2041 to meet theshort, medium andlong term plans. Theplans include watersupply, sewerage andsanitation, urban road,traffic and transporta-tion, storm waterdrainage, street light,solid waste manage-ment, disaster manage-ment, housing etc. TheCDP prepared by a con-sulting firm, CrisilRisk & InfrastructureSolution Ltd. will beput to debate in the de-ferred general bodymeeting scheduled tobe held soon.

The CDP has pro-jected three plans -short term (upto year2025), medium term(upto 2032) and longterm (upto 2041). Theshort term plan willrequire Rs. 5888cr tomeet the needs, medi-um term Rs2053cr andlong term Rs2573cr.

The plans includewater supply, sewerageand sanitation, urbanroad, traffic and trans-portation, storm waterdrainage, street light,

PCMC’s City DevelopmentPlan projects whopping

Rs. 10514 crsolid waste manage-ment, disaster manage-ment, housing etc. Morethan half of requiredfund ie Rs. 5888cr isneeded for the shortterm plan upto 2025.

The CDP has beenprepared taking intoaccount the views ofstake holders like cor-porators, advocates,doctors, NGOs, au-torickshaw unions,etc. The projected pop-ulation of PCMC area,it is learnt, will be 21lakh by 2025, 25lakh by2032 and over 30lakh by2041. The current yearestimated population isslated at 16 lakh.

The PCMC commis-sioner Ganesh Desh-mukh in his submis-sion to the general bodypointed out that the so-cial infrastructure (ed-ucation, health, gardenand recreative space)sector will demand the

Cont. on pg. 2

Additional 29 buses by end of August

NMMT gets it 1st electric bus

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Afterthe wait of almost ayear, the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Transport(NMMT) has finally re-ceived the first electricbus. Another fleet of 29buses will come by theend of August, it islearnt.

The proposal forelectric buses waspassed during the ten-ure of former NaviMumbai Municipal(NMMC) Commission-er, Dr. Ramaswami N.with an aim to reducecarbon pollution.

Shirish Aradhwad,NMMT Manager in-formed, “Introductionof e buses is the eco-friendly initiative ofthe union government.The transport depart-ment had sent the pro-posal to the depart-ment of heavy industryfor financing theproject under the cen-

tral government’sFaster Adoption andManufacturing of Elec-tric (& Hybrid) Vehi-cles in India (FAME-1)scheme. Under thisscheme 60 percent ofsubsidies are providedby the central govern-ment to the govern-ment and semi-govern-ment organisations ifthey buy the electricvehicles which will be

used as public trans-portation. And another10 percent subsidy isprovided for bus charg-ing facility.”

He further added,“One electric bus hasalready arrived at Tur-bhe Bus Depot and the29 buses will be arriv-ing soon. This will helpin reducing pollution.Fully charged electricbuses can run upto 200-

250 kilometers. We alsoneed charging stationfor it and for the samewe will be getting 10percent subsidies fromthe central govern-ment. NMMT will soonhave two charging sta-tions in the city. Theconstruction of onecharging station hasalready begun and willbecome operationalvery soon.”

Cont. on pg. 5

Police ask Zomato to taken sternaction against their delivery personBy Vikram Gaikwad

NAVI MUMBAI: TheVashi police have writ-ten a letter to the Zo-mato, Mumbai officerabout the recent viralvideo incident whereone of their employeesPriyanka RajeshMogre, who works as adelivery person, usedderogatory languageand prevented a policeofficer from doing hisduty.

The accused Priyan-ka Mogre, a Zomatodelivery woman hasbeen sentenced to mag-

istrate custody for de-faming the traffic po-lice, using abusive lan-guage and stopping thepolice from doing hisduty on August 8.

The Vashi policehave registered a case

Police also finesPriyanka with

Rs 1200 for notwearing helmet and

carrying properdocuments of the

vehicle.

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NAVI MUMBAI : Thereare millions of peoplesuffering from variouskinds of problems intheir eyes. Optometryis the right career op-tion for those who areinterested in alleviat-ing human sufferings.In an overly populatedcountry like India, thedemand for Optome-trists is very high andis expected to rise fur-ther in the comingyears. Laxmi College ofOptometry, Panvel of-fers a state of the artinfrastructure andqualified faculties topursue career in Op-tometry.

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try has started theiradmission process forBachelor of Optometry,from 19th August 2019till 31st August 2019.Laxmi College of Op-tometry was foundedby Medical Directorand veteran eye sur-geon in India, Dr. Su-has Haldipurkar in1999, under the parentbody of Laxmi Charita-ble Trust. In the ini-tial years, College ofOptometry had startedDiploma course affiliat-ed to Federation ofOphthalmic Researchand Education(FOREC) and in 2006they started a 4 yeardegree programme of

Bachelors of Science inOptometry with recog-nition of YashwantraoChavan MaharashtraOpen University,Nashik. Presently thecollege is affiliated toMaharashtra Univer-sity of Health Sciences(MUHS) Nashik for adegree course in Op-tometry. Students whowish to pursue a de-gree should havepassed Higher Second-ary (10+2), with a min-imum of 50 per centmarks with Physics,Chemistry and Biology.The students whowant to make their ca-reer in the field of Op-tometry must have

persistence, manualhandiness and confi-dence thus said by Dr.Rita Dhamankar,Principal of College ofOptometry.

Optometrists arethe primary healthcarepractitioners of the eyeand visual system whoprovide comprehensiveeye and vision care,which includes refrac-tion and dispensing ofEye Glasses, ContactLenses, detection/diag-nosis and managementof disease in the eye,and the rehabilitationof conditions of the vi-sual system in the formof Vision Therapy andLow Vision.

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maximum Rs4308cr. This is followed by Urbanroad, traffic and transportation - Rs2345cr, Sewerage and sanitation - Rs1053cr, Housing - Rs771cr, Disaster management -Rs686cr, Solid waste management -Rs442cr, Storm water drainage - Rs 422cr, Watersupply - Rs401cr among others (see table).

Sector - Total Investment required by 2041Social infrastructure (education, health, etc) - Rs4308crUrban road, traffic and transportation - Rs2345crSewerage and sanitation - Rs1053 crHousing - Rs771crDisaster management - Rs686crSolid waste management - Rs442crStorm water drainage - Rs422crWater supply - Rs401crStreet light - Rs65crReform implementation, etc - Rs20crOthers - Rs1.3crTotal - Rs10514cr

PCMC’s City Development....Cont. from pg. 1

NGO representative Sham Phadnis said, ”Wehad suggested happiness quotient and Ideal Citi-zen Charter in the CDP stake holders meetingheld in December 2018. The happiness index mea-sures the services provided by a civic body. Alsozero garbage, maintaining standard ratio of openspaces, play grounds and tree coverage per sq km,quality and guarantee of works, quarterly reporton plan and spending by the municipal corpora-tion etc.”

Mahalakshmi SarasExhibition

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Ma-halakshmi Saras 2019Exhibition has been or-ganized at Agri-KoliCultural Bhavan, Sec-tor-24, Palm BeachRoad, Nerul, NaviMumbai in associationwith Rural Develop-ment and PanchayatRaj Department, Gov-ernment of Maharash-tra. The exhibition willbe inaugurated by Min-ister of Rural Develop-ment, Women andChild Development,Pankaja Munde at 2.00pm on August 21, 2019.The exhibition will end

on 30 August.Self-help groups and

rural artisans fromMaharashtra and vari-ous states of India willbe participating in theexhibition. About 120stalls and 20 food stallswill display various ar-tistic items created byrural women and arti-sans. Cultural eventshave been organized onevery evening. Citizensshould visit this exhibi-tion and purchase ma-terials, appealed Mrs. RVimla, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, MaharashtraState Rural Life Im-provement Campaign.

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Shramik ShikshanMandal’s F G Naik col-lege organized a fresh-er’s party recently withvarious cultural activi-ties and events. Variousdepartments were alsoinaugurated by Princi-pal Pratap Mahadiksuch as cultural,sports, woman’s devel-opment cell, AajivanAdhyan and Vistar De-partment.

Speaking on the oc-

F G Naik College celebratesFresher’s Party

casion Principal Ma-hadik said, “Collegesorganizes fresher’s par-ty every year to wel-come the new students.Such parties not onlybuild their confidencebut also helps them toshowcase their talentand creativity.”

The students withbest performances invarious events of thecollege were awardedwith ‘Miss Fresher’ and‘Mr. Fresher’ award.

Amongst the girls

Shivani Ude, first yearstudent of Arts wonMiss Fresher awardand from amongst theboys Amit Yadav, stu-dent of first year scienceIT, won Mr. Fresheraward.

Prof. Seema Shinde,Prof. Dattatry Ghodke,Prof. Sangita Vaskar,Prof. Chinmai Vaydya,Prof. Jayshree Dahat,Prof. Prajakta Patil,Prof. Samidha Patil,Prof. Monika Paradwere also present.

Actors celebrate Rakshabandha with orphan children

By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Thealumni of Chhatra-pati Rajeshri ShahuMaharaj Vidyalayacelebrated Raksha-bandhan with Friend-ship Centre of India,an orphanage atDigha. On thisoccasion, actor SudyaWardekar and SiddhiPatane as well asAshram’s directorJerusa Madam,school PrincipalMaruti Gavali,Vidyadeep Vidyalay’sheadmaster NahaGawali, schoolteacher AmolWaghamare, DilipNimbara, JeetuNimbara and otherswere present

Suraj Dhasade,Suresh Kamble,Nashir Shaha, Ma-hesh Kutnure, Sairaj

Bhidekar, AartiJamadar, ShivaniParte, Nilam Ranvare,

Shital Trimbake, allworked hard to makethe program a success.

Airoli’s ‘Japanese Garden’remains in darkness

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC)’s ChincholiGarden at Sector 5,Airoli has been wearinga deserted look since

the past month. Thegarden, which is popu-larly known as ‘Japa-nese Garden’, remainsperpetually in darknessas there are no lightseither within the gar-den or on the streetsleading to the gardensince past month due to

which the citizens andchildren have stoppedvisiting the garden.

The park which wasinaugurated two yearsago had become an at-traction not only for theresidents of sector 5 but

even for the residentfrom adjoining Sectors4, 5, 8, 16, and 17. How-ever, the residents al-lege that as there areno lights within thegarden or on the street,it has become difficultto visit the garden. De-spite repeated com-

plaints, they say, noaction has been takenby the authorities.

Shakuntala Patil, aresident of sector 5,Airoli, said, “With nolight within the gar-den, young couples are

taking advantage be-cause of which it hasbecome very difficult forsenior citizens, like us,to visit the park.”

Despite repeated at-tempts to contactNMMC engineer Prab-hakar Gade was notavailable for comments.

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Thegeneral body meetingon 20th August, 2019 atNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) headquarterwas full of drama. Theinitial two hourswent in Mayor Jay-want Sutar re-questing the Na-tionalist CongressParty CorporatorAshok Gawde andhis supporters, whowere sitting on thefloor in protestagainst the work-ing of general bodymeeting, to sit on theirseats.

Earlier AshokGawde, NCP Corpora-tor who has been giv-en the additional re-sponsibility of NaviMumbai NCP Presi-dent alleged that thereis partiality in givinggreen signals to theproposals during thegeneral body meeting.Proposals of those whoare close to Naik fami-ly, he alleged, are

passed and those whodon’t gel with themface the brunt.

Saroj Rohidas Patil,Shiv-Sena Corporatorfrom Ward No 101 Be-lapur alleged that the“Mayor behaves like a

dictator. He never al-lows us to speak aboutthe issues in our par-ticular wards. As a cor-porator, it is my dutyto raise grievances ofthe people of my wardwho have voted me asa Corporator.”

Namdeo Bhagat,Shiv-Sena Corporatoralso alleged that theMayor Jaywant Sutarbehaves like a ‘dicta-tor’. He should alloweach and every mem-ber in the house to

speak during generalbody meeting. Heshould not dictateterms to the corpora-tors as we are alsoelected by the people ofour ward to representthem in NMMC and

raise issues con-cerning them inboth standing com-mittee and generalbody meetings.”

Suraj BalramPatil, NCP Corpo-rator, who ex-pressed dissatisfac-tion with the replyof Mayor to his

question whether ‘Ma-hila Bhavan’ buildingwhich has been givento one of the organisa-tions, is being man-aged properly, said,“From last few monthsit has been noticed thatNMMC MayorJayawant Sutar is be-having like a dictator.Neither he gives prop-er answers to the ques-tions raised by the cor-porators nor the au-thorities give satisfac-tory replies.”

Corporators demand to beallowed to raise issues in

General Body Meeting

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Issue : 95 21 August, 2019

By Vinod

Chandrashekhar Dixit

We all are awarethat the Lok Sabhaholds a very importantplace in the political hi-erarchy of India andplays a major part inmapping out how ourcountry functions andprogresses. I have beencontinuously watchingalmost all the sessionof proceedings of Loksabha. Red salute toour LS speaker OmBirla for handling thehouse in a very niceand planned manner.Really, he is an amia-ble speaker and has anexcellent ability tomake connections andcontrol the membersin Lok sabha. We haveseen him maintainingthe discipline and theorder in the Lok Sab-ha and he also acts asa mediator in case ofany nasty arguments.He is performing hisduties as speaker inLok Sabha as a non-partisan speaker andaccording to moralsand traditions; aspeaker cannot be in-cluded in a party orcannot be bounded byany party’s guidelines.

Birla had promisedto run the House in animpartial manner andto safeguard the inter-ests of the members ir-respective of thestrength of their par-ties in the House andhe is fulfilling hispromise. In his speech,he assures the mem-bers that they would be“heard” and that thehouse respondsthem. The Speaker isthe constitutional andceremonial head of theHouse. He is the prin-cipal spokesperson ofthe House. Modi de-serves a big applauseand our country and

NaMo’s superb choice ofOm Birla as Speaker of LS

the members of LokSabha are having sucha distinguished person-ality as the Speaker ofthe House. Om Birla isthe product of studentpolitics, who alsoserved as state presi-dent of the BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha.

Pandit JawaharlalNehru, one of the chiefarchitects of India’sfreedom and a movingforce behind its Consti-tution, placed the officeof the Speaker in Indiain the proper contextand he rightly said that“The Speaker repre-sents the House. He/she represents the dig-nity of the House, thefreedom of the Houseand because the Houserepresents the nation,in a particular way,the Speaker becomes asymbol of nation’s free-dom and liberty.Therefore, that shouldbe an honoured posi-tion, a free positionand should be occupiedalways by persons ofoutstanding ability andimpartiality.” This istrue for Om Birlawhich he deserveswhile watching his con-tribution to the smoothconduct of every ses-sion.

Om Birla has beenin public life for years,starting as a studentleader and has beencontinuously servingthe society. He hadplayed a very vital rolein the transformationand overall develop-ment of Kota in Rajas-than. Om Birla is amember of the Stand-ing Committee on En-ergy in Parliament,member of Committeeon Petitions and Con-sultative Committeefor Ministry of SocialJustice and Empower-ment. Birla has been

associated with theRashtriya Swayamse-vak Sangh since hewas a student in school.His public life hadstarted with the post ofPresident of the Stu-dents Association inthe Gumanpura SeniorSecondary School. Helater became the jointsecretary at the Rajas-than College of Com-merce, Kota. He wasBJYM Kota districtpresident for over 4years. He went on tobecome the BJYMstate president for over6 years and then theNational Vice Presidentof BJYM for over 6years. He is wellknown in Rajasthan forhis welfare and chari-ty initiatives. Birlahad also started theproject of ‘Rain Basera’(night shelters) in Kotawhere the poor andhomeless are providedshelter, mattress andblankets for the nightduring winters.

Our PM Modi hasalso remembered hislong association withthe newly electedSpeaker. He under-lined Om Birla’s dedi-cation to service andhis contributions to-wards the rebuildingefforts in Kutch afterthe earthquake andKedarnath after thefloods. Modi also as-sured the Speaker thathe would receive fullcooperation of the mem-bers in conducting theproceedings of theHouse successfully.

People of India hadalso expected Om Bir-la to be “more respon-sible and answerable inthe House” and thatwhat we see today.

The writer is

freelance journalist,

writer and cartoonist

Rising road accident - A cause for concern

In the recent past, road accidents involving two wheeler ridersare increasing at an alarming pace all over the place. While rashdriving, violation of traffic rules etc. are the prime reasons for theincrease in the road accidents, driving after consuming liquor isanother major cause, which has not been seriously considered tillnow.

Long smooth stretches like the Palm Beach Marg allow thedrivers to push the accelerators just for the thrill. The desire be-comes more strong, especially amongst youngsters, after gettingtipsy, or in the company of friends. It is seen that usually whenev-er there is serious accident, one of the drivers is in drunken state.So far, in the absence of proper equipment, the RTO officials wereunable to penalize the offenders. Now equipped with breath ana-lyzers, the task has become easier. These drives should be con-ducted periodically especially at strategic locations. If implement-ed strictly, it would help in curbing the tendency to drive afterconsuming liquor.

Along with stringent measures against drunken drivers, theRTO should also initiate action for not wearing helmets. Whilethe All India Road Safety Programme Implementation Committeeset up by MOST, has recommended use of helmets as mandatoryfor two wheeler drivers, it has not been seriously implemented.

The use of helmets mitigates to a large extent the fatality of theaccidents. It is difficult to understand why this is not being fol-lowed by the motorists themselves when the rule has been framedfor their own safety? Probably, it is the tendency to defy rules,which forces us not to follow rules and regulations. Earlier, rulesof compulsory wearing of seat belts while driving four wheelers orprohibiting talking on mobile phones while driving, also could notbe implemented strictly due to callous nature of the motorists andthe enforcing authorities. It is highly essential that in view of therising accidents, the motorists themselves realize the gravity ofdrunken driving and the peril of not wearing helmets. The author-ities on their part, should continue their drives as these wouldhelp in instilling traffic discipline amongst the motorists. Only trafficdiscipline coupled with safety devices such as helmets and seatbelts can save precious lives.

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By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: The po-lice are on the look outfor two robbers, whoposed as passengers andhired a rickshaw toJuinagar Railway Sta-tion. They hit the autodriver with a sharpweapon and looted cashfrom him. The incidenthappened on Sundaynight. The rickshawdriver was critically in-jured and is undergoingtreatment at Dr. D. YPatil Hospital, Nerul.

The injured rick-shaw driver has been

Police search for robbers

who stabbed rickshaw

driver with a knifeidentified as Pushpen-dra Singh Rajput, 21, aresident of Sector 20,Nerul. On Sunday,Pushpendra Singh wasstanding with his rick-shaw in Nerul whenthe two robbers sat inhis auto rickshaw. Therobbers asked Push-pendra Singh to go viaservice road nearJuinagar railway sta-tion and started beatinghim. The robbers thencut his wrist androbbed him of Rs 1240.After this incident,Pushpendra Singh

reached D Y Patil Hos-pital in Nerul with thehelp of other rickshawdrivers.

He had to undergoan operation on Mon-day. After the incident,Nerul police lodged acomplaint against tworobbers. However, sincethe incident took placein the jurisdiction ofSanpada police station,the crime was latershifted to Sanpada po-lice station. According-ly, an investigation hasbeen launched by San-pada police.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Azharuddin Sirajud-din Khan (22), whowas trying to crossroad at Sanpada onthe Sion-Panvel, wascritically injured afterthe railing rod, placedby the officials forsafety, piercedthrough his leg. Hesuccumbed to his in-juries during treat-ment at the hospitalon Monday.

The deceased

Young man dies after railingrod pierces through his leg

Azharuddin Khan,was a resident of Ban-ganwadi in Govandi.Around 9.00 pm onSunday Azharuddinwas crossing the roadfrom Turbhe village toSanpada railway sta-tion to go to his home.Instead of using thepedestrian bridge,Azharuddin tried tocross the road bymounting on the rail-ing placed on the roaddivider. But in this at-tempt, a sharp railing

rod pierced through hisleg and he sustainedserious injuries. See-ing him bleeding pro-fusely, the passers byrushed him to the Mu-nicipal Hospital inVashi with the help ofpolice. However,Azharuddin suc-cumbed to his injurieson Monday night whileundergoing treatmentat the hospital. Sanpa-da police have regis-tered the case as acci-dental death.By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: SurajDance Academy organ-ised an annual festival“Umang” on Saturdayat CIDCO Hall in thepresence of thousands ofspectators and also ar-tistes. Speaking duringthe event former guard-ian minister GaneshNaik, who inauguratedthe festival, said thatthere is no dearth oftalent in the satellitecity. All they need is agood platform.

Students enthralledaudience with theirspectacular dance per-formances.

Suraj Dance Acade-my founder Suraj Bi-rambole said, “I havebeen passionate aboutdancing right fromyoung age. My mainaim of starting thedance academy is toreach out to all those

There is no dearth of talent inNavi Mumbai: Ganesh Naik

Suraj Dance academy students mesmerise audience

who are passionateabout dancing. We im-part training to allthose who cannot affordthe huge fees of the re-nowned dance classes.I get happiness whenmy students performon bigger platforms andare appreciated for their

skills.” Present during the

event were youth lead-er Sunil Sutar, Dr. Vi-jay Shukla, Dr. SanjeevKumar, Suresh DadaNaik (Secretary ofShramik Shikshan

Mandal), Pratap Mhad-ik (Prinicipal of F GNaik College), SudhirThale (R.F NaikSchool, Principal)Rajesh Madhvi, DeepakPatil and from SurajDance Academy JasminShaikh, Ravi Soni,Aashish Shinge,

Rakesh Soni, KomalVishvakarma, Harsha-da Mudgul and manyothers.

All the studentswere presented withtrophy and certificates.

against Mogre, after the video where she is seenabusing the cop, went viral on social media.

According to police, Priyanka Mogre, a resi-dent of Sanpada, works with the food delivery com-pany, Zomato. On August 8, Priyanka came todeliver a food order, in Sector 17, Vashi and parkedher motorcycle in the ‘No-parking’ zone. As a re-sult the traffic police took action by taking photo-graphs of her motorcycle using e-challan machine.This angered Priyanka who started abusing thecop for doing his duty and forcibly took away hismobile and fled from the spot. Following whichthe police chased her and stopped her on PalmBeach road.

Later he took Priyanka to Vashi police station,and the traffic police registered a non-cognisable(NC) crime against her. She was later released.However, as the video went viral on social mediafor allegedly defaming the police and abusing thetraffic police, the Vashi traffic police registered acomplaint against Mogre and filed case under IPC553, 294, 504,506. She was later arrested. Thepolice produced her in court on Tuesday and hasbeen sentenced for two days in custody.

Police ask Zomato... Cont. from pg. 1

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Number of potholes have surfaced in the arterial road near the Kharghar RailwayStation premises posing risk to large number of motorists. (By Ashok Dhamija)

Drive With Caution….

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A wom-an from Koparkhair-ane has filed a com-plaint against her hus-band for forcing her tohave unnatural sexualintercourse. Police

Husband arrested for demandingunnatural sex with wife

have arrested the hus-band.

The complainant, a32-year-old woman,said that she and herhusband work in thesame company. Sincethe past few months,

there have been con-stant quarrels betweenthe two even on minorissues. Meanwhile, thevictim reported to thepolice that her husbandforced her into havingunnatural sex with her.

Landslide Victory For Dr Rane’sPanel: NMSA Election

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Dr.Dilip Rane Panel underthe leadership of itsPresident and formerThane Guardian Minis-ter Ganesh Naik wonNavi Mumbai SportsAssociation (NMSA)Election for the period2019 -20 to 2023-24,held on Sunday 18 Au-gust, 2019. Held once infive years the high pro-file election saw Dr. Dil-ip Rane, one of theFounder members andhis team swept asidetheir opponents‘NAMO’ led by Vitthal

More and ShivajiBhoskar ’s ‘Pari-varthan’ panels by bag-ging all the post of theManaging Committeein addition to the six ofthe seven seats of OfficeBearers with hand-some margins, whoseresults were declaredby the Election Officerin the wee hours ofMonday 19 August,2019.

Taking on their ri-vals based on the primeobjectives ‘Commit-ment, Dedication & Ser-vice through Service -for Unity and Harmo-

ny’ and ‘Teamworkmakes the DreamWork’ Dr. Dilip Rane apractising MD by pro-fession was re-electedfor the post of. VicePresident after hebagged 1043 out of thevalid 1824 votes. Vit-thal More on the otherhand bagged 593 votes,while Shivaji Bhoskarhad to settle for 163votes. Dr S R Phadnis(Dr Rane) too regainedthe Hon. General Sec-retary post with 1021votes out of the valid

Cont. on pg. 10

Hon VP Dr Dilip Rane (Centre) with few of his panel members are elated after winningthe NMSA Election with a handsome margin (Photo by Author)

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Though the road condition in Navi Mumbai & Pan-vel are better as compared to Mumbai, potholes are stilla major concern for all the motorists. Immediate solu-tion to this problem is using Shelmac which is an overthe counter instant repair pre-mix for permanent re-pair of potholes, cracks & depressions. A 50 kgs readyto use cold mix is inexpensive. If civic authorities areunable to attend to these problems due to different rea-sons, this cost effective & inexpensive method will help

resolve problems of motorists to a great extent.Dhiraj Ahuja, Business, Nerul

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK

Your views on the condition of roads

in Navi Mumbai

Question for next week

Green drives in the satellite cityReaders desirous of contributing in this column may send their views

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Road conditions are bad on the highways of our satel-lite city. Repaired roads don’t last for more than 6 to 8months and are back with potholes causing damage tovehicles plying on them.

Shankarlal Gupta, Business, Nerul

Road condition in Navi Mumbai area is very poorespecially during and after the monsoons the roads arebadly damaged and drains get also damaged. The cov-erings of the manholes are dislodged. Quite frequentlythese broken drains and uncovered manholes becomethe cause for the accidents. Such type of accidents canbe stopped by making good quality roads and timelyrepair of broken roads. The departments responsiblefor the maintenance of roads should act proactively and

ensure road safety. Anuj Kumar Pandey, Activist, Nerul, Ekta Vihar Society

Over a decade now, we have observed a major shift inpopulation from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai. A huge spuris also noticed in rise of educational institutions, malls,wholesale markets. Even though Navi Mumbai is a wellplanned city, the poor condition of roads have put it toshame. The torrential rains have raised questions onthe maintenance of roads even after citizens are payingthe tolls & taxes diligently. The general responsibility ofthe local Corporators, government is also spreading dis-satisfaction. Not only the private and public vehicles are prone to damagebut a rise in number of accidents is also a concern now. The peak hourtraffic has become a nuisance with noise pollution, breaking of road rules. With the oncoming festival of Ganesha, as a Navi Mumbai resident, Iwish to look forward to perfect, smooth roads to welcome Lord Ganesha &a happy safe environment for all.Poonam R. Khairnar, Counselor, Sanpada

The roads are not that great. During monsoon theywear out quickly. Because of this roads become full ofpotholes leading to traffic jams. Bad roads also lead tolife threatening accidents. NMMC should at least makethe main roads concrete to improve road condition.

Lakshman. N, Seawoods West, Gayatri Niwas

By Lakshman Sundar

“Food is the link

between the self and

the spirit”-

Taittraya

UpanishadThe popular Sri Val-

li Supermarket at BigSplash at Sector 17 atVashi is on an expan-sion mode. Yes, it is rap-idly expanding bothhorizontally and verti-

cally. Owner Shri .Ku-mar who took mearound his mart said,“We felt the need forexpanding our productsand services which areessential to our cus-tomers. And so we haveadded to our portfolionew segments. Alreadythe new items are re-ceiving excellent re-sponse from our multi-lingual and multireli-gious customers fromall strata of the society.”Owner Shri. KumarApart from a bustlingprovision store Sri Val-li has added the follow-ing products and ser-vices for the conve-nience of its growingcustomers: DeliciouslyYours! As soon as oneenters Sri Valli, onefinds a small sweetmart selling suchmouthwatering itemslike Mysorepak, Ba-

Sri Valli supermarket at Vashiopens a new South Indian eatery

dusha, Sri Valli Super-market adds new rangeof products & servicesNavi Mumbai’s popularhot spot Gulab Jamunetc. The prices are rea-sonable and the quali-ty is home made. For-get not to buy your nextsweet packet from thisoutlet of Sri Valli! Yousure will enjoy thesweets. Spiritual BooksSo far, if one wanted

spiritual books on Hin-duism one had to go toGiri Stores at Matungaor at SIES College Cam-pus at Nerul in NaviMumbai spending pre-cious time and money.Not anymore. Sri Vallihas opened up a newsection on its first floorwhere a variety of reli-gious and spiritualbooks a la Giri Storesare available. Astrolog-ical Service PunditShri. Kamlesh Up-adhyay Also, on thefirst floor Sri Valli’s hasan in house astrologer.He is Pundit Shri. Ka-mlesh Upadhyay who iswell versed on astrolo-gy, palmistry, Kundali-ni Analysis, Vastu,Match Making andGemology. He learntastrology from his fa-ther Shri Shiv PrasadUpadhyay at Maihar inSatna district, Madhya

Pradesh. He has hisShree Samarth Astrol-ogy & Research Centreat Sri Valli. He charg-es very nominal fee forhis service. Those whoare interested can meethim at his office at SriValli. He is available atSri Valli from 10 am to2 pm and again from 4pm to 10 pm everydayPlease take prior ap-pointment. His mobile

numbers are 9967414226 and 8080455155.His email id is shreesamarthaastro38@gmail.com.Ramraj’s Snow WhiteClothes! The famousRamraj Dhotis, Vests(Banyans) & Shirtsvery popular downsouth are now ConSriValli Supermarket atBig Splash at Sector 17at Vashi is on an expan-sion mode. Yes, it is rap-idly expanding bothhorizontally and verti-cally. Owner Shri .Ku-mar who took mearound his mart said,“We felt the need forexpanding our productsand services which areessential to our cus-tomers. And so we haveadded to our portfolionew segments. Alreadythe new items are re-ceiving excellent re-

Owner Shri. Valli Kumar Chef Cum Head -Of -Operations Shri. Ramar

Shri. Ramar & His Team People Throng The Newly Opened Eatery At Sector 17, Vashi

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sponse from our multilingual and multireligiouscustomers from all strata of the society.” OwnerShri. Kumar Apart from a bustling provision storeSri Valli has added the following products and ser-vices for the convenience of its growing custom-ers: Deliciously Yours! As soon as one enters SriValli, one finds a small sweet mart selling suchmouthwatering items like Mysorepak, Badusha,Sri Valli Supermarket adds new range of prod-ucts & services Navi Mumbai’s popular hot spotGulab Jamun etc. The prices are reasonable andthe quality is home made. Forget not to buy yournext sweet packet from this outlet of Sri Valli!You sure will enjoy the sweets. Spiritual Books Sofar, if one wanted spiritual books on Hinduismone had to go to Giri Stores at Matunga or at SIESCollege Campus at Nerul in Navi Mumbai spend-ing precious time and money. Not anymore. SriValli has opened up a new section on its first floorwhere a variety of religious and spiritual books ala Giri Stores are available. Astrological ServicePundit Shri. Kamlesh Upadhyay Also, on the firstfloor Sri Valli’s has an in house astrologer. He isPundit Shri. Kamlesh Upadhyay who is wellversed on astrology, palmistry, Kundalini Analy-sis, Vastu, Match Making and Gemology. He learntastrology from his father Shri Shiv Prasad Up-adhyay at Maihar in Satna district, MadhyaPradesh. He has his Shree Samarth Astrology &Research Centre at Sri Valli. He charges verynominal fee for his service. Those who are inter-ested can meet him at his office at Sri Valli. He isavailable at Sri Valli from 10 am to 2 pm andagain from 4 pm to 10 pm everyday Please takeprior appointment. His mobile numbers are 9967414226 and 8080455155. His email id is shreesamarthaastro38@gmail.com. Ramraj’s Snow WhiteClothes! The famous Ramraj Dhotis, Vests (Ban-yans) & Shirts very popular down south are nowConSri Valli Supermarket has opened a new SouthIndian Eatery adjacent to it at Big Splash at Sec-tor 17 at Vashi, Navi Mumbai. The eatery is openfrom 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sri Valli Supermar-ket’s owner Shri. Valli Kumar says, “Since food iseverybody’s favourite, I was planning to start thisfor a long time. I acquired the necessary space onrental basis and all regulatory formalities havebeen completed. The restaurant will offer SouthIndian dishes and parathas initially and we willexpand the menu as we progress.”

Experienced Chef & Staff

Shri. Ramar is the Head of Operations. Notonly he cooks South Indian dishes like Idli, Vada,Masala Dosa, Utthappa but also supervises theday- to- day functioning of this newly opened eat-ing outlet. He has got a midas touch! When hemakes Vadas one can inhale their nice smell fromacross the road making him or her to cross theroad and order a plate. The current staff is alsowell versed in the catering field.

Reasonably priced

The prices are rea-sonable. One plate con-taining four idlis orfour vadas costs Rs.40. You can havethem any which wayyou want: Four idlis orthree idlis and onevada or two idlis andtwo vadas or one idliand three vadas. Thisflexibility and affordable pricing attract manypassersby to stop at the restaurant and have theirdish.

Cool & Warm Yourself!

There is also a fruitjuice section which has var-ious kinds of fruit juicesagain at fair prices.

Tea and the famousTamilian filter coffee areavailable @ Rs. 10 and Rs.25 per glass. So, the neweatery has both eatablesand potables to satisfy yourstomach and quench your thirst!

Footfall

“On a week day over 150 to 200 people visit therestaurant and have snacks like idli, vada, masa-la dosa, utthappa and juices or tea or coffee. Overweekends there is a heavy rush and over 300 peo-ple take food here. “We are planning to providehome delivery to those residing in the neighbor-hood. The going has been very good since the open-ing and I am highly impressed by the customerturnout. My aim is to make this the most fre-quented eating place in Navi Mumbai,” says anelated Shri. Ramar whose untiring efforts are get-ting fulfilled now. Earlier he was running a road-side food stall offering only idlis and vadas.

“The items are very delicious and well cooked.They are also priced fairly. We used to come hereand enjoy the fresh food served from straight fromthe ovens. We also carry a few items to our home,”says a group of students from a nearby college.”

So, get set to taste South Indian dishes by vis-iting this eatery. You can also call 8108333533

or 27893333 for party orders or Ramar on

9892199083.

About Sri Valli supermarket

The recently opened South Indian eatery adja-cent to Sri Valli Supermarket at Big Splash atSector 17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai is the hospitalityarm of Sri Valli Supermarket which has been apopular landmark for decades. The dashing anddynamic Sri Valli Kumar its owner is always bub-bling with innovative ideas. The supermarketcaters several household essentials. On its firstfloor you can find religious, spiritual and devo-tional articles and holy books. Plus, it also con-tains the snow white Ramaraj Dhotis, Vests (Ban-yans) and Silk Sarees

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By C. K. Subramaniam

In a major mile-stone for India’s Moonmission, the Chan-drayaan 2 spacecraftsuccessfully enteredthe lunar orbit. LunarOrbit Insertion (LOI)maneuver was com-pleted successfully at9.02 am as planned,using the on board pro-pulsion system. Theduration of maneuverwas 1,738 seconds.With this, Chan-drayaan 2 was success-fully inserted into aLunar orbit. Followingthis, a series of orbitmaneuvers will be per-formed on Chan-drayaan 2 spacecraft toenable it to enter its fi-nal orbit passing overthe lunar poles at a dis-tance of about 100 kmfrom the Moons sur-face.

Subsequently, thelander will separatefrom the Orbiter andenter into a 100 km X30 km orbit around theMoon. Then, it will per-form a series of com-plex braking maneu-vers to soft land in theSouth polar region ofthe Moon on Septemberseven. This missionwill help us gain a bet-ter understanding ofthe origin and evolu-tion of the Moon by con-ducting detailed topo-graphical studies, com-prehensive mineralog-ical analyses, and ahost of other experi-ments on the lunarsurface. It is one moresignificant success forISRO and its scien-tists. The health of thespacecraft is being con-tinuously monitoredfrom the Mission Oper-ations Complex (MOX)at ISRO Telemetry,Tracking and Com-mand Network (IS-TRAC) in Bengaluruwith support from In-dian Deep Space Net-work (IDSN) antennasat Bylalu, near Benga-luru.

The next Lunarbound orbit maneuveris scheduled onWednesday between

Significant success ofChandrayan 2

12.30 PM and 1.30PM, as per ISRO.Chandrayaan 2,launched on July 22 byGSLV MkIII-M1 vehi-cle, had entered theLunar Transfer Trajec-tory on August 14. Ac-cording to ISRO,Chandrayaan 2 – In-dia’s second lunar ex-pedition will shed lighton a completely unex-plored section of theMoon its South Polarregion.

This mission willhelp us gain a betterunderstanding of theorigin and evolution ofthe Moon by conduct-ing detailed topograph-ical studies, compre-hensive mineralogicalanalyses, and a host ofother experiments onthe lunar surface.While there, we willalso explore discoveriesmade by Chandrayaan1, such as the presenceof water molecules onthe Moon and new rocktypes with uniquechemical composition.According to ISRO,Chandrayaan2 willshed light on a com-pletely unexplored re-gion of the Moon, theSouth Pole. The mis-sion’s success willmake India, the fourthcountry after Russia,the US and China tomake a soft landing onthe Moon.

Chandrayaan 2comprises an Orbiter,Lander (Vikram) andRover (Pragyaan). Themission life of Orbiterwill be one year where-as the mission life oflander (Vikram) androver (Pragyan) will beone Lunar day which isequal to fourteen earthdays. Thus our scien-tists have done it onceagain after missing thedate once due to tech-nical snag. Full creditto our scientists andthe team worked underwith mission Chan-drayaan 2. Kudos toour scientists for themission successful tothe moon.

The writer is afreelance writer

BELAPUR: CIDCOUrban Haat is backwith its post monsoonevents that will com-mence with ShravanMela 2019. The eventcommenced on 3rd Au-gust and will continueupto 25th August, 2019from 11 am to 9 pm.

This year, Shravanmela goes green with

Shravan Mela goes green, promotes jutejute as its main high-light. The mela will pro-mote fancy jute prod-ucts like bags, jewel-lery, and footwear,which will stand out atthe 2019 edition. Mas-ter craftsmen and arti-sans will make a bee-line to highlight colour-ful jute handicrafts,making it the ultimate

one stop destination.Visitors can opt for

bags in an array of co-lours. Available at af-fordable cost in uniquedesigns and patterns,Shravan mela offersvisitors an opportunityto understand the intri-cacies of the jute fabricthat has been a part ofIndian culture for long.

Keeping the eco-friendly factor at thecore, Shravan mela2019 aims to spreadawareness and reducethe carbon footprint bypromoting eco-friendlyalternatives like juteetc. As these productscan be reused and recy-

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By Rampreet Roy

MUMBAI: Consoli-dating its position asIndia’s first and onlyMeat Food Brand,Licious announcedits foray into pack-aged food categorywith the launch of itslatest innovation.The companylaunched a first-of-its-kind ‘meat-based-spreads’ that willtransform the waywe consume meat inIndia. In its fifth

India’s First Meat-Based Spread Range by Licious was unveiled by Bollywood celebrity Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, Founders of Licious, in a galagathering at Mumbai.

Licious Launches India’s First Meat-Based Spread RangeWith presence across raw meat & seafood, marinades and RTE, Licious is India’s first Meat Food brand

year of operations,Licious is entering anew phase of growthwith product diversi-fication and excitingline-up of launchesplanned through theyear. The productwas unveiled byBollywood celebrity,Shilpa Shetty Kun-dra in a gala gather-ing at Four SeasonsHotel, Mumbai.

Speaking at thelaunch, AbhayHanjura and Vivek

Gupta, Founders,Licious, said, “Fromselling a range offresh and raw meatproducts online, wehave evolved not onlyin terms of coreofferings in the rawand fresh meatcategory, but alsoentered the ready-to-cook (RTC) andready-to-eat (RTE)categories with pre-marinated meats andbottled spreads. Weenvisage a promising

omni-channel playfor our range ofproducts. We arebuilding a brand in ahighly fragmentedand unorganisedspace. Our vision isto create a lovedconsumer meatbrand.”

“The spreadsmarket is witnessingrobust growth due tochanging consumertastes, expandingmiddle-class popula-tion and increasing

demand for tasty andhealthy food prod-ucts. Today, Licioushas kick-started anambitious diversifica-tion journey with thelaunch of India’s firstmeaty spreads,strengthening ourposition as a consum-er product company.The RTE category isan important growthengine. As thecompany diversifiesinto varied categoriesunder the packaged

food segment, ourtarget is to acquire15 per cent of themarket share in thenext three years,”said the founders.

Over the nextthree years, Liciousis aiming at growingtheir packaged foodbusiness to contrib-ute to 20 per cent ofthe overall business.

The chief guestfor the event, Shilpa

1829 votes compared to his rival Adv. Nilesh Bho-jane (NAMO) who received 834 votes. Adv. ArunPatil and Dattu Patil (Dr Rane Panel) too re-claimed the Hon Jt. Secretary posts with 853 and808 votes respectively out of the valid 1816 votes,well ahead of their NAMO candidates Srikant Hin-dalkar (532) and Shivaji Patle (449). CA SanjayNikam (Dr Rane Panel) got elected for the HonTreasurer post with 1011 votes out of the 1785valid votes that were cast. His opponent Ramchan-dra Gharat received 784 votes. Vijay R Patil (972votes), Vijay S Patil (906 votes), Ashok Patil (785votes), Dinesh Kanani (764 votes) and PrakashSrinivasan (726 Votes) form the winning panel toowere elected as Hon. Committee Members. In thefirst of its kind in the history of the NMSA Elec-tion reservations for two Ladies for the post of Hon.Committee Members too was held. The same waswon by Kavita Ganguly (951 votes) of Dr RanePanel and Shipla Kenia (823 votes) of Parti-varthan panel.

Dr. DIlip Rane (Hon Vice President) speakingon the success of his panel to Newsband said “Overthe years our existing Managing Committee andHon. Committee Members under the leadershipof our President Ganesh Naik for the past 22 yearshave been always believed that Sports in not aboutPolitics, Religion or Caste… but only Humanity.Over the past 40 years of my journey with NMSAand as a one of the founder member and the VicePresident of NMSA, it’s our privilege to nurtureand develop one of the oldest Sports Associationby providing state of the art infrastructure both

indoor and outdoor for talent to flourish by reach-ing out to community at large. This has madeNMSA a dynamic centre for sports, an epic centreof social interaction and a platform for fosteringtogetherness, happiness and harmony. We arethankful to our members once again for reposingtheir trust and faith in our panel which is a uniqueblend of youth and the experienced. Their supporthelped us register a thumping victory but alsocreate history. We assure the members that weare open to suggestions and will take necessarysteps to address any short falls if any”.

Sharing his thoughts about some of the recentachievements of NMSA in holding marquee eventsunder its President Ganesh Naik, Dr Rane whois also the Hon Vice President of MSLTA said “The international standard sports infrastructurehas resulted in NMSA hosting 25,000 Dollar In-ternational Tennis Federation matches for the pastsix consecutive years and has witnesses partici-pation for many World ranked and budding Wom-en Tennis players including our own Club. In ad-dition various AITA and MSLTA’s Talent, Cham-pionship and Super Series tournaments too havebeen held every year for age groups 10 to 16 years.Also our natural grass Football ground was se-lected as a training site for the FIFA U-17 Foot-ball World Cup 2017 for Men and was also certi-fied as the best training site in India by the FIFAtournament Director. Further the same groundhas been used by the ISL team Mumbai City FCas its training site over the past couple of yearsand has once again been selected once again as atraining venue for the forthcoming FIFA U-17Women’s World Cup slated next year. In addition

we have been organising Summer Coaching Campfor the past 23 years and also professional coach-ing for all sports activities. This has resulted inyoung sportsperson representing our country invarious sports like Swimming, Badminton, Ten-nis, Football etc. with élan. As our commitmentto develop sports across the board our infrastruc-ture is being let out for various school level tour-naments be it at DSO or State level tournamentfree of cost to name a few. A state of the art syn-thetic athletic track, upgrading of our Cricketground, open Gymnasium, Sports Library too hasbeen planned over the next few years. The visionis to take NMSA to the next level by providingfacilities be it Sports, Recreational, Entertainmentor Celebrations”

Vijay R Patil, Hon. Committee Member andDistrict Chairman Sports – Lions Club Interna-tional Dist 3231 A2 on the occasion shared thatNMSA will continue to promote talented sportsper-son in their quest for success and that the erst-while club will host many more sports tourna-ments in the coming future.

Raju Shinde, a Co-opted member of the previ-ous NMSA Committee on the side line shared thatthe current Election was one of the highly con-tested one with as over 30 candidates in fray forvarious post with the opposition panels trying togive it a political twist and misguide the mem-bers at large. In the end it was the good work ofthe previous NMSA committee under the leader-ship of President Ganesh Naik and its Vice Pres-ident Dr Dilip Rane that has been rewarded withDr Rane’s panel being re-elected with handsomemargin once again

Landslide Victory... Cont. from pg. 6

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JanmashtamiCelebrated by Hindus all over the world, Jan-

mashtami sees the coming together of people fromall walks of life immersing themselves in themirth of the festival.

The story of Krishna’s birth is as fascinating as the events that tookplace during his life time. According to Hindu mythology, when evil andimmoral forces took over the world, mother earth pleaded with LordBrahma to bring an end to the prevailing conditions. Lord Brahma thenasked Lord Vishnu for help, who proclaimed that he will soon take birthto banish all evil from the earth.

This Janmashtami let us all hail Lord Krishna and absorb his teach-ings in our life.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

With reference to your paper’s dynamic heading news dt 18.08.2019informing us that 68 proposals to be tabled at NMMC’s General BodyMeetings are as under:

1. Concretization Road repair works.2. Construction of Drainage Channels3. Covering manholes,4. Repairing path holes5. Development of tree belts6. Beautification of ponds etc.As paper states that our new Municipal Commissioner, Anna Saheb

Misal is having a look at all the work which was invited by his predeces-sor and he is keen on developing, the education, health, transportationwork.

I would like to suggest & remind him the following pending projectswhich should also be taken into consideration:

A. To erect a modern slaughter house in Navi Mumbai, which hasbeen kept aside since 1980.

B. Unani Medicine & Doctor should be provided in the General Hos-pital.

C. Introduce direct MTNL Bus services upto Museum in S MobWe are thankful to NMMC offices in providing the places in the month

67 Ramzan for Ramzan Bazar and also for providing NOC for Eid Namazat S/.9A behind Noor Mosque as well as for providing the plot at the timeof Qurbani, behind S.C.H.S. S/9A as well. We are also thankful to thepolice authorities for their cooperation in maintaining peace & harmonyin the city.

N.A. Qureishi, Navi Mumbai

Letters to the Editor.... Interactive Session WithPhotographer

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:‘Photographs capturea moment that’s goneforever, impossible toreproduce on theoccasion of World

Photography Day , aFun Learning Interac-tive Session with Ryanalumnus and Photog-rapher Utsav Ghoshwas organized for theyoung stars of Montes-sori III on Monday 19August, 2019. Duringthe engaging interac-tive session he spokeabout – the termphotography, inventionof camera, the skills ofphotography and thetechnical aspects of

shooting with natural& artificial light. Hegave a live demo of -How to capture animage and save it in amemory card. Thestudents were inquisi-

tive and eager to trytheir hands at photog-raphy.

“The World Photog-raphy Day is anannual, worldwidecelebration of the art,craft, science andhistory of photographyand is celebrated on19 August every year.To mark the occasionwe organized a specialsession for our youngstudents to initiatethem In to the world

of visual learning. Theinteractive sessionwith PhotographerUtsav Ghosh proved toan enlightening onefor all of us. Theinquisitive students

had several questionsin mind and all theirdoubts were patientlyanswered. Studentswere encouragedpursue it as a passionwhich one day mayalso become a careeroption. Overall thestudents enjoyed thesession as it boostedcreativity and visualskills” shared SwapnaWale, Section Head,Ryan InternationalSchool, Kharghar.

cled, these productshave increased lifecy-cle.

Eco-friendly prod-ucts have also becomea fashion statement

Shravan Mela goes...Cont. from pg. 8

and form excellent cor-porate gift items. Shop-pers can leave the has-sle of carrying plasticbags and opt for moresustainable alterna-

tive, which is easilyavailable at the event.Jute being a skin-friendly alternative alsomakes it a healthy op-tion for individuals opt-ing for one, contribut-ing immensely to theenvironment.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Anover speeding Fortun-er car headingtowards CBD Belapurvia Vashi on PalmBeach road collidedwith Tata S tempo. ANano car which wascoming in the samedirection also collidedwith the tempo at thesame time. Althoughno casualties werereported in theaccident, all threevehicles were badlydamaged in theaccident. The tempodriver sustainedminor injuries in theaccident.

According topolice, the Fortunercar was heading

Three vehicles collide onPalm Beach road

towards CBD ataround 1pm onTuesday afternoon.The speeding vehiclehit the Tata S tempowhich was in front.As a result of this,the tempo turtled andthe Nano car whichwas approaching itapplied a sudden

break and collidedwith the tempo.Salman, the tempodriver, was rushed tothe hospital fortreatment immediate-ly after the incident.

Due to the incidentthe oil from vehicle

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Shetty Kundra, said,“As a mother andhealth-consciousindividual, I amaware of the dailyfood battles that ourbusy lifestyleschallenge us with.We are what we eat,goes the saying. So,quality is of para-mount importance.I’m glad that ahome-grown consum-er brand like Licious- a meat food compa-ny playing in multi-ple categories - isexploring new fron-tiers of food innova-tion in terms ofworld-class products

that offer wholesomenutrition, bringingtogether the best ofhealth and taste. I’ma fan of their all-natural meat-basedspreads. It’s going tobe the new staple inmy household.”

Licious meatspreads will beavailable in keyoffline and onlinestores across allmarkets. Available in30 gms and 200 gmspackets, the productsare priced at Rs 30and Rs 199 respec-tively.

Licious wasfounded in 2015 inBengaluru as anonline brand thatsells raw meatproducts like chick-en, sea-food, redmeat, pre-marinated

meat, and gourmetmeat-based products.The company hasrevolutionised thetraditionally unorga-nised market bydelivering fresh andhygienic meat at thedoorstep of consum-ers within 120minutes of ordering.Today, the companyalso offers a range ofvalue-added productsunder the RTC andRTE categories.

Currently, Liciousis present in Bengalu-ru, Hyderabad, Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh,Mumbai, Pune andChennai. Over thecoming months, theplan is to establish anational presence asIndia’s first omni-channel brand in themeat space.

The spreadscategory in India,valued at $800-million, is growing ata steady rate of 16per cent. Butter,jams, chocolatespreads and mayo-based spreads havebeen the key prod-ucts, with little onoffer for the meatlovers. Given that72 per cent Indiansconsume meat, forLicious, the gap inthe spreads categorypresents a hugeopportunity. AsIndia’s first consum-er unicorn in themaking, Licious isall set to revolution-ise this category,starting with sixuniquely flavouredmeat spreads- butterchicken, continental

LiciousLaunchesIndia’s...

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chicken, honey-mustard chicken,shawarma chicken,sweet tamarindchicken and herby-tomato chicken.

The USP ofLicious’ meat spreadsare presence ofgenerous amount offreshly cooked realchicken chunks.These meat spreadscontain 35 percent ofchicken chunks per100 gms of theproduct such thatthere meat in every

bite. Not only arethey a natural sourceof protein but alsothey are free ofartificial preserva-tives, flavours andcolours. They contain0% making them theperfect choice forhealth-consciousconsumers. Thespreads can be usedwith bases likebread, paratha,chapatti, and saladsto make wholesomesandwiches, wrapsand salads.

spilled on the road and the traffic police, withthe help of the fire brigade, cleared the oil byspreading soil. The traffic was affected for sometime. Nerul police have launched a probeagainst the Fortuner car driver.

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Dear Young Readers,Here is a chance to bring out your creativityand the hidden talent! NEWSBAND will bestarting a column for the kids every Satur-day from 4 January 2019 where you can sendus your drawings, poems and short stories.Interested kids can send their works alongwith their Names, Residential Details, School Name andStandard by every Wednesday either via email or post to thefollowing email id :- dailynewsband@yahoo.co.in or to

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NAVI MUMBAI: Bankof Maharashtraconducted the firststage of the bottom-upconsultation process togenerate ideas andreview performance ofpublic sector banksand their alignmentwith national priori-ties, at the ZonalLevel on17th August,2019 involving allbranches within theZone’s jurisdiction.Dr. N. Muniraju,General Managerfrom Head Office,Pune and Mr.R.Jaganmohan, ZonalManager, Thane Zonealso participated inthe process of genera-tion of ideas andconsultation.

This was a first of

Bankers’ Meet - campaign for generation of ideas and consultationits kind consultationand ideation processby Public SectorBanks where thebranches were them-selves asked to reviewtheir performance,deliberate on theissues before thebanking sector andindicate on futurestrategies and the wayahead. The delibera-tions focused onvarious discussionpoints involving creditgrowth in varioussectors of economy,usage of technology tobring about innova-tion and enable bigdata analytics, andmake banking citizen-centric as well asmore responsive to theneeds and aspirations

national priorities invarious areas. As aresult of the consulta-tions, a number ofinnovative suggestionscame up on howPublic Sector Banksin general and Bankof Maharashtra inparticular, mayimprove their perfor-mance for achievingaspirations of varioussections of the societyand fostering growthin areas of nationalpriorities. All thebranch/zone levelsuggestions will besent for state level andnational level consul-tation and implemen-tation, it is learnt.

of senior citizens,farmers, smallindustrialists, entre-preneurs, youth,students and women.

The meet alsodeliberated on bank’s

performance and itsalignment with

Kid’s Zone

Hridaya Rode, Std II, Fr. Agnel Multipurpose school.