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Online 'Gurupurni-ma Festival' organ-

ised jointly bySanatan Sansthaand Hindu Jana-

jagruti Samiti in 11languages

'Gurupurnima Festival' isorganised jointly everyyear by Sanatan Sansthaand Hindu JanajagrutiSamiti throughout the coun-try. This year, the festivalwill be celebrated online onthe auspicious day of Gu-rupurnima on 5th July2020, as per the directivesof the Government…

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Mega block onHarbour and Main

linesCentral Railway, MumbaiDivision will operate MegaBlock o-n its Suburbansections (Harbour andMain lines) for carrying outvarious engineering andmaintenance work whichare essential for infrastruc-ture upkeep and safety o-nSunday July 5, 2020…

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Power supply ofvillages at

Shrivardhanrestored

The power supply by theMaharashtra State Electric-ity Distribution CompanyLtd. (MSEDCL) in Raigaddistrict which was com-pletely disrupted due to cy-clone Nisarg has finallybeen restored…

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State Energy Minister opposesthe proposed Electricity(Amendment) Bill 2020

Claims that it undermines

federal structure

NAVI MUMBAI: TheMaharashtra StateEnergy Minister DrNitin Raut during avideo conference heldby the union Ministryof Power opposed theproposed Electricity(Amendment) Bill2020. He said that itclearly violated theconstitutional man-date and underminedits federal structure.“Before makingamendments, the Cen-ter should take statesinto confidence,” hesaid.

The union Ministryof Power on Friday heldvideo conference withstate chief ministersand energy ministersto discuss the proposedElectricity (Amend-ment) Bill 2020. Thevideo conference wasattended by union Pow-er Minister R K Singh.

Dr Raut pointedout that due to Covid-19, MSEDCL had suf-fered huge financiallosses and requestedgrant of Rs 10000crore to bail out thecompany from the fi-nancial crisis. He also

requested low interestrates for loans.

Dr. Raut said thatduring the lockdown pe-riod, the Central Gov-ernment was privatis-ing the public sectorunits and would priva-tise the power sector bygiving backdoor entriesto private sector bymaking amendments inthe Electricity Act 2003.

He demandedgrants for PMO KusumSolar AgriculturePumps Yojana underwhich the state govern-ment would provide 1lakh pumps per year tothe farmers. The stategovernment would pro-vide total 5 lakh pumpsin the next 5 years.

During the confer-ence Mr Singh said thatGovernment of Indiawould ban power equip-ment manufactured byChina and Pakistan andwould impose 25 per-cent import duty.

During the confer-ence issues related todistribution reformsand various schemeslike Kusum, Solar RoofTop, Green Energy etcwere discussed.

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation’s(NMMC) Headquarterin Belapur seems tohave the centre of at-tention for all the poli-ticians. On 3rd July,Jitendra Ahwad, Cabi-net minister for hous-ing in the present Ma-harashtra Governmentvisited NMMC alongwith his supporters tomeet the NMMC Com-missioner and on Sat-urday 4th July amidstongoing lockdown andalso monsoon, thepresent Leader of Op-position in LegislativeAssembly Devendra

Mockery of socialdistancing norm by

politicians in Navi MumbaiBoth BJP & NCP leaders fail to follow

Covid-19 guidelines while meeting NMMC Chief

Fadnavis, BJP leaderPravin Darekar withAiroli MLA Ganesh

Naik, Belapur MLAMandatai Mhatre andall his BJP supportersmet the NMMC chief

Annasaheb Misal todiscuss about thepresent Covid 19 sce-

nario in Navi Mumbai.However, what has not

NMMC chief reviewsdisaster control operations

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Commissioner An-nasaheb Misal visitedthe disaster controlcentre at the NMMCheadquarters and re-

viewed the current sit-uation of rain in theareas under NMMC’sjurisdiction. Accompa-nying him on the occa-sion was City EngineerSurendra Patil and

Deputy Commissionerof Emergency Manage-ment Dadasaheb Cha-bukswar.

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CR suburban networkgears up for monsoonBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Witha view to ensuresmooth and disruptionfree services duringensuing monsoonwhich presently arerestricted to 350 spe-cial trains as of now,Central Railway (CR)has undertaken vari-ous measures as part ofits preparations acrossits expansive suburbannetwork (Main, Har-bour and Trans-Har-bour Lines). This in-cludes removal ofmuck, cleaning cul-verts and drains, trim-ming trees, scanningboulders, provision ofhigh powered pumps atlocations vulnerable forwaterlogging, provisionof multi-section digitalcounters etc.

Taking advantageof the lockdown duringmonth of April & May,CR Mumbai Divisioncarried out monsoonprecautionary mea-sures on its suburbannetwork as well as inghats thoroughly. Thedetails of measures forensuring uninterrupt-ed services on its sub-urban section are de-tailed below:A) More No Of Higher Pow-ered Pumps:

CR has identified17 vulnerable locationsfor waterlogging dur-ing heavy rains andprovided more than 140pumps (Both by Rail-ways and by MunicipalCorporation of GreaterMumbai). This year thecapacity of pumps andnos. of pumps were in-creased at flood pronelocations to avoid flood-ing. The locations iden-tified on mainline areMasjid, Mazgaon yard,Byculla, Curry Road,Sion, Kurla, Vikhroli,Ghatkopar, Nanipada,Thane, Dombivali, onHarbour line are Se-wri, Vadala, Chunab-hatti, Koparkhairane

and on mainline to-wards southeast aresubway at Kms 65/7-8,Subway at Kms 75/1-2.B) Desilting of Drains:

Around 113 Kms ofdrains were de-siltedand cleaned 113 Kms ofdrains.C) Cleaning of culverts

Cleaned 77 culvertson its suburban sec-tions, 55 culverts on itsMainline and 22 cul-verts on its Harbourline.D) Important nallah clean-ing

Major being Be-tween Ghatkopar andKanjurmarg, Ghatko-par and Vikhroli andKurla Terminal.E) Ghat Section – Boulderscanning and dropping

Inspection, Boulderscanning was done onits North East Sectioni.e. between Kasaraand Igatpuri, 18 Tun-nels were inspected, 40no. of boulders havebeen identified anddropped. Moreover, 50Watchmen are beingdeployed at 14 locationsand 75 Patrolmen arebeing deployed at 7beats to keep watch24×7 and to avoid anydisruption to traffic.

On its South EastSection i.e. betweenKarjat and Lonavala,

52 Tunnels were in-spected, Boulder scan-ning was done. More-over, 74 Watchmen arebeing deployed at dif-ferent locations and 54Patrolmen are beingdeployed at identifiedbeats to keep a watch24×7 and to avoid anydisruption to traffic.

Another innovativeinitiative is the con-struction of Tunnelportal extensions oftunnel no. 48 & 31 inSouth East Ghat sec-tion. This will preventthe falling of Boulderson Track.F) Capacity augmentationof the waterway

Pipe pushing viamicro tunnelling be-tween Kurla andVidyavihar stations,two pipelines with 1.8metre diameter of 70-metre-long have beenpushed taking advan-tage of the lockdownincreasing the capaci-ty of culvert. Augmen-tation of waterway ofexisting bridge with in-sertion of RCC Boxesbetween Vadala andRaoli section will in-crease the waterwaycapacity. Similarly, thewaterway is augment-ed at Tilak NagarBridge with insertion

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CR Mega Block todayNo direct connectivity between Panvel

and CSMT / Andheri on Harbour Route

By Ashok Dhamija

Central Railway,Mumbai Division willoperate Mega Block o-nits Suburban sections(Harbour andMain lines)for carryingout variousengineeringand mainte-nance workwhich are es-sential for in-frastructureupkeep andsafety o-nSunday July5, 2020 as perthe followingschedule:A) ChhatrapatiShivaji MaharajTerminus –Chunabhatti UP & DNHarbour Lines

From: 10.40 am to4.25 pm

DN Harbour lineSpecial services to Pan-vel leaving ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Ter-minus (CSMT) Mum-bai from 11.15 am to4.00 pm and Up Har-bour line Special servic-

es towards CSMT,Mumbai leaving Panv-el from 9.45 am to 2.41pm will remain sus-pended. However, Spe-

cial local trains willrun o-n Panvel – Kurla(Platform No.8) - Pan-vel section during theblock period. Harbourline passengers are per-mitted to travel viaMain line during theblock period.B) Vidyavihar – Thane Upand DN Main Fast Lines

From: 10.30 am to

3.30 pmDN Fast Special

services leaving Chha-trapati Shivaji Maha-raj Terminus (CSMT)

Mumbai from9.45 am to2.30 pm willbe divertedo-n DN Slowline betweenMatunga andDiva, haltingas per sched-uled halts andfurther redi-verted o-n DNFast line atDiva. Up FastSpecial ser-vices leavingDiva from9.58 am to3.18 pm will

be diverted o-n UPSlow line between Divaand Matunga haltingas per scheduled haltsand further redivertedo-n UP Fast line atMatunga.

Passengers are re-quested to bear withthe Railway Adminis-tration for the inconve-nience caused.

gone down well withthe citizens is theirfailure in following thesocial distancing normwhile meeting the civ-ic chief.

“Both the BJP andNCP leaders who arenow frequently visitingthe NMMC do not ap-pear to be practisingwhat they preach. Theelected politiciansmade a mockery of so-cial distancing normand although theywore masks, no socialdistance was main-tained,” says a residentfrom Belapur.

Speaking withNewsband a social ac-tivist from Navi Mum-

bai said, “Instead ofsupporting the citizensthe politicians appearto be busy in makingmost of the situation.What is really dis-heartening is to seenone of them followedthe social distancingnorm. The citizenshave been repeatedlyasked to follow thenorms and infact theyare rightly being pe-nalized for not follow-ing the guidelines.Why no such actionshould be takenagainst the elected rep-resentatives?”

Kishore Singh, RTIActivist and SeniorJournalist from NaviMumbai said, “The po-litical leaders shouldset up an example forthe common man. But

they are instead violat-ing the social distanc-ing norms during Cov-id-19 period. How canthe strict implementa-tion of lockdown in thecity will yield the de-sired result if the socialdistancing norms arefreely flouted by theleaders themselves?”

“The NMMC chief isinitiating various mea-sures to bring down thecorona positive cases.The civic body has beenurging the residents tostrictly follow theguidelines and cooper-ate with the officials. Insuch a scenario, is itnot the duty of theelected representativesto follow the guideline?”asks Varsha Menon, aresident of Sector 46,Nerul.

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Online 'Gurupurnima Festival' organisedjointly by Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu

Janajagruti Samiti in 11 languagesNAVI MUMBAI: 'Gurupurnima Fes-

tival' is organised jointly every yearby Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Jan-ajagruti Samiti throughout the coun-try. This year, the festival will becelebrated online on the auspiciousday of Gurupurnima on 5th July2020, as per the directives of theGovernment.

The 'Online Gurupurnima festi-val' will be telecast in the evening of5th July in 11 languages – English,Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi,Bengali, Oriya, Telugu, Kannada,Tamil and Malayalam. Sanatan San-stha appeals that everybody shouldaccrue the benefit from these festi-vals. The festival includes ShriVyasa-pujan, Shri Guru-pujan,alongwith invaluable guidance onspiritual practice and 'Duties of Hin-dus during the adverse times andestablishing Dharma-based 'HinduRashtra (Nation)'.

“Guru is sagun (Materialised) formof nirgun (Non-materialised) God. Only

because of Guru's grace, a disciple getsliberated from the cycle of birth anddeath and attains Moksha. To get be-stowed with such Guru in our life, thespiritual practice needs to be per-formed with the intense yearning,”said a member of the Sanstha.

Guidance on this topic will be giv-en at this festival. Sanatan Sansthaearnestly requests all to accrue thebenefit of the online celebration of the'Gurupurnima festival' by partici-pating in it along with family mem-bers.

The 'Online Gurupurnima Fes-tival' in English can be watched onFacebook or YouTube at 7 p.m. on5th July on the following links -

1. FaceBook.com/sanatan.english

2. YouTube.com/DharmashikshaMore information about Guru-

purnima festival in other languagesis given on the website of SanatanSanstha on https://www.Sanatan.org/en/Gurupurnima

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Thepower supply by theMaharashtra StateElectricity Distribu-tion Company Ltd.(MSEDCL) in Raigaddistrict which was com-pletely disrupted dueto cyclone Nisarg hasfinally been restored.Energy Minister Dr.Nitin Raut had in-spected Raigad districtand directed MSEDCLto restore power supplyas soon as possible.Also, Principal Secre-tary Energy andMSEDCL Chairmanand Managing DirectorDinesh Waghmarehimself visited thearea twice and re-viewed the work inprogress.

Due to the cyclone,the power supply wascut off to villages inRaigad district.MSEDCL employeesworked day and nightto restore power supplyto 1829 villages. Shri-vardhan was the hard-est hit by the cyclone.A huge tree fell on thehigh-pressure line,

Power supply to Arathi, BhattiMal, Jaswali, Ranwali, Bapwan

villages at Shrivardhan restoredknocking down 285 high-pressure poles.

Since Shrivardhan’sVahini comes from forestand hilly areas, remov-ing the fallen tree on thisVahini and erecting this

pole was a big challenge.Pushpa Chavan,

Chief Engineer, Bhand-up Circle visited the sitefrom time to time andgave instructions tocomplete the work assoon as possible. Vashicircle superintendentengineer Rajaram Manewith proper planning ofthe work, Executive En-gineer AppasahebKhandekar and Deputy

Executive Engineer,with the help of Wagh-panjan and his team,were able to restorethe power supply ofShrivardhan Incom-ing Feeder. 160 high-

pressure poles, 88DTC, 1315 low-pres-sure poles passingthrough the feeder toBagmand in Shri-vardhan had col-lapsed. MSEDCL hassucceeded in re-light-ing the villages of Ar-athi, Bhatti Mal, Jas-wali, Ranwali, Bap-wan, and Bhotsa bycompleting 50 percentof the work.

By Abhitash D. Singh

ULWE: Shetkari Kamgar PakshUlwe and Amahi Ulwekar JansevaMandal jointly planted trees in someparts of sector-17 in order to promotetree plantation and greenery inUlwe. They also distributed rationsto the needy during the coronaviruspandemic.

Shetkari Kamgar Paksha Sector-17 Ulwe and Amahi Ulwekar Janse-va Mandal President Sachin Rajesaid, “Seeing the current scenario dueto coronavirus pandemic and alsolockdown it is important to encour-age youngsters to plant trees. Treeplantation is the need of the hour tosave the ecology. I, along with fewyoungsters named Pradeep Ranawat,Kishore Kadam, Suresh Pathak, Vi-

Shetkari Kamgar Paksh and AamhiUlwekar Janseva Mandal jointly plant

trees and distribute ration to the needy

Initiative aims at making Ulwe greener and to

support the needy during coronavirus pandemic

nay Pathak, Deepesh Pathak,Ganesh Kadam, Sandeep Patil,Mangesh Sawant, Gokul Puri, Navinand Amit Jaiswal planted a varietyof trees in sector-17. We also distrib-uted rations to the 30 needy families.We aim to support the needy familyon regular basis by distributing 30packets of ration items.”

NMMC presents solid wastesorting practices at a webinar

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) present-ed a webinar onsolid waste sort-ing system (Prac-tices at source seg-regation) at thenational level on-line event.

Navi MumbaiMunicipal Com-missioner Mr. Annasa-heb Misal gave the pre-sentation on the wastesorting system imple-mented under the Sol-

id Waste ManagementSystem of the Navi Mum-

bai Municipal Corpora-tion.

In Swachh Survey2019, NMMC wasranked seventh in the

country and numberone in Maharashtra.

The results ofSwachh Survey2020 are yet to bea n n o u n c e d .NMMC has re-ceived a 5-star rat-ing in the catego-ry of waste-freecities announcedthis year. NaviMumbai is the

only city in the stateof Maharashtra out of6 cities in the countryto receive 5-star rat-ing.

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Certificate Course in Common

Mental Disorders launched

Aims to up skill primary care physicians to

identify & manage common mental disorders

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: TheLive Love LaughFoundation (TLLLF), acharitable trust set upin 2015 to give hope toevery person experienc-ing stress, anxiety, anddepression (SAD), incollaboration with thePublic Health Founda-tion of India (PHFI), apremier public healthorganization in thecountry, and Associationof Healthcare Providers(India) (AHPI), haslaunched a CertificateCourse in CommonMental Disorders(CCCMD).

The course aims atenhancing the knowl-edge, skills and compe-tencies of primary carephysicians to identifyand manage commonmental disorders. 143primary care physiciansfrom 17 states haveregistered for the firstcycle of the coursewhich is conductedonline. 65% are MedicalGraduates (MBBS),while the remaining35% are Post-Graduatesin various specialties.Participants have anaverage clinical experi-ence of 16 years. 79% ofthe attendees are fromthe private sector, 17%from various stategovernments and 4%from the centralgovernment. The firstcycle of the course isbeing conducted fromfour centers: Delhi,Mumbai, Bangalore,and Kolkata. PHFI isthe ImplementingPartner; TLLLF is theKnowledge & Grantpartner; AHPI is theStrategic Partner. Moreinformation is at http://mentalhealthedu.org/

The first module ofthe course was conduct-ed in Mumbai on 28thJune with 35 attendees.Dr. Jahnavi Kedare,Associate Professor,Dept. Of Psychiatry, B.Y. L. Nair Hospital,Mumbai was the leadfaculty member for this

module.Dr Shyam Bhat,

Trustee of The LiveLove Laugh Founda-tion, said, “For acountry of 1.3 billion,we have only about8000 psychiatrists.Clearly there is a hugeneed-gap and withoutprimary care physi-

cians becoming a partof the mental health-care workforce, wecannot win thisbattle”.

Dr Bhat also notedthat suicide was theleading cause of deathfor Indians betweenthe ages 15-39. “Manystudies have shownthat people who aresuicidal would haveconsulted their prima-ry care physician inthe weeks prior to theevent although theymay have never met apsychiatrist. Physi-cians can be at thefrontline for ourcountry in the detec-tion, diagnosis andtreatment of commonmental disorders. Ifour primary carephysicians are adept attreating such illnesses,

we know that thiscountry can make atransformation. Atleast 40% of peoplewho consult theirphysicians, havesignificant psychiatriccomorbidity. Treatingpsychiatric comorbidi-ty will improveoutcomes in various

physical conditions.”Dr Sandeep Bhalla,

Director - Training,Public Health Founda-tion of India, said "Thetreatment gap in Indiais over 70% and aspredicted by WHO, by2020, about 20% of thepopulation will sufferfrom mental illnesses.The situation may getworse due to theCOVID 19 pandemic.The Training Divisionof PHFI is committedto addressing thehealthcare challengesfaced by Indiancommunities bytraining healthcareprofessionals inevidence-based practic-es and new advancesin the field of health-care. We have trained

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For representational purpose only

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: The LionsClub of Uran on Satur-day distributed pills ofhomeopathic pills ar-senic album 30 to theST depot, staff, driversand carriers in compli-ance with governmentnorms and followingsocial distance.

As per the recom-mendation of the Min-istry of AYUSH, the

Free distribution of ArsenicAlbum 30 Homeopathic

Pills by Lions Club of Uran

dosage of Arsenic Al-bum 30, a homeopath-ic pill, has been foundto be useful in boostingthe immune system.

On this occasion,Lions Club Uran Pres-ident Lion PrakashNaik, Secretary LionSahebrao Ohol, Trea-surer Sandhyarani Sa-hebrao Ohol, MJFSadanand Gaikwad,MJF Lion Chandra-

kant Thakkar, MJFLion Sanjeev Agarwal,Dr. Preeti SantoshGade, Dr. SantoshGade, Adv. DattatreyaNawale, Lion Naren-dra Thakur, LionMukund Bhosale, LionAmarin Mukri, LionNilima Narkhede,Uran Bus Depot ChiefSatish Matle, LionsClub members, bus de-pot staff were present.

er department, heavyrainfall has been fore-cast for two days inThane district and Kon-kan regions. In viewsof this, the commis-sioner has issued alertnotices to all the de-partmental offices. Ac-cordingly, relief teamshave been kept readyat all the eight divi-sional offices as well asall the five fire sta-tions”, said an official.

NMMC chiefreviews...

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As per the data, thesatellite city received192.7 mm of rainfallfrom rain recorded

from July 3 till July 4mid noon. Eight inci-dents of falling of trees/ large branches were

recorded. Emergency Action

Centres are operation-al 24 x 7 at Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion Headquarters.Two toll free numbers1 8 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 9 /1800222310 are avail-able free of cost for cit-izens and 5 fire sta-tions are also equippedwith emergency con-trol rooms. In addition,Divisional ControlRooms are operating24 x 7 in all the eightDivisional Offices foremergencies.

Great Loss To BollywoodThe deaths of Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput and

now Saroj Khan are a great loss to the Hindi film industry. These starshave left behind several memorable films that will be remembered for yearsto come.

Saroj Khan was a great choreographer and made dance look easyalmost like anybody can dance. She was a three-time National Award win-ner and had choreographed some of the most memorable songs in Hindicinema.

In a career spanning of over four decades, Saroj is credited with choreo-graphing more than 2,000 songs, including 'Dola Re Dola' from SanjayLeela Bhansali's 'Devdas', 'Ek Do Teen' from Madhuri Dixit-starrer 'Tezaab'and 'Ye Ishq Haaye' from Kareena Kapoor Khan--starrer'Jab We Met'.

Most of the songs choreographed by her had big names as lead actors.She had also trained a slew of choreographers who went on to make a bigname for themselves in the '90s, including Farah Khan. She was also knownfor blending Indian classical dance with modern beats.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor....

Rainfall details on July 4from 8.30am to 3.30pm:

Belapur : 93.60 mmNerul : 104.00 mmVashi : 67.00 mmKoperkhairane : 81.90 mmAiroli : 101.30 mmAverage rainfall : 89.56 mm

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By Dr. Monica Khanna

Change, they say, isthe only constant – aninevitability that we of-ten have no control over.Yet, most of us dreadchange because itshakes us out of ourcomfort zone and plac-es us in an unknownspace that we are unfa-miliar with. We havecocooned ourselves in alittle shell, and we areafraid to flutter ourwings and explore theworld outside. Our shellmakes us feel secureand protected, while theoutside world instils inus a sense of fear.

This fear is almostinherent in us from ourearly childhood. When alittle child goes to schoolfor the first time, it criesfor the first few days.Separation from one’sparents, away from theknown surroundings ofits home to a new placewith unseen faces – thevery thought of thesechanges causes anxiety.But children are resil-ient, and within a cou-ple of weeks, the childadapts to an entirely dif-ferent routine, and be-comes habituated to theplace and people. As thechild develops affectionfor the teachers andmakes friends, it startsenjoying going to school,

The Silver Liningand looks forward to so-cial interaction outsidethe family.

Like children, wealso eventually learn toadjust to changes, espe-cially when we havelimited choice but toadapt. What makeschange difficult is notthe change itself butthe mental blockagainst change. “Butwe have always done itthis way,” is the oneline that prevents us

from even thinking ina different direction andconsidering alternatepossibilities. Theminute we start believ-ing that the old meth-od of doing things istried and tested, andtherefore the best, werestrict ourselves fromtrying out somethingnew. It could be some-thing as simple as try-ing out a cuisine thatwe have never been ex-posed to before, or ascomplicated as a newtechnology that is beingintroduced in an orga-nization – or even, as inthe current scenario,taking charge of thehousehold chores thatwe had outsourced toour domestic helpers.

The progress wehave been able to

achieve today in everyfield would not havebeen possible had weresisted change. Whatstops us from reachingour potential is fear –fear that we will fail,fear that we will not beaccepted or appreciated,fear that others willcriticize or mock us,fear of what lies ahead.The negative thoughtsin our mind and ourown lack of confidencelead us to distrust

change and perceive itas threatening.

The only way toembrace change is toalter our perception andkeep an open mind.The key is to focus onthe positive and look foropportunities instead ofgetting overwhelmedwith the problem. If wecan believe that there isa silver lining in everycloud and search for it,we may be able to finda rainbow. Initially, wemay face challenges indealing with change,but eventually everychange becomes a ‘newnormal’.

The writer is Associate

Professor, Indira Institute

of Business Management,

Consultant, Indian School

of Management and

Entrepreneurship

By Nivedita Bhide

Gurupurnima is ourtraditional festivalsince thousands ofyears. It is celebratedon Jayanti of Bhagwan

Vedvyasa i.e. on AshadhPurnima. He was theson of the sageParashar and the fish-erwoman Satyavati. Hewas born on an islandand that is why he isalso known as Davai-payana Krishna. Vedasare not the books writ-ten by any one. Therishi’s who did penancesaw the truths of exist-ence. They are seers ofTruth. These Mantrasare seen and heard bythem and are passed onto their disciples. TheseMantras are called "Ve-das". The gravitationalforce was in existenceeven before Newton dis-covered it. And it wouldcontinue even after weforget about it. Thus,Vedas were alwaysthere. The Rishi’s sawit and then passed it onto their disciples. Vedasare Apaurusheya. i.e.they are not man-made.

Many rishis had re-ceived these Mantras.Vedavyasa collected allthese Richas (Mantras)called as Samhitas andedited them in four Ve-das with variousbranches. The four Ve-

INSPIRE: Gurupurnimadas are Rigveda, Ya-jurveda, Samaveda,Atharvaveda. EachVeda is again classifiedin to four parts – Man-tra or Samhita, Brah-mana, Aaranyaka andUpanishad. He not onlyedited Vedas he alsomade the arrange-ments to protect theVedas by allotting eachbranch to few families.Those families had toprotect that branch ofVedas. He also allottedother various branchesof knowledge like sur-gery, Ayurveda, archi-

tecture etc. to familiesbelonging to variouscommunities. Thus,each family, communi-ty became the custodi-an of protection of Ve-das - knowledge mak-ing our country theJnanbhoomi.

The imparting ofthis knowledge wasdone by father to theson, by Guru to the dis-ciple thus our Bharat,in spite of so many in-vasions, could remainthe land of knowledgefor thousands of years.Committing to protectsome branch of knowl-edge, spiritual Vidyasand learning it from

Guru and passing it onto the coming genera-tion became the sacredduty of each family. Itwas Vyasa who devisedthis Guru tradition toprotect the knowledgerequired for living inthis world and for real-izing Ishvara. There-fore, his Jayanti is cel-ebrated as Gurupurni-ma.

This festival is toremind us to be grate-ful to all the Gurus andto revere them whohave taught us some-thing or other of value

in our life. This festivalis to remind us that ourfamily also should pro-tect at least someknowledge, tradition,Vidya etc. This festivalis also to see the good,divine in others andlearn from them.

All the problems inlife come because welimit our sense of ‘I’ toour body-mind complex.Body and mind are ourinstruments to knowour real nature. If wesee the first five shlokasof the Gurustotra, theseare telling that myprostrations to that

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Issue : 24 5 July, 2020Guru who showed memy real state of being –Tat Padam Darshitamyen tasmai Shri Gu-ruve namah. Man con-siders he is a body-mind complex. Butgradually the Gurumakes him realize thathe is the expanding cir-cle of consciousnesswhich pervades theCharachara - every-thing in this universe.What are those expand-ing circles of conscious-ness?

Chaitanya - Con-sciousness expresses asvarious Samashtis.Thus, the expandingform of an individual isfamily. Do not thinkthat the family is col-lection of few people. Itis the consciousnesswhich has manifestedas family members.The expanding form offamily is society, theexpanding form of a so-ciety is nation, the ex-panding form of nationis the whole existence.

Thus, we are all in-terconnected interrelat-ed and interdependent.Atman is same for allof us. We come acrossGurus – some just in-dicate this fact. Someexplain it. Some moti-vate us to live accord-ingly. Some Gurus caneven guide us to realizeit. Since birth our par-ents, grand-parents,teachers, saints, etc.are indicating thisgrand truth to usthrough simple practic-es in our homes, orthrough literature. Forexample, mother teach-es the child to do nama-skar to elders, teach-

ers, cow, trees, etc. thatis the living beings. Shealso teaches the child tobow down to inanimatethings like books, food,equipments etc. Whatare such practices inour homes which indi-cate to the child thatthis charachar (ani-mate and inanimate) isdivine?

Many a times weare caught up in thedarkness of depression,self-pity, ignorance,selfishness, Dehabud-dhi, ego etc. At suchtimes whosoever helpsus and guides us to beout of it and opens oureyes to the reality, thatGuru could be eitherparents, grandparents,friends, siblings, teach-ers, neighbours etc.They are our Gurus. Ifwe are haughty thenwe do not learn even ifNarayana himselfcomes to teach us. Whatare such occasions inour life that someoneguided us very well andopened our eyes? Let usshare those experienc-es and pay our homageto them.

The shloka gurur-brhama, gururvish-nu…. means both waysi.e. Guru is Brahma,Vishnu, Mahesh. Guruguides us to God, thusGuru is God. But it alsomeans that God is ourguru. In this IshvariyaKarya – the nation-building work that wehave undertaken, Godguides us. Thus, inVivekananda Kendra,Ishvara is chosen asGuru and not any hu-man being. Pranav isconsidered as the bestexpression for Ishvara.All the Hindus cancome to Omkara.

Therefore, Omkarawhich is considered asthe best name for Ish-vara by Patanjali (ta-sya vachak: pranav:) isGuru is VivekanandaKendra. It means whatthis whole divine tradi-tion of our Gurus,Acharyas, saints is re-membered, revered andgiven respect allthrough the year andwe work to take aheadtheir work. On the dayof Gurupurnima, weremind ourselves thatIshvara who pervadesthe Charaachar teach-es us through all thosearound us. We canshare that what all welearn from thosearound us. It can behuman beings, it can beanimals, birds, treesand even inanimatethings.

Gurupurnima is aday when we tune our-selves to receive theteachings of the Guru –Ishvara – from the wholeuniverse. This humilityto learn from others, thisreadiness to learns fromothers purifies our mindto see Ishvara every-where. It also inspires usto work as the instru-ment of Ishvara for rais-ing the humanity. Theservice, fulfilling of Day-itvas thus become thepooja and Aaradhana ofIshvara – Vibho TavAaradhanam As-madiyam.

This characharwhich is imbued by Ish-vara can teach usmany things. Let ustake a Sankalpa thatfrom Charachar, I shalleveryday learn some-thing.

Nivedita Bhide is VicePresident, Vivekananda

Kendra Kanyakumari

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Roads in dire straits againThe monsoon has arrived and with this has begun the several

woes, the foremost being the condition of the roads. It is a wellknown fact that every year during monsoon, the condition of roadsbecomes pathetic. Just few spells of heavy showers are sufficientto wash away the wearing course of the roads, exposing the un-even base course to the vehicles. With already rutted and pot-holed roads especially in the developing nodes of Koperkhairne,Turbhe, Ulwe and Ghansoli, it is hardly difficult to imagine thecondition and the riding quality of road after they take the beatingfrom monsoon. Although NMMC has undertaken repairs of roadsin certain stretches and concreting of roads and junctions at oth-ers, but the works are still in progress, far from complete.

The quality and quantity of infrastructural facilities of a city isthe barometer for assessing its development. It is not only indic-ative of economic progress, but also aids it. It helps in startingdevelopment process as well as in sustaining the growth rate. Oflate, we have also realized the importance of inter connectivitythrough roads. The golden quadrangle project, the expresswaysand the free ways being planned and constructed are evident ofthe realization of this fact in our country too. The paved roads withgood riding quality not only facilitate uninterrupted movement ofvehicles, but also help in saving the vehicle operational cost. Thisis all the more significant from the point of view of energy conser-vation and saving the already meager and fast depleting irreplen-ishable petroleum resources. Unfortunately, in Navi Mumbai thepicture on this front is not very rosy. In spite of being a well-plannedcity, developing the road network has been completely ignored bythe development authorities for Navi Mumbai. To make the mat-ters worse, the existing road network is also not being maintainedproperly. Inspite of repeated requests by the residents includingagitations by the angry commuters, no care is being taken in thesepast years to improve the riding quality of roads. Roads with poorriding quality also cause distress in the vehicles besides increas-ing the vehicle operational cost. Although quite a large amount isearmarked every year in the budget for the maintenance of theroads, but going by the quality it is evident that these funds arenot being effectively utilized. One of the major reasons for poorroads is that they are frequently dug up by the service providerslike MTNL, MSEB and other private companies for laying cablesand pipes. Presently, NMMC has undertaken the work of layingnew sewerage pipeline. However, even after the completion ofwork, the roads are not restored and there remain patches of un-finished work.

Similarly at several places although drains have been de siltedbut the silt has not been disposed off and has been dumped on thepavement. It shall again find way into the drains with the first heavyshowers nullifying the efforts, apart from in fructuous expendi-tures incurred.

It is high time that NMMC realizes its role and becomes ac-countable to the people from whom it collects huge revenues byway of hefty taxes. Its working has been noticed to be dubious,without providing value for the money spent. Poor quality worksand unwanted works are carried out in the name of booking ex-penditure and the priority works are forgotten leading to poorstate of affairs during monsoons every year.

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around 30000 Primarycare physiciansnationwide throughvarious courses since2010. These physiciansare the first point ofcontact for any com-munity member andhence it becomesimportant they arealso trained to managecommon mentalhealth disorders. Thiscourse is an effort tointegrate mentalhealth into primaryhealthcare and facili-tate patient-centricand holistic services."

Dr AlexanderThomas, President,Association of Health-care Providers, said,“Mental health mustbe aligned with

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primary care. There isstill social stigmaattached to mentalhealth disorders andits treatment, whichcontributes to peoplewith these conditionsbeing neglected aroundthe world especially inLMICs (lower middle-income countries).People still believe thatmental disorders canonly affect a small setof the population.However, India aloneaccounts for nearly15% of global mental,neurological, andsubstance abusedisorder burden. Addto this the fact thatthere is a shortage ofmental health profes-sionals to cater tothese patients. Giventhis, AHPI has collabo-rated with PHFI andTLLLF to trainprimary care physi-cians in common

mental disorders. Thisis a step towardstackling the increasingnumber of mentaldisorder cases andtreating them on timeafter accurate diagno-sis."

A baseline studyconducted by PHFI atthe start of the coursefound that about 30%of physicians could notidentify the correctbehavior that war-rants a mental healthevaluation. 41%physicians thoughtthat people with severemental health prob-lems cannot recoverfully. While 25%physicians wereunable to identifycommon symptoms ofschizophrenia, only48% knew that menwith anxiety disorderhave a high risk ofdeveloping alcoholabuse.

of RCC Boxes at TilakNagar Station creat-ing an 4.9 metre extraopening to increasethe waterway capaci-ty. Also, enhancementof bridge waterway byinsertion of RCC Boxadjacent to existingbridge between Panv-el and Karjat, has in-creased the waterwaycapacity and 1.8meter diameter pipewas pushed betweenBadlapur and Vanga-ni to increase the wa-ter flow. Taking ad-vantage of the lock-down, Central Rail-way has replaced thesteel girder with PSBslab of the importantWaldhuni Bridge.G) New Initiatives• MSF Jawans +

RPF Staff as quick

response teams.• A RPF Flood Res-

cue Team is beingformed in collabora-tion with NDRF.

• Critical FOBs iden-tified & staff de-ployed for crowdcontrol.

• Re-roofing of plat-forms (9 Stationscompleted) – CSMTsuburban PFs, Ti-laknagar, LTT,Mankhurd, Sion,Guru Teg BahadurNagar, Masjid,Sandhurst Road,Reay Road.

• Improvements toplatform surfaces(10 Stations com-pleted): CSMT, LTT,Kalyan, Khadavli,Asangaon, Igatpuri,Palasdhari, Mathe-ran, Badlapur,Chunabhatti

• Extension of Coverover five platform atPanvel, Sandhurst

Road, Reay Road,Cotton Green, Divacompleted

• A Workshop onCrowd Manage-ment also conduct-ed.

• CCTVs at vulnera-ble locations inGHAT with flood-lights.

• Improved commu-nication system inTunnel and Ghat.(leaky cable andVHF)

• Additional staticwatchmen at vul-nerable locations

H) 24X7 Control RoomCR Control office,

which is workinground the clock, willkeep close liaison withMeteorological Depart-ment, Disaster Man-agement cell and staffdeputed at flood proneareas for continuousmonitoring and con-stant update.

CR suburbannetwork...

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Kid’s Zone

Nikhil Subramaniam Std 1 Age 6,Reliance Foundation School, Kopherkhaine

Prachi Chauhan, 18 years old, Falguni vocational,Swami Brahmanand pratishthan, Vashi

Amy Binu Zachariah, 14 Yrs, Std. 8Ryan Christian School, Vashi

Good Samaritan from Ulwe rescuesbaby eagle stuck inside locked flat

Rescue operation was conducted with the help of police,

fire brigade, key maker and society security guard

By Abhitash D. Singh

ULWE: A retired offi-cial from MaharashtraState Electricity Boardon Friday, 3rd July,2020 with the help ofpolice, fire brigade, keymaker and society se-curity guard rescuedand saved a baby eaglewhich was stuck on the13th floor of the lockedflat in Bhagwati Impe-ria Building in Ulwe onThursday, 2nd July,2020 at around 11pm.

Speaking with theNewsband ShashikantSurwade, the retiredSuperintendent Engi-neer from MSEB and aresident of Ulwe Bhag-wati Imperia societyinformed, “On 2nd July,2020 I noticed a babyeagle stuck on the 13thfloor of the locked flat.The bird was stuck inthe gallery and wasunable to jump vertical-ly. The bird was jump-ing horizontally andwas injuring itself morein the process. I in-

formed the owner of theflat and also the build-er. However, there wasno response from theowner.

From 11pm on 2ndJuly, the good Samari-tan tried various meansto rescue the bird buthe failed. In the morn-ing on 3rd July, 2020 at

around 6am, he calledmany bird lovers butthere was no response.“I contacted aroundeight bird lovers’ organ-

isations from google butgot responses only fromtwo organisations. Ofthese one was a veteri-nary hospital and theother said that they are

involved in human be-ing welfare,” says Mr.Surwade, who then de-cided to carry out therescue operations him-self. On the advice fromsome of the societymembers, he contactedthe police officials andthe fire brigade. Bothpolice and fire brigadereached the spot andthey started the rescueoperation. Both fire bri-gade and police went onthe 14th floor of thebuilding but they wereunable to get the access.Finally, they called thekey maker and openedthe flat and rescued thebaby eagle. “It was heartwarming sight to see thebird flying,” happily re-marks Mr. Surwade.

“The society mem-bers-Aasita Bhatt andour society securityNarendra Singh andmany youngsters ren-dered valuable help asalso the police and firebrigade officials,” headds.

Aboli women rickshaw pullers shouldget benefit of Gharkul scheme

Founder President of Aboli Mahila Rickshaw Drivers’ Association

writes to Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Mundhe

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: San-tosh Bhagat, FounderPresident of Aboli Ma-hila Rickshaw Drivers’Association, has de-manded that Aboliwomen rickshaw driv-ers should get the ben-efit of Gharkul Yojanaand has sent an e-mailto Social Justice Min-ister DhananjayMundhe and RaigadGuardian MinisterAdititai Tatkare in thisregard.

Speaking to the me-dia Bhagat said, “Theincome from rickshawbusiness is meagre.Their dream of owninga house cannot be ful-

filled in this income.With the benefit ofGharkul scheme, theirdream of owning ahome can come true.”He said that their ap-plication for the

scheme should be con-sidered sympathetical-ly so that they can leada dignified life.

For the last 3 to 4years, members of Abo-li Women Rickshaw

Drivers Associationhave been doing busi-ness in Panvel,Kalamboli, Kharghar,Kalyan, Karjat,Khopoli, Khalapur,Koparkhairane.