Cont. on pg. 6

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NMMC extendslockdown in 42

hotspots till 31stJuly, 2020

For the third time in arow, the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) has extendedthe lockdown till 31st July,2020 in 42 hotspots inthe satellite city. In otherareas, which have notbeen identif ied ashotspots by the civicbody, the shops will beallowed to resume busi-ness on odd-evenschemes except for themalls. (For completelist of the hotspot ar-eas see page)

288 people testpositive for Covid-19 in Navi Mumbai

288 people were testedpositive for Covid-19taking the tally to 11,426cases in Navi Mumbai.So far, 7,213 patients inthe city have beencured. In Navi Mumbai,3,870 patients are un-dergoing treatment atvarious hospitals. While343 people have suc-cumbed to the deadly vi-rus. So far 29, 238 pa-tients have been tested.Reports of 383 Covidsuspects are pending. Atotal of 68, 992 patientshave been quarantinedin Navi Mumbai. Mean-while, 81,408 patientshave completed theirquarantine period.

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NMMC to introducemultiple lines for its

Helpline NumberAim is to reduce waiting period and attend more calls;

also in the offing is the plan to call every Covid positive

patient on a daily basis to know about their well being

By Varda Sharma

NAVI MUMBAI:Acting on thecomplaints fromsome of theresidents withregards to poor ornon-functioning ofthe Helplinenumbers intro-duced by the NaviMumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) for Covid19 related que-ries, the NMMChas decided toaugment theservice by intro-ducing multiplelines so that thewaiting period

gets reduced and morenumber of calls get

attended.Speaking toNewsband,Abhijit Bangar,CommissionerNMMC said,“Very shortly wewill be introduc-ing multiple linesfor our Helplinenumber so thatthe residents areable to get properCovid relatedinformation.People will be ableto know about theavailability ofbeds in varioushospitals and

Residents hail NMMC

Commissioner’s

directives to civic officials

Civic chief has asked the officials to

work on all the seven days without

any holiday to control COVID-19

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Therecent directive of theCommissioner of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC), Abhijit Ban-gar to the civic officialshas been lauded by theresidents. The new civ-ic chief who has re-cently taken over thepost has asked all theNMMC of-ficers towork on allthe sevendays with-out takingany holi-days in or-der to fightthe pan-demic.

Speak-ing with the News-band, Abhijit Bangarsaid, “My aim is to con-trol the Covid 19 casesand reduce the mortal-ity rate in the satellitecity. I have asked allmy officers to be avail-able 24X7 and work onall the seven days with-out taking any holiday.It is our endeavor tobreak the COVID-19

chain. Our officials areworking round theclock and are undertak-ing various measuresto control the Covid 19cases in Navi Mum-bai.”

Hailing the deci-sion, Aasita Bhatt, aresident of Nerul said,“The decision by theNMMC commissioneris commendable and

will definitely help inbringing down the cas-es as well as in tack-ling the situationwhich is becomingworse from the last fewdays.”

Vikrant Bhandari,social activist fromNavi Mumbai, alsohailed the decision.

Contd. on pg. 2

Newly opened underpassin pathetic condition

Residents demand action against officers

responsible for the constructionBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

PANVEL: With justfew showers lashing thecity, the underpass atsector 15 A-16, Panvelnear HDFC circle is indire straits. With nolight, knee-deep water-logging, the underpass,which was built withan aim to connect NewPanvel to Old Panvel(Takka), can hardly beused by the residents.

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MUMBAI: Taking noteof the complaints bysome of the patientsthat private hospitalsin the jurisdiction ofThane Municipal Cor-poration (TMC) are de-laying the patients’ dis-charge for the Insur-ance benefits, the TMCby its notification on 17July 2020, has orderedall hospitals to dis-charge 25% of their pa-tients every day other-wise the hospitals willbe penalized under theEpidemic Act 1897 andDisaster Managementact 2005. This order,however, is being ob-jected by the IndianMedical Association,Maharashtra State.

Dr. Avinash Bhond-we, President, IMA,Maharashtra says thatthe TMC should first ofall check the statisticsas to “How many pa-tients are being held up

IMA, Maharashtra raises objection to the recent announcement by TMC

TMC by the notification on 17th July has asked all private hospitals

to discharge 25% of their Covid patients every day

by such action by theprivate Hospitals andwhat is the percentageof such incidents in thetotal admissions in allthe hospitals? Are theincidents reported bythe patients as a com-plaint to the Civic Ad-ministration or arethey just hearsay inci-dents? Is that percent-age so large to take ageneralized opinion andmake a rule to preventit and punish it as perthe provisions in TheEpidemic Act 1897 orthe Disaster manage-ment act 2005?”

“It seems that theAdministrators thinkthat all the patients re-cover as per the calen-dar schedule. What if apatient is discharged asper this rule of 25 % getsworsened or succumbsafter the discharge? Whowill be responsible forthe legal complications

arising there after? Dothe administratorspromise with anothernotification that if a pa-tient worsens or dies be-cause he was dischargedprematurely withoutgetting recovered but onthe account of followingthis new rule of 25%, theGovernment will be re-

sponsible and no doctoror the hospital will beblamed or sued?,” heasks.

“The doctors of IMA,Maharashtra Statehave always committedto the medical princi-ples, treatment proto-cols and the medicalethics as well as all therules and laws of the

land. We also believethat the disease and thedeath never arrive byinvitation and cured byany law. We acceptedthe Government rulingthat to send notice andtake legal actions, if thehospitals deny the ad-missions. We also ac-cepted that the hospi-

tals should not over-charge and bill the pa-tients according to therates given by the Gov-ernment. However, therule to discharge the25% percent patients isnot practical as per themedical science. It isindigestible because itcreates a dilemma inthe minds of the treat-

ing doctors whether togive importance to thepatient's wellbeing andlife or to follow the dic-tate of the Civic Admin-istration,” says Dr.Pankaj Bandarkar,State Secretary, IMA,Maharashtra.

The doctors of IMA,Maharashtra haveurged the Commission-er of Thane MunicipalCorporation, to recon-sider this ruling and tomake it more practicaland ethical for the doc-tors. “We suggest tak-

ing opinion of the TaskForce of the Govern-ment of Maharashtraheaded by Dr SanjayOak, Dr ShashankJoshi and others. If theTMC is firm on its de-cision, it should comeout with a written or-der to stating the hos-pitals that any legalproblem arises from thepatients side because ofthis 25% daily dis-charge rule, the doctorsand hospitals will not becharged or blamed,”says Dr. Bhondwe.

I have changed my name from TALAT PARVEEN GULAMMUSTAFA to TALAT PARVEEN as per documents

CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from SAYYED IMRAN FARUQUE& SYED IMRAN FAROOQUE SYED IRSHAD ALI & SYEDIMRAN FAROOQI & SAYED IMRAN FAROOQ & SYEDIMRAN FAROOQ to IMRAN FAROOQ SYED IRSHADALI SYED as per documents

CHANGE OF NAME

We, Mr. Imran Farooq Syed Irshad Ali Syed & Mrs TalatParveen have changed our son’s name from SAYED SAIFALI to SYED SAIF ALI as per documents

CHANGE OF NAME

We, Mr. Imran Farooq Syed Irshad Ali Syed & Mrs TalatParveen have changed our daughter’s name from SAYYEDTEEBUL ADA to SYED TEEBUL ADA as per documents

CHANGE OF NAME“The NMMC chief istaking bold steps,which is really appre-ciable. He is young andenergetic and alsowants his officers towork round the clockso that the Navi Mum-baikars will not haveto face the problemsduring such pandem-ic.”

Vitesh Mhatre, asocial activist fromUlwe said, “TheNMMC appears to bethe first civic body inthe state which hasasked its officers towork 24X7 during thispandemic. We are con-fident that NMMC un-der the guidance of Ab-hijit Bangar will besuccessful in curbingthe spread of COVID-19.”

Residentshail NMMC...

Contd. from pg. 1

India’s first port based SEZ -JNPT SEZ - is now operational5 units have started their construction activities and amongst them

2 units have recently started their operations in SEZ successfully

MUMBAI: JNPT, thepremier container portin the country is devel-oping a multi-productSpecial Economic Zone(SEZ) in its owned freehold land of 277 hect-ares at Navi Mumbai.The multi-product portbased SEZ aims toboost exports by en-abling port-led indus-trialization under Sa-garmala initiative ofMinistry of Shipping.The foundation stone ofthe project was laid bythe Honorable PrimeMinister, Shri Naren-dra Modi in August2014.

JNPT reached yetanother mile stone indevelopment of SEZ by

becoming the first of itskind operational Portbased multi-productSEZ. Two units in

JNPT SEZ namely, M/s OWS LLP and M/sKrish Food Industry(India) have completedtheir first phase of op-

erational activity andare declared operation-al units by Develop-ment Commissioner,

SEEPZ, SEZ. The ef-forts rendered by theseunits during the chal-

Contd. on pg. 6

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Navi Mumbai social activistplans #maskzaroorihai initiative

Initiative will be held at Bamandongari

Railway Station on 21st JulyBy Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: The so-cial activist of NaviMumbai in order tomake peopleaware about theimportance ofwearing maskand how it canhelp in protectingindividuals fromCovid-19, will beconducting acampaign titled#maskzaroorihaiat BamandongariRailway Stationon Tuesday, 21stJuly, 2020.

Vikrant Bhandari,social activist from NaviMumbai while speakingwith Newsband in-formed, “World is in thegrip of grave coronavi-

rus crisis with cases in-creasing day by day. Inorder to control the in-creasing cases, it is es-

sential that we followthe guidelines laid downby the government aswell as local bodies.Even after so many re-quests and appeals from

the police officials or themunicipal corporation,many people are stillnot paying heed and can

be seen roamingon the roadswithout mask.”

He furtheradded, “As per thedoctors, wearingmask is very es-sential in spread-ing the virus.T h r o u g h#maskzaroorihaiinitiative, wewould like tospread awarenessabout the impor-

tance of wearing mask.”“When your mask

protects me and mymask protects you thenwhy take it off?,” hestresses.

By Meena R Prashant

PANVEL: If you are a resident ofKalamboli then here is a good news.The Kharghar Forum has come upwith a web link of 500 vendors whosupply groceries, vegetables andfruits, dairy and medicine. The aimof the initiative is to ensure that theresidents do not have to depend com-pletely on online services.

The web link serves two purpose:Firstly, giving local vendors busi-ness; Secondly, helping the residentsget necessary items in a very shorttime. This was inaugurated by thePanvel City Municipal Corporation(PCMC) commissioner SudhakarDeshmukh on Saturday.

Speaking about the features of theweb-link, Leena Garad, corporator ofward no. 5, PCMC, said, “The weblink is Android and ISO compatibleand extremely easy to use. The us-

ers have to click on http://miappserver.co . in :8079/kharghar_forum_server and the web link willshow screen where the user has toselect the sector after which the userwill have to select type i.e. type ofservice they are looking for. Onceselected the address, name, sectorand contact number of the vendor isdisplayed. To ensure the web link isuseful the details are provided inMarathi language.”

The web-link which is the effortof the forum members was createdin a short span. “We had to collectdetails of the vendors for which theforum members helped. Within 25days we had the whole data and wewere able to create the web-link,”said Garad.

She further added that a similarinitiative will soon be launched forKamothe as well.

Kharghar Forum creates user-friendly web link of 500 vendors

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: The Ministry ofShipping, Government of India hasimplemented a special scheme called‘Seafarer Welfare Fund Soci-ety-Novel Coronavirus Assis-tance Scheme for Indian Sea-farers’ with an aim to helpthe seafarers and their fami-ly during the pandemic. How-ever, this scheme, says San-jay Pawar, President All In-dia Seafarer and GeneralWorkers Union, is not beingimplemented by all the ship-ping companies.

“In many shipping companies, therecruitment process has started.

All shipping companies should implementthe Welfare Scheme for staff as directed by the

Government: Sanjay Pawar, President AllIndia Seafarer and General Workers union

Since there is no medical cover ormedical remedy plan from the com-pany, there is a feeling of insecurityand dissatisfaction among the staff,”

he adds. In a letter written tothe Shipping Minister, Gov-ernment of India, MansukhMandaviya and Chief Minis-ter of Maharashtra, UddhavThackeray, Mr. Pawar hasurged them to look into thematter and direct all the ship-ping companies to implementnew measures immediately,taking into account the re-

sponsibilities of their staff.This scheme is effective from 01/

02/2020 to 31/12/2020.

By Arun Kr Shrivastav

ULWE: The inces-sant rain in the pastfew weeks has filled theponds to the brim inUlwe and they are man-ifesting a different kindof charm that’s simplytoo good to ignore. And,all nature lovers seemto be enjoying this spe-cial moment.

“I come to this parkevery day and it is sobeautiful to see thiswater body filling andswelling up. During thesummer, the water hadreceded and become alittle greenish. Butnow, it is close to ashigh as it can go andthe water is also clean-er and more transpar-ent,” says a morningwalker in CIDCO Pondin Sector-8.

With the rising wa-ter in the ponds, thetemptation to catch fishis hard to resist, especial-ly among the fishermenthat Navi Mumbai be-ing a coastal city has insizable numbers. So, youcan find some people withtheir angles trying to

catch fish.The CIDCO sign-

board near these pondsexpressly directs peoplenot to get into the enclo-sure around the ponds,

swim, or fish.“Despite the ban, I

would sometimes cometo take a bath in thepond. It’s a different feel-ing to step into a pond orriver. You are surround-ed by so much water. Ifyou have enjoyed such abath in the past, theshower would some-times simply not lookenough,” says a morningwalker in the park.

There are quite afew such ponds in Ulweand nearby villages in-

cluding one each in Sec-tor 2 and 23. In the CI-DCO park, there are afew old trees whosebranches touch the wa-ter when it rises during

the rain. From soft tosublime, the ponds dur-ing the rain mean dif-ferent things to differ-ent people.

“Sometimes, I see alot of children jumpingand frolicking in thewater. They enjoy themost as they would beplaying in the water forhours,” says anothervisitor to the CIDCOpark.The writer is a freelancerbased in Ulwe, Navi Mum-bai

Monsoon magic : Ulwe’swater bodies full to the brim

By: Dinesh Pawar

URAN: On Monday 14 people test-ed positive for covid-19. While 12 pa-tients were cured from the virus anddischarged. Unfortunately, one per-son succumbed to the deadly virus.

The number of corona patients in

14 test positive for Covid-19 in Uran TalukaUran taluka has reached 641. Ofthese, 459 have recovered and havebeen discharged. Only 164 coronapositive patients are undergoingtreatment and 18 corona positive pa-tients have died till date, said UranTehsildar Bhausaheb Andhare.

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By Nidhi Agarwal

Tandoori vegeta-bles are undoubtedlyeveryone’s favou-rite. The flavours ofvegetables cookedin tandoori style iswhat beats everyother tandoori rec-ipe. This vegetari-an recipe can beserved as a starterand looks great asit is colourful whenarranged well. It isboth healthy andeasy to make.

Ingredients

• Mushroom -400 gms

For Tandoori Masala

powder

• Coriander seeds- 1 Tbsp • Cuminseeds - 1 Tsp • Pep-percorn - 1 Tsp •Clove • Black Carda-mom - 2 nos • GreenCardamom - 6 nos

• Cinnamon •Nutmeg • Mace 2 •Kasuri methi - 1 Tsp• Kashmiri Red chili- 5 nos • Ginger pow-der - 1 Tsp • Garlicpowder - 1 Tsp

For Marinade

• Curd - 1 1/2 cups

Tandoori Mushroom and vegetables• Ginger garlic paste -1/2 Tsp • Salt to taste• Juice of 1 Lemon •Tandoori Masala pow-der 3-4 tsp

For Coriander & Mint

Chutney

• Mint leaves • Co-riander leaves • Onion• Ginger • Garlic •Green chili - 3 nos •Rock Salt • Juice of 1/2 Lemon • Curd - 1

Tbsp • A pinch ofChaat Masala

Method

Dry roast all the in-gredients for the tan-doori masala powderexcept ginger powderand garlic powder

Once all the ingre-dients are roasted, addginger powder and gar-lic powder

Grind everythingwell into a fine powder

In a bowl, add curd,ginger garlic paste,lemon juice, salt, tan-doori masala powderand mix everything to-

getherWash and clean

the mushroomsAdd the mush-

rooms to the mari-nade and let it mari-nate for 30 minsFor the Coriander & Mint

Chutney

In a mixer jar addmint leaves, corian-der leaves, onion, gar-lic, ginger, green chil-

ies, rock salt andgrind it. Halfwaythrough add curd,lemon juice, andchaat masala andgrind it to a smoothpaste

Skewer themushrooms on astick

Preheat the mi-crowave oven for10 mins on grillsettings

Grill the mush-rooms for 10 minsServe the Tandoori

mushrooms hot withcoriander and mintchutney

Garnish with cori-ander leaves , onionslices and lemonhalves.

The tandoori veg-etables are ready toserve

Cooking time: 30minutes

Consume in notime

Nidhi Agarwal is the

founder of ‘Cake N Bake’

and can be contacted on

7017625598 for orders

In today’s column Iwant to talk about thenegativity that has be-gun to accumulate inmy mind and how Ihave fought it with astrong word ,that is af-firmation. As per ourknowledge affirma-tions are a powerfulway to cancel or correctold negative thoughtsor ideas and we can usepositive affirmationsfor improved health,fitness, and happiness.The long period of lockdown has me wearingdown with the monot-ony of confined spacesso I have startedsearching for motiva-tional quotes and writ-ing down them on somepiece of papers .Thenone day I just readthem and there weretreasure I have collect-ed like “The challengeis there to teach youare stronger than youthink you are” ,“Youare strong. You are un-stoppable”. These pos-itive affirmations andmotivating mantrasmade me feeling em-powered and I felt thatthe power of words canchange your life. It isthe truth that pen ismightier than sword.So after reding thosewords I felt that I canaccomplish anything.It’s a few minutes ofnon-stop positive ener-gy and that’s exactlywhat I needed. I felt atthat time that if usedproperly, positive self-talk and positive affir-mations can changeyour life. Words havetremendous power overour minds, bodies, andour performance andeach of us is constant-ly engaging in our owninternal thought pro-cessing. Many timeswe talk to ourselvesand interpret our situ-ations and this inter-pretation is based onour own perceptions ofwhat is going onaround us. We will findthat If our self -talk ispositive then we func-tion quite well. If whatwe are thinking ,is ir-

Affirmations, a powerfultool for health

rational, exaggerated,or negative then wemay become anxious oremotional and our per-formance is likely todecline. Many research-ers have found thatthoughts and attitudesare cognitive in natureand thoughts often leadto an emotional re-sponse. Thesethoughts and emotionsthen provide directionand control over ouractions, that’s why it is

advisable that not toact on impulse.

I have started withpositive affirmationsand these are a pow-erful way to structureour thoughts andtransform our goalsinto results. In otherwords ,a positive affir-mation is a strong, pos-itive, self-statement,spoken in the presenttense about a goal thathas the potential forbeing accomplished.We may say that It isa pre-planned state-ment of an aspiration,presented to the mindas if it has alreadybeen achieved. Whiledoing positive affirma-tions ,you present yourgoal to the mind in thepresent tense ratherthan the future tense.Although intellectuallyyou know your goal isin the future, success-ful mental program-ming helps when it is

to be stated in thepresent tense as an al-ready realized fact. Wecan cancel or correctold negative thoughtsor ideas by positive af-firmations . Negativethoughts ,if accumu-lated ,are carried in ourmental computers andthese are the source ofself-limitation, fear,and frustration for allof us. In contrast, self-image, health, physicalabilities, relationships,

and competition can allbe changed positivelyby the repetition of anaffirmation or positivethought .A positive af-firmation creates anattitude or posture inlife that says “I can dothis!”. We can under-stand it by assumingthat It is a conscious,carefully worded posi-tive statement thatguides our behavioursin a constructive way.It empowers us to re-place old pessimisticthoughts with new cre-ative phrases to help usrealize our dreams andthoughts . We alreadyknow that words areeffective tools for trans-forming our perceptionof daily events and inturn our actions to-wards positive results.The mind and the bodyare so well connectedthat the body often

Contd. on pg. 7

City Relaxes Lockdown Norms…

Navi Mumbai which had been placed under strict lockdown since midnight of July 3,2020 to arrest the rise in the numbers of COVID-19 pandemic by restricting people’smovement for non-essential work, witnessed some relaxation, except for the 42 hotspotswithin its limits on Monday as part of Maharashtra Government’s Mission Begin Againorder. As per the new NMMC commissioner Abhijit Bangar shops, outlets and essentialshops will be open from 9am to 5pm on an odd-even basis while shopping malls andmarket complexes will remain shut. Auto, Taxis and Cab aggregators will ply with re-stricted number of passengers (By Ashok Dhamija)

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I believe in areas where corona is spreading very fastlike containment zone, the domestic workers should notbe allowed. In areas where the spread is slow, they shouldbe allowed. If home delivery is possible then it is alsopossible. Even they do not have other earning source.

Sakshi Gaikwad, Ghansoli

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Should domestic helpers be allowed to resume work?

Being domestic worker from last 6 years, my family’sbread and butter is totally dependent on this work. Ifyou are allowing alcohol sale then why not domesticwork? Otherwise the government should pay salary orgive jobs till pandemic gets over. Then we will not mindif the government does not allow domestic workers toresume work.

Krishna Tarafdar, Ulwe

I think domestic workers should be allowed at least forthose houses where only senior citizens residing. Becauseof their age, they can’t do their chores. By consideringtheir ability people should be allowed the domestic work-ers to stay with senior citizens.

Sneha Misaal, Rabale

It is very tricky question. There are many If ’s and But’s.Poor families are not having food so it becomes impor-tant to start domestic work. But simultaneously it maycause virus transmission. There are some people likesenior citizens, who are on bed due to non corona healthissues, differently abled people who need domestic help-er’s support. One infected person can cause danger formany. Many lives will be on toss. Precaution is better

than cure. Jayshree Waghmare,Nerul

Social distancing is very important during corona pan-demic. So according to my knowledge we have to do ourown household work to protect ourselves from covid-19.We are already locked in our houses. Rarely do we doexercises. Atleast by doing household work, there will besome movement or exercise.

Roshni Beg, Sanpada

Modiji has given Mantra “Atmanirbhar Bharat” thenwe have to follow it from our house itself. It makes youself dependant, saves money and most importantly itwill protect you from this pandemic. I guess not allow-ing domestic workers can be beneficial.

Sanjay Jadhav, Airoli

QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK :

Should businesses be allowed

to resume activities?

Readers desirous of contributing in this column

may send their views along with their passport size

picture and address to dailynewsband@yahoo.co.in

Glenmark pledges to screen fivemillion people for hypertension

By Ashok Dhamija

Hypertension or High Blood Pres-sure is a condition when your bloodpressure levels rise beyond the nor-mal level (120/80 mm Hg), and con-sistently remains above this point.Its one of the most preventable caus-es of heart disease and stroke. Inorder to ensure timely diagnosis ofthis silent killer which is the key topreventing the disease from advanc-ing to more serioussecondary complica-tions, GlenmarkPharmaceuticals, aresearch-led, integrat-ed global pharmaceu-tical company haspledged to screen 5million people for hy-pertension, throughscreening kiosks at corporate hospi-tals in all major metro cities. Fur-ther, a dedicated task force of 200people has been set up to conductscreening camps throughout theyear in non-metros and remote partsof the country. Glenmark in collabo-ration with Association of Physiciansof India (API) and Hypertension So-ciety of India (HSI) also launched ahypertension awareness symbol, incollaboration with Association of Phy-sicians of India (API) and Hyperten-

sion Society of India (HIS to raiseawareness of the growing burden ofhypertension and the need for time-ly screening

Commenting on the significanceof these interventions, Dr. ShashankJoshi, Consulting Endocrinologist -Mumbai, Dean of Indian College ofPhysicians, and Past President ofHypertension Society of India, said,“Hypertension is the most prevent-

able cause of heart dis-ease and stroke, yet itis rarely diagnosed intime because of its si-lent symptoms. Ithits Indians at a faryounger age thanwestern populations,with many heart at-tacks and strokes oc-

curring a decade earlier on average.The only way to catch it is throughregular and timely communityscreenings”.

India’s hypertension screeningprogram typically starts at the ageof 30, which experts are now sayingis too late. Early blood pressurescreening from 18 years of age andpromotion of healthy lifestyles havebeen advised as the two-prong ap-proach to reduce India’s current hy-pertension crisis.

By Abhitash D.SinghNAVI MUMBAI: For the third time in

a row, the Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC) has extended thelockdown till 31st July, 2020 in 42hotspots in the satellite city.

In other areas, which have notbeen identified as hotspots by the civ-ic body, the shops will be allowed toresume business on odd-even schemesexcept for the malls.

Abhijit Bangar, Commissioner,NMMC has passed the order whichsays that the shops will be open from9am to 5pm. The rules with regardsto the movement of vehicles will re-main the same as was declared dur-ing the first and second lockdownsannounced in the month of July.

Below is the list of hotspotsareas identified by the NMMC

in the satellite city:1) Karave Village2) Diwale Village3) Darave4) Seawoods Sector-485) Belapur Village6) CBD-Belapur Sector 8A7) Nerul Sector-108) Nerul Sector-69) Nandanvan Soc., Nerul Sec.-1010) Turbhe Sector-2011) Turbhe Sector-21

NMMC extends lockdown in42 hotspots till 31st July, 2020This is the third extension in a month

12) Turbhe Sector-2213) Sanpada Sector-514) Sanpada Sector 3015) Sanpada Sector 916) Sanpada Sector 417) Sanpada Sector 1518) Kopri Village19) Sanpada Sector- 16 A20) Vashi Sector-2621) Koperkhairane Sector- 422) Koperkhairane Sector-1923) Ghansoli Nosilnaka24) Ghansoli Katkaripada24) Airoli Sector-2025) Airoli Sector-1026) Airoli Jai Bhawani Chawl27) Airoli Yadavnagar28) Airoli Ganeshnagar29) Devidham Airoli30) Ambedkar Statue Airoli31) Prajapati Chawl Chinchpada32) Juna Chinchpada33) Sainathwadi Airoli34) Pandharinagar Ilthanpada

Digha35) Vishnunagar Digha36) Ilthanpada Digha37) Digha East38) Ramnagar Ilthanpada39) Mahatma Phulenagar, Digha40) Subhashnagar Ilthanpada41) TTC MIDC Road42) Thane-Belapur Road

Water transport - Need of the hourThe population and the economy have grown multi-fold but the

growth of the infrastructural facilities has remained stagnant overthe years. The transport sector has suffered the most. Over years,it has deteriorated in quality as well as in quantity of service. Thedemand today far exceeds the supply. The problem is far moreacute for the residents of Navi Mumbai, as contrary to the projec-tions of the planners, the business opportunities did not developin Navi Mumbai and still most of the populace of Navi Mumbai hasto depend on Mumbai for the livelihood. For this, they have toundertake gruesome train journeys everyday. The decision of theMSRDC to start the Eastern Freeway water project to facilitatetravelling from South Mumbai's Ferry Wharf to Nerul is a wel-come decision. CIDCO had also started hovercraft facility for trav-eling to Mumbai, which due to bureaucratic apathy was abandoned.

Hovercraft service was started by CIDCO as an eco-friendlyalternative transport system and with the intention of providingrelief to the Roads and the Railways, which were bursting on theirseams. Huge investments were made by CIDCO to develop hov-er-ports. However, these services were finally abandoned and theinvestments are today seen as in-fructuous expenditures. The oncetastefully developed hover-ports which used to bustle with activi-ty, today wear a deserted look with shrubs growing wildly. Thearea has in fact become home for the encroachers and antisocialelements.

The hovercraft services were highly welcomed by the officegoers as it made traveling faster and comfortable. Moreover, thejoy rides in the evenings and the special services introduced forthe Elephanta Caves and the JNPT were a big rage amongst theresidents. Due to these services, the hover-ports both at Vashiand CBD became tourist spots and Navi Mumbai an importantdestination. However, life was strangulated out from these servic-es, thanks to the non-cooperation and the lack of initiative andinterest from the state government and the CIDCO.

It is really a misfortune that a city with immense scope to havesuperior quality water transport system with its calm bay, is con-tinuing with its limited roads and railways which are creaking un-der ever rising traffic demand. The waterways provide eco-friend-ly alternative, that too with no or very miniscule maintenance costfor the infrastructure. It can also help in reducing travel time onroads besides bringing down the road-accident statistics.

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other such Covidrelated queries.”

Also in the offing isthe establishment of acall centre throughwhich NMMC will tryto have a telephoniccontact with everycorona positivepatient. “It is our aimto reach out to everyCovid positive patient,whether he is isolatedat home or at theNMMC’s Covid centreand to ask about theirwell being on a dailybasis. It is veryimportant to hearpatients out. One neednot go to the patientevery day. Even one

phone call enquiringabout their well beingmakes a lot of differ-ence.”

Mr. Bangar alsoemphasised thatefforts will be made toupgrade the facilitiesbeing provided atNMMC run quaran-tine centres, both inVashi and Panvel. “Ihad personally visitedboth the centres andinteracted with thedoctors, nurses andthe patients and gottheir feedback. Whilethere were negligiblecomplaints withregards to the qualityof food, some com-

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plaints were receivedwith regards tohousekeeping. It isour endeavour toprovide best of theservices, whether interms of food, house-keeping, cleanliness orhealth management.Instructions havebeen given to theofficials in-charge, toupgrade the facilitiesso that there are nosuch complaints.Dereliction of dutieswill not be tolerated.We are also trying todevice a mechanismthrough which thepatients can pro-actively approach usto give us theirfeedback,” added Mr.Bangar.

lenging times of Covid-19 are commendable.Apart from the first 2companies, 3 morecompanies are likely tocommence their con-struction activitiessoon.

Commenting on theprogress of SEZ, Mr.Sanjay Sethi, IAS,Chairman, JNPT said,“For JNPT, this is tru-ly a great occasion asJNPT becomes the firstport where Port-led eco-nomic development isevolving successfully.JNPT is confident ofattracting leading glo-bal companies for mak-ing India a manufac-turing hub as the infra-structure developmentunderway in JNPTSEZ is as per the inter-national benchmark.

The potential units in-vestment and the em-ployment generationwill give a boost to theentire entire eco-systemaround JNPT region. Ithank DevelopmentCommissioner, SEEPZ,Ministry of Commerce,GoI for their timely sup-port and guidance indeveloping and opera-tionalizing the firstPort based multiprod-uct SEZ and I thank allthe stakeholders too forthe timely support inmaking this possible.”

All together thereare 19 MSME and 1Free Trade Warehous-ing Zone (FTWZ) co-de-veloper who have beenallotted the plots inJNPT SEZ till date. Itis expected that all theremaining units willfollow the suit and be-come operational in thenear future. Over thelast months, JNPT has

been continuouslyworking towards suc-cessful operationaliza-tion of the SEZ. TheSEZ once fully occupiedis expected to generateRs 4,000 Crores of in-vestments and create57,000 jobs in the SEZ.

JNPT is leaving nostone unturned to en-sure world class infra-structure and facilitiesto units in the SEZ.JNPT enjoys the Spe-cial Planning Authori-ty (SPA) status for theSEZ project. Also, theElectricity distributionlicense from MERC,GoM is provided toJNPT SEZ. All theclearances for settingup of SEZ are in place.This will further helpin reducing setup timeand cost for the unitsbeing setup in JNPTSEZ and will furtherenhance the “Ease ofDoing Business”.

India’s firstport based...

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Mayor Dr. KavitaChautmal on January24, 2020 along withmany eminent corpora-tors had inauguratedthe underpass. “In just6 months, the conditionof the underpass hasbecome pathetic. Thereare cracks on the walls,due to which the rainwater seeps in andthere is no light. Theofficers should be pun-ished for doing such

shoddy and substan-dard work,” said a resi-dent.

To reach the Na-tional Highway fromSector 15, 15A, 16, Podiand Vichumbe in NewPanvel, one had to crossthe railway gate nearPodi village or cross thebridge of HDFC circle.There is always trafficjam on this bridge dueto the inflow of trafficfrom Matheran Roadand D’Mart area whichwas risky. “There wasan urgent need for theunderpass. However,

the underpass has notbeen constructed well.One can feel the vibra-tion of vehicles plyingon top. It is very scaryat times”, said anotherresident.

“More than Rs 10crores has been spent onthe construction of thisunderpass and all themoney seems to haveliterally gone down thedrain. The officers re-sponsible for the con-struction of this under-pass should be pena-lised,” remarked anoth-er resident.

Newlyopened...

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Letter to the Editor....

Precautions to be taken at thetime of Coronavirus

Wear a mask when you are outside your home— like going to the grocery store, the doctor, thedentist, etc. (If you are just in your yard or talkinga walk by yourself in an area where there isn’t any people, you don’t needto wear a mask).

Wash your hands thoroughly every time you touch something outsideyour home in public places. Use sanitizer if you can’t wash your hands.

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doesn’t know whethera phrase or image isreal, dreamed, orimagined, so whenyour mind creates animage of success, yourcentral nervous sys-tem and whole bodywill process that imageas if it were real. That’swhy most of the timeour actions are reflec-tions of our mental pic-tures and this regardchoosing the rightwords and thoughtscan make or breakyour performance.

I often use positiveaffirmations whenteaching in class tohelp the students totake a positive take toreconstruct theirthoughts. Many of mystudents acknowledgethe fact that how I haveaccelerated towardspositivity by takingpositive thoughts inmind and I am proudto say that some ofthem have changedtheir course of life andthey are successful to-day. When they creditthis to me ,than I feel

most accomplished.The subconscious mindis factual in nature,just like the hard driveof a computer and itreceives informationexactly the way youpresent it. If you re-member correctly ,youwill find that if you al-ways think negativelytowards a person ,youwill find him negativealways and you willoverlook his or her goodqualities. That’s whywhen using affirma-tions, its important notto use statements thatare negative “I hope Idon’t fail this exam ”and instead use state-ments in the positive “Ihave worked hard andI am well prepared forthis exam ” .Becausepositive affirmationsneed to be presented ina specific way to opti-mize their effective-ness.

So If you want tocreate real changes inyour life, use affirma-tions to: Improve con-centration, to relax andsleep well, to build self-confidence, to dealwith fear and negativ-ity, to heal quickly

from sickness or inju-ry, to enhance perfor-mance . You should al-ways use the PresentTense while doing affir-mations . you have toact as if it is alreadyhappening. Instead of“I want to be fit” use,“I am healthy, strong,and fit.” You have to usea Positive outlook, be-cause when you usenegative words theymay be taken into yourbrain without yourawareness. Don’t say ,“I have problems withfood” say “I choose toeat well and nourishmy body”. You have touse self-image state-ments, construct youraffirmations beginningwith “I” or “I am” or “Ienjoy” or “I choose”. Apositive affirmation islike a mental push up.Do it regularly andyour mind gets posi-tively stronger . Youwill find that when youchange the way youtalk to yourself, youfeel happier, strongerand healthier as a re-sult. So start today -positive thoughts = pos-itive actions = positiveresults!!

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NAVI MUMBAI: Wellknown writer fromNavi Mumbai, ManjuGupta has comeout with her ninthbook. This timeshe has penneddown couplets inthe book ‘ManuaHua Kabir’ whichwas released re-cently online onMadhuvan Radio,Mt. Abu by RJRamesh, PT Ul-las, Ms PraveenaGautam, MusicDirector, AnilVarshney, Dr. ASmt. Dr. SnehLata Varshney,Mr. PH Gupta,Mrs. Kumud Gup-ta, Mr. Rakesh KumarVarshney Lawyer Mr.Navneet KumarVarshney, Dr. GeetaVarshney, Dr. Shivra-tan Varshney, Mr. Swa-

tantra Kumar Gupta,Dr. Himani Gupta, Dr.Kamedh Chaudhary,

Dr. Shuchi Gupta, Dr.Siddharth.

Dr. Manju Gupta litthe lamp and sang Van-dana with the songJayati Jai Jai Maa Sa-

raswati. PT Ullas sangthe song ‘MadhubanKhushbu Deta Hai’.

In the bookthere are 52 dif-ferent topics, likeGaneshotsav, fes-tival of Indian cul-ture, New Year,Holi, Diwali,Chhat, MakarSankranti, Envi-ronment, Democ-racy, Water, Poli-cy etc. which aredescribed in theform of couplets.There are 923 cou-plets in total. Pub-lisher Dr. Sanjeevhas published1000 copies fromDelhi.

To get the copy ofthe book please write toMs. Gupta onwritermanju@gmail.comor call her on9833960213

Manua Hua Kabir'- A book ofcouplets penned down by writer

Manju Gupta released online

MLA Manda Mhatre donates

three cardiac ambulances

NAVI MUMBAI: With an aim to helppatients during the testing time ofCovid-19 and ensure that patientsfrom Navi Mumbai get ambulance ontime, MLA Manda Mhatre has donat-ed three state-of-the-art ambulancesunder the Local Development Pro-gram 2020-21 to empower the health

system of Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation through her MLA fund.

“The ambulances are equippedwith emergency medical services likeoxygen facility, basic injection,stretcher, first aid, fire system, emer-gency response flashing light”, saidMs Mhatre.

Speaking during the occasion shesaid, “There was a severe shortage ofambulances as well as ventilators inview of the growing number of pa-tients due to coronavrius. Also, thedrivers of private ambulances havestarted charging huge amount ofmoney. Considering these issues, I de-cided to donate 3 ambulances with allfacilities through my MLA fund i.e.Rs 50 lakh for ambulance and Rs 50

lakh for ventilator”. “Earlier also, I had given three

ambulances to the municipal hospi-tal from my MLA fund. My first dutyis to provide good health care to thecitizens of my constituency and totake proper care of their health”, sheadded.

Municipal Commissioner AbhijitBangar said, “Ambulance is one of themost needed facilities in the currentsituation of Covid-19 and expressedconfidence that these ambulanceswould be put to good use in Covidmanagement”.

Former Speaker Sampat Shewale,Councillor Dr. Jayaji Nath, AshokGurkhe, Sunil Patil, Deepak Pawar,Datta Ghangale, Bharat Jadhav,Raju Tikone, Additional Commission-er Sujata Dhole, Additiional Commis-sioner Sanjay Kakde, Deputy Com-missioner Dadasaheb Chabukaswar,Deputy Commissioner Nitin Kale,Medical Officer of Health Dr. Balasa-heb Sonawane as well as other offic-ers were present.

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By Ashok Dhamija

Pehlay AksharFoundation, an NGO inits endeavour on im-proving learning out-comes for students ingovernment schools hasbeen developing safelearning spaces andpeer networks forteachers across prima-ry and upper primarygovernment schools inIndia since 2008. Un-der the leadership of itsfounder Ms RadhaGoenka, Director ofRPG Foundation, theNGO has undertakenanother step in this di-rection by launching “AStory a Day” cam-paign. The initiativewhich was launched on19th April 2020, onemonth into the Maha-rashtra state-wide lock-down aims to boost themorale of the under-privileged children whohave been forced to stayhome and there by de-void of learning due tothe ongoing Covid-19Pandemic, through onesimple English storywhich is recorded byvolunteers across vari-ous sections of the soci-ety.

Among the notableeminent personalitieswho are supporting thiscampaign by readingstories for these chil-dren include Bollywood

NGO Pehlay Akshar’s “A Story a Day”

initiative promotes learning among

underprivileged children during pandemic

HELPING

HAND

Garners supports from various eminent personalities from Bollywood and sports

actress Sonakshi Sin-ha, Indian ex and cur-

rent cricketers of thelikes of Sunil Gavaskar,Ajinkya Rahane andMayank. Currently,the initiative has abank of 200+ storieswithin a month of itsinception. As this cam-paign continues togrow, Pehlay AksharFoundation aims toreach 1000 stories bySeptember 2020through continued sup-port

Ms. Radha Goenka,Founder, Pehlay Ak-

shar Foundationshared, “We are de-lighted to gain the sup-port of renowned per-sonalities such asSonakshi Sinha, SunilGavaskar, Ajinkya Ra-hane and MayankAgarwal. Our cause isto teach children En-glish in a fun and in-teractive mannerthrough the joy of sto-rytelling. We have re-ceived overwhelmingparticipation so far andare looking forward to

taking this campaign toevery household. Wehope that more cele-brated personalitiescome forward therebyencouraging people tovolunteer for this cause”

Referring toUNESCO’s estimate,nearly 321 million chil-dren (most of these fromgovernment schools)are out of school in In-dia on account of thelockdown she furtheradded “Helping stu-dents continue learningduring the lockdown isa small gesture of usgiving back to the larg-er community. We arealso working on part-nering with variousother states to help asmany children as wecan. Pehlay AksharFoundation on its partis engaging with chil-dren through their ex-isting governmentpartnerships, parent-teacher WhatsAppGroups, their YouTubeChannel, and Facebookpage. We urge good Sa-maritans to join thiscampaign and contrib-ute to this cause. TheFoundation on the oth-er hand is also explor-ing partnerships withNational television andradio channels to pro-mote this campaignnationally in the com-ing times”.

Bollywood actress Sonak-shi Sinha

Former Indian skipper andwell known cricket com-mentator Sunil Gavaskartoo is supporting PehlayAkshar's A Story a Day ini-tiative

Kid’s Zone

Vivaan Kapoor, (5 Yrs), Sr KG,Avalon Heights International School, Vashi

Disha Vilassinh Chandel, Class:7 Age:11Lady Khatun Marium School, Ulwe

Nirvaan Nadgere, 5 years, Sr KG,Avalon Heights International School.

Rotary Kharghar Midtown distributes free masks and sanitizers to Covid warriorsBy Chandrashekhar

Hendve

PANVEL: RotaryKharghar Midtowndistributed masksand sanitizers to thestaff CIDCO, PoliceStation Kharghar,Post Office staff,Sanitation staff ofPanvel City Munici-pal Corporation aswell as security staffof ITM College. Atotal of 1200 maskswere distributed.Water filters werealso given to RodpaliPolice Station.

During the distribu-tion drive Dr. Dinan-

ath Mangeshkar,gave guidance on

what precautionsshould be taken

while dealing withnovel coronavirus,

how to increaseimmunity or whatare the treat-ments on viruscurrently avail-able. Amit Pars-nis’s lecture wasorganized at ZoomMeet. He alsothanked 25doctors fromKharghar andNavi Mumbai fortheir uninterrupt-ed service duringthe pandemic andexpressed his

gratitude for theirservices.