NEWS INBRIEF

MNS demandsCovid insurance

cover toAnganwadi

workers, Ashaworkers and

village workersThe MNS delegationcalled on Raigad DistrictOfficer Nidhi Chaudharyand demanded insurancecover of Rs 25 lakh for An-ganwadi workers, Ashaworkers, Gram Panchayatemployees and GramPanchayat Gram Sevakswho are working day andnight to prevent corona invillages in Panvel, Uran,and Karjat talukas…

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Two chain snatch-ing cases regis-tered in the city

In yet another chainsnatching incident in thesatellite city, the thievessnatched gold mangalsutraof a police man’s wife. Asper the complaint filed, onTuesday morning RuchitaKarpe (40), and her hus-band who works as a po-lice constable in Navi Mum-bai Police were out for amorning walk when twopersons sitting on a blackmotorbike snatched thegold mangalsutra worthabout Rs 1 lakh 40 thou-sand. In another incidentthe robbers snatched agold chain worth Rs 50,000and a ring from a morningwalker in Juinagar..

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NAVI MUMBAI: Ifeverything goes as perplan, the satellite citywill have specialwashroom for ladies onwheels. The proposalwhich was put forth byMLA Manda Mhatre,in line with Punemodule where oldbuses will be convertedinto ladies’ toilets, hasbeen accepted by theCommissioner of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC), AbhijitBangar.

Speaking about theproposal, MLA MandaMhatre said, “Thereare many old NMMTbuses which are lyingunused. Generally,these are sold when

Navi Mumbai maysoon have washrooms

on wheel for womenThe proposal which was put forth

by the MLA Manda Mhatre has

been accepted by NMMC Chief

not in use for severalmonths. However,these buses can be putinto better use.”

In the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion area, many publictoilets have beenconstructed with myMLA funds, but thenumber of separatetoilets for women isnegligible and womenface great deal ofdifficulty. “As a womanand MLA, I havealways been asked bymany women to havea mobile toilet or aseparate toilet forwomen. Navi Mumbaiis a well-equipped anddeveloped city and it is

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Hereis a good news for lakhsof people from Raigaddistricts who return totheir home districtsannually for celebratingthe Ganesh Chaturthifestival. The StateTransport Minister, AnilParab is in discussionwith the state ChiefMinister UddhavThackeray about thepossibility of allowinginter district travel dur-ing Ganesh Chaturthifor 10 days.

The State has re-stricted the inter districttravel nearly from thelast four months due tothe outbreak of coro-

State Transport Ministerchalks out plan with CM forallowing inter district travel

during Ganesh ChaturthiLakhs of people travelling to their home

districts for the festival will be benefittednavirus in the state.But now the state trans-port minister Anil Parabis looking out for optionsto allow people to travel

to Konkan for the 10days during GaneshChaturthi festivalwhich is starting from

22nd August, 2020.Speaking with News-

band Anil Parab, StateTransport Minister said,“I had presented the pro-posal regarding allow-ing the inter districttravel during GaneshChaturthi to Chief Min-ister Uddhav Thacker-ay. We are also chalkingout various modalitieslike the duration ofquarantine for those go-ing home for the festi-val. Hopefully, an affir-mative news will soonbe coming our way. Wewill be allowing the peo-ple to go to Konkan dur-ing10 days’ festival but

Security guard of railway car shed setafire for not letting two youths catch crab

Police launch search for the two youths

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Twoyouths who went tocatch crabs in the yardof a car shed at Tem-bode near Kalambolirailway truck attackeda security guard whowas working there. Thesecurity guard wasburnt in the incidentand has been admittedto the National BurnCenter Hospital in Airo-li for treatment.Khandeshwar policehave registered a caseof attempted murder

against the two youthsand have launched asearch for them.

Devidas Ugale (30),who was seriously in-jured in the incident,stays with his parentsin Kalamboli area. Dev-idas and his father bothwork as private securi-ty guards. Devidas wascurrently working as anight security guard atthe railway car shed inTembode Shivara, adja-cent to the Kalambolirailway truck. LastMonday night, when

Devidas was on his wayto work as usual,around 10 pm, twoyoung men came to thecar shed premises tocatch crabs.

When he raised ob-jection and did not al-low them to catch crabsin the area, the duo gotinto heated argumentwith Devidas. After ascuffle, two youthsthrew kerosene at himand set him on fire andthen fled from the

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BSP demands NMMC to help needy

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Adelegation of BahujanSamaj Party, BSP NaviMumbai unit, Appasa-heb Thote PresidentNavi Mumbai, RajeshJaiswar Navi MumbaiIn-charge, J.K. Pol

Secretary SanjayGaikwad RajratnaBhosle and otheractivists submitted aletter to NMMC Com-missioner AbhijitBangar and PoliceCommissioner NaviMumbai, Sanjay Kumar

urging them to providefinancial assistance tothe poor and the generalpublic who have losttheir livelihood due toCovid-19 as well as planmeasures to lift thelockdown as soon aspossible.

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheMNS delegation calledon Raigad DistrictOfficer NidhiChaudhary anddemanded insurancecover of Rs 25 lakh forAnganwadi workers,Asha workers, GramPanchayat employeesand Gram PanchayatGram Sevaks who areworking day and nightto prevent corona in

MNS demands Covid insurancecover to Anganwadi workers,

Asha workers and village workers

villages in Panvel,Uran, and Karjattalukas. Sena presi-dent Akshay Kashid,Panvel taluka presi-dent Avinash Padwal,Kharghar city presi-dent Prasad Parab andothers were present.

To prevent corona,the government hasdecided to provide aninsurance cover of Rs25 lakh for 90 days toAnganwadi workers,

Asha workers, GramPanchayat employees,Gram PanchayatGram Sevaks andGram Vikas officersworking in villages.However, in Raigaddistrict, the employeesworking in thevillages of Uran,Panvel and Karjattalukas have not beengiven insurance coverof Rs 25 lakh yet, hesaid.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Presi-dent Ravindra Sawant,spokesperson NaviMumbai District Con-gress, President IntakNavi Mumbai, Secre-tary Siddharth Chavreand other labour lead-ers met CommissionerAbhijit Bangar onTuesday July 21, 2020and demanded that thehealth workers and oth-er officers who havebeen working round theclock as Covid warriorsbe given additional sal-ary or incentives.

Mr. Bangar wasbriefed in detail aboutthe need for relief andthe health problems ofthe officers and staffworking continuously

during these testingperiod. A detailed letterwas submitted to theCommissioner regard-ing all these problems.

“The matter relatedto allowing leaves to thehealth officers was dis-cussed with the com-missioner. We insistedthat the leaves shouldbe granted. The com-missioner agreed tolook into our demandand has assured to is-sue a new order soon,”said Sawant.

“The salaries of thenurses and workersworking in the Covidcentres were deductedif they were not on dutydue to coronavirus orisolated. We demadedthat their salaries

should not be deductedand this was acceptedby the Commissioner,”said Sawant.

The salary of the ex-isting doctors workingwith NMMC hospitalsis Rs. 75,000 per monthbut the newcomers arebeing offered double thesalary. Same is the casewith other health staff.“We requested the Com-missioner to look intothis and he assured usthat a decision in this re-gard will be taken soon,”he added.

He further said thatthe commissioner hasassured to provide ade-quate facilities to theofficers and employeesworking as Covid war-riors.

Navi Mumbai district Congress demands

incentives to health workers who have been

working round the clock during pandemic

unfortunate that thereis a shortage ofwomen’s toilets insuch a city. If thechassis of the uselessbuses of Navi MumbaiMunicipal Transportwing cab be used forthe construction ofwomen’s toilets, it willhelp hundreds ofwomen”, she said.

Speaking toNewsband, Commis-sioner Abhijit Bangar,said, “The proposal isgood. The idea is toconvert the chasis ofbuses, which havebeen written off, to beconverted into ladiestoilet. This will help inaugmenting the ladies’toilets facility in thecity. I have asked theofficial concerned tocheck the Punemodule and work onthe expenditure etc. A

survey will also beconducted to under-stand where suchfacility could bestarted.”

Navi Mumbai BJPdistrict presidentRamchandra Gharat,Minister Vijay Ghate,BJP Yuva Morchapresident DattaGhangale, former

chairman SampatShewale, corporatorSunil Patil, corporatorDeepak Pawar,additional commission-er Sujata Dhole,deputy commissionerDadasaheb Chabuk-swar and otherconcerned officialswere present on theoccasion.

Navi Mumbaimay soon...

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: In aletter written to theSecretary, CentralBoard of Secondary Ed-ucation (CBSE),Anurag Tripathi, a citybased students’ organi-sation that works forstudents across Maha-rashtra, has raised ob-jection to some of theportions that have beendeleted in the currentsyllabus.

“It has come to ournotice that the CBSEhas declared revisedsyllabuses that has de-leted portions of the syl-labuses that used to befollowed by the Second-ary (Std IX and X) andHigher Secondary (Stds XI and XII) CBSEstudents thus far. Wewould like to know if

there has been a de-tailed report/study con-ducted by the CBSE ,which among other

things , lays out therationale behind delet-ing specific portions ofthe syllabus vis-a-visother topics. If there issuch a report/studydone, we request theBoard to email us acopy of the same for ourreference,” says HajiShahnawaz Khan,

Navi Mumbai KonkanDivision Observer,AIMIM Student wingMaharashtra.

The organisationhas also asked theBoard to provide themwith the Minutes of themeetings that were heldto discuss the revisionof the syllabuses. “Sim-ilarly, we have alsoasked for the copy of thesuggestions and feed-back that the Boardmay have received fromthe parents or otherstakeholders,” says Mr.Khan.

The letter has alsobeen sent to the UnionMinister of HED,Ramesh Pokhriyal Nis-hank and Dr. JosephEmmanuel, Director(Academics) of theCBSE.

City based organisation raisesobjection to some of the portions

deleted in CBSE syllabus

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Despite repeatedrequest from the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation to followsocial distance andwear mask and helpin breaking the chainof novel coronavirus,the traders at theAgriculture ProduceMarket Committee(APMC) do not appearto be taking the issueseriously.

Divyadip Founda-tion Navi Mumbai

APMC traders flout rules

Pradip Mhatre, hasurged the NaviMumbai Municipal

Corporation (NMMC)to take action againstsuch traders.

Navi Mumbai’s NCP units gives10,000 masks to NMMC Chief

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Nation-alist Congress Party(NCP) unit districtgeneral secretary andspokesman AfsarImam met the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)Commissioner AbhijitBangar on Wednes-day, 22nd July, 2020and gave him 10,000masks to distribute itfree among NMMCofficials and employ-ees and their families.

Speaking with theNewsband AfsarImam, NCP district

general secretaryand spokesman said,“The country isreeling under thedangerous coronavi-rus pandemic. It isvery essential toexercise precaution.Mask is one of theuseful things that isessential in protectionnot only our lives butthat of the othersduring this pandem-ic. There are manywho are unable to getthe masks and alsothere are many whoare not wearing themasks. By givingmasks to the staff of

the NMMC, we wantto show our support tothe civic body duringthis difficult time.”

Present duringthe meet were NCPKamgar Cell DistrictPresident AnandPawle, UttarBhartiya Cell Execu-tive PresidentAvdhesh Shukla,Senior Social WorkerVikrant Bazhi,Social Activist AnitaAnand Pawle, SocialActivist MojibKhalpe, Youth NCPWorker BhargavBazhi and manyother NCP workers.

then those who are go-ing to their village willneed to abide by ruleslaid down by the stategovernment.”

Earlier State CMUddhav Thackeray hada meeting with the dis-trict collectors ofRaigad, Ratnagiri andSindhudurg and hadasked them to be pre-pared because manyresidents from Mumbai

are expected to go totheir villages for the fes-tival.

Anil Parab informedthat he has also writ-ten the letter to the In-dian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) andthe Union Health Min-istry seeking guidelinesbased on which peoplecan be allowed to trav-el to Konkan.

“The reply from

ICMR is expected in aweek’s time and basedon their recommenda-tion the state CM Ud-dhav Thackeray willdecide on the quaran-tine period for all thosewho wish to travel dur-ing the festival. The fi-nal announcement on itwill be made soon. Mostimportantly, the deci-sion will also be basedon the requisite healthfacilities available inthe Konkan region,”said Parab.

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By: Dinesh Pawar

URAN: On Wednes-day 18 people tested pos-itive for Covid-19. While41 patients were dis-charged on the sameday. The number of co-rona patients in Urantaluka has reached 675.

18 people test positive for Covid-1941 patients discharged in a single day

Of these, 515 have recov-ered and have been dis-charged. Only 139 coro-na positive patients areundergoing treatment.While 21 people have suc-cumbed to the virus, saidUran Tehsildar Bhausa-heb Andhare.

Price of marigold flowers zoomas Shravan month begins

Flowers are being sold at Rs. 200 per kgBy Dinesh Pawar

URAN: As the auspicious month ofShravan begins, the demand for Gen-da (marigold)flowers havealso risen.These flowersare special asthe devotees of-fer these toLord.

Pooja offer-ings are madein large num-bers duringShravan month. The month of Shra-van began on Monday, July 20. Due

to lockdown, flowers from Dadar andVashi are arriving in small quanti-ties. The price of marigold (genda)

flowers havegone up andthe flowers arebeing sold atRs. 200 per kg.

“The supplyof flowers isless this timedue to coronavi-rus. As the de-mand is highand supply is

less, the rates have gone up,” said,Santosh Patil a flower trader.

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MUMBAI: BharatAluminium Company(BALCO), a global lead-er in aluminium, hastouched over 5 lakhpeople in Chhattis-garh, working withvarious stakeholders toroll out various healthand safety measuressafeguard employees,business partners andcommunities againstCOVID-19. The compa-ny has undertaken ex-tensive steps insideand beyond operationsto ensure that the Kor-ba citizenry isequipped to respond toCOVID-19.

Speaking about thecompany’s efforts, Mr.Abhijit Pati, CEO &Director - BALCO said:"At BALCO, we areworking with our part-ners and stakeholderstowards socio-econom-ic prosperity of ourcountry. We have andwill continue to extendall support and cooper-ation to the district ad-ministration and pub-lic representatives dur-ing the pandemic. Aswe leverage digitaltechnologies and inno-vation in our opera-tions to adapt to thenew normal, we arealso working with theperipheral community,helping them sustainthrough these tryingtimes.”

Mr. Dicson Masihfrom NGO Srout,which is working to-wards community de-velopment in Korbaarea, appreciates BAL-CO's commitment to-wards keeping the com-munities safe duringthe pandemic. He said,“BALCO has extensive-ly supported the localcommunities withsafety kits, dry rationand meals for theneedy, and helpedthem sustain theirlivelihoods through

BALCO’s COVID-19 preparedness effortsreach over 5 lakh community members

their skill developmentprograms and agro-based livelihood projectUnnati Fresh”

Looking at theevolving COVID sce-nario at Korba, BAL-CO has initiated newprograms towards em-powering the commu-nity:

• Post-lockdown, tocater to the urgent de-mand for personal pro-

tective equipment(PPE) for frontlineworkers like health-care professionals, po-lice personnel and com-munity volunteers,

• BALCO workedwith local women’s self-help groups associatedwith its 'UnnatiProject' to producethousands of masks,gowns and caps. Morethan 50 women gotlivelihood opportunity,increasing their house-hold income during thecrisis time.

• Around 50000 re-usable masks havebeen distributed to vul-nerable masses in thevicinity.

• 5000 PPE. kits,1500 sanitizer bottlesand 12500 surgicalmasks were madeavailable to the localcommunity and hospi-tals.

• A daily healthscreening report issent by BALCO Hospi-tal to the Korba Dis-trict Hospital andChief Medical and

Health Officer.• Thousands of

BALCO employees vol-unteered to contributeone day's salary to-wards PM care relieffund for COVID-19.

• One month's ra-tion was also given toold age homes andhundreds of familieswho lost their source ofincome during thelockdown.

To support hun-dreds of local farmersacross 10 villages,BALCO opened an ag-riculture input centerin Korba’s Chuiya vil-lage. The center willserve as a single pointfor villagers to sourcefarming inputs likeseeds and insecticidesat affordable rates.

On plant side, toamp up security, BAL-CO has setup a high-end Centralized Secu-rity Operations Centre(CSOC), which dou-bles as an EmergencyControl & CommandCenter for monitoringthe plant and townshipand help employeesduring exigencies. Thecenter has been in-strumental in main-taining effective com-munication duringCOVID-19 relief work.From keeping track ofmanpower movementinside the plant pre-mises to being able totrace the movement ofpeople coming fromother districts/states.

MUMBAI: Under the aegis of Gari-ma CSR Project initiated by Diver-sey India - a leader in hygiene, san-itation and infection prevention prod-ucts, and supported by Doctors ForYou (DFY) - a pan-India humanitar-ian organization; close to 80 hygienetechnicians are now supporting Cov-id-19 casualty ward of Lok NayakJai Prakash Narayan GovernmentHospital (LNJP Hospital) in Delhias frontline Covid Warriors.

Launched in 2016, Garima – thejoint social initiative by DiverseyIndia and DFY was conceptualizedfor uplifting the bottom-most stratawithin the hygiene industry – the“janitors” or “housekeepers”, as wecall them. Derived from the philoso-phy of “Prevention is better thancure”- the role ofa Hygiene techni-cian is criticalwhen it comes tokeeping infec-tions and diseas-es at bay. Gari-ma - whichmeans dignity inHindi, signifiesthe primary ob-jective of this pro-gram - to instilldignity towardsthe humble pro-fession of clean-ing. This Schoolof Hygiene trainsthe unskilledworkers of Indiawith scientifictechniques ofcleaning andhelps them find livelihood with es-tablished Facility management com-panies. In a span of three years, theinitiative has trained close to 25,000beneficiaries and 15,000 of themhave been gainfully employed afterthe training.

Doctor’s For You, known for itscapabilities in Disaster managementand emergency response, quicklyadapted to Diversey’s post outbreakSOP’s for hygiene maintenance dur-ing the onset of nation-wide lockdownand continued their training effortsthrough web-calls, aligning theirtrainers in Bihar, Delhi and TamilNadu. The infection preventiontraining modules covered key topicsas following:1. Introduction to Covid-19 and

awareness of its prevention, treat-ment and management

2. Use of Personal Protective Equip-ment (PPE)

3. Proper Hand hygiene technique4. Chemical efficacy of Virex-II 256,

Oxivir-Five 16, Oxivir-TB wipes,Suma Tab and Avert Plus

5. Cautious handling and disposalof bio-medical waste

Contribution to healthcare and public

places

Between March to May this year,2,269 candidates were trained oninfection prevention and placed withvarious Hospitals, Airports, Central-ized kitchen, food outlets, Offices &educational institutes.

“This is a great evidence of thepurpose of GARIMA coming to life.We started Garima with the three-fold objectives; to improve the hy-giene standards in the country, to ad-dress the skilled manpower gap for

our customersand to bring dig-nity to the profes-sion by bringingscience and ex-pertise. With theuplift from justbeing a “Janitor”,to a “Hygienetechnician” to an“Infection pre-vention techni-cian”; we havetaken anotherquantum leap.We are pleased tobring a signifi-cant change tothe lives of peoplefrom being un-employed to beingon the frontlinesof this Covid bat-

tle we are going through.” – Himan-shu Jain – President, Diversey APAC

“The times are tough and we’reproud to stand with the healthcareindustry in India’s fight against Cov-id-19. For Diversey, hygiene has al-ways been more than business. It’sa responsibility we have taken seri-ously for our customers and their in-dustries. We have brought best-in-class products like Oxivir and Virexand we’ve optimized them for easyadoption. Whilst the situation hasbeen unnerving, we have been con-stantly working towards enhancingthe level of awareness in hygiene,sanitation and infection preventionin the various sectors we operate.Our janitorial trainees from the Ga-rima initiative getting reskilled tomanage the Covid pandemic is amatter of great pride for DiverseyIndia.” – LC Das - Managing Direc-tor – Diversey India & Subcontinent

From unskilled labourers intofearless Covid Warriors!

Through onsite & digital modules for training

on Covid-19 handling and management,

Diversey India turns 80 Garima project trainees

scene.Devidas was severe-

ly burnt and fell uncon-scious on the spot. Af-

ter regaining conscious-ness at around 6 in themorning, Devidasreached his house. Hisparents then rushedhim to MGM Hospitaland then to the Nation-al Burn Centre Hospi-

tal in Airoli. A case ofattempted murder hasbeen registered againstthe two youths atKhandeshwar policestation, said Superin-tendent of Police Vaib-hav Rongye.

Securityguard of...

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By Ashok Dhamija

Co-created withVirat Kohli, India’scricketing hero for itsapparel line Wrogn,Universal SportsbizPvt. Ltd. (USPL) willnow join hands withIndia’s leading wildlifechannel AnimalPlanet, and is launch-ing a new collection -Animal Planet XWROGN. The apparelrange aims to shinelight on the cause ofendangered species ina never-before-seen-or-done manner. Concep-tualised by BlackWhite Orange, AnimalPlanet’s licensing arm,each style in the rangeportrays an endan-gered animal includingthe Tiger, Sea Turtle,Gorilla, SumatranElephant and Panda,amongst others.

The current Indianskipper across all thethree forms of thegame and the face ofWrong, Virat Kohlisaid “I couldn’t behappier that Wrogn istaking a step in thedirection of creatingawareness aroundanimal endanger-ment.”

Speaking about thecollaboration, MeghaTata Managing

Director – South Asia,Discovery, said,“Animal Planet hasbeen striving hard todrive attention to-wards the importanceof saving the endan-gered species inimpactful ways. We

are confident that thisinnovative collabora-tion will help inspreading the messageof conservation ofendangered species aswell as the wildlife.”

Speaking aboutthe collaboration,Anjana Reddy - CEO,Universal SportsbizPvt. Ltd said, “Ani-mal endangerment isreal. It’s a pressingissue and I’m awarethat it really bothersthe youth all over theworld. We like theessence of this collab-oration with Animal

Planet as it enablespeople to wear theircause that they feel sostrongly about andspread the word at thesame time..”

Adds Bhavik Vora,Founder & CEO,Black White Orange

Brands Pvt. Ltd, “Inthe tough times theworld is goingthrough, it is impor-tant to build some-thing relevant. Whatbetter way to spreadawareness on endan-gered species amongthe youth of today,than collaborate withleading players in thesegment - WROGNand Animal."

The Animal PlanetX WROGN apparel willbe available in over 250counters across retailchannels and its officialwebsites.

Go wild for a good cause

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By Dr. Aditi Mahajani

What if I were totell you that not allyour oral problems re-sult from dental prob-lems? Yes, it’s possi-ble. The mouth havinga rich blood supplycan be a window to anyunusual activity go-ing on in different or-gans of our body. Let’ssee how:

1. BAD BREATH:While bad breath canresult from improperbrushing and ineffec-tive cleaning of thetongue in most cases,fewer patients may befacing the same owingto problems deep seat-ed in the body. A per-son suffering from se-vere acidity and refluxdisease can experiencebad breath. Similarly,a fruity breath may beobserved in diabeticketoacidosis a compli-cation of uncontrolleddiabetes. In late stag-es of kidney failure,an ammonical orurine- like smell maycome from the mouth.An unpleasant sweetsmell may be indica-tive of liver cirrhosisor other diseases of theliver. A foul breathpoints towards a lunginfection such as tu-berculosis.

2. BLEEDING: Acertain amount of

TOOTH BE TOLD

Oral Health: An indicatorof your overall health?

bleeding is associatedwith gum diseases. Butcontinuous bleeding insmall amounts fromgums in absence of anyapparent gum problemscould point to bleedingdisorders, vitamin Kdeficiency and even liv-er failure.

3. ALTERED TASTE:Not being able to enjoyyour food can be upset-ting. This could be dueto reduced taste sensa-tion by the tongue. Thisreduced taste could bedue to an iron deficien-cy or in some cases evenzinc and vitamin A de-ficiency.

4. ULCERS ANDTONGUE LESIONS: Cer-tain blood disorders cancause ulcers whichmay come and go overperiods of time. Highlevels of stress can alsoinduce ulcers in themouth. They alsopresent in case of nutri-tional deficiency suchas vitamin B deficien-cy and anemia. Anemiccondition can cause asmooth red tongue aswell.

5. EROSION ANDTOOTH SENSITIVITY:

While most conditionsmay show up throughchanges in the gums,severe acid reflux dis-ease can cause acidsfrom the stomach tocome all the way up tothe mouth. This con-dition increases theacidic pH of the oralcavity. In such a con-dition, the surface ofthe tooth gets erodedand enamel is lost ex-posing the nerveswithin the tooth to theenvironment in themouth. This causessevere sensitivity ofthe teeth to hot andcold beverages.

6. R E D U C E DSALIVATION: Reducedsaliva secretion canpoint to a stressful lif-estyle of an individu-al. Being exposed tostressful situationscan trigger release ofreduced amounts ofsaliva. Hence, a life-style modification is agood solution in sucha case. Also, certainanti depressant medi-cations and certainothers as well can al-ter the rate of salivaproduction.

With this truthbomb, I wish to tellyou all that most ofyour dental problemsusually originatefrom problems in themouth. But in a rareoccurrence, yourmouth could be point-ing to something elsewrong in your body.

Contact: draditimahajani@gmail.com

Navi Mumbai Shiv Sena City President, Vijay Mane, had a detailed discussion with thenewly elected Commissioner of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Abhijit Bangar onWednesday, July 22nd. In the meeting Mane highlighted the unhygienic way SunshineHospital in ward 96-97 has been disposing off its medical waste. (By: ChandrashekharHendve)

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI : CentralRailway (CR) has ap-pointed Mani Jit Singhas its Principal ChiefCommercial Managerfrom Wednesday 22July, 2020.

He succeeds B. K.Dadabhoy, who had re-cently taken over thecharge as AdditionalGeneral Manager, Cen-tral Railway.

A sports loving per-son Mani Jit Singh is anofficer of the 1987 batchof the Indian RailwayTraffic Service, he haswide ranging experiencein various aspects of

New Principal Chief CommercialManager for CR

Railway working hav-ing worked o-n WesternRailway, Northern Rail-way and Central Rail-way in varying capaci-ties including Chief Pas-

senger TransportationManager, Chief Com-mercial Manager (Pas-senger Services) andChief Public RelationsOfficer. He has trav-elled widely abroad andhas attended variousseminars and trainingprogrammes includingAdvanced ManagementProgramme at INSEADSingapore. He was alsothe Honorary Secretaryof Western RailwaySports Association forfive years during whichperiod the Western Rail-way remained the over-all champion in InterRailway sports.

Mani Jit Singh who has akeen interest in sports inCR’s new Principal ChiefCommercial Manager

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Eco friendly celebrations- Need of the hourOne of the biggest festivals of the year, Ganesh Utsav is just

around the corner and like every year, devotees are leaving nostones unturned to welcome Bappa, the God of success and pros-perity. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with great pomp and zealespecially across Maharashtra and people enthusiastically partic-ipate in the celebrations. Devotees bring home an idol of LordGanesha and worship it for a period of 10 days or less. They alsoerect pandals in their housing societies or neighbourhood areasand keep Ganpati statues and idols for public Darshan followingwhich the idol is immersed in water during Ganesh Visarjan. How-ever, this year, due to Covid pandemic, the situation will be a littledifferent.

Maintaining our legacy and heritage is undoubtedly very im-portant and celebrating festivals with zeal and enthusiasm helps inmaintaining our cultural identity and letting our future generationknow about values and tradition. However, with the growing mag-nitude of celebrations and revelry, it is highly pertinent to takeinto account the impact on current and futuristic resources.

While festivals should be celebrated with fervour, its impact onMother Nature should not be over looked. It does not take toomuch to be Eco-Friendly, only a little understanding and will. Cel-ebrating the Ganesh festival is not about how big the idol is or howexpensive is the decoration. Rather, it is about the religious sen-timent, emotion and feelings in our hearts. By opting for Eco Friend-ly Ganesha idols which are made from paper pulp, natural coloursand natural gums, we can do our bit for our environment as re-sponsible citizens. Plaster of Paris is non-biodegradable and it badlyaffects the aquatic life and water bodies. Natural products can beused to make the idol such as unbaked clay, coconut, paint withnatural colours, etc. We have to try to completely avoid non-de-gradable material like plastic and thermocol, which add more dan-ger to our environment when dumped as garbage later. Insteadpaper flowers or natural flowers can be used for decoration andnatural materials like cloth, wood and paper can be used to makedolls, bells and other pieces of decoration.

Likewise, we can offer prasad, fruits in paper cups or in clothbags. To curb noise pollution, music can be played on low volume.By using artificial tank or artificial immersion tank instead of nat-ural water sources like river, lake or pond, we can immensely helpin conserving our water bodies.

Religious believes are to be followed with immense purity notonly for ourselves but also for nature. It is rightly said that wehave not inherited nature from our ancestors but have borrowed itfrom our future generations. Let us take pledge to celebrate allthe festivals in an Eco Friendly manner and do our bit in conserv-ing nature. In the present scenario, it would be prudent to havelow key celebration and refrain from going out for public darshan.While carrying our immersion process, again it would be wise tomake it simple and if possible have immersion at home only.

Union HRD Minister launches ‘Manodarpan’ initiative of Ministry of HRD to provide

psychosocial support to students for theirMental Health and well-being

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

MUMBAI: Union HRD Minister,Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’launched the ‘Manodarpan’ initiativeof HRD Ministry to provide psycho-social support to students for theirMental Health and Well-being inNew Delhi today. Minister of Statefor HRD, Shri Sanjay Dhotre alsograced the occasion. Secretary, De-partment of Higher Education, ShriAmit Khare; Secretary, School Edu-cation and Literacy Smt Anita Kar-wal and senior officials of the Minis-try were present on the occasion. SmtAnita Karwal made a detailed pre-sentation about the initiative at theevent.

As part of Manodarpan initiative,Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’launched a National Toll-free Hel-pline (8448440632), a special specialweb page of Manodarpan on the por-tal of HRD Ministry and a Handbookon Manodarpan.

Speaking on the occasion,Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ saidthat COVID -19 is understandably achallenging time for everyone aroundthe world. This Global pandemic isnot only a serious medical concern,but also brings mixed emotions andpsycho-social stress for all. With spe-cific focus on children and adoles-cents, there are emerging mentalhealth concerns that are often report-ed in such situations. Children andadolescents may be more vulnerableand may experience heightened lev-el of stress, anxiety and fearfulness,along with a range of other emotion-al and behavioural issues.

Pokhriyal informed that the HRDMinistry has felt that while it isimportant to focus on continuingeducation on the academic front, themental well-being of the studentsalso needs to be given equal impor-tance. So, Ministry has taken aninitiative covering a wide range ofactivities to provide PsychosocialSupport to students for their MentalHealth & Well-being during theCOVID outbreak and beyond. Hefurther informed that a WorkingGroup, having experts from the fieldsof education, mental health and psy-chosocial issues as its members, hasbeen set up to monitor and promotethe mental health issues and con-cerns of students and to facilitateproviding of support to address themental health and psychosocial as-pects during and after COVID-19lockdown, through counselling ser-vices, online resources and helpline.

The Minister informed that thePrime Minister Shri Narendra Modi,launched the Atmanirbhar BharatMission and the Manodarpan initia-tive has been included in it, as a partof strengthening human capital andincreasing productivity and efficientreform and initiatives for the Edu-cation sector.

He further stated that a Web-page named ‘Manodarpan- Psychoso-cial Support for Mental health &Well-being during the COVID out-break and beyond’ has since beencreated on the Web-site of the Min-istry of Human Resource Develop-ment. The Web-pagecontains advisory, practical tips,posters, podcasts, videos, do’s anddon’ts for psychosocial support, FAQsand online query system. A NationalToll-free Helpline (8448440632) hasalso been set up. This unique hel-pline shall be managed by a pool ofexperienced counselors/ Psycholo-gists and other mental health pro-fessionals and will continue beyondthe COVID-19 situation. Throughthis helpline tele-counselling will beprovided to the students to addresstheir mental health and psychosocialissues.

While addressing the partici-pants Shri Dhotre said that the pan-demic has affected children as wellas adults psychologically and emo-tionally. In such a climate, we needorganised and institutionalized help.He said that the mental health hasa reciprocal relationship with thewell-being and productivity of a so-ciety and its members. Hence, it isessential for the well-being and func-tioning of individuals in such a cli-mate we should also come forwardas a more cohesive and mutuallyinterdependent society. He alsosaid, the Manodarpan initiative hasbeen included in the AtmanirbharBharat Abhiyan as part of astrengthening and empowering thehuman capital to increase productiv-ity and efficiency through reformsand initiatives in the education sec-tor.

He further added, the resourcesmobilized through the Manodarpaninitiative are envisaged to facilitatea sustainable psychological supportsystem for students, families andteachers, and will be a great utilityeven in the post-corona times withproactive and preventive mentalhealth and well-being services inte-grated into the mainstream of learn-ing processes.

Union HRD Minister also inaugurated a National Toll-free Helpline,

a special web page of Manodarpan and a Handbook

Water position precariousIt is indeed a bad news that Mumbai city’s lakes have 50% less water thanlast year and no water cut is imposed as yet. With monsoon rains playinghide and seek the position is not clear when we will get the full quota ofrains. The cumulative water quantity in lakes is alarming and only 28%stock is available. At a time Assam flood toll mounts other parts of thecountry lacks sufficient rains. The stock in lakes stood at a little more than4 lakh million litres which is short of the requirement. The position isbecoming bad to worse and unless we get sufficient rains in the next coupleof months, BMC may be forced to have water cuts in the days to come.

Muringatherry Ramaswamy Jayanthy, Pattan Walla Mansion, Sion, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Shiv Sena VahatukSena Navi MumbaiPresident, KisanraoAmle along with ShivSena supporters on

Shiv Sena distributes food grains

July 22 distributedfood grains to the needyauto rickshaw / taxidrivers in Belapur As-sembly constituency.Food kits contained

sugar, peanuts, gram,poha, oil, turmeric,chilli, coriander pow-der, tea powder, salt,and personal hygieneproducts.

Solar Energy “ Sure, Pure& Secure” – PM Modi

By Vinod C. Dixit

Recently our PM Narendra Modihas dedicated to the Nation the RewaUltra Mega Solar Power project to theNation which is Asia's largest powerproject. While inaugurating our PMsaid that the Rewa project will makethe entire region a major hub for pureand clean energy in this decade. Hepraised the effort in that it will alsosupply power to the Delhi Metro,along with the entire region surround-ing Rewa. Theproject is 750-megawatt ultramega solar powerplant will reduceemission equiva-lent to approxi-mately 15 lakhtonne of carbon di-oxide every year. Itis to be appreciat-ed that the government has plannedto overcome the challenge by launch-ing the schemes like development ofsolar parks and ultra mega solar pow-er projects in India. With the launchof this solar project Madhya Pradeshwill be the main centre of Solar En-ergy in India, as such major projectsare in progress in Neemuch,Shajapur, Chattarpur andOmkareshwar and the much benefi-ciaries of this would be the poor, themiddle class, the tribals, the farmersof Madhya Pradesh, he said.

The Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Lim-ited (RUMSL), a joint venture of state-owned Solar Energy Corporation ofIndia (SECI) and Madhya PradeshUrja Vikas Nigam Ltd (MPUVNL),comprises three solar generatingunits of 250MW each located on a 500-hectare plot of land inside a solarpark with a total area of 1500 hect-are. An advantage of this form of en-ergy is that it is cost effective to usesuch products. Even though the ini-tial installation costs are comparablyhigher, their maintenance and otherexpenses are very low.

PM Modi described Solar Energyas one which is ‘Sure, Pure & Se-

cure’. Sure because of the continuoussupply of Energy from the Sun, Pureas it is environment friendly and Se-cure because it is a secure source forour energy needs. He termed suchSolar Energy projects are a true rep-resentation of Aatmanirbhar Bharat(Self-Reliant India).

Promoting the use of solar energyin replacement with many other tech-nologies will help in the reduction ofpollution as well as the destruction of

many other non-re-newable energies.Referring to theongoing crisis ow-ing to the pandem-ic COVID-19, thePM Modi rightlysaid that for eitherthe Government orthe society, com-passion and vigi-

lance are the greatest motivators totackle this difficult challenge. He saidright from the beginning of the Lock-down the Government ensured thatthe poor and needy are assured ofsupply of food and fuel. He said withthe same spirit, the Government de-cided to continue the free supply offood and LPG till November this year,even during the phase of unlockdown.

It is to be agreed that the utiliza-tion of solar energy can become a boonto lots of people but the high cost ofits equipment and devices stop peo-ple from using it. Solar energy is oneenergy source that does not negative-ly affect the environment and cannotbe exhausted. Solar energy also putsless burden on the other forms of non-renewable resources and protects theearth from various types of pollutions.The government should take somesteps to reduce the cost of solar ener-gy’s equipment so that people canmake the best use of it for their ben-efits. There is no doubt that the wayIndia’s is utilising solar power, it isgoing to be discussed further and isbeing considered as the most attrac-tive market of clean energy.The writer is a freelancer.

APMC workers stage agitation

By Chandrashekar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Under the leadershipof Mathadi Kamgarleader NarendraAnnasaheb Patil on22nd July stagedagitation at Vashirailway stationdemanding thatworkers of the APMCunits should be given

QR Code E-Pass fromthe railway adminis-tration to includesecurity guards,Mathadi workers inthe essential servicescategory and permitthem to travel by localtrain.

Joint generalsecretaries of theunion Chandrakant

Patil, PopatraoDeshmukh, RavikantPatil etc. had partici-pated in the agitation.On this occasion,Mathadi Labor leaderNarendra AnnasahebPatil submitted hisdemand letter to themanager of Vashirailway station, A NSingh.

S.I.E.S. donates 50,000washable masks to NMMC

NAVI MUMBAI: SIES(South Indian Educa-tion Society) College atNerul, Skill Develop-ment Cell of theCollege of Engineeringpledged to provide 2lakh washable greencloth masks made bywomen in four phasesto the Navi Mumbai

Municipal Corporation(NMMC).

50,000 cloth maskswere unveiled at SIEStoday in the presenceof Municipal Commis-sioner Abhijit Bangar.The administrativeofficer Yogesh Par-manand handed overthese masks to the

Commissioner. On thisoccasion AdditionalCommissioner SujataDhole, Deputy Com-missioner of Adminis-tration DadasahebChabukswar, CityEngineer SurendraPatil, ExecutiveEngineer Sanjay Desaiwere present.

Exclusion of few stoppages in Karnatakafor Mumbai – KSR Bengaluru SpecialBy Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: Railwayshave decided to elimi-nate the stoppages ofTrain No.01301 Chha-trapati Shivaji Maha-raj Terminus Mumbai– KSR Bengaluru Spe-

cial as per the requestof State Government ofKarnataka in view ofCovid-19 pandemic. Onaccount of this TrainNo. 01301 will not haltat Yelhanka Jn., Ben-galuru East and Ben-

galuru Cant. with ef-fect from Journey com-mencing o-n Friday 24July, 2020.

Passengers con-cerned are requestedto please take note ofthis.

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheBharatiya JanataParty (BJP) Memberof Legislative Assem-bly (MLA) from AiroliConstituency, GaneshNaik along with themembers of the partyon Tuesday, 21st July,2020 met the Commis-sioner of the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC),Abhijit Bangar atNMMC Headquarterin Belapur anddiscussed with himthe various problemspertaining to Covid-19in the satellite city.NMMC chief assuredhim that necessary

measures are beingtaken to control thepandemic.

It is observed thatAbhijit Bangar aftertaking over the chargeas a NMMC Commis-sioner is coming upwith many initiativesand is also takingseveral bold steps butthe cases of COVID-19are still showing anupward trend, whichis a matter of graveconcern. From the dayof the appointment ofAbhijit Bangar on14th July, 2020,leaders from variouspolitical parties aremeeting the civic chiefin this regard.

After meeting theNMMC Chief, GaneshNaik addressed themedia. He said,"COVID-19 cases areincreasing day by dayin the city. Eventhough the mortalityrate is less butNMMC needs to comeup with some con-structive steps toreduce the cases andalso work towardsmaking the city acorona free city."

Naik furtheradded, "The cityhospitals do not haveadequate ventilatorswhich is really amatter of concern. Thecivic body should

MLA Ganesh Naik meets NMMC Commissionerto discuss COVID-19 situation in city

NMMC chief assured that all constructive steps will be taken to control coronavirus

provide more ventila-tors and oxygen beds inall the hospitals."

Abhijit Bangar theNMMC Chief assuredthe BJP MLA that allthe constructive stepswill be undertaken bythe civic body to controlthe cases of COVID-19in the city and also theissue of inadequateventilators will besolved on a prioritybasis.

Present along withGanesh Naik wereJayawant Sutar,Sandeep Naik, SagarNaik, Ravindra Ithape,Jayaji Nath, NetraShirke, Suraj Patil anda few BJP workers.

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: On Tues-day, 21st July, 2020 thePanvel City MunicipalCorporation (PCMC) en-croachment team razeddown an illegal mobile towererected at Inampuri Villagein Kharghar. The mobiletower was demolishedwithin 24 hours after theorder was issued by thePCMC Chief SudhakarDeshmukh.

It was brought to thenotice of the PCMC ChiefSudhakar Deshmukh thatan illegal mobile tower hadbeen constructed at Inampu-ri Village in Khargar andthat too on governmentreserved land besides thehigh tension wire. Soon aftergetting the message Desh-mukh ordered the prabhagofficer Dashrath Bhandari toinitiate action and within 24

PCMC Commissioner orders demolitionof illegal mobile tower in Kharghar

hours the tower was razed tothe ground.

Speaking with theNewsband Jamir Len-garekar, Deputy Commis-sioner, Encroachment,PCMC said, “Through thisaction, the PCMC ChiefSudhakar Deshmukh hasshown that no one is abovelaw and if anyone violatesthe rules and regulations,they will be punished. Wehad issued notice to theparty that they themselvesshould stop the illegal workand also demolish it them-selves but they did not replyto our notice and neitherstopped the construction.Hence, our encroachmentteam took the action.”

Jamir Lengarekarfurther added, “Strict actionwill be taken against thosewho carry out constructionsillegally.”

Kid’s Zone

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

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: In yetanother chain snatch-ing incident in the sat-ellite city, the thievessnatched gold mangal-sutra of a police man’swife. As per the com-plaint filed, on Tuesdaymorning Ruchita Karpe(40), and her husbandwho works as a policeconstable in Navi Mum-bai Police were out for amorning walk.

A resident of Sector11, Nerul, Karpe wouldgo for morning walkwith her husband everymorning. On Tuesdayas well, the husbandand wife went for theirregular walk. Duringthat time when the cou-ple were near the Shir-vane village area,Karpe’s husband waswalking ahead, whileRuchita Karpe waswalking behind him.

Two chain snatchingcases registered in

the cityTwo persons sitting ona black motorbikesnatched the gold man-galsutra worth aboutRs 1 lakh 40 thousand.Noticing this police con-stable Karpe immedi-ately tried to chase thetwo robbers. However,the duo fled on a motor-cycle towards Juinagar.

It was later revealedthat the two robbershad also snatched a goldchain worth Rs 50,000and a ring from PradipGhorpade, 54, who hadcome for a morningwalk on the west sideof Juinagar railway sta-tion. According to Pra-dip Ghorpade, the blackmotorcycle used by therobbers in the case didnot have a numberplate. Case has beenregistered against theunidentified thieves atboth Nerul and Sanpa-da police stations.