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PCMC conducts 1,082antigen tests in 20

daysThe antigen test started bythe Panvel City MunicipalCorporation (PCMC) ad-ministration at the CivilHealth Centre in Khargharis getting good responsefrom the citizens. About 200suspected patients havebeen identified and all thepatients are undergoingtreatment at home underthe guidance of doctors…

(More on page 4)All shops to now

remain open from 9 amto 7 pm from 15th

August: PCMCIn a major positive movefor the traders, the PanvelCity Municipal Corporation(PCMC) has decided toallow all the shops in its ju-risdiction to be open from 9am to 7 pm from 15th Au-gust, 2020 on all the daysof the week. It has alsoscrapped the odd-evensystem…

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City to get veterinaryhospital in 6 months:

Dr.Vaibhav ZunjareProposal for veterinary hospital in the city

was passed by NMMC in 2013

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: If ev-erything goes as perplan, Navi Mumbai willhave a veterinary hos-pital within six months,says Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation’s(NMMC) Veterinarydoctor, Dr. Vaibhav Zun-zare.

The Navi Mum-baikars have been de-manding a veterinaryhospital in the city sincelong. The residents ofthe satellite city cur-rently have to visitParel for the treatmentof their pets.

Speaking with theNewsband Dr. Zunjaresaid, “ The plot number5 and 6 in Sector-24,Sanpada has been allot-ted by the NMMC forVeterinary Hospital.The construction workis going on and it is ex-pected to get completewithin six months.”

He further added,“The veterinary hospitalwill also include a dog

sterilization centrealong with a separateelectric cemetery foranimals.”

Speaking with theNewsband RTI Activistfrom the city AnarjitChauhan said, “It isheartening to know thatthe civic body is con-structing a veterinaryhospital at Sanpada.NMMC has also ear-marked a huge proper-ty at Shirvane for theveterinary hospital. It islearned that many peo-ple are eying that prop-erty for some commer-cial facility. Many RTIactivists did a follow-upwith the CIDCO and gotthe plot of 51 acres at

Shirvane for the veteri-nary hospital and itshould be used for it andnot for any commercialpurpose.”

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Navi Mumbai Police getsits own firing range near

Waze village in Panvel

Firing range was inaugurated

by the Commissioner of Police

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai policehave finally got theirown firing range. The

state government hasprovided 33 acres and30 gunthas of land nearWaje village in Panveltaluka to the Navi

Mumbai police person-nel for firing practice.The firing range wasinaugurated by Com-missioner of Police

Sanjay Kumar andJoint Commissioner ofPolice Rajkumar Whit-

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By Indrani Basu

Respecting therules and regulationslaid down by the stateGovernment regard-ing Ganesh Utsavduring this ongoingCovid -19 pandemic,city based GaneshMandals have can-celled all programmesscheduled earlier. Inplace of that they arekeeping sadu murti ofregulated height andare making arrange-ments for simpleimmersion withoutmuch crowd.

The popular ShivChhaya Mitra MandalTurbhe, the very firstSarvojanik GaneshUtsav of Navi Mum-bai, popularly knownas ‘Navi Mumbai ChaRaja’ has steppedinto its 50th year .The mandal had aseries of events linedup for its GoldenJubilee celebration butunfortunately in thewake of the currentpandemic, all thesehave been called off.“This year we arekeeping only one andhalf day puja and willmake a simple man-dap with cloth at thesame venue at sector20 Turbhe. We have aplan to make amakeshift waterbodyfor immersion here bythe side of the man-dap,” informedAnkush Baheti , thePresident of theMandal. This year asper the rule, a 2 feetsimple sadu Ganapatiwill be installed.Social distancing,thermal checking,sanitizing will be doneprior to the entry tothe mandap. Themandal has donatedone lakh rupees toCM’s Covid fund andhas also supportedthousands of migrantlabourers by offeringfree food, rations atthe beginning of thispandemic. On the day

City based Ganesh Mandals to celebrateGanesh Utsav in a simple manner

of Ganesh Chaturthi,a blood donation campwill be organized bythe mandal.

On the 59th year ofGanesh Utsav,Ganesh Mitra Man-dal, Panvel willconduct a simpleGanesh Utsav forten days inside ShaniMandir Tapal Naka inold Panvel. Neitherany event nor anythematic socialawareness will be heldthis year. Dailymorning and eveningpuja and aarti will beheld in front of a 4 feetsadu Ganesha idol.The puja arena will beopen on all sides sothat public could viewfrom a distance. Asper the rule, thermalchecking, sanitisingwill be done.

With the motto‘One God –OneReligion’ citizens fromvarious faiths haveunited together forseveral years tocelebrate singleGanesh utsav at CBDpromoting unity andbrotherhood known as‘CBD cha Raja’. TheSai Ekta SarvajanikGanesh Utsav MitraMandal is celebrating39th year at sector 2CBD, Belapur. Themembers and commit-tee members, belong-ing to differentreligious faiths, willperform daily aarti,puja keeping a 2 and1/2 feet sadu idol. Theimmersion will takeplace in an artificialwater tank made forthis purpose.

Swami Samarth

Sarvojanik GaneshUtsav Mandal atSector-4A, Ko-perkhairane is cele-brating 16th year thisyear. Keeping inmind the social issues,every year the idol hasbeen made withdifferent objects. “Thisyear respecting theregulation, 1 and ½feet Bruksha idol willbe worshipped for oneand half day only.This bruksha idol ismade of red soil andwill be immersedinside a flower potalong with Tulsi seedsto grow tulsi plant.This year we won’tmake any particularmandap rather keep itopen for public,” saidNarayan Shinde, thePresident of theMandal.

PUBLIC NOTICETHIS IS TO NOTIFY and inform THAT my client SMT.SARASWATI GOPALRAO VARHADI is the sole and absoluteowner of Flat no. 8, on the First Floor, admeasuring 770.16 Sq.Ft., Built – up area, in the building of society known asAJINKYATARA Co –operative Housing Society Ltd., on the Plotno. 8, at Sector – 4, Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400 703, Tal & Dist– Thane, (hereinafter referred to as “the said Flat/Premises”).That my client have noticed that the original Share Certificateno. 13 in the name of Late. Shri. Gopalrao Rambhau Varhadi,pertaining to the said Flat, holding five fully paid – up shares of Rs.50/- each, bearing distinctive nos. 61 to 65, is missing and nottraceable. Missing Complaint is lodged with the Vashi Police Stationand a Certificate for the same under serial no. 5258/2017, dated 17/11/2017 is obtained.Any person(s) claim to have found the original share certificate andGift Deed and/or any objection is hereby required to make thesame known to the chairman and/or secretary of the above mentionedsocieties and/or contact me at my office address given hereinabovewithin 14 days.

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The 20th annual Shri Krishna Janmashtami was celebrat-ed at Radhakrishna Temple in Sector 10, New Panvel.Although the temple was closed due to the pandemic, atraditional pooja was performed to the Lord by SantoshTamboli and Ramesh Vaidande families.

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C.A. Deepak Vekar-ia is organizing a freeshare market semi-nar on zoom. CADeepak Vekaria, whohas an experience of25 years in sharemarket will be hold-ing the seminaralong with FakhriSaboowala on “wherethe market will go incoming days; whatwill be the impact ofUSA- China relationand how long liquid-ity will flow in themarket.” The semi-nar is free seminar.Those who are inter-ested can ask forlink in zoom fromCA Deepak Vekaria-9892947443 or Mrs.Sonia Rana on9594134519.

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By Vikram Gaikwad

NAVI MUMBAI: Hun-dreds of needy peoplehave bought houses inthe newly establishedsettlements in Nereand surrounding vil-lages in Panvel taluka.However, in the lastfew months, the resi-dents of the area havebeen suffering due tofrequent power outag-es. The residents havedemanded that the Ma-harashtra State Elec-tricity DistributionCompany Limited(MSEDCL) shouldcome out with solutionon the power supplyissues in the area andtry to keep the powersupply in the area inorder.

Residents from Bh-ingari to Dhodani inPanvel taluka havebeen experiencing pow-er outages for the lastthree to four years.“There is no electricityfor one or two hoursdaily. Also, after a pow-er outage, it is not cer-tain when the powersupply will resume”,said a resident.

The power supply tothe area was cut off at6.30 am on August 11.However, residents ofthe area said that thepower supply was re-

Villages in Panveltaluka face frequent

power issuesstored around 2 am onAugust 12. MSEDCLcuts off power supply tothe area every Tuesday,but no message is sentto the consumers by theMSEDCL.

“The officials of theMSEDCL have beensaying that after theconstruction of substa-tion in this area, thepower supply in thearea will be smooth.MSEDCL has also pro-cured necessary equip-ment to upgrade the oldsystem in the area, butso far there has been norelief for the consumersfrom the frequent pow-er outage”, said anoth-er resident.

It is learnt that thereis a land dispute be-tween MSEDCL and thePublic Works Depart-ment and the issue hasnot been resolved yet,due to which the workhas been stalled.

Residents, mean-while, say the disputebetween the two govern-ment departments iscausing undue hardshipto the citizens.

Villages in Bhingarito Dhodani area of Pan-vel taluka are being sup-plied electricity from asingle line of MSEDCLin an area of about 25sq. Km.

A two feet long python was found in the car at the base-ment of a well known society in Ulwe. Animal activist,Ankit Naik from Care of Nature Organisation rescued thesnake. Shankar Mhatre, owner of the car said, “I urge allthe car drivers to check the car before sitting inside as Ifound the snake near the accelerator pedal.”

All shops to now remainopen from 9 am to 7 pmfrom 15th August: PCMCBy Meena R.Prashant

PANVEL: In a majorpositive move for thetraders, the PanvelCity Municipal Corpo-ration (PCMC) has de-

cided to allow all theshops in its jurisdic-tion to be open from 9am to 7 pm from 15th

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Viswanathan Anand will beamong the 13 Internation-al Grand Masters who willoffer valuable lessons,tips and tricks during theonline interactive ses-sions.

Learn Chess online from

International Grandmasters

By Ashok Dhamija

With the COVID-19pandemic impactingmost sports worldwide,an intellectual boardgame, Chess that is be-lieved to be derivedfrom the Indian gameChaturanga, some-where in the 6th cen-tury, has managed toentertain, stimulateand sometimes evenconfound millionsacross the globe overthe centuries. On theoccasion of the firstever World Chess Day(July 20 to mark thedate of the establish-ment of the Interna-tional Chess Federa-tion (FIDE) in Paris in1924) an UN reportstated that the past fewmonths due of lock-down to contain thespread of Coronavirushas doubled the inter-est in the highly-com-petitive game that canbe played safely in-doors or online andwhich also helps in re-ducing anxiety andimproving mentalhealth.

Taking a que fromthe renewed interest inthe game, Unacademy,India’s largest learningplatform, will now for-ay into the non-testprep space with thelaunch of a subscrip-tion based learningChess course. To belaunched on the occa-sion of the Indepen-dence Day this week-end, the Live Classesare designed to cater toall Learners from be-ginners to those in ad-vanced stages and eventhose looking to im-prove their game forcompetitive purposes.Thirteen internationalGrandmasters includ-

ing ViswanathanAnand, VladimirKramnik, Pravin Thip-say, Sriram Jha, Vijay-lakshmi Subbaraman,Romain Edouard, Gir-ish Koushik, AbhijeetGupta and Sahaj Grov-er will offer valuablelessons, tips and tricksduring the online inter-active sessions. In ad-dition in-class quizzes,personalised and im-mediate feedback willhelp improve eachLearner’s game. Fre-quent mini tourna-ments to test one’s pro-ficiency level too will beheld as part of this ini-tiative. With upto 200hours of new contentevery month from themasters of the game,Learners can choosebetween monthly andlonger term subscrip-tions.

A preview of thecourse through dailyLive Classes is availableon the Youtube channel‘Unacademy Chess In-

dia’ where PrafulZaveri, the author of acritically acclaimedbook on Chess, conduct-ed the first Live Classfor the course.

Sharing histhoughts on the initia-tive ViswanathanAnand, Indian ChessGrandmaster stated

“Chess remains oneof the most mentallystimulating games inthe world. It has theability to shape yourmind to think and per-form better. In a gameof chess, one can winonly when they can readthe situation and predictthe opponent’s moveseven before they makethem. It gives me im-mense pleasure to in-spire, motivate, and en-courage people to ex-plore the game of Chess.I think it is a wonderfulinitiative by Unacade-my to have the people ofthe game come togeth-er, share their knowl-edge to create an envi-ronment of learning,and inspire more indi-viduals to take up thiswonderful sport”.

“At Unacademy, ourmission is to help peo-ple achieve their lifegoals. With a Chesssubscription, learnerscan expect to receivethe best training fromworld class experts ofthe game and pursue itas a serious life goal, oreven a career. A prod-uct like this for Chessenthusiasts has notbeen built before, andthis is one among sev-eral other initiativesby which we want tocater to the variedlearning needs of peo-ple,” said Gaurav Mu-njal, Co-Founder andCEO, Unacademy.

PCMC’s antigen test initiativereceives good response

1,082 tests conducted in 20 days

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

KHARGHAR: The an-tigen test started by thePanvel City MunicipalCorporation (PCMC)administration at theCivil Health Centre inKharghar is gettinggood response from thecitizens. About 200 sus-pected patients havebeen identified and allthe patients are under-going treatment athome under the guid-ance of doctors.

As the number ofcorona patients is in-creasing in Kharghar,Nawade and Taloja ar-

eas and people have togo to the sub-districthospital at Panvel forcorona testing, Munic-ipal CommissionerSudhakar Deshmukhsaid that the coronasuspects in Kharghar,Nawade and Taloja ar-eas should be examinedat one place. The anti-gen test started on July20 at the Civil HealthCentre in Sector-12,Kharghar.

784 patients over aperiod of 20 days in theCentre and 334 peoplewere examined by mu-nicipal mobile vans.

Nearly 200 infected peo-ple were found. Most ofthe infected patientsare undergoing treat-ment at home underthe guidance of a mu-nicipal doctor, it islearnt.

Citizens should getantigen test done ifthey have Covid-19symptoms. It is veryimportant for patientsto take care of them-selves said, Lina Gard,Corporator.

In the last twentydays, corona tests havebeen performed on1,082 people.

kar.As the Navi Mum-

bai Commissioneratedid not have a firingrange for Navi Mum-bai Police personnel toconduct firing exercis-es, these officers and

personnel had to trav-el long distances toneighbouring Thane,Raigad and Pune dis-tricts for training.Therefore, Commis-sioner of Police SanjayKumar and Joint Com-missioner of Police Ra-jkumar Whitkar hadapproached the govern-ment to get a place for

Navi MumbaiPolice gets...

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the Navi Mumbai Po-lice Commissioneratefor the fire range.

Ashok Dudhe, Dep-uty Commissioner ofPolice, Circle-2,Shivraj Patil, DeputyCommissioner of Police(Headquarters) and oth-er officers and staffwere present at the in-auguration function.

CR to run 162 fully reserved special trainson Konkan route for Ganapati FestivalBy Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: CentralRailway will run 162Special Trains betweenChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT) / Lokmanya Ti-lak Terminus (LTT) andSawantwadi Road / Ku-dal/ Ratnagiri to clearthe extra rush of passen-gers during GanapatiFestival 2020 via Panv-el Junction. These spe-cials will be Fully Re-served Trains whosebookings will commencefrom Saturday 15 Au-gust, 2020 at Reserva-tion Centres and o-nwebsite: www.irctc.co.in.The details are as under:

A) CSMT-Sawant-wadi Road-CSMT Spe-cial (16 trips)

Train no. 01101 spe-cial will leave Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus at 23.05 hrsdaily from 15.8.2020 to22.8.2020 and arriveSawantwadi Road at09.30 hrs next day. Onits return journey Trainno. 01102 special willleave Sawantwadi Roadat 10.10 hrs daily from

16.8.2020 to 23.8.2020and arrive ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Termi-nus at 21.40 hrs sameday.

Halts: Dadar, Thane,Panvel, Roha, Mangaon,Khed, Chilpun, San-gameshwar Road, Rat-nagiri, Adavali, RajapurRoad, VaibhavwadiRoad, Kankavali,Sindhudurg, Kudal.

B) LTT-Kudal-LTTspecial (16 trips)

Train no. 01103 spe-cial will leave Lokman-ya Tilak Terminus at23.50 hrs daily from15.8.2020 to 22.8.2020and arrive Kudal at10.30 hrs next day. Onits return journey Trainno.01104 special willleave Kudal at 12.00 hrsdaily from 16.8.2020 to23.8.2020 and arriveLokmanya Tilak Termi-nus at 23.00 hrs sameday.

Halts: Thane, Panv-el, Roha, Mangaon, Veer,Khed, Chilpun, Savarda,Aravali Road, San-

gameshwar Road, Rat-nagiri, Adavali, Vila-vade, Rajapur Road,Vaibhavwadi Road,Nandgaon Road,Kankavali, Sindhudurg

C) CSMT-Sawant-wadi Road-CSMT Spe-cial (16 trips)

Train no. 01105 spe-cial will leave Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus at 22.00 hrsdaily from 15.8.2020 to22.8.2020 and arriveSawantwadi Road at08.10 hrs next day. Onits return journey Trainno. 01106 special willleave Sawantwadi Roadat 08.50 hrs daily from16.8.2020 to 23.8.2020and arrive ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Termi-nus at 20.05 hrs sameday.

Halts: Dadar, Thane,Panvel, Roha, Khed,Chilpun, Savarda, San-gameshwar Road, Rat-nagiri, Vilavade, Ra-

Bookings open from today

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HEALTH AND NUTRITION

By Bhavani Swaminathan

Milk is very bene-ficial for human be-ings. Indians have al-ways worshipped cowas Holy Mother and isworshipped by Hin-dus. Traditionally,

milk has been used inIndia as a complete foodfor infants to sixmonths of age and aswell as for yogis andaspirants of spiritualpath. Classified as oneof the best elixirs, milkprovides energy as soonas we drink milk. As atonic milk can be tak-en with food or medi-cines. Cow’s milk isthe best. Boiling milkmakes it easier to di-gest. Milk cleanses thedigestive tract. It ex-pels toxins and wasteproducts from thestomach and intestines

INGREDIENTS: Milk : 250 ml •Rock sugar (mishri) - 50 gms (pow-dered) • Fresh Pomegranate seeds-100 gms • Sabja seeds : 1 tsp •Rose extract : 2 drops (Optional)

METHOD: Soak sabja seeds inlittle water for 10 minutes. Squeezeout the juice from fresh pomegran-ate seeds. Add powdered mishri,pomegranate juice, rose extract andsoaked sabja seeds. This milk hasa natural pink colour and sabja hascooling effect. Also contains natu-ral sugar in the form of mishriwhich also has a cooling effect. Thiscan also be refrigerated and servedcold.

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and supplies the bodywith a nutritious ma-terial that is readily di-gestible and easily con-vertible into blood. Milkis good for bone healththereby preventing os-teoarthritis as it is agood source of calcium.Milk also contains Vi-tamin D, which is antiageing and anti in-flammatory. Includemilk in everyday dietby bringing some inno-vations in it so that youdo not get bored ofdrinking milk every-day. Try out this natu-rally flavoured milk.

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NAVI MUMBAI:Aghast with the officialinaction in removingthe 13-year-old garbagedump from mangrovesand wetland at BoriPakhadi in Uran,green groups havelaunched a tongue-in-cheek campaign call-ing upon the govern-ment to protect thefilth and punish thesea plants.

The inaction isshocking despite thePrime Minister’s Of-fice (PMO) asking thestate and district au-thorities to take imme-diate action, said B NKumar, director of Nat-Connect Foundation.“Our complaint wasclosed down with thePMO comment thatthe officials have beenasked to take immedi-ate action,” said Ku-mar. NatConnect sentanother complaint a

‘Protect Uran Garbage, punishmangroves!’: Greens tell Government

The satirical demand has been put forward

as order of PMC is thrown to winds

month ago informingthe PM that theSwachh Bharat cam-paign has been throwndown the drain, liter-ally, in Uran as gar-bage kept mounting.Yet there has been noaction.

NatConnect hastweeted the PM, CMand Environment Min-ister with the new mes-saging.

The local residentshave been fighting for13 years against thegarbage menace withactivist Samir Ashritfiling a complaint withthe PM. The PMOclosed down the com-plaint after the UranMunicipal Councilpromised to dispose ofthe garbage properly.

“Even now, not asingle inch of garbagehas been removed. Onthe contrary, the filthand muck is on the

rise,” said Ashrit.The Uran police

filed an FIR againstUran Municipal Coun-cil officials under theEnvironment Act wayback in January fol-lowing massive protestmarch by the residentsof Bori Pakhadi andHanuman Koliwada. The FIR apparently re-mained on paper, saidNandakumar Pawar ofEkvira Aai Pratishtan.“In Uran, we see a pe-culiar attitude on partof the so-called author-ities. Be it the plannersor district and civic ad-ministration, nobodycares for the law,”Pawar lamented.

The Uran garbageis just one of the manyissues. But this im-pacts public health.Despite the need tomaintain hygiene in

japur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Kankavali, Sindhu-durg, Kudal.

D) LTT-Ratnagiri-LTT special (16 trips)Train no. 01107 special will leave Lokmanya Ti-

lak Terminus at 20.30 hrs daily from 15.8.2020 to22.8.2020 and arrive Ratnagiri at 04.00 hrs nextday. On its return journey Train no. 01108 specialwill leave Ratnagiri at 06.30 hrs daily from 16.8.2020to 23.8.2020 and arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminusat 14.20 hrs same day.

Halts: Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer,Khed, Chilpun, Savarda, Aravali Road, Sangamesh-war Road,

E) CSMT-Sawantwadi Road-CSMT Special (24trips)

Train no. 01109 special will leave ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Terminus at 07.10 hrs daily from25.8.2020 to 5.9.2020 and arrive Sawantwadi Roadat 19.15 hrs same day. On its return journey Trainno. 01110 special will leave Sawantwadi Road at 20.35hrs daily from 25.8.2020 to 5.9.2020 and arriveChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at 06.45 hrsnext day.

Halts: Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Khed,Chilpun, Savarda, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri,Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road,Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal.

F) CSMT-Sawantwadi Road-CSMT Special (24trips)

Train no. 01111 special will leave ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Terminus at 05.50 hrs daily from25.8.2020 to 5.9.2020 and arrive Sawantwadi Roadat 16.15 hrs same day. On its return journey Trainno. 01112 special will leave Sawantwadi Road at 18.15hrs daily from 25.8.2020 to 5.9.2020 and arrive Chha-trapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at 05.50 hrs nextday.

Halts: Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon,Khed, Chilpun, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri,Adavali, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Kankava-li, Sindhudurg, Kudal.

G) LTT-Sawantwadi Road-LTT Special (26 trips)Train no. 01113 special will leave Lokmanya Ti-

lak Terminus at 05.30 hrs daily from 24.8.2020 to5.9.2020 and arrive Sawantwadi Road at 15.50 hrssame day. On its return journey Train no. 01114 spe-cial will leave Sawantwadi Road at 17.30 hrs daily

from 24.8.2020 to 5.9.2020 and arrive LokmanyaTilak Terminus at 06.15 hrs next day.

Halts: Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer,Khed, Chilpun, Savarda, Aravali Road, Sangamesh-war Road, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, RajapurRoad, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankava-li, Sindhudurg, Kudal.

H) LTT-Ratnagiri-LTT special (24 trips)Train no. 01115 special will leave Lokmanya Ti-

lak Terminus at 11.55 hrs daily from 25.8.2020 to5.9.2020 and arrive Ratnagiri at 19.00 hrs sameday. On its return journey Train no. 01116 specialwill leave Ratnagiri at 20.30 hrs daily from 25.8.2020to 5.9.2020 and arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminusat 04.15 hrs next day.

Halts: Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer,Khed, Chilpun, Savarda, Aravali Road, Sangamesh-war Road,

Composition of all these Fully Reserved SpecialTrains: 13 Sleeper Class, Six Second Chair Class,O-ne AC-2 Tier and Four AC-3 Tier coaches.

Passengers are advised to adhere all norms,SOPs related to COVID19 during the boarding, trav-el and at destination.

CR to run... Contd. from pg. 4

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Issue : 59 15 August, 2020

Salute to the nationMemories of struggle for freedom and the sacrifices that were

made for achieving the freedom, seem to have faded away fromthe minds of most of the Indians today. Especially the post inde-pendence generation has least knowledge of the nation. Just afterindependence, leaders who had waged struggle for independencetook steps to consolidate India, inch by inch, into a strong democ-racy and a self reliant country.

While there is no doubt that our country has made great stridesin these five decades of independence in all the spheres of life likescience, medicine, space technology etc., but still a lot remains tobe achieved on economic front. Still we are in the category of “de-veloping countries” and we are gradually heading forward to earnthe dubious distinction of being Asia’s biggest debtor country.Though remarkable development in infrastructure like transpor-tation, power sector and the field of communication has taken placeespecially during the last decade but we have fared disastrouslyon the population control and on poverty control which are inter-linked. Though the statistics might not be projecting the true pic-ture but the fact is more and more people are sliding below thepoverty line. We have been unable to improve the condition inrural areas most of whom are still unaware of the development asthe benefits of development have not trickled down to them.

Literacy growth rate is also miserable and because of virtualpopulation explosion, even though the quantum of development ishuge, but visible improvement in the quality of life of most peopleis miniscule. Liberalization of economy did bring in temporary gainsbut has also brought in its stride further vices which have proveddetrimental to the development process, in the absence of properchecks and controls. The common slogan “eradication of pover-ty” by every political party, today sounds hollow because thoughthe chances have been given to all the political parties but none ofthem have succeeded in bringing any changes in the life of a com-mon man.

Without increasing overall literacy and improving the livingconditions and family welfare measures, no nation has ever achievedsuccess in reducing the abnormally high population growth rate.Only with unity re-installed and ignorance banished can we hopeof eradicating poverty and illiteracy. This will be the right way ofpaying tribute and homage to our freedom fighters.

Earlier in the year2013, the NMMC haddecided to construct aveterinary hospital inorder to provide propertreatment for sick/strayanimals. Also at thattime in 2013 the civicbody had allocated abudget of Rs 1 crore forconstructing the build-ing. The sources fromNMMC during thattime said that the civicbody has given the bud-getary provision of Rs 1crore but the actual costmay go to around Rs 7crore just for the con-struction of the build-ing. The then NMMCCommissioner Abasa-heb Jarhad said that theNMMC will be the firstcivic body in the state tohave its own veterinaryhospital. He said, “Vet-erinary Hospital is lo-cated in Parel and peo-ple from Navi Mumbaihave to go all the waythere for the treatmentof the pets. Also, thereis no other hospital foranimals in MumbaiMetropolitan RegionDevelopment Authority(MMRDA) region. Thefacility at Sanpada willcater to the needs of theresidents of Raigad,Thane and other neigh-bouring districts aswell.”

This was in the year2013 when the estimat-ed price from theNMMC sources was Rs.

7 crore but now afterseven years’ delay thesources says that thebudget for the construc-tion will increase. News-band has got thephotographs of the pro-posed veterinary hospi-tal where the noticeboard placed by the civ-ic body at the site showsthat the estimated costof the construction isRs. 4,78,59,308. Thework was started on

30th January, 2019 andthe deadline for the com-pletion was 29th May,2020 which has alreadypassed.

Navi Mumbaikars

Optimistic

The residents of NaviMumbai and also thepet lovers of the city arevery optimistic aboutthe veterinary hospitalin the satellite city.

Speaking with theNewsband Correspon-dent Netra Shirke,Former Corporator anda resident of NRI Com-plex who is also a petlover said, “I have been

demanding the veteri-nary hospital and alsothe crematorium for thepets since long in theNMMC’s standing com-mittee and general bodymeetings. Many timesthere was approval forthe same but till date weare waiting for it. If theveterinary hospital willcome up in six monthstime then it will be real-ly a good news for theNavi Mumbaikars. It isreally very hectic to goall the way to Parel forthe cremation and also

for the treatment of thepet animals.”

Pratik Yadav,Founder of ParivartanFoundation and also apet lover from the citysaid, “I have been hear-ing about the veterinaryhospital in the city fromlast five years but tilldate it has not been con-structed and is still onthe papers. It will be re-ally heartening if theveterinary hospitalcomes up in the citywithin six months. Allthe animal activists andthe animal lovers areeagerly waiting for it.”

City to get veterinary...Contd. from pg. 5

August, 2020 on allthe days of the week.It has also scrappedthe odd-even system.

Under ‘Mission Be-gin Again-5, PCMChad allowed the shopsin its jurisdiction toremain open on evenand odd date system.However, traders wereunhappy and citing fi-nancial difficulties,they had urged thePCMC Commissionerto allow them to con-duct business on a dai-ly basis.

BJP MLA Pras-hant Thakur in a let-ter to the PCMC com-missioner had also de-

manded that the busi-nesses be allowed toremain open on a dai-ly basis. Speaking tothe media, MLA Pras-hant Thakur said,“Lockdown was an-nounced again fromJuly 3 by the Munici-pal Corporation tobreak the chain of Cov-id-19. Except for shopsselling essentialgoods, all other shopswere completelyclosed. Earlier too,during the nationwidelockdown, only essen-tial services were al-lowed due to which theentrepreneurs andtraders suffered hugefinancial losses. How-ever, from August 1,when the un-lockdownrules were announced,

the shops of small andbig traders were al-lowed to remain openbut on even-odd days.While mega retailswere allowed, thesmall-time traderswere completely ig-nored. That is why Imet the municipalcommissioner and de-manded that all thetraders in the munic-ipal area should be al-lowed to do business ona daily basis by follow-ing the rules of socialdistancing”.

So far, the PuneMunicipal Corpora-tion, Municipal Corpo-ration of GreaterMumbai and ThaneMunicipal Corporationhave given permissionto all the business es-

All shops tonow remain..

Contd. from pg. 3

tablishments to beopened every day.

Speaking to News-band, Municipal Com-missioner SudhakarDeshmukh, said, “Wehad received severalrequests from traders.Thus, taking a posi-tive step we have de-cided to allow allsmall, medium andlarge businesses, ex-cept gyms, malls, andswimming pools to re-main open on all thedays.”

He further said, “Itwould be binding on allto follow the rules andguidelines laid downby the civic body andthe state government,otherwise stern actionwill be taken againstthe establishments”.

Defending champions Spain, Englandand Germany qualify for FIFA U-17

Women’s World Cup India 2021By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Reigning champions Spain alongwith football powerhouse England and Germanywill represent Europe in the upcoming FIFA U-17Women’s World Cup India 2021 following the can-cellation of the final round of UEFA U-17 Wom-en’s Championship on account of the ongoing COV-ID-19 pandemic.

Union of European Football Association (UEFA)Executive Committee, following a consultationwith its 55 member associations regarding youthnational team competitions have confirmed thesethree teams in the biennial global event.

They will join hosts India along with formerchampions Korea DPR and Japan and OFC (Oc-cenia) Champions New Zealand - who have alreadyqualified for the tournament.

The seventh edition of the FIFA U-17 Wom-en’s World Cup will be held across five cities inIndia from February 17 to March 7, 2021. NaviMumbai based DY Patil stadium will host the fi-nals post the third-fourth place match on the con-cluding day of the prestigious tourney.

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By: Adv. Varun Vij

In India, section498A was introducedby our lawmakerswith the intention toprotect the right inter-est of women and toprotect them from cru-elty in their matrimo-nial home. In laymanwords, it transited intolaw to protect womenfrom domestic violence.Over the years we haveseen that this perk iswidely being misusedby many women withselfish intent, therebycausing to innocentsouls. Hence, it is themost fiercely debatedsection of the IPC.

Based on the filedcases even ‘The Su-preme Court of India’termed Section 498A as“Legal Terrorism”. Inmany cases, whichwere filed by educatedwomen it was clearthat the misuse of thisvery law was to fulfilltheir selfish needs. Inalmost all cases whichwere filed, the husbandwas prosecuted alongwith his entire family.

A violation of sec-tion 498A are the risebecause over time,many women are friv-olously making falseaccusations againsttheir husbands and hisrelatives on ridiculousgrounds like gettingrid of them or simplycausing harm or hurt-ing the family. The

abuse of this perk issteadily spreading likefire in the forest andthe many women aremisusing upon beingprovoked and learningthat this section is cog-nizable and non-bail-able. It works in a com-pletely hassle-freemanner and puts herman behind bars juston the complaint.Many women oftenmisuse the provisionsof this section merelyto get a divorce fromtheir husbands and re-marry or maybe formonetary compensa-tion after divorce.

Since the offensescommitted are cogniza-ble and non-bailable, itbecomes a tough chal-lenge for men framedunder this protectthemselves from falseallegations made bywomen. This waymany women are tak-ing undue advantage ofthis law and claim tobecome ‘weaker sex’when compared to themen in a patriarchalsociety.

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR-

SELF FROM A FALSE 498A

CASE?

It is said, for everyproblem there is a so-lution. Hence, there islot falsely framed mencan do and can protectthemselves from frivo-lous allegations madeagainst him under sec-tion 498A. One can filea countersuit in suchcases under varioussections of the IPC andCPC. The same hasbeen described in thebelow mentionedpoints:

1. You can file acounter lawsuit underSection 500 (Defama-tion) of the Indian Pe-nal Code, 1860 for def-

amation. The case un-der this section can befiled when woman triesto tarnish the image ofher husband and hisparents by falselyframing him into falsecase to drag them tocourt or jail.

You can file a caseunder Section 120B(Criminal Conspiracy)of the IPC mentioningthe intent of criminalconspiracy. In the casewhere the man findsthat his wife has crim-inally conspiringagainst him or his fam-ily members, you maystraight away file acounter case againsther for the same underthis section.

2. You can file acase under Section 191(Giving false evidence)of the IPC comes intothe play when the manstarts to smell some-thing fishy and realiz-es that some evidenceused against him isfalse. In such a case,men can allege that heis being wrongfullyframed in a case.

3. Under the pre-text of case under sec-tion 498A filed by thewoman against herhusband or his rela-tives is false, the hus-band has an option tocounter sue under sec-tion 227 (violation ofcondition of remissionof punishment) of theIPC.

4. There are in-stances when the wom-an threatens to injureor harm her husbandor his relatives, hereunder section 506(Punishment for crim-inal intimidation) ofthe IPC can be filed inthe court of law.The writer is a freelancer.(To be Contd. Next week)

TENANT DISPUTES DURING LOCKDOWN

‘Sometimes one’s protection leads toabuse of other. It gradually causes moreagony than protection for him.’ (Part I)

I have read some in-teresting facts on theIndependence Daywhich I want to sharewith our readers:

India got freedom onAugust 15, 1947, fromthe clutches of the op-pressing British ruleafter about 200 years ofslavery. In India, thelargest democratic re-public in the world, In-dependence Day is anational public holidaycelebrated across all thestates of the nation. Asthe whole country gearsup to celebrate the 74thIndependence Day onAugust 15, 2020, hereare some highly interest-ing facts about Indepen-dence Day.Mahatma Gandhi could not

celebrate the first Indepen-

dence Day in Delhi

Even as the countrycelebrated the hard-wonfreedom on August 15,1947, the father of thenation Mahatma Gan-

Interesting Facts OfIndependence Day

By Lakshman Sundar

dhi was away from thecelebrations fasting toend the Hindu-Muslimriots happening in Ben-gal.

The origin of the tri-color

flag

The tri-color flag,which is the nationalflag of India, is based onthe Swaraj Flag, whichwas developed by a free-dom fighter Pingali Ven-kayya, who was a farm-er from Machilipatnam.India’s national anthem was

adopted three years after

the independence

India did not have anofficial national anthemat the time of indepen-dence. Jana Gana Manawas written way back in1911. However, it wasadopted officially andaccorded the status asthe national anthem ofIndia on January 24,1950.Why was August 15 chosen

for India’s independence?

It was Lord Mount-batten, the last Viceroyand the first Governor-General of the country,who chose August 15 todeclare the indepen-dence of India. He wasgiven the powers by theBritish Parliament totransfer the power to In-dians by June 1948.

However, he preponed itto August 15, 1947, toavoid bloodshed and ri-ots. It is said that hechose this day since thedate also commemo-rates with the secondanniversary of Japansurrendering to the Al-lied Forces.

Pakistan got its indepen-

dence a day before India

Pakistan celebratesits Independence Day onAugust 14 so that thelast British Viceroy,Lord Mountbatten couldattend the ceremony.Since Mountbatten, asthe last Viceroy of undi-vided India was re-quired to grace the In-dependence Day cere-monies in both the coun-tries, this decision wastaken.

Five other countries

celebrate their Indepen-

dence Day on August 15

Though securingtheir independence indifferent years, five oth-er countries celebratetheir independence onAugust 15 along withIndia — includingBahrain, North Korea,South Korea, Republicof Congo, and Liechten-stein.Wishing All A Very Happy

Independence Day.

The resident of Farm Society, Sector 11, Koparkhairane were tested for Covid-19 by theMobile Antigen Test van started by NMMC (Photo and Text by Chandrashekhar Hendve)

view of the COVID pan-demic, no authorityworth its name seemsto care, Kumar saidand pointed out: “It isin this context that welaunched this cam-paign to protect the

garbage and punishmangroves.”

The environmental-ists recalled that theHigh Court MangroveProtection and Conser-vation Committee tooasked Uran MunicipalCouncil to remove thegarbage from man-groves and asked CI-DCO, which is the lo-cal planner, to find analternative location for

dumping the garbage.Nobody cares for

the age-old mangroves,Kumar said and com-mented: “Garbage getsprotection and man-groves die.”

The garbage dump,on an oil pipeline, isnext to an ONGC valveinstallation. The dumphas been catching firerepeatedly endanger-ing the pipeline.

‘Protect UranGarbage,punish...Contd. from pg. 6

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: To giverelief to the citizens go-ing to Konkan regionduring Ganeshotsav,the Public Works Min-ister Eknath Shindehas announced thatthere will be no tollcharges for people trav-elling to and fro.

The decision wastaken during a videomeeting in which Min-

No toll charges for people going toKonkan for Ganeshotsav- PublicWorks Minister Eknath Shinde

ister of State for HomeAffairs ShambhurajDesai, MaharashtraState Road Develop-ment Corporation,Commissioner of Policein Konkan Division,Municipal Commis-sioners were present.

“Citizens going toKonkan will get imme-diate toll exemptionsticker if they mentionthe vehicle number, ve-

hicle owner’s name anddate of travel at the lo-cal police station. Forthis, the citizens shouldcontact the nearest po-lice station”, Shindesaid. “It is mandatoryfor the travelers to getthemselves tested forcoronavirus and get thee-pass as per the rulesof the state governmentbefore traveling,” headded.

PANVEL: The Social Justice De-partment of Panvel City DistrictNationalist Congress has demandedto ban the use of the national flag asface mask and take action againstthose selling it. A letter in this re-gard has been given to the TehsildarPanvel and Navi Mumbai PoliceCommissioner.

Mask is mandatory to preventcoronavirus infection in the state.But some traders are taking advan-tage of this and with IndependenceDay tomorrow, they are selling tri-color face masks. This is an insultto the national flag, the letter read.

”Citizens will throw away thesemasks after using these. Moreover,

Social Justice Department of PanvelCity District Nationalist Congressdemands ban on tricolour mask

coughing and sneezing while wear-ing the masks is an insult to thenational flag”, said Kishor Devdhek-ar, District President, NCP SocialJustice Department.

District President BhausahebLabade, District Secretary of NCPSocial Justice Ganesh Patil, DistrictSecretary Afroz Sheikh, NCP Youth

Working President Pradeep Patil,Kharghar Ward-5 President MaheshKumar Raut were present. A copy ofthe letter was sent to NCP PresidentSharad Pawar, Deputy Chief Minis-ter Ajit Pawar, MP Supriya Sule,Sunil Tatkare, Home Minister AnilDeshmukh and Guardian MinisterAditi Tatkare.

By Indrani Basu

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai BengaliAssociation, thelargest and oldestsocio-cultural associa-tion of NaviMumbai is going tocelebrate 74th Inde-pendence Dayvirtually, takingextra precaution dueto Covid -19 pandem-ic. Altogether 15children below 16years will presentpatriotic theme-baseditems wearing tricolorcostumes and theshow will be telecastlive on digital plat-form on August15. The NationalFlag will be hoisted inthe morning at theclub premises withsanitization andmask and will beattended by fivemembers only.

This year it is a

Navi Mumbai Bengali Association will celebrate74th Independence Day with digital event

virtual IndependenceDay celebration whenmore than 40000members from thecity and other placeswill join digitally. Thehighlight of the eventis patriotic song,group and solo dance ,skits, recitation,short speeches onIndependence move-ment, storytellingon the life of thefreedom fighters andmany more. Theparticipants arechildren below 16years. This will be a30 minutes program.

“The patrioticfervour of Bengal’srevolutionary freedommovement has beencherished by everyBengali living acrossthe globe and so dowe. Here in thissatellite city, we hadcome forward everyyear to celebrate our

freedom movementwith variety socialand cultural work.This year due toCovid 19 pandemic,we are bound to stayindoors, maintainsocial distancing. Inspite of that we havechalked out a soultouching eventperformed by ourchildren and this willbe telecast digitally at8 pm on August 15,”informed NemaiGorai , the presidentof the Association.

Meanwhile theAssociation supportedthousands of migrantlabourers offeringthem free rations,medicines and otherutilities. The mem-bers extended theirhelping hands to alarge number ofsenior citizens acrossthe city to procuretheir daily needs.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCongress party stagedan agitation in front ofthe residence of BJPMLA against thefraudulent announce-ment of Rs 20 lakhcrore by the CentralGovernment as Cov-id19 relief fund. Theagitation was carriedunder the guidance ofCongress President BV

Congress stages agitation

Srinivas and Maha-rashtra Pradesh YouthCongress President Sa-tyajit Tambe. The agi-tation was staged bythe Youth Congress inNavi Mumbai in frontof the bungalow of BJPBelapur MLA MandaMhatre.

In this agitation,Navi Mumbai DistrictCongress spokespersonRavindra Sawant,

Youth Congress Gen-eral Secretary of Be-lapur Assembly con-stituency Dr. VinodBabusheth Patil, Dr.Vijay Patil, PankajJagtap, Secretary,Maharashtra PradeshYouth Congress, VijayPawar, Kiran Bodke,Sohail Sheikh and oth-er office bearers of theYouth Congress werepresent.

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Antigen testing facilitynow at your doorstep

NMMC starts 6 mobile antigen testing facility

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) which hasbeen striving to breakthe Covid-19 chain inits jurisdiction by trac-ing, tracking, testingand treating (TTTT)has now launched sixmobile antigen test vanservices.

The initiative is ajoint venture of the civ-ic body with BharatiyaJain Sanghatana underthe ‘Mission Zero NaviMumbai’. The initiativewas flagged off byGuardian Minister ofThane District, EknathShinde in the presenceof MP Rajan Vichare, atCIDCO Exhibition Cen-

ter, Vashi. On this oc-casion, Municipal Com-missioner Abhijit Ban-gar, Chairman of Gov-

ernment Slum Im-provement Board VijayNahta, Additional Com-missioners Sujata

Dhole and SanjayKakade, Indian Jain

Contd. on pg. 2

Sales for tricolordresses dip this year

due to pandemicBy Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withschools, colleges and

many private estab-lishments still closedin the wake of the cur-rent Covid 19 pandem-ic, the sales of tricolordresses have recordeda sharp dip in the cityahead of IndependenceDay.

“Flags, tricolor t-shirts, scarves, kurtis,khadi clothes are forsale in the shops inAPMC market. How-ever, this year due tolockdown restrictions,there has been a de-cline in sales,” say theshopkeepers.

“Every year, aheadof Independence Day,there used to be hugedemand for the nation-al flag. However, thisyear, due to the pan-demic, except for gov-ernment offices, mostprivate establishmentsare not holding the flaghoisting ceremony.Contd. on pg. 3

Hence, there is a greatdip in the demand forthe flags as well as forthe tricolor dresses,”

said one shopkeeper.Most of the demand

used to come fromschools and colleges.This year as these areclosed, there is hardlyany order from them.We have not broughtnew goods for sale thisyear. Whatever we hadof last year are beingput up for sale,” saidshopkeeper RamjibhaiPrabhu. “The demandfor tricolor t-shirts,scarves or other prod-ucts too is negligiblethis year,” he added.

By: Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A well-equipped crèche hasbeen set up at the Po-lice Headquarters atKalamboli to take careof the children of wom-en officers and staffworking in the NaviMumbai Police Com-missionerate.

Many women policeofficers working in theNavi Mumbai policeforce have no one to lookafter their young chil-dren while they are onduty. Realising theirproblem, Commissionerof Police Sanjay Kumar

Well-equipped crèche launched atpolice headquarters in Kalamboli

The facility will greatly help the women police officials

gave instructions to setup a well-equippedcrèche at the policeheadquarters at

Kalamboli.The crèche was in-

augurated by Commis-sioner of Police Sanjay

Kumar and Joint Com-missioner of Police Ra-

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Association office bear-ers Dharmesh Jain, Vi-jay Lakhani, RahulNahta, Rajul Vora,Shilpin Tatar, Dr. Vive-kananda Sawant andother municipal offi-cials and dignitarieswere present.

The municipal cor-poration has undertak-en ‘Mission Break theChain’ by which the pa-tients are being traced,tracked, isolated andgiven timely treat-ment. The corporationhas started antigentesting facilities in 22centres. The report ofthe test is availablewithin half-hour thusensuring immediatetreatment.

Speaking about theservice Additional Mu-

nicipal Commissioner,Sanjay Kakade said,“With this mobile ser-vice we aim to reachout to every society andtrace if any person isCovid-19 positive. Wealso want people tocome forward and re-port if they have anysymptoms. Throughthis initiative we will beable to spread aware-ness as well”, he said.

It has been observedthat many citizens donot come to antigentesting centers for get-ting tested. Throughthe ‘Mobile Antigen TestVan’, the doctors will beable to reach out to peo-ple and conduct tests inthe society and colonies.The Indian Jain Asso-ciation responded posi-tively to the Commis-sioner’s concept andthrough them planswere made to start an-

tigen testing mobile ser-vices. This initiative issupported by UnitedWay, Credai MCHI,Desh Apanaye.

Under this initia-tive, awareness on Cov-id 19 will also be spreadin the municipal area.In the societies and col-onies where antigentesting will be conduct-ed, information will begiven about the antigentesting on the previousday so that people willcome forward to get thetest done.

Special emphasiswill be given to seniorcitizens as well as peo-ple with co-morbiditieslike diabetes, hyperten-sion, heart disease andkidney disease. In addi-tion, people with symp-toms such as cough, fe-ver, cold, difficulty inbreathing will be test-ed.

Antigentesting...Contd. from pg. 1

In need of urgent repairsAfter few days of torrential rains, the condition of roads in al-

most all the nodes of Navi Mumbai has become pathetic. They arerutted with deep potholes making the daily trips a nightmare forthe commuters. The deteriorated wearing course provides poorriding quality in turn imparting more stresses to the base course.This is still worse on the flyovers where the impact of vehiclewheels due to potholes cause severe fatigue to the structure be-cause of reversal of stresses.

The quality and quantity of infrastructural facilities of a city isthe barometer for assessing its development. It is not only indica-tive of economic progress, but also aids it. It helps in starting de-velopment process as well as in sustaining the growth rate. Oflate, we have also realized the importance of inter connectivitythrough roads. The golden quadrangle project, the expresswaysand the free ways being planned and constructed are evident ofthe realization of this fact in our country too. The paved roads withgood riding quality not only facilitate uninterrupted movement ofvehicles, but also help in saving the vehicle operational cost. Thisis all the more significant from the point of view of energy conser-vation and saving the already meager and fast depleting irreplen-ishable petroleum resources. Unfortunately, in Navi Mumbai thepicture on this front is not very rosy. In spite of being a well-plannedcity, developing the road network has been completely ignored bythe development authorities for Navi Mumbai. To make the mat-ters worse, the existing road network is also not being maintainedproperly. Roads with poor riding quality also cause distress in thevehicles besides increasing the vehicle operational cost. Althoughquite a large amount is earmarked every year in the budget for themaintenance of the roads, but going by the quality it is evident thatthese funds are not being effectively utilized. One of the majorreasons for poor roads is that they are frequently dug up by theservice providers. As they are not restored afterwards, these por-tions initiate the deterioration of further stretch.

Concrete roads although require relatively higher initial invest-ments are beneficial in the long run as they have longer servicelife. Further, due to its better resistance to water, they do not havethe recurring problem of potholes, localized depression etc. dur-ing rains. Since such works require huge investments, it is essen-tial that they are carried out under the strict supervision of theauthorities with high standards of quality control for achieving long-er life and better riding quality. If Navi Mumbai is to integrate withother cities for economic development, all out effort is required tobe made to develop the road network as these are the life- lines ofan economy.

Animal activists save monkey

Uran: A monkey which was electrocuted on Monday was rescued by animal activistPramod Mokal and was later released at the foot of Indrayani mountain in the presenceof Uran Forest Area Officer Shashank Kadam. (Photo and text by Dinesh Pawar)

Ban on heavy vehicles on Mumbai-Goahighway on the occasion of Ganeshotsav

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Gane-shotsav will be cele-brated from 22nd Au-gust to 1st September.The state governmenthas decided to releaseextra ST buses for theconvenience of Ganeshdevotees going to Kon-kan for Ganeshotsavthis year.

During Ganeshot-sav, a large number ofvehicles ply on Na-tional Highway No. 66(Old Highway No. 17)from Mumbai to Kon-kan. Therefore, in or-der to make the jour-ney of Ganesha devo-tees to Konkan com-fortable and safe, themovement of heavyvehicles on the Mum-bai-Goa highway hasbeen banned from

10th August to 2ndSeptember as per theorders issued by theHome Department.

All vehicles weigh-ing 16 tonnes or moreare prohibited on theMumbai-Goa NationalHighway from 8 p.m.on August 10 to 8p.m. on August 12.Similarly, heavy vehi-cles have been bannedfrom plying on thisroute from earlymorning on August 19till 8 pm on August 22.Heavy vehicles willnot be allowed on theMumbai-Goa highwayfrom August from 8am on 28th to till 8 pmon 29th August and onSeptember 1 from 8pm till 11 pm.

However, vehiclescarrying essential com-

modities like milk,petrol-diesel, cookinggas, liquid medical ox-ygen, vegetables, etc.are excluded. The or-der also clarified thatthe ban would not ap-ply to vehicles carryingmaterials and goods re-quired for road widen-ing and repair work onthe Mumbai-Goa Na-tional Highway. 2-2lane work has beencompleted at manyplaces on Mumbai-GoaNational HighwayNo.66. Therefore, ithas been suggested inthis order that the Su-perintendent of Policeof each district shouldtake a decision at theirlevel regarding the re-laxation of traffic re-strictions on heavy ve-hicles.

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QUOTATION NOTICE FOR RATES (RECALL)Sealed and subscribed quotations (for the Estimation Purpose) for the providing of following type services, arechair by the Executive Engineer, P. W. Division No.1, Thane, P.W. Compound, Thane (W) pin code NO. 400601 so as to reach this office on or before Dt:-24/8/2020 up to 2.00 Hours and will be opened on the same dayif possible. Right to reject any or all the quotations without assigning any reason therefore is reserved by theundersigned.Name of Work: Construction of New Court Building (Basement + Stilt to 10th floor) in the of Thane DistrictCourt. (Waterproofing Treatment to Raft and Retaining wall with HDPE Membrane sheet.

Sr.No. Description1. Waterproofing Treatment to Raft- (HDPE Membrane)

Supplying and installing of 1.2 mm thick pre-applied HDPE membrance havingpuncture resistant of 800N as per ASTM E 154), tensile strength of 21 Mpa, andhydrostatic head resistance not less than 65m water head as per ASTM D5385 &elongation of 500% as per ASTM D 412, peel adhesion to concrete of 880 N/m asper ASTM D 903, Lap peel adhesion > 400 N/m as per ASTM D1876. The pre-applied, fully bonded HDPE sheet membrane shall be loosely laid on PCC and getsbonded to the underneath of the poured concrete of base/raft slab and confinedretaining wall. The fully bonded HDPC sheet membrane shall consist of a highperformance PE film, self-adhesive polymer layer and unique particulate layer withpressure sensitive adhesive, which bonds fully to the poured concrete of base slab/confined retaining wall. The membrane shall have minimum of 75mm side laps andend laps which shall be sealed with double sided adhehive tape, etc complete as permanufactures specification and instructions.

2. Waterproofing Treatment to Retaining Wall (Unconfined area)Providing and laying of 1.5 mm thick self adhesive, cold applied waterproofingmembrane comprising of self adhesive rubberized asphalt with cross laminatedHDPE film topped with solar reflective film, confirming to the requirements of DIN EN1848-1 for thickness with a puncture resistence of >220 N/cm as per ASTM D5147,puncture resistence of 200N as per ASTM E154, providing ancillary products andfinish complete including cleaning the surface, priming the surface with cold appliedbituminous primer. The membrane should be sealed properly at joints & maintaining75 mm overlap between the membrane selvedge & 100 mmm overlap on the endjoints of the membrane over the surface etc., complete as per manufacturers specifi-cation.Providing & laying high density polyethylene (HDPE) dimpled protection and drain-age sheet; over the waterproofing membrane on the retaining walls. The protectionand drainage sheet shall consist of dimpled HDPE sheet with fused on hydrophilicpolypropylene geotextile, confirming to EN 13252, etc. complete as per manufactur-er specifications.Termination: Supplying and applying aluminium strip flashing with fasteners at the topand sealing the joints with SmartCare Hybrid PU Sealant or approved equivalent.

3 Construction Joint TreatmentProviding and laying of 1.5 mm thick self adhesive, cold applied waterproofing mem-brance comprising of a self adhesive rubberized asphalt with cross laminated HDPEfilm topped with solar reflective film, confirming to the requirements of DIN EN 1849-1 forthickness with a puncture resistence of > 220 N/cm as per ASTM D5147, punctureresistence of 200N as per ASTM E154, providing ancillary products and finish com-plete including cleaning the surface, priming the surface with cold applied bituminousprimer. The membrane should be sealed properly at joints & maintaining 75 mmoverlap between the membrane selvedge & 100 mm overlap on the end joints of themembrane over the surface etc., complete as per manufacturers specification.

4. Treatment of Pressure Release PipesTreatment of 50 mm dia Pressure Release Piples Periphery; Providing and sealingthe periphery of the pipe with double sided tape and covering with PU Magnum, athixotrophic PU membrane.Note: Rate is including cost of pipe (Length 1.5 Mtr GI Glass B, its installation andgrouting of pipe)

The rates should be quoted inclusive of all taxes.

Sd/-Executive Engineer

P. W. Division No. 1, Thane.

No. PW/TD/2760Office of the Executive EngineerP.W. Division No. 1, ThaneDated: 11/8/2020

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jkumar Whitkar in thepresence of other seniorpolice officers.

Shivraj Patil, Depu-ty Commissioner of Po-lice-Headquarters, said,“The crèche can accom-modate 15 children ata time. Thermal scan-ning, sanitizers, masksand other materials areprovided. Due to thelockdown, the crèchewill not be fully opera-

tional at present. How-ever, only three to fourchildren of the neediestfemale police officerswill be taken care of byefficient staff,” he said.

“The children willbe kept in the centreonly after checkingtheir temperature anda special attendant hasbeen arranged to takecare of them,” he add-ed.

Well-equipped crèche....Contd. from pg. 1

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is looking fora permanent head tolead the Covid-19 teamduring the pandemicand also for guiding andcontrolling the coronavi-rus in the satellite city.After the transfer ofboth Deputy MunicipalCommissioners (DMC)of health Dr. RahulGethe and also medicalhealth officer Dr. Bala-saheb Sonawane thereis no one, as of now, tohead the Covid-19 team.

It is learnt that ear-lier former corporatorfrom Ward No.64 DivyaVa i b h a vGaikwadhad raiseda questionand alsosent a let-ter to theN M M CChief Ab-hijit Ban-gar regard-ing illegalappointment of Dr.Rahul Gethe as DMC(Health) of NMMC. Dr.Rahul Gethe’s deputa-tion to NMMC hadraised several eyebrowsand it was even allegedBy Divya Gaikwad thatas Dr. Gethe had politi-cal connections no actionwas taken.

Speaking with theNewsband Ms. Gaik-wad said, “Even thoughthe NMMC Chief is do-ing every bit with re-gards to controlling thepandemic, a leaderlesshealth department isnot a good sign and inthis way it will be diffi-

NMMC looking for permanent head tolead Covid-19 team: Abhijit Bangar

cult for the civic body tofight the pandemic. Thecivic body should havegranted extension to Dr.Balasaheb Sonawaneduring such a pandem-ic. Now Abijit Bangarshould immediately acton it and should appointa new Covid-19 head assoon as possible.”

“Earlier on 20thJuly, 2020 I had sent aletter to the NMMCChief to initiate actionagainst the illegal ap-pointment of Dr. RahulGethe. As per the GADrules and regulations,the transfer of Gethe inNMMC on deputationwas totally wrong. Butno action was taken by

the NMMC Chief as Ifeel few politicians,whom I do not wish toname, were involved.But finally he has beentransferred,” concludedGaikwad.

Abhijit Bangar,NMMC Chief whilespeaking with theNewsband informed,“The deputation periodof Dr. BalasahebSonawane has come toan end and he has goneback to the earlier de-partment. Also Dr.Gethe’s parent depart-ment that is PublicHealth has not approvedof his deputation to the

NMMC. Now we are inneed of Covid-19 teamhead and we are scout-ing for a permanenthead to lead the Covid-19 team. As of now it isheaded by me with thesupport of the team.”

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PCMC’s website will now displayavailability of beds for Covid-19

PANVEL: To help the patients understand theavailability of beds in various hospitals under thejurisdiction of Panvel City Municipal Corporation(PCMC) for the treatment of Covid 19, the websiteof the civic body (https://www.covidbed panvel.in)will display the information. “The number of coro-na cases in PCMC and rural areas is increasingday by day. The citizens were finding it difficult to

know about the availability of beds in various hos-pitals. Due to the non-availability of information,there was confusion and some patients even facedproblems due to it. If this information is publisheddaily, patients will not have to resort to unneces-sary help,” said MLA Prashant Thakur who alongwith PCMC’s ward committee B chairman SanjayBhopi had been demanding this since long.

13th anniversary of ShriGovardhani Mata Mandircelebrated with havana

NAVI MUMBAI: On theoccasion of Gokulash-tami and the 13th anni-versary of Shri Govard-hani Mata mandir anavchandi havana wasorganised at Shri Go-vardhani Mata Mandir,Fort Gaothan Belapurby MLA Manda Mha-

tre.The MLA prayed to

Goddess Govardhani toeradicate the deadlyCovid 19 virus, restorenormalcy and help peo-ple to overcome thechallenges and bring allaround happiness,peace and prosperity.

Dr. Vikas More electedPresident of Uran Medical

Welfare Association;Dr. Satya Thackeray

appointed as Secretary

Dr. Vikas More Dr. Satya Thackeray

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: The new executive committee of theUran Medical Welfare Association was recentlyannounced. The President of Uran Medical Wel-fare Association, Dr. Vikas More and Dr. SatyaThackeray have been elected as President and Sec-retary respectively for a term of two years.

Treasurer Dr. Harihom Mhatre, Cultural Sec-retary Dr. Prashant Bondre as Sports Secretary,Suraj Madhavi were unanimously elected.

The meeting was attended by all the membersof the Association as well as the Patron of the Asso-ciation. Dr. Dahiphale, Dr. Suresh Patil, Dr.Mangesh Dake were present on the stage. FormerPresident Dr. Sanjeev Mhatre wished all the com-mittee well for the future.