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Ketamine drugpeddler arrested

A drug peddler Samb-haji Arjun Sonawane (30),who arrived in Panvel areato sale ketamine powder,was arrested by the crimebranch. The Police haveconfiscated 650 grams ofketamine worth Rs 26 lakhfrom the accused…

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DVS School (Girls)and NMMC School

No. 104 (Boys)triumph in U-14Kho Kho District

tournamentSix days after the U-17

players took centre stage atthe Rajiv Gandhi Interna-tional Stadium, Belapur, theU-14 players from 23schools battled with eachother in the District Level U-14 Kho Kho Tournament on14th November, 2019 at thesame venue. DVS School(Girls) and NMMC SchoolNo. 104 (Boys) finallyemerged triumphant in theTournament..

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MSEDCL employeemanhandled;

case registeredAn employee of Maha-

rashtra State Electricity Dis-tribution Corporation Limit-ed (MSEDCL) in Talojaarea, who had gone to dis-connect the power supplyof an electricity bill defaulterat Nawade Colony Phase-2, was allegedly beaten bythe consumer on Tuesdayafternoon. Taloja policehave registered a crimeagainst the man for beatingand obstructing a govern-ment employee from doinghis work…

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VASHI: CorporatorVijayanti Bhagat alongcommuters staged aprotest at Vashi Rail-way Station demanding

ticket window at theeast side of the stationand demanding severalother facilities.

The protesters al-leged that despite re-peated request to theCentral Railway to pro-vide a ticket window atthe eastern side of thestation to help the com-muters coming fromPalm Beach- Sanpadanode, there has been noprogress.

“A ticket window on

Corporator along withrailway commuters

stage protest atVashi Railway station

Demand ticket window at the east

side along with other facilities at

Vashi Railway station

the eastern side of theVashi railway station ishighly needed for thepassengers comingfrom Palm Beach and

Sanpada areas. But de-spite repeated demand,the railway officials and

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Theresidents of the satellitecity are unlikely to getMetro train before theend of the next year.The City and Industri-al Development Corpo-ration Ltd. (CIDCO)which had set the tar-get of running thefirst Metro Train fromBelapur to Pendhar inAugust 2020 has nowextended the deadline toDecember, 2020. This,however, claim the offi-cials, to be the lastdeadline.

A senior official fromCIDCO on the conditionof anonymity informed,“It is true that the NaviMumbai Metro Projecthas been delayed much

Metro train not likelybefore December 2020

beyond schedule. Earli-er this year, a test runwas conducted in thepresence of former ChiefMinister, DevendraFadnavis on 5th Sep-tember, 2019. We wereconfident of completingthe project by August2020, but due to short-age of manpower andother issues like can-

cellation of contract dueto slow pace of work bythe contractor etc., theproject got delayed tillDecember, 2020.”

He further added,“In the first phase,metro train will covera distance of 11.1 kmwith 11 stations be-

NAVI MUMBAI: On theoccasion of World Dia-betes Day, celebratedglobally on November14, ITM Institute ofHealth Sciences organ-ised a Diabetes aware-ness rally at New Pan-vel. Around 700 stu-dents participated inthe rally which wassupported by the facul-ties of ITM IHM from

Students of ITM Institute of Health Science

organise Diabetes Awareness rally

all three departmentincluding Nursing,MLT and Optometry.The students covered 5KMs of the area.

“As prevalence of di-abetes is increasingrapidly in India, it isimperative to spreadawareness about thischronic disease. Anoth-er important reasonbehind this rally was to

address the alarmingneed of addressing thelifestyle diseases in ourcountry, as we see rap-id increase year onyear,” said RSS Mani,Vice President (Institu-tional Development),ITM Group of Institu-tions.

The students per-

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Footpath laying work in progress at Sector 5, Sanpada(Photo courtesy: C.K. Subramaniam)

the City and IndustrialDevelopment Corpora-tion Ltd. (CIDCO) havefailed to take any ac-tion,” remarked Hindu-rao Patil, a resident ofSector 15 Sanpada.

Prabhakar Shirale,a resident of sector 1Sanpada said, “Com-muters, especially se-nior citizens are ex-tremely inconve-nienced due to thelackadaisical attitudeof the authorities.They should under-stand the difficultiesbeing faced by the com-muters. Apart fromticket window theyshould also installATVM.”

Speaking to News-band, Vijayanti Bhagatsaid, “We have been fol-lowing up with CIDCO,

Railways demanding aticket window counterat the east side of VashiRailway station. Wealso had a meeting withthe Central RailwayGeneral Manager.However there hasbeen no action fromthem. Hence, we hadno option but to drawattention of the author-ities by staging a mor-cha.”

Corporatoralong with

railwaycommuters..

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“Further, the eastside of the station is inpathetic condition.Trash can be seenstrewn all over. Thereis no auto rickshawstand and no properlight. Even the roadleading to the stationand the footpath are inbad condition,” she add-ed.

The protestors gavea letter to the Railway

officials and also to CI-DCO MD”.

“If the officials donot open a ticket win-dow within 7 days,there would be a biggeragitation at the rail-way station,” she said.

Youth BJP LeaderNishant Bhagat, corpo-rator ward 78 RoopaliBhagat and ShaileshGhag were present dur-ing the agitation.

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Free Dental care for under-privilegedand HIV Positive children held at BVU

Dental College on Children’s Day

By Chandrashkehar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: 29 un-der-privileged and HIVpositive children, aged5 to 16, from the BlissFoundation’s home inPanvel were given freedental check-up, treat-ment and counselingon the occasion of Chil-dren’s Day at the Bha-rati Vidyapeethdeemed University’s(BVU) Dental College.

Principal Dr. V.Sreenivasan, Prof. andHOD Dr. SudarshanRanpise, AssociateProf. Dr. Aarti Bedia,Asst. Prof. Dr. ShreyasShah, Dr. Shetty, lec-turer Dr. Pallavi, in-terns Jacklyn Benny

(Innovation commit-tee), Nikita Lilara-mani, Priyanka Gan-dhi, Shivani Gade(Cultural committee)and Ekta Jangid par-ticipated in the pro-gramme.

Dr. Sudarshan Ran-pise informed that the

Bharati VidyapeethDental College takesspecial initiative to pro-vide free dental careand treatment to theweakest and under-privileged sections ofthe society with theirstate-of-the-art medi-cal infrastructure.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: An em-ployee of MaharashtraState Electricity Distri-bution CorporationLimited (MSEDCL) inTaloja area, who hadgone to disconnect thepower supply of an elec-tricity bill defaulter atNawade Colony Phase-2, was allegedly beatenby the consumer onTuesday afternoon.Taloja police have reg-istered a crime againstthe man for beating andobstructing a govern-ment employee fromdoing his work.

The complainant,Pandu Pardhi, works

MSEDCL employeemanhandled; case registered

as a senior technicianat Panvel Bhingari of-fice of MSEDCL. OnTuesday afternoon,Pandu and his col-league Kailash Tam-hane had gone toNawade Colony Phase-II to discontinue theelectricity supply of theelectricity bill default-ers. Both Pandu andKailash went to thehouse of Syed Haider, inSiddhi apartment andrequested him show thepaid receipt of the bill.When Haider refused toshow the receipt, bothPandu and Kailash ap-proached the meter todisconnect the electric-

ity supply of theirhouse.

Syed Haidar’s sonFahim Haider, alleged-ly warned them of dareconsequences if theytouched the electricmeter. When the em-ployees continued withtheir duty, Fahimgrabbed the collar ofPandu’s shirt and beathim and pushed himdown. He also threat-ened to kill him. Onthe complaint lodged byPandu Pardhi with theTaloja police station,the police filed a caseagainst Fahim SyedHaider who has beencharged.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePanvel city police havearrested four Nepalesein connection with rob-bery of expensive mo-bile phones belonging tovarious companiesworth Rs 7 lakh 77thousand along withcash from King’s Elec-tronics shop in Panvel.Police have been able toseize around Rs 5 lakhworth of mobile phonesand cash from them.

The four Nepalesehave been identified asBhim Kaman Bista(25), Birka KersinghBista (32), Chakraalias Charan BahadurRatan Shahi (25) andRamesh Bhavan Raw-al (30). Of the four ar-rested Bhim Bista and

Birka Bista worked assecurity guard in inKamothe, New Panvelrespectively. Whiletheir other two com-panions lived in Dom-bivali and Pune. Allfour are from Nepaland knew each othervery well and used tomeet often.

During one of theirmeetings during Octo-ber they had planned tobreak-in a house. On3rd November, theyplanned robbery inKings ElectronicsShop at Shivaji Chowkon Panvel and stole 33expensive mobilephones belonging to dif-ferent companiesworth Rs 5 lakh 48thousand and 2 lakh28 thousand in cash

from the shop.After the crime was

registered at Panvelcity police station, PSISunil Tarmal and histeam visited the sceneand inspected theCCTV footage in theshop and outside. Fol-lowing which theynabbed the four andseized mobile phonesfrom them which theyhad hidden in Ka-mothe, New Panveland Thakurli areas.

After further inves-tigation by the police,they confessed to thecrime. Senior police in-spector AjaykumarLandge informed thatthe court has sentencedthe accused in policecustody till November16, 2019.

4 Nepalese arrested in KingsElectronics shop robbery case

Police seize goods worth Rs. 5 lakh

An over speeding truck hitsscooty killing one and seriously

injuring pillion riderBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A 24-year-old man, who wasriding a scooty, died onthe spot while his fa-ther who was pillionrider, sustained inju-ries on Tuesday after-noon in Kalamboli af-ter a speeding truckcollided with theirscooty. The Kalambolipolice have arrestedthe truck driver afterthe accident.

The deceased, iden-tified as Vishal Dat-tatray Bhoir, 24, lived

with his parents andsiblings in Dhatav areaof Roha. His fatherDattatray Bhoir wassearching for job forVishal who recentlypassed his BSc. OnTuesday morning, Dat-tatray, along withVishal, came to thecompany in TalojaMIDC to give their re-sume. After giving theresume, at around3pm, the father andson were on their wayhome.

They stopped at a

signal near KalamboliCircle. As the signalturned green, an overspeeding truck hit theirscooty hard and bothfather and son felldown from the scooty.The truck ran overVishal. The pedestrianand other motoristnabbed the truck driv-er who tried to escape.The truck driver hasbeen identified asJagdhari Balrup Chau-han. The Kalambolipolice have registered acrime against him.


Issue : 164 15 November, 2019

On Children’s Day Apollo Hospitals,Navi Mumbai highlights advancements

in Paediatric Cardiac Care

Celebrates 3rd Annual Day with children

treated with Congenital Heart Disease from

economically challenged families

Master Vedanth, 9-year-old Paediatric CardiologySurvivor from Pune celebrating children’s day at ApolloHospitals

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: OnChildren’s Day, ApolloHospitals Navi Mum-bai created awarenessand education about ad-vancements in paediat-ric cardiac care. Con-genital Heart Disease(CHD) is a leadingcause of stillbirth andinfant death, account-ing for around 5% ofneonatal deaths.

On the3rd foundation day ofApollo Hospitals, NaviMumbai, organised anengaging fun eventwith 100 children andtheir families. Many ofthese childrenhailing from eco-nomically chal-lenged familieshad undergonecardiac treatmentfree of costthrough the ini-tiative of ApolloS p e c i a l i t yHealthy Abhiyan(ASHA), at ApolloHospitals in NaviMumbai,

Mr SantoshMarathe, COO &Unit Head alsosaid, “Since its incep-tion 3 yearsago, Hospitals have re-defined healthcare inMaharashtra. We areproud to have success-fully made healthcareaccessible and afford-able for patients in thisregion. With state-of-the-art technology, Hos-pitals offers patientstreatment options andoutcomes that are atpar with the best avail-able in the world. Atpresent we havetouched 1.5 lakh livesand conducted 90 livertransplants. Withskilled clinicians whoare trained at the topcentres in the worldHospitals is consideredto be one of the best pae-diatric cardiology hospi-tals in India. It is our

endeavour to focus onpatient care, createawareness about pre-ventive care and use

novel technology totreat paediatric cardiacproblems.”

Commenting on thisoccasion Dr. BhushanChavan, PaediatricCardiologist, Hospitalssaid, “Paediatric cardi-ac care is a significanttopic which needs at-tention. Children withCHD have a higher riskof cardiac and non-car-diac problems. Thoughprevention may not al-ways be possible, it canbe successfully treatedthrough early interven-tions. Congenital HeartDisease (CHD), a com-mon defect or anomalyof the heart that existsfrom birth, occurs inaround 1 out of 100 livebirths. We decided todedicate this Children’sDay and Foundation

Day to spread aware-ness about paediatriccardiac care, thus en-couraging to take a pre-

ventive approach fortreatment”

Dr. Neville Solomon,Consultant, PaediatricCardiac Surgery, Hos-pitals, said, “Out of1000 children, 8 chil-dren have congenitalheart disease. On anaverage of 3 to 4 needto undergo a surgery ortheir survival becomesa challenge, but not allchildren require sur-gery, simple conditionscan be managed by in-terventional procedures(Non-surgical proce-dures) and complex con-ditions can be cured byopen heart surgery withexcellent results, if theteam is good. Many ofthese children can leada normal life like anyother children withgood quality of life.”

Tackling the menace of E wasteTechnology today is advancing at an exponential rate. Almost

every other day there is a new discovery and the consumers arebombarded with newer and fresher alternatives. We live in a con-sumer driven society that is constantly buying, upgrading, and re-placing current technology and discarding the old ones. Electron-ic waste or e-waste is the term given to describe any electronicproduct, or product containing electrical components, that hasreached the end of its usable life cycle. However, as these dis-carded products are electronics, they contain many chemicals suchas lead, arsenic, chromium and dioxins which if not disposed off ina proper and scientific manner, may leach into the environment,causing environmental degradation and a threat to humans andanimals in the vicinity.

The two major types of e-waste recycling methods that are usedthroughout the world are formal and informal e-waste recycling.Formal recycling primarily occurs in more developed countriesdue to the increase in the costs necessary to use this method.Informal recycling facilities are primarily used in developing na-tions.

Ideally, all e-waste should be recycled in formal recycling facil-ities. However, because the formal e-waste facilities are costly toconstruct and operate, especially in less developed countries, in-formal recycling sites are prevalent. The informal e-waste sectorconsists of sites that extract the valuable parts of the electronicsusing crude recycling and disposal methods usually without anykind of safety equipment such as goggles or gloves or the assis-tance of technology. Some of the valuable components are removedprimitively and the remaining parts of the e-waste are typicallyburned, buried or discharged into waterways for convenient dis-posal. The process emits toxic chemicals from the e-waste intothe surrounding environment and is one of the main reasons forenvironment degradation. Many of the chemicals found in elec-tronic components can easily leach out into local water sources,find their way in food, and can easily be blown away by the wind andtransported into the air. Mercury, a heavy metal found in thermo-stats, fluorescent bulbs, and other household items bioaccumu-lates in wildlife, especially fish when mercury is deposited in thelakes and streams.

Realising the harmful effect of e waste and its impending dan-ger to humanity, International E Waste Day is being celebratedglobally with an aim to spread awareness amongst the masses.However, by merely celebrating a day will not solve this graveproblem. We all need to take few steps at individual levels to en-sure that there is minimal e waste generation from our end. Man-ufacturers too should also design electronics that are safer andmore durable, repairable and recyclable. This would mean usingless toxic materials. In addition to recycling, it is also important torepair and reuse the devices that we have. Additionally, compa-nies that make products should be made responsible for the man-agement and disposal of their products at the end of their lives. Inother words, manufacturers should provide consumers with freeand convenient e-waste recycling procedure wherein the consum-ers can go to the collection centres set up by the company for freeremoval, handling and proper disposal of electronic goods.

The consumers on their part can also help in curbing e wastegeneration by resisting to buy a new device until it is absolutelyessential. It would be ideal if the old product could be repaired butif it can’t be fixed, it should be resold or recycled responsibly.However, before recycling any broken parts should be stored inseparate containers so that hazardous chemicals don’t leak. ManyNGOs and the civic body have set up red bins where the citizenscan dispose off their e wastes. We should make maximum use ofthis facility. A small step from our end can help in bringing a bigchange.


A truly memorable day

Pre-primary teachers showcase their talent by dancing on the peppy Bollywood songsof the 70’s

Winners of various competitions were given gifts

Lawrenities’ unforgettable Children’s Day celebration

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: St.Lawrence High School,Vashi wore a festivelook and was decoratedwith colourful balloons,streamers providingthe perfect mood for theChildren’s Day celebra-tion on Thursday. Thepresence of ever smilingteachers who joined thecelebrations with fullvigour and zeal added tothe joyful ambience asthey welcomed the stu-dents with open armson the occasion.

The teachers tookcharge of the assemblyand made the day un-forgettable for the stu-dents. The celebrationbegan invoking God’s

presence with specialprayer and reading theholy words from theBible. The teacherstook charge of the as-sembly to make the dayunforgettable for thestudents. The celebra-tion began invokingGod’s presence withspecial prayer and read-ing the holy words fromthe Bible. The hilariouspoem, mimicry, puppetshow made the studentslaugh and giggle. Thehighlight of the assem-bly was the scintillat-ing dance performanceby the pre-primaryteachers. The teachersshowcased their talentby dancing on the Pep-py songs of the 70s. Stu-

dents were awestruckto see their teacher’senthusiasm to makethe day special. Themessage of the RyanGroup of institutes giv-en Chairman Sir Dr AF Pinto and its Manag-ing Director MadamGrace Pinto made theyoung students realizehow important andwonderful they are for

their existence and op-portunities provided bytheir parents, teachersand also the creator ofthis wonderful planet.

“We are trulyblessed to be in Ryangroup of institutions asour Chairman Sir Dr.A.F. Pinto instills val-ue based teaching evenin celebration “, saidthe President of the

School Council.“We always need to

keep the child inside usignited by being a childas we all are His (God’s)children and are samein His eyes. This is themessage that we triedto reach out to the stu-dents on the occasion ofthe Children’s Day cel-ebrations on 14 Novem-ber which is the 130th

birth anniversary ofthe first Prime Minis-ter Pandit JawaharlalNehru who was born onthis day in 1889 andwas popular amongchildren. In additionone needs to respect ourparents and teacherstoo for all the opportu-nities that have beenprovided for them tosucceed. On the occa-sion the teachers tookcharge of the assemblyand made the day un-forgettable for the stu-dents with their rock-ing performances. Thestudents were in awe tosee their mother liketeachers in the avatarof kids and one couldfeel the cheer of joy andhappiness”, sharedHeadmistress SairaKennedy.

By Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Adrug peddler Samb-haji Arjun Sonawane(30), who arrived inPanvel area to saleketamine powder, wasarrested by the crimebranch. The Policehave confiscated 650grams of ketamineworth Rs 26 lakh fromthe accused.

The Anti-NarcoticsCell had received infor-mation that a drug ped-dler was coming toPanvel area to sell Ket-amine. Accordingly, se-nior police inspectorRavindra Budhwant,assistant police inspec-tor Nilesh Mane, Vi-naya Parasur and histeam laid a trap onWednesday afternoonat Velvet Treat Food

Ketamine drugpeddler arrested

Ketamine powder worth

Rs 26 lakh seized

Court Hotel in Kolkehvillage on Old Mum-bai-Pune road in Pan-vel. The accusedSonawane was takeninto custody by the po-lice on suspicion. Thepolice found 650 gramsof ketamine powderworth around Rs 26lakh in his possession.

The police seizedthe drugs and arrest-ed Sonawane underthe NDPS section.The court has sen-tenced him to policecustody till November18. Further investiga-tion is being carriedout on the where-abouts of the accusedand from where he re-ceived the ketaminepowder for sale, saidsenior police inspectorRavindra Budhwant


St. Augustine celebrates Children’s Day

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Chil-dren’s Day was cele-brated on 14th Nov,2019 with great fer-vour & fanfare at St.Augustine HighSchool, Nerul. Specialassembly was conduct-ed by the teacherswhich saw the prayer

Celebrations all around

Fun filled activities including various Inter-house com-petitions had the children in splits

songs being recited bythe teachers of the in-stitute. Ryan Chair-man Dr A F Pinto’smessage on the eve ofChildren’s Day wasread out by Presidentof School Council. Pre-primary students onthe occasion wore tra-ditional costume and

took part in variousfun filled activitiesalong with their classteachers. Inter Housecompetition like bal-loon blowing, flippingthe paper glass, bal-ancing the ball andtongue twister includ-ing 1-minute games toowas organised for the

students. Meritoriouscertificates were givento winners of each ac-tivity.

“Children’s Day cel-ebrations is held on 14November which is alsothe birth anniversary ofIndia’s first Prime Min-ister of India, Jawaha-rlal Nehru. Pandit Ne-

hru who was popularlyknown as Chacha Ne-hru was popular amongchildren and wantedthem to be nurturedlovingly and carefully.The day also celebrateschildren and raisesawareness for theirrights, care and educa-tion. On the occasion.Class Board were deco-rated and Inter-housecompetition like bal-loon blowing, flippingthe paper glass, Balanc-ing the ball and tonguetwister were enjoyed by

the students. Laughterchallenge, skit, speech-es on Jawaharlal Neh-ru, puppet show alongwith fun filled activitieswas the highlight of thecelebrations. Cakes andchocolates were distrib-uted by the class teach-ers and 1-minutegames were played inclasses from K.G. to Xtoo. The students wentback home with happymemories,” sharedQueena J. Fernando,Principal of the insti-tute.

DVS School (Girls) and NMMC School No. 104 (Boys)triumph in U-14 Kho Kho District tournament

By Jim George

BELAPUR: Six daysafter the U-17 playerstook centre stage at theRajiv Gandhi Interna-tional Stadium, Be-lapur, the U-14 playersfrom 23 schools battledwith each other in theDistrict Level U-14Kho Kho Tournamenton 14 th November,2019 at the same ven-ue.

The programmestarted with the inau-guration by ChiefGuests, Navi MumbaiMunicipal Commis-sioner Mr. AnnasahebMisal and Deputy Mu-nicipal Commissioner,Mr. Nitin Kale. Thematches were playedat three differentgrounds to counteractthe issue of time whichwould have otherwiserisen due to the highnumber of teams tak-ing part in both thegirls and boys section.

The first match wasplayed between ICLSchool, Vashi and ASPPublic School, Ghanso-li. The Round of 32 and

pre-quarter matches inthe boys section werecompleted before theRound of 16 matchesstarted for the girls.This resulted in theearlier completion ofthe boys’ final betweenNMMC School No. 104and NMMC School No.55. It was a closely con-tested match but in theend NMMC School No.104 came out victori-ous. Earlier, they haddefeated R.F. NaikVidyalaya in the semifinals.

However, it was thegirls’ semi-final matchbetween R.F. NaikVidyalaya and the DVSSchool that actuallycaptured the show.DVS School, Ko-perkhairane eventual-ly defeated RadhikabaiMeghe Vidyalaya in thefinals after a brilliantdisplay by their play-ers.

R.F. Naik Vidya-laya and New BombayCity School and JuniorCollege bagged the 3rd

and 4th positions in bothcategories.


Cows, music andspiritual festivals

I have just returnedfrom UP. Yes there waspollution but the pollut-

ed air was clearer thanMumbai. I met one per-son there, he is a rela-tive. I have seen peopleloving the dog, taking

care of it and spendingmoney on facilities fortheir pet. This person

has a cow, he hasnamed her Shyamaand his love for Shya-

Contd. on pg. 8

By Dinesh Pawar

NAVI MUMBAI: TheVigilance AwarenessWeek was observed inJawaharlal NehruPort Trust (JNPT)from 28 th October,2019 to 2nd November,2019. During thisweek, a pledge was ad-ministered to all offic-ers and employees.Various competitionslike essay writing, slo-gan writing, posters,cartoons and elocu-

Vigilance Awareness Week observedat Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

tions were held duringthe week. An interac-tive session with portcustomers was alsoheld.

Representativesfrom Shipping Agen-cies attended the inter-active session. Twoworkshops, one on“Materials Manage-ment” and other on“Tender Procedure forGovt. PSUs” was orga-nized through IndianInstitute of Materials

Management (IIMM)for JNPT employees. Atalk on “Conscious De-cision Making - A pathto executive integrity”was also organized forSenior Officers. ShriRaghu Nandan Pras-ad, IRSS (Retd.) wasinvited as speaker.

An interactive ses-sion on “Integrity – Away of Life” was con-ducted for JNPT em-ployees. Motivation lec-ture on “Success

through ethical con-duct” was also con-ducted for St. Mary’sJNPT School Stu-dents. Street Play wasorganized in Adminis-tration Building and inPort area. At the Vale-dictory function AnilRamteke, Chief Vigi-lance Officer was theChief Guest. AnilRamteke stressed onIntegrity – A way ofLife and how to live lifewith honesty.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

By Bhavani Swaminathan

Finger millets arebest food grain collec-tion, which are rich inproteins, fibres andminerals and also oth-er form of vitaminsand minerals. This isthe traditional grainwhich are used less inour daily diet. This ismainly because of notknowing the nutri-tional values of thegrain. The usage of fin-ger millet will help togrow healthy avoidingall health problemscaused due to lack ofvital proteins, vita-mins, minerals, fibresand other components.Most importantly itsgluten free and addsmild flavour.

Since finger millet

is not an acid formingfood they are soothingand easy to digest. Theyare considered as leastallergic and most di-gestible grains avail-able. Also are the rich-est source of calcium,about 10 times that ofrice or wheat. It releas-es lesser percentage ofglucose and hence low-ers the risk of diabetes.Dietary fibre which ispresent as soluble andinsoluble form in fingermillets is proved to playan important role in themanagement of meta-bolic disorders like dia-betes mellitus, hyperlip-idemia, improve bowelmotility and in turn re-duce the incidence ofcolon cancer.Health benefits of Finger

MilletsLowers the risk of

diabetesIt helps to lower the

blood glucose levels andimproves insulin re-sponse. Besides themagnesium present is aco-factor for more than300 enzymes, includingenzymes involved in thebody’s use of glucose and

Ingredients

Freshly Grated Coconut - 150 gmsRagi Flour - 200 gmsGhee - 1 tspDates - 200 gmsCardamom

Method

Dry roast ragi powder and keep it aside to cool.Wash dates thoroughly with hot water and removeseeds. Churn dates in mixture to make a paste.Add very little water if required. Now mix thisdate paste with the ragi flour and sprinkle cardamom powder. Apply gheeon your palm and make laddus. These laddus are super delicious liked byall age groups and it super easy to make.

insulin secretion andmetabolism of glucose inthe body. Since it haslow glycemic index itincreases the satiety bydecreasing hunger be-cause it slows the rateof digestion. Type ofstarch (amylose/amy-lopectin) also influencesthe Glycemic Index.They have high amylosecontent which is whythey are slow in absorb-ing and sustainably re-lease sugar to our bloodand enable to work forlong durations.1. Heart Protective Proper-ties

Finger millet is agrain that should alsobe included in the list ofheart healthy choicesbecause of its status asa good source of magne-sium. Magnesium hasbeen shown in studies toreduce the severity ofasthma and to reducethe frequency of mi-graine attacks. Magne-sium also lowers highblood pressure and re-duce the risk of heartattack. Niacin (VitaminB3) can be of help in low-ering high cholesterol. A

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cup of cooked finger mil-let provides 19% of thedaily value for magne-sium.2. Development and Repairof Body Tissue

The phosphorus pro-vided by millet plays arole in the structure ofevery cell in the body. Inaddition to its role informing the mineralmatrix of bone, phos-phorus is an essentialcomponent of numerousother life-critical com-

pounds including ade-nosine triphosphate orATP, the molecule thatis the energy currencyof the body. Phosphorusis an important compo-nent of nucleic acids,the building blocks ofthe genetic code. A cupof cooked finger milletwill give you 17% of thedaily value for phospho-rus.3. Other Benefitsa. Since its alkaline, it

gets digested easily

b. It hydrates the co-lon and keeps awayfrom constipation

c. Prevents Gall-stones

d. Substantially Low-er Type 2 DiabetesRisk

e. Excellent in case ofjaundice

f. Its gluten free andhence non allergic

g. Finger millet topsin Antioxidant ac-tivity


ma is boundless. Shya-ma is living in a properroom made of concrete.She can’t sleep withoutfan so her room has ceil-ing fan and on top of itshe hears FM Radio.There is a bed wherethe owner sleeps atnight because Shyamacannot sleep alone. Onone side Shyama is tiedon the other side hercalf Bihari is tied andall the three sleeppeacefully.

When he comesfrom the shop Shayamacalls to have the toffeeshe brings home for her.The most importantthing which fascinatedme was Shyama’s fond-ness for FM songs. Iwas discussing with myfriends about this andthey said that it is afact that cows givemore milk if they listento music.

Scientists informthat the milk produc-

tion of cows goes upwhen the animals lis-ten to music. Farmershave known this factalso. But deciding ex-actly what songs to playis difficult. Many saythat slower and moresoothing rhythms arelikely to work best. Atleast that’s suggestedin a study by two psy-chologists at the Uni-versity of Leicester. Inthat study it was shownthat cows that listenedto song like “EverybodyHurts” by REM and Si-mon & Garfunkel’s“Bridge Over TroubledWater” produced threepercent more milkthan a control group.Cows that listenedabrasive tunes like rapand techno songsshowed no increase inmilk production.

It is being observedthat most dairy farmsfeature country musicor Latin music. Scien-tists found that when acow is stressed, the re-lease of oxytocin is

slowed — the hormoneis central to the milk-ing process. The inneratmosphere of an indus-trial dairy facility canbe hectic and loud andit’s a potentially stress-ful situation for a cow.So it is understood thatmusic might distractthe cows and help themstay calm.

These researchescome from the devel-oped nations but in In-dia a single person whois not even a farmer,knows the sensibilitiesof a cow- it is amazing.

Now the second ex-perience is of KartikPurnima or Dev Diwa-li or Guru Nanak Jay-anti or TripurariPoornima, which is oneof the most auspiciousfestivals of the Hindusand falls on the 15thday of the bright fort-night of the Kartikmonth. People throngedin large number to takea dip in Ganges or Gan-ga- The Holy River. Thefervour was amazing. I

Kanak’s pen...Contd. from pg. 6

MADC to develop 6 new airports in Maharashtra in five years: Suresh Kakani

(From left to right) Mr. Vijay Kalantri, President, All IndiaAssociation of Industries, Captain Mr. Somesh Batra,Vice Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Center Mumbai, Dr.Harshdeep Kamble, IAS, Secretary - Industries & Miningand Development Commissioner (Industries), Director-ate of Industries, Government of Maharashtra, Mr. SureshKakani, IAS, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Ma-harashtra Airport Development Company Ltd.

“The vision of Gov-ernment of Maharash-tra is to make the statea preferred destinationfor aviation by 2025. Iurge entrepreneurs totap the huge potentialin the emerging avia-tion industry of thestate. Maharashtrahad four airports incommercial operationstill 2016 and in the lastthree years, MADChas added five more air-ports to this tally.MADC has operationa-lised Greenfield air-ports at Nagpur andShirdi. Development oftwo Greenfield airportsat Purandar, Puneand Chandrapur are inthe pipeline. In the nextfive years, MADC aimsto develop and operateabout six new airportsin Tier – II and Tier –III cities of Maharash-tra. This will take thetotal number of opera-tional airports to morethan 15 in the state,thereby providingseamless connectivityto semi-urban popula-tion,” said Suresh Ka-kani, IAS, Vice Chair-man and Managing Di-

rector, MaharashtraAirport DevelopmentCompany Ltd. Addi-tionally, MADC hasplanned to operationa-lise nine airports underRegional ConnectivityScheme, also named asUDAN, the dreamproject of Hon’blePrime Minister of In-dia.

Mr. Kakani in-formed that Shirdi Air-port is the fastestgrowing airport in In-dia; the passenger han-dling capacity of theairport will double to1.4 million in the com-ing years.

Mr. Kakani invitedindustries to set upunits at Asia’s largestprocessing SEZ, MI-HAN, located adjacentto the Internationalairport in Nagpur. In-dia’s leading aviationcompanies, such asTata Aviation, Das-sault Reliance, Indam-mer, Air India and oth-ers have set up opera-tions in this SEZ.

“World Trade Expois an amazing platformto promote exports andinvestment in Maha-

rashtra. I invite partic-ipating countries to ex-plore investment op-portunities in Maha-rashtra, which is theleading industrial stateof India. The state ac-counts for 30% of for-eign direct investmentand it has fantastic ec-osystem for industries.We have one of the bestmanufacturing baseand the state contrib-utes 15% to India’sGDP. Maharashtra of-fers financial incen-

tives to industries,which is the best-of-itskind offered by anystate government inIndia,”said Dr. Harsh-deep Kamble, IAS, Sec-retary - Industries &Mining and Develop-ment Commissioner(Industries), Director-ate of Industries, Gov-ernment ofMaharashtra at the3rd World Trade Expo2019 in WTC Mumbai.The event was organ-ised by WTC Mumbai

and All India Associa-tion of Industries(AIAI).

Speaking on thisoccasion, Mr. P. Mal-likarjunaiah, RegionalDirector (Western Re-gion), O/o The Develop-ment Commissioner(Handicrafts), Minis-try of Textile, Govern-ment of India said, “In-dia’s handicrafts ex-ports is growing at arate of 15% per annumand I expect thisgrowth momentum tocontinue in the comingyears. India’s richhandicraft sector em-ploys over 60 lakh ar-tisans across 32 majorcrafts and more than100 sub-crafts that to-gether export USD 4billion worth productsannually. However, In-dia’s handicrafts ex-ports represent hardly3% of world exportsand hence there isgreat scope for increas-ing our exports. Everyvillage in India has itsunique traditionalhandicrafts made ofmetal, wood, textile,stone and other mate-rials. I am confident

that World Trade Expowill help Indian arti-sans explore new for-eign markets.”

Earlier in his wel-come remarks, Mr. Vi-jay Kalantri, President,All India Association ofIndustries (AIAI) said,“The 3rd World TradeExpo is set to open anew chapter in India’srelations with the 30participating countriesthat together contribute40% to world exports.At a time when worldexport growth is slow-ing, the participatingcountries will discussnew avenues for tradeand technological part-nerships. The two-dayevent will generatecross-country collabora-tion through trade,technology transfer, in-vestment, tourism andcultural exchange. I amconfident that thisExpo will provide re-newed momentum notonly to internationaltrade, but also to theglobal engagement ofMaharashtra, whichaims to become a USD1 trillion economy by2025.”

know that the deity ofprimary importance onthis day is Lord Vish-nu, whose one form isLord Krishna, butsome people also wor-ship Lord Shiva on thisgreat day. We all knowthat The Guru NanakJayanti also falls onthis day and it is cele-brated with great fer-vour by the Sikhs.

This festival alsoholds importance forthe Jain community.There is a story be-lieved by the devoteesthat Lord Shiva killedthe demon Tripura onthe Kartik Purnimaday, and devotees whoworship him on thisday achieve the fouraims of human life –Dharma, Arth, Kamaand Moksha. There isa saying that all thedeities come down toearth on this day andbless their devotees.In most vi l lages,towns and cities largefairs and melas arealso organized on this

day. It is believed thatthose who make dona-tions on this dayachieve benefits equalto 100 AshvamedhYagyas.

Talking about Kar-tik Poornima remindsone strongly aboutGuru Nanak Dev ji.All of us know thatSikhism originatedwith Guru Nanak fivecenturies ago. Nanakcame from a Hindufamily but he grew upsurrounded by Mus-lim neighbours. Froman early age heshowed a deep spiritu-al character as hebroke away from hisfamily’s traditionsand belief systems, re-fusing to participatein empty rituals .Nanak married andentered business, buthe was less interest-ed in material thingsand remained focusedon God and medita-tion. Eventually Nan-ak became a wander-ing minstrel and he

composed poetry inpraise of one God, andset it to music. Hewas against the castesystem and taughtequality of all human-ity. There is one sto-ry where it is saidthat one morning,Nanak went to medi-tate and bathe besidethe Kali Bein, orBlack River, withMardana. Nanakwalked into the riverand disappeared be-neath the water andhe did not show up forwork. Everyone as-sumed that he haddrowned except forhis sister Nanaki whobelieved that he willcome out. Three dayspassed and then, as-tounding everyone,Nanak emerged fromthe river alive. Theamazed town’s peopleagreed that Nanak isan enlightened beingand began to call him“Guru.” So with deeprespect I bow to GuruNanak dev ji .


Children’s Day Celebration atSanjeevani Vidyalaya in Ishavarnagar

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Rangoli competition,painting competitionand fancy dresscontest were organizedon the occasion ofChildren’s Day atSanjeevani Vidyalayaand MKT EnglishMedium School, runby Matchaya ShikshaPrasarak Mandal in

Digha Ishwar Nagararea of Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporationarea. The foundingpresident of theorganization, AjitKaprikar, launchedthe event by cuttingribbon.

Bapu Patil, Headof Secondary, AnitaPatil, Head of Prima-ry and other students

were present in theprogram. The eventstarted by offering agarland to the statueof Chacha Neharu.

The school stu-dents from bothsessions drew picturesand Rangoli andspread awareness onenvironment, cleanli-ness, patriotism andsocial messages.

Xavierians celebrate the Joys of Childhood

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai: “Thereis no garden as beauti-ful as childhood.” Ev-ery child is a differentkind of flower; togetherthey make this world abeautiful garden. Aday marking childhood;“Children’s Day” – atime to honour and cel-ebrate the joys of child-hood through variousactivities and eventscatered especially forits children was cele-brated by St. Xavier’sHigh School at its pre-mises in Airoli on 14November, 2019 withgusto.

The teachers con-ducted a special assem-bly in order to expresstheir love and care fortheir young students onthe occasion. The pro-gramme started withLord’s Prayer and devo-tional song was followed

Time to have some fun and frolic on the ground with agame of competitive football.

The talented teachers dressed in ethnic attires gave a power packed performance and ensured the children had amemorable day.

Time to celebrate the 130th Birth Anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Pandit Nehruwho was popularly known as Chacha Nehru.

by mesmerizing perfor-mances which includedHumorous skit, Musi-cal orchestra, Valuebased skit, Mimicry,Puppet Show, HasyaKavi Sammelan, Cul-tural performance bythe teachers. The pow-er packed performanc-es by the teachers setthe stage on fire. To

highlight the impor-tance of this day wasthe inspiring message ofthe Ryan Group Chair-man Dr. A. F. Pintoread by the School Pres-ident, who conveyed hisgreetings to all his chil-dren and wished themthe best in all the en-deavours. Inter-housesports events final

rounds too were orga-nized for the students.Letter writing to Par-ents too were arrangedfor the students to ex-press their wishes anddreams on the occasion.

“St. Xavier’s Airoli

always strives toemerge out with some-thing new for its stu-dents and Children’sDay being a memorableday which celebratesthe birth anniversary ofIndia’s first Prime Min-ister of India, Jawaha-rlal Nehru. Pandit Ne-hru who was popularlyknown as Chacha Ne-hru was celebrated withimmense joy. Theteachers thought of adifferent beat and enter-tained the studentswith their powerpacked performanceswhich included Humor-ous skit, Musical or-chestra, Value basedskit, Mimicry, PuppetShow, Hasya KaviSammelan among oth-ers. The students

cheered their teachersas they saw them onstage, they laughedboisterously at theirjokes. The school cam-pus was buzzing withexcitement and joy. Theentire programme wasapplauded by the audi-ence and will alwaysremain in the memoryof each & every child.Various sporting eventslike football and Crick-et too was organised onthe occasion. Last butnot the least Greetingcards and Cakes weregiven to the children bythe class teachers toshow their love towardsthem” shared BlaiseD’souza, Head Mistressof the Airoli based insti-tute.

An Ideal Setting For A Dream Home …Ananya Anand a fifth standard of Delhi Public School, Nerul Navi Mumbai expressesher desire of a serene setting of nature on the occasion of Children’s Day .

Kid’s Zone


Rising mosquito menace- A cause for concern

Navi Mumbai isconsidered number onein cleanliness and weare trying hard to main-tain the same status inthe coming years aswell. But of late, NaviMumbai is facing mos-quito menace and thecases of Malaria andDengue are rising inthe satellite city. Theincrease in mosquito isfelt after the monsoonseason and the citizensof Navi Mumbai strug-gle to keep them awayduring evening.

Both Dengue andMalaria have beenspreading in an epi-demic form. Pre-venting ourselvesfrom these malarialparasites is of ut-most importance.People suffer moredue to late detectionor self-medication.Now, a new fear ofdrug-resistant ma-laria is on its way toenter India so a needof awareness is neces-sary. It is time to workon basics and preventstagnant water so thatbreeding of mosquitomay not take place atthis time of the year.Both children and thesenior citizens suffermost due to mosquitomenace.

There are five typesof parasites, whichcauses malaria in hu-mans, of which Plasmo-dium Falciparum is themost common and re-sponsible for mostdeaths worldwide.Three species of humanmalaria parasites arefound in India of whichVivax is the most pre-dominant one. NMMChas taken a right ap-proach in eradicatingthe disease from thegrass root level by do-ing door to door surveyof water stagnation in-side flats and other sur-roundings in housing

societies. Even NMMCpasted big posters tocreate an awarenessamong the citizens ofthe satellite city. Let usco-operate with NMMCand keep the city neatand clean. After all, ‘Health is Wealth’ andwe can do so by main-taining proper cleanli-ness at home and avoidwater stagnation in oursurroundings to makesure that mosquitoesdid not get a space tobreed in our compound.

Malaria would havebeen a simpler problemif not for its habit of re-curring again andagain. It is this prob-lem which also keepsthe disease alive in acommunity and makesits control quite diffi-cult. It is time to takea broader outlook at

what malaria and itseffects on person affect-ed in Navi Mumbai.Malaria parasites aremembers of the genusPlasmodium caused byP. falciparum, P. ma-lariae, P. Ovale, P.Vivax and P. Knowlesi. P. Falciparum is themost common cause ofthe infection and is re-sponsible for about 80%of all Malaria cases.Female mosquitoes areprimary hosts andtransmission vectors ofmalaria. Mosquitoesfirst ingest the parasiteby feeding on an infect-ed human. The infect-ed mosquitoes then car-ry the parasites in theirsalivary glands and arethen ready to infect anew human host.

Female Mosquitoesfeed on blood while malemosquitoes feed onplant nectar thus,males do not transmitthe disease.

The secretaries ofthe multi-storied build-ings in the satellite cityshould see to it thatproper remedial mea-sures are taken to con-trol menace of mosqui-toes and that will defi-nitely help in curbingMalaria cases in NaviMumbai. Proper stepsshould be initiated toconduct fumigation onalternate days initiallyand then have it oncein a week or so. Stag-nant water in the Soci-ety should not be per-mitted and the stormwater in the drainageshould not be allowed tostagnate to permit lavato form and becomemosquitoes thereafter. Malaria menace can betotally avoided if thebuilding societies applyregular dose of repel-

lents in the drainagesystem to kill them inthe bud.

Some of the symp-toms of malaria includefever, shivering, jointpain, vomiting, ane-mia, retinal damageand convulsions. Theclassic symptom of ma-laria is cyclical occur-rence of sudden cold-ness followed by rigor,then fever and seatinglasting for a period offour to six hours, occur-ring every two days inP.Vivax and P. Ovaleinfections, while everythree days P. Malariae.P. Falciparum canhave recurrent feverevery 36 hours or lesspronounced and almostcontinuous fever. Pre-vention is better thancure in case of malar-ia.

We hate to use themosquito nets becauseit failed to give us free-dom from free move-

ment. When we hatenet, we hate mosqui-toes as well. Moscreenmosquito preventingnets comes very handyas you can keep thesliding winds open butat the same time youcover it with a thindurable net which al-low air to flow but atthe same time stop mos-quito menace. The netshave frames and henceyou can roll it as it ismade of strong alumi-num profiles. Special-ly developed springloaded mechanismhelps to smoothly rollthe screen up and downwith touch of your handas per your require-ment. It is a zero main-tenance arrangementto prevent mosquitoentry and you can cleanthe screen every time

you roll it up. Fur-ther it provides ahigher percentage ofair and light trans-ference. In fact froma distance of 8 to 10ft. it is barely visibleto the naked eye.

Moscreen is high-ly flexible and can bewashed like any or-dinary cloth. Sinceit is made of fibreglass coated withprotective vinyl and

thermally welded ateach mesh and it is non-combustible and non-corrosive as well.Again, Moscreen can beinstalled with a varietyof option on existingwindows to suit yourbudget and get rid of alltypes of insects enteringthrough your win-dows. Preventive mea-sures such as use ofmosquito repellents,drinking clean waterand living in clean sur-rounding are advis-able.

Preventing malariais much better thancuring after getting af-fected by the disease, as there is a risk of re-currence and death is apossibility. Let us notplay with our life withcarefree attitude andNMMC should play apositive role in prevent-ing spreading of malar-ia and dengue.

The writer is freelancer

By C K Subramaniam

Three people die in threeseparate accidents on the

Harbour Railway Linebetween Turbhe to Nerul

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Threepersons were killed inthree separate acci-dents on Wednesdayat Turbhe, Nerul andSeawoods railwaystation on the Har-bour and TransHarbour railwaylines. Only one personhas been identified inthe accident andrailway police aretrying to identify theother two. All threewere crossing therailway lines.

A 35-year-oldunidentified mancrossing the railwayline died in the firstaccident at around 2pm at Nerul railwaystation. The deceasedhas not yet beenidentified. While thesecond accident tookplace at around 5 pmat Turbhe Railway

Station. Viroh Mehtawho was crossing therailway line died. It islearnt that thedeceased was a notedcriminal and casesagainst him wereregistered at the VashiRailway Police. Hewas released fromprison just a fewmonths ago.

A 40-year-old man,who was crossing therailway line in thethird accident thattook place betweenNerul to Seawoods ataround 5pm, was hitby train. The deceasedhas not yet beenidentified, the RailwayPolice said. All threeaccidents were report-ed to Vashi RailwayPolice Station andefforts have beeninitiated by theRailway Police toidentify the deceased.

Students ofITM Institute

of Health...Contd. from pg. 1

formed street play tohighlight the impor-tance of physical activ-ity in managing diabe-tes. Also, various healthcheck up by differentdepartments includingsugar health check upby MLT department,retina check up driveby Optometry depart-

ment was held. A postermaking competitionamong the students wasalso organised on thetopic ‘World DiabetesDay’.

Speaking further, RS S Mani said, “It is veryimportant for the stu-dents and children to beaware about diabetes atan early age and thisrally will not only makestudents but also thecommunity more awareand cautious towardsthis disease.”

Children’s Day is celebrated across India every year on14th November on the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Ne-hru, India’s first Prime Minister. Google has marked theday with a doodle that depicts a lush landscape wherechildren can play and have fun. (By: C.K. Subramaniam)

Google’s doodle onChildren’s Day


Metro train...Contd. from pg. 1

tween Belapur andPendhar. We are alsodeveloping Metro depotcum workshop nearTaloja. The cost of thefirst phase of the projectis estimated to be Rs3,063.63 crores.”

As per the plan,eight trains will run inthe 11.1 km long corri-dor between Belapurand Pendhar. Moretrains will be added ina phased manner.

According to the CI-DCO officials there willbe a three coach forma-tion for each metro andit will have Two DM(driving motor) cars-one in the front and theother in the rear. Themiddle coach will bethe T (trailer) car.

Sachin Katkar, abanking professionalresiding in Belapurarea speaking with theNewsband correspon-dent said, “Already theCIDCO has missed thedeadline for the NaviMumbai Metro Projectseveral times. Theproject kicked off in theyear 2011 with greatenthusiasm at a cost ofRs 3,000 crores buteven after eight yearsthe work is still goingon. Recently they seta new deadline of Au-gust 2020 for the actu-al runningof Metro train from Be-lapur. But now onceagain the date has beenpushed ahead and itwill be December, 2020.We are still not so surethat the planning bodywill be able to achieve

this deadline too. When-ever I pass from theroad where theBelapur Metro Projectwork is going on I seeonly few labourersworking. With just 3-4labourers will CIDCObe able to complete thework on time? The de-lay is costing the plan-ning authority to thetune of crores of ru-pees.”

Sunil Srivastava,Graphic Designer fromKharghar said, “I feelthat the project will notbe ready before 2021. Atthe pace with which theplanning body is work-ing right now, with veryfew manpower, it isimpossible to get theMetro project complet-ed by even December,2020.”

The Metro project of

Navi Mumbai has beendivided into four phas-es. In the first phaseMetro train will runbetween Belapur andPendhar while in thesecond phase the trainwill run betweenKhandeshwar andTaloja MIDC. In thethird phase the connec-tion will be betweenPendhar and TalojaMIDC and in the lastphase the connectionwill be from Khandesh-war and the upcomingNavi Mumbai Interna-tional Airport (NMIA).

According to the CI-DCO, around 8,500commuters are expect-ed to use theMetro train service perhour and the gap be-tween the two serviceswill be of eight min-utes.

Hobbies are essentialEverybody should follow some hobby or the

other. Hobbies are very necessary as it makesone busy and free minded. It never leaves usalone and also eliminates stress and overcomespsychological problems.

I still remember when I was four years old.I generally liked to spend my spare time inour garden. Hobbies are our daily life activi-ties which we must follow. It helps us to es-cape from the daily chores of life. It gives usimmense pleasure and peace of mind. It is likeyoga and meditation and even benefits morethan that. Good hobbies dramatically improveour personality and character traits as wellas improve our performances.

Reading is a good source of enjoyment,knowledge, inspiration and instruction. Itmakes us disciplined, loyal, punctual and mostimportantly a successful person in life.

The habit of reading books can be acquiredat a young age by anyone and everyone. Sodon’t waste your time. Develop the habit ofreading today.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....


RCS Vashi pays tribute to Chacha NehruBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:Children’s Day wascelebrated at RyanChristian SchoolVashi on 14th Novem-ber 2019 as mark oftribute to India’sFirst Prime MinisterPandit JawaharlalNehru who was bornon this day in 1889.He was popularamong children andconsidered them to bethe future of thenation.

A Special assemblywas organized by theteachers, whichbegan with prayersand holy songs andfollowed by number offun filled activitiesinvolving all thechildren. HumorousSkit and MelodiesOrchestra too wasalso performed by theteachers. The Presi-dent of the SchoolCouncil read out thespecial Children’sDay Message of theirChairman Sir Dr. A.FPinto and ManagingDirector MadamGrace Pinto.

Later the studentsprepared specialBirthday Cards intheir respectedclassrooms whichwere decorated withballoons and stream-ers in which theywrote their heart feltwishes for the free-dom fighter PanditNehru who was

Decked up for the celebrartions

November 14 was thefirst Prime Ministerof the country.Children’s Day iscelebrated on hisbirthday because ofhis endless love &affection for children.Pandit Nehru wasvery fond of childrenand he stronglybelieved that childrenare the future of thenation. He once said“The children of todaywill make the India oftomorrow. The waywe bring them up willdetermine the futureof the country.Teachers made it apoint to participate inthe Children’s dayprogramme whole-heartedly to cheer upthe kids and maketheir day memorable.Humorous Skit andMelodies Orchestrawas also performed bythe teachers duringthe special assemblymuch to the delight ofthe students who alsorelished the cake andsnacks distributed bytheir teachers,”shared EdwinFernando, Headmis-tress of the Institute.

Happy Children's Day

Teachers entertain the children with their rocking performance

revered as ChachaNehru.

“Pandit Jawahar-lal Nehru, born on

Mayor Jayvant Sutar paid floral tribute to India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharalal Nehru on his birth anniver-sary which is also celebrated as Children’s Day in the country. Deputy Mayor Mandakini Mhatre, Municipal Commis-sioner Annasaheb Misal, Corporator Anita Manavatkar, Additional Commissioner Mahavir Pendhari, Deputy Commis-sioner of Administration, Kiranraj Yadav, Chief Accounting & Finance Officer, Dhanraj Garud, Chief Auditor DayanandNimkar, Deputy Commissioner of Horticulture Nitin Kale, Medical Health Officer Balasaheb Sonawane, City PlannerSatish Ugile and other officers - employees were present.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s BirthAnniversary observed at NMMC