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Youth push andinsult police

officials on dutyTwo youths have beenarrested for verballyabusing and pushinghighway police at Shed-ung Tolnaka in Panvelwithout any reason. Theyouths, have been iden-tified as Vijay Chandra-kant Gaikar and BharatRajendra Bansode. ThePanvel city police havearrested them on charg-es of obstructing govern-ment work and threaten-ing them…

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Strict policearrangements in

all 10 specialcontainment zonesThe Navi Mumbai policecommissioner SanjayKumar in coordinationwith the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) CommissionerAnnasaheb Misal hasmade arrangements forstrict police enforcementin all the special contain-ment zones. The PoliceCommissioner has ap-pealed all the citizens tosupport the governmentmachinery and not toventure out of theirhomes unless there is anemergency.

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NMMC begins identification ofmosquito breeding spots

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to curb thespread of malaria, den-gue as well as otherwater borne diseases,the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation’s(NMMC) Health De-partment has startedidentifying mosquitobreeding grounds anddisinfecting the con-taminated areas. Dis-infectants are also be-ing sprayed in the gut-ters where high mos-quitoes breeding isseen.

Apart from this,

under the National In-sect Disease ControlProgram, awarenessleaflets, posters, ban-ners, hoardings are be-ing distributed to cre-

ate awareness amongthe citizens about ma-laria and dengue. Alsoinformative pro-

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By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: ”Theincreasing number ofcoronavirus cases is notthe major cause for con-cern as the testingrates are high. Howev-er, what is important isto save lives and bringdown the mortalityrate,” said the team ofofficials from the Cen-tral Government whohad come to the city onMonday, June 29,2020. The team also di-

Focus on reducingmortality rate: Central team

instructs civic bodies

rected all the MunicipalCommissioners to in-crease the number oftests so that the pa-tients can be treated intime.

The principal secre-tary of the health de-partment, Dr. PardipVyas, a team led by LavAgarwal, Joint Secre-tary, Ministry ofHealth, inspected therestricted areas inThane Municipal Cor-poration area and Navi

Mumbai MunicipalCorporation and re-viewed the strategiesbeing implemented. Ac-companying him on theoccasion were KunalKumar, Joint Secre-tary, Ministry of Hous-ing and Civil Affairsand Director, SmartCity Mission; Dr. VipinSharma, Central Di-rector (Health) E.Ravindran and others

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By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Withthe state governmentannouncing further re-laxation in the lock-down rules, the salonsin the non-containmentzones in the satellitecity resumed businessfrom 28th June, 2020

after a gap of almostthree months. Howev-er, shortage of manpow-er posed the biggestchallenge for the own-ers of the salons asmany employees haveleft for their hometownduring lockdown.

Durvesh Kadam,who started his salon inUlwe Sector-17 since13th June said, “It is

Salons resume businessin non-containment

zones in satellite city

Shortage of manpower-

the biggest challenge

heartening that thegovernment has finallygiven us the permissionto start our business.However, the biggestchallenge is getting themanpower. Many hair-dressers working in sa-lons have left for theirhometown due to lock-

down. Many of them arereluctant to comeback.”

Kadam further add-ed, “We are strictly fol-lowing the guidelinesset up by the govern-ment. Before admittingany client inside, weconduct thermal scan-ning of the clients and

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Acorpse of an unidenti-fied person was found ina ditch near the rail-way track at the rearside of ACC CementCompany in LokhandBazar, Kalamboli. Thepolice have taken thecorpse into custody andhave started further in-vestigation.

Two days ago, aguard who had gone toinspect the railwaytracks behind the ACCCement Company inKalamboli smelled a

bad stench. On lookingfor the source of smellhe found a corpse of aman. He immediatelyinformed the Kalambo-li police. A preliminaryinvestigation by the po-lice revealed that thedeceased was around 45to 50 years of age andwas wearing blue jeansand a blue shirt.

The police said it isdifficult to say whenthe man went behindthe ACC Cement Com-pany as it is closed forthe past three monthsdue to the lockdown.

Therefore, it is beingspeculated that the per-son may have died inthe early days of thelockdown. Kalambolipolice have registered acase of accidental deathin the case and havestarted investigatingthe missing persons inthe last three-fourmonths to identify thedeceased. Meanwhile, ifanyone has any infor-mation about the de-ceased the police haveappealed to contactKalamboli Police Sta-tion on 022-27423000.

Corpse of an unidentified person foundnear cement company in Kalamboli

Fighting Covid-19: Tech innovationsare becoming a new normal

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While the world con-tinues to live under thecloud of uncertaintiesand fear arising be-cause of the COVID-19outbreak, its impact oneveryone’s psychology,health issues and be-haviour issues are un-imaginable.

With no maidsavailable for help dur-ing this lockdown, Spar-dha Kapoor, a 31-year-old professional, livingin Mumbai recently or-dered a cleaning robotfrom Milagrow for her65+ aged parents wholive in Delhi to bringthem some respite fromall the household clean-ing chores. "Now, withsocial distancing be-coming important,such products have be-come a necessity forhouses who are de-prived of domestic help,adds Spardha Kapoor.

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Tech has witnessed 15-20% surge in demandfrom millennials whoare living away fromtheir families for vari-ous categories of itscleaning robots, partic-ularly their floor disin-fection cleaning robot,imap9 since the past1.5 month.

There are few itemssuch as doorknobs,switches and remotecontrols that everyoneends up touching mul-tiple times in a day,even amid the healthscare we are currentlywitnessing. Keepingthat in mind, HongKong-based Chilli In-ternational haslaunched for the firsttime in India, Killer100 Blue Ray disinfec-tion machine. A light-weight, multipurposemachine, Killer 100 isideal for home, work-place, mall, car, or per-sonal use for unparal-leled disinfection. With-in 3 days of launch,Chilli International'sKiller 100 has seen anincrease of 10-12% inqueries since the past 3days across facebook

and its ecommerce web-sites.

As the governmenthas allowed various or-ganisations to workwith 33% workforceCandor TechSpace, aventure by BrookfieldProperties havebrought in technologyoriented innovations tocombat COVID-19 andto maintain a well san-itized workplace. Can-dor TechSpace haslaunched contact lesssanitizer dispenser forhand- free sanitizationand automatic sanitiza-tion apparatus that en-ables sanitisation ofpassenger vehicles, el-evators etc.

These tech innova-tions are becoming newnormal for homes, of-fices, hospitals, hotels& other commercial es-tablishments as it isbecoming more of a ne-cessity than a luxury.With keeping socialdistancing in mindthese innovations areplaying a very impor-tant role in ensuringhealth, hygiene andsafety at homes andworkplaces.

grammes are beingimplemented.

“Every year Juneis being celebrated as‘Malaria PreventionMonth’ by NMMC. Inthis connection, theCorporation is con-ducting Malaria /Dengue AwarenessCamps at variousplaces. It is being en-sured that proper so-cial distance is main-tained,” said civicchief Annasaheb Mis-al.

He further said,citizens should keeptheir house and sur-roundings as clean aspossible to preventmosquito breedingduring rainy season.

NMMC is conductingfree blood test for pa-tients having fever inall hospitals and civichealth centres. Howev-er, during the currentspread of Covid virus,citizens should be vig-ilant about their con-dition and if they aresuffering from malar-ia / dengue, theyshould immediately in-form the nearest mu-nicipal hospital, hesaid.

Steps to follow forpreventing mosquitobreeding• Regularly clean wa-

ter tank in building• In case of leakage

in the pipeline, con-tact the water sup-ply department im-mediately.

• Drink boiled andfiltered drinking

water• Do not eat stale or

open food• In case of diarrhea,

use ORS• Scrap material on

the terrace and inthe vicinity of thehouse should beavoided

• Destroy empty bot-tles, cans, paintcans, open tires,

• Change the waterin the vase trayonce a week

• Indoor and outdoorwater storage tanks/ drums / utensilsshould be drainedonce a week anddried completely.

• Use mosquito repel-lent if possible

• Take care not tosave water in yourhome office and pre-mises

NMMCbegins...Contd. from pg. 1

were present.Initially, the central

team inspected the re-stricted zones at Amrit-nagar, Inshangar inMumbra and interact-ed with the citizensthere. After that, Dr.Maulana Abul Kalamvisited Covid Hospitalset up at Azad Stadiumand sought informationfrom doctors. He theninspected the 1000 bedThane Covid Hospitalat Balkum Saket andexpressed his satisfac-tion.

After the inspectiontour, the central teamreviewed all the Munic-ipal Corporations inThane district. Afterinitially reviewingThane Municipal Cor-poration, the central

team also reviewedThane District, NaviMumbai, MiraBhayander, KalyanDombivali, Ulhasna-gar, Bhiwandi Nizam-pur and other Munici-pal Corporations.Thane Police Commis-sioner Dr. Mekhla,Navi Mumbai Munici-pal Commissioner An-nasaheb Misal, KalyanDombivali MunicipalCommissioner VijaySuryavanshi, MiraBhayander MunicipalCommissioner Dr.Rathod, UlhasnagarMunicipal Commis-sioner Shri. DayanidhiAdi were also present.

Although the num-ber of corona infectionsis on the rise atpresent, he suggested

that the emphasisshould be on reducingthe death rate by man-aging it without panic.Similarly, tests shouldbe increased so that theaffected people can betreated in time”, saidLav Agarwal, he alsosaid that they shouldcoordinate with the lab-oratories that are test-ing the Covid and helpthem.

The principal secre-tary of the state healthdepartment, Dr. Prad-ip Vyas said that therewas a need to increasethe number of quaran-tine facilities, conductlarge scale contact trac-ing, maintain cleanli-ness of public toiletsand increase the num-ber of tests.

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Hon’Maharashtra StateLegislative Council’sOpposition LeaderPravin Darekar alongwith senior BJP leadersheld a meeting with theCommissioner of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) and discussedon various issues per-taining to COVID-19pandemic. He present-ed the following de-mands during themeeting :• NMMC Hospitals of

Vashi, Nerul andAiroli must be made

Pravin Darekar holds discussionwith NMMC chief on Covid 19

situation in the city

free of COVID-19cases. These hospi-tals must treat oth-er health issues anddiseases.

• Beginning a COVID-19 testing laborato-ry in Navi Mumbai.

• An NMMC officialshould be perma-nently and exclu-sively be deployed tocheck on the exorbi-tant billing done byprivate hospitals.

• NMMC must beginzone wise testing inNavi Mumbai onwar footing.

• NMMC should pro-vide subsidies in

taxes in wake of thefinancial strains oncitizens due to thepandemic.

• Appointing medicalstaff at the earliestfor all COVID-19 fa-cilities that haveshortage.

• Schools in NaviMumbai muststrictly comply withthe government GRon payment of fees.“We have decided

that if our demandsaren’t met at the earli-est, we will step out onthe road to protest ad-hering #SocialDistanc-ing norms,” he said.

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: To curb thesurge of Covid-19 casesin the Uran taluka andalso to control mosqui-to menace, the UranMunicipal Council hasstarted spraying disin-fectant in the city.

Sodium hypochlo-ride is being used in thespraying, Mayor SailyMhatre said, addingthat the spray will alsohelp in breaking thechain of corona patientsgrowing in Uran.

Disinfectant powderis also being sprayed innallahs at Kamtha,

Uran Municipal Councilstarts spraying disinfectant

Anandnagar, Deulwa-di, Haripandav Path,

Kumbharwada, Bori,Bhavra areas.

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Forthe second time in Sec-tor 16, 16A and 18 Ner-ul, food grains were dis-tributed to 1150 house-holds by SudhakarSawant, Namdev In-gulkar, Senior ShivSainik Jay Shivtarkar,Maruti Londhe, SuhasSawant, Pratap More,Subhash Mankumare,

Food grains distributed

NCP Ward PresidentPradip Kalshetti,Ashok Ile, SanjayMane, Suryakant De-sai, Suryakant Bhay-ade, Nitin Sanap, RaviPawar, Ranjit Ghadge,Kailas Patil, journalistYogesh Mahajan, YuvaSena Divisional Offic-er Vinayak Dha-nawade, Youth BranchOfficer Sunil Patil,

Yuva Sainik ChetanPawar, Aniket Pawar,Pratik Vidhate, AniketGhogre, SandeshSawant, VedantaShinde, Tejas Maneand all office bearers ofthe society werepresent. Also, massscreening, mass distri-bution and tablets ofarsenic album were dis-tributed to all.

also ask them to usehand sanitisers. We arealso taking customersin small batches.”

Ravi Thakur, Own-er of R & R Salon fromNerul said, “After a gapof three months, I havestarted my salon withthe hope that on Sun-day the turnout of cli-ents will be more. Thecustomers are asked tobook appointments.One needs to call us tofix their timing for thehaircut or any otherservices. Earlier beforelockdown thecustomers turnoutwere more but on 28thJune, 2020 the first dayafter the relaxation forsalons in the city theturnout was really low.But we are hopeful thatthe business will pickup gradually.”

Under “Mission Be-gin Again” phase four,the revised guidelineshave been set up for thesalons. They can onlyprovide services likehaircut, dyeing, waxingand threading as of now.In future there will berelaxation for many oth-er services.

Wasim Jaffer, Own-er of Scissors Salon inUlwe Sector-17 said,“We have opened our fa-cility but only one cus-tomer is allowed insideat a time. Prior booking

of appointment is man-datory. We are strictlyfollowing the govern-ment norms.”

Jaffer added, “Beforeallowing the customersto avail our services wethermally scan the tem-perature and also askthe client to use handsanitisers. For every cus-tomer we use fresh tow-els and also sanitise thechairs after every hair-cut.”

Parvez Khan, Ownerof a Gentleman Salonsaid, “I didn’t open myshop because of the man-power shortage. Most ofthe hairdressers work-ing with me have left fortheir hometown becausethey were facing difficul-ties staying here. Nowthe government has giv-en the permission ofopening the shops butwithout hairstylists howone person can run theshow.”

Overall there aremore than 3200 salons inNavi Mumbai and Ulwe.But on 28th June, 2020the day when the salonswere allowed to open bythe state government, al-most 90 percent salonsremained closed becauseof announcement of con-tainment zones in the 10areas of the city. Only200 salons were openedon Sunday and they toodidn’t do a good business.

Nabhik Vikas Foun-dation, a foundation forthe welfare of salons own-ers and workers chair-man Naresh Gaikarsaid, “Due to lockdown

many of the salon andbeauty parlour ownersare facing financialcrunch. Even the stategovernment has not an-nounced any packagesfor us. I, along with allthe members, will ap-proach the Chief Minis-ter Uddhav Thackeryand will request him forincentives for the salonowners and also hair-stylists. Even thoughthe salons have been al-lowed to operate fromSunday 28th June,2020 the business willnot pick-up easily be-cause many people arescared to avail the facil-ity.”

In the notificationgiven by the state gov-ernment on Thursday itis mentioned that thesalons will not be al-lowed to provide skinrelated services atpresent and the sameshould be displayed out-side the salons. It alsosays that all the employ-ees must put protectivegear, including gloves,aprons and masks. Thechairs must be sanitisedafter each service whilethe common areas andfloors must be sanitisedafter every two hours.The customers should begiven disposal towelsand napkins and all thenon-disposal equipmentshould be sanitised andsterilised after each ser-vice. Also all the salonsmay put up a noticewith the listing of pre-cautions to be taken bythe customers.

Salonsresume

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When you feel mentalharassment at work placeMental harassment,

a dreaded word, in oth-er words emotionalabuse, is any non-phys-ical behaviour or atti-tude that controls, in-timidates, subjugates,demeans, punishes orisolates another personby using degradation,humiliation or fear. Wecan include any cruelact or any cruel omis-sion to act will be comeunder the category ofmental harassment. Wecan say that any actwhich causes anger,rage, pain and agony toa person of ordinary andaverage intelligence willbe an example of men-tal harassment.

There are variouscategories that can becovered under the pur-view of harassmentwhere employees have tosuffer humiliation &Mental Torture (MentalHarassment) and are of-ten exploited by their re-spective supervisors. Sofar there are not veryclear purview of Nation-al law on this mentalharassment . The mostvulnerable in this sce-nario are the subordi-nates in offices. Most ofthe bullying is done byseniors, and this bully-ing and harassment atworkplace lead to terri-ble effect on the healthand well-being and per-formance of the employ-ees. We believe in thecommon notion that ha-rassment at workplacecan be sexual only. Butthis is not the case ,dif-ferent types of harass-ments are occurringbased on Race, Sex, Re-ligion and National Or-igin, different PoliticalBeliefs, stalking. Sowhen you feel that youare harassed ,there arecertain indications :1) When you are given

a directive with cer-tain objectives, anultimate goal and adeadline. You workhard and suddenlyyou have found thatthere’s a change indirection on theproject and youprogress is not ap-

plied to the newproject.

2) When you find thatyou are constantlybombarded by mi-cro-managing andyour intuition or de-cisions are not be-ing trusted. Yourboss always tellsyou what to do andwhat not to do. Youfeel that you arewrongly perceivedas incompetent and

your decision-mak-ing capability isgreatly reduced as aresult.

3) Suddenly , you areexcluded from meet-ings you once at-tended. Your col-leagues discusswork prior to yourarrival and you areleft with absolutelyno clue what to do,you are not markedon important mails.Co-workers avoidyou and keep inter-action to a mini-mum.

4) Often, when youmake a comment,suggestion or dis-agree with some-one’s opinion, you’reresponded to with atoo many respons-es by others ,only toprove you wrong.

5) When you feel

drained and yourenergy is zapped.Bullying can lead todepression, anxiety,panic attacks andmood swings andthere are physicalsymptoms such asincreased bloodpressure, rapidheart beat, and lossof appetite (or exces-sive eating).

6) You’re subjected tonegative, abusive

language -repri-manded often infront of others. Youmay find that youare being jokedaround with in away that makes youfeel uncomfortableand small, and thattoo can be verbalbullying.

7) Your dedication toyour job is not ac-knowledged by yourboss and you faceunnecessary criti-cism and you arepresented unreason-able obstacles.So the question aris-

es how to fight this ha-rassment? First step isto record everything ina journal, and learnabout your companypolicies regarding bul-lying and prepare to

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Twoyouths have been ar-rested for verballyabusing and pushinghighway police at She-dung Tolnaka in Panv-el without any reason.The youths, have beenidentified as VijayChandrakant Gaikarand Bharat RajendraBansode. The Panvelcity police have arrest-ed them on charges ofobstructing govern-ment work and threat-ening them.

Rajendra Sawant, apolice constable work-ing at Highway PoliceStation Palaspe, was atthe check post at Shed-ung Toll Naka last

Thursday. He was ac-companied by police con-stable Jitesh Avtar. Ataround 7.30 pm, ac-cused Vijay Gaikar andBharat Bansode were ontheir way to Panvel ina rickshaw. Police con-stable Rajendra Sawantand Avatar chased theirrickshaw. Vijay Gaikartried to push the two po-licemen. The cops con-tinued to chase the rick-shaw at Ajivali and fi-nally managed to stopthem.

However, on beingquestioned, both Vijayand Bharat started be-having rudely andabused the cops. Healso pushed them. Thecops caught them and

brought them to theShedung police station,where they started in-sulting Naik Kardile, apoliceman who waspresent at the spot. Vi-jay Gaikar also saidthat he was a journal-ist and will writeagainst them.

The highway policehanded over the two tothe Panvel city policeand lodged a complaintagainst them. Both Vi-jay and Bharat havebeen arrested for ob-structing governmentwork. A case has alsobeen registered againstVijay Gaikar for violat-ing the government or-der as he was not wear-ing the mask.

Youth push and insultpolice officials on duty

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We need to make India Atmanirbhar (self-reliant). Newmodel of development has to be evolved which makescountry self-reliant. The main model is to start praisingand using ‘Swadeshi’ (indigenous) goods. The more weutilise indigenous goods more we become self-reliant. Weshould start using goods which are ‘Made in India’ and‘Made by India’ not only to become self-reliant but alsoto boost the income of local producers and give othersbetter opportunities in future. It is high time that we stop relying onothers for our needs and that too at their conditions. We are powerful andhave resources to satisfy our own needs without any conditions.

Gurudatt Mohan, Kharghar

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Your views on promoting indigenous goods?

Promoting Indigenous goods helps our domestic goods toreach out to people across the world. Indigenous goodsrepresent the domestic culture and from where it is orig-inated. Products made in India, made by the hands ofour citizens help to grow the country's economy. Buyinglocal goods helps to improve the relationship betweenlocal buyers & sellers as the customer is buying fromlocal sellers to which the seller will be able to co-ordi-

nate with the buyer in a more personalized manner and in a more conve-nient way. It also helps to grow the local wealth from which the goods arepurchased.

Saurabh Kahadane, Kharghar

QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK : Your views on high sugar levels

during lockdown amidst non-diabetic people

According to me this is a wave. When this wave willstop again we will start using Chinese product. We needsome permanent solution. I love my country. I wish In-dia will be economic superpower. But we should be prac-tical instead of banning Chinese product. The govern-ment and we all should increase quality of our productto make these of international standard and simulta-neously we should make the product cheaper as much

as possible. Not only India but the world should boycott Chinese productsand use Make in India products. This way we can take revenge and ulti-mately our economy will be superpower.Nitesh Misaal, Ghansoli

No country can develop without the development ofits people and nobody can develop without being innova-tive and self-reliant. Two countries India and Pakistangot their independence at the same time, but see whereboth the countries now stand. While India is among themore developed countries, Pakistan is still in its devel-opment stage. The reason was Indians worked towardsbuilding their own production be it in manufacturing,Information Technology, Oil, Space Craft and above all in building theirown technology and creating a large set of skilled population. Thereforeas rightly said by our Hon Prime Minister, the time has come for beingself-reliant. Responding to the appeal by the Hon Prime Minister, ourcountrymen have drawn up plans for indigenous manufacturing usingindigenous technology. But it will succeed only when all of us buy them.It is hence necessary to promote our indigenously made products. Thebenefit is we will save valuable foreign currency and secondly our coun-trymen will become prosperous and GDP of the country will also improve.

Being indigenous will increase the scope for employment and will re-duce unemployment which in turn will make our economy grow rapidlyand take our country to the top group of nations. Hence support localproducts, local companies and boycott foreign goods of all countries. Iappeal our traders to stop importing foreign goods and instead deal inlocal products and become exporters instead of importers.

Dr Pratap Mudaliar, Entrepreneur, Vashi

I am a student and I love my country a lot. Chinahas shown its original face. We all hate China. I will notbuy any product which is made in China. By purchas-ing product from China we all are killing our economyand soldiers. We should burn all Chinese products. Gov-ernment should cancel all licence of Chinese companiesimmediately

Pratigya Abhang, Koparkhairne.

Why we should throw the products which we have boughtfrom our own money and which was earned from byhard work? I can't throw product which I have boughtalready but I can stop buying product in future. BuyingChinese product doesn't benefit only China but it helpspoor people from our country as well who stand at thecorner of the road selling Chinese product for bread andbutter. Banning Chinese product doesn't solve anything.Payal Chandawani, Ulwe

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Managing special children’s needs during COVID 19 pandemic at homeBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Beinglargely secured fromthe direct health ef-fects of COVID-19 onaccount of the lock-downs, the adverse ef-fect on the wellbeing ofthe children of all ages,is the concern of all.This includes socialisolation on account ofdiscontinuity in chil-dren’s education andother social activitiesincluding playing,which were the normalnorms in their day today to life. The in-creased level of loneli-ness on account of it ishaving an impact ofrising level of depres-sion rates and show of

tantrums in the con-fined space at home.

This is particular-ly severe in those withChildren with Intellec-tual and Developmen-tal Disabilities suchas- Intellectual Dis-ability, Autism Spec-trum Disorder, Specif-ic Learning Disability,Hyperactivity Disorderwhose confinementhas become very chal-lenging for their par-ents and family mem-bers.

Ravi PrakashSingh, Lecturer in Spe-cial Education, Na-tional Institute for theEmpowerment of Per-sons with IntellectualDisability (Divyang-

Ravi Prakash Singh, Lecturer in SpecialEducation, NIEPID For representational purpose only

jan), Regional Centre,Navi Mumbai shareshis valuable inputs onthis burning issuewith Newsband. Theexcerpts are as below:

With increasing

number of Corona cas-es across the country,majority of State Gov-ernments closed downtheir schools to preventthe spread of COVID 19virus. Maintaining so-

cial distance is foundto be the most effectiveway to prevent Corona.With the schools beingshut, the children arenow restricted withintheir home. At one side

it is necessary to do sokeeping in view the se-verity of the problem,the restrictions to staywithin house is caus-ing increase in behav-ioural problems amongChildren with Intellec-tual and Developmen-tal Disabilities.

Symptoms

• Violent and de-structive behav-iours

• Temper tantrums• Self-injurious be-

haviours such ashitting self, bitingself etc.

• Sleep disturbances• Excess use of mo-

bile phones or

Cont. on pg. 6

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Issue : 19 30 June, 2020

Power consumers in darknessThe citizens who are already reeling under financial crunch due to

lockdown, have received another jolt- inflated power bills. After al-most two and half months, the MSEDCL has sent bills to the con-sumers but these bills are highly exorbitant and beyond the payingcapacity of most of the consumers. This has once again brought tothe fore the loophole in the working of the power sector.

Though the growth of agricultural and industry is crucially depen-dent on satisfactory performance in this vital sector, still very little orno efforts, have been made by the government in improving this sec-tor. Not only the generation capacity has not been augmented to keeppace with the rising demand, but the technology too continues to bequite primitive, compared to development in various countries. Toadd to problems, lack of an integrated grid and inadequate manage-ment of power demand has taken its toll on supply position. Whilethere is surplus power and no takers at one place, in other placesthere is short supply and more demand leading to perpetual powercuts.

The prime agency has failed to deliver the goods upto the expec-tations. Though Maharashtra is a state not as badly lacking in supplyposition as other northern states, still the performance of MSEDCLis far from satisfactory. The position in Mumbai is better because thedistribution is with the private sector, In Navi Mumbai, the scenariois not so rosy. The reason is simple. Theft of electricity continuesunabated with connivance of the department and no efforts are beingmade to check this loss. The electricity is being illegally tapped byslums and unauthorized constructions. These losses in addition topoor generation efficiency and heavy transmission losses have creat-ed poor supply position. To cover up the losses, the department ei-ther increases the tariffs or sends erroneously inflated bill or installsfast faulty meters.

It is really a shame that even after so many years of independencemost parts of our country still lie in pitch darkness during nights.Even in modern cities like Navi Mumbai, many streets do not havestreet lights and the newly constructed flyovers, most of the time,remain plunged in darkness thereby increasing the chances of roadaccidents.

In addition to this, there also seems to be the lack of coordinationbetween various departments. The power department is proving tobe a black hole to the government revenue, draining meager resourc-es. The existing generation facilities need to be modernized and madeefficient units. Latest technologies that are available should be incor-porated to reduce transmission losses which is primarily responsiblefor poor supply position. In view of the power shortage particularly inregard to peak hours, power intensive industries should be discour-aged. Wherever they are necessary, in the public interest, they mustbe allowed to have captive power stations to meet their requirementsfully. The MSEDCL, on its part, should shed away its attitude of indif-ference and improve its working culture. In the present scenario,the erroneous power bills should be immediately corrected.

watching television• Excess demand to

go out of the house.Generally after

sending the child toschool, mother gets sixhours of time in whichshe take some rest ofcomplete householdchores. If mother isengaged in some job orvocational activities,she may able to do herwork only after send-ing the child to theirschool. However, withthe changed circum-stances all the mem-bers of family have tospend maximum timein house for next fewweeks. The Childrenwith Intellectual andDevelopmental Dis-abilities can be man-aged in better mannerby the collective effortsof all the family mem-bers

Constructive Steps:

• Contact with theteachers and ther-apist of the childthrough telephoneor mobile and askthem to give infor-mation about homebased program forthe child.

• Delegate the re-sponsibilities ofchild care amongall family members.If possible both par-ents may avoid go-ing out of the houseand divide the taskrelated with thechild. Also, workmay be distributedamong other fami-ly members such asgrand parents, sib-lings, etc.

• Engage the child inhousehold activitiesaccording to his/her abilities suchas- sorting of vege-tables, folding ofclothes and keepingit in the cupboard,cleaning utensils,sweeping, mopping,peeling and cuttingvegetables, prepar-ing lemonade ortea, etc.

• Sanitize or cleanany material whichyou are giving tothe child/.

• Practice the child toclean his/her hands

frequently withsoap.

• Do simple yogawith the child.

• Listen some sooth-ing music

• Do some physicalexercise or dancemovements withthe child.

• Play some indoorgames with thechild such as-Ludo, Carom, etc.

• Train the child inactivities of dailyliving performed athome such as- toi-leting, dressing,brushing, bathing,combing, etc.

• Many concepts offunctional academ-ics may be taughtthrough householdtasks such as-spoons, bowls etc.may be used forcounting. Measure-ment may betaught throughmeasuring sugarwith spoon whilepreparing tea, etc.

• In case of excessivestress or hyperten-sion contact withpsychologist or psy-chiatric throughtelephone or mo-bile.

• Prepare new sched-ule for the childand make him/heraware by written orpictorial presenta-tion.

• Promote the hob-bies of the childsuch as wateringplants, coloring pic-tures, painting,craft work, etc.

• Give immediate re-ward such as ver-bal praise etc. whenthe child performssome desirable be-haviour.

• If child is repeated-ly asking to go outof the house thentake him to thepark or other placeduring the timewhen the number ofpeople outside thehouse at minimumsuch as afternoontime. While doingso, take necessaryprecautions such asobserving and guid-ing the child to

maintain appropri-ate physical dis-tance from people.After returninghome, wash yourand child’s handsand legs of childproperly with soap.

• If any of the familymembers are show-ing any of thesymptoms of Coro-na, immediatelycontact the healthdepartment forcheck-up and quar-antine him/her for14 days.

• Have patience.This challenge istemporary whichwill end in fewdays.

Precautions:

• Do not take the ef-fect of Corona light-ly and take all pre-cautions.

• Do not take exces-sive stress, hyper-tension or phobia.Be alert but do notpanic.

• Do not give anyphysical punish-ment to the child.

• Do not expose thechild to television ormobile for keepinghim/her busy.

• Do not organiseany party. Alsoavoid any type ofsocial gathering.

• Do not allow thechild to visit atneighbour’s house.

• Do not pay atten-tion to any kind ofrumours. If re-quired inform thelocal administra-tion.Corona disease is

indeed a challenge forthe society which maybe faced through col-lective efforts of the cit-izens of the country. Italso gives you more op-portunity to spendquality time with yourfamily. With appropri-ate measures the effec-tive management ofChildren with Intellec-tual and Developmen-tal Disabilities is pos-sible at home. For moreinformation and learn-ing resources regard-ing the teaching &training of Childrenwith Intellectual andDevelopmental Dis-abilities kindly visitthe websitewww.niepid.nic.in

Managing specialchildren’s needs....

Contd. from pg. 5

Tight police bandobast was seen at Turbhe village as the area falls under containmentzone (By Sumit Renose)

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take action. When thetime comes to discussthe issue with seniormanagement, provideample evidence and beprepared for the even-tuality that you mayhave to quit .Becausedealing with bulliesanywhere can be tough.

This harassment isnot restricted to onlywork place a psycholog-ical harassment canhappen with you evenin your society .Thispsychological harass-ment or mobbing is anunethical or destruc-tive way of reacting toa situation or behavingtowards a person. It isdefined as negative orhostile behaviour byone or more persons,directly or indirectlytargeting a third per-son. Such type of be-

haviour that occurs re-peatedly and systemati-cally over an extendedperiod of time, is intend-ed to attack or demeana person, to isolate or ex-clude them and to grad-ually force them out oftheir workplace or edu-cational program. Atfirst it may appearharmless, but by repe-tition it has a destruc-tive effect on the target-ed person. These actsare intended to infringeupon a person’s abilityto communicate, for ex-ample when we preventa person from express-ing themselves such asby constantly interrupt-ing or shouting at them.When we refuse anycontact with a person,not greeting them, ig-noring them or acting ina way that excludes orisolates them it is a so-cial psychological ha-rassment. When we rid-

icule a person, spread-ing rumours aboutthem, mocking or hu-miliating them or mak-ing insulting remarksthen it is an act ofharming his reputation.These are all examplesof psychological harass-ment. Now what are thelegal resources any bodycan take if he or she ismentally harassed bysomeone ?a) “Section 509 Of IPC-

This section of theIndian penal codeaims to punish anyindividual who in-tentionally tries todemean a women’svirtue by any suchconduct is punish-able with an impris-onment term of 3years. It is a cogni-zable, bailable, andcompoundable of-fense. “

b) “Sec 500 of INDIANPENAL CODE-

Kanak’s Pen..Contd. from pg. 4

states punishmentfor defamation andsuit can be filed ascivil wrong as per theprovisions of Law oftorts. “And about the pun-

ishment –“Whoever in-tentionally insults, andthereby gives provoca-tion to any person, in-tending or knowing it tobe likely that such prov-ocation will cause himto break the publicpeace, or to commit anyother offence, shall bepunished with imprison-ment of either descrip-tion for a term whichmay extend to two years,or more depending onthe severity of the case.”

But in reality peoplesuffer for a long timethinking that the personor persons will mendtheir ways and manysuffer serious mentaland health related con-sequences.

Don’t frighten children;make them feel safe

I feel that the panic being displayed bymany people in our society right now regard-ing the Coronavirus scare may be causingmore harm than good. What message arewe sending to our children? I have heard ofchildren being scared and confused by whatis happening all around them. It must behorrible for the young ones who do not un-derstand why they cannot go to the swim-ming pool, the movie theatre or to school.Some parents just keep running around likemaniacs grabbing everything they see insight with no consideration for anyone else.The message being sent out to our childrenright now is ridiculous. It is also makingthem feel scared.

Are we not supposed to nurture our chil-dren and make them feel safe? Right now,children are being traumatised by the fearof the unknown and by their own fear-mon-gering parents.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

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NMMC appeals citizens to support inimplementing complete lockdown

Complete lockdown from 29th June till 5th July in 10 NMMC zones

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCommissioner of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC), AnnasahebMisal has appealed allthe citizens of the sat-ellite city to support inimplementing com-plete lockdown in the10 zones which will bein force from 29th Juneto 5th July, 2020. Themeasure is being un-dertaken with an aimto curb the rising cas-es of Covid 19 in thecity.

Speaking withNewsband NMMCCommissioner Anna-saheb Misal said, “Weare implementing acomplete lockdown inten special contain-ment zones from Mon-day 29th June till Sun-day 5th July, 2020.During this lockdownonly medical and milkshops will be allowed toremain open. Even thevegetable shops andprovision stores willnot be allowed to con-duct business. Therewill be strict restric-tions on the people’smovement. All thesteps are being under-taken to curb thespread of the coronavi-rus.”

Civic chief further

added, “Apart from the10 containment zonesthere will be two morespecial containmentzones which will seecomplete lockdownfrom Tuesday 30thJune to July 6th, 2020.The zones which are inspecial containmentzones are Diwale andKarawe village in Be-lapur, Turbhe Stores,Turbhe Sector-21 & 22,Vashi Sector-11, JuhuGaon, Bonkode villageand Khairane villagein Koperkhairane, Ko-perkhairane Sector-19,Rabale and Chinchpa-da village in Airoli.Along with above zones

two special zones thatis CBD- Belapur (Sec-tor 1 to 9) and VashiGaon (Sector-30) willalso see complete lock-down from 30th Juneto 6th July.”

“Medical teams willbe sent along with so-cial workers in all thecontainment zones.Door to door screeningwill be conducted andthose patients suspect-ed with co- morbiditieswill be listed separate-ly,” informed Misal.

Misal said, “Wehave appealed all thecitizens to support us.There is no need to pan-ic as we are undertak-

ing many initiatives tocontrol the pandemic.All should co-operatewith us as we try tobreak the chain of coro-navirus infection inthe city. I also appealthe social workers andsocial organisations tosupport us in success-ful implementation ofcomplete lockdown inten special contain-ment zones.”

All the citizensstaying in the specialcontainment zonesarea should not ven-ture out of their homesuntil and unless it isreally an emergency,informed Misal

NMMC announces lockdown again in containment areas under its jurisdiction fromJune 29 to July 5 (By Sumit Renose)

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A 76-year-old man from Sec-tor 11, Koparkhairanefell to death from thesixth floor of the build-ing on Sunday evening.The deceased was iden-tified as Srichand Talre-ja, 76, and is believed tohave slipped and fallen.

The deceased, Talre-ja, was staying with his

Senior citizen dies after falling from sixth floorfamily on the sixth floorof Balaji Society in Sec-tor 11, Koparkhairane.Talreja and his wifewere both at home.Around half past five inthe evening, Talreja leftthe house to get his be-longings. At that time,Talreja fell down fromthe gap between the el-evator and the stairs onthe sixth floor of the

building. Due to theloud noise, the resi-dents of the buildingimmediately came outand inspected and foundthat Talreja was lyingdown in a pool of blood.

Upon learning of theincident, Koparkhair-ane police rushed to thespot. Although it is sus-pected that Talreja felldown from the sixth

floor due to slipping,there are also talks thathe might have commit-ted suicide by jumpingfrom the sixth floor.Koparkhairane policehave registered an ac-cidental death in thecase and the matter isbeing further investi-gated, said AssistantInspector of PoliceNilesh Dhumal.