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PCMC’s transportbody- A distant dream

By Abhitash D.Singh

PANVEL: It seemsthat the people of Pan-vel city and its sur-rounding area will haveto wait more for bettertransportation facili-ties. Due to lack ofman-power and insuffi-cient funds, the PanvelCity Municipal Corpo-ration (PCMC) is un-able to initiate its owntransport wing.

Earlier the PCMCCommissioner GaneshDeshmukh had re-quested the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Trans-port (NMMT) to in-crease bus services inthe Panvel area tillPCMC has its owntransport wing.

It is learned that therequest of PCMC com-missioner was turneddown by the NMMTsaying that they them-

selves are unable to pro-vide more services inthe Navi Mumbai areaand moreover, the exist-ing services in Panvel

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NEWS INBRIEF

Now colourpass for each floor

at CIDCOWith an aim to help

people visiting CIDCOBhavan at CBD Belapurdo not face difficulty in lo-cating departments, theCIDCOs’ Chief Vigilanceofficer Nisar Tamboli hasdecided to start floor wisecolour passes for the visi-tors.

The new colour passwill be implemented fromMonday, December 16,2019. Speaking about theinitiative an official said, “Yel-low pass has been as-signed for the first floor, redfor the second floor, bluefor the third floor, violet forthe fourth floor, white for thefifth floor, dark blue for thesixth floor, and green forthe seventh floor. Citizenswill only be allowed to en-ter the floor after showingthe pass to the securityperson sitting at each en-trance. In order to get tothe other floor, the visitorwill have to take the signa-ture of the department headand submit the pass.

First multi-storeyparking to be

tabled at StandingCommittee

meeting todayThe Navi Mumbai

Municipal Corporation hasdecided to construct a multi-storey parking to solve theissue of traffic congestioncaused by unauthorizedparking of vehicles on cityroads. Accordingly, a pro-posal for the constructionfirst multi-storeyed parkingwill be tabled at the stand-ing committee on Friday13th December. The pro-posed multi-storey vehicleparking will be developedat Belapur CBD Sector-1,Plot No.19.

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Theresidents of Ramnagarslum are constantly liv-ing under the fear asthere has been a sud-den spurt of snakesnear their vicinity. Theresidents allege thatthe Urestra Company,next to their slum,which has been closedfor six years has be-come a mini jungle anda favourable place forthe snakes and othercrawly creatures.

Digha DivisionCommittee ChairmanJagdish Gawate hasdemanded that theNMMC officials shouldtake action and fine thecompany owner.

Snakes strike fearamong residents of

Ramnagar Digha slum

The closed Urestra Company has

become a den for the reptiles

Insufficient budget and lack of man-power

cited to be the reason for the delay

is turning out to bea loss for the transportbody.

Ganesh Deshmukh,PCMC Commissioner

informed, “We havebeen trying to start ourown transport wing, but

“The slum dwellerswho are living in thevicinity of MukundCompany and UrestraCompany in the Dighaarea are living underconstant fear. Not onlythe deserted place hasturned into a mini jun-gle with bushes grow-ing wildly and reptiles

Christmas decors get costlierBy Ryhea George

VASHI: With Christ-mas just around thecorner, all the shopshave started displayingChristmas tree decors.However, compared tolast year, the prices ofmost of the decorativeChristmas tree essen-tials have scaled upthis year, say the trad-ers.

“A lot of new Christ-mas decor have comethis year. Christmastrees ranging from 2feet to 10 feet are avail-able with their pricesranging from Rs 350 toRs 1600 respectively.There are variations inthe type of Christmas

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I have changed my name from SARITA DEVI toSARITA SINGH as per affidavit dated 12/12/2019

CHANGE OF NAME

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given on behalf of my client MR. J. N MARWHA,the lawful owner of Apartment No. RH-1, K-35, Sector-7, Vashi,Navi Mumbai – 400703.That my client has lost the following Original Documents in respectof above said Apartment No.RH-1, K-35, Sector-7, Vashi, NaviMumbai – 400703, more particularly described hereinafter and forthe same my client has already lodged document missing complaintbefore Vashi Station, bearing Lost Property Registration No.4108/2019 on dated: 12/12/2019.LIST OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS LOST BY MY CLIENT

1. Original Allotment Letter issued by CIDCO Ltd.2. Original Possession Letter issued by CIDCO Ltd.3. Original Payment receipts of payment made to CIDCO Ltd.

SCHEDULE OF THE PROPERTYApartment No. RH-1, K-35, Sector-7, Vashi, Navi Mumbai –400703, Tal. & Dist. Thane, within the limits of Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation.Hence all those concerned or who have any information about thedocuments or having claim, charge or lien upon the property moreparticularly described in the schedule are hereby invited to put theirclaims, objections in writing at the office of the undersigned within7 days of publication of this Notice. It is further informed that afterthe period of 7 days from Notice no claim of whatsoever will beentertained.

Sd/-Adv. AQIL GILANE, B.Sc. LL.B

Advocate High CourtSS4/236, Ground Floor, Sector-2,

Place : Navi Mumbai Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400703.Date : 13-12-2019 Contact No: 9833622231

DOCUMENT MISSINGNotice is hereby given that the Original Registration ReceiptTNN3-5083/1988, Dated 28.09.1988 issued by CIDCO inrespect of tenement No. NL-1A/3/4, situated on the Kai.Annasaheb Patil Mathadi Rahivashi Gahrmalak Sanghatna,Sector - 8, Nerul, Navi Mumbai and issued in favour ofMr. Rajendra Pandurang Dhanawade, has beenmisplaced/lost while travelling by bus from Nerul to Sec. 3,Koparkhairane Bus Depot and is not traceable. A complaintto the effect has been lodged by Mr. Rajendra PandurangDhanawade, with Nerul police station who have recordedthe same vide their document missing register No. 3930/19dated 3rd December, 2019.Any member of the public who finds/has found the saiddocuments, is requested to arrange to return the same toMr. Rajendra Pandurang Dhanawade or inform NerulPolice Station.

Sd/-Place: Navi Mumbai. Mr. Rajendra PandurangDate : 13-12-2019 Dhanawade

due to lack of staff andfunds, the plan hasfailed to take wings.Nevertheless we willcontinue to make ef-forts to start this initia-tive.”

Deshmukh added,“We approached NMMTand requested them toincrease their servicesin our area till we getour own transport wingbut we have not re-ceived any positive re-sponse from them yet.”

Shirish Aradwad,NMMT general man-ager said, “Our mainaim and motto is to firstprovide better servicesin our own area and af-ter achieving it we willthink about extendingservices in surroundingareas. As of now we arerunning buses on 22routes in PCMC area.But the response is notso good. Only in selectroutes, we are makingprofit, while in the restof the areas, we are in-curring losses. Hence,presently to start addi-tional service is not fi-nancially viable.”

One of the PCMCofficials on the condi-tion of anonymity said,“It is sad that the

NMMT is not respond-ing in a positive way. Sonow the residents ofPanvel do not have anyother option but to con-tinue with the existingservices.”

According to thePCMC data, PCMC ju-risdiction covers 29 vil-lages of Panvel talukawhich also includesRasayani and five oth-er nodes developed byCIDCO like Taloja,Kharghar, Kalamboli,Kamothe and NewPanvel which covers110 sq.km.

Rani Shreedhar, aresident of Khanda Col-ony said, “One can no-tice that there is con-stant increase in thepopulation of PCMCarea due to the migra-tion of people from dif-ferent parts of thestate. The Civic bodyshould improve thetransportation facilitiesin this area which hasa population of around9 lakh. As of now thetransportation facilitiesis not up to the markdue to which many res-idents are inconve-nienced. We are hopefulthat soon the civic bodywill initiate its owntransport wing and wewill not have to dependon others for providingfacilities.”

PCMC’stransport...

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Outdoor No. /Recovery/Auction notice/ vishal junnar pat/302/2019

Vishal Junnar Sahakari Patpedhi Maryadit, MumbaiB/3, Sussex Industrial Estate, Dadoji Konddev Cross Lane, Byculla

(East), Mumbai-400027(Register No.13.0.M/R.S.R./928/1979)

Property Sales Declaration NoticeMaharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 and Rule 107(11)(e) As perIt is notified by all concerned that the following assets have beenpreserved in the name of Vishal Junnar Sahakari Patpedhi Ltd. Guar-antee. As per the provisions of Maharashtra Co-operative SocietiesAct, 1960 and Rule 1961, as per the provisions of the protectedproperty, the organization has taken over possession of the propertydirectly. For the recovery of the entire debt amount available to theorganization, the property will be sold on 30th December 2019, and asper the declaration of the property, through public auction on this basis.If the debtor and Guarantor’s, the bail bond, as mentioned below, if theentire outstanding loan amount is not fully paid before the auction datethen the auction sale instructions for the auction date is for themName of Branch: VashiName of the borrower: Mr. Manohar Machindra MoreCo-Borrower: Late. Rajendra Shripati SaidLegal heirs: 1) Smt. Manisha Rajendra Said 2) Kumar Sanket Rajen-dra Said 3) Kumari Sanika Rajendra SaidSurety name:1) Mr. Shivaji Vishnu More 2) Mr. Mahadev DattatraySanagarTired amount: 30,57,970 / - (plus 30.11.2019 interest and othercharges since)Date of possession: 18/03/2019Reserved Price: 30,57, 970/-Deposit amount (5%): 1,52,898/-Bid Multiplier: 15,000.00 and their multiplesProperty Description: M/S Radhakrishna Fruit Traders, APMC Mar-ket, Gala No.N.1005-1/2, plot no.3&7, sector no.19,Turbhe, NaviMumbai, Dist.Thane-400705,Total area 150 sq. Foot, (100 square footground floor area and 50 square feet first floor area) office premises.Auction Date and Time: 30.12.2019 On 02.00 PMAuction Place : Administrative Office - Vishal Junnar SahakariPatpedhi (M),B/3, Sussex Industrial Estate, Dadoji KonddevCross Lane, Byculla (East), Mumbai-400027,ContactNo.02266571711/22/33, 9004479018 /19Property Observation Date and Time: Date.13.12.2019 to28.12.2019 in the morning 11.00 am to 4.00 pm (excluding public andweekly holidays).Terms and Conditions: Interested bidders should send their sealedtenders by post or hand to the administrative office of the organization.Last date for submission of deposit amount and KYC documents inconcerned branch: 28.12.20I9 at 1.00 PM. The deposit amount shouldbe in favour of Vishal Junnar Sahakari Patpedhi (M). by DD or PayOrder Only the Jurisdiction Mumbai Only. Successful bidders shoulddeposit 25% of the bid amount (with deposit amount) in 24 hours andthe balance to be deposited within 30 days or else all records will berecovered in advance and the respective property will be re-auc-tioned. Successful bidders will have to register the auctioned PropertyOwn Self Registration. (Stamp duty, nomination fee and other incidentalexpenses) to pay the relative tax, taxes, market committee submis-sion or other liabilities / bills to the borrower. The existing obligation ofthe income is not known and if there is, then it is to be filled by theborrower. The recovery officers can accept or reject a bid without anyreason, or postpone the auction process for an indefinite period. Formore information, contact the organization’s administrative office for thetender form and other terms and conditions and the concerned branch.The auction terms and conditions will be read before the auctionbegins. If any dispute arises, Will come only the jurisdiction of theBombay High Court.

Sd/-(Mr.Vasant M. Sarjine)

Date 13/12/2019 Recovery OfficerPlace : Byculla Vishal Junnar Sahakari Patpedhi Ltd

making their den, thedilapidated securitywall/compound of Ur-estra Company is pos-ing danger and it isfeared that it maycrumple down any-time,” he added.

“We had written aletter in the month ofAugust to the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)to look into the issuedemanding to eitherdemolish the com-pound wall or repair itat war footing. Despitepromise from the au-thorities no action hasbeen taken till date,”he said.

The dilapidated

wall of the UrestraCompany, whichstretches from Ramna-gar to Mukund compa-ny service road, hascollapsed many timesduring heavy rainfallover the past years.

“We have been liv-ing in fear. We don’tallow our children toplay as we fear that thewall may collapse. Nowwith snakes seencrawling, we do notknow what to do? TheNMMC should takeaction and send snakerescuers so that thesnakes are caught andleft in the jungle”, saidSambhaji Suryavan-shi, a resident.

Snakes strike fear...Contd. from pg. 1

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Earn while you learn throughMKCL MS-CIT course

PANVEL: With anaim to provide furthereducation and an em-ployment opportunitythe MaharashtraKnowledge CorporationLimited (MKCL) hasstarted MS-CIT (Jobreadiness) course said,Vivek Sawant, MKCLManaging Director,while addressing a pressconference.

Speaking furtherMr. Sawant said, “Stu-dents taking the coursewill not only be able tofulfill their dream ofhigher education butwill get stipend as well.”

MKCL’s Konkan co-ordinator JayantBhagat and Sindhu-durg coordinatorPranay Lele werepresent at the confer-ence which was held atVasudev Balwant Phad-ke Auditorium, Panvel.

Sawant further saidthat in the last two de-cades, more than thou-sands of tech savvy stu-dents have taken MS-CIT course. This courseis recognized as the bestcourse in IT field. Apartfrom Maharashtra,this course is also con-ducted in many statesof India. Over time, ex-pectations about stu-dents’ careers havechanged. The structure

of the MS-CIT course isno longer just a govern-ment job-orientedcourse or IT awareness.These include changesto job creation, provid-ing instant employ-ment opportunities.

Due to this, the newsyllabus of MS-CIT hasbeen introduced by theMKCL. The MS-CITcourse is now availablein two options, “JobReadiness” and “ITAwareness”. These op-tions will be based onthe candidate’s knowl-edge of computer.

He further urgedthe students to visitthe nearest officialtraining centre formore information. MS-CIT (Job Readiness):through this course

people will be taught ITskills to be job ready.The course will alsohelp people to upgradetheir IT knowledge.

MS-CIT (IT Aware-ness): All school stu-dents, teachers, princi-

pals, professors, offic-ers, senior citizens,housewives, socialworkers, political lead-ers, etc. who want tomove confidently for-ward in the digital agecan opt for the courseto learn IT skills.

In addition to thecertificates of the Ma-harashtra KnowledgeCorporation, the stu-dents will receivemarks sheet fromYashwantrao ChavanMaharashtra OpenUniversity (YCMOU.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withno toilet near theSanpada Circle high-way, which is one ofthe busiest stops wherebuses of Navi MumbaiMunicipal Transport,BEST, State Corpora-tion run buses andprivate buses halt, thepassengers are forcedto urinate in the open.

The residents ofSanpada and commut-ers who travel from

Citizens demand toilet nearSanpada Circle Highway

this stop are demand-ing a toilet on urgentbasis. “On an average,hundreds of people usethe stop and on week-ends and holidays, thenumber of passengersincrease. With no toiletin the vicinity, menand children can beseen urinating in theopen due to which theplace emits foulstench”, said RadhaNair, a frequenttraveller.

Speaking about theissue social workerNilesh Kachare, whohas written letterdemanding toiletfacility to the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation and PublicWorks Departmentsaid, “The place hasturned into an opentoilet emitting foulstench. It is veryimportant that the civicbody and PWD buildtoilet immediately.”

MKCL launches new workbased degree course

N AVI MUMBAI :M a h a r a s h t r aKnowledge Corpora-tion Limited(MKCL) haslaunched a newwork-based degreeCourse for 12th passstudents in collabo-ration with IndiraGandhi NationalOpen University (IG-NOU). This is an in-novative course for

the 12th grade stu-dents, who cannow earn a degreein Bachelor ofBusiness Adminis-tration (BBA SM)and get stipend too.Indira Gandhi Na-tional Open Uni-versity (IGNOU)and MKCL have re-cently signed aMemorandum ofUnderstanding.

By Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: ThePavel City Police havelaunched an investiga-tion following report offake death certificateand legal heir certifi-cate given by DarshanDattatreya Mhatre.

The Panvel policesaid, “As per thecomplainant, Ram-nath Hari Mhatre anadopted child of HariBatya Mhatre andAnandibai has filed acomplaint againstDarshan DattatreyaMhatre for submittingfake death and legalheir certificate atCIDCO Panvel, Officeand in the court totake the plot admea-suring 1759 sq m inUlwe Sector 17allotted to late HariBatya Mhatre andAnandibai by CIDCOas per PAP rules”.

Anandibai died on

Fraud case filed against a manfor submitting fake documents

June 15, 1989 andHari Mhatre died onJune 22, 1992. There-fore, in 1994, his onlyadopted son, RamnathHari Mhatre, obtainedthe heir certificatefrom the Panvel courtand visited the CIDCOoffice in Panvel totransfer the plot ofsector 17, Ulwe in hisname.

However, RamnathMhatre learned that aperson identified asDarshan DattatreyaMhatre had alsosubmitted the deathcertificate of HariBatya Mhatre to theCIDCO office to get theplot of the deceased inhis name. Followingwhich Ramnathobtained informationabout the documentspresented by Darshanto CIDCO and learntthat Darshan hadgiven a fake death

certificate whichmentioned the date ofdeath as August 20,1988. Likewise,Darshan also submit-ted false death certifi-cate of Hari BatyaMhatre at the court atPanvel and started acase to get the legalright on the property.

However, in Sep-tember 2016, the courtrejected the applicationof Darshan Mhatreafter Ramnath filed anobjection at the Panvelcourt. Ramnath lodgeda complaint with thePanvel city policestation after findingthat Darshan’sattempt to obtain the1750 sq m plot byproducing fake deathcertificate and fakelegal heir certificate.Accordingly, the policehave registered afraud case againstDarshan.

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Issue : 188 13 December, 2019

Misuse of water has to be stoppedIt is a common fact that if corrective measures are not taken im-

mediately, there is going to be acute shortage of fresh potable drink-ing water in the near future. There is a need to increase public aware-ness on the importance of conservation, preservation and protectionof water resources and drinking water supply. After air, water is thesecond most essential lifeline for the survival of human beings. Na-ture created adequate resources for their survival, however becauseof meddling by the human beings, the resources have not only beenpolluted, they have also been depleted due to gross mismanagement.Pollution from land-based sources is greatly affecting the aquatic bio-logical resources and biodiversity. Rampant use of pesticides is fur-ther making the fresh water resources unusable.

Though water is one of the replenish able resources, yet due todepleting green cover because of excessive deforestation andconsequent reduction in rainfall, perennial drought like situationhas been created in many parts of our country. It is because of thisreason it has become all the more important to conserve water,besides finding means to replenish the aquifers. While each one ofus can do our bit by conserving water at home and being morecautious while using it, the real solution lies in rainwater harvest-ing, which has to be followed religiously wherever possible.

Rainwater harvesting technique is two pronged. Firstly, by col-lecting rain water from roof tops and open catchment areas andstoring in huge underground sumps and secondly by arresting thesurface run off into the rivers and seas by constructing percolationchambers to recharge the aquifer. The former has a limitation thatit can be adopted only during monsoons. Besides, it requires hugeinvestment by way of construction of water retaining structures.The latter is a long-term solution and shall go a long way in mak-ing this vital resource available for human consumption. Even forplaces like Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai, where sub soil water is notpotable in many areas, collection of surface run off into artificiallycreated lakes after treating them for water retainment, can pro-vide viable solution. This rainwater after treatment can be usedfor all purposes. Further, the sewage treatment plants can be pro-vided in the residential complexes as the recycled water can beused at least for washing vehicles and horticulture purposes. Be-sides, this shall prevent pollution of water bodies into which thissewage would have been otherwise discharged.

It is heartening that many of the schools, colleges and residen-tial complexes are utilizing this technique and are thus contribut-ing immensely in conserving water. The town planning authoritiesshould also implement this in letter and spirit and thus save thehuman civilization from evident disaster in making on account ofdepleting water resources.

Vikram Solar Brings Solar Energyto 3 more Airports in India

New Solar Plans comminssioned at Dibrugarh

(Assam), Gaya (Bihar) and Gondia (Maharashtra)

Vikram Solar, oneof India’s leadingsolar module manu-facturers and promi-nent rooftop solar &EPC solutions provid-er commissionedthree new solarplants for AirportAuthority of India(AAI) in Dibrugarh,Gaya, and Gondia,furthering the compa-ny’s contribution tosolarization of air-ports in India.

These three newprojects have acumulative capacityof 1165 kW (or 1.1MW), leading VikramSolar to have aportfolio and experi-ence of commission-ing 6 solar projectsfor airports (Kolka-ta, Calicut, Dibru-garh, Gaya,Gondia andCochin) in Indiatill date, withcumulative capaci-ty amounting tomore than 4 MW.

The capacity ofthe solar plant atDibrugarh, Assamairport is 725 kWand the project isdesigned to serve as aSolar Carport. Theplant is expected toprovide accommoda-tion to 200- 220vehicles. VikramSolar’s 345Wp MonoCrystalline moduleswere used to cover the8000 sq mtr area ofthe carport. The plantis expected to gener-ate approximately10,40,000 kWh of

green energy annual-ly.

The Gondia,Maharashtraairport project is 220kW in capacity andused Vikram Solar’s330 Wp Polycrystal-line Eldora GrandSeries modules. Thisground-mounted solarplant will power theBirsi Airport officebuilding.

The capacity of thesolar plant at Gaya,Bihar airport is also220 kW. The solarplant used EldoraGrand Series 325 Wpmodules and expectedto power 4 AirportBuildings at GayaAirport.

Each of the two 220kW solar plantsin Gaya and Gondia isexpected to generatenearly 3,00,000 kWhgreen energy annual-ly.

Mr. Dheeraj Anand,Head- DistributedSolar, Vikram Solar,shared on the occa-sion, “We are proud tobe a partner of choicein contributing

towards AAI’s visionof adopting renewableenergy. Vikram Solaris certain that thesuccessful commis-sioning of these 3 newprojects is a testimo-ny of our perfor-mance, capabilitiesand dedicationtowards customersatisfaction.”

He further added“We would also like totake this opportunityto thank AAI forentrusting VikramSolar with these 3new projects andthank them forleading the way withtheir ever-progressivemove towards reduc-ing carbon footprint

by adopting solarpower.”

Vikram Solar isspearheading India’ssolar revolution with1040 MW* EPCcapacity portfolio. Thecompany has commis-sioned a total of 6airport projects tilldate- 5 for AAI and 1project for CochinInternational AirportLimited (CIAL).

BJP, Uran unit to organizea grand Vijay Melava

NAVI MUMBAI : UranTaluka BJP is organiz-ing a grand vijay mela-va in the presence offormer MP RamshethThakur at Maharash-tra Bhushan Dr. Nana-saheb DharmadhikariMarathi School groundat Pension Park inUran city on Saturday,

14th December. Duringthe melava, the partywill felicitate MLA Pras-hant Thakur, UranMLA Mahesh Baldi andRavi Patil. City Presi-dent Sayali Mhatre,Vice President JayanthKoli, District GeneralSecretary ChandrakantGharat, Taluka Presi-

dent Raviseth Bhoir,City President KaushikShah, Youth MorchaPresident Shekhar Tan-del, Labor Leader Su-dhir Gharat, Vice Pres-ident Jitendra Patil,Sunil Patil, Vice Presi-dent Prakash Thakur,BJP supporters will bepresent.

trees as well. There arethe normal Christmastrees, pine Christmastrees and even led litChristmas trees,” in-formed a trader fromAPMC.

According to theshopkeepers people usu-ally come to buy 5 ft to6 ft tall Christmas trees

whereas schools andchurches purchase thebigger ones that isaround 9 feet and 10feet Christmas trees.

“Christmas trees ofcolour white, yellow, sil-ver and even golden areavailable in the mar-ket. Some new decora-tions such as the 2-ft-tall snowman has comein the market, which isdrawing a lot of atten-tion especially among

the kids. A new type ofChristmas star is visi-ble in the market whichdoesn’t need extralighting as it is made ofglitter material whichmakes it look sparkly,”informed another trad-er from Vashi.

A lot of shops alsohave Eco-friendlyChristmas bannerswhich are not made upof thermocol but of nor-mal cardboard paper.

Christmasdecors...Contd. from pg. 1

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NAVI MUMBAI: TheVice President and Man-aging Director of theCity and Industrial De-velopment Corporation(CIDCO), Lokesh Chan-dra visited the construc-tion site of Kharghar,Kharkopar RailwayStation, Bambandongri

Railway Station, Talojain Navi Mumbai andreviewed the currentstatus of the housingscheme. During the vis-it Mr. Chandra madeimportant suggestionsto the CIDCO officialsand representatives ofthe concerned agenciesand told them to com-plete the work on time.

Vice President and ManagingDirector, CIDCO visits construction

site of the 95k housing projectShri. Sanjay Chata-

lia, Chief Engineer,Navi Mumbai, Sh.Ramesh Giri, Superin-tending Engineer, Shri.Rajaram Naik, Super-intending Engineer,Shri. M. P. Priests, Su-perintending Engi-neers, Mrs. Priya Rata-

mbe, Public RelationsOfficer, other CIDCOofficers and representa-tives from L&T, Capes-ite and Sapoorji Palanjiwere also present.

CIDCO has proposedto construct 95, 000houses in the four-courtarea of various bus andtruck terminals andrailway stations in Navi

Mumbai under ‘CidcoMega Housing Scheme-2019’ under the Primeminister housingscheme.

Houses will be devel-oped at the bus termi-nals at Kharghar,Kalamboli, Navi Panv-el and Taloja nodes un-

der this housingscheme; while houseswill be developed at thetruck terminals atKalamboli and Vashiand houses will be con-structed in the forecourtarea of Sanpada,Juinagar, Kharghar,Bamdongari, Kharko-

Contd. on pg. 6

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Josephians Overall Champions: Ryan Inter School Zonal Athletic MeetBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: St.Joseph’s High School,State Board, NewPanvel athletesdominated the 15th

edition of the RyanInter School ZonalAthletic Meet andwere crowned theoverall champions.St. Xavier’s HighSchool, Airoli andhost St. LawrenceHigh School, Vashiathletes too gaveample display of theirtalent in varioustrack and field eventsto ensure that theirteam finished secondand third overall interms of pointsbehind St. Joseph’s ,New Panvel

Held at St.Lawrence HighSchool ground in

St Joseph’s High School, State Board, New Panvel athletes along with their coaches are all elated as their PrincipalFarzana Tungekar receives the overall Ryan Inter School Zonal Athletic Meet Championship trophy form the handsof Guest of Honour Ruchi Bhandari

Hockey Player RuchiBhandari, who earlieralso awarded theindividual and overallchampionship trophyamidst huge cheersfrom the hundreds ofenthusiastic partici-pating athletes fromvarious schools.

Sharing herthoughts about thesuccess of her schoolathletes PrincipalFarzana Tungekarshared “The athletesput up a stupendousshow in various trackand field events heldas part of the annualRyan Inter SchoolZonal Athletic Meet.The same has beenpossible only due toencouragement ,motivation and visionof our Chairman SirDr. Augustine F.

St Lawrence Principal joins Guest of Honour Ruchi Bhan-dari in handing over the individual championship tro-phy to one of the young athlete

Girls athletes from St. Joseph’s New Panvel had a fieldday as they won four of the six individual championshipfor their school in various age groups

Vashi from 7 to 11Dec, 2019, six ath-letes from St. Jo-seph’s State Board,New Panvel alsobagged the overallindividual champion-ship in various agegroups. These includ-ed Harshita Uchiland Chinmay Patil in

the Girls and Boys U-10 age group. DrushtiJadhav and VaradDalvi aced theindividual crown inthe Girls and Boys U-12 age group. TanviPatil and ApoorvaChorghe on the otherhand were in topform and won the

Various track and field events including long jump wereorganized as part of the four day annual Ryan AthleticsMeet (File Photo)

The much awaited Ryan Inter School Zonal Athletic Meetwitnessed close contest in various age groups (File Pho-tos by Author)

individual champion-ship trophy in the U-14 and U-16 agegroup

The meet wasclosed in the presenceof Guest of Honourand Navi Mumbaibased National

Pinto and ManagingDirector MadamGrace Pinto and allthe coaches whoseguidance and dedica-tion has yielded richdividends onceagain.”

par, Mansarovar and Khandeshwar railway sta-tions.

20,448 houses will be developed under the firstphase; 21,564 houses will be developed under thesecond phase; Under the third phase, 21,517 hous-es and 23,432 houses will be constructed under thefourth phase. In addition, 7905 houses will be con-

structed.Each phase development has been assigned to

different companies for the construction of the house.Accordingly, under first phase the construction con-tract has been allotted to B G Shirke ConstructionsTechnology Pvt. Ltd.; while the second phase theconstruction contract has been allotted to CapsiteInfraprojects Ltd, third phase the construction con-tract has been allotted to Shapoorji Palonji & Com-pany Ltd. And fourth phase the construction con-tract has been allotted to Larsen & Toubro.

Vice President and ManagingDirector, CIDCO visits...

Contd. from pg. 5

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By C.K. Subramaniam

NAVI MUMBAI: In memory of themusic maestro Bharat Ratna, LateDr M.S. Subbulakshmi’s 15th deathanniversary, the SIES College ofArts, Science & Commerce, Sionjointly with the Cultural Associa-tion, Tamil association and past stu-dents’ association of the college con-ducted an inter-college music com-petition in both vocal and instrumen-tal music. In this present and alum-ni of the institutions also participat-

Suraj Subramanian and ShreyaMohan bag first prizes in inter-college

music competition

ed. In the competition, Shreya Mo-han (vocal) and Suraj Subramanianbagged first prizes.

The programme began with thelighting of the lamps and offering flo-ral tributes to the portrait of the leg-endary singer. A short film on thesinger’s music history was alsoscreened. Sri. ShanmukhanandaSabha’s music school director, Smt.Sidhi Krishnamurthy, singersNithya Rajendran, Nikhita Iyer ren-dered MS’s favourite songs.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

By Bhavani Swaminathan

When we are tiredor depleted, ingestionof milk rejuvenatesand allows us to be-come active again.When the digestion ispoor, various organsare unable to receivetheir proper supply ofnutrients and thusstart ageing quickly.

The main cause of pre-mature ageing stemsfrom the deposits of foodmaterials in the intes-tinal walls. This condi-tion paralyzes the pro-cess of assimilation-themain job of intestines.If the waste materialsthat stick to the intes-tinal walls are expelledproperly, all the organswill receive proper foodsupply and the problemof premature ageingwill be removed or willnot arise.

Milk cleanses thedigestive tract. It re-moves toxins andwaste products fromthe stomach and intes-tines and supplies thebody with a nutritious

Here’s a popular dessert recipe, rasgulla with-out using refined sugar. Hence this rasgulla issuper healthy. According to historians of Odisha,the rasgulla originated in Puri as Khira Mohana.It has been traditionally offered as bhog to goddessLakshmi at Jagannath Temple, Puri.

Ingredients

Freshly Grated Coconut - 150 gmsMilk - 1/2 litreMishri (rock form) - 1/2cup (grinded)White Vinegar - 4tbsp

Method

Boil mik and add vinegar to it. Stir slowly inone direction till milk curdles. Strain it and put this fresh cheese in amuslin cloth and squeeze until the extra water oozes out. Now churn thisfresh cheese for few seconds in mixer. Now make small balls.

For Syrup

Take 1.5 glass of water in a pan and add powdered mishri to it. Let itboil for 5 minutes. Now slowly keep the ready balls in this syrup andcover the pan with a lid. After 10 minutes remove the lid . Your soft,yummy rasgullas are ready to eat. Serve hot.

material that is readi-ly digestible and esilyconvertible into blood.Since milk proteinscontain many aminoacids, it aids the stom-ach during digestion. Infact, it helps all stagesof digestion, that is, inthe mouth, stomachand small intestine.

Milk fasts may alsocure nervous disorders– insomnia, neurosis,headaches, irritabilityand dullness. Thesefasts are also said tocure the diseases of thestomach – peptic ul-cers, intestinal ulcersand acidity. It can beconcluded, many dis-eases can be cured bymilk fasts.

Qualities of Milk

Delicious Healthy Rasgullas

The writer is Nutritionist and Founder of AAKANKSHA : Desire For Wellness.

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Navi Mumbai’s NCP unit celebrate SharadPawar’s 80th birthday with pomp

Fruits distributed to patients of NMMC’ Vashi Hospital

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Nation-alist Congress Party(NCP) on Tuesday10th December, 2019celebrated the80th birthday of theirparty founder SharadPawar with great zealand enthusiasm, twodays ahead of his actu-al birth date.

NCP Navi Mumbaiunit spokesperson andSecretary, Afsar Imamspeaking with the me-dia said, “Sharad

Pawar is one of sea-soned politicians andwe, his followers, cele-brate his birthday withgreat enthusiasm everyyear. This year, the par-ty members of NaviMumbai decided to cel-ebrate it in a way wherewe can give somethingto the society. We chosethe NMMC’s Vashi Hos-pital at Sector 10 anddistributed fruits tomost of the patientsthere. All the patientshappily received thefruits and they all par-

ticipated in the birth-day celebration of Shar-ad Pawar.”

Present during theoccasion were PrashantPatil, Mallikarjun Pu-jari (NCP MaharashtraState Secretary), G SPatil, Ashok Suryavan-shi, Avdhesh Shukla,Ashraf Shaikh, ShaikhNoor Alam, MunawarDeshmukh, SunitaDeshmukh, Smita Pan-dey, Sadhna Dhawale,Balkrishna Khopdeand many other digni-taries.

Dear Young Readers,Here is a chance to bring out your cre-ativity and latent talent! Newsband hasa column exclusively for our youngreaders. Children send us your draw-ings, articles, poems etc. along withyour Name, School Name and Standard. Either email usor send by post to the following email id :-dailynewsband@yahoo.co.in or Newsband, Real TechPark, Office No 1313/1314, 13th Floor, Plot No 39/2, Sec-tor 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 703

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India To Square-off Against Sweden In Tri-Nation U17 Women’s Football Tourney TodayBy Ashok Dhamija

Ahead of their tri-nation U17 Women’sFootball Tourneyopening league matchagainst Europeangiants Sweden at theMumbai FootballArena on FridayDecember 13, 2019,India U17 Headcoach Thomas Den-nerby spoke about hisexpectations from theencounter and thetournament as awhole which willserve as a preparato-ry ground for theFIFA U-17 Women’sWorld Cup India to beheld next year acrossthe nation includingNavi Mumbai.

“This will be thefirst match-experi-ence against anothercountry for the teamsince my arrival inNovember 2019. I amhoping to see that theplayers can produceon the pitch thethings that we havebeen working on intraining such asformation, movementetc. We have to makesure that we planwell for the gamesand that the playersare actively looking todo the right things onthe field,” he saidduring the Pre-tournament PressConference on Thurs-day 12 Dec, 2019.

Prior to thiscompetition, theIndian team had beentraining in Goa underthe Swede and hissupport staff. Denner-by shared histhoughts on what hehas seen so far andstated that mostplayers are “doingvery good”.

He expressed: “Ifyou look at thetechnical skills of theplayers, in general,most of them aredoing very good.Some of them have

really good touch ofthe ball, they havegood short passingskills and even longpassing.

“If we look at thefitness levels – weprobably have a littlejob to doand wehave agoodfitnesscoachtaking careof that inthe form ofPer Karls-son. Whengoalkeep-ers areyoungerthey needgoodsupportand train-ing as it isthe tough-est positionin theteam. In

that respect, it isgood to have PreciousDede here with allher experience andthe championshipsshe has in her bag,”he continued.

Dennerby alsospoke about the styleof football he wants toinculcate in the team

and stressed on theimportance of havinga passing game.

He said, “I wantus to be more openoffensively and verystrict defensively. Iwant us to have a

good passing gamewhere the playersknow which spaces tocome into, where youwant to attack andwhen to play thecrucial passes. Indefence, you have toplay as a unit andyou have to becompact in order to

keep the oppositionaway from thescoring zones.”

A total of 22

players have beenpicked by Dennerbyfor the competition,which is beingcontested with oneeye on next year’sFIFA U17 Women’sWorld Cup. TheSwede added that thedoor is open for newplayers as well. “Given the quality ofthe opposition side,the matches will be a“nice start” to under-stand where the teamstands.. It will alsotell us the areas ofthe game where weneed to work on,” headded.

Indian 14-year olddefender Shilky Devi,who spoke about theimpact the new coach

has made in the teamsaid” “It’s really goodto get this opportuni-ty and we’re looking

forward tothe tourna-ment. Wehave beentrainingfor threeweeksunder thenew coachand learn-ing andgettingbetterevery day,”she said.

Thetourna-ment openson Fridaywith IndiaplayingSwedenand willthen faceThailandon Tuesday(December17, 2019),with thetop twoteams toclash inthe final,two dayslater. Bothteams area force toreckon

with in women’sfootball, with theirsenior teams bothplaying in this year’sFIFA Women’s WorldCup 2019 in France.

Shilky , who ledthe Indian team tovictory at the SAFFU15 Championshipin Bhutan earlierthis year, also talkedabout how the teamis gearing up to facetwo top-qualityopponents.

“Sweden andThailand are bothvery strong teams.The matches againstthem will be toughbut we have workedvery hard as a groupand are prepared toplay them. It’s a

great opportunity forus to test ourselvesand I would like tothank the All IndiaFootball Federationfor giving us thischance,” she said.

Sweden U17 HeadCoach Pär Lager-ström too spoke aboutFriday’s game as welland said that he islooking forward to it,especially given thefact that Dennerbyhas coached inSweden for a numberof years.

“Of course,Thomas (Dennerby)knows the Swedenway to play extremelywell but still I thinkit’s the players thatwill play. We’ll seewhat happens tomor-row and we’re lookingforward to the game.Coming from a placewhere temperaturesare in the range of –5 degree Celsius nowand after 30 hours oftravel we are allgeared up for the bigoccasion. The girlswho aim to be part ofthe professionalleague and also thesenior team in futureare confident and aimto make a markduring the course ofthe match whereeach minute will bedecisive in thecontext of the tour-ney,” he said.

When askedabout what he madeof the Indian team,The Swedish U17Head Coach he said,“I have not seenthem play before andwould like to have abetter view of theteam. After thetournament, Idefinitely will. I havetalked to Thomasand he said thatIndia has verytechnical players –fast and differenttypes of players. Sowe’ll see.”

Sweden U17 Head Coach Pär Lagerströmaddressing the media on the eve of thetournament

Thomas Dennerby India U17 Head CoachThomas Dennerby is confident that theteam will make the best of the Interna-tional exposure against two top-qualityopponents ahead of the FIFA U17 Wom-en’s World Cup India 2020

Indian 14-year old defender Shilky Deviwho led the Indian team to victory at theSAFF U15 Championship in Bhutan earli-er this year is confident of her team’s goodshowing in the tri-nation tournament

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m.Paani raises $5.5million in Series A led by AC Ventures,Gojek co-founders, Henkel, Candy Ventures, and others MUMBAI : m.Paani,

India’s leading localretailer digitisationplatform, has raisedUSD $5.5m or INR 39crores, in a Series Ainvestment round ledby AC Ventures,Henkel, CandyVentures, in additionto noteworthy angelinvestors Kevin Aluwi,CEO and Co-Founderof Gojek, RyuSuliawan, Head ofMerchants at Gojek,and Suvir Varma,Board Member andSenior Advisor at Bain& Company, PrivateEquity. Existinginvestors ChirataeVentures and BlumeVentures also partici-pated in the round.

A Google Launch-pad and Google Studiocompany, m.Paani isdigitizing and organiz-ing local retailers todeliver the neighbour-hood shopping experi-ence of the future. Itwill use the funds toinvest in productdevelopment, acceler-ated growth andexpansion, and keyhires.

Akanksha Hazari-Ericson, CEO andFounder of m.Paani,says, “We have alwaysbelieved in the localretailer. They win onevery consumerconsideration: service,quality, productselection, value, creditand delivery speed.Small businesses alsoaccount for more than40% of employment.They are a bedrock ofcommunities and theeconomy. m.Paani isbridging the technolo-gy gap to ensure thatour local retailers notjust survive but thrivein India 2.0. Thefuture of Indian retailis, and must be,local.” A successfulsecond time entrepre-neur, Akanksha is aPrinceton Universityand CambridgeUniversity alumnus.

Jesús EduardoGarcía Chapa, Execu-tive Director ofVenture Capital, ACVentures: “We are

very happy to be apart of m.Paani’sjourney. Their visionto foster local retailersis something we shareand are absolutelyconvinced is a gamechanger for thetraditional trade

channel and the retailindustry.”

Indian retail ispowered by more than60 million localbusinesses thatrepresent a $1.1tril-lion informal marketor more than 95% oftotal retail. Despitethe launch of e-commerce and newbig box retail options,this unorganisedmarket has more thandoubled in the past 5years, and 86% of theaverage Indianconsumer’s shoppingcontinues to happenwithin 3-4kms ofhome, at local neigh-bourhood shops. Asover a billion Indianconsumers quicklycome online, theselocal shops – the vastmajority of which arenot digitized in anyway whatsoever yet –must transform toserve this new digital-ly-driven shopper.

Today, m.Paanihas more than 50,000retailers and 7 millionconsumers on itsplatform. Growing at30%+ per month, thislean 25-member teamhas managed torapidly scale organi-cally, with no physicalsales teams, incen-

tives nor meaningfulmarketing invest-ments so far. Mostnotably, m.Paani hasproven monetizationvia retailer subscrip-tions, deliveringbusiness growth ofmore than 25% to its

most engaged retailpartners. As onem.Paani partnershares, “We are a localretail pharmacy chainand we realized thatcompetition fromonline players wasaffecting our businessa lot. Thanks tom.Paani, in last 2years, our customerbase has grown by73% and repeatshopper base hasgrown by 51%.”

m.Paani’s retailerproduct - ‘AapkaBusiness Saathi’ or ‘APartner in yourBusiness’ - is a fullsuite solution enablinglocal shops to goonline, digitise theirconsumer relation-ships, access businessdata and insights, andmanage their businessoperations moreeffectively. Focused onthe daily needscategories e.g. grocery,chemist, fresh fruits& vegetables, dairyand more – consumersnow have their entireneighbourhood in thepalm of their hand.They can discovertheir local shops,products and offersonline - order onlineby creating a singleshopping list across

all their daily needs orshop directly onlinefrom their favouritelocal shops - inaddition to enjoyingan enhanced offlineshopping experiencevia in-store features.

Kevin Aluwi, CEO

and Co-Founder,Gojek: ”m.Paani has avery strong team, anda deep understandingof the local retailerreflected in a greatproduct and soundstrategy for solving forthis important user’sproblems and aspira-tions. I am veryexcited to be a part ofm.Paani’s journey andalso see huge potentialfor them to empowerlocal retailers beyondIndia.”

“It’s exciting to seeincredible entrepre-neurs grow theirstartups” said DavidMcLaughlin, Direc-tor, Google DeveloperEcosystem,Google. ”To seeAkanksha andm.Paani take thenext step in theirjourney alongside theGojek founders shemet in our acceleratorshowcases one of themany benefits forstartups that takepart in our pro-gram.”

Dr. Rahmyn Kressand Marius Swart,heads of Henkel’sventuring and openinnovation platformHenkel XVentures: ”The Indianretail market pro-

vides huge potentialfor Henkel’s businesswhich can be un-locked by innovativedigital go-to-marketmodels. m.Paani hasdeveloped a powerfulmobile platform thatconnects consumers

and local retailersand has alreadyproven the capabili-ties of its businessmodel. We are excitedabout this partner-ship through whichwe aim to gainvaluable insightsabout the local retailmarket while evaluat-ing the potential ofthe platform andtechnology for ourother global consumermarkets.”

Suvir Varma,Board Member andSenior Advisor at Bain

& Company, PrivateEquity: “I am veryexcited to invest in theteam at m.Paani.Given my extensivereview of deals acrossthe region, m.Paanihas built a trulyunique model todigitize the local storeretail experience,which is the corner-stone of commerce inemerging markets.They’ll soon becomeinvaluable to consum-ers and brand ownersalike, and could easilybe one of India’s nextunicorns.”

Founder, Akank-sha received the VitalVoices Global Leader-ship Award for Eco-nomic Empowerment2016 from Secretariesof State HillaryRodham Clinton andMadeline Albright,recognised in USSenate Resolution418. Alyse Nelson,President and CEO, ofVital Voices shares:“Akanksha’s boldapproach to creatingsocial change in Indiademonstrates thetypes of innovativesolutions we need totruly ma Akanksha kesustainable progress.Vital Voices is privi-leged to partner withas she continues toprove and scale hermodel to create abetter world for usall.”

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CAB-Wrong decisionThe Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is a

wrong decision to have been made by the govern-ment. People of all religions and communitieshave lived in India since years. Even their ances-tors have lived here. Then why this indifference?Why are our political parties always trying todivide India on the basis of one’s religion? OurConstitution does not discriminate people on re-ligious grounds. Ours is a secular country andone should not bring religion into the picture forgranting citizenship. Civil society should opposethe bill.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Sena settles vengeanceIn the first move to checkmate the Bharatiya

Janata Party (BJP), The Maha Vikas Aghadi gov-ernment cancelled 400 political appointments, in-dependent directors or non-government membersmade by the Fadnavis government to settle thescores with BJP. The CM has given the approvaland it appears rather ridiculous and just vendet-ta politics. Thus Sena wanted to share the spoilswith new allies just to accommodate party sup-porters and sympathisers and has no face valuefor a change. By scrapping 400 BJP Governmentappointments, Sena led government wanted tosettle their vengeance and it looks somewhatfishy. Instead of just concentrating on develop-ment, the CM is trying his hand with unwantedreactions as a new comer to the CM’s chair.

C.K. R. Nathan, Joy Homes, Bhandup, Kurla

A Right step in theRight direction

The controversial Citizenship (Amendment)Bill is cleared in the Rajya Sabha with 125 vot-ing for it and 105 voting against in a marathonmove. The legislation is now likely to face legalchallenge in the Supreme Court on the ground ofbeing unconstitutional.

After getting cleared in both the houses, thereis no case for going to court but the oppositionheaded by Congress is thinking in terms of pro-viding headache to the government. By throw-ing this law in the laps of the judges, we are notgoing to achieve anything significant than wast-ing time of the judiciary.

Jayanthi S. Mani, PW Mansion, Sion East, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor....

Team India tastes T-20 series winWest Indies team led by Kieron Pollard played

into India’s hands by putting Virat Kohli’s side tobat first at the Wankhede Stadium and that was awrong move in Indian conditions. Team India notonly decimated Caribbean attack to shreds andmade a 240 score in 20 overs to make a big differ-ence. Rahul, Rohit and Kohli made first use of thewicket to their advantage to score half centuries inwhirlwind fashion and the Windies side could notstand up to the pressure. Pollard lost ideas and thebowlers were hit of the park and it was an one sideaffair afterwards. Team India applied pressure byclaiming the early wickets and West Indies couldnot recover from the early shock and surrenderthe match without semblance of fight. The touringside lost by 67 runs and thus losing the series by 1-2 after showing some fight in the second match atThiruvananthapuram.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has lauded theIndian cricket team for putting up a “fearless bat-ting” performance in the just-concluded T20 seriesagainst the West Indies. India won the third andfinal T20I in Mumbai by 67 runs to claim the se-ries 2-1. Team India played to a plan, whereas WestIndies lacked idea and instead of making first useof the wicket they made a mess of the toss, thematch and the series. After scoring over 200 runsin the first match at Hyderabad and lost it withpoor captaincy and pathetic bowling.

Rohit Sharma became the fastest batsman andthe first Indian to hit 400 sixes in internationalcricket. He achieved the landmark in his 354thinternational match across formats during the thirdT20I in Mumbai. He is only the third player over-all to cross the milestone after former Pakistanand West Indies captains Shahid Afridi (476 sixes)and Chris Gayle (534 sixes). The sixer break up is:Tests matches- 52, ODI - 232, T-20- 116.

Rohit has been a stalwart for India at the top ofthe order in limited-overs cricket. While his Testcareer did not hit the same heights for a long time,the Indian team’s decision to let him open the bat-ting seems to have done the trick. In his first se-ries as India’s Test opener against South Africa inOctober, Rohit broke the record for most sixes hitduring a Test series by hitting 19 maximums. Hescored a whopping 529 runs in four innings which

included a maiden Test double ton. In all, it wasan emphatic series win for Team India.

C.K. Subramaniam, Millennium Towers, Sanpada

Schools should provide Ca-reer Counselling after Board

examinationsThrough your esteemed newspaper, I would

like to highlight a few issues that the childrenof Standard 10th and 12th face after their Boardexaminations. The major issue with the kidsstudying in 10th and 12th standard is what todo next? What are the career options available?Who could guide me with the different streamsand sections of the curriculum? Such questionsare very common amongst the kids, especiallyonce they have finished their schooling and arelooking forward to choose the subject or thestream they want to make a career in.

Today my question to all these schools andcolleges on why can’t they help kids with theircareer and provide proper career guidance? Ihave witnessed the same issue during my ca-reer guidance, none of the teachers in the schoolsprovide kids with proper career counselling. Itshould be made mandatory in all schools andJunior Colleges to provide kids with proper ca-reer counselling sessions through which theyare able to get know the various career optionsavailable.

Also, the schools must conduct differenttypes of aptitude test so that the children un-derstand where they stand and what should bedone to attain their preferable career option.Every year kids face these issues during theircollege admissions and sometimes they even endup opting for streams they don’t have interestdue to the lack of information about career op-tions. It is very important for the schools andfor that matter even Junior Colleges to providechildren with career options. Also, the admis-sion process is one big issue for the children es-pecially after 10th standard, they are totallyunaware of the online process. Schools shouldinclude sessions on how to apply online for col-leges which would be helpful for the kids to optfor correct options. It would hardly take an hourand guiding kids through this should be consid-ered mandatory in all Schools.

Ryhea George, Vashi

Kid’s Zone

By: C.K. Subramaniam

An easy way to multiply thenumber 99 with any other number.

First take the number by which99 has to be multiplied then minusit by 100. This way you get the lasttwo numbers of the answer.

If it is single unit number put a0 before the answer.

Now minus 1 from the numberwith which 99 was being multiplied.This number will make the firsthalf of the answer.

For example if you want to findthe answer for 68X99.

You minus 68 from 100 (ie) 100-68=32. The last two numbers areready now.

Now minus 1 from 68 (ie) 68-1=67.

This is your first half of the an-swer.

So the answer 673291X99 = Last two numbers 100-

91=09and again 91-1=90 Answer 9009Likewise 74x99=732688x99=871299x99=980142x99=4158

Magic with Maths

BELAPUR: KonkanRailway has decided toaugment three nos. of3 tier AC coaches to theexisting composition of15 Coaches in Train No.11085 / 11086 Lokman-ya Tilak (T) - MadgaonJn. - Lokmanya Tilak(T) “AC Double Decker”Bi-Weekly Express andTrain no. 11099 / 11100Lokmanya Tilak (T) –Madgaon Jn. - Lok-manya Tilak (T) “ACDouble Decker” Week-

Temporary augmentation of coachesly Express on tempo-rary basis in co-ordina-tion with Central Rail-way to clear extra rushof passengers.

Period of Augmenta-tion of revised composi-tion of 18 Coaches is asunder :

1. Train no 11085Ex. Lokmanya Tilak(T) from 23/12/2019 to09/01/2020 every Mon-day and Thursday.

2. Train no. 11086Ex. Madgaon Jn.

from 24/12/2019 to 10/01/2020 every Tuesdayand Friday.

3. Train no. 11099Ex. Lokmanya Tilak(T) from 21/12/2019 to11/01/2020 every Satur-day.

4. Train no. 11100Ex. MadgaonJn. from 22/12/2019 to12/01/2020 every Sun-day

Passengers are re-quested to kindly availthe services.

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The twelve days of Christmas

By Jubel D’Cruz

The birth of JesusChrist in Bethlehemushered in an era ofsalvation. Only whenevery individual expe-riences this salvation,Christmas becomes ameaningful celebra-tion. The love of Godmanifested in the com-ing of the Messiah is tomake sure that no oneis abandoned to thecurse of death. The twoimportant figures inthe manger, Mary andJoseph, reveal to us

the true meaning ofChristmas.

Christmas will be acelebration for us onlywhen we are able tolook back into our pastand take count of ev-ery bit of pain that weendure as an invest-ment for the sake ofJesus Christ. It is insuch moments of hard-ship that our commit-ment to Christ mani-fests the power of love.As Mother Maryspread the pieces ofcloth she managed tosave up in order towrap her baby in com-fort, so shall we weavetogether our experienc-es of brokenness andoffer it for Christ Jesus

to be born into ourlives. As we celebratethe birth of Jesus thismonth, let us not for-get to show mercy tothe poor and the aban-doned, the helpless andthe orphans. Let uscelebrate Christmasfully within our finan-cial limits, and at thesame time, we must re-member to give thanksto God for the goodnessand mercy He hasshown in our lives. Andat the end of the year,we must spend sometime in prayer for theNew Year’s blessingsand for God’s guidance.The New Year willthen be a blessing forus.

December 25 is notthe actual birth date ofJesus Christ. The datewas selected as the dayof Christmas becauseit was around the timeof various Pagan festi-vals, such as the Ro-man Saturnalia.

Most people knowthat Christians cele-brate Christmas as thebirthday of JesusChrist, but it alsomeans much more. Itmeans having funwith your family andfriends, spending timewith them, seeing allthe decorative Christ-mas items, decoratingthe Christmas tree,singing carols, spend-ing time in prayer and

eating all the deliciousfood and homemadesweets.

Among the variouscelebrations connectedwith Christmas, thesending of Christmascards to friendsand relatives has be-come a ritual.

Another feature ofthe festival isthe installing ofChristmas trees. Littlefir trees or replicas ofthem are decoratedand gifts are placed onthem. Little childrenbelieve that thegifts placed on theChristmas trees havebeen placed by Santa.

Christmas is a cel-ebration of love, peace

and joy. But however,this season of spiritu-al happiness has overthe years been overtak-en by superficial cele-bration, be it with fan-cy greeting cards, dec-orations, gifts, deckingup, feasting, in aphrase an occasion forthe rich and fashion-able.

Christmas is cele-brated for twelve days— from December25 th till January6th and there is a songbased on the twelvedays of Christmaswhich is sung duringthe Christmas seasonby both children andadults.

The writer is freelancer

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Galaxia iFEST- intercollegiate fest starts with a bangSANPADA: Galaxia

iFest, the grand inter-collegiate festival orga-nized by VishweshwarEducation Society’s In-dira Institute of Busi-ness Management andWestern College of Com-merce and BusinessManagement, had anexquisite flag off on De-cember 11, 2019.

The event beganwith blessings from

undoubtedly play a sig-nificant role in future.

A fusion group danceby energetic and tal-ented dancers not onlyset the mood for the fes-tival but also set thestage on fire. The icing

on the cake was a dronethat charmed its wayinto the audience’shearts as it descendedfrom the terrace withthe name of the festivalin golden balloons.

The exciting events

lined up for the nextthree days promise totake Navi Mumbai bystorm and make the fes-tival a wonderful expe-rience not only for theparticipants but alsothe audience.

Father Santosh Vargh-ese, Provost – Vish-weshwar Education So-ciety. Chief Guest M.O.Varghese, retired Assis-tant Commissioner ofthe Customs and Cen-

tral Excise department,Mumbai, and a re-nowned state level bas-ketball player andcoach, reminiscedabout his college days,and urged the youth to

make the most of theirtime in college. Con-tending that it was im-portant to have fun, healso spoke about theimportance of these for-mative years that will

Swastika Ghosh ranks sixthin the world in TT

NAVI MUMBAI:Swastika Gosh, atable tennis playerfrom Navi Mumbai,is now ranked sixthin the world rankingin the junior group.She is the first Indiantable tennis player toreceive this honour.

Janardan BhagatShikshan PrasarakSamiti Chairman,

former MP Ramsh-eth Thakur, MLAPrashant Thakur,President of theInstitute Y. TDeshmukh felicitat-ed Swastika for herstupendous achieve-ment.

The 81st UTTJunior and YouthNational TableTennis Tournament

was recently held inJammu and Kashmir.Swastika led Maha-rashtra in thiscompetition. Shedisplayed extraordi-nary leadershipquality through herbrilliant performanceand defeated theBengal team in theUnder-18 group andwon the gold medal.