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NMMC collectsRs. 26,250 from 105citizens for spitting

The Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC) whichhas levied fine of Rs. 250 forspitting in public places, hascollected a fine of Rs 26,250from 105 citizens for spittingin public places in the lastthree days. NMMC underthe "Prevention of DiseaseAct 1897" has issued ordersto close all shops and Panshops selling tobacco and to-bacco products. The citizenshave also been urged not toventure out unless essential.

60 year old man brutallyhit by fellow passenger

in the running trainPandit Ladku Patil (60) a se-nior citizen was brutally kickedin the local train at Turbhe rail-way station over a small skir-mish on getting down from thetrain. Vashi Railway Policehave arrested Mohd Arif Za-har Ali Sheikh, 24 who hadkicked Mr Patil, who latersuccumbed to his injuries.

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22 kg of ganjaseized from Turbhe

Naka worth Rs 5 lakhTwo people have been ar-rested by a special anti-nar-cotics team for selling theGanja-based drug sub-stance at Turbhe Naka. Anative of Odissa, the ac-cused have been identifiedas Chinmay Vibhuti Sahani(24) and Deep Girish Bha-nushali (21). Police haveseized about 22 kilograms ofganja...

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Relief to Industries in Taloja MIDC areaSupreme Court grants stay on levying Environment Compensation charges

NAVI MUMBAI: TheSupreme Court hasgranted stay on levy-ing Environment Com-pensation charges onthe Industries.

84 Industries inTaloja MIDC area wereslapped environmentcompensation chargesby MPCB amountingto Rs. 63,25,00,000/-.The MPCB noticeswere related to NGTorders, dated 10-7-2019and 14-11-2019, inCEPI directing Pollu-

tion Control Boards torecover compensationfrom Industries.

Taloja IndustriesAssociation (TIA) alongwith Chamber ofSmall Industry Associ-ations (COSIA) and oth-er Industrial Associa-tions of Maharashtra(under COSIA), hadfiled an appeal in theSupreme Court to geta stay order on MPCBnotice.

The appeal filed byCOSIA and other In-

dustrial Associationsbefore Supreme Courtwas on behalf of 300industries from Maha-rashtra. Advocateswho represented CO-SIA and TIA were MrSaurabh Kulkarni, MrDhruv Mehta, Mr Ni-nad Laud, Mr IvoD'Costa, Ms AnshulaGrover. Division benchof Supreme Court waspresided by Justice Ro-hinton Fali Narimanand Justice S. Ravin-dra Bhat.

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to control thespread of coronavirus,the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Transport(NMMT) is regularlysanitizing all offices,workshops, control

rooms, toilets and busstops. High quality san-itizers and hand wash-es have been kept atthe entrance and con-trol rooms as well as inthe washrooms.

For the safety of thepassengers, all the bus-es are daily cleaned byspraying disinfectantsin the buses. While inair-conditioned buses,disinfectants aresprayed three times aday. All the bus shel-

NMMT takes precautionsagainst Coronavirus

Buses are regularly sanitized;

disinfectants sprayed at bus

terminus and surrounding areas

ters are disinfected dai-ly, while the bus termi-nus and surroundingareas are being regu-larly cleaned.

In view of the dropin daily commuters, theservices have been re-

duced by 30%. This willbe increased or de-creased as per require-ment, informed an offi-

Contd. on pg. 2

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Blatant flouting of ruleIn Ulwe salons, spa & beauty parlours & many other establishments

remain open despite civic order demanding their closure

By Abhitash D.Singh

ULWE: Not payingheed to the orders giv-en by the Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi,Maharashtra ChiefMinister UddhavThackeray or NaviMumbai MunicipalCommissioner or Pan-vel City Municipal Com-missioner, manyshops, salons, spa andbeauty parlours inUlwe remained openand continued to dobrisk business. Whenquestioned, their replywas “we have not re-ceived any notice or cir-cular from the author-

ities”.When contacted

Priya Ratmabe, ChiefPRO, CIDCO said, “Wehave ordered and giv-en the notice for the

closure of all the estab-lishments except es-sential services. Fail-ure to do so would in-

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: VijayNahata, Shiv SenadeputyleaderandChairman- MumbaiSlumImprove-mentBoard,MHADA(Ministerof State)has urgedthe ShivSena office bearers

Vijay Nhata urges Shiv Sena tosupport daily wage workers

and supporters to helpthe daily wage work-ers and needy people

who havebeenadverselyaffecteddue to theclosure ofvariousestablish-mentsacrossstate inview ofrecentoutbreak

of Coronavirus.

CR temporarily cancelsAC local trains

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: As a measure to prevent the spreadof coronavirus theCentral Railwayhas suspended air-conditioned trainson its route. Thereare a total of 246trains on theThane-Vashi-Ner-ul-Panvel route onthe Trans-Har-bour route.

cial from NMMT.“Masks have been

distributed to supervi-sory staff, sanitationstaff and securityguards. Posters de-

signed to raise aware-ness of corona virus(COVID-19) by munici-pal health departmentwill be put on buses,”he added.

NMMT takes precautions...Contd. from pg. 1

By Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Kon-kan Divisional Com-missioner ShivajiDaund has given in-structions to all DistrictCollector and Chief Ex-ecutive Officer and Mu-nicipal Commissionerof the department forsetting up of isolationrooms in Four StarHotel for every travel-er coming from abroad.Late on Thursdaynight, the Konkan Di-visional Commissionercommunicated withthe District Collectorand Chief ExecutiveOfficer and MunicipalC o m m i s s i o n e r sthrough video confer-encing and informedabout this. He also re-viewed the measuresundertaken to preventthe spread of the Coro-na virus.

Fifteen days ago,instructions for collect-ing village, ward andcity-wise information ofall citizens from abroad

Isolation rooms set up in FourStar Hotels in Konkan region

Facility for 8000 passengers made available

had been given to theauthorities in each dis-trict and city. Also, theprovision of transportfor these passengerswill be made throughthe Revenue Depart-ment.

Separation roomshave been set up inFour Star Hotels locat-ed outside the urbanareas of Raigad, Ratna-giri, Sindhudurg,Thane etc. ShivajiDaund has said that ifthe passengers who arestaying in the separa-tion room for 14 daysare inconvenienced, theconcerned authoritieswill be held responsi-ble. “These passengerswill be cared for. Thegovernment has giventhe necessary funds tothe department office,”said Mr. Daund.

Besides this, themarkets in Konkan re-gion have also beenclosed and no establish-ment or service will bestarted on Sunday.

Uran: To combat the outbreak of the corona virus spread-ing rapidly across the state, the Uran Merchants Associ-ation on Friday has called for the closure of shops. Chair-man of Uran Merchants Association Uran MLA MaheshBaldi Vice President Kaushik Shah, Secretary HastimalMehta and members decided to close Uran Bazar Pethon Friday. (By Dinesh Pawar)

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Regional Director ofKonkan RegionalDivision of MSEDCLAnkush Nale had beendirected to launch acampaign againstelectricity theft.Accordingly, BhandupCircle Chief Engineer,under the guidance of

MSEDCL takes stringentaction against power thefts

Pushpa Chavan, all thedivision at offices inBhandup circle havetaken stringent actionagainst power theft.

Vashi unit Superin-tending Engineer R. BMane and ExecutiveEngineer ShyamakantBorse, checked thehouse of PandurangHari Patil and found

that he had stolenelectricity at hisresidence. Againstthis, under theElectricity Act, thepolice station hasregistered a crime ofelectricity theftagainst PandurangPatil and asked himto pay Rs 26,230 fortheft of 2268 units.

Corporator Rajendra spreadsawareness on Coronavirus

PANVEL: The corpo-rator of Panvel CityMunicipal Corporation(PCMC) RajendraSharma along with hissupporters and underthe guidance of MLAPrashant Thakur hasstarted spreadingawareness on Coronavi-rus. The corporator hasplaced posters at impor-tant places in Kalambo-li with important infor-

mation about what pre-cautions to be taken inorder to prevent thespread of Coronavirus.They have already dis-tributed other goods.

Panvel is the me-tropolis connecting thetwo metros of Mumbaiand Pune. NationalHighways pass throughthis location. Kalambolihas the largest iron oremarket in Asia. A few

kilometre away is theJNPT port. Also, thework of Navi MumbaiInternational Airport ison at a war footing.Apart from this there isMIDC, Railway Stationand the city of NaviMumbai. “Governmentagencies have takenprecautions. PanvelCity Municipal Corpo-ration is also workingon this,” said Sharma.

Deserted road on the Mumbai- Pune route as citizens are remaining indoors (By Chan-drashekhar Hendve)

By: Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: In thewake of the outbreak ofthe corona virus, the an-nual exam of standard1st to 8th in the statehave been canceled, saidMinister Varsha Gaik-wad while speaking ata special press confer-ence on Friday.

Gaikwad furthersaid that a decision hasbeen taken in this re-gard considering thehealth issues of the chil-

Examination canceled for students fromstandards 1st to 8th: Minister Varsha Gaikwad

lated as per the stu-dents’ performancethroughout the year.The remaining examsof Class 9th and 11thwill be held after April15. The two papers ofclass X which are onSaturday and Mondaywill be as per schedule.

All teachers, exceptthe required teachersand non-teaching staffrelated to the Class Xexam, have been askedto work from home.

dren. The examina-tions for the studentsfrom 1st to 8th havebeen canceled this yearand the results of thestudents will be calcu-

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Corona virusis spreading rapidlyacross the state. Vari-ous measures are be-ing undertaken by theUran Municipal Coun-cil to control its spread.

The Uran Munici-pal Council Chief,Avadhut Tawde, CityPresident Saily Mha-tre, Vice PresidentJayavish RaviranBharoi, Naveen Ravi-ran Koli, Aswari Ravi-ran Koli, Vice Presi-dent and CouncilorKaushik Shah, as wellas all Councilors, UranMunicipal Council arespreading awarenessabout Corona.

A special sanitation

Uran Municipal Council spreadsawareness about COVID-19

campaign has beenlaunched in the UranMunicipal Council areaand fumigation is being

carried out. City Coun-cilor Saily Mhatre, cor-porators, councilorsand administration

have been raisingawareness about Coro-na. Hoardings are beingplaced, audio clips are

being circulated. Allshops other than shopsselling essential goods,hotels have been closed.

1000 masks and 300 bottles of 100ml sanitizers were distributed by former TransportPresident of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Anwar Sheikh on behalf of ZeenatAnwar Shaikh-Bhoir to the citizens of ward no 69 at Turbhe store (By ChandrashekharHendve)

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The highly-conta-gious Corona virus haspushed cities to go un-der lock down, leavingstreets desolate, al-most making themghost towns. Residentsof Wuhan in Chinahave taken precautionfrom contracting thedisease by staying in-doors and avoiding hu-man contact. The vi-rus first originated inChina's Wuhan andhas now spread to sev-eral countries such asJapan, Singapore andIndia. More than 1380people have died as perofficial figures releasedby China. The spreadof the highly conta-gious virus has severe-ly impacted not justnormal life but alsocommerce in Wuhan.

As concerns havegrown on the spread ofthe virus, countrieshave issued advisoriesto citizens travellingin and out of China,Thailand, Singaporeand Japan. Airlineshave suspended servic-

Coronavirus: Time to exercise precaution and help government machinerieses to multiple cities inChina, leading to amassive loss in the in-dustry as well as thetourism sector. The In-ternational Civil Avia-tion Organisation saidthat this could lead toa USD 4-5 billion dropin worldwide airlinerevenue. About 70 air-

lines have cancelled allinternational flights

In India cities likeBengaluru appearsdesolated as all the ITcompanies grantedpermission to its em-ployees to work fromhome till until furtherorders. Eateries in Sin-gapore is desolated andit looks a total break-down. In Pune, theshops are closed androads show a desertedlook as human move-ment now came to astandstill. Mumbai,the commercial capital

is also feeling the heatof Corona virus break-down taking toll. Ifyou're feeling extraanxiety these days dueto the Covid-19 Coronavirus, you're not alone.This pandemic has usall facing more stressand uncertainty thanusual. It also has many

of us asking: How dowe keep from spiral-ling into full-blownpanic?

India seems quiteblase about Corona Vi-rus disease 2019 (Cov-id-19), even it spreadsalarmingly through-out the world withmore than a lakh peo-ple being infected andthe number of fatalitiesclimbing upwards.The World Health Or-ganisation has de-clared the outbreak aPublic Health Emer-gency of International

By C K Subramaniam

concern. Better councilprevailed and preven-tive measures are infull swing. We shouldbe careful for the next15 days to get rid of theCorona virus from thegrass root levels andfeel safe from furtherconcerns.

To make the Coro-

na virus drive moremeaningful, both do-mestic and foreigngroup tours arebanned for the timebeing. It is indeed aright step in the rightdirection at thepresent juncture.Even though facemasks and sanitisersare coming handy atthis hour, it is not thebe all and end all as aremedy. Now a Coronavirus vaccine is comeas a remedy and pre-vent spread of the dis-ease soon.

Last few days werethe most precious pe-riod for India to rampup its Corona virustesting facilities andprocedures, establishlakhs of Hospital bedsand isolation wards totreat victims, call uptens of thousands ofdoctors, nurses andhospital staff to treathighly contagious pa-tients, organise for fullprotective gear formedical personnel andgear up tens of croresof common people tominimize insidious as-ymptomatic and symp-tomatic spread of thisdangerous virus.

Railway has can-celled 84 more trains,which will not operatebetween March 20 andMarch 31 in view ofCorona virus and lowoccupancy in trains.With this, the totalnumber of cancelledtrains has climbed to155. The nationaltransporter had can-celled around 99 trains.

COVID-19 symp-toms can include fever,cough and shortness ofbreath. The illnessalso causes lung le-sions and pneumonia.Milder cases may re-semble the flu or a badcold, making detectiondifficult. Chinese re-searchers have shared

the whole genome se-quence of COVID-19,however apart fromsome basic details, notmuch is known aboutthe virus in terms ofits source, precise du-ration of incubation,severity, and whatmakes it quite easilytransmissible.

Precautionary mea-sures are taken on warfooting and specialtask force is kept readyin all the metropolitancenters to provide bestmedical treatment.Testing is done in air-ports and other placeswere people gatherround in 50 plus num-bers. Hand wash sani-tisers are provided atall the places to controlthe spread of the dis-ease and taken care forprevention. In spite oflarge population, Indiamanage things withproper perspective butblame game continuefrom every nook andcorner. Desolation ofroads give the correctpicture about the spreadof Corona virus and it istime to follow the guide-lines and protect our-selves by wearing amask. It is time to becautious and protect usfrom dreaded virus.The writer is a freelancer

from Sanpada, NaviMumbai

By Mr. Rakim

Chattopadhyay

(Post graduate in Human

Physiology & specialised

in Medical Nutrition,

Founder & CEO,

Esperer Onco Nutrition)

Infection andmalnutrition havealways been intri-cately linked. Malnu-trition is the primarycause of immunodefi-ciency worldwide,and we are learningmore and more aboutthe pathogenesis ofthis interaction.

Early 1960s, lesswas known aboutnutrition and infec-tion. We had abelieve that proteindeficiency (kwash-

Good Nutrition, Infection and Corona – Basic understandingiorkor), more thantotal calorie deficien-cy (marasmus), wasthe predominantbasis of nutritionproblems. Then westarted emphasizingon energy, with theassumption that if aperson consumedenough kilocalories ofenergy, all nutrientneeds would be met.Now we are mpreclear that malnutri-tion and nutritionalalterations, commoncomplications ofhuman immunodefi-ciency virus infec-tion, include disor-ders of food intake,nutrient absorption,and intermediary

metabolism and playa significant andindependent role inmorbidity andmortality. Thissimple understand-ing is the key in any

innovative researchor pandemic situa-tion like COVID 19,NIPA, Ebola etc.Human body physiol-ogy is equipped totackle any infection

proactively providedwe are aware of somebasic precaution andgive priority to ournutritional health.Important to know about

CORONA:

- NCV (Covid 19) isa subtype ofCorona VirusFamily

- These viruses areresponsible for flulike respiratory

diseases- Previous Corona

Virus diseaseswere SARS &MERS

- They are zoonotic(transmitted fromanimals)

Spread:

1. Droplet (cough)2. Fomite (hand to

mouth)3. Ingestion (food

borne – very rare)Diagnosis:

1. Real Time PCRAssay - Done onSputum / throatswab / body fluids.

2. Supportive test –Complete BloodCount, Chest X-ray, Chest CTScan.

Treatment:

No specific treat-ment, Isolation care,No vaccine availableSupportive Care (fluidsetc.)

Good NutritionKnow this:

1. Does not spreadfrom properlycooked non veg food

2. Does not spreadfrom Chinese food /carrier

3. No risk from pets4. Symptom free

people need not usemask

5. Every cough andcold is not Corona

6. Mild and Moderatedisease is curablewith supportivecare

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By Lakshman Sundar

Within a week afterhe addressed SAARCleaders on Sunday ,March 15, 2020 andcommitted with a US$10 million EmergencyFund to mitigate theagony caused by thewidespread of CoronaVirus, our honourablePM addressed the na-tion on Thursdayevening of March 19and urged the people tocooperate at this criti-cal moment. He speltout a 9-point action planfor this VasantNavratri in his addressto the nation:1. Every Indian should

be vigilant. Avoidstepping out of yourhomes until it is ab-solutely essential.

2. Those over the ageof 60 should remaininside their homesonly.

Prime Minister Modi calls for JantaCurfew to combat Corona Virus

3. Dutifully observeJanta Curfew onSunday, 22ndMarch 2020 from 7a.m. to 9 p.m.

4. At 5 p.m. on 22ndMarch 2020, the dayof the Janta Curfew,express gratitudefrom your homes to

those working roundthe clock to keep In-dia healthy (such asdoctors, nurses,paramedics, munic-ipal staff, armedforces, airport staff)

5. Avoid going to hos-pitals for routinecheck-ups. If there

are surgeries thatcan be postponed,kindly do so.

6. Formation of COV-ID-19 Economic Re-sponse Task Forceunder the leader-ship of the FinanceMinister to compre-hensively look atways to boost theeconomy.

7. Do not cut the wag-es of those workingin your homes, sup-port staff and driv-ers, gardeners.

8. Do not indulge inpanic buying. Indiahas enough food andration supplies.

9. Stay away from ru-mours.Adhering to our

PM’s sagacious sugges-tions will help Indiacome out of the CoronaVirus plight soon. So,let’s unite in defeatingthis monstrous virus.

60 year old man brutally hit byfellow passenger in the running train

By Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: PanditLadku Patil (60) asenior citizen wasbrutally kicked in thelocal train at Turbherailway station over asmall skirmish ongetting down from thetrain. Vashi RailwayPolice have arrestedMohd Arif Zahar AliSheikh, 24 who hadkicked Mr Patil, wholater succumbed to hisinjuries.

The deceased, MrPatil, was a residentof Koparkhairanewhile the accusedMohammad ArifZahar Ali Sheikh isfrom Dongri inMumbai. Moham-med’s sister lives inKopri village in APMCarea. Last Saturdayhe was coming fromThane to Turbhe viaNerul local to visither. Patil was travel-ing from Koparkhair-ane to Turbhe forsome work by thesame local. As theTurbhe RailwayStation approached,Patil came to thetrain’s gate to get off.

It was at this timethat Mohammed alsocame to the local gate.

A dispute betweenthe two turned intoargument and Mo-hammed Sheikh infury kicked Patil, whowas standing at thedoor of the local onTurbhe railwaystation platform. Patilwas severely injured.On seeing this theother passengers inthe local, caught holdof Mohammad ArifZahar Ali Sheikh andhanded him over tothe Railway Police atTurbhe RailwayStation. Patil, whowas critically injuredwas taken to VashiMunicipal Hospital.

However, becauseof the serious condi-tion of Patil, he waslater taken to FortisHospital for furthertreatment. He died onTuesday while under-going treatment.Meanwhile, VashiRailway Police firstregistered an attemptto murder caseagainst the accusedMohammed Arif

Sheikh, however,since Pandit Patil died, a murder case hasbeen registered.

Senior policeinspector NandkishoreSasta said that thecourt has sentencedhim to jail till March21.

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: JNPT Presi-dent Sanjay Sethi hassuggested takingnecessary measures totackle COVID-19during an emergencymeeting. Also, PHO(Port Health Officer) istaking full care that nocases of COVID-19enters the port. Seniorofficials of differentdepartments of theadministration werepresent at the meeting.

The JNPT adminis-tration has imposedseveral restrictions onvessels arriving fromChina after the Coronavirus spread. Shippingis allowed only after thepermission of threePort Health Officers(PHOs) of JNPT.

None of the person-nel on the ship aretaken to the port. All

JNPT takes precautionarymeasures against coronavirus

details of how manyships arrived, howmany were shippedand how many employ-ees were checked onthe ship are sent to theCentral Health Depart-ment, JNPT officialssaid.

The details of thecountries where coronascare is maximum ismade available to theJNPT administration.

Such vessels are notallowed to arrive inthe port for 15 days.Only after 15 daysafter the permission ofthree Port HealthOfficers (PHOs) of theJNPT, the vessels aregiven permission.

"There has notbeen much impact onimport and exporttrade," said Capt.Amit Kapoor.

By Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Ayoung man living inJhanshar area of??Uran after creatingfake Instagram ac-count of his sister's girl-friend, sent obscenephotos to the girl andthreatened to make

Man arrested for making fakeInstagram account of a woman

these viral on socialmedia. Yatin Naresh,32, was arrested by thecyber-cell of Navi Mum-bai police.

The complainant inthe incident and theaccused Yatin Ghar,who created a fake ac-count on Instagram,

both stay in the Uranarea. The complainant,who is Yatin's sister'sfriend became friendswith him too. Yatin cre-ated three different fakeInstagram accounts ofthe young girl and put

Contd. on pg. 9

vite stern action.”One of the employees of salon in Sector-23 said,

“I am not aware about the closure of Salon inUlwe. I have not been asked by my owner to keepthe shop closed.”

When Newsband Correspondent told ViteshMhatre who is local corporator of Ulwe Sector-2,3 and 5 about salons and spa not following theclosure notice, he himself went to all the salons

in Sector-2, 3 and 5 and asked them to shut downtheir shops for the benefit of the citizens.

“The shop owners like Pan Shops, salons, spa,beauty parlours and other establishments whichneed to remain closed are not following the gov-ernment orders. It is really sad. Also Ulwe as ofnow neither comes under the jurisdiction ofNMMC nor PCMC. CIDCO is still the authorityfor any notice or work. I will try my level best tosee that all the shops owners in my area that isSectoor-2, 3 and 5 follow the notice of the govern-ment.”

Salons, Spa, Beauty Parlours, Kitchen Uten-sils Shops, and Showrooms etc were open in Sec-tor-17, 19, 20, 21 and 23 of Ulwe area as well.

According to the sources from Ulwe there wasalso a wedding in the grounds of Sector 21 and23 of Ulwe on 19th March, 2020.

When Newsband spoke to Sanjay Shinde, Dep-uty Municipal Commissioner of Panvel City Mu-nicipal Corporation he said, “Ulwe doesn’t fall inour jurisdiction. In Panvel there is 100 percentimplementation of the order given by the PCMCchief.”

Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner SanjayKumar said that the police officials will look intothe matter and do the needful.

Blatant flouting...Contd. from pg. 1

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Food plaza at Vashi railway station remained closed (By Sumit Renose)

Shops at Vashi Sector 9, 10 remained opened despite orders by NMMC (By SumitRenose)

Salon operating at Vashi Sector 9 (By Sumit Renose)

Cafe was seen doing brisk business at Vashi Sector 10 (Sumit Renose)

All shops in sector 17, Vashi remained closed following orders from NMMC (By SumitRenose)

Few commuters seen at the bus stop in Vashi (By Sumit Renose)

Gulab Dairy corner in Koperkhairane wore a deserted look as shops remained closed(By Sumit Renose)

Very few commuters seen at Vashi Railway Station (By Sumit Renose)

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As far as Navi Mumbai is concerned, NMMC Commis-sioner and his team is doing their best but publicshould know their responsibilities in this situation. Onlyhome stay will make Corona go away. Go corona, Gocorona.Anilkumar Ubale, Journalist, Vashi

I appreciate the way our public services have respondedto the threat facing us in the form of corona virus. Fromissuing public notices to housing societies, keepingschools and colleges closed, testing people who have trav-eled abroad and a general upgrading of all medical facil-ities, providing numbers for easy access of people , itreally feels good that our civic bodies are alert . We thankall the civic bodies for doing their best.Vandana Mahajani, Social Worker, NRI Complex

Please give support to stop COVID 19 in the satellitecity. It is our prime responsibility to follow the instruc-tions of civic authorities as well Government. As part ofmeasures to contain the spread of Coronavirus, theNMMC authorities have taken various steps. However,these are only on paper but not seriously on ground.Earlier the authority had issued a notification for clos-ing roadside shops, commercial stores, outlets outsidethe railway stations and on footpaths on alternate days till the end ofMarch but its adherence is not seen on ground. Authority must take itseriously and make it their responsibility to see that these shops adhereto rules. If any, illegal shops running outside the public place, the respon-sibility of ward officers should be fixed as a part of their negligence of dutyunder BMC Act and the Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act, 2015.Action should also be initiated against the person/vendor violating mea-sures taken to contain the spread of the deadly virus as per BMC Act,1888,IPC and Disaster management Act, 2005. This is a good step and moni-toring of its implementation is required. Hence, I request the authoritiesto please work on ground, less in papers especially in these days. Oneprayer is also for my Navi Mumbaikars to cooperate with the authoritiesbecause they are working for us and don't take risk in this alarmingsituation.Anuj Kumar Pandey, Sr. Educationist and Social worker, Nerul

Coronavirus Pandemic has created an alarm around theworld. Preventive measures at mass level can majorlyhelp in spreading of the virus. As a contagious infectionspreading through cough, sneeze or physical touch; it'sa welcome act by our government of closing down educa-tional institutes minimizing infection possibility. Creat-ing hygiene awareness, providing sanitizers free of costwherever crowds are inevitable, also making sure eco-

nomical weaker sections are looked after. It's vital to avoid spreadingrumours and responsibility of all citizens too to support our Civic Bodieskeeping us healthy and safe.Poonam R. Khairnar, Counselor, Koperkhairane

Corona virus is the reality check we all needed. Whilebeing home quarantine is not what many of us are infavour of, but this in my opinion is the best initiativecivic administration has undertaken. Government staff,police and most importantly health care and hospitalstaff are working solely towards making our lives betterin such sensitive situation that the entire world is fac-ing. Best of the best actions are being taken by the gov-ernment, now as worthy citizens the responsibility of supporting our sav-iours and of fighting against Corona is ours.Samruddhi Vanarse, Actress, Kamothe

According to me they should keep disinfecting the hous-ing societies, gaothan areas as well as public transportlike NMMT from inside and outside. Keep checking thetravel history of a person day to day. Make people awarethrough various platform in large number. Roads alsoshould be disinfected.Ganga Singh Rajpurohit, Journalist, Seawoods

Navi Mumbaikars Speak : Your views on preventive measuresundertaken by civic bodies on controlling coronavirus

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21st March: World Down Syndrome DayBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: WorldDown Syndrome Day(WDSD) is observedeach year on March 21(the 3rd month of theyear) to signify theuniqueness of the trip-lication (Trisomy) of the21st chromosome whichcauses Down syndrome.The day is observed toraise public awarenessof Down Syndromeamong United Nationsits Member States, itsrelevant organizationsand other internationalorganizations, as wellas civil society, includ-ing Non-GovernmentalOrganizations and theprivate sector in an ap-propriate manner.

As per World HealthOrganisation (WHO), a

For representational purpose only

Ravi Prakash Singh, Fac-ulty at NIEPID RC NaviMumbai

specialised agency ofthe United Nations re-sponsible for interna-

tional public health, theestimated incidence ofDown syndrome is be-

tween 1 in 1,000 to 1 in1,100 live births world-wide. Each year, ap-proximately 3,000 to5,000 children are bornwith this chromosomedisorder.

The quality of life ofpeople with Down syn-drome can be improvedby meeting their healthcare needs, including

regular check-ups withhealth professionals tomonitor mental andphysical condition andto provide timely inter-vention be it physio-therapy, occupationaltherapy, speech thera-py, counselling or spe-cial education. Individ-uals with Down syn-drome can achieve op-timal quality of lifethrough parental careand support, medicalguidance, and commu-nity based support sys-tems such as inclusiveeducation at all levels.This facilitates theirparticipation in main-stream society and thefulfilment of their per-sonal potential.

The theme for theWorld Down Syndrome

Day 2020 is ‘We Decide’urging the need for fullparticipation of thosewho are affected withthis disability in deci-sion making about mat-ters relating to, or af-fecting, their lives inline with the core hu-man rights principlesupported by the Unit-ed Nations Conventionon the Rights of Per-sons with Disabilities(CRPD).

Ravi PrakashSingh. Lecturer in Spe-cial Education. Nation-al Institute for the Em-powerment of Personswith Intellectual Dis-ability (Divyangjan),Regional Centre, NaviMumbai shares his

Contd. on pg. 7

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Issue : 272 21 March, 2020

Janata Curfew: For the people,by the people, of the people in our

fight against CoronavirusAlarmed by the rising cases of Coronavirus in the country and

with an aim to contain its spread, the Prime Minister, NarendraModi has requested the countrymen to follow “Janata Curfew” onMarch 22 from 7 am till 9 pm and stay at home during this period.With the exception of people who are working in essential servic-es such as police, medical services, media, home deliver, fire fight-ing etc., all citizens have been urged to stay off the roads and pub-lic places on 22nd March. The citizens have also been urged toencourage the people working in essential services and expressour gratitude towards them for working relentlessly in fighting thecoronavirus pandemic, by standing in the balconies or doorwaysand clapping hands and ringing bells for five minutes.

With India reporting its fourth death due to coronavirus onThursday, which has affected over 100 countries across the world,it has become important for each one of us to join hands with thegovernment machineries in fighting our battle against this pan-demic.

It is unfortunate that despite efforts by the civic bodies, manycitizens are failing to abide by the rules, which have been framedfor their own safety as well as for the safety of the masses. Despitethe administration restricting movement of people in several partsand closing public spaces to restrict the gathering, people can stillbe seen roaming around freely and gathering at places.

Undoubtedly, this is the time to show solidarity and exerciserestraint. The world is passing through a grave crisis and we shouldall join hands in combating the pandemic with great determina-tion. Studies of countries hit by the pandemic have revealed that itexploded after a few days, and the number of people infected by itgrew at a very rapid pace. In such a situation, the best course ofaction is to exercise “social distancing” by staying indoors. Let usall follow the directives of central and state governments to com-bat coronavirus. Let us all follow “Janata Curfew” and expressour solidarity with the countrymen.

By: Dr. Firuzi Mehta

Depression is de-scribed as a feeling ofsadness, unhappiness,being ‘down in thedumps’. We all feelthis way at some pointin our lives, but it isusually short-lasting.True clinical depres-sion is a mood disorderin which these feelingscontinue for an extend-ed period of time andinterfere with our dai-ly lives. Depression af-ter pregnancy is calledpostpartum depres-sion and can occur fol-lowing childbirth andwithin a year after de-livery.

CAUSESIt's common for

mothers to experiencesome degree of depres-sion during the firstweeks after birth.Pregnancy and birthare accompanied bysudden hormonalchanges that affectemotions. Additionally,the 24-hour responsi-bility for a new borninfant represents amajor psychologicaland lifestyle adjust-ment for most moth-ers--even if it is not thefirst child. A feeling ofloss of one’s own iden-tity, a loss of an attrac-tive figure, a loss ofone’s own time can alsotrigger such depres-sion. These physicaland emotional stress-es are usually accom-panied by inadequaterest until the baby'sroutine stabilizes, sofatigue and depressionare not unusual.

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS• Feelings of sadness,

hopelessness orgloom.

• Appetite andweight loss.

• Restlessness, irrita-

Homeopathy forPostpartum Depression

bility.• Crying spells.• Feeling worthless

and guilty.• Loss of interest in

activities.• Sleep disturbances

or frighteningdreams.

• Loss of energy; fa-tigue.

• Slow speech andthought.

• Frequent headachesand other physicaldiscomfort.

• Confusion aboutone's ability to im-prove life.

• Withdrawal fromfriends and family.

RISK INCREASES WITH• Stress.• Lack of sleep.• Poor nutrition.• Lack of support

from one's partner,family or friends.

• Pre-existing anxietyor neurosis.

POSSIBLE COMPLICA-TIONS• Lack of bonding be-

tween mother andinfant, which isharmful to both.

• Serious depressionthat may be accom-panied by aggressivefeelings toward thebaby, a loss of pridein appearance andhome, loss of appetiteor compulsive eat-ing, withdrawalfrom others or sui-cidal tendencies.PROBABLE OUTCOME:

With support fromfriends and family, mildpostpartum depressionusually disappearsquickly. If depressionbecomes severe, a moth-er may not be able tocare for herself and thebaby, and medical helpmay be necessary. Med-ication, counselling andsupport from othersusually cure even se-vere depression in 3 to6 months.

GENERAL MEASURES• Don't feel guilty if

you have mixed feel-ings about mother-hood. Adjustmentand bonding taketime.

• Schedule frequentoutings, such as

walks and shortvisits with friendsor family. Thesehelp prevent feel-ings of isolation.

• Have your babysleep in a separateroom. You willsleep more restful-ly.

• Ask for daytimehelp from family orfriends who willshop for you or carefor the baby whileyou rest.

• Have a good bal-anced diet withplenty of freshfruits and vegeta-bles.

• If you feel de-pressed, share yourfeelings with yourpartner or a friendwho is a good lis-tener. Talking withother mothers canhelp you keep prob-lems in perspec-tive. Resume yournormal activitiesas soon as possible.Resume sexual re-lations within 3 to4 weeks after deliv-ery. Ask your doc-tor for specific in-structions.HOMEOPATHY

takes into account theentire emotional,mental and physicalcharacteristics of themother along withthe life situation andmedicine is prescribedto bring the motherback into a state ofhealthy balance.There are no suppres-sion of symptoms andno side-effects, only agentle restoration tohealth.

Dr. Firuzi Mehtaqualified in homeopath-ic medicine in 1997 and

then completed herHMD from the British

Institute of Homoeopa-thy, London. She

recently graduated fromthe prestigious

International Academyof Homeopathy, Greece.She is also qualified in

the practice of Mistletoetherapy for cancer. Shepractices from her clinic

in Tardeo, Mumbai. http://www.homoeopathie.in

How Hazmat Suits Work?By Arun Kr Shrivastav

In the wake ofCOVID-19, have younoticed medicos wear-ing a special protectivesuit covering themfrom head to toe? Whatis it and how it works?This piece of clothing iscalled hazmat suit.

A hazmat suit is atype of personal protec-tive equipment (PPE)for professionals inmany industrial sectorswho have to deal withdangerous substancesas part of their job. Forexample, doctors andmedics treating Ebolapatients in somecountries in Africa areoften pictured wearinghazmat suits.

A hazmat suit is

whole-body protectiveclothing designed tosafeguard the wearerfrom dangeroussubstances andmaterials, for example,gases and toxic air,biological or chemicalagents. Hazmat is ashort form of hazard-ous material. Thesesuits are made withseveral special materi-als that are selected toprovide completeimpregnability fromthe outside environ-ment.

Generally speak-ing, hazmat suit wouldcover a large variety ofprotective clothingthat can block offhazardous materials.For a better under-

standing of howhazmat suits work,please read on.

How Do Hazmat SuitsWork?

The hazmat suitsare made to completelyseparate the wearerfrom the environmentin which he is work-ing. The suit has to beimpermeable so thatthe chemical orbiological substancesdo not come in contactwith the wearer.

A scientist workingwith toxic gases wouldbe wearing a hazmatsuit but his suit wouldbe different from abrewer who is workingwith liquid disinfec-

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By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: In view ofsudden surge of passen-gers from Mumbai ar-eas to destinations toEast and North of Indiain the wake of COVID19(Corona Virus) Pan-demic, Central Railway(CR) has planned Spe-cial Trains for clearingthis extra rush of pas-sengers to various des-tinations such as Pat-na, Howrah, Danapur,Gorakhpur, Mandu-adih, Balharshah. Thedetails are as under:

A) Lokmanya Ti-lak Terminus toGorakhpur

Train no. 02013 willdepart from LokmanyaTilak Terminus (LTT),Mumbai at 0110 hrs o-nSaturday 21st March,2020 and arrive at Gora-khpur at 0745 hrs o-nSunday 22nd March,2020. The above Specialwill comprise of One 3AC, Seventeen SecondSleeper Class and SixGeneral Second Classcoaches. Halts en-routeincludes Thane, Kaly-an, Igatpuri, NashikRoad, Bhusaval, Itarsi,Habibganj, Jhansi,Kanpur, Barabanki,Gonda and Basti sta-tions.

B) Lokmanya Ti-lak Terminus toManduadih

Train no. 01057 willdepart from LokmanyaTilak Terminus (LTT),Mumbai at 0045 hrs o-nSaturday 21st March,

CR to run Special Trains inthe wake of COVID19 today

2020 and arrive atManduadih at 0445 hrso-n Sunday 22nd

March, 2020. The aboveSpecial will comprise ofO-ne 2AC, Three 3AC,Fourteen Second Sleep-er Class and Five Gen-eral Second Class coach-es. Halts en-route in-cludes Kalyan, Igatpu-ri, Bhusaval, Khandwa,Itarsi, Jabalpur, Katni,Satna, Manikpur, Pray-agraj Chheoki and Vara-nasi stations.

C) Mumbai toPatna

Train no. 01101 willdepart from Chhatra-pati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT) at0020 hrs o-n Saturday21st March, 2020 andarrive at Patna at 0735hrs o-n Sunday 22ndMarch, 2020. The aboveSpecial will comprise ofFourteen Second Sleep-er Class and Six Gener-al Second Class coach-es. Halts en-route in-cludes Dadar, Kalyan,

Igatpuri, Nashik Road,Bhusaval, Itarsi, Ja-balpur, Katni, Satna,

Manikpur, PrayagrajChheoki and Deen Day-al Upadhyay Jn. Sta-tions.

D) Mumbai toGorakhpur

Train no. 02025 willdepart from LokmanyaTilak Terminus (LTT),Mumbai at 0430 hrs o-nSaturday 21st March,2020 and arrive at Gora-khpur at 0920 hrs o-no-n Sunday 22ndMarch, 2020. The aboveSpecial will comprise ofTwenty Second Class,One Chair Car and TwoGeneral Second Classcoaches. Halts en-routeincludes Thane, Kaly-an, Igatpuri, NashikRoad, Bhusaval,Khandwa, Itarsi,Habibganj, Jhansi,Kanpur, Barabanki andGonda stations.

Reservation for theabove Specials are al-ready open.

For representational purpose only

21st March:

World Down..Contd. from pg. 5

About Down Syndrome:• Down Syndrome is named after the English

Doctor, John Langdon Down, who was thefirst to categorize the common features ofpeople with the condition.

• As per World Health Organization the in-cidence of Down Syndrome is 1 per 1000child.

• Down Syndrome is also known as Trisomy21 which is a chromosomal abnormity inwhich 21st pair of chromosome contain 1extra chromosome and become trisomy.The total number of chromosomes in hu-man body become 47 instead of 46.

• Theme for the World Down Syndrome Day2020 is ‘We Decide’

views with Newsbandon the eve of WorldDown Syndrome Day.The same is detailedbelow:

United NationsGeneral Assembly de-clared 21st March tocelebrate as WorldDown Day from theyear 2012. Under DownSyndrome, 21st pair ofchromosome of HumanBody become Trisomyi.e. instead of 2 chromo-somes there are 3 chro-mosomes. Therefore 21/03 decided as WorldDown Syndrome Day.Due to this the totalnumber of chromo-somes in Human Bodybecome 47 instead of46.

Prevention of DownSyndrome may be doneby consulting thetrained doctor duringpregnancy and under-going the diagnostictest as advised by thedoctor. At the time ofbirth Down Syndromemay be identified byobserving physical fea-tures of the new bornbaby such as- flat nose,flat forehead, protrud-ing tongue, rashy skin,short height, very lim-ited and distorted lineson palm and lower sideof the feet.

Majority of childrenwith Down Syndromemay range from mild tosevere level of intellec-tual disability. Howev-er, many children withDown Syndrome are so-cially very active. Theymay like to make socialrelationships, listenmusic, dancing, sports,etc. Many athletes withDown Syndrome wonmedals at Internation-al Level in events likeSpecial Olympics. It isimportant to createawareness about theabilities of persons withDown Syndrome with-in the society. Also ad-

vocacy and self-advoca-cy training is requiredto empower the personswith Down Syndromeand their families.

Due to the lack ofawareness about DownSyndrome the rehabili-tation of person affect-ed with the conditionbecome challenging.With advance medicalfacilities and rehabilita-

tion services, few per-sons with Down Syn-drome are able to availappropriate trainingand become indepen-dent at personal, socialand economical levels.However, on the con-trary a very large num-ber of persons withDown Syndrome andtheir families are strug-gling to fulfil their ba-sic needs due to the lackof information and re-habilitation facilities.

It is very importantto train the childrenwith Down Syndromein their activities of dai-ly living such as- toilet-ing, bathing, grooming,dressing, brushing, etc.so that they may be-come independent intheir personal careskills. Once they be-come an adult, the skilltraining and employ-ment may be given asper their abilities, inter-est and employment op-portunities available intheir nearby communi-ty. This will developtheir self-confidence,

reduce dependency andmake them productivemember of the society.

In current scenarioit is important to seewhether persons withDown Syndrome aregetting benefitted withlatest schemes and pro-visions made by Stateand Central Govern-ment. It is necessary toincrease the participa-

tion of persons withDown Syndrome in thesociety, reduce theirpoverty and provideequal opportunity andaccess to quality reha-bilitation services.

Persons with DownSyndrome with bench-mark disability (morethan 40% disability)may avail benefits ofvarious schemes andprovisions made by Gov-ernment of India suchas:1. Provision of Legal

Guardianship un-der National TrustAct 1999

2. Health InsuranceScheme Niramaya

3. Skill Training andEmployment

4. Inclusive/special ed-ucation services.

5. Reservation in jobsfor developmentaldisability is 1% un-der Rights of Per-sons with Disabilityacts which also in-clude Persons withDown Syndromewith benchmarkdisability

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Two people havebeen arrested by a special anti-narcotics team for selling theGanja-based drug substance atTurbhe Naka. A native of Odissa,the accused have been identified asChinmay Vibhuti Sahani (24) andDeep Girish Bhanushali (21). Policehave seized about 22 kilograms ofganja.

A special anti-narcotics team hadbeen informed that two persons willbe coming to the area to sell Ganjain Turbha Naka area under thecontrol of Pankaj Dahane, DeputyCommissioner of Police. According-

22 kg of ganja seized fromTurbhe Naka worth Rs 5 lakh

ly, Assistant Police Inspector ofSpecial Squad Gangadhar Devdeand his team laid a trap in theTurbhe Naka area at around 9 pmon Thursday. Chinmay Sahani andDeep Bhanushali were bothsuspected to have come near RajHote at Turbhe Naka. A specialanti-narcotics team detained them.

Later, when the police inspect-ed the tourist bag, they foundganja worth Rs 5 lakh 33 thou-sand. Both the accused arrested inthe operation are from Ordissa andthey have been booked at TurbheMIDC Police Station under NDPS.Further investigation is underway.

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Letters to the Editor....

How to bring positivityinto our life

Mahatma Gandhi once said that “A man is butthe product of his thoughts what he thinks, hebecomes.” Changing ones thoughts is very similarto changing ones habits, any habit. Increasing the positivity in our life issimple, but not easy. We have to take responsibility and make it happen,because no one will do it for us. Most of the time, we are being surroundedwith a ton of negativity in our lives.

We are constantly being bombarded with pressure and stressful situa-tions, but it is our choice how we are going to respond to them. By choos-ing to take a positive outlook on life, you can begin to shift out of a nega-tive frame of mind and see life as filled with possibilities and solutionsinstead of worries and obstacles. We must believe in ourselves and re-member the most important lesson that a positive outlook is a choice thatwe can always make. Not only we need to be positive with ourselves butalso need to be positive with others. Let us choose to be positive, choose tobe happy as life is short.

Vinod C. Dixit, Ahmedabad

Justice for Nirbhaya at lastThe four Nirbhaya rapists deserved what they got. Other rapists should

learn a lesson from this incident and not treat women like sex objects inorder to satisfy their carnal desires. Now that they have been executed,March 20 should be celebrated as Nirbhaya Divas every year as a remem-brance. But what about the juvenile who has raped Nirbhaya too. Whywas he left with just a light warning? Besides giving him a light warn-ing, why has he been hidden in an isolated place where no one knowswhere he is? Is there an answer to this? How much money has he bribedthe court to let him off with just a light warning?

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

Floored before the floor testAs in the past, the floor test in the assembly is just fake and no useful

purpose is served unless the speaker initiate right steps to bring demo-cratic set up to the floor of the house. In Indian assembly set up, theGovernor is less powerful and the speaker is the sole proprietor. In MPthe speaker tried to save Kamal Nath government. It is generally speltthat the government ‘by the people, for the people and of the people” butthat doctrine is not a workable solution as might is the right. How longwe see the things move against the norms and done according to thewhims and fancies of the ruling party.

Kamalnath's government does not have majority and floored beforethe floor test. Even Corona virus could not save the government. NowKamalnath is out and Kamal in.

Calicut Krishnan Ramani, Sector 13, PB Road, Vashi

tant or a doctortreating an Ebolapatient at a hospital.So to assign the rightkind of hazmat suit fordifferent levels ofrisks, it has beendivided into fourcategories.• Level A: The highest

category of safety isassigned to Level Asuits. Equippedwith full-face selfcontained breath-ing apparatus

(SCBA), these suitsare airtight andcompletely separatethe wearer from theoutside. It is alsoequipped with atwo-way radio.These suits are idealfor working in anextremely danger-ous atmospherewhere a highamount of vapors,mists, gases orparticles arepresent.

• Level B: These suitsare chemical-resistant and

splash-protective,with boots andgloves that protectagainst liquids atpar with Level A. Itretains the breath-ing equipment ofLevel A but is notairtight. These canbe used whenhandling gases thataren’t harmful tothe skin. Level Bsuits are used whenrisks to the skinfrom the hazardousmaterial around arevery limited.

• Level C: These suits

are equipped withrespiratory protec-tion equipmentwhile the garmentremains the sameas that of Level B.These suits andmeant for dealingwith biohazardssuch as decontami-nation of patients.

• Level D: These suitsare not meant toprotect againstchemicals andwould includeprotective garment,face shield, longgloves, boots with

steel toes, andglasses.

How to Put Them On?Putting on the full

suit along with thePPE (goggles, gloves,boots, etc.) can takeabout half an hour. Thesuit is worn over thenormal clothing andbefore the gloves,sleeves, boots, facemasks so that in theend there is no openingfrom where the outsidecontamination cancome in contact withthe wear. The hazmatsuit is finally secured

around ankles, wrists,neck, face, and thewaist.

Final ThoughtsThe hazmat suit

offers complete impreg-nability from theoutside environmentthat could be highlydangerous for thewearer. A range ofquality material andprotective gear are usedto achieve a highdegree of safety for thewearer of these suits.(The writer is afreelance journalist basedin Ulwe)

How Hazmat..Contd. from pg. 6

MUMBAI: Federal Bank had invit-ed applications from meritorious stu-dents pursuing MBBS, Engineering,BSc Nursing, BSc Agriculture in-cluding BSc (Hons) Co-operation &Banking with Ag-riculture Sciencesand MBA from thestates of Kerala,Tamilnadu, Maha-rashtra and Gu-jarat for Federal Bank Hormis Me-morial Foundation Scholarships forthe academic year 2019-20. A hun-dred and thirteen students have beenselected for the scholarships and thelist of selected students is publishedon the Bank’s website www.federalbank.co.in/ corporate-social- respon-sibility.

46 students from Kerala, 17 stu-

Results of Federal Bank HormisMemorial Scholarship Announced

dents from Maharashtra, 21 stu-dents from Gujarat and 25 studentsfrom Tamilnadu got selected forscholarships. In addition, 3 studentsin physically challenged category and

1 student who isdependent child ofmartyred armedforce personnelalso have been se-lected for the schol-

arship. Selected students will be re-imbursed 100% of tuition fees andother fees paid as per the fee struc-ture of the college, subject to a max-imum of ¹ 1 lakh per year. Studentsare eligible for one Personal Comput-er during their course of study (with-in the overall limit of ¹ 1 lakh peryear). Summary of the selection listis furnished below.

States Stream No. of studentsbenefitted

Kerala MBBS 7 Engineering 5 BSc Nursing 21 MBA 8 BSc Agriculture 5 Maharashtra MBBS 5 Engineering 5 BSc Nursing 2 MBA 5 Gujarat MBBS 5 Engineering 5 BSc Nursing 4 MBA 2 BSc Agriculture 5 Tamil Nadu MBBS 3 Engineering 5 BSc Nursing 5 MBA 5 BSc Agriculture 7 Physically Challenged 3Dependent wards of Martyred Armed Force Personnel 1

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FedEx Express MEISA President signs CEO statementof Support for women’s empowerment principles

MUMBAI: FedEx Ex-press, a subsidiary ofFedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) and the world’slargest express transpor-tation company an-nounced that JackMuhs, Regional Presi-dent of FedEx Expressfor the Middle East, In-dian Subcontinent andAfrica region, has signedthe CEO statement ofsupport for the Women’sEmpowerment Princi-ples – Equality meansBusiness.

Established by theUnited Nations GlobalCompact and UnitedNations Women, theWomen’s EmpowermentPrinciples are a set ofseven actions that com-panies choose to adopt toadvance gender equality

in the workplace andcommunity.

Muhs endorsed thestatement of support inthe presence of regionalleadership and teammembers in Dubai.

Muhs said, “We be-lieve that every team

member deserves anequal opportunity topursue their personaland professional goals.By supporting the Wom-en’s Empowerment

Principles, we will sus-tain our efforts to con-tinue developing a suc-cessful diverse work-place environmentwhere all team mem-bers have the chanceand opportunity to par-ticipate and succeed.”

A report by McKin-sey Global Institutestates that USD 12 tril-lion could be added toglobal GDP by 2025 ifgender equality is

strengthened. Recogniz-ing that companies playa major role in improv-ing gender balance inthe workplace, FedExcommits to implement-ing the Women’s Em-powerment Principlesby providing equal

workplace opportuni-ties, attracting diversetalent, and modellingpositive team behaviorthat is free of genderbias.

With a People-Ser-vice-Profit philosophy atthe heart of the compa-ny, FedEx is a strongsupporter of genderequality both inside and

the photo of the complainant on his profile. Hethen contacted the young woman and demandedher to send obscene photos on Instagram. Howev-er, after the young girl denied him, the accusedYatin threatened to make these viral and also thevideo of the girl in the hotel in Goa, and demand-ed her nude photos and money.

The woman, who was terrified by the incident,lodged a complaint with the Uran police station.According to the complaint, Uran police launcheda search against the unidentified person while thecyber cell of Navi Mumbai police started trackingdown the accused. Accordingly Cyber Cell Assis-tant Police Inspector Vishal Mane and his teamimmediately closed the fake Instagram accountcreated by the victim. The accused was later iden-tified as the brother of the victim's girlfriend.

outside of the organiza-tion, and was named byForbes Magazine in2019 as one of the BestEmployers for Diversityglobally.

Man arrested... Contd. from pg. 3

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Ulwe’s auto drivers turn into good Samaritans

They are providing hand sanitizers to passengers and asking them to wear masks

By Abhitash D.Singh

ULWE: In the wakeup of pandemic coro-navirus, the auto driv-ers of Ulwe have turnedinto good Samaritans.They are setting an ex-ample for others by do-ing social work like pro-viding the passengers inthe auto with hand san-itizers and asking themto clean their hands.They are also request-ing the passengers sit-ting in their auto towear masks for theirown safety.

When NewsbandCorrespondent had aword with four autodriv-ers of Ulwe who are themembers of “SthanikPrakalpgrast RikshawChalak Malak Sang-htana” of Morawe Gaonin Sector-3 they all to-

gether echoed, “Weknow that country isgoing through a verydifficult phase. We allneed to fight with coro-navirus which hasbeen declared pandem-ic in Maharashtra. Wewant to play our partin supporting the coun-try in controlling thespread of coronavirus.”

Ravindra Patil, anautodriver from UlweSector-3 said, “Indiahas registered around205 cases of coronavi-rus till date and the fig-ure is still counting. Inorder to avoid thespread of these danger-ous diseases both cen-tral and state govern-ment along with mu-

nicipal corporationsand other local bodiesare taking many initi-atives. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi ad-dressed the nation on19th March, 2020 at8pm and MaharashtraChief Minister UddhavThackeray too took thepress conference on20th March, 2020 at

around 2pm and theyboth have asked the cit-izens to support themand help them in com-bating coronavirus.They have asked thecitizens to stay at homeif possible. We too un-derstand our duty andthe reason we are car-rying sanitizers in ourautorickshaws and ifpassengers do not havesanitizers, we givethem to clean theirhands. All the auto-drivers of Ulwe Sector-3, Sector-2 and Sector-5 are wearing the maskso that others can learnfrom us. We also re-quest the passengerstoo to wear the mask.”

Gyaneshwar Patil,another auto driver ofSthanik PrakalpgrastRikshaw Chalak Malak

Sanghtana said, “Wehave also put the noticeon the notice board aboutsupporting the PrimeMinister decision of “Jan-ta Curfew” on 22ndMarch, 2020. We haveasked all the autodriversin Ulwe not to run theautorickshaw from 21stMarch, 2020 from mid-night 12 till 22nd March,2020 11pm.”

Local CorporatorVitesh Mhatre of UlweSector-2, 3 and 5 speak-ing with Newsband said,“I am very proud andhappy of all the autodrivers of Ulwe Sector-2, 3 and 5 who are do-ing the appreciable workin the wake of danger-ous coronavirus for thebenefit of society. Theyare setting an examplefor others.”

Greens see red as Uran garbage dump near ONGC pipeline repeatedly catches fireNAVI MUMBAI: The

civic garbage dump onmangroves and wet-land at Bori Pakhadi inUran has caught firesecond time in threedays causing concernamong local residentsand environmentalistswho have been waginga relentless battle for12 years to have themound moved.

The garbage dumpcaught fire on for thesecond time on Fridayafternoon and earlier onWednesday night whenthe alert residentscaught hold of threepeople who came withan LCV load of thesnacks and sauce bot-tles and handed themover to the police. Thepolice registered anFIR against three peo-ple under section 336 ofthe IPC which says:“Whoever does any actso rashly or negligent-ly as to endanger hu-man life or the person-al safety others, shallbe punished with im-prisonment of either de-scription for a termwhich may extend tothree months or withfine which may extendto two hundred and fif-

ty rupees, or withboth.”

Local residents andenvironmentalistshave been fighting forlong for shifting thedumping site to a saf-er location and com-

plained to all authori-ties – from the PrimeMinister to the Man-grove Protection andConservation Commit-tee. The PMO hadclosed the case afterthe Uran MunicipalCouncil (UMC) prom-ised that they wouldtake proper care whiledisposing of the city

garbage, local activistSamir Ashrit said.

Following a series ofcomplaints, the HighCourt appointed Man-grove Protection andConservation Commit-tee had ordered CIDCO

and Raigaddistrict col-

lector threemonths agoto clear theg a r b a g e ,save themangroves

and find an alternativesite for disposing of thegarbage. Yet, nothingconcrete seems to havehappened as the civicbody continues todump garbage, said BN Kumar, director ofBNG NatConnectFoundation.

The Uran revenueofficials, following a se-

ries of complaints,have even filed an FIRagainst the Uran Mu-nicipal Council officialsfor damaging man-groves by dumping thecity garbage, but withno visible result.

“Now, we have senta fresh request to the

Mangrove Committeeto ensure that the gar-bage dump is movedaway and the man-groves are protected asthe environmental andhealth hazards are in-creasing by the daywith the muck flowinginto the sea and backwith tidal waters,” Ku-mar said. “Our com-plaint to the Maharash-tra Pollution ControlBoard has so far beenremained un-respond-ed,” he said.

Two consecutive in-spections by the reve-nue-forest combineteams have confirmedthe death of mangrovesand the menace of thestinking garbage facedby the residents, yetthe local administra-tion did not budge.

Apart from the gar-bage, even sewer wateris being drained out onto the mangroves withutter disregard for themangroves and publichealth, NandakumarPawar, head of ShreeEkvira Aai Pratishtan,said.

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PM Modi urges countrymen tofollow ‘Janta Curfew” on March 22

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: In thewake of coronaviruspandemic, Prime Min-ister, Narendra Modiaddressed the nation on22nd March, from 7 amto 9pm. He urged allthe countrymen to fol-low ‘Janta Curfew” on22nd March, 2020 as aninitiative at an individ-ual level to check thesituation and thank thepeople working relent-lessly to provide emer-gency services. During‘Janta Curfew’, no oneshould go out of theirhomes. Only those whoare involved in provid-ing essential servicescan go out. “March 22will be a test of our ef-forts to protect our na-tion from the virus.This Janta Curfew willalso show the world howready we are to tackle

this virus,” he said.“The whole world is

going through a veryserious phase of crisisat this time. General-ly, whenever a naturalcrisis hits, it is limitedto a few coun-tries or states.But this timethis crisis issuch that ithas put the en-tire humanrace in crisisaround theworld. Thewhole world iscollectively fac-ing this dilemma; evenduring World War 1and 2, this many coun-tries weren’t affected,”he said.

He urged the citi-zens to remain alertand not get complacent.“For a developing coun-try like India with a

huge population, coro-navirus poses an evena bigger challenge. Res-olution and restraintare very important tocombat this global epi-demic. As citizens, peo-

ple need to strengthentheir resolve to followthe advisories issued bythe state and centralgovernment to fightcoronavirus,” he said.PM Modi also urgedthe countrymen not togo out of their homes,unless it is essential.

“We all must isolateourselves”, he stressed.

Under finance min-ister Nirmala Sithara-man, the government,he said, has decided toform a Covid-19 eco-nomic recovery taskforce. The task forcewill listen to all stake-holders and states totake steps to minimisethe impact of Covid-19on the economy.

“We have also takenmeasures to ensure thatthe supply of essentialcommodities like milk,medicine and food won’tbe impacted. Hence, Iurge all not to hoardthese commodities andavoid panic buying,”stressed PM Modi.

COVID-19 cases inIndia climbed to 169 onThursday and thecountry reported itsfourth death.

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecontroversial civic gar-bage dump on man-groves at Bori Pakhadiin Uran caught fire onWednesday night assome people dumpedpackets of potato chipswith expired date andburnt them whichraised fresh concernsover health hazard tothe people.

The security manon duty on the watchtower of the adjoiningONGC installationalerted the fire brigadewhich doused the fire inabout 15 minutes, in-

Uran garbage dump nearONGC pipeline set afire

Miscreants dump chips with expired date; burn them

Snack packs with expired date set on fire at Bori Pakhadidumping ground

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: SujataDhole has been appoint-ed as the AdditionalCommissioner of NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)with effect from March17 th, 2020.Dhole has be-come the firstwoman addi-tional com-missioner totake thecharge. Thepost was lyingvacant fromlast twomonths after RavindraPatil got transferred toMantralaya.

Speaking withNewsband, SujataDhole said that shefeels extremely happy

NMMC gets its first womanAdditional Commissioner

Sujata Dhole appointed on the post

which was vacant for 2 months

to know that she is thefirst woman AdditionalCommissioner ofNMMC. “I will contin-ue to complete the workundertaken by my pre-decessor Ravindra Pa-til. It will be my en-

deavor to car-ry out manydevelopmen-tal works inthe city.”

“ S i n c ecoronavirushas been de-clared pan-demic in thecountry, pres-

ently my focus will bemore on making the cit-izens be aware aboutthe preventive mea-sures,” she added.

Contd. on pg. 2

CIDCO formulates new policyfor additional FSI & change of use

for various categories of plotsNAVI MUMBAI: The

Board of City and In-dustrial DevelopmentCorporation (CIDCO)has now framed a com-prehensive policy topermit additionalFSI for specific cat-egories, as per theprevailing Govern-ment policies.

“CIDCO has de-veloped the city ofNavi Mumbai asper the Develop-ment Plan ap-proved by the Gov-ernment. CIDCO allotsevery land parcel onlease for a specific useand with specific FSI asper the provisions of

Navi Mumbai Disposalof Land (Amendment)Regulations 2008 by ex-ecuting Agreement toLease. Over a period of

time as the city of NaviMumbai has developedand has experienced in-creased population;there is a demand for

change of use and in-crease in FSI from cer-tain lessees. EarlierCIDCO had formulateda policy for permitting

certain changes inuse and increase inFSI only for a lim-ited land uses. Ad-ditionally, the Gov-ernment also is-sued various Reso-lutions in respect ofgranting additionalFSI for categorieslike IT/ITes, educa-tional, health, reli-

gious and hotel plots.In view of the aboveand also to address

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formed local residentSamir Ashrit.

A group of alert res-idents caught hold ofthree people who camewith load of snacks andsauce bottles. Theywere handed over to thepolice, he said.

Local residents andenvironmentalists havebeen fighting for longfor shifting the dump-ing site to a safer loca-tion. The revenue offi-cials, following a seriesof complaints, had evenfiled an FIR against theUran Municipal Coun-cil officials for damag-ing mangroves bydumping the city gar-bage, B N Kumar, di-rector of NatConnectFoundation, pointedout, alerting the Kon-kan Divisional Com-missioner and other rev-enue officials about thefire incident.

The High Court ap-pointed Mangrove Pro-tection and Conserva-tion Committee had or-dered CIDCO andRaigad district collectorthree months ago toclear the garbage, savethe mangroves and find

an alternative site fordisposing of the gar-bage, said Nandaku-mar Pawar, head ofShri Ekvira Aai Prat-ishtan.

Kumar sent a freshrequest to the Man-grove Committee to en-sure that the garbagedump is moved awayand the mangroves areprotected as the envi-ronmental and healthhazards are increasingday by day with themuck flowing into thesea.

“Our complaint tothe Maharashtra Pollu-tion Control Board hasso far been remainedun-responded,” he said.

Two consecutive in-spections by the reve-nue-forest combineteams have confirmedthe death of mangrovesand the menace of thestinking garbage facedby the residents, yetthe local administra-tion did not budge.Apart from the gar-bage, even sewer wateris being drained out onto the mangroves withutter disregard for themangroves and publichealth, Kumar said.

The residents haveeven complained to thePrime Minister but the

PMO closed the case onthe UMC’s assurancethat proper care wouldbe taken while dispos-ing of the garbage, saidAshrit. “This assurancewas never meant to befollowed and we, theresidents, continue tosuffer,” he said.

Advocate RatnadeepPatil, spearheading theUran Yuva forum, saidthe law abiding resi-dents have been agitat-ing peacefully so far.However, their patienceshould not be tested toolong. The citizen com-plaints pointed out thatthe existing garbagedump is less than 50mtr against the normof 500 mtr. Several peo-ple have been fallingsick continuously dueto the filth in theirbackyards, said Nis-hant Gharat of YuvaUran forum.

The UMC had re-cently closed all com-plaints assuring thatpesticides would besprayed on the garbage.“This is further moreoutrageous as the poi-son from the undis-closed pesticides couldcause much moreharm,” said TukaramKoli of Hanuman Koli-wada, Uran.

Expressing happi-ness over the appoint-

Urangarbage..

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ment of Ms. Dhole asAdditional Commis-sioner, Nitin Kale, Dep-uty Municipal Commis-sioner, NMMC said,

“She will set examplefor other women withher good works and willbe a source of inspira-tion for many.”

Need for introspectionOver the last few weeks, there has been a stupendous increase

in the crime graph. Cases of daylight robbery, chain snatching etc.are on the rise while the detection rate has remained abysmal. Thishas instilled a sense of insecurity amongst the residents. The nonchalant attitude of the many police officials, non friendly image ofthe police department and the difficult legal procedures have onlyhelped in eroding the image further.

This is an era of specialization. Considering the competitivenessthat one has to face, success in any field, to a great extent, dependson specialization. This adage applies to the police department aswell. The present day working in the police department makes itimperative for the officials to carry out a wide range of duties, whichin turn adversely affects their performance as prime security pro-viding agency. The police today have no defined duties, which var-ies from nabbing criminals to providing security to the VVIPs tomaking bandobast for dharnas & community celebrations, to man-aging traffic, mediating in disputes, providing security cover to thepoliticians during elections and election rallies and what not. It isbecause of this multi faceted duty requirement that the performanceof police in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai is lack luster and they fail toperform their prime duty that of providing security to the residents,which is what they are actually created for. Limited force equippedwith arms of the stone- age era with unlimited working hours isfinding itself at the receiving end especially when the nature of crimeis getting sophisticated and complex. As is said power corrupts per-son, the same is true to great extent for the police force also, whichwields legitimate and some times even illegitimate powers. Lack ofcommitment and weak morale are visible in the police force todayleading to disgust in the society and police as a profession carries avery poor image.

The police alone cannot be blamed for this sorry state of affairs.Huge interferences from the politicians who treat the police depart-ment as personal employees, has also contributed towards its poorperformances. Transfers and postings make lot of news these dayswhere merits rarely count. This has put a big question mark on theworking of the police department and there is an eminent need forrevamping the whole system especially in view of the recent scam.

The police department needs to go in for specialized forces fordifferent works like for example crime branch, VVIPs security, traf-fic department etc. It is heartening to note that recently efforts havebeen made to modernize the department, but the forces should beimparted specialized training in dealing with particular kind of crimesespecially in view of new types of crimes like financial and cybercrimes. Further, the city police have also been instructed not toprovide VIP escorts on the route from Mumbai to Pune, which isthe right step. Besides this, a significant amount of autonomy needsto be given to the police department and there has to be a minimuminterference from the politicians. In this revamping process not onlythe police department needs to be overhauled but the public in gen-eral also needs to be counseled. The illegal migrants from neigh-bouring countries, the slum dwellers, many of the road side beggarsand urchins are also potential criminals and they need to be discour-aged as prevention of crime is better than conviction of criminalsafter crime is committed. The working conditions in the police de-partment need to be improved and the police force should be aug-mented and equipped with latest arms, means of communication &transportation. They should also have better inter connection andexchange of information with other security agencies in order toenhance their performance and also to improve their sagging mo-rale.

Even after the Navi Mumbai Municipal administration has banned the entry of visitorsin its headquarter as a preventive measure, many visitors came to the Municipal Head-quarters on Thursday. However, they were stopped at the main gate (By: Chandrashek-har Hendve)

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growing public de-mand, there was a needto make a holistic poli-cy,” said Lokesh Chan-dra, MD, CIDCO.

For grant of changeof user for certain cate-gories a simplified ratestructure based on CI-DCOs Reserve Price isapproved as elaboratedbelow.

For grant of changeof user for various cat-egories, the applicantshall have to pay theadditional lease premi-um as follows:

1) For ResidentialPlots (excluding Bun-galow Plots) to Residen-tial cum Commercialplot with increase inFSI from 1.0 to 1.5 –22.5% of prevailing re-serve price.

2) For CommercialPlots with 1.0 FSI toCommercial or Residen-tial cum CommercialPlot with increase inFSI from 1.0 to 1.5, -22.5% of prevailing re-serve price.

3) For Residentialcum Commercial Plotswith 1.5 FSI to Com-mercial Plot with sameFSI; Administrative

Charges of Rs. 4500/-per sq m.

4) For CommercialPlots or Hotel Plotswith 1.0 or 1.5 FSI toResidential cum Com-mercial Plot with sameFSI; AdministrativeCharges of Rs. 4500/-per sq m.

5) For Service In-dustry, Godown in-cluding LPG Godownwith 0.50 FSI or VPR2.0 to Commercial Plotwith 1.0 FSI, - 150%and for 1.5 FSI, -300%of prevailing reserveprice.

6) For Storage/ ColdStorage/ Warehousingwith VPR 4.0 to Com-mercial Plot with 1.0FSI, - 150% and for 1.5FSI, - 300% of prevail-ing reserve price. Theabove rates shall be lev-ied on entire plot area.

The Board has alsoapproved permittingchange of user for sim-ilar/ compatible uses onpayment of Adminis-trative Charges of Rs.4500/- per sq m on plotarea. Additionally, theBoard has decided topermit change of userfrom specified catego-ries to Hotel use subjectto enhancing the Con-version premium fur-ther by 125%. Further,

it has also proposed toregularize the caseswherein the lesseeshave already undertak-en change of user with-out seeking CIDCOsapproval, on recovery ofdouble the regularcharges, for which anAmnesty scheme shallbe declared on 1st April2020.

“All the abovechange of user shall bepermitted only if it ispermissible as per theDevelopment ControlRegulations. Addition-ally, the Board hasspecified certain useslike Petrol/CNG pump,public utility, social, ed-ucational, hostels,APMC, Steel warehous-ing, marble godowns,etc. wherein no changeof user shall be permit-ted. Additionally, as anenvironmental friendlyinitiative and with aview to encourage elec-tric vehicles, the Boardhas decided not tocharge any administra-tive charges for permit-ting change of user forelectric charging sta-tions for next threeyears. Applications canbe made online on theCIDCO portal for thispurpose,” said PriyaRatambe, PRO, CIDCO.

CIDCOformulates...

Contd. from pg. 1

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to prevent thespread of coronavirus,the vegetable and fruitmarket in the Agricul-tural Produce MarketCommittee (APMC)will be completelyclosed on Thursdays

Vegetable and Fruit market inAPMC to remain closed on Thursdays

and Sundays till 31st March, 2020

and Sundays till 31stMarch.

APMC, which isthe largest co-opera-tive body in Asia,produces 50 to 60tonnes of waste everyday. About 80% of thiswaste is produced invegetable and fruit

markets. There arearound 50,000 peopleworking in the fivemarkets, includingtraders, mathadiworkers, transportersand others. A specialcleanliness campaignis also launched in themarket premises.

By Ashok Dhamija

The fight against coronavirus isa global war and with people cooper-ating with the state we have takenmeasures to contain this pandemicas of now. We will overcome this dan-ger if Maharashtra makes utmostefforts. I have talked today with thePrime Minister Narendra Modi andUnion Health Minister Dr. HarshVardhan in this regard and they as-sured all the cooperation to our state.

This was stated by Chief Minis-ter Uddhav Thackeray in a live tele-cast on social media. He urged peo-ple not to get panicky and store es-sential commodities, food grains, andmedicines.

Sharing his thoughts on varioussteps people should take to avoid theCOVID -19 including avoiding crowd-ed places totally, the Chief Ministerasked the people to strictly follow theinstruction given by the administra-tion. “Though the crowd at religiousplaces was reduced it is not complete-ly avoided. We must avoid crowd to-tally, he said. We have taken a deci-sion to reduce the number of employ-ees at government, private offices.Don’t venture outside when it is notneeded. Follow ‘Work From Home’wherever possible and follow the in-structions strictly. The precaution-ary measures we are taking are sat-isfactory but the virus is inchingahead step by step forcing us to bemore careful and vigilant. People aremanaging the systems and weshould not overburden them”.

Urging Home quarantine per-sons not to roam, the CM Thacker-ay said “All patients have been in-fected from outside. They are all ourpeople, relatives. But they shouldcome hereafter taking all the care.Home quarantine patients arestamped on their hands. They should

CM Uddhav Thackeray AssuresPeople In Fight Against Coronavirus

Request urgent cooperation from one and all

remain confined to isolation and donot travel concealing informationabout their foreign travel”.

Retorting his views that this is awar against the virus, The CM add-ed “War has to be fought with deter-mination and won. Many have wit-nessed and experienced the 1965 and1971 wars. The experience of war hasnever been good. The post-war situ-ation is not better either. Soldiersfight for the country, sacrifice theirlives. The way we are fighting withcoronavirus, I am reminded of the1971 war. Today we are fighting awar against the virus. The war hasbegun. Doctors, nurses are our sol-diers. Bus drivers, NGOs are work-ing day and night for this. Can wenot cooperate with them by remain-ing at home?

Calamity does not strike lookingat caste, religion, and creed. Whenwe unitedly fight this calamitywould not harm us, cannot. This vi-rus was first found in China but nowChina has taken strict measures andis coming out of this attack. We alsohave to come out. For that, cooper-ate. I am confident that we will over-come this calamity”.

Maharashtra Chief minister UddhavThackeray sharing his views in on socialmedia on the war against Coronavirus(COVID -19)

A tanker was engulfed in fire on Mahape Road near M/s. Puja Punjab Hotel, Shil Phata,Mumbra. RDMC & Fire Brigade rushed to the site with 2 fire engine, 1 water tanker and1QRV. There was no casualty. (By: Chandrashekhar Hendve)

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NMMC seeks support from citizensin preventing spread of coronavirus:Balasaheb Sonawane, CMO, NMMCNAVI MUMBAI: The

Navi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is taking allnecessary precautionsto prevent the spread ofcorona virus. An isola-tion room with 38 bedswith required ventila-tors has been set up ata public hospital inVashi under the guid-ance of civic chief An-nasaheb Misal. Simi-larly, a quarantineroom has been set up inthe multipurpose build-ing at Sector 14, Vashifor the Indian travelerscoming from overseas

to Navi Mumbai.“To arrest the

spread of Corona virus,the civic body has com-piled information fromall tours and travelagents about Indiantourists coming fromoverseas. Strict in-structions have alsobeen given that no onewill travel abroad tillfurther notice,” saysBalasaheb Sonawane,Chief Medical Officer,NMMC.

“According to infor-

mation received fromtours and travel agentsas well as the airportauthorities and theGovernment of Maha-rashtra and the office

bearers, quick responseteam has been set up bythe NMMC. We arereaching out to the mi-grant relatives who arereturning to NaviMumbai,” he added.

Although, a personis screened at the air-port, nevertheless, werequest them to stay inself-quarantine for 14days at home. “In suchconditions, it is sug-gested that the personin the house shouldmaintain sufficient dis-

tance of at least 1 meterfrom other members.People who are in homequarantine are contact-ed by the Navi MumbaiMunicipal CorporationHealth Officer at least3 times a day and theyare being monitoredand promptly takencare of by the ResponseTeam,” informed Mr.Sonawane.

People who fail tofollow the self-quaran-tine rules will be takento civic body run facili-ty with the help of po-lice. Similarly, peoplewhose homes are small

and cannot stay in sep-arate rooms, or thosewho have no one to takecare at home, are alsobeing admitted at thefacility, he informed.

At present, 16 for-eign nationals havebeen admitted at theisolation room at Vashiof Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporationwhere all the arrange-ments have been madewith regards to foodand necessary medicalfacilities.

Balasaheb Sonawane

A gardener wipes his sweat in the face of sweltering heat wave conditions prevailing inthe city while watering the NMSA ground in Vashi, even as Crows relish the coolingaffect. (By Ashok Dhamija)

Facing the heat…

NAVI MUMBAI: Toprevent the spread ofthe corona virus andunder the “Preventionof Disease Act 1897”,the Municipal Com-missioner AnnasahebMisal by special orderhas asked the theatres,pubs, bars, orchestras,DJs, live bands andsimilar establishmentsto remain closed. Italso directed that allshops and leaflets

Shops selling tobacco, cigarettesclosed to prevent corona spread

NMMC to impose fine of Rs 250 for spitting in public

selling tobacco andtobacco-smoking items

be closed. Citizens

Private classes to remain shut for 10 daysBy Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: DeputyCommissioner of theNavi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)has appealed all the pri-vate classes in the cityto shut down for at leastten days in wake up ofthe coronavirus out-break. Kale met the own-ers of private classes inVashi Plaza and askedthem to shut down theclasses in order to pre-vent the spread of thevirus.

Soon after the appeal,many private classesclosed shutters.

Speaking with News-band Nitin Kale, Depu-ty Commissioner,NMMC said, “The civicbody is taking all possi-ble measure to control

the outbreak of Coro-navirus. We want toensure that no onecomes in contact withthe person tested posi-tive for Covid-19 (coro-navirus) and hence

have asked all the pri-vate classes in the cityto remain shut for tendays. If any privateclasses fails to obey theorder, strict action willbe initiated.”

School and College premises to be sanitizedBy Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: The Ministry ofSchool Education and Sports Depart-ment has asked complete sanitationand sterilizationof all school build-ings to preventthe spread of theCorona virus. Ac-cordingly, sanita-tion and disinfec-tion of all theschools in thearea of NaviMumbai Munici-pal Corporationhas been started.

As the number of corona infectedpatients is increasing in all parts ofthe state, preventive measures arebeing undertaken at all levels to pre-vent the spread of disease. On Tues-day, Radhikabai Meghe School in

Airoli cleaned up its school with thehelp of school staff and other staff.Radhikabai Meghe School ManagerSantosh Rajput said that the entire

school will be san-itized with wateragain next week.

“All theschools under themunicipal corpo-ration limits ofNavi Mumbaihave been closedtill 31st March.I n s t r u c t i o n shave been givento all the school

management to clean and disinfectthe school premises during this pe-riod. Most of the schools have start-ed following the instruction,” saidNitin Kale, Education Officer,NMMC.

found to be spitting inpublic places will be

fined Rs 250.