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Tuesday, 5 January 2021

VOL. 14 • ISSUE 177 RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. No. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE

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By Abhitash D. Singh

After the gap of al-most nine months, the Mangrove Mar-shalls, once again started

the clean-up drive on 3rd January, 2021 and cleaned the area around mini seashore with the support from the officials

and sanitation work-ers of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation

Mangrove Marshalls swing back into action

Police file case against man and his accomplice for cut-ting cake with sword

A birthday celebra-tion went wrong for a man and his friends after Turbhe MIDC po-lice registered a case against them for cut-ting the cake with a sword. Turbhe MIDC police have registered a case against the youth and 18 to 20 of his friends under Arms Act...

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Panch Dhatu Devi's mask stolen from

Gaondevi temple in Kopari village

An unidentified thief entered the Gaondevi temple in Kopari vil-lage in Vashi sector-26 and stole the mask of Panch Dhatu Devi from the temple. APMC po-lice have registered a case against the unidentified thief and have begun investiga-tion…

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NMIA should be named after D. B

Patil: MLA Prashant Thakur

MLA Prashant Thakur has demanded that the greenfield Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) should be named after D.B Patil, a veteran politi-cian and social activ-ist who worked for the benefit of the farmers in Navi Mumbai area especially in Uran and in Panvel city…

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This is the third raid carried out by the police at the same hookah parlour

Undertake clean-up drive after gap of 9 months with the support from NMMC

By Abhitash D.Singh

The Member of Par-liament (MP) from Thane District Rajan Vichare while inaugu-rating various projects of the former corpora-tor of the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corpo-rator (NMMC), Suresh Kulkarni on 3rd January, 2021 said that the next Mayor will be from M a h a V i k a s Aghadi party.

S p e a k i n g with the media Rajan Vichare said, "The citizens of Navi Mumbai have ex-perienced the work of Ganesh Naik when he was in the Nationalist

Congress Party. Now, he has joined the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the citizens do not wish to see BJP to rule the

civic body. People want a change and I am con-fident that this time the Navi Mumbaikars will choose all the corpora-

tors from Mahavikas Aghadi party."

Vichare further add-ed, "I am also confident that the next Mayor at

NMMC will be from MVA. During the Covid 19 pandemic, Suresh

Next NMMC Mayor will be from MVA: Rajan Vichare

By Crime Reporter

The APMC police on Saturday night raid-ed Cafe Palm Atlantis, a hookah parlour located in APMC’s Satara Plaza building and arrested five people for smoking hookah and supplying hookah material. In the operation, the police seized materials and to-bacco products used for smoking hookah. This is the third raid con-ducted by the po-lice against Cafe Palm Atlantis hookah parlour.

Situated on the sec-ond floor of Satara pla-za building in APMC, the hookah parlour was opened in November after the state govern-ment gave conditional

permission to reopen hotels, bars and pubs that had been closed since March due to the lockdown. However, the APMC police re-ceived information that the hookah parlour was

violating the condi-tions imposed by the state govern-ment. Police then raided the hookah parlour around 11pm on Saturday night and arrested Prashant Surve (24) and Prafulla

Gaikwad (29), the driv-er of the hookah par-lour, along with Prasad Palande (24), Naeem Mulla (22) and Ashish Salve (24) for violating the Covid 19 rules. They have been taken into po-lice custody.

Cafe Palm Atlantis hookah parlour raided again

Youngsters make the most of the opportunity to showcase their skills as they play some friendly tennis ball cricket matches on Sunday in Navi Mumbai. (Photo by Ashok Dhamija)

Sporting encounters…

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By Crime Reporter

A birthday celebration went wrong for a man and his friends after Turbhe MIDC police registered a case against them for cutting the cake with a sword. Turbhe MIDC police have reg-istered a case against the youth and 18 to 20 of his friends under Arms Act.

Mahesh Nandlal Halwai (25), a resident of Hanuman Nagar area in Turbhe Naka, celebrated his birthday

on December 26 and invited around 18 to 20 friends at Hanuman Nagar in Turbhe Naka at around 11 pm. Mahesh along with his friends cut the cake with a sword and put a video on social me-dia. After the video came to the notice of Turbhe MIDC police, the police took serious note of it and registered a case against Mahesh Halwai and his friends under the Arms Act, Maharash-tra Police Act and other sections.

Police file case against man and his accomplice for cutting cake with sword

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On the occasion of Kran-tijyoti Savitribai Phule Jayanti, idol of Savitribai was worshipped in the amphitheatre at the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s (NMMC) Head-

quarters. On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner of So-cial Development Dr. Kranti Patil, Deputy Commissioner, Solid Waste Management Ba-basaheb Rajale, Deputy Com-

missioner of Education Yogesh Kaduskar, Executive Engineer Electrical Sunil Lad and other officers and employees were present.

The day is also celebrated

as ‘Women’s Education Day’. Savitribai Phule was a great social reformer and a teacher. The day was celebrated in all the schools of the civic body with great enthusiasm. Teach-

ers and students participated in group-wise seminar based on the educational contribution of Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule. Various programmes were also organized on the occasion.

Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Jayanti observed in NMMC

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By Crime Reporter

A woman living in Panvel was duped by an unknown gang who sent her a link of Max Life Insurance for paying the annual instal-ment for her insurance. The woman lost Rs 20,621. The Panvel city police have registered a case against the gang under the IT Act and has started investigating the matter.

The victim, Shraddha Chavan, 48, has a policy of Max Life Insurance and renews it every year by paying the premium amount through Axis Bank. The gang took ad-vantage of this and sent fake link on her mobile

phone in the name of Max Life Insurance last August. The gang also sent a message about renewing the policy. Shraddha clicked on the link thinking that it has come from the bank as a reminder to renew the policy. Shraddha paid Rs 20,621,000 through Google Pay.

A few days later, Shraddha was called by Axis Bank, Panvel branch asking when she would pay the Max Life Insurance policy. Shrad-

dha told the bank official that she had paid the in-surance policy online. However, the officials from the bank told her that she had not paid the policy amount. Follow-ing which she went to Axis Bank and showed the link where she paid the insurance amount. It was then learnt that the link was fake. Realising that she had been looted by an unknown gang, she lodged a complaint at Panvel city police sta-tion.

Gang loots woman by sending fake policy renewal reminder

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With an aim to bag the first rank in the nationwide cleanli-ness drive and spread awareness on the issue among the masses, the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation (NMMC) has unveiled 'Swachhta Raths' or cleanliness awareness drives on the wheels.

The civic chief, Abhijit Bangar along with the Deputy Com-missioner of Adminis-tration. Dr. Dadasaheb Chabukswar and Deputy

Commissioner of Solid Waste Management Dr. Babasaheb Rajale, con-ducted a final inspection of the Swachhta Rath.

A total of 4 Swachh-ta Raths, from Belapur to Turbhe in Zone 1 and Digha to Koparkhairane in Zone 2, will travel in the morning and eve-ning and play songs and talk about cleanliness.

Speaking on the occasion, Commis-sioner, Bangar said, “Every citizen should ensure that garbage is

not dumped in public places, and it should be strictly enforced. All the citizens should segregate wastes at the source. The colourful murals, as well as, beau-tification with the mes-sage of cleanliness and environmental protec-tion have significantly enhanced the beauty of the city. Now we should join hands to improve our ranking further and make Navi Mumbai, the cleanest city in the country.”

NMMC starts cleanliness awareness drives

‘Swachhta Raths’ will educate citizens about various measures that need to be undertaken

By Dinesh Pawar

Rayat Shikshan Sanstha at Jasai in Uran taluka, Chha-trapati Shivaji High School and Loknete DB Patil Junior Col-lege Jasai, celebrated Savitribai Phule's birth-day. On this occasion, President of District

Workers Union, Chair-man of School Manage-ment Committee Suresh Patil, Village President Advisory Commit-tee Member Yashwant Gharat, Principal of the school and social work-er of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha Arun Ghag, Vice President of Rayat

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Birthday of Savitribai Phule celebrated at Jasai Vidyalaya

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NExT NMMC MAyOR wILL BE FROM MVA...

Kulkarni, even after having four Covid-19 patients in the fam-ily supported the people from his area who were facing difficulties. Peo-ple have full trust in the MVA government. BJP

from the last few years is just making promises but has failed to deliv-er.”

Suresh Kulkar-ni, who was earlier a staunch supporter of Ga-nesh Naik left the party soon after joining BJP because he was not hap-py with the pace of work

being undertaken in his area. He said, "I am con-fident that the people of Turbhe will support my work and they will defi-nitely vote MVA repre-sentatives because they are now looking for a change. The next Mayor of NMMC definitely be from the MVA party.”

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

The meritorious students of Adi-vasi Pada, Koparyachi Wadi (Chinchwali), Ambernath who suc-cessfully passed the 10th standard in the decade 2010-2020 were honoured with educa-tional materials and certificates. Citizens of tribal areas who are do-ing public service were also honoured. During

the function food dona-tions was carried out. The felicitation pro-gramme was organised by Ranpakhar Samajik Sanstha, Thane.

Prominent guests present during the func-tion were Parashuram Hambir (Market Com-mittee, Deputy Chair-man - Ulhasnagar), Tanaji Gawanda (For-mer Deputy Sarpanch - Chamtoli), Gajanan

Pardhi (Village WP Member - Chamtoli), Bharat Gawanda (Police Patil), Bhagwan Shid (ZP School President - Koparyachi Wadi), Balu Helm (Labour Organi-zation, President - Am-bernath), Babu Pardhi (Labour Organization, Wangani), Shankar Warghada (Labour Organization, Farmers Head), Datta Gawanda (Social Worker).

Meritorious students from Adivasi pada felicitated

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New year came and with COVID guidelines we welcomed it. We all know that this 2021 will be a criti-cal year for all of us as it will be a test of our resolve to eradicate COVID-19 and our commitment to addressing its long-term impacts. Now that we know that COVID-19 is not only a threat to people’s health and liveli-hoods today, but it will also amplify dangerous, complex challenges that threaten the world’s most vulnerable communities for years and even de-cades to come.

The most important challenge is getting COVID-19 vaccines to ev-eryone who needs them and it will re-quire mammoth efforts to build trust within communities who are wary of their government’s efforts. The re-cent news of promising COVID-19 vaccines gives us all reason to be optimistic, but people in low-income countries and refugee communities are likely to be among the last to re-ceive them. Not only that transport-ing and distributing vaccines around the world will create a massive logis-tical challenge, but that’s just part of the equation. The reality is mass vac-cination will also require a coordinat-ed, collaborative effort to build trust in the vaccine and the governments who will provide it, particularly in areas affected by conflict and chronic poverty. Misinformation will inten-sify existing conflicts and undermine public health efforts in communities

where safety is a daily concern.The farmers and the migrant

workers are too much affected by the pandemic .The supply chains are dis-rupted by this pandemic and it will continue to threaten the precarious livelihoods of small farmers, further limiting access to nutritious food for millions who are already hungry. As rural producers struggle to get seeds, fertilizer and other agricultural re-sources, local markets have shut down, travel has become difficult, and the credit farmers need to bridge the gap has grown scarce .The eco-nomic impact of lockdowns will make it even harder for young people to find employ-ment and for small business-es to survive. Around the world, lockdowns and shrinking sales as a result of the pandemic are caus-ing businesses of all sizes to close, downsize, or reduce costs wherever they can and this will impact small businesses and informal workers who work outside of established employ-ment structures many of them are young and without savings or safety nets to help them weather the crisis.

The scope and scale of this new reality will take shape in 2021, re-quiring collaboration across cultures, governments, and humanitarian aid and development organizations. In countries where violent conflict and political division impact daily life and governance, the pandemic is likely to exacerbate tensions and disrupt cru-

cial peacebuilding and humanitarian aid efforts.

2021 will be a ‘make it or break it’ year, but there is still potential for economies to recover, If we navigate risks and capitalize on opportunities .As it is general knowledge that from finance to HR, all departments have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. Employee's careers feel the pain too and many mental health issues arose due to remote work practices. Now the workplace has set new boundar-ies and learning opportunities. But the question is, how to prepare for

2021? What are the challenges that will remain even after the crisis is over?

In 2021 many people are returning to the workplace, and compa-

nies have to analyse hybrid mod-els for some employees. The remote work potential will depend on the type of task, whether a worker needs to be on-site to do it, interact with others, or use equipment. Keeping people engaged, self-motivated and driving innovation with distributed teams remains challenging and at the same time, companies will still have to define how best to deliver coach-ing and training and improving col-laboration and innovation remotely. It is found that remote workers can be highly engaged with their work when they receive frequent feedback from their leaders, and it makes them even more regular than working face-to-face. Network is the most important

communication point and companies have started to include various tools to improve collaboration, engagement and innovation in remote work, such as Zoom, Slack, Trello, Mural and many others. The hybrid workplaces will have to maintain these tools and also look for more ways to improve their physical organization and the virtual one.

Lastly improving the quality of the relationship with teammates through psychological safety has a significant impact on the bottom line, performance, engagement and in-novation. Companies have to check whether your remote team has not been innovating lately or has reduced collaboration and interaction during virtual meetings, because then there may be a psychological safety issue. It is a very challenging work to build work atmosphere in a remote envi-ronment, So companies need to start thinking about developing a culture based on employees' strengths rather than weaknesses. They have to do this through equality groups, one-on-one coaching sessions available for all employees, continuous feedback, gratitude sharing sessions, and ensur-ing different communication chan-nels, companies learn to value and support different points of view. We have to provide hybrid work oppor-tunities, more coaching and feedback sessions from leaders and by improv-ing online communication, agility and psychological safety we can prepare ourselves for the new challenges. The Mantra is be positive think of new ways to tackle challenges and move forward. Pandemics can come and go but the show must go on.

THE yEAR 2021- THE SHOw MuST GO ON

By Ashok Dhamija

A 12 day break for any top performing football team can be like a double edge sword. On one hand it allows play-ers suffering from nig-gles time to recover and recharge. On the other hand the team gets add-ed time to train and re- strategize depending on the previous outcomes in the tournament.

For a team like Mumbai City FC which boasts of one of the most balanced side in the sev-enth edition of the Hero

Indian Super League (ISL), it proved to be trial by fire even though they reclaimed the top spot following a hard

fought 2-0 win over Kerala Blasters FC at their home base at GMC Stadium on Saturday night to stretch their un-

beaten record to seven games in the tourney. .

The Sergio Lobera’s men were off to a flyer as their leading scorer Adam le Fondre once again provided the Is-landers the lead early on following a defensive er-ror. A foul on attacking midfielder Hugo Bou-mous inside the box by Kerala Blaster defender Costa Nhamoinesu after the former had latched on to his team mate Vi-cente Gomez back pass saw the referee point

Mumbai City FC stretch their unbeaten record to sevenRegister a hard fought 2-0 win over Kerala Blasters FC

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Mumbai City FC custodian and Hero of the Match Amrinder Singh who denied his opponents ensured his fifth clean sheet in eight outings (Photos courtesy ISL)

Attacking midfielder Hugo Boumous (2nd from Left) scored the second goal of the match for the winners

5Tuesday, 5 January 2021

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2020 was a very bad year!The year 2020 had been very bad for all the people of the world. This year, a virus called Corona had spread. Due to lock-down, all the essential transactions pertaining livelihood were ceased. Corona adversely affected education, health, enter-tainment, employment, business and such many things. The financial side of the common people became lame. Year 2020 will be remembered as a very bad experience. I pray to God that, such a bad year should not be the fate of the people again.

Sudhir Kangutkar, B. R. Nagar, Diva (East).

I can definitely say that not only mine but of almost every per-son, the experience of 2020 was not good. There was feeling of anger, frustration, fear and pain.

Aliraza Merchant, Ulwe

I must say Covid 19 pandemic, that nearly engulfed the entire 2020, was a teacher in disguise! Fast paced life had suddenly come to a standstill. As a mother of a child, daughter to elderly parents & as a Counsellor; it was a task juggling with all the roles, dealing with trauma, emotional upheavals of the people in need. Each & everyone has discovered how much our fami-lies mean to us. Although forced by lockdown initially, people got a chance to spend time with self & family. It is heart break-ing to say that many lives were lost in the pandemic. Being

able to be a support with online counselling, medical guidance & empower them to recover & return to their families was an experience that helped me become more wholesome & happy. Year 2020 brought many hearts together, displayed the power of unity. Jobs lost, businesses gone bankrupt, year 2020 emphasized on the saying, "As one door closes, another opens". ‘Be ready for the change’ is the most important lesson of 2020.

Poonam Khairnar, Educationist, Counsellor & Social Activist, Koperkhairane

I think experience is the wrong word it should be your ‘suffer-ing’ of 2020 which had different levels. Many innocents lost their lives because of this infection; some innocent lost their lives because they were poor and some people gave up on their own due to frustration. The rest who have survived are suffering as there is no jobs left, no money, no savings, no schools due to lockdown and restrictions.

Rohit Panikar Mira road

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK yOUR ExPERIENCE OF THE yEAR 2020?

There is no pleasant experience of the year 2020, worthy of be-ing shared, since more than 10 months of the year, majority of the people were under the tension of the novel virus viz. Covid -19. However, in the absence of the reliable vaccine, thanks to the dedicated efforts made by the health officials, including doc-tors, nurses, para-medicals, staff involved in keeping the area clean and also the police officers, their staff members, the pan-demic has been kept under control. The services of these novel warriors need to be complimented. And the families of those

warriors who lost their lives, during the operations, need to be financially compen-sated. Hopefully, the reliable vaccine, reportedly now likely to be made available, the situation will improve and the routine life will become normal again, as fast as possible. Incidentally with the experience of the past 10 months or so, people like me, have realised the importance of the fundamental right to freedom.

Ravikant Shridhar Tawde, Navi Mumbai.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Ushering in New Year, Sunil Su-tar, Navi Mumbai Dis-trict Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and President of Palm Beach Resi-dency in Nerul Sector-4 distributed free N-95 masks at autorickshaw stands, street vendors, and employees of Navi Mumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC).

Since March 22, 2020, Sutar has been working tirelessly to provide free essentials such as food grains,

sanitizers and masks to the poor, needy, desti-tute and slum dwellers of Navi Mumbai.

“Unless an effective, curative drug or vaccine is available on corona, the mask is the only op-tion to prevent the spread

of the virus. Therefore, we will continue to dis-tribute free masks to the poor, needy citizens of Navi Mumbai,” said Su-nil Sutar, Vice President - Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Navi Mumbai District.

Masks distributed By Chandrashekhar Hendve

In the pitch darkness of ignorance, Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule along with Mahatma Jotiba Phule ignited the light of education for many, said Dr. Prajakta Modkar, President of Navi Mum-bai Nationalist Congress while speaking during a programme to mark the birth anniversary of Krantijy-oti Savitribai Phule. Nisha Sonawane,

District Working President, Sunita Deshmukh, senior activists Ujwala Dhole, Madhuri Pardeshi were present on this occasion.

Savitribai Phule ignited a flame that never goes out in a woman's life: Dr. Prajakta Modkar

By Crime Reporter

A trailer driver died after he lost control of his vehicle and hit a parked trailer on the side of the road on the JNPT Palaspe National High-way at Nagandgaon on Friday morn-ing.

The deceased has been identified as Kamlesh Kanhaiyalal Kumar, 32, a driver of Aryan Transport Company in Chirale village in Uran. Kamlesh was on his way to Navkar CFS in Savla village from JNPT at around 5

am last Friday and was driving a con-tainer trailer. As his trailer approached the Reliance petrol pump at Nagand-gaon on the JNPT Palaspe National Highway, Kamlesh lost control of his trailer and hit a trailer parked on the side of the road. Kamlesh was critical-ly injured and was admitted to MGM Hospital, but was declared dead on ad-mission. The Panvel city police have registered a case against Kamlesh af-ter it was found that the accident was due to his negligence.

Trailer driver dies after his vehicle hits parked vehicle

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The population and the economy of the twin city have grown multi-fold, but the growth of the in-frastructural facilities has remained stagnant over the years. The trans-port sector has suffered the most. Over years, it has deteriorated in quality as well as in quantity of ser-vice. The demand today far exceeds the supply. The problem is far more acute for the residents of Navi Mum-bai, as contrary to the projections of the planners, the business opportu-nities did not develop in Navi Mum-bai and still most of the populace of Navi Mumbai has to depend on Mumbai for the livelihood. For this, they have to undertake gruesome train journeys everyday. Few years back, there was the hovercraft facil-ity available for traveling to Mum-bai, which due to bureaucratic apa-thy was abandoned with no signs of restarting.

Like many of the projects, the hovercraft project has been a big failure for the CIDCO and is indica-tive of poor homework. Aimed at providing an eco-friendly alternate transport system and with the inten-tion of providing relief to the Roads and the Railways, which were burst-ing on their seams, the hovercraft services were started from Vashi and CBD. Huge investments were made by CIDCO to develop hover-ports. However, these services were finally abandoned and the investments are today seen as in-fructuous expendi-tures. The once tastefully developed hover-ports, which used to bustle with activity, today wear a deserted look with shrubs growing wildly. The area has in fact become home for the encroachers and antisocial elements.

The hovercraft services were

highly welcomed by the office go-ers as it made traveling faster and comfortable. Moreover, the joy rides in the evenings and the special services introduced for the Elephan-ta Caves and the JNPT were a big rage amongst the residents. Due to these services, the hover-ports both at Vashi and CBD became tourist spots and Navi Mumbai an impor-tant destination. However, life was strangulated out from these services, thanks to the non-cooperation and the lack of initiative and interest from the state government and the CIDCO. Initially, when the service was started, the Maharashtra state government had asked the hover-craft service providers to run from a temporary terminal at Mumbai to be-gin with. Years rolled by and the file holding the request for a permanent terminal shuttled from office to of-fice without any outcome and since then is gathering dust. The service providers were betrayed and their highly expensive state-of- the-art hovercrafts are rotting at the work-shops waiting eagerly to hover again.

It is really a misfortune that a city with immense scope to have superior quality water transport sys-tem with its calm bay, is continuing with its limited roads and railways, which are creaking under ever rising traffic demand. The waterways pro-vide eco-friendly alternative, that too with no or very miniscule main-tenance cost for the infrastructure. It can also help in reducing travel time on roads besides bringing down the road-accident statistics. Though it has dawned late, still the traffic plan-ners should seriously try to exploit this vital resource that Mumbai and Navi Mumbai are blessed with, as it is better late than never.

Water transport- Need of the hour

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(NMMC). Rohitt Malhotra,

who heads the Man-grove Marshalls said, "After a gap of almost nine months, we have once again resumed our clean-up drive. 10 vol-unteers along with the NMMC staff removed about one truckload of non-biodegradable waste like glass, ther-mocol, plastic bottles, footwear etc. from the mangrove belt adjoin-ing the holding pond at mini-seashore. This pan-demic should serve as a warning to people that if they continue to abuse nature, planet, then this pandemic may not be the last global crisis. We may see many more and even worse events in our lifetime."

Malhotra further added, "We are Man-grove Marshalls and our objective is to clean and conserve our nature, es-pecially the mangrove forests. Mangroves are a complete ecosystem harbouring life and are the breeding grounds for marine life. Apart from supplying our planet

with oxygen, the man-groves act as a wall and prevent flooding during events like Tsunami, saving millions of lives. Cleaning our ecosystem is our responsibility. As responsible citizens we have to learn to manage our waste and dispose it in a sensible fashion. The city, country, planet is our responsibility."

Shivani Ojha, an en-vironmentalist and also a member of Mangrove Marshalls said, "#Man-groveMarshalls are back on their mission to clean mangroves. We initiated the drive with the support of 10 Marshalls along with the NMMC staff and cleaned about one truckload of non-biode-

gradable waste. Approxi-mately the cleanliness of Navi Mumbai which has a population of around 17 lakh is looked after by only 3500 NMMC staff. We want more peo-ple to come forward and help us to clean shore-line and mangroves. It is our planet and everyone should take responsibil-ity of its cleanliness."

A senior official from NMMC said, "We ap-preciate the clean-up drive undertaken by the Mangrove Marshalls. It is essential that all of us understand the im-portance of cleanliness and do our bit in keeping our mangroves and other areas clean. Hope many join in the drive."

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

On the occasion of Savitribai Phule Jayanti, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) organised a celebration at the of-fice of Sector-II, Ko-parkhairane. Repre-sentatives of Phule community and female teachers were also pres-ent on the occasion.

Savitribai was one of the great social reform-ers, teachers, writers and

poets of India. She is also honoured to be the first female teacher in India. Together with her husband, Jyotirao Phule, she played a key role in improving women's rights in India. She is considered as the moth-er of Indian feminism. In 1848, the Phule fam-ily established the first school for Indian girls at Bhide Wada in Pune.

On this occasion,

Mr. Sarang Ambhore, a secondary school teacher, expressed his thoughts on Savitri Bai Phule and her life. Mali Samaj Bandhav Dnyaneshwar Mahajan, Kundlink Chaudhary Koparkhairane Mali Sa-maj President, Rajendra Karne gave guidance on how Phule Ambedkar's thoughts and conduct can be inculcated in the youth in the future.

AAP Navi Mumbai celebrates Savitri Bai Phule’s Jayanti

By Dinesh Pawar

Science week was or-ganized in schools in Raigad district on behalf of District Education and Training Institute, Panvel. Various competitions were held. The student of RGP School Chirner, Trisha Kiran Mhatre, won the first place in Uran group in Science exhibition. The prize-giving ceremony of this compe-

tition was held recently.Science Week was orga-

nized at Raigad Zilla Pari-shad Primary School, Chirner from 24th to 28th February, 2020. The students of class III to IV of the school par-ticipated in various activities such as drama competition, poster making competition,

model making competition and other innovative projects.

Student of RGP School Chirner bags first prize in the science exhibition

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By Ashok Dhamija

Konkan Railway in coordination North-ern Railway and South-ern Railway gas decided to augment one Second Class Sleeper coach on temporary basis in

full reserved Train no. 02283 Ernakulam Jn. – H. Nizamuddin Duranto Superfast Weekly Spe-cial ex. Ernakulam Jn. on Tuesday 5th January, 2021 (Day 1). The same will have also have halts

at Panvel (Arr: 22:25 hrs - Day 2) and Vasai Road (Arr: 00:00 hrs Day 3). Passengers are request-ed to note the same and plan their journey ac-cordingly.

Temporary augmentation of coach in Special Train on Ernakulam Jn. – H. Nizamuddin route

By Ryhea George

The residents of Sec-tors 6 and 7, New Panvel will now get bet-ter and smoother roads. The Public Works De-partment (PWD) will commence the road con-struction work in these sectors soon at a cost of Rs. 70 lakh. The bhumi-pujan for the same was performed on Saturday, 2nd January.

Speaking to News-

band, corporator Prajyo-ti Mhatre said, “The re-construction of the roads will start soon in the area from Sector 6 and 7 i.e. from Vijaypath - Adai Circle to Tembhode vil-lage”.

The issue of the poor condition of the road was taken by corpora-tor Prajyoti Mhatre and labour leader Prakash Mhatre with the CIDCO administration. “CIDCO

has awarded the contract to Zenith Construction. The work is expected to be completed in the next two months”, said Mhatre.

PWD New Panvel North Division Secretary Sharad Ghule, Young Activist Pranay Mhatre, Pratiksha Ghule, Ram-kumar Shelar, Putlabai Sargar, Asha Pawar and other residents were present on this occasion.

PWD to begin road construction in Sector 6,7 New Panvel soon

By Crime Reporter

Vashi police on Sun-day afternoon res-cued a 20-year-old girl who was trying to com-mit suicide by jump-ing from a water tank from the terrace of Jai Jawan building in Vashi Sector-17. The young woman, is believed to be mentally disturbed. To ensure the woman was safely rescued the police tactfully engaged her in talks while another po-lice officer climbed the water tank and brought her down.

The 20-year-old woman lives with her grandmother and was employed. For the past few days, her mental balance had deteriorated due to domestic reasons. At around 4 pm on Sun-day, she climbed the wa-ter tank on the building to commit suicide. Upon receiving information, police constables Amrit Sali, Dattatraya Rongte and women police con-stable Mansi Lad from Vashi police station rushed to the spot with-out any delay. Even the

firefighters were called in.

Despite attempts the woman threatened to jump off if anyone came near her. Finally, woman police Mansi Lad and Dattatraya Rongte en-gaged the woman in talks while, police constable Amrit Sali climbed on the water tank from be-hind and grabbed the girl and brought her down.

After that, the wom-an was brought to Vashi police station and was handed over to her rela-tives.

Suicide bid by mentally disturbed woman foiledThe 20-year-old had climbed the water tank of her building on Sunday evening

to the spot. Le Fondre netted his sixth goal of the campaign following a deflection of Kerala Blasters custodian Al-bino Gomes legs in the 3rd minute of the match. Mumbai City soon doubled their lead in the 11th minute after Boumous capitalized on a long range free kick by his fellow mid-fielder Ahmed Jahouh. The nimble Frenchman made it look easy as he got past his marker and slotted past Albino. The Islanders though missed on an opportunity to take complete control on the proceedings six minutes when Mandar Rao Des-sai's attempt flew over the crossbar after some brilliant build-up play by Mumbai.

Kerala Blasters how-ever settled soon and

soon made a couple of tries at the rival goal forc-ing Mumbai City cap-tain and custodian Am-rinder Singh into action. Amrinder first denied Gomez with a diving save and later stopped Sahal Abdul Samad's effort. Post change of ends Kerala dominated the proceedings early on and nearly pulled a goal back in the 55th minute however their striker Jordan Murray's effort was ruled offside by the linesman. Boumous who was fouled in the box for the second time in the match, earned yet anoth-er penalty for his team. However his attempt was denied by Kerala's Albino. At the other end, Amrinder came up with some brilliant saves which included a long ranger of Gomez's to dent any hope of the visitor’s comeback. The Mumbai keeper did ex-

ceptionally well to help his side maintain their fifth clean sheet of the season and also ensured his team’s fifth win in a row against their rivals in ISL. Earlier in the previous outing Mumbai City riding on goals by Bipin Singh and Le Fon-dre scored a convincing 2-0 win over Hyderabad FC

Mumbai City Head Coach Lobera in his post-match views high-lighted the need to kill games off at the earli-est and was also high-ly appreciated of his custodian and Hero of the Match Amrinder Singh who denied his opponents three clear chances under the post to ensure that the team earn three full points. He also urged on the im-portance of focusing on the next game against former champions Ben-galuru FC.

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By Crime Reporter

An unidentified thief entered the Gaondevi temple in Kopari vil-lage in Vashi sector-26 and stole the mask of Panch Dhatu Devi from the temple. APMC police have registered a case against the unidentified thief and have begun investigation.

The Gaondevi temple was closed after the rituals on Saturday night. However, on Sunday morning, an un-identified thief broke open the iron

door from the rear entrance and stole the panch metal mask. At around 7 in the morning, when Lakshmi Patil from the village came to the temple to perform puja, she noticed that the mask of the goddess in the temple was stolen. She then informed the vil-lagers and lodged a complaint at the APMC police station. Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case against the unidentified thief and have started searching for him.

Panch Dhatu Devi's mask stolen from Gaondevi temple in Kopari village

8 Tuesday, 5 January 2021

Nature might have healed itself dur-ing COVID elsewhere, but in Mumbai Metro-politan region (MMR) the leap year turned out to be a bleak year when biodiversity has taken a big hit and the concerned authorities remained unconcerned, activists said.

Despite orders from the State Government and the High Court ap-pointed mangrove com-mittee, the various col-lectors, local planners failed to hand over the unreserved mangroves in their respective ju-risdictions to the forest department. The request by the State Mangrove Foundation for taking charge of wetlands at Belpada, Bhendkhal and Panje – all in Uran - for conserving the bio-diversity also went un-heeded.

“Raigad collector, Dr Nidhi Cahudhary had declared at the High Court appointed mangrove and wetlands committee meetings re-cently that there are no wetlands in Uran. Sub-sequently, in her reports to the Additional Prin-cipal Chief Conservator of Forests (APSSF), she gave a clean chit to vari-ous project proponents,” said B N Kumar, direc-tor of NGO NatConnect Foundation.

“The Collector vir-tually said no one killed Uran mangroves as she came to the conclusion that the sea plants have dried down and not been destroyed, despite the on-the-spot inspec-tion reports saying to the contrary,” Kumar said.

This has prompted the environmentalists to approach Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with supportive documents and photographs. The CM asked the principal secretaries of the Rev-enue (Dr Nitin Kareer)

and Urban Development (Mahesh Pathak) to look into the issue.

“State Environment Minister Aditya Thack-eray had in March 2020, ordered halt to all the construction activities on Panje wetland in Uran and vowed to save bio-diversity of MMR. Far from stopping construc-tion, the Navi Mumbai SEZ (NMSEZ) illegally leased out Panje wetland built several security cabins and vested inter-ests dried up the place several times, thus chas-ing away the migratory

birds,” Kumar said. Bombay Natural

History Society (BNHS) which said at least 1,50,000 migratory and local birds throng Panje, has called for declaring the wetland as a bird sanctuary. NatConnect too repeatedly took up the issue with the CM.

The High Court ap-pointed mangrove pro-tection and conservation committee at its early 2020 meeting asked CIDCO and the Raigad district administration to conserve Panje as it has all the characteris-tics of a wetland though might not have been listed under wetland at-las. As the authorities failed to protect Panje, environmentalists have called for filing con-tempt cases. CIDCO threw its hand up in the

air saying the area has been handed over to NMSEZ long ago.

“The High Court panel also directed the restoration of thousands of mangroves killed at Pagote. It called for re-storing the Bhendkhal wetland. CIDCO again said these places in Uran taluka are under NM-SEZ. The restoration is yet to be done,” regret-ted Nandakumar Pawar, head of Shri Ekvira Aai Pratishtan.

“Information ob-tained by us under the RTI clearly shows that

the project proponents did not have the dis-trict or the coastal zone clearances for starting any construction work or landfill, yet they go scot free,” Pawar said.

Pawar said the wet-land and mangrove de-struction appeared to be systematic and well planned. The destruc-tion has spread to new areas such as Ulwe in Uran and Kharghar in Panvel talukas.

The illegal landfill has resulted in block-ing of the free flow of tidal water which found its own course, inun-dating paddy fields and low-lying areas, said Dilip Koli, an activist of Paaramparik Mach-himar Bachao Kruti Samiti (Committee to Save Traditional Fish-ing Community).

Greens cry foul as virtual clean chit given to infra projects

By Crime Reporter

A young man named Prasad Koli, a resi-dent of Diwale village in CBD area, allegedly abducted Somnath Koli, who was having an af-fair with his wife. The accused Prasad, with the help of his three brothers, brutally mur-dered Somnath.

The CBD Belapur police solved the case within 12 hours after the incident and arrest-ed all the four brothers in the murder case, said Suresh Mengde, Deputy Commissioner of Po-lice, zone-1.

Among those arrest-ed in the murder case are Prasad Koli (27), Yogesh Koli (23), Datta Koli (29) and Nagesh

Koli (31)- all residents of Diwale village. Pras-ad Koli's wife had an af-fair with Somnath Koli (39) of the village. The police said, Sonamath Koli was abducted from Diwale village at around 10 pm on December 30th in a rickshaw. As he was missing, his brother Devnath Koli lodged a complaint with the CBD police station after he came to know that Prasad and his three brothers were in-volved in the abduction. Accordingly, the CBD police registered a case of kidnapping against the four brothers and started searching for them under the guid-ance of Senior Inspector Anil Patil, Assistant In-

spectors of Police Kes-hav Dinde, Pawan Patil, Kalyani Patil, Sub-In-spector of Police Nitin Sangle, Vishnu Dubal.

The team investi-gated and arrested the accused Prasad, Yogesh and Datta at around 1.30 am the next day.

During interroga-tion, Prasad confessed to have killed Som-nath by hitting his head with stone and wooden board at Retibandar near Diwale in CBD. The body was hidden under a rock near the crime area. The police then went to the site and took into custody the body of the deceased, informed Deputy Com-missioner of Police Suresh Mengde.

Man having illicit relationship murderedFour involved in the murder arrested by police within 12 hours

Creating a desert in destroying lush green mangroves - JNPT

By Ryhea George

MLA Prashant Thakur has de-manded that the greenfield Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) should be named after D.B Patil, a veteran politician and social activist who worked for the benefit of the farmers in Navi Mumbai area espe-cially in Uran and in Panvel city. “His contribution to this city and for the working class is well known and hence it would be apt to name the airport after him”, said Prashant Thakur.

The Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde had earlier proposed NMIA to be named after late Shiv Sena leader Balasaheb Thackeray.

From the last few days, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde's social media handles has been promoting the name

of Balasaheb Thackeray for the Navi Mumbai International Airport.

“The lands of small and big villages in Panvel and Uran have been used for the construction of NMIA. As D.B. Patil has worked for the people of Navi Mumbai, Uran

and Panvel city, the people would be happy if the name of D.B Patil is given to the airport. I don't think the Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde will oppose the decision to name the Navi Mumbai Airport after D.B Patil,” said Thakur.

NMIA should be named after D. B Patil: MLA Prashant Thakur