CMYK Vol 08|Issue 281|RNI No. MAHENG/2007/21778|Postal Regn. No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office|Navi Mumbai, Saturday 4 April, 2015|Pages 4|Price Re.1 Congress joins issue Restarts work on Vashi subway stopped by Shiv Sena leader; makes a show of shramdaan By Chandrashekhar Hendve VASHI: A big dispute has been ranging between the Shiv Sena and the Congress over the construction of a subway across SionPanvel highway at Vashi. Congress activists made a show of restarting the work with shramdaan (voluntary work) which had been stalled on account of opposition by a local Sena leader. PWD has construct- I was late for the function because my car got caught in a traffic jam. Now I’ll talk about how efficient our traffic police are. ed an all weather subway at Vashi connecting Sector-6 and Vashi village. The idea was to allow unhindered flow of traffic between the two sides. When the work was almost complete – only approach roads were left to be constructed at either end local Shiv Sena corporator, Vittal More raised objection forcing the work to be stopped. That was about a month ago. Miffed by the development, Congress Corporator from Vashi village, Dashrat Bhagat, on Friday collected a few party volunteers and made a show of restarting the work. The contractor seems to have lent support by sending a road roller and other equipment. Obviously, the two parties have lined up at opposing ends and have decided to make political capital out of it. Vittal More has argued that the subway will attract a lot of traffic to the spot destroy- CMYK ing the peaceful atmosphere now prevailing. Dashrat Bhagat has been arguing that it is essential link and a much sought after facility for the citizens. Anyway, work on the subway has been over and there is no point in abandoning it now. NMMC has reportedly decided to build the approach roads on either side. Will the coming election help to put an end to the dispute? That is the question being posed by the citizens. Advance Reservation Period increased from 60 to 120 days By Chandrashekhar Hendve VASHI: The Advance Reservation Period (ARP) for booking accommodation in trains has been increased from 60 to 120 days (excluding the date of journey) with effect from April 1. This has created an effect on the Vashi Railway Station where the numbers of passengers come to book their tickets between 1.4.2015 upto 28.7.2015. There will, however, be no change in case of certain day time Express trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express; special trains etc, where lower time limits for advance reservations are at present in force. There will also be no change in the case of the limit of 360 days for foreign tourists. The Ministry of Railways has increased the platform ticket rate from Rs.5 to Rs.10 from April 1. Wit effect from April 1 the booking in trains from train originating stations will open and remain available for 120 days. For instance, as on April 1, for trains leaving on July 28, the reservation can be obtained for journey commencing on all days A record 13.45 lakh tickets were booked through Railway’s IRCTC website on April 1, the first day from which the 120-day advance booking rule came into effect. In comparison, IRCTC sees an average booking of 5 lakh tickets each day. Train tickets can now be booked 120 days in advance (exCont. on pg. 4 CMYK 2 [email protected] 4 April, 2015 www.newsband.in The World Autism Day Event at Seawoods Required Receptionist (Female) Graduate, Computer Literate with experience. Contact : 9223593675 / 2775878 Female Office Assistant 12th Std. with Good English and Typing Speed fresh candidate wanted. Contact : 430, A Wing, 2nd Floor, Vashi Plaza, Sec. 17, Vashi. Tel. : 2789 0505 Required Computer operators for online Clicking Job (Fresher). 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Call : 9820086333 Discussion Topics: • NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute Celebrates World Autism Day. • Felicitates Two Special Children For their Special Achievements • Navi Mumbai Commissioner of Police, Mr K L Prasad, felicitates Mr. Shantanu Deo, Autistic Kid of 16 years of age for having cleared his tenth grade examinations from the NIOS board and helping his mother train visually impaired children for scholastic activities •Second child who is being felicitates is a 26 year old girl Ms. Pratibha Kamath who was treated for Mental Retardation. She is being felicitated for her exemplary skills at Bharatnatyam and her beautiful sitar music. She is also a skilled crafts person, making colorful divas and other items of home decor. •Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the commonest childhood neuro-psychiatric disorders. Presently over one crore children in India are affected and being treated with drugs for symptomatic relief, special education, occupational speech and behavioural therapies. In the USA the incidence of Autism is 1 in 68 children. Venue: NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute, Station Road, Sector 40, Seawoods, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400706 Day & Date: Saturday, April 04, 2015 Time: 11.00 am (followed by Lunch) Other events: 1) Live Visuals of the children’s performing, Visuals of felicitation event and also bytes from children and parents. 2) Sound bytes of patient and doctor CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from JANABAI PANDURANG PATIL to JYOTSNA DHANAJI NAIK as per affidavit dated 3rd April 2015. CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from MOHANISH DHANAJI NAIK to MONISH DHANAJI NAIK as per affidavit dated 3rd April 2015. 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No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office Phone : 2789 53 80 Telefax : 2789 3147 e-mail : [email protected] website : www.newsband.in CMYK CMYK Vol 18 No 49Navi Mumbai 4 - 10 April, 2015RNI No. 71478/97 Pages 4 Price Re.1 Skywalk at Airoli is a victory for traffic department By Dinesh Kamath NAVI MUMBAI: The work of constructing a sky walk in Airoli has begun. The construction work is being carried out by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) just in front of Airoli railway station along Thane-Belapur Road. This particular road has proved to be a dangerous spot owing to a big number of pedestrians having to cross the road. There is a large number of accidents that take place here and traffic jams happen constantly. The traffic policemen posted here finds it difficult to manage the road and hence they came up with the idea of having a sky- walk here and this idea they passed on to MIDC which after considering the magnitude of the problem sanctioned around Rs 2.5 crores for constructing the skywalk here. The job of constructing the skywalk has been assigned to a private company which specializes in building skywalks. The work might get completed by the end of the year af- ter which the skywalk will be opened for the pedestrians and thus provide them and the traffic police the necessary relief. The skywalk will be constructed to suit the space available and at the same time to make it convenient for the commuters too. It is not yet decided whether to have an elevator for the benefit of senior citizens and handicapped persons. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and MIDC are coordinating with each other to come up with a good job as far as this skywalk is concerned. Thane-Belapur Road is one of the busiest streets of Navi Mumbai and thousands of people need to use this road on daily basis and hence the skywalk is bound to prove to be a boon for all of them. Suicide by 22-year old girl By Vikram Gaikwad PANVEL: After almost three and a half months, a married man who allegedly had developed an affair with the deceased, has been booked by the local police on the charge of abetting suicide. The deceased Rashmi Chowdhury (22) and the accused, Ajaykumar Singh, were residents of the same neighbourhood in Sena activist switches sides; joins NCP By a staff reporter AIROLI: Ms Shobha Madhav Kotian, a long time activist of Shiv Sena, has decided to quit the party and join Nationalist Congress Party. She was welcomed into the party by none other than the party’s supreme leader in Navi Mumbai, Ganesh Naik. Kotian, who claims to be enjoying the support of a large number of workers, has announced her support to Shashikala Anant Sutar who will be NCP’s candidate from Ward No 10. “We will get Ms Sutar elected with a com- manding majority,” she announced after joining the party. Outgoing house lead- CMYK Airoli has a large number of IT industries owing to which there is a huge number of commuters travelling along Trans-Harbour line to reach Airoli station. Hence earli- er the work of skywalk gets completed better will it be for those people who reside or have their work place in Airoli. The decision to have a skywalk at Airoli has proved to be a victory for traffic department which had been trying to convince since a very long time both NMMC and MIDC about the need of a skywalk at this particular spot. er Anant Sutar was also present on the occasion. He lover comes under lens after three months ONGC colony in Panvel. Singh, who hailed from Gaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, was employed in O N G C . Though married, he used to stay at Panvel alone, having left his family back in his native place. Over the years, Singh and Rashmi developed affinity which eventually ended up in an affair. Promising to marry her, Singh had persuaded her to have sex with him and over the next two years, they used to have frequent sex. As this was going on, Singh used to pester and even harass her for money. After obliging him for some months, when she refused to pay him, he would often abuse and even threaten her. When finally she decided to end the secret affair and wanted him to tie the knot, Cont. on pg. 3 CMYK 2 [email protected] 4 - 10 April 2015 Co-operative Housing Societies Housing Management - 62 Declaration under APPENDIX -25 A K Bhattacharyya Question — I, after obtaining due permission from the society applied for transfer of my Shares and Interest in the Capital property of the society. Our society is insisting me to enclose a declaration under byelaw No 38(e)(xi) in the prescribed form of APPENDIX -25. along with other enclosures to the application form for transfer. Sir, In a public meeting you expressed that the same need not be required to be enclosed. Will please clarify the position ? Answer — Byelaw No 38(e)(xi) claims the undertaking in compliance with the provisions of any law for the time being in force. Such a declaration is required to honour the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act. 1976. The object this Act was to facilitate the availability and affordability of urban land by increasing its supply in the market. It provided for imposition of a ceiling on both ownership and possession of vacant land, acquisition of excess vacant land by the Government for common good. In principle no law should be static but dynamic. With the passage of time and to cope up with the requirement of the situation, it needs to be amended, re-casted or even repealed. This form was required to be furnished to honour the demand of the said law as was in force during the time when this byelaw was approved by the Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of the Cooperative Societies on 2nd July 2001. It is understood that the claim of Byelaw No NOTE ::Application form for 8th batch for subsidized Training Programme for Manager in CHS ( scheduled to start by early April 2015) available in the office of the Federation up to 21st March. Limited seats. 3 months’ course. All Saturdays 6pm to 8pm & Sundays 10am to 2pm. Eligibility H Sc XII pass. Age 18 and above. Certificates are issued jointly by Jt. Registrar Cooperative Societies (CIDCO) & Our Federation to successful candidates. Vacancies in Navi Mumbai are more than 2000. Successful candidates of earlier batches are gainfully employed. One time fee (including study materials, law books stationeries etc.) Rs. 2500/-only. Federation has also intended to start a simultaneously batch in CBD Belapur in addition to the existing venue at Vashi. 38(e)(xi) for the undertaking in compliance with the provisions of the Urban Land Ceiling & Regulation Act. 1976 does not hold good at this stage. However, the society is bound to honour all the provisions of its registered Byelaws until and unless the same is duly amended. Considering from the stand point of the society, it cannot be said to be illegal. In my humble opinion the matter needs to be addressed for intervention of the Jt. Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CIDCO), who should be impressed upon with the justification and necessity for effecting the amendment to the required effect. This issue may be dealt by the registrar suo-motu or on the appeal of the society. In view of the present situation, the society may to arrange for taking a resolution in the general Body to amend this specific provision to be deleted, in the interest of smooth functioning of the society, for onward submission, with the request to the Jt. Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CIDCO) to approve the amendment or even to exercise the power vested on him under Section 14 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act 1960, to call upon the societies in Navi Mumbai to make the amendment to delete the said provision under byelaw No 38(e)(xi) in the prescribed form of APPENDIX -25. Readers may enjoy free consultation with the author on all working days Morning — 11 am to 1 pm — Navi Mumbai Co-operative Housing Federation Ltd. Tel : 2789 7301 Evening — 5 pm to 7 pm with appointment at Keshav Kunj, Plot No 75, Sector 26, Parsik Hill, CBD Belapur. Mob : 98204 49452, Tel : 2752 1049 / 1050 A K Bhattcharyya, Chairman, Navi Mumbai Co-operative Housing Federation Ltd. CMYK Jive Daya - Live and Let Live, Way Of Life: JES Navi Mumbai Chapter Text and Photo by Ashok Dhamija VASHI: Jain Engineer ’s Society, Navi Mumbai Chapter on occasion of Bhagavan Mahavir Jayanti propagated the message of Jive Daya for all human beings , in order to communicate the significance of the phrase ‘Live and let live with due caring’ is understood and accepted as the most important value for human kind. JES Navi Mumbai Chapter is one of the 24 Chapters spread across India who have been working selflessly for serving the society using its engineering skills and driven by Jain values shared with this author that Lord Mahavira always preached that one should not accumulate bad karmas (deeds) which are the main cause of human delusion and suffering and lead to vicious cycle of life and death and continues till one is liberated. Jive Daya is one of path for practising Ahimsa. Jive in Sanskrit means Jiva in Hindi means any leaving being. So caring or working for betterment of any living being is called Jive Daya. The same can be as simple as feeding a hungry man, caring for ill or old people. Jive Daya can be treating of or looking after animals who can’t speak, Jive Daya can be saving Cows from Slaugh- ter house, caring for them in Cow pen (Gauvshalas or Panjrapole). Jive Daya can be anything and everything relating to caring and serving for living beings which would reduce their suffering, pain and make them live healthy and peace- fully. Hence its important that all liaving beings live freely and healthy without fear in coexistence of each other. About Mahavir Jayanti: Mahavir Jayanti (or Lord Mahavir’s Janm Kalyanaktithi ) which is celebrated every year on the 13th day of the Chaitra month fell on Thursday (April, 2nd, 2015) marked the 2,613 years of the birth of Lord Mahavir who was born in 599 BC and is the 24th Jain Tirthankar. Mahavira was born at a place called Kundagrama in Vaisali (presently in Bihar state), who spread the message of peace and non-violence. According to Mahavira, to live a righteous life one should follow the following principles, which are the main pillars of Jainism Nonviolence (Ahimsa) causing no harm to living beings; truthfulness (Satya) to speak the truth, non-stealing (Asteya) not to possess things that does not belong to you; Chastity (Bramacharya) not to indulge in sensual pleasures and non-attachment (Aparigraha) not to get attached to material things. Khanda Colony Premier League to start from Sunday By Umesh Parida KHANDA COLONY: The Morning Yoga Group in association with the Sanjay Bhopi Social Club will organize the Khanda Colony Premier League from Sunday. The matches will be played at the Mahatma School Ground, Sec-8, Khanda Colony. The cricket premier league will be graced by the former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar. The matches will be played from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm. The 40+ Khanda Colony premier league will attract a large number of players from across the Panvel taluka. All preparation from the organizers is getting close ahead of the premier league. Being the event graced by a former Indian captain there is much enthusiasm among the cricket talents of the taluka. CMYK 4 - 10 April 2015 [email protected] Soon Election Watch Committee for NMMC Election 2015 By Chandrashekhar Hendve and Umesh Parida NAVI MUMBAI: With the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Election declared the political activities in the city has started in- over as the elections are scheduled in the vacation times these youths will easily be available and will get used to free alcohol provided by the political parties to keep them engage in their form an Election Watch Committee that will ensure Free and Fair Election process. The committee members have organized a meet on 27 March 2015 and released a charter of demands to spread across the city during the election period. NMMC Election 2015 Campaign of volunteers of Socially Active Youth in Action (SAYA) • 100 volunteers to be part of Campaign • Increasing participation of voters for voting • Motivating new Voters to vote • Promoting Free and Fair Elections process • Formation of Event ‘Bap-Lek’ entertains lovers of Marathi literature By Ashok Dhamija VASHI: Marathi Sahitya, Sanskriti Va daughter. Although they were two different generation, the ghazals, shayaris, story telling etc. It was an entertaining program. Dilip Jambhle is a retired person while his daughter Darshana is convent educated and holds degrees like BE and MBA. But yet the love for Kala Mandal and Prof. Manikrao Kitane Vachanalaya have organized an altogether different family program on 28 March 2015. This event was attended by a big number of Vash residents. The name of the event was ‘Bap-Lek’. Dilip Jambhle is the father, while Darshana Jambhle is the love for literature was the same for both. The event had poem recital, songs, their mother tougue and literature led them to organize such a grand cultural event. Suicide by... Cont. from pg. 1 creasing. Youth being the most powerful tool and asset is mostly turned prey by the Political Parties. More- side. To ensure that the youths don’t just support someone for a Biryani and Beer, SAYA volunteers has decided to Election Watch Committee • Organising Survey to collect inforCont. on pg. 4 CMYK 3 he would not respond. He kept postponing the event with one excuse or the other. At long last when Rashmi learnt that he is already married, her dream world collapsed. She committed suicide by hanging herself in her own house on 14 December, 2014. Without knowing about the extra marital affair, Panvel police had registered case of accidental death at that time. During investigations however, the police learnt about the role played by Ajaykumar Singh and have booked him on the charge of abetting suicide. Woman PSI Gore is investigating. CMYK 4 [email protected] 4 - 10 April 2015 CR Mega Block on Sunday Issue : 49 4 - 10 April 2015 Corruption nationalized? About a year ago, many people were shocked to read the news of a relative of the then Railway Minister receiving a bribe of Rs 90 lakhs from a person who wanted to be a member of the Railway Board! Rs 90 lakhs for a mere membership of the Board! How and when will he recover it? What is the source of income for a member of the Railway Board? These questions must have pricked many a reader and left him wondering. Metro Man E Sreedharan’s report about the working of the railway Board shows that there is no cause for wonder. The job has much greater potential for making money. According to Sreedharan, the contractors, operating as a cartel, are siphoning off about Rs 10,000 crores a year by over charging the railways. That works out to about Rs 8,333 crores per month! No one will grudge parting with say a hundred or Rs 120 crores a month to be distributed among the members of the Board to keep arrangement going. Sreedharan mentions that the agreement for the purchase of diesel has not been renewed for the last about 15 months! Incidentally, the price of crude in the international market has fallen by more than 50% during this period. That alone will work out to more than Rs 10,000 crores! From that, one can imagine the total size of the scam. Corruption seems to have entered deep into the blood of Indians. It need not be in the form of giving or accepting a bribe or taking a cut on a contract. Take the example of the latest announcement of Maharashtra Chief Minister who has proposed to regularize about 20,000 unauthorised building in Mumbai Metropolitan area alone! The CM may not have received any money for the concession, but the deal has the shades of worst type of corruption in it. Someone or the other must have made money by erecting these buildings! Who were they? How were the building allowed to exist for so many years? Of course, no government can dare to raze so many buildings in one go. If it does, there would be a revolt leading to the overthrow of the government! That is what we meant when we said that corruption has gone deep into Indian’s blood. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has lauded the work of the Border Security Forces who have succeeded in substantially reducing smuggling of live stock across India-Bangladesh border. He has asked them to increase their vigil further so that the smuggling can be stopped completely. The objective is to starve Bangladeshis of beef and alas, not end smuggling! That also implies that the HM knows that smuggling is still going on. Obviously, he is helpless about it! And how long will the newly achieved control remain in place? Similarly, smuggling of livestock is said to be going on across India-Pakistan border too. Who will stop it? What happens to the live stock thus smuggled? Obviously, they are slaughtered! Then why not allow them to be slaughtered here? So, to watch the smuggling going on and simultaneously impose a ban on cow slaughter amounts to a double deal, doesn’t it? By Ashok Dhamija MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) will operate Mega Block o-n its suburban sections for carrying out maintenance work o-n Sunday 5th .April, 2015 as per the following schedule: A) Kurla - Mankhurd UP & DN Harbour Lines: From: 11.00 am to 3.00 pm. DN Harbour line services to Vashi, Belapur and Panvel leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) from 10.23 am to 3.01 pm and UP Harbour line services towards CST leaving from Panvel, Belapur and Vashi from 10.20 am to 3.04 pm will remain suspended between these two stations. Special trains will be run o-n CST Kurla and Mankhurd-Panvel sections during the block period. Harbour line Passengers are permitted to travel via Trans Harbour Line/ Main Line from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. B) Mulund-Matunga UP Slow Main Line: From: 11.15 am to 3.15 pm All UP Slow line services leaving Thane from 10.41 am to 3.12 pm will be diverted o-n UP Fast line between Mulund and Matunga stations halting at Mulund, Bhandup, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar, Kurla and Sion stations and further re-diverted to UP Slow line at Matunga station. DN Fast line services leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) from 10.08 am to 2.42 pm will halt at Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup and Mulund stations in addition to their respective scheduled halts and arrive destination 20 minutes behind schedule. UP Fast line services leaving Thane from 10.46 am to 3.28 pm will halt at Mulund, Bhandup, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar and Kurla in addition to their respective scheduled halts and will arrive destination 15 minutes behind schedule. UP Slow line services will not be available at Nahur, Kanjurmarg and Vidyavihar. Passengers of these stations are permitted to travel via Bhandup Vikhroli and Kurla stations All DN and UP Slow line services leaving/arriving CST between 11.00 am and 5.00 pm will arrive destination 10 minutes behind schedule. CR To Run AC Superfast Summer Specials On Mumbai - Howrah Route Bookings Opens Today By Ashok Dhamija MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) will run eight AC Superfast Weekly Specials between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), Mumbai and Howrah to clear the extra rush of passengers during the Summer Holidays as per the schedule given below: 02860 AC Special will leave Howrah at 1830 hrs on every Thursday from 9th to 30th April, 2015 and arrive LTT, Mumbai Soon Election... Cont. from pg. 3 mation on Youths involvement in Election 21 Point Charter of Demand from New Candidates by volunteers of Socially Active Youth in Action (SAYA) 1. Ensuring Quality Education in NMMC Run Schools 2. 25% admission of poor students in Private Schools 3. Gardens with appropriate Benches for Senior Citizens and Amusement Equipments for Children in each Ward 4. Non Restricted Playgrounds for Children & Youths in Each Ward 5. Senior Citizen Day Care Centres with separate Room for Senior Citizen Women in each Ward 6. 24x7 Water Supply in Slum & Village Pockets 7. Public Toilets 1 seat per 20 residents in Village & Slum Pockets 8. Public Toilets in Market Places & Bus Stands at 2345 hrs next day. 02859 AC Special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 1320 hrs on every Saturday from 11th April to 2nd May, 2015 and arrive Howrah at 1815 hrs next day. The twelve coach AC Superfast includes Three AC-2 Tier, Eight AC-3 Tier, one AC Pantry Car. Halts en-route includes Bhusaval, Nagpur, Raipur, Bilaspur, Rourkela and Tatanagar stations. Reservation for the same commences from Saturday 4th April, 2015. 9. Free Pee for Women in Public Toilets 10. Proper Foot Paths to walk 11. Cycle Path to develop pollution free city along service roads and internal roads 12.Ring Route Buses within Nodes 13.NMMC Library in Each Ward & Free Study Rooms for one and all 14.Implementation of Silence Zones near Places like Hospital, Educational Institutes, etc 15.Drainage Cleanliness Drive every week in Nodes, Villages and Slum Pockets 16.Shelter for Women in Distress 17. Shelter for Street Children in Distress 18.Hostels for Students 19.Anganwadi’s in Village and Slum Pockets 20.Increase in social welfare schemes 21.Urban Health Post to be kept open from Morning 9am to Evening 6pm The above information was provided by Jaspal Singh Naol, Secretary & Media Spokesperson, Socially Active Youth in Action (SAYA). Printed by Kailash Gindodia Published by Kailash Gindodia owned by Kailash Gindodia Printed at Suvijja Printeries, A-68/3, Crevina Synthtics Compound, T.T.C. Ind. Zone, Mhape, M.I.D.C., Navi Mumbai, Thane – 400 705 and published at C-90, Vashi Plaza, Sec. 17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400 705. Editor : K R Bhat • RNI No. 71478/97 Phone : 2789 53 80 Telefax : 2789 31 47. e-mail : [email protected] website : www.newsband.in CMYK CMYK [email protected] 4 April, 2015 www.newsband.in 3 NMMC does tree plantation but Flies at the city railway stations MSTPCL has to axe those trees irritate the daily commuters just a few meters below the high tension cables there is all the probability that the trees will touch the wires. be from both the organization. One transplants trees while the other axes their branches annually. Then the MSTPCL will have to cut them, once they start touching the wires. This means that NMMC does something without taking care to consider the power transmission unit of the state. The double wastage of money will If the two agencies work against each other in the matter of transplantation then whom should the residents blame? The power transmission wing has to do the annual axing ahead of the rainy season to keep the hanging wires safe. AAP versus CIDCO for Harbour line infrastructure And Vashi creek bridge but also other infrastructures made in the city of Navi some for commuters existing among common people. The members of AAP are trying to appeal to the state as well as central government to stop Mumbai. Another thing that is provoking the AAP members is the constant hike in the surcharge that is taking place. According to them such hikes are proving to be burden- this practice of making the commuters pay surcharge. They are also planning to stage an agitation and if necessary knock the doors of the High Court to obtain relief of commuters residing in the city. By Umesh Parida GHANSOLI: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has done a good job by transplanting trees from one place to another. But they have planted the trees underneath the MSPTCL high tension wires forcing to the trees to be axed during the monsoon or the next season. The NMMC, through the contractor, has transplanted a good number of trees underneath the high tension cables alongside the ThaneBelapur road opposite Ghansoli area on the MIDC side. These trees have been watered and few of them have grown up. Over the next few months, the trees will come out with branches. As the transplanted trees have height By Dinesh Kamath NAVI MUMBAI: City and Industrial Development Corporation has collected a huge amount as surcharge from Central Railway as payment for the Harbour line infrastructure and Vashi creek bridge. This practice of paying surcharge continues even today even though more than 20 years have passed after construction of those infrastructures. This has infuriated some members of Aam Aadmi Party who question as to why the commuters have to pay the surcharge when CIDCO has received the full payment of constructing the infrastructures. But CIDCO officials are now coming up with the explanation that the surcharge is being imposed on commuters not just to recover the money spent An exhibition of photographs on Shivaji and Raigad PANVEL: An exhibition of photographs of Sudhakar Lad is organized on Saturday, 4 April, 2015 at 10.00 am at Gokhale Hall, opp Panvel Municipal Council head office. The exhibition will be inaugurated at 10.00 am by PWP leader Vivek Patil. Admission is free. All are requested to take advantage of the event. CMYK By Umesh Parida K O PA R K H A I R A N E : Many small flies in the railway stations across the city are irritating the daily commuters. The flies known as Chirma in Malvani language are becoming major problems for the commuter. These small flies mostly roam around one’s face. Citing his experience in the Panvel railway station, a daily commuter Sashikant Sutar complained, “Over the last fifteen days or so these flies have made us so impatient that we cannot sit on the chairs installed in the railway station premises.” He added, “In other city railway stations the problem is similar. People who come here early and who have to wait to board the next train face the most problem for some times. These flies roam around and sit on the face thus causing inconvenience to all.” Another daily com- muter at the Koparkhairane railway station alleged, “The flies do not even allow the commuters to stand for sometime till the time they board the local trains. However, the flies are not found much inside the local trains. The problem occurs owing to lack of cleanliness at the railway stations which lead to breeding of the flies.” Many are of the opinion that if the authorities take proper precautionary measures, the flies cannot survive, but the authorities just don’t care to take prompt action. More victims of fake ‘CIDCO marketing officer’ come to light The cheat cools his heels in police custody By Vikram Gaikwad KHARGHAR: Four more victims of fake ‘CIDCO marketing officer’ come to light. Together the conman is reported to have extracted Rs 10.5 lakhs from them on the promise of proving them CIDCO houses at concessional rates. The conman, Dhondiram Gopal Powar hailed from Kolhapur district and was a farmer by occupation. Some how, he landed at Kharghar where he assumed the name of Keshav Kshirsagar and went round posing as a Marketing Officer with CIDCO. He went round promising people to provide CIDCO houses at ‘cheap rates’ and collected lakhs of rupees. So far, 10 people have come up with claims of having paid him a total of Rs 30 lakhs towards ‘token advance’ against the houses. Even as investigations into these cases was going on, four more persons have come up with complaints of similarly being cheated. The new lot includes Dr Harbhajan Singh, Harpal Singh, Baljit Singh and Jaspal Kaur, all residents of Jogeshwari. Between them, they claim to have paid Rs 10.5 lakhs to Powar and lodged complaints with Kharghar police to that effect. Powar has been arrested and API Wagh is investigating. Assurance given to people of Pen area that their water related problem will be solved By Umesh Parida PEN: The Pen area has been assured that their problem related to drinking water scarcity will be taken up before the appropriate authorities. The devotees who turn up in large scale to have a darshan of Maa Jagdamba in a temple located at this place are also facing the drinking water problem. The locals have been assured that the next fortnight a meeting would be held with the Raigad Guardian Minister Prakash Mehta to chalk out a plan to address their woes. The villagers were advised to convene a meeting so as to help in effective implementation of the plan. The villagers here are hopeful of getting their problem addressed. Every year a large number of villages of Raigad district face the water scarcity from the advent of the summer season. CMYK 4 [email protected] 4 April, 2015 www.newsband.in Faithful Observe Good Friday Across The City Text and Photos by Ashok Dhamija NAVI MUMBAI: Christians in the city observed Good Friday, which marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary, with prayers and fasts. They began the day with fasting and visited churches across the city to offer prayers. Also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday or Easter Friday throughout the world, the same is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum preceding Easter Sunday. One of the ceremonies of the day organized by the Sacred Heart Church in Vashi was the “Way of the Cross” - the 14 stations on Christ’s Journey to Mount Calvary which was re-enacted by the Church’s youth group and was annotated with social message in line with current times. Thousand of faithful from across the city joined the procession which depicted the events surrounding the crucifixion of Christ as it made it way on the street of Vashi (originated and terminated at the Church), via Fr. Agnel’s School – Sector 9A Road - Shivaji Chowk – Bus Depot – Telegraph office. “This Advance Reservation.. Cont. from pg. 1 cluding the date of journey), instead of the earlier limit of 60 days. The four-month window helped passengers to plan their vacations well in advance. In the Railway Budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had extended the advance reservation period to 120 days. Dynamic fare on Tatkal Quota Ministry of Railways has decided that 50% of the existing tatkal quota tickets shall be sold under dynamic A re-enactment of 12th station in which Jesus Christ breath his last on the Cross. Faithful relive the pain. The choir group renders soulful hymns at different stations as part of the ‘Way of the Cross’ fare scheme. After booking of the first 50% of tatkal tickets under tatkal quota, the subsequent 50% tatkal tickets will be sold on dynamic pricing. The fare shall increase by 20% after each slab of 10% berths are sold subject to the existing cap (maximum fare chargeable) on dynamic fare. CMYK day signifies the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross for the sake of forgiveness of our sins. Today we mourn and relive in prayers the suffering Jesus went through before being crucified,” shared Fr Baptist, on the occasion. A devout faithful Mark Gonsalves a resident of Vashi who came all the way from Anand in Gujarat to be part of the Good Friday service said “Many Christians fast for around 40 days before Good Friday in keeping with tradition during the season of Lent and abstain from alcohol, nonvegetarian food, smoking or some other regular cravings over this period as a reverence to this Holy period which ends today. Others end fast only after attending the evening mass. Good Friday is a part of the Holy Week and is not simply an annual commemoration of past events, but the faithful actually participate Thousand of faithful join procession which in the death and resurrection of highlighted the crucifixion of Christ in or- Jesus. It teaches us how to live with der to experience the suffering of the Sav- his kingdom values ior and his boundless compassion
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