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By Siddhesh Waykar

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply

Transport (BEST) will be soon launching night bus services at a few major routes in Navi Mumbai for the convenience and safety of people travelling post midnight. BEST has already launched its night services on a few routes in Greater Mumbai jurisdiction.

“For those Mum-baikars who work till late night hours, safe and probably one of the

most affordable public transport bus services in the world- the BEST is starting night buses”, said Aaditya Thackrey in a statement.

A total of six night bus routes will operate from midnight to 5 am- the time where usually trains and buses are at

halts. The current six

routes include: Route 01, 66 Ltd., 202 Ltd., 302, 305 and 440 Ltd., which are currently

functional. The BEST further plans to extended its 24x7 services in Navi Mumbai and various other routes in Greater Mumbai’s juris-diction. The Air-port route from

Navi Mumbai to Chha-trapati Shivaji Interna-tional Airport (CSIA), will have bus services running 24x7.

BEST to start 24x7 bus service for various routes in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai

Women have potential to excel

in very field: Ramdas Athavale“Women have po-

tential to excel in any role they take. They can be great entre-preneurs,” said Ram-das Athavale, Union Minister of State. He was speaking during the Transglobal Entre-preneur Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture branch inauguration ceremo-ny…

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8-month-old baby girl rescued from Turbhe

stores nodeTurbhe MIDC po-

lice with the help of Yuva ChildLine raided a house of a woman at Turbhe Stores and rescued an 8-month-old girl. Police have taken action against the woman after it was found that she was keeping the girl ille-gally…

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Free Yoga CourseShri Ambika Yoga,

Kutir, Thane and Vashi branch will start its batch at Navi Mumbai Primary School, Sec-tor 2, Vashi. These classes will be con-ducted every Sunday from 7.30 am to 9.30 am for 12 weeks. Ad-missions are open on 13th March at the venue. For details con-tact Uttamrao Pawar : 9969187273, Bhan-dari: 9969022872.

Pet’s corner fails to serve the purpose, say residents

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By Ryhea george

The citizens of Navi Mumbai claim that

the pet’s corner in-troduced by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is not getting much re-sponse from the animal owners and hardly a few of them are actually us-ing the facility.

The facility has been introduced by the civic body with an aim to avoid defecation by the pets on roads and

footpaths. However, the residents say that the owners refrain from taking their pets there for the purpose.

Speaking to News-band, Ashwin Pradish said, “I recently visited the area near mini sea-shore Vashi and noticed that another new pet corner has been cre-ated in the area. How-ever, unfortunately, not many pet owners guide their pets to the area and hence many pets are defecating around the area but not in the

corner. The corner is not serving the purpose for which it has been created. The civic body has creatively made an attractive corner so that there is no open defeca-tion issue in the area. Hundreds of people visit the mini seashore daily, defecation by pets on roads and footpaths tarnishes the beauty.”

Sumit Jadhav, an-other visitor of the area said, “People bring their pets, especially

dogs, every morning and evening to the area but not may actually di-rect their dogs towards the pet corner. There should be more aware-ness about this as the surrounding area con-sists of recreational gar-dens and also residential areas. Open defecation by pets makes the area look filthy. Sign boards should be placed near the mini seashore so that the pet owners are aware of the existence of such a corner for their pets.”

During the review meeting held re-

cently with the officials of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), commis-sioner, Abhijit Bangar stressed on the manda-tory waste segregation into wet, dry and haz-ardous household waste at the source level and also to dispose it of separately in municipal waste trucks.

“I have directed the officials to reach out to the citizens and work more effectively in ar-eas where there are still shortcomings in waste sorting”, said civic chief.

The commissioner also directed to ensure that the wet waste pro-cessing projects, which are being implemented in accordance with the

solid waste management regulations, are being carried out on a regular basis in the societies and institutions where large scale waste is be-ing generated. He also directed that in the com-

mercial areas where road cleaning is done twice a day, information boards should be set up on both the sides of the road.

“I have insisted that effective measures should be taken at the departmental level to reach out to the people

and encourage them to take initiative in making compost from wet waste at home using an effec-tive tool like a compost-ing basket on wet waste.

He also directed the officials to self-examine

the cleanliness in the city and further improve it wherever needed. “As Navi Mumbai is a city with great poten-tial for cleanliness, the best quality is always expected from various

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Late Ramesh Kakade Pratish-than Belpada team emerged

victorious in the Kharghar Pre-mier League Cricket Tournament jointly organized by Praveen Sports Welfare Association in memory of late Kaluram Mahadu Patil. 11 Murabi team bagged run-ner-up prize. The winning team was awarded Rs 1,00,000 and tro-phy while the runner-up team was awarded Rs 50,000.

MLA Prashant Thakur, Uran MLA Mahesh Mahesh Baldi,

House Leader Paresh Thakur, BJP's Panvel Taluka President Arunsheth Bhagat, Mayor Kavita Chautmol, Deputy Mayor Sitatai Patil vis-ited and congratulated the players.

Children play cricket in Kharghar city as well as in Kharghar and Owe villages. The Premier League was organized with eight teams to boost the mo-rale of the youth. MLA Mahesh Baldi lauded the unique cricket tournament organized to give pri-ority to local children. The compe-tition was attended by dignitaries

from Panvel, Uran, Navi Mum-bai, Kalyan, Dombivali division, political, social, sports and many entrepreneurs. Omkar Patil from Kharghar was awarded an electric motor cycle. Best bowler Vivek Mhatre and best fielder Zeeshan Saifi were honored. Vishwas Patil and Sonia Gaikwad both scored half centuries in the match. Citi-zens had gathered in large num-bers to watch the competition. Praveen Patil said that there will be more teams in Kharghar Pre-mier League next year.

Late Ramesh Kakade Pratishthan Belpada team wins Kharghar Premier League

By Crime Reporter

Swaroop XI cricket team manager Mahendra Janar-dan Gaikar (40) allegedly hit Shashikant Vasant

Sontakke (50) a play from another team on the head with a scythe. Shashikant Sontakke was critically in-jured in the attack and has been admitted to the in-tensive care unit of a hospital in Panvel. After this incident, Panvel taluka police arrested the accused Ma-hendra Gaikar by filing various charges against him.

A cricket league was organized on March 6 at the cricket ground in Poyanje village in Panvel taluka. The seven star team of the league with Shashikant Sontakke from the village among the eight teams participating in this league After the Seven Star team won all the matches in this cricket league, the final match was between Seven Star and Swaroopa XI. The Seven Star team eventually won the final match as well.

After that, the winning players of the Seven Star team started cheering on the field to express their hap-

piness. However, Swaroopa XI manager Gaikar got angry. In a fit of anger he took a sickle and struck Sontakke on the head. After Sontakke was seriously injured in the attack, Gaikar insulted him and fled the scene threatening to kill him if he lodged a complaint with the police.

The injured Sontakke was later admitted by his teammates to the intensive care unit of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Shedung Toll Naka. After this incident, Panvel taluka police filed a case against the absconding Mahendra Gaikar and arrested him on Tuesday.

Cricket team manager injures opposition winning team player

Following a sweeping victory of BJP In four of the five states in the Vidhan Shaba election, the members of BJP's central office in Panvel, under the guidance of MLA Prashant Thakur and under the leadership of taluka president Arunsheth Bhagat celebrated the victory by bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets.

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Panvel Taluka Legal Services Committee and Panvel Bar

Association, Panvel jointly con-ducted free haemoglobin and thyroid tests on the occasion of Women's Day. Panvel Women Lawyers and Panvel Court Wom-en Staff participated in the camp which was conducted in collabo-ration with Arrowhead Lab, Pan-

vel.The programme was inaugu-

rated by District Judge 1 and Ad-ditional Sessions Judge Panvel Raigad Asmar, Ad Hoc District Judge 1 and Assistant Sessions Judge Panvel Raigad Bhakre, District Judge 3 and Assistant Sessions Judge Panvel Raigad Shinde. Also, on the occasion of Women's Day District Judge 2 and

Additional Sessions Judge Panvel Raigad, Mrs. Madhuri Anand as well as other Civil Judges Senior Level Panvel, Mrs. Godse, Sec-ond Magistrate First Class, Panvel Mrs. Patil gave valuable guidance on women empowerment. To car-ry out this program successfully, Adv. Asmita Bhuvad, Adv. Hema Bhagat, Adv. Seema Bhoir took special efforts.


Various programmes were organized by

Nerul Block Congress on the occasion of Wom-en's Day at the Congress office at Sector 2, Nerul.

Navi Mumbai Dis-trict Congress Secretary Vidya Bhandekar under the guidance of Labour Leader and Nerul Block Congress President Rav-indra Sawant had orga-nized programmes on the occasion of Women's Day at Nerul Block Con-gress Office. On the oc-casion of Women's Day, a cooking competition was organized for wom-en from Nerul and Juina-gar nodes. It was attend-ed by a large number of

women. The competition was held in the presence of eminent examiners. The first prize went to Sarada Biramane, the second to Seema Wagh and the third to Sangita

Balu Garje. While giv-ing gifts to all the female contestants participat-ing in this competition,

the organizer of the event Vidya Bhandekar worked to increase their enthusiasm.

Various women were felicitated and honoured at the event. They hon-

oured the widows who have been able to take care of the family and children since the death

of their husbands, the women who have con-tributed to the social work by taking care of their jobs and homes as well as the meritorious women of the society.

Navi Mumbai Dis-trict Women's Congress President Poonam Patil, former corporator Mira Patil, Sheetal Sawant, Vinayak Talekar and Son-ali Kapdane were pres-ent as chief guests at the event. Vidya Bhandekar compered the program and thanked the audi-ence. Vidya Bhandekar informed that the youth activists of Nerul Block Congress have worked hard to make this event a success.


Alarmed by the rising cases of blood pres-

sure and diabetes among women, Dr. Vaishali Mhatre said that it is highly imperative that women take good care of their health as they are the backbone of a

family.Dr. Mhatre was the

chief guest during a special programme or-ganised on the occasion of International Wom-en's Day at Arjun Soci-ety, Sector 4, Ghansoli.

Manisha Gade, Komal Shelke, Akank-

sha Survase, Vandana Bodke, Manisha Nikam, Sangeeta Chaudhary, Damayanti Patel, Lak-shmi Parit, Sangeeta Khade, Nikita, Vaishali Raut were present.

Dr. Mhatre said that the government is im-plementing free immu-

nization campaign for various diseases. One should take advantage of it and vaccinate children.

“Also, if there is a nu-trition plan for pregnant women, spread the word about it to the women in your acquaintance,” she said.

Women's Day celebrated by Panvel Bar Association

Congress celebrates Women's Day in Nerul

Women need to take care of their health: Dr. Vaishali Mhatre


Dance for the Lord of Dance

Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt launch ‘Samarpan’ – Residential Recovery programme for substance abuse

guru Vijay Shanker

By guru Vijay Shanker

On the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivaratri, students of

Saraswathy Kala Kendra and Re-search Centre (Mira Road), presented a programme of Bhrata Natyam and Kuchipudi dances at the Shiva Temple at Kanakia and at Xtreme Sports Gym on 1st March in the presence of parents and other guests. The performance was appreciated by the audience.

Saraswathy Kala Kendra is es-tablished by accomplished Bharata Natyam and Kuchipudi exponent Subitha Murali. The Kendra has been actively functioning for more than two decades and has trained sev-eral students in two distinct classical dance styles, promoting and propa-gating classical dances, The students have performed for various social and religious events.

The programme commenced with the lighting of the traditional lamp by veteran Bharata natyam and folk dance teacher and choreographer, Anil Vasudevan. Anil is particularly known for the production of "Bin Baicha Tamasha"(Tamasha without women), having presented several shows in various parts of the country with all boys group performing the traditional "lavani".

The students who performed at two different venues with lot of enthu-siasm and sincerity were Venkatesh Murali, Maitree Shastri, Antara Ba-nerjee, Shiveli Kotian, Brahmjot Kaur M, Harshini Reddy, Tashvi Poojary, Avisha Sharma, Priyal J Mali and Ca-ron Chettiar. The dancers performed various numbers in praise of Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva, Lord Murugan and goddess Saraswati. "Bho Shamb-ho" was one the most interesting items that incorporates the concept of creation, preservation and destruc-tion and the "Mahadeva" who is the Lord of gods. The finale number was again in praise of Lord Shiva, being the composition of Ravana, who was a great devotee of Lord Shiva, it was interesting to watch young children, dancing with lot of spirit and involve-ment, hence seeking the blessings of the Lord who is also known as "Nat-araja"- the king of dance.

During the silver jubilee pro-grammes, Saraswati Kala Kendra had organised the dance festival in which dancers from various parts of the country had participated, per-formers from Nepal too participated, The Kendra is planning another fes-tival mainly to promote young talent across the country.

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Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt

launched ‘Samarpan’, a rehab centre for alco-hol & drug de-addiction near Pune. The Guest of Honour was Narendra A. Baldota, who is the CMD of Baldota Group. Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt and Narendra A. Baldota cut the ribbon for the official launch. This is a platform for those suffering from mental health and addic-tion issues who usually find themselves unable to cope with the chal-lenges that life throws at them and tend to retreat into their own private shell. This withdrawal hugely affects social skills, professional per-formance and places tremendous strain on family ties. Considering the size of India and the diversity in its popula-tion clubbed with the urgent need for mental health, there is an ur-gent need for a well-structured and well-funded institution like Samarpan, to interject at this time and bring the desirable change to the extent possible said the officials present during the launch

Dr. Azhar Hakim, a well noted Psychothera-pist shared the idea of the inception of Samar-pan (surrender) and the wrap-around services & holistic healing that would be offered to the clients, as part of this initiative. Martin Peters gave the information regarding the setting up of a World Class Rehab Program. In this 28-day program focused on ad-diction recovery, clients will have to stay at the rehab centre near Pune where they will recover in a modern & spacious setting.

Samarpan is built in a colonial style of archi-

tecture reminding you of Scottish countryside, offering you all modern amenities and yet locat-ed in a very scenic envi-ronment, away from the hustle bustle of the city.

Mahesh Bhatt said, “The dedication towards Samarpan is a new light of hope. Even after reaching the heights of success and fame, I felt a sense of emptiness, and I was addicted to al-cohol. But one day when my second daughter Shaheen was born, I re-turned home after drink-ing alcohol. I remember I took my daughter in my arms, she turned her back because my mouth was smelling of alco-hol. And that one mo-ment changed my life. It's been 34 years since

then, and I haven't had a sip of alcohol. When I was shooting for the film Daddy, I, for once, felt that I should drink alcohol, no one would know. But then a voice came from inside that you would lie to the world, to that little girl, but how would you tell a lie to yourself. There-fore, to get rid of alco-hol, you have to take steps yourself, and have a strong intention. I am very happy that Nar-endra Baldota started a centre like Samarpan.”

He further added, “Dr.Rahul Bajpai, the COO of Samarpan, in-vited me and Pooja to inaugurate this program not because we are ce-lebrities but because

we have suffered from the addiction and re-covered. A pearl shines only through pain. I congratulate all the peo-ple associated with it for launching a facility like Samarpan.”

Pooja Bhatt men-tioned, “Generally peo-ple introduce me as an actress, filmmaker and activist. But I want to say that people should say that Pooja Bhatt has recovered from alcohol addiction. People re-member me because of the film Daddy in which I played a girl whose father was an alcoholic. In real life, a message from my father Mahesh Bhatt changed my life. I was an alcoholic and Bhatt Saheb messaged me if you love me then

you should love your-self. That day I became emotional and I gave up alcohol.”

She further said, “I accepted the habit of drinking alcohol but people do not do it. Dur-ing the Covid period, the cases of beating, insult-ing each other, mental health, depression, sui-cide had increased. The way Sushant Singh Ra-jput's case was shown, people were scared that if we ask for help, we would be considered as a criminal. There is a need for a centre like Samarpan today. If you are an alcoholic then you are not a criminal. Liquor habit is actually

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By indrani Basu

Four hundred and ninety four medi-cal students, natives of Kerala, who

had been evacuated from the battle field of Ukraine were sent to their native place in Kerala with the intervention of Vashi based Kerala House with the sup-port from Government of Kerala. Ker-ala House, located at sector 30A Vashi made all possible arrangements for the students for their safe journey to Kerala including air tickets, night stay, food etc. all free of cost.

Syam Kumar S, Additional Secre-tary to Government of Kerala and Nor-ka development officer in Mumbai has been taking care of the students. Syam Kumar, who is looking after the welfare and rehabilitation work, being the Chief coordinator of this mission, informed, “Government of Kerala plays a very im-portant role in supporting the students who have been evacuated through Mis-sion Ganga of the Union Government. All provisions including air tickets to Kerala are provided by the government. The students who had landed in Mum-bai from Ukraine were facilitated by the Govt of Kerala and Non-Resident Ker-alites department (NORKA ROOTS).”

“We made all the prior arrangements for them and provided accommodation and food in Kerala House, Vashi,” he added.

The first flight with evacuated stu-dents from Ukraine, mainly from Bu-charest and Budapest, landed in Mum-bai airport on 26th February, 2022. Till date ten flights have arrived in Mumbai and total 1864 medical students safely landed here. Total number of Kerala students who had landed is 494. Out of them 482 students have gone to Kerala by flights to four destinations mainly Trivandrum, Cochin, Calicut and Kan-nur and rest for various other destina-tions.

Lakshmi P, a native of Palakkad Kerala is a third-year medical student studying in Ukraine. She arrived in Mumbai after being evacuated through ‘Mission Ganga’ from the Romania Border. She and another 20 students were accommodated in Kerala House. She said, “All the students are thank-ful to the Government of India for our safe rescue and evacuation as well as we thank Syam sir and his team for offer-ing us excellent treatment during our passage via Mumbai to Kerala.”

Kerala House, Vashi assists students returning from Ukraine to reach their homes safely in Kerala

Ajinkya Balaram Rohekar has been

honoured with the pres-tigious Raigad Bhushan Award by the Raigad Zilla Parishad for his outstanding achieve-ments in the social sector.

In a ceremony held at Alibaug, he was honoured by Raigad Guardian Minister Aditi Tatkare. Zilla Parishad President Yogita Pardhi,

Vice President Sud-hakar Ghare, Speaker Nilima Patil, Ajinkya's mother and Aarey Budruk's Center Head Vidya Rohekar and family, ideal teacher Brijesh Bhadekar were present on the occasion.

Ajinkya has contin-ued his mother Vidya Rohekar's legacy of social service. Fol-lowing in his mother's footsteps, he devoted

himself to social work right from childhood. In the social field, he laid a good foundation by continuously carrying out various social activ-ities. Therefore, Raigad Zilla Parishad honoured Ajinkya Rohekar with the Raigad Bhushan Award for his remark-able work. Rohekar is being showered with congratulations from various quarters.

Ajinkya Rohekar honoured with 'Raigad Bhushan' award for outstanding

performance in social sector


District Collector Rajesh Narvekar said that the administration is

working to make women self reliant.Sewing machines

were distributed to women and training to Scheduled Caste wid-ows under the Sched-uled Caste Sub Plan was inaugurated under the District Planning Committee and Social Welfare Department at Elton Pada in Digha. Navi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation Stand-ing Committee Chair-person Navin Gawte, NMMC Women and Child Development Chairperson Aparna Gawate, District Planning Officer Sunil Jadhav, Assistant Com-missioner of Social Justice Balbhim

Shinde, Digha Sarpanch Anil Gwate and office bearers of Janseva Samajik Sanstha were present on the occasion.

A survey conducted by the District

Women and Child Development Of-ficer's Office revealed that Scheduled Caste widows who lost their husbands due to corona had no means of sub-sistence.

Sewing machines distributed

By Siddhesh Waykar

The imposition of Service Tax after every meal at restaurants is not go-

ing down well with the diners. Most of the restaurants and fine dine places charge ten percent of service charge. However, according to the law, the ful-filment of the service charge is solely a choice of consumer and it is upon their willingness to pay it. However, some of the restaurants in Navi Mumbai have been charging the service tax despite asked to ignore by the residents.

As per law, Service Tax has been phased out after the introduction of GST and it is not mandatory for the customers to pay it. However, the Ser-vice Charge is still applicable and res-taurants can make an appeal in front of the costumers.

“I know it isn’t mandatory and one cannot force you to pay the service charge, yet some of the restaurants in Navi Mumbai and South Mumbai charge heavily under the name of ser-

vice charge. Ten percent of the total bill is way too much”, said Prakashika Naik, a resident of Vashi.

On special occasions, the restau-rants have offers and free giveaways, and along with it comes the service charge, which people tend to ignore af-ter getting unusual service.

“We inform people before making the bill that we have service charge at our restaurants, and if the customer de-nies, we remove it before making the final bill. It is also restaurant staff’s duty to let people know first to avoid chaos”, said one of the staff members from Agent Jack, Vashi.

Residents fume over restaurants levying service charge

All the office bearers and activists of Bharatiya Janata Party in Navi Mumbai celebrated the sweeping victory of the party in Uttar Pradesh in the Vidhan Sabha election at Shivaji Maharaj Chowk, Vashi on Thursday (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)

Mr. Syam Kumar in blue shirt along with evacuated students


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With the temperature soaring high, birds and animals liv-

ing in urban concrete jungles start facing heat-related issues, most commonly dehydration which often leads to their unfortunate death.

There are no statistics to point out the grim situation the strays and birds face during summer. The se-verely parched animals in summer are left alone and have to hunt for drinking water. This makes them vulnerable to heat related issues resulting in death due to dehydra-tion in animals, particularly birds- a heart wrenching sight which we see every summer across the country.

As the mercury level rises, NGOs and animal activists begin their annual campaign of placing water bowls. While the campaign has been around for long, ironically, not many come forward and place a simple bowl filled with water for the birds at home or society gates.

Cities and towns have holding ponds but not all birds and strays are near to the resource. The ones which are far away cannot go to the source and drink water like human beings. Hence, it becomes our re-

sponsibility to come forward and do the simple act of humanity by plac-ing a bowl of water.

The act is simple and takes hard-ly a few minutes in a day with mini-mal effort. One needs to place any

wide-open bowl filled with water making it easy for birds and strays. This simple gesture can help in saving the birds and animals from dehydration. This habit can also be inculcated amongst the children, for after all, this is all about compassion and sensitivity. An act of filling a bowl with clean water to help some-one quench thirst has the power to bring about a change in one’s out-look. Let us help our winged birds and animals to hydrate themselves in the scorching heat and twitter around in peace.

An act of compassion

a disease and it should be treated like other dis-eases without any shame. We need such a centre. It should not be that this is only one such centre, but more should be built. With acute understand-ing of the needs of those confronted with mental health and addiction is-sues, Samarpan emerges as a beacon of hope.”

Samarpan is India’s first rehab centre that wraps-around care that embraces De-addiction, Mental Health & Well-ness services. Samar-pan seeks to address the problem through a holis-tic blend of psychiatry, mindfulness and coun-selling, supplemented by expert guidance on health, yoga, proper diet and meditation, keeping the identity totally confi-dential.

Samarpan seeks

to affect a 360-degree transformation in such individuals. Helping them overcome mental blocks; providing a sup-portive ecosystem; im-buing a sense of positiv-ity & hope; and ensuring they once again regain their zest for living. In short, the Samarpan promise is to get them ‘Back to Life’. The core programme is supple-mented by personalised sessions of yoga, mind-fulness, meditation as well as physical therapy, to ensure overall well-ness.

Currently India has 0.75 Psychiatrists per 100,000 popula-tions, while the desir-able number is anything above 3 Psychiatrists per 100,000. There are about 1,000 psychologists and 30,000 social workers for 1.4 billion people. As part of the holistic approach, sessions are also conducted with the

family of the client to keep them involved and informed about the ad-diction and recovery process. With its addic-tion rehabilitation at a world class rehab facil-ity, Samarpan extends treatment through a ho-listic blend of psychia-try, mindfulness, health counselling and yoga, in an exclusive, private environment, under the guidance of experienced counsellors.

A Counselling Cen-tre, located at Baldota Bhavan Churchgate, administers the Pre and Post, REHAB-Recov-ery Programs and other OPD services in a warm, private ambience.To of-fer the best outcomes, Samarpan has a multina-tional team of certified psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and coun-sellors trained in the US, UK and India, as quali-fied healthcare and well-ness experts.

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MAHeSH BHATT And poojA BHATT lAunCH...

By Ashok dhamija

Konkan Railway in coordination with North Eastern Railway have

decided to run fully reserved One way Express Special between Madgaon Jn. - Gorakhpur on Friday, 11th March 2022 with a halt at Panvel too. The schedule is as below:

Train no. 05030 Madgaon Jn. - Gorakhpur One way Express Special will leave from Madgaon Jn. at 20:00 hrs. on Friday and will reach Gora-khpur at 18:00 hrs on the third day.

The above Special will comprise of 20 Coaches including Two 3 Tier AC, 12 Second Sleeper Class, Four Second Seating and Two SLR Coaches.

Halts en-route includes Karmali, Thivim, Sawantwadi Road, Kankavali, Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Roha, Panvel, Va-sai Road, Vapi, Valsad, Surat, Bharuch Jn., Vadodara Jn., Ratlam Jn., Ramganj Mandi., Kota Jn., Sawai Madhopur, Gangapur City, Bayana Jn., Agra Fort, Tundla Jn., Kanpur Central, Aish Bagh Jn., Barabanki Jn., Gonda Jn., Manka-pur Jn., and Basti stations.

Passengers are requested to avail the services and follow all norms of State & Central Government regard-ing COVID-19 including social dis-tancing, sanitization etc should be followed in trains and at the Railway stations.

One way Express Special between Madgaon Jn. - Gorakhpur via Panvel today

PCMC chief reviews development worksBy Ryhea george

The Panvel City Municipal Cor-poration Commissioner Ganesh

Deshmukh reviewed the work of the department concerned with a view to develop and improve the number of daily market and weekly markets.

The commissioner instructed the officials to inspect the premises for planning of sheds with a view to develop daily market and weekly mar-kets. He also reviewed the tender process for the development work of administrative build-ing, mayor's bungalow, ward committee offices, cricket training centre etc. The civic chief also reviewed the work of hostels, Prime Minis-ter's Housing Scheme, installation of solar panels, transfer of land from CIDCO, transfer of infrastructure from CIDCO officials.

The commissioner instructed the construc-tion department to patch the roads before mon-soon so that there are no issues of potholes in PCMC’s jurisdiction.

Additional Commis-sioner Tripti Sandbhor, Deputy Commissioner Vitthal Dake, Deputy Commissioner Sachin Pawar, Deputy Com-missioner Ganesh Shete, Deputy Commissioner Kailas Gawde, Assis-tant Superintendent of Town Planning Jyoti Kawade, Executive En-gineer Sanjay Katekar,

Assistant Commissioner Dr. Vaibhav Vidhate, Assistant Commissioner Suvarna Dakhane, Accounts Officer Dr. Sangram Vorkate, Chief Audi-tor Vinay Kumar Patil as well as all department heads, department heads were present at the meeting.

PuBlic NoTicETAKE NOTICE THAT 1) Original Allotment Letter issued by CI-DCO to MR.VIJAY ATMARAM MAGADE Dt. 23/09/1999 2) Original Agreement To Sale between CIDCO and MR.VIJAY AT-MARAM MAGADE Dt.23/09/1999 3) Original Possession Letter issued by CIDCO in favour of MR.VIJAY ATMARAM MAGADE Dt.23/09/1999 4) Registered Deed of Assignment between SMT.SUNANDA MA-HADEV MASURKAR and MR.VIJAY ATMARAM MAGADE which was Registered with Sub-Registrar Office Thane-6, under Sr No.2251 Dt.20/03/2002 in respect of Property bearing Apartment No. B-16/0:3, Ground Floor, Om Shree Siddhivinayak Chs Ltd, Plot No.30, Sector-24, Juinagar, Sanpada Node, Navi Mumbai-400705,Taluka and District-Thane, Maharashra-State, Admeasuring About 25.737 Sq. Mtrs. (Bulit Up Area) have been lost/not traceable from the custody of my Clients MR. SUNIL PANDURANG JAWAL. My Clients have taken diligent search to find the said lost/misplaced documents but the same are not traceable. My clients have also lodged Complaint in Nerul Police Station vide Missing Reg. No.608/2022 Dt.08/03/2022. Take notice that if said lost/not traceable documents are found to any person or persons the same has to be reported to the undersigned within the period 15 days from the date of publication of the Public Notice. Also any person having any claim or right or objection in respect of the said property or any part thereof, by way of share encumbrance or Mortgage howsoever or otherwise is hereby required to intimate to the undersigned within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice of their such intimation, with all supporting documents failing which the transaction in respect of said property shall be completed without reference to such claim or objection and the claims or, objection, if any, or such person shall be treated as waived and not binding onus Sd/- MRS.TRUPTI ANIL SHINDE Advocate High Court Shop No.8, Plot No.17, Janta Market, Date: 11-03-2022 Sector-03, Nerul, Navi Mumbai- 400 706


8-month-old baby girl rescued from Turbhe stores nodeTurbhe MIDC police with the help

of Yuva ChildLine raided a house of a woman at Turbhe Stores and res-cued an 8-month-old girl. Police have taken action against the woman after it was found that she was keeping the girl illegally. Police are investigating from where and whom the woman brought the baby.

The accused woman living in Turbhe stores and is engaged in pros-titution. The woman had brought an 8-month-old girl to her house a few days back. Aware citizens living in the area suspected that she had stolen the child from somewhere, so they in-formed the child Line helpline -1098,

which works to help the children.According to the report, Child Line

representatives from the youth organi-zation visited the woman's house and inquired about her baby girl. While she gave various reasons making the suspicion of the Child Line activists stronger and they informed the Child Welfare Committee. After that, the Child Welfare Committee instructed to take the child from the woman into custody and file a case against her.

On Monday, Child Line's Kranti Otowkar, Sneha Sathe, Prem Rathod and Assistant Inspector of Police

Swapnil Kedar of Turbhe MIDC Po-lice Station and their team raided the house of a woman living in KKR

Road area of Turbhe Stores. Police have since registered a case against the woman. The baby, who was taken into custody, has been kept in a child-care centre.

Joint action of Child Line and Turbhe MIDC Police

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levels. We need to be more vigilant in this re-gard and no negligence on the part of hygiene standards will be toler-ated”, said Bangar dur-ing a review meeting held recently.

The meeting was at-tended by Additional Commissioner Sanjay Kakade, Deputy Com-missioner of Adminis-tration and Circle 1 Dr. Dadasaheb Chabukswar, Deputy Commissioner, Circle 2 Dr. Amrish Patnigere, Deputy Com-missioner, Solid Waste

Management Babasa-heb Rajale and other Nodal Officers, Execu-tive Engineers and As-sistant Commissioners of all departments and divisional officers were present.

The civic chief also directed the toilet con-tractors to be vigilant at all times to ensure that public and community toilets are clean.

The Commissioner said that the good beau-tification works being carried out in the city on a large scale have changed the face of the city and good feedback is being received from

the citizens and com-muters. He directed to ensure that only pro-cessed water from the sewage treatment plants is being used for running the water fountains.

While instructing that regular attention should be paid to cleanliness of main road dividers as well as road cleaning, the commissioner also suggested that citizens should be made more aware about the need to avoid dumping of waste such as empty water bottles and food wrap-pers in the open and use the bins that have been kept at all locations.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve“Women have poten-

tial to excel in any role they take. They can be great entrepreneurs,” said Ramdas Athavale, Union Min-ister of State. He was speak-ing during the Tr a n s g l o b a l Entrepreneur Chamber of Commerce In-dustries and A g r i c u l t u r e branch inaugu-ration ceremo-ny.

Praising the orga-nizer Chandrakant Jag-tap, Athavale said that Chandrakant Jagtap is a great business acumen. Many entrepreneurs get

valuable guidance from him.

In his introductory speech, organizer Chan-drakant Jagtap said that in future, organized,

unorganized work-ers, women's self-help groups, hardworking, exploited, victims, un-employed, students will be brought into the main-

stream. Also, Spandan Urban Fund has come forward to enable them financially, said Chan-drakant Jagtap, Founder President of Spandan.

T h r o u g h Aapli Masoli Business Op-portunity cre-ated through T r a n s g l o b a l Chamber, ten women from Navi Mum-bai were given free outlets. A minimum in-vestment of Rs.

25,000 is required to start a business.

Athavale presented a letter of appreciation to Vidha Sonawane from Turbhe.

Women have potential to excel in every field: Ramdas Athavale


Green celebration NMMc updates its icu Paediatric room at Nerul and Airoli Hospitals

Residents of Navi Mumbai await the availability of IPL tickets

By indrani Basu

International Women’s Day was observed in

a ‘Green’ way at Kapas Bhavan, Belapur. Team CRM of SBI and Tech-Mahindra presented to every woman associate indoor oxygen plants to keep those on their desk and also to place them at various places inside the office in a bid to increase oxygen level inside the room.

Mr. Chiranjeev Ku-mar informed, “It was a unique gesture by our male employees as they gifted indoor plants to lady associates to cel-ebrate International Women’s Day. The plants which are basi-cally known for produc-ing Oxygen inside an enclosed area, will in-crease the oxygen level and at the same time will

enhance the beauty of the office room. More than 50 varieties of in-door plants were gifted

to all female associates of Team CRM on Wom-en’s Day.”

“Nobody can better care for Mother Earth and mother nature than a woman. They need to be healthy and always happy," he added.

Bank leaders DGM

Mr Chiranjeev Kumar, Mr Manoj Kumar Jain, Head Enterprise Archi-tect and Senior Leader-

ships from Tech Mahin-dra Mr Prakash Kumar, Mr Naveed, Alok Bhatt distributed the plants to women associates. Team also planted a beauti-ful flower tree at Kapas Bhavan premises with the female members to mark Women’s Day.

With an aim to up-grade health facili-

ties in its jurisdiction, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has been carrying out various measures. Recently, Aditya Birla Capital Foundation in coordination with Pride India, a reputed NGO, have provided ICUs of 17 beds each in both Nerul and Ai-roli hospitals.

This includes 17 ICUs at Maasaheb Meenatai Thackeray Hos-pital, Nerul. ICU has been equipped with beds, 5 ventilators, 8 ECG ma-chines, 2 dialysis machines, 2 RO plants for it, 2 to D echo machines

useful for heart examination.An ICU at Rajmata Jijau Hospital

in Airoli has also been upgraded with the same equipment and facilities. Wards in both the hospitals will be available for paediatric departments.

By Siddhesh Waykar

The upcoming sea-son of the Indian

Premier League (IPL) is going to take place in India after two years, and more than that, it has arrived back in Navi Mumbai after ten years. The hype of IPL is al-ready high in the city and the residents are eagerly waiting to spend on the tickets to watch the matches live in DY Patil Stadium, which is one of the hosts for the IPL.

“In the last IPL sea-son that took place in India in 2019, the tickets were sold only on the online platform. Book My Show was the only ticketing partner at that time. There is a huge craze always and tickets run out of availability”, said Ujjwal Mhatre, Venue Management Team, Book My Show.

The tickets are most-ly expected to be out for sale on multiple online platforms and are ex-pected to range from a minimum of eight hun-dred rupees to as high as eight thousand rupees, depending on the seats.

The tickets for the cor-porate box are expected to be available between twelve thousand rupees

to thirty thousand ru-pees.

“IPL is the only part of cricket I follow and it always excites me. More than half of the season will be played in Mum-bai and Navi Mumbai. Even if the rates stay high, I would still buy the ticket”, said Hardik Patel, a resident.

As there are restric-tions on the occupancy of the stadium, the de-mand for the tickets is expected to rise with immediate effect after release. Navi Mumbai has over ten lakhs popu-lation and the available seats for IPL in DY Patil

Stadium would be twen-ty-two thousand, which will create a tight mar-ket for ticket sales.

“According to the conditions, the tickets may easily sell out in a single day and at least for half of the season, looking at the hunger of people for IPL”, said Gaurav Anand, a club level cricketer.

International Women's Day celebrated in a Green way at Kapas Bhavan Belapur CSR funding through Aditya Birla Capital

Foundation and Pride India

By Siddhesh Waykar

The satellite city is all set to wel-come Lucknow Su-

per Giants. The newly inaugurated Taj Vivianta Hotel in Turbhe, Navi Mumbai, is selected as one of the hotels for team’s accommodation. Each team playing IPL has been assigned a ho-tel for accommodation.

All the ten teams will be in bio bubble in different hotels in Mumbai. Trident,

Nariman Point will accommodate defending champions Chennai Super

Kings, Trident BKC for Mumbai Indians, Taj Mahal Palace for Delhi Capitals, Renais-sance for Punjab Kings, JW Marriott for Gujrat Titans, Grand Hyatt for Rajasthan Royals, ITC Grand Central for Kolkata Knight Riders, Taj Lands End for Royal Challengers Bangalore and ITC Maratha for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Navi Mumbai will be host for IPL team ‘Lucknow Super Giants’

Navi Mumbai Aam Aadmi Party workers celebrate victory in Punjab at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maha-raj Chowk, Vashi (By: Sumit Renose)

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