CMYK Vol 08|Issue 252|RNI No. MAHENG/2007/21778|Postal Regn. No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office|Navi Mumbai, Saturday 28 February, 2015|Pages 4|Price Re.1 800 patients to receive free Super Speciality treatment General Body accepts the proposal made by Hiranandani hospital By Vijay Bhor / Chandrashekhar Hendve CBD-BELAPUR: After much delay, NMMC’s general body has accepted the proposal to treat the patients referred to it by the civic body in its super speciality section free of cost. The facility however will be limited to 800 patients in a year. All patients including those suffering from chronic diseases like cancer, heart attack and kidney ailments, the treatment for which is very expensive, will be extended this facility. limits and those whose family income is less than Rs 3 lakhs per year will be eligible to apply for it. Every expense including bed charges, consulting doctor’s fees, diagnostic tests, food and medicines will be borne by the hospital. Only those staying within Navi Mumbai municipal The facility has been offered by the hospital management in return for the lease of a portion of the hospital building where the Hiranandanis have established a 300 bed facility. The General Body presided over by Mayor Sagar Naik put its stamp of approval on the arrangement on Friday. Speaking on the motion, the corporators demanded that NMMC should establish a separate cell with a doctor in charge to establish rapport between the patients’ families and the hospital establishment. “This is necessary because of the background of the patients,” explained Naik. “The arrangement has been arrived at so that no one will have to go without treatment for want of money,” Naik declared at the meeting. Budget Presentation at General Body Meet Those two painters are debating over the subject whether to paint Narendra Modi’s portrait or Arvind Kejriwal’s on that blank poster. Standing Committee Chairman Suresh Kulkarni presents the NMMC Budget 201516 in addition to Standing Committee suggestions to Mayor Sagar Naik in General body Meeting. On this Occasion, NMMC Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare, Leader Of House Anant Sutar, Leader Of Opposition Saroj Patil were present on The dais. General Body Meeting announced that Budget Discussion will be on 2 March 2015. CMYK More consumers to receive piped gas MGL agrees to expedite the work on the system: Santosh Pachlag By Vijay Bhor CBD-BELAPUR: “In response to systematic follow up by Bharatiya Janata Party, Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) has agreed to expedite the pipeline laying work to reach 28,000 more consumers,” said Santosh Pachlag, General Secretary of BJP’S city unit on Friday. Giving details of the project, he said that in all 58,000 consumers had registered their demand for piped cooking gas and Cont. on pg. 4 CMYK 2 dailynewsband@yahoo.co.in 28 February, 2015 www.newsband.in NCP leader Dr Sanjeev Naik disappointed with Railway Budget NAVI MUMBAI: After the budget presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday, many Navi Mumbaikars along with city party leaders were disappointed. Commenting on the budget, NCP leader Dr. Sanjeev Naik said Required urgently MPSC Tutor for History / Geography at Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Preference to experienced. Contact : 8275465281 / 9699334973 Want an Assistant to work from 10 am to 5 pm on Contract Basis. Must be fluent in Written English. Contact : 9869010524 Ganpati Sales required 10 Sales Man on Sales Counter. 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Editor : Dinesh Kamath • RNI No. MAHENG2007/21778 • Postal Regn. No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office Phone : 2789 53 80 Telefax : 2789 3147 e-mail : dailynewsband@yahoo.co.in website : www.newsband.in CMYK CMYK Vol 18 No 44Navi Mumbai 28 February - 6 March, 2015RNI No. 71478/97 Pages 4 Price Re.1 Humanist rikshaw driver felicitated By Chandrashekhar Hendve VASHI: Rikshaw driver Vijay Bhagavanta Kale is a resident of Sector-2, Sanpada. Unlike most other rikshaw operators, he is a man with a golden heart which throbs for the disabled and the old. For years, he has been ferrying the senior citizens, the handicapped and sometimes even the stranded school children free of cost. He is also known to return the articles left behind by forgetful passengers by searching them out of the crowd. He is a man of patriotic spirit too. That has made him to be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cam- paign ‘Save the girl child, educate the girl and save the country’. Kale is a member of D R Patil Rikshaw Chalak Malak Sanghatna headed by Somnath Talekar. The Sanghatna has recently conferred the Adarsh Rishaw Chalak Puraskar on him. His colleagues Ramdas Deshmukh, Shashikant Jadhav, Sampat Waikar, Ravi Chavan, Ganesh Patil and Madhukar Bhausaheb joined together to felicitate him for having won the Award. “I humbly accept the Award. I am grateful to my friends and well wishers who have recommended my name for the Award,” he said accepting the Award and responding to the felicitation. Woman returning from wedding attacked and robbed by Chain Snatchers By Vikram Gaikwad PANVEL: A woman returning home after attending a wedding was attacked by a duo of chain-snatchers who robbed off her jewelries worth Rs 2,31,000 on Thursday. The victim, Sarita Jeetakar (24) is a resi- dent of Kaloke village of Panvel and was attending a wedding in Kalan Samaj Hall, also in Panvel. After attending the wedding at 8pm she left to return home. As she was walking towards her car, two chain snatchers riding a red motorbike attacked her. They robbed her jewelries worth more than two lakhs before fleeing. She tried to raise alarm but the delinquents had already fled the scene in the dark of night. Accordingly, she has lodged a complaint against two with Panvel Police. Concert by Rajan-Sajan Mishra PANVEL: Well known cultural organization, Panvel Cultural Association is organizing a music concert by Bandhu Pandit Rajan-Sajan Mishra on Saturday, 28 February, 2015 at 8.30 pm at Adya Krantiveer Vasudev Balwant Phadke Hall at Panvel as a part of its silver jubilee celebration. All music lovers are requested to take advantage of the occasion. Further details may be had from Jagannath Joshi over mobile 98923 88960. CMYK Pankaja Munde to visit the city By Chandrashekhar Hendve Pankaja Munde, Daughter of late Gopinath Munde and niece of late Pramod Mahajan and also Minister for Rural Development and Woman Child Welfare Maharashtra Government will be visiting the city on March 1, 2015. Jay Bhagwan Mahasangha is organizing a “Bhavya Samaj Melava” in the city and Minister Pankaja Munde will be attending the event. The event will be held on the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) exhibition center ground, near Vashi highway and Vashi Station, sector-30 Vashi at 4 pm on March 1. CMYK 2 innewbom@rediffmail.com 28 February - 6 March 2015 Co-operative Housing Societies Housing Management - 58 Disconnection of water service to the defaulters - Part III A K Bhattacharyya In the earlier issue we have discussed about some of the available provisions to deal with the defaulters in a cooperative housing society. In this issue we will discuss the concluding part of problem. You were requested through me earlier issues to favour me with your studied observations, suggestions, criticism, contributions on the concepts as mentioned hereunder to facilitate further action at our end. The provision 12A(5) reads as, “Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force:a) in Greater Bombay, the Court of Small Causes, Bombay. b) in area for which a Court of Small Causes is established under the provisional Small Causes Court Act, 1887 CIX of 1887 such Court, and c) Elsewhere, the Court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) shall have jurisdiction to decide any application made under sub-section (2), and no other court shall have jurisdiction to entertain such application. No appeal shall lie from any order made on such application: but in Greater Bombay a bench of two judges of the Court of Small Causes, Bombay which shall not include the judge who made such order, and elsewhere the District Court, may for the purpose of satisfying itself that the order made was according to law, call for the case in which such order was made and the bench or court aforesaid or the District Judge on any Judge to whom the case may be referred by the District Judge, Application form for 8th batch for subsidized Training Programme for Manager in CHS ( scheduled to start by February / March 2015) available in the office of the Federation up to third week of February. Limited seats. 3 months course. All Saturdays 6 pm to 8 pm & Sundays 10 am to 2 pm. Eligibility H Sc XII pass. Age 18 and above. Certificates are issued jointly by Jt. Registrar Cooperative Societies (CIDCO) & 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. shall pass such order with respect thereto as it or he thinks fit.” The provision 12 A (6) reads as, “Any manager who contravenes the provision of subsection (1) shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or both.” Combined reading of sub-section 12A(1), 12A(2), 12A(3) and 12A(4) leads to conclude that in case the manger has contravened the provision of sub-section (1), and a member makes an application to the court for a direction to restore such supply or service, the court on enquiry finds that the applicant who was enjoying the essential supply of water, and that it was cut off by the manager without just and sufficient cause, the Court shall make an order directing the Manager to restore such supply or service before a date to be specified in the order but no penalty to be imposed at that stage. It appears that the question of imposition of any penalty arises only when the manager fails to restore the essential services within the period ordered by the court. We may look at the existing situation. Tthe cooperative housing societies are to make payment of the entire amount of the bills for the water charges claimed by the Municipality against the quantity of water received as recorded by the water meters installed in the societies within the specified dates. Society fix of the liability of individual member as per its byelaws about his share to be paid to the society and collect the amount for onward payment to the municipality on that account to avoid disconnection of water supply. When a member fails to pay his share to the society, there arises a short fall and the municipality is in no way interested to hear any excuse of the internal problem of the sociCont. on pg. 4 CMYK Weeklong Celebration To Promote Usage Of State Language Concludes At St. Joseph’s SSC Board Students perform the Koli folk dance on the occasion Text and Photo tions such as Marathi By Ashok Dhamija poem recitation, MarNEW PANVEL: To athi proverb writing, mark the birthday of word formation, news the famous Marathi reading and elocution poet and laureate Sri. were conducted. StuV. V. Shirwadkar. St. dents enthusiastically Joseph’s High School participated and ex(State Board) , celebrat- plored more knowledge ed Marathi Language about Marathi language Day with great zest and and culture. A special gusto on 27th Feb,2015. assembly enriched with A weeklong celebration myriad cultural perforwas held in the school mances was conducted with various competi- on this day, followed by a special speech in Marathi. Elated winners were felicitated. Speaking on the occasion Head Mistress Saeeda Javed said “Language moulds the personality of a person and knowing their roots helps in character building of a person. The initiative taken by our MD Grace Pinto has been the inspiration behind all such cultural programs” Xavierian’s Celebrates Marathi Basha Divas Dressed with the vibrant hues of yellow and orange students showcase Lavani which is one of the folk dance of the state Text and Photo by Ashok Dhamija AIROLI: The day 27th February, 2015 which marks the Marathi Basha Divas (Marathi Day) turned out to be a vibrant one as the students and the teachers of St. Xavier’s High School, Airoli turned up in traditional costumes to celebrate the occasion. On the occasion speeches on the importance of Marathi language was delivered by the students. Traditional folk dances koli and lavani dances highlighted the rich culture of Maharashtra. A humorous skit had the audience in ruptures. Chief Guest Sanchit Chaudhari – Music Director (Bollywood) congratulated the students and spoke of how the usage of state language helps in preserving its culture and enriching ones experience. CMYK 28 February - 6 March 2015 innewbom@rediffmail.com 3 NMMC to beautify Nerul lake 70 lakh worth ‘Skills And Employability By Dinesh Kamath NAVI MUMBAI: Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to beautify Nerul lake. Around the lake will be a fitness park, jogging path, an amphitheatre and an open air gym. The city residents who enjoy riding two wheelers, especially the cycle, can use this place to have their fun. The cycling track will soon be ready. Cycling track and jogging track will be constructed separately. They will touch the lake on one side and Palm Beach Road on the other side. Once the beautification of Nerul lake is completed, this spot is bound to attract many tourists. Even the local residents are bound to pay constant visit to this spot especially to exploit these tracks. Migratory birds will be an additional tourist attraction. The jogging track will be made in such a way that it will suit professional runners and the wooden floor appearance of the track will make it more attractive to those who use it. There will be light poles constructed around the lake and this will brighten up the place at night. Those who are interested in fishing will be granted permission to pursue their hobby Cont. on pg. 4 Augustine celebrates ‘Marathi Day’ A skit being performed by the students. Text and Photo Nerul. Marathi folk by Ashok Dhamija dances, poems, skit & NERUL: A Special as- songs were performed sembly was conducted by the primary and secto mark the celebration ondary students of the of Marathi day at St institute. Elocution Augusitne High School, competitions, Essay writing were also conducted. Teachers too also gave speeches on importance of Marathi day and contribution of Marathi in the field of Literature. CMYK ’ project in Navi Mumbai to empower over 3000 candidates By Hema Gobindram Lobo NAVI MUMBAI : The Rotarian community of leading social workers has been renowned for well cultured leaders who come together to create a positive, lasting change in and around them. Supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world, the efforts of Rotary International have sustained over 37 years in Navi Mumbai. Its Computer Aided Literacy (CAL) project in 10 underprivileged schools in Navi Mumbai with an outlay of over Rs 30 lacs benefitting over 8000 students over the past 2 years has indeed been an outstanding outreach project which has managed to percolate down to numerous people to add value to their personal and professional lives. “A major project being currently implemented is vocational training project for girls and young women in slums to gain meaningful employment, project cost Rs 30 lacs plus with over 1500 beneficiaries,” informed Executive committee member Prem Kumar. “Now with an aim to expand the benefit of ‘Skills and Employability’ project to a larger audience this year we have embarked upon an ambitious plan to double the number of beneficiaries to over 3000,” stated President, Rotary Club of Navi Mumbai Mahesh Aranake. He further added that the estimated cost of the project is around Rs 70 lacs of which the global partners would fund 50% of the project cost, he added. To meet the remaining fund requirement the Club has ap- pealed to Corporate Houses, Philanthropists and generous individuals to pitch in. A Mega Fund Raising Musical Nite by the renowned Klub Nostalgia at Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium on Saturday February 28 2015 at 8.00 pm will prove that its catchline MUSIC FOR A CAUSE will also created entertainment without a pause. “In a t r u l y magical way the songs of yesteryears and a three hour SOUND SURROUND, at the highly refined auditorium in the company of intense music lovers, has always been an experience which lasts to relive and revive the joys of life for a long time to come for one and all,” said Mrs. Venkatraman a great connoisseur in the world of melody. President RCNM Rtn. Mahesh Aranake is available on +919820211735. CMYK 4 innewbom@rediffmail.com 28 February - 6 March 2015 Businessman robbed by muggers in motion Issue : 44 28 February - 6 March 2015 Railway budget and Mumbaikars Most residents of Mumbai are sore with railway minister Suresh Prabhu for not making any special provision for the city’s suburban section which has been crumbling under the crushing weight of passengers. Even the state government has been pushing for improving transportation by building coastal roads, elevated roads, metro and mono rail etc. But alas, none of it has helped to reduce the crowds on the local trains. We have however always held that nothing should be done to attract more people to Mumbai as it is already over crowded, instead the government’s policies should be aimed at diverting the flow of people away from Mumbai. That can be done by reducing job opportunities on the one hand and creating the same elsewhere, in satellite townships etc. Already, the high prices of real estate have been putting off people from migrating to the city. The flow of jobseekers from the ‘developed’ southern states has stopped long ago. Those coming from the northern states need to be directed elsewhere. That apart, every commuter interviewed during last few years has been vocal about the lack of cleanliness at railway stations as well as on the trains. Clearly, Prabhu, a resident of the city, has taken that to the heart. His first stress has been on improving cleanliness followed by security. Innovations like the introduction of vacuum toilets will be welcomed by one and all. Now he will have to concentrate on maintaining them. Most toilets on the railway platforms suffer from neglect. They need better maintenance. One important criticism directed at the budget is about the absence of any new trains. That is indeed disheartening; but most existing rolling stock is old and crumbling and needs replacement. Probably Prabhu wants to concentrate on that though there is no specific mention of it in the budget. As for projects like new rail lines, his predecessor Sadananda Gowda had announced that it is the government’s policy to complete the ongoing projects rather than starting new ones. Already there are projects remaining incomplete for more than 40 years! They cannot be completed unless necessary funds are provided. Obviously, Prabhu is continuing with the laudable policy. Many of our trunk routes like the Konkan railway need duplication. One only hopes that hailing as he is from Konkan, Prabh’s budget has made provision of adding a second track to the Konkan route. Finally, the minister’s announcement that seats can be reserved four months in advance is most disheartening. It was introduced by Mamata Bannerji as a desperate measure; the railways had no money even to pay the salaries. By extending the date of reservation, she knew that people will come and line up with cash. But from average man’s point of view it is most inconvenient. No one can fathom what is in store four months ahead. It will be the non-fare-paying passengers like the government employees who will benefit from the measure. We would therefore urge the railway minister to reverse the decision as soon as possible. By Vikram Gaikwad NERUL: A businessman walking by the footpath in front of Terna Medical College of Nerul was robbed of his suitcase containing cash worth Rs 1, 45,000 by two robbers on motorbike on Thursday. Pravin Gawade, the businessman was on his way walking down the street in front of Terna College of Sec-28 of Nerul on Thursday. As he was walking, two muggers riding a motorbike attacked him and snatched his bag containing cash worth more than one lakh before bolting. Accordingly, Pravin has lodged a complaint against the two with Nerul Police. NMMC to... tions or events can be organized and presented before 1000 audiences. The park will also have an open-air gym and parking lot. The fitness zone will also attract both the tourists and local residents thus adding to the revenue of NMMC. The greenery factor will also not be ignored while beautifying the lake and its surroundings. municipality on the plea of nonpayment of any part of the total claim. Thus to protect the legitimate lawful right of the sincere members of the society undisturbed due to nonpayment of a part of the bill by the defaulting member and facilitate uninterrupted water supply to the deserving members. d) No arrogant member should be allowed to illegally enjoy all the services without paying dues to the societies. e) Navi Mumbai Cooperative Housing Federation Ltd put this suggestion for consideration with the relevant Government notifications and the views of the Judiciary before the expert committee who in turn originally accepted it for onward submission of the same to the Government for consideration. Unfortunately the same could not find place in the new model byelaws, the reason for the same being best known only to the approving authority. f) Provision No 12A of the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act allows the disconnection of essential services if made with proper justification as mentioned above. Your valuable opinion is cordially invited. Application form for 8th batch for subsidized Training Programme for Manager in CHS ( scheduled to start by February /March 2015) available in the office of the Federation up to last week of February. 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) & 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. near the lake under the supervision of the lake authorities. The park will have walls on all sides to prevent unwanted intrud- Co-operative... ety and consider it as the defaulter to initiate disconnection. Now let us consider the situation of the society 1) Where from should it arrange the deficit money to avoid disconnection of water supply? 2) Why the sincere members should suffer water disconnection even after making due payment on that account and no fault of them ? 3) Where is the enabling provision for the society to ask the law-abiding members to compensate the nonpayment of defaulting member? 4) Why the society and the Municipality should not be considered to be similarly situated considering their individual activities in this aspect? 5) Is it not the fact that municipality is purchaser of water, supplies the same to its consumers and collect money to pay back to the seller including recovery of its cost of supply. 6) In what way a society differ in its activity in this particular issue from that of the municipality? 7) When the service units like municipality, electric supply corporation, telephone nigam etc. have the Cont. from pg. 3 ers. The park will have a huge statue which will be called the jewel of Navi Mumbai and it will also have an amphitheatre where funcCont. from pg. 2 enabling clause in their respective Acts, why should the housing societies should be deprived of such facility and thereby to cause immense problem and damage to the housing societies? 8) Such a situation has been cropped up because the Municipality, MSEB, BEST, MTNL are equipped with the authority under their respective laws while there is complete absence of any such provision in MCS Act, 1960 or MCS Rules 1961 nor even in the approved Byelaws of the CHS. 9. The followings are the justification to induct such an enabling power to the Cooperative Housing Societies :a) No law of natural justice can force the sincere and law abiding members to bear the burden of the defaulting member for an indefinite period, running to years together, in many cases. b) Disconnection of water supply should not be considered as a penalty imposed to the defaulting member. c) The basic intention is to bring down the amount of the bill for water charge to the limit of the paying capacity of the society and to avoid disconnection of water supply by the 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. 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 : innewbom@rediffmail.com website : www.newsband.in CMYK CMYK dailynewsband@yahoo.co.in 28 February, 2015 www.newsband.in 3 Meeting held with MSRTC’s MD to discuss Panvel ST depot issue T20 Ballet …. Action from a Group C league match of the 11th D Y Patil T20 Cup 2015 between ONGC (Bowling) and TATA Sports Club (Batting) in what was a must win game for both the teams. TATA SC successfully chased down the target of 158 with four wickets in hand and one over to spare. (Text and Photo by Ashok Dhamija) Letters to the Editor.... Save Aarey? It is very shocking that BMC”s proposal for Metro line III car shade in Aarey colony will make vanish 2298 trees including the very rare Baobab tree which is more than 100 years old. In the name of development, the BMC and the Government will not only destroy the city’s important green cover but in the process will also cut a Baobab tree. The Aarey Milk colony is 4000 acre of mass land situated in North Mumbai adjacent to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The rapid urbanization and development, pollution and other evils of a megapolis are posing a serious environmental threat to the city. Trees and plants are the most effective atmosphere quality controlling mechanisms known to scientists. The forest play a crucial economic, social and cultural role in our country. Nature created adequate resources for their survival. However, because of meddling by the human being the resources have been polluted. Awareness among the people and active involvement is necessary to protect our city’s green lung. Trees are city’s life line. They should be treated with great care. NGOs and other groups who joined to fight to Save Aarey should be praised. Citizens should come forward to support the activities to save the Aarey colony. - Probir Kumar Bose, New Panvel Railway Budget User Friendly The Railway Budget received a mixed response from Mumbai’s commuters and political parties as no big ticket announcements were made, but the impetus to the third phase of Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) stuck since 2011 and absence of hike in passenger fares, security cameras for safety of women were some measure welcomed. Though no new trains have been announced for Mumbai or Maharashtra, not increasing passenger fares and prices of seasonal passes are welcome moves. The introduction of air conditioned local trains will make the daily commute better and reduce accidents as doors will have to be closed when the train is on the move. It is indeed a real boon that the passenger fares have not been increased. Soon after Narendra Modi came to power, there was a sharp increase in fares for seasonal passes. That was not repeated. There is greater thrust on safety and customer service and user friendly measures. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu revealed that the stalled MUTP III project would be speeded up, but he did not mention specifics. The third phase of MUTP envisages additional tracks for 517 km which could operate 266 trains at a cost of Rs. 52,000 crore. This includes 76 km of new suburban corridor linking Vasai-Virar on Western Railway to Diva-Panvel on Central Railway which could enable commuters in far western suburbs to travel to Navi Mumbai. It is indeed a right move in the right direction. The Mumbai-Ahmadabad Bullet train will benefit business community and such a super-fast or a Rajadhani Train is the need for Mumbai-Chennai passengers in the next Railway Budget. - C. K. Subramaniam, Sanpada CMYK By Umesh Parida PANVEL: A meeting was held between the MSRTC’s MD Sanjay Khandare and the Panvel MLA, MSRTC traffic general manager Mr Ratnaparkhi, Panvel Pravasi Sangh Executive Shrikant Bapat and vice chairman Yashwant Thakre, besides others. The meeting was held on Tuesday to resolve the issues faced by the commuters in the depot. Panvel being the gateway city to Kon- kan and other parts of the state, the commuters are facing the worst woes while using the ST service. The ST depot is earning Rs 2 cr approximately with daily passage of 4000 bus services. The representative has raised the issue of losses incurred as people move on by using private vehicles. The representatives took on the issue of BOT development of the MSRTC Panvel depot. The MSRTC’s MD assured that the BOT pro- posal is considered at the state government level and a decision will be soon taken. They have demanded complete concretisation of the entire parking areas of the depot. Other demands included bus services between Swar Gate and Mumbai, time table, relaxation on price of the tickets for senior citizen, more buses to Dadar, Kalyan, Karjat and Khopoli, besides filling up of the vacant positions, etc. Reporters protest against attack on journalist By Umesh Parida ALIBAG: The Raigad District Journalists had organized a protest on Wednesday to the Raigad Superintendent of Police. The protest a report while the land survey was going on for the Delhi Mumbai corridor. There was some altercation with the villagers. The reporters of the entire district con- Mahavarkar. They demanded stringent action against the culprits. The other members of the reporters’ delegation included Nagesh was organized to demand the immediate arrest of those involved in attacking journalist Kamalakar Ohal at Mangaon. It can be noted that the journalist had gone to Bhal village to cover demned the incident. A protest march was taken to the Raigad SP office led by a steering committee head S M Deshmukh. The members presented a memorandum to the SP Dr Shashikant Kulkrani-Vice Chairman, district Marathi Pratrakar Sangh, Milind Ashtivkar- Secretary, Marathi Pratrakar Sangh, Konkan Division, besides reporters of various newspapers. CMYK 4 dailynewsband@yahoo.co.in 28 February, 2015 www.newsband.in E-governance website of PMC launched By Umesh Parida PANVEL: Under the egovernance solution, the Panvel Municipal Council has launched a website on Thursday. The launching ceremony was done by Panvel MLA in presence of Bank of India GM Sardar Taralochan Singh and others. The Panvel Municipal Council has been following the e-way governance post the massive use of the same by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, City and Industrial Development Corporation and other local government agencies. The Panvel Municipal Council is slowly moving on to the information technology platform though it was formed several years before CIDCO and NMMC in 1852. However, it lacked in taking the IT edge. The PMC took up the step with the help of Bank of India. Speaking on the occasion, the BoI GM Saradar Taralochan Singh said, “The website was developed over the last four years for PMC. The BoI has provided an assistance of Rs 5.53 lacs. More steps will be taken by our bank to provide more help to Panvel city towards its beauty and growth. This will enable the city to have picnic spots.” The website contains map of the city, development plan, advertisement policy, government applications, birth and death registration, citizen complaints, besides outstanding dues, etc. PMC President C K Gharat, CO Mangesh Chitale and others were present at the event. Rotary Club’s event on nature tourism By Umesh Parida PANVEL: The Rotary Club of Panvel Sunrise organized an event on its activities. The Rotarians tried to deliberate issues related to nature tourism, etc. The event was held at the Yusuf Mehrauli Centre, Tara. The Rotarians expressed the hope to generate new energy on various fields. Debating on the issue, Rotarian and general secretary Dr More consumers... deposited the required security amount. Out of them, 40,000 are already receiving piped gas. “The progress of work in giving connections to the rest has been very slow and BJP has been receiving complaints about the Cont. from pg. 1 same. As a result of the persistent follow up by the party activists, MGL has agreed to speed up the work and commission connections for the remaining 18,000 spread across the city between Airoli and CBD. MGL has drawn Anil Parmar expressed that positive energy will be spread while working in Rotary Clubs. The contribution of Rotary Club to environment management was also spoken about. up plans to go further and provide connections to 72,000 consumers and the work will be completed in the next few months,” he added. “The arrangement will go a long way in meeting the shortage of cylinders often felt by the consumers in the city,” he said. CMYK PTPS and PRH distribute mask to protect against swine flu By Umesh Parida PANVEL: To increase the public awareness against swine flu, the Panvel Taluka Patrakar Sangh and Panvel Rural Hospital on Wednesday organized a program. The people at the Panvel ST depot and also the ST staff members were given masks besides the ST staff. Keeping in mind the rising number of the avian flu among people there was one patient registered with swine flu in Kamothe. Keeping in mind the situation of unavailability of beds the people fear that the numbers of swine flu cases may go up. Panvel ST depot, being located centrally, the reporters and the rural hospital thought that it is the best option to increase the awareness. Hence they organized a program to dis- tribute masks to the commuters, passengers, besides staffs of ST to increase the awareness level. In the event, the PRH Superintendent B S Lohre spoke on the issue to provide more knowledge to those who attended the event. ST senior depot manager R G Pardesi, PTPS Madhav Patil, besides many journalists were present for the program. Ls District President Dr Namita A Mishra adopts a village NAVI MUMBAI: Following the Campaign ‘Swachcha Bharat’ and for security of girls and women and their convenience, Lioness District President Dr Namita A Mishra has adopted the village Anjurpada, Bhi- borewells. So far more than 15 toilets have been constructed by Lioness District and more are in pipeline. Lioness District has carried out activities worth more than 85 lakh rupees so far Everyone praised the efforts of Dr Namita Mishra for taking the lead and doing these need-based activities. wandi on behalf of Lioness District. Alongwith the Sarpanch Haresh, six toilets blocks and two borewells were inaugurated on 25 February 2015 by worthy hands of MDP Ls Lalita Dave and Lioness Multiple Coordinator and PDG Ln O L Dave. Dr Namita thanked all the Presidents and DC’s for contributing handsomely for construction of toilets and
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