CR mega block todayCentral Railway (CR),

Mumbai Division will operate a mega block on its Suburban section (Harbour and Main lines) for carrying out mainte-nance work essential for infrastructure upkeep and safety on Sunday 14th February, 2021..

(More on page 6)School students should

be allowed to board local trains: Varsha

GaikwadAs the schools and

classes are likely to re-sume from February 15, 2021 the Maharashtra school Education Minis-ter Varsha Gaikwad has requested the state Chief Minister Uddhav Thack-eray to allow students to commute by local trains…

(More on page 8)Netaji Inter District Shooting Volleyball

Tournament to be held on Sunday

With an aim to pro-mote good health and fitness among citizens, Vashi based Netaji Vol-leyball Club Vashi is or-ganizing an invitational Inter District Shooting Volleyball Tournament at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ground, Sector 1, Vashi on Sunday 14th February, 2021.

(More on page 4)

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Residential and commercial plots scheme at Sanpada receive record breaking offers

The City and Indus-trial Development

Corporation’s (CIDCO) plots scheme of 20 resi-dential and commer-cial for sale on lease in Kharghar, Kalamboli, Sanpada and Ulwe through e-tender and e-auction received huge response from bidders. Those plots were leased at higher rates. Among

them, 2 plots at Sector 18 of Sanpada were each leased at Rs. 2,21,468 and Rs. 2,62,548. The base rates for these plots were Rs. 77, 468 and Rs. 95, 074. Along with these plots, CIDCO gained Rs. 677 crores in its revenue from other 17 plots.

As per the mentioned timetable in the scheme booklet, e-tenders were

opened on 12th Febru-ary, 2021 followed by the comparison of bids from e-auction and then the names of successful bidders were announced.

Under this residential cum commercial scheme, 9 plots were available at Kharghar Sector 27, 4 plots at Kalamboli Sec-

By Vikram Gaikwad

While speaking in a seminar in

Vashi, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, Bipin Kumar Singh said that 200 to 250 people die in road accidents in Navi Mumbai every year. “With an aim to bring down this num-ber, large scale public awareness activities are being carried. Our aim would be to control road accidents by using more technology instead of manpower,” said Bipin Kumar Singh. He ap-pealed to all citizens to

help the po-lice in main-taining law and order by strictly fol-lowing traffic rules.

“It is not our desire to impose fines, but it is important to penalise the offend-ers. There are many motor-ists who have 30-40 offenses regis-tered in their names, but they have not paid

e-challans till date,” he said. The Commission-er of Police appealed for speedy payment of

e - ch a l l a n s . “Otherwise, the traffic de-partment of Navi Mumbai police will take action to recover arrears,” he added.

As part of the 32nd Road Safety Campaign, a seminar was organized at V i s h n u d a s

Bhave auditorium on Friday under the initia-tive of Navi Mumbai

Police Traffic Depart-ment and Navi Mum-bai Press Club. Navi Mumbai Police Com-missioner Bipin Kumar Singh, Navi Mumbai Municipal Commis-sioner Abhijit Bangar, Panvel RTO Abhay Deshpande, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College Principal Dr. Shubhada Nayak, Transport Plan-ner-Expert Amol Khair, Psychiatrist Dr. Vikas Deshmukh participated as speakers.

“It is unfortunate

City police undertake special drives to prevent road accidents and recover e-challan arrears

More than 200 people die in road accidents in Navi Mumbai every year: CP Navi Mumbai

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

About 50-60 gardeners staged sit-in-agitation against the

Vashi ward office demanding sala-ries on time. A similar agitation was carried out at the Airoli ward

office recently. A delegation of gardeners Dnyaneshwar Londhe, Santosh Dhole, Suresh Adagale, Lahu Bhagat, Ajit Tilak and Salim Sheikh, under the leadership of General Secretary Mangesh Lad

and Chairman Gajanan Bhoir of Samaj Samatha Kamgar Sangh met Vashi garden officer and demand-ed releasing of payment on time.

The official assured to do the needful.

Gardeners of Vashi stage sit-in-agitation at Vashi division office

On behalf of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ward no. 19, Maharashtrian fancy dress

competition is being organized on the occasion of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti on Wednes-day, 19th February.

The competition will be held at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk in the city for boys and girls below 15 years. Residents of Panvel can par-ticipate in the competition. Each contestant will be honoured with a participation certificate. The last date for registration for the competition is February 18. For more information and participa-tion, call 7757000000 or 7502100100.

Maharashtrian fancy dress competition on 19th February

PUBLIC NOTICERe: Flat No.B-1404 on the fourteenth floor of the building named NEEL SIDHI TOWERS in the NEEL SIDHI TOWER Co-operative Hous-ing Society Ltd., on Plot No.195, situated at Sector-12, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane.THIS is to notify that my Clients, MR RATILAL BRIJLAL JAIN and 2) MR BRIJLAL GHEVARCHAND JAIN are the Owners of the Flat No.B-1404 on the fourteenth floor of the building named NEEL SIDHI TOWERS in the NEEL SIDHI TOWER Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., on Plot No.195, situated at Sector-12, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane.The original documents i.e. Agreement For Sale dated 10th October 2005 with Stamp duty & registration receipts executed between M/S NEEL SIDHI ENTERPRISES and MR RATILAL BRIJLAL JAIN & MR BRIJLAL GHE-VARCHAND JAIN, b) Index II of Agreement For Sale dated 10th Octo-ber 2005 duly registered, c) Allotment letter issued by M/S NEEL SIDHI ENTERPRISES in favour of MR RATILAL BRIJLAL JAIN & MR BRIJLAL GHEVARCHAND JAIN and d) Payment Receipts from M/S NEEL SIDHI ENTERPRISES are lost, misplaced on 28th January 2021 while traveling to Thane Wagle Estate and the same are not traceable and a complaint was lodged with Thane Wagle Estate Police Station on 11th February 2021 and recorded the same under Property missing register no.154/2021 dated 11th February 2021. Any person/s, Organization/s, Company/ies, Institution/s, Bank/s or any other Govt. / Concerned authorities having any right, title, claim etc. against or in the aforesaid Flat or by virtue of the loss of aforesaid documents, by way of inheritance, mortgage, possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in any litigation or otherwise or any other right or interest whatsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing to the undersigned within a period of 15 days from the date of publication hereof.If no claim is made as required hereinabove, my clients will be at liberty to deem that such right/s, if any, have been waived for all intents and pur-poses and shall not be binding on my client. Sd/- ADV M.T. THACKER ADVOCATE M.T.THACKER & ASSOCIATES Advocates, High court E-6/0:4, Sector-1, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400 703. EMail:office@mtthacker.com Tel: 27825052 / 27825084 / 85Date: 14-02-2021 Ref: no.no.1537(4-2-2021)

PUBLIC NOTICETHIS is to notify that my Client MR BHOLARAM SANTRAM GAN-DHI is the lawful owner and in possession of the Apartment No.C-5/5/2:1, on the Second Floor in the Building No. C-5/5, situated at Sector-1A, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane (said Apartment).The Original Original (i) Allotment Letter, (ii) All payment made receipts and (iii) Possession Receipt / Letter, issued, execut-ed by the CIDCO Ltd., in favour of MR BHOLARAM SANTRAM GANDHI, in respect of the aforesaid Apartment has been lost, misplaced and are not traceable. My Client has lodged the com-plaint with CBD Belapur Police Station, on 12th February 2021 and recorded the same under Property Missing Register No.200/2021 dated 12th February 2021. Any Person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s, Com-pany/ies or any other Govt. / Concerned Authorities having any right, title, interest, claim, demand etc. against or in the aforesaid Apartment by way of aforesaid lost documents and/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage, possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement, transfer, licence, ei-ther agitated in any litigation or otherwise or any other right or inter-est whatsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing to the undersigned within a period of Fifteen (15) days from the date of publication hereof and no claims shall be entertained thereafter. Sd/- Adv. GEETA V. PATEL, Advocate High Court ADVOCATE G. V. PATEL & ASSOCIATES 25, Om Rachana CHS, Plot No.3, Sector-17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400703. Tel: 02235636922, Date: 14-02-2021 Mob. No.9820883474, 9594102831

PUBLIC NOTICETHIS is to notify that my Client intends to purchase the Residential Unit No.6 on the Third Floor in the Building of the GHANSHYAM Co-operative Housing Society Limited, on Plot No.15, situated at Sector-28, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane (said Residential Unit) from MR UMANG RADHESHYAM GARG.The Original (i) Full and Final Payment made receipts to M/s. UNI-VAN AGRICOM TRADING PVT. LTD., the Developers, by MR UMANG RADHESHYAM GARG, (ii) Possession Letter executed by/between M/s. UNIVAN AGRICOM TRADING PVT. LTD. and MR UMANG RAD-HESHYAM GARG and (iii) Share Certificate No.6 comprising of 5 fully paid up shares of Rs.50/- each bearing distinctive nos. from 26 to 30 (both inclusive) issued by GHANSHYAM Co-operative Housing Society Limited in the name of MR UMANG RADHESHYAM GARG in respect of the aforesaid Residential Unit has been lost, misplaced and are not traceable. The Complaint was lodged with Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai and recorded the same under the Lost Property Registration Number 0438/2021 dated 6th February 2021.Any Person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s, Compa-ny/ies or any other Govt. / Concerned Authorities having any right, title, interest, claim, demand etc. against or in the aforesaid Residential Unit by way of aforesaid lost documents and/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage, possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in any litiga-tion or otherwise or any other right or interest whatsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing to the undersigned within a periodof(15)fifteendaysfromthedateofpublicationhereof.If no claim is made or received as required hereinabove, my Client will be at liberty to complete the transaction in respect of the said Residen-tial Unit without any reference or regard to any such purported right, title, claim or interest etc., which shall be deemed to have been waived for all intents and purposes and not binding on my Client. Sd/- Adv. GEETA V. PATEL, Advocate High Court ADVOCATE G. V. PATEL & ASSOCIATES 25, Om Rachana CHS, Plot No.3, Sector-17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400703. Tel: 02235636922, Date: 14-02-2021 Mob. No.9820883474, 9594102831

I have changed my name from CHANDRASHEKHAR to CHANDRASHEKHAR RAMSEWAK CHAUDHARY as per Maharashtra Government Gazette Reg No. M-20111433 dated 11 - 17 February 2021.

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I have changed my name from HARSHABEN SU-DHIRBHAI MOVALIYA to HANSABEN SUDHIRKUMAR MOVALIA as per documents.

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On behalf of Sirvi Samaj Seva Mandal Panvel, Mahi Beej Ma-hotsav programme and blood donation camp was organized at Karanjade. MLA Mahesh Baladi, youth leader Vinod Sable along with other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

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CIDCo RaISeS RS.677 CRoReS FoR 19 ploTS...

tor 17, 3 plots at Sanpa-da Sector 8 & 2 plots at Sector 18 & 1 plot were available at Ulwe Sector 19 for sale on lease.

Under e-tender and e-auction, application, pay-ment of Earnest Money Deposit and processing fees, filling of tender, all these procedures were

conducted through quick and transparent online medium. In this, bidders were allowed to partici-pate in e-auction process after submitting closed e-tenders.

The bid, whichever is higher, from the bid quoted in e-tender or the bid quoted in e-auction was to be accepted, as per the mentioned crite-rion.

3Sunday, 14 February 2021

By abhitash D.Singh

The state and the cen-tral railway have al-

ready announced the re-sumption of local trains for general public at fixed timings, but as the suburban railway cor-ridor between Be-lapur and Kharko-par and Nerul and Kharkopar is still operational with only 8 trains in a day, the residents of Ulwe are facing great deal of incon-venience.

After the an-nouncement of ‘Mission Begin Again’ and ‘Un-lockdown’, the railway authorities start-ed eight local train ser-vices between Belapur and Kharkopar and also from Nerul and Kharko-par throughout the day. The general public is

not allowed to board the trains during peak hours as the timings have been fixed by the railways and state government.

As of now, the first train on the corridor runs between Nerul at

7.45 am to Kharkopar, the last train between Kharkopar railway sta-tion and Nerul operates at 7.16pm. The first train between Belapur and Kharkopar operates at 8.15am.

Speaking with the Newsband correspon-

dent the Central Rail-way Chief Public Re-lation Officer Shivaji Sutar said, "We will be looking into the matter and will do the needful soon."

Passenger Asso-ciations have de-manded immediate resumption of all local train services between these sta-tions. “It is unfor-tunate that despite local train services resuming for the public, there is no train service

between Belapur and Kharkopar. Coronavirus cases in Navi Mumbai are less and the Central Railway should im-mediately resume local train services on this route,” said Subhash Gupta, president, Rail Yatri Parishad. By Crime Reporters

A team from the Food and Drug Adminis-

tration (FDA) on Thurs-day raided five pan stalls selling gutkha illegally in APMC's fruit, veg-etable and spice markets and seized gutkha worth thousands of rupees. All the five stalls own-ers have been booked at the APMC police station and handed over to the police for further action. The Food and Drug Ad-ministration had cracked down on 4-paan stalls in

the APMC market last week as well.

A team from the FDA has been investigating the illegal sale of gut-kha in the APMC mar-ket since last week after the department received information. Last week, FDA cracked down on four stalls and filed a case against the owners of the stalls and sealed their stalls. The four were also booked at the APMC police station.

After that, the team also inspected the paan

stalls in the fruit, veg-etable, and masala mar-ket on Thursday and took action against 5 paan stalls for selling gutkha and banned paan masalas and sealed the stalls. All the five paan stall owners have been arrested under the Food Safety Standards Act. In this operation, the FDA has seized banned gutkha and paan masala worth thousands of ru-pees. Action will con-tinue by the FDA, said an official.

Demand to increase trains from Kharkopar-Belapur and Nerul intensifies

FDA cracks down on illegal sale of gutkha at APMC market

By Crime Reporter“It is observed that

some police witnesses are avoiding to answer the questions in the court”, said Special Pub-lic Prosecutor Adv. Pra-dip Gharat while speak-ing with the reporters.

Following the depo-sition of key witnesses in the Ashwini Bidre murder case, Panvel District Sessions Court

Judge, Madhuri Anand has started recording the testimony of other witnesses. It consists mainly of police person-nel. During last week's hearing, a police of-ficer did not answer two questions. Special Public Prosecutor Pra-dip Gharat expressed his displeasure over this. If government witnesses behave in such a man-

ner in court, it could ad-versely affect the case, Gharat said, adding that a complaint with the Di-rector-General of Police should be lodged against such police personnel.

The next hearing will be held on February 26. Ashwini's husband Raju Gore has alleged that the accused are trying to sabotage the proceed-ings.

Ashwini Bidre murder case: Special Public Prosecutor Gharat unhappy with few police witnesses

Even after resumption of local trains for general public, residents of Ulwe face problems due to less frequency

Eight paan stall owners arrested in a week

By Dinesh pawar

Uran MLA Mahesh Baladi met com-

mittee members and villagers of Kotgaon Gram Sudharna Mandal and Railway Project Af-fected Committee who are on hunger strike since past 36 days at Uran railway station to press for their demands. The farmers and people

are agitating over rights and settlement of mon-ey of the land acquired by the Railways for de-velopment in the year 1962.

Speaking to the agi-tators, MLA Baladi as-sured to meet the Raigad District Collector Nidhi Chaudhary along with the representatives of the Mandal and seek

solution.Uran MLA Mahesh

Baladi, BJP Uran taluka president Ravi Bhoir, Kotgaon Gram Sud-harna Mandal president Nilesh Bhoir, farmers association president Navneet Bhoir, Deepak Bhoir, Prakash Patil, Manik Patil, and Kotg-aon villagers were pres-ent on the occasion.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Uran State Govern-ment's Nehru Youth

Centre Alibag, Maha-rashtra Youth Foundation Pandive and Vatvriksha Social Organization Ulwe had jointly orga-nized the Raigad District Essay Competition on the occasion of National Youth Week in the pres-ence of Ravisheth Patil, Founder President of Sai Devasthan, Sai Mandir was held at Sainagar Wahal.

On this occasion,

Senior Poet Raigad Bhushan Pundalik Mha-tre, teacher Madhavi Guruji, Retired Head-master Dattatreya Koli Guruji, Manoj Patil, Founder President of Maharashtra Yuva Prat-ishthan Pandive, Kiran Madhavi, President of Vatvriksha Social Orga-nization, Ganesh Mad-havi were honoured with certificates and cash.

Vidya Kishore Samb-herao, Chandrasekhar Jagannath Mhatre and Abhishek Shobha Suresh

Patil bagged the first, sec-ond and third places re-spectively. Komal Popat Hazare, Visakha Ramesh Degaon and Sahil Pra-mod Thale were select-ed for the competition.

More than 70 con-testants from various district had participated in the event. Manoj Pa-til compered the pro-gramme and thanked the dignitaries. On this oc-casion, Ravi Sheth Patil also praised the organiz-ers and congratulated all the contestants.

MLA Mahesh Baladi meets villagers of Kotgaon Gram Sudharna Mandal

Prize distribution of district level essay competition held

4 Sunday, 14 February 2021

Love is in the air – it’s that time of the year

when florists thrive and make their pound of flesh, when chocolates and ted-dy bears are on display, beautifully packaged in attractive boxes to lure customers, when greeting cards (for those who still prefer a physical card over a digital one) are splashed with red hearts, roses and mushy words, where in-novative and personalized gifts are sought and found, where love finds a voice in the form of a proposal or a promise.

While there are many detractors of the celebrations, strongly con-vinced that Valentines Day goes against our culture and is but a money spinning gimmick encouraging material-ism and degenerate Westernization, there are those who wait for this day in great anticipa-tion, their hearts pounding with excitement at the oppor-tunity to express their feelings.

While the festival has gained popularity as a symbol of love from the fourteenth and fifteen centuries, there are several interesting stories about how this celebration came into being. The origins of Valentines Day can be traced back to the ancient Ro-man festival of Lupercalia which celebrated the onset of spring. The festival included a process of match-making, where young men drew out the names of women from a jar, and were then paired together. The name of the festival was changed to St. Valentine’s Day at the end of the fifth century by Pope Gelasius I. The name of the festival is also said to be associated with martyrs named Val-entine. Apparently a priest sent a let-

ter to his jailer’s daughter whom he had befriended, and signed it ‘From your Valentine’. He is also sup-posed to have healed the girl from blindness, and was martyred by Emperor Claudius II Gothicus in 270 CE. Yet another expla-nation for the origin of this

festival is that of a Saint Valentine who was held responsible for chal-lenging the orders of the Emperor and secretly marrying soldiers who were not allowed to marry.

The mythology of our country is also replete with stories of love – of couples who fought against all odds

and defied social norms to be together. Whether it was caste, class, reli-

gion or family feuds that prevented their union, the stories speak of lovers overcoming all the obstacles that came

their way. Savitri, in fact, even triumphed over death

to be reunited with Satyavan. Countless such stories have been modified, modernized,

transformed, and have found their way into Hindi cinema, where they have gained immense popular-ity and appreciation.

When love is an emotion that exists across cultures, regardless of geographical boundaries and histori-cal periods, why should we object to the celebration of love in any form? It is far better to be struck by Cu-pid’s arrow and spread the fragrance of love, rather than spewing venom and spreading the bitterness of ha-tred and destruction.

The writer is Associate Professor, Indira Institute of Business Management, Consultant, Indian School of Management

and Entrepreneurship

Cupid Strikes

By Dr. Monica Khanna

By Crime Reporter

A young man on a motorcycle was killed and another seriously in-

jured in a road accident while heading towards Panvel from Mumbra. Taloja police have arrested the rickshaw driver who was responsible for the accident. It was found that the accident took place when the rickshaw driver in front of the tempo took a sudden U-turn.

The complainant in the accident, Shravan Chaurasia, 26, a driver of DS Logistics, a transport company in Kar-nataka, was traveling from Bhiwandi to Hubli on Wednesday night. Around 12 am-midnight as his tempo approached Taloja village on Mumbra-Panvel road

around, a rickshaw in front of the tem-po suddenly took a U-turn from left to right, without giving any signal to the tempo behind him. The tempo driver, Shravan Chaurasia applied a sudden brake. A speeding motorcycle, which was coming from behind, hit the tempo hard. Aniket Gurunath Patil, the mo-torcyclist, was seriously injured and succumbed to injuries. His pillion rider Prashant Malpekar was critically in-jured and admitted to MGM Hospital for treatment.

As it was found that rickshaw driver Aman Kamble was responsible for the accident, Taloja police have registered a case against him and arrested him.

One killed and one injured in road accidentBy Crime Reporter

It has been revealed that gangster Suresh

Pujari made a call to the Chairman and Direc-tor of a reputed hotel in Mahape MIDC and de-manded a ransom of Rs 1 crore. Suresh Pujari also threatened to shoot him in his hotel if he did not pay the ransom. Turbhe MIDC police have registered a case against gangster Suresh Pujari.

Gangster Pujari, it is learnt, first made an in-ternational call on Feb-ruary 10 on the mobile of the chairman of the

reputed hotel in Mahape MIDC. However, as the chairman and manag-ing director of the hotel did not take the call, he contacted the director of the hotel around 5 pm. After that, Suresh Pujari, while speaking in Hindi with the direc-tor, told him that he was speaking from Austra-lia and threatened to shoot him in the hotel if the demanded money was not paid. After that, gangster Suresh Pujari made several phone calls to the chairman and director of the ho-tel from different places

like Tunisia, Lexotha, Thailand, Argentina, Russia and Panama. However, neither the chairman nor the direc-tor of the hotel accepted his call.

So, the next day, around 5 pm, Suresh Pujari sent a text mes-sage from Costa Rica to the hotel director. After the message, both the chairman and the direc-tor of the hotel met the senior police officer and informed him about the incident. The Turbhe MIDC police have reg-istered a case against gangster Suresh Pujari.

Gangster Suresh Pujari demands Rs. 1 crore ransom from city hotelier

Netaji Inter District Shooting Volleyball Tournament to be held on Sunday

By ashok Dhamija

With an aim to pro-mote good health

and fitness among citi-zens, Vashi based Netaji Volleyball Club Vashi is organizing an invitation-al Inter District Shoot-ing Volleyball Tourna-ment at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ground, Sector 1, Vashi on Sun-day 14th February, 2021. The second edi-tion of the tournament in its new avatar will witness a record number of 32 teams from across Mumbai, Navi Mum-bai, Thane and Raigad Districts. To be held in the knockout format on two adjacent courts, the day long tourney will witness players from all walks of life and will be conducted by following all the Covid-19 related safety guidelines. The winners will receive a prize amount of Rs. 7000 and a trophy. The runner’s-up will have to settle for Rs. 5000 and a trophy. Monetary Prize and trophy will also be given to the losing semi-finalists, Best Player and Best Netman too.

“Thirty-two teams will be participating in the one day knock out

tournament: 16 are from Navi Mumbai, eight are from Mumbai and two each from Thane and Raigad Districts. This includes teams from po-lice, fire brigade, civic and even local clubs. While the initial rounds will be best of 21 points game, the semi-finals and finals are expected

to be a three game affair and will be held under floodlights and finals. Cash prize and trophies will be awarded to the top four teams with the winners will be taking home an amount of Rs. 7000. Individual prize and trophy too will be given away for the best Player and Netman too,” said D K Sangale, Chief Organiser of the tourney and Secretary of Netaji

Volleyball Club, Vashi.“The basic objec-

tive of organizing this Shooting Volleyball tournament is to pro-mote fitness as a way of life, particularly among middle aged and senior citizens. As host, Netaji Volleyball Club, Vashi is all set to make the event a grand affair and ensure

all safety protocols are followed in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the Club will provide snacks, tea and lunch for the benefit of all the participants. The same is expected to be graced by all the local corporators, senior of-ficials and former MP Sanjeev Naik,” said Shankar Kutwal, Presi-dent of Netaji Volleyball Club.

Organisers overseeing the prepartion of the tournament (Pho-to by Ashok Dhamija)

5Sunday, 14 February 2021

By Dr. Vandana Mahajani“Only those live who live for oth-

ers, the rest are more dead than alive” said Swami Vivekananda. A peep into the Padma awards will reveal these gems in ordinary life who did extraor-dinary work for the community at large.

Acknowledging the real change makers is a way of bringing forth to public the excellent work done by our people and also those from abroad, in various fields. These people have touched the life of our nation in some very significant way and that is what makes them stand out in the crowd.

Since 2018 the process of selec-tion too has become more transparent and we see shift in the profile of the awardees too. This year119 Padma awards were given out. 7 Padma Vib-hushan, 10, Padma Bhushan and 102, Padma Shri awardees. 29 of the recip-ients were women this year. I would like to share with you a few such great lives.

B.B.Lal was the director general of Archaeological Society of India be-tween the years 1968-1972. He worked

on sites of Harappa and Indian epic Mahabharata. Between 1975-1976 he worked on Ramayana sites. He has served on numerous UNESCO com-mittees and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2000. His findings con-firmed the presence of Temple beneath the Babri Masjid Mosque at Ayodhya. Shri Lal was a Sanskrit graduate from Allahabad University. His interest in archaeology made him work at ASI. His passion lead him o do commend-able work in this area. He received the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2021.

Ali Manikfan, 82 hails from Mini-coy islands in Lakshadweep. He never had any formal education despite be-ing sent to school. He is a polyglot, meaning he knows several Indian and foreign languages. He loved marine life and discovered new species of life while working at Government fisher-ies institute. He reconstructed an an-cient trading ship called “Sohar”. It is displayed in Oman museum today. He also made a roller driven motorcy-cle and covered a long distance from Tamil Nadu to New Delhi. He has also made a new Hijra calendar for Mus-

lims. The list of his accomplishments is endless. All this after not taking any formal education- Unbelievable, isn’t it? He has been awarded Padma Shri

Dr Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo is a simple unassuming medical profes-sional from Nagpur .41 years back he decided to move to Kerala on a simple suggestion from Balasaheb Deoras, the then RSS sarsanghchalak to go to ru-ral India and provide medical services to the downtrodden and marginalised communities. He joined the Viveka-nanda Medical Mission Hospital start-ed by Seva Bharati in 1980.The one room hospital at Wayanad is now a full fledged facility with maternity ward, X ray facility, ophthalmology section. Lot of work has been done in Sickle cell anaemia with the help of AIIMS New Delhi. His determination has not only helped in taking care of health is-sues here, but other social initiatives, like self help groups, sanskar vargas, swavalab, sikshan and samaaj initia-tives have lead to all round growth in this region. Serving selflessly has got him national recognition by the way of Padma Shri award.

While we are facing farmers agita-tion in north, Pappammal, 105 years old agriculturist from TN goes to work early in morning on her farm. Nothing affects her devotion to work on the 2.5 acre farmland in Coimbatore. One day she heard the word Organic and also came to know how they affect crops. Since then her desire to know more grew strong. She would travel to Ag-riculture University to attend farmers meet and learn and also tell about what she knew. Her confidence grew as time passed. Soon she became a local celebrity of sorts. Her hoe to become a part of Village stay program of the university. She would travel to cities that university would recommend. In most meets she probable would be the only women. This saree clad grand ma is the proud recipient of Padma Shri.

Swami Vivekananda said “Work in-cessantly, but be not attached to it”. All these awardees did just that. They nev-er worked for awards or rewards. It just came their way. May their tribe grow.

Dr Vandana Mahajani is Vive-kanandaVichar doot, Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari, Navi Mum-bai Branch

Inspire: The Divine lotus

By ashok Dhamija

As Sir Richard Branson an English

business magnate, in-vestor, author, philan-thropist and founder of Virgin Group (chain of Megastores, Airlines and Space exploration) once wisely quoted, "Succeeding in business is all about making con-nections".

Taking a cue from this inspiring quote, D Y Patil deemed to be University, School of Hospitality and Tour-ism Studies embarked on one such momentous journey by signing a much-awaited MOU with Marriott India recently which will provide a

plethora of oppor-tunities for its students who are pursing cutting edge courses in the service and hospital-ity industry. Touted as the first MOU to be signed by an interna-tional hotel chain with a reputed deemed to be University from Maha-rashtra, the event was graced by distinguished guests from Marriott International including Neeraj Govil - Senior Vice President - South Asia, Gurmeet Singh, Senior Director HR and

Rimal DSilva - Direc-tor, Human Resources who were accorded a traditional welcome by the faculty and students of the Nerul based School of Hospitality.

Neeraj Govil in his address shared the importance of Mar-riott India MOU with an educational institute that will lay the path for

the success and better-ment of young hospital-ity professionals who are tomorrow’s budding Hoteliers. “A com-pany like Marriott with Hospitality as its core will always strive to engage with Hospitality Education Institutes to

provide students with the right kind of guid-ance & mentorship that is required from the In-dustry. Hospitality Edu-cational Institutes like DY Patil a School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies are today de-veloping the right kind of infrastructure and laying a strong founda-tion for its students to

excel in the real world. On our part we can step in to support them by providing experts for Guest Lectures at their premises, Hotel visits, Internships, Faculty Development Programs

DYP School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies & Marriott India Sign MOUTo pave path for students gaining

industry-specific exposure and more

The esteemed dignitaries from Marriott International had a first-hand view of the facilities avail-able at the Nerul based institute

Vandana Mishra Chaturvedi, Director, DY Patil School of Hos-pitality and Tourism and Neeraj Govil - Senior Vice President - South Asia, Marriott International pose with first of its kind of MOU

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6 Sunday, 14 February 2021

EditorialISSue: 211 14 FeBRuaRy, 2021

The postal department urgently requires some drastic makeover.

While certain changes have been introduced and facilities have been upgraded, yet a lot more needs to be done. India’s postal network is one of the largest in the world. The history of modern postal system in India can be traced back to 1937, when postal services were thrown open to public with the main aim of binding the country and its people together. Since then, the nation has come a long way with new tech-nologies, infrastructures and inno-vations introduced in many sectors of the economy. But unfortunately, the postal department failed to move with the same pace as the other de-partments, like telecommunications for instance.

Government for quite some time had been acting with apathy and complacency towards this sec-tor. With private agencies making inroads and competition becoming stiff, this sector lagged even fur-ther behind. Lack of facilities, poor working conditions and inadequate staff, made matters still worse. Un-like other sectors, the postal staff till date is not only poorly equipped to meet the ever- increasing demand, but is also poorly paid. Most of the postmen, for instance, are sur-viving in poor clumsy tenements. In the absence of adequate travel

grants, which has not been revised for years, they have to trudge long distance with load- laden bags, to deliver letters.

While in every budget, the gov-ernment promptly hikes the prices of postal stationeries, very little at-tention is directed towards increas-ing either the quality of the postal services or improving the service conditions of the postal employees. Even the postal network, which needs to be widened further to cater to the ever-increasing demand, does not get adequate attention. For in-stance, especially in Navi Mumbai, there are inadequate post boxes and people have to cover a long distance to find one.

It is a general principle that whenever a system gets overloaded due to escalation in demand, it be-comes inadequate in quality as well as in quantity of service. The exist-ing system then either needs to be expanded or efficiency has to be increased by introducing new and modern technologies. This phenom-enon holds good even for the postal network of India. To be able to make this sector compete with the private agencies, which are increasingly be-coming popular due to their prompt deliveries and cordial services, it is essential to introduce new technolo-gies, innovations and modern facili-ties in this vital network.

Postal department needs upgradationBy ashok Dhamija

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has

launched a new goal-based savings product – 'ICICI Pru Guaranteed Income for Tomorrow' (GIFT), which provides guaranteed income to policyholders to help them achieve their long-term financial goals. This non-participating savings product can en-able customers to elimi-nate the uncertainty of future income streams to a large extent. The life cover provides financial security to the family, which is essential for a robust financial plan.

The three variants of this goal-based savings product include Income, Early income and Sin-gle pay lump sum. An-

other unique aspect of 'ICICI Pru Guaranteed Income for Tomorrow' is the "Save The Date" feature. Customers can use this feature to make milestones in their per-

sonal lives extra special. For instance, they can choose to start receiving income on special dates such as their wedding anniversary, birthday of spouse, etc.

Commenting on the launch, Amit Palta, Chief Distribution Officer, ICI-CI Prudential Life Insur-ance, said; "We recently celebrated our 20th an-niversary and the launch

of ‘ICICI Pru Guaran-teed Income for Tomor-row' (GIFT) couldn't have been timed better. This versatile long-term savings product offers a multitude of benefits to

customers. It not only takes care of the diverse income needs of custom-ers but also offers them a route to build wealth. This feature-rich prod-uct is designed to offer smoothened returns and provides customers the flexibility to start receiv-ing the benefits as early as the second year, en-abling them to develop a robust financial plan.”

ICICI Prudential Life unveils a new goal-based savings product- GIFT

By ashok Dhamija

Central Railway (CR), Mumbai Divi-

sion will operate a mega block on its Suburban section (Harbour and Main lines) for carrying out maintenance work essential for infrastruc-ture upkeep and safety on Sunday 14th Feb-ruary, 2021 as per the schedule given below:

A) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ter-minus – Chunabhatti UP & DN Harbour lines

From: 11.10 am to 4.47 pm

UP Harbour line Spe-cial services for Chhatra-pati Shivaji Maharaj Ter-minus (CSMT) Mumbai leaving Panvel / Be-lapur/ Vashi from 9.53 am to 3.20 pm and DN Harbour line services to Vashi / Belapur / Panvel leaving CSMT Mum-bai / Vadala Road from 11.34 am to 4.47 pm will remain suspended. How-ever, special services will run between Panvel and Kurla (Platform No.8)

during the block period. Harbour line passengers are permitted to travel via CR Main Line from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm o n block day.

B) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ter-minus – Bandra UP & DN Harbour lines

From: 9.56 am to 4.58 pm

UP Harbour line Spe-cial services for Chhatra-pati Shivaji Maharaj Ter-minus (CSMT) Mumbai leaving Goregaon / Ban-dra from 10.45 am to 4.58 pm and DN Harbour line Special services to Bandra/Goregaon leav-ing CSMT from 9.56 am to 4.43 pm will remain suspended. Harbour line passengers however are permitted to travel via CR Main line and West-ern line from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm during block period.

C) Matunga - Mu-lund UP and DN Main Fast lines

From: 10.46 am to 4.05 pm

UP Main Fast servic-

es leaving Thane from 10.46 am to 3.26 pm will be diverted on UP Main Slow line at Mu-lund and will halt as per their respective schedule halts from Mulund to Dadar stations and will be re-diverted on UP Main Fast line at Parel. The services will arrive destination 15 minutes behind schedule. Thane-Kalyan UP and DN Main Fast lines

DN Main Fast ser-vices leaving Chhatra-pati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai from 10.25 am to 3.44 pm will be diverted on DN Main Slow line at Matunga and will halt as per their respective schedule halts from Sion to Mulund and will arrive destina-tion 15 minutes behind schedule. Fast trains beyond Thane will be re-diverted on Main DN Fast line at Mulund.

Passengers are re-quested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused.

CR mega block todayNo direct connectivity to CSMT / Bandra/ Goregaon from city

By abhitash D. Singh

While the commuters have been demanding to allow general pub-

lic to travel in local trains without any restrictions of timings, the state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in a recent-ly held cabinet meeting, ruled out this possibility. This step, said the CM, has been taken in consultation with the rail-way and health authorities after seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases in MMR region.

It is observed that after the servic-es of local trains were thrown open to general public, there has been a rise in coronavirus cases. On February 12, Mumbai reported 599 fresh coronavi-rus positive cases and four deaths. This was the third consecutive day when the coronavirus cases rose above 500-mark

in Maharashtra’s capital. The city reported 503 Covid 19

cases on February 3. Soon after the lo-cal trains were started for general pub-lic from February, there was a surge in Covid-19 cases. General public are al-lowed to board trains only during three time slots: from the start of the day's services to 7 am; 12 noon to 4 pm; and 9 pm till the end of the day. The timing has been restricted to avoid crowding.

On February 10 and 11, Mumbai city reported 550 and 510 cases re-spectively. Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said that the situation will be reviewed again on 20th February, 2021 and accordingly the decision for start-ing local trains for general public with-out any time restrictions will be taken.

No relaxation of timing to travel in local trains for general publicCommuters say the timings fixed by the state government is not suitable

7Sunday, 14 February 2021

By Crime Reporter

The Central Branch had received in-

formation that a gang was coming to carry out a robbery at Swar-naganga Jewellers shop in Kharghar. Accord-ingly, Senior Inspector Kolhatkar, Assistant Inspectors Tambe, and Bhedodkar and their team set a trap around Swarnaganga Jewel-lers shop in Kharghar Sector-15 on Thursday evening. At around 8 pm, four suspects on two motorcycles and two suspects in a car arrived at the spot and were on their way to Swarnaganga Jewellers' shop when the team

from the crime branch tried to nab them.

The Central Branch arrested three robbers. Police seized two live cartridges along with a revolver, a machete, an iron knife, and other materials.

Silvaraj Mani Nadar alias Lal Patti, Sodale-mani Madaswami Hari-jan and Kashimani Ma-daswami were arrested by the police. Birju, Mote and Kalya took

advantage of the crowd and darkness and fled. During interrogation, the three confessed that they had come to loot jewellery and cash from Swarnaganga Jewellers. Accordingly, a case was registered against the three robbers at Kharghar police station, and three persons were arrested. The police also seized the car and the motorcycle.

Police foil robbery attempt in KhargharTrio of the gang arrested, police search the other two members

The civil work of drinking water pipeline at Shri Varadavinayak

Ghar Owners Association E-1, Build-ing No. 1 to 5 in New Panvel was in-augurated by BJP's North Raigad Dis-trict President MLA Prashant Thakur and Ward Committee 'D' Chairman Sushila Gharat on Friday 12 February in the presence of Mayor Dr. Kavita Chautmol.

The inaugural function was attend-ed by Panvel Municipal Corporation House Leader Paresh Thakur, Mahila Morcha Panvel Taluka President and Panchayat Samiti member Ratnaprab-ha Gharat, Corporator Vrushali Wagh-mare, BJP leader C.C. Bhagat, presi-dent of the association Jagdish Gharat, Vijay Mhatre along with office bearers and residents.

MLA Prashant Thakur inaugurates development work in New Panvel

& many more such fruitful engaging activi-ties”, said Neeraj Govil - Senior Vice President - South Asia, Marriott International , who has over two decades of hospitality experi-ence spanning across multiple countries

and various Marriott International brands and is responsible for its strategic leadership and focus on establishing brand positioning and expanding the effective market share in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.

Vandana Mishra Chaturvedi, Director, School of Hospital-

ity and Tourism added “They say, 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'. Today, with the signing of the afore-mentioned MOU, D Y Patil Deemed to be University, School of Hospitality & Tourism Studies and Marriott India have embarked upon one such propi-

tious journey. The same is line with our Hon-ourable President, Dr. Vijay D. Patil vision to visualise the goal if one needs to succeed. This MOU lays the founda-tion to a long-term relationship with the stalwart Marriott India and portends a plethora of opportunities for our students who can now

look forward to rubbing shoulders with the high and mighty of the ser-vice industry, learning good practices, cutting their teeth on state-of-the-art technologies used at the aforemen-tioned facility, gain-ing industry-specific exposure and more. The same would not have been possible without

the support of our First Lady Mrs. Shivani Vijay Patil who has been our key motivator in forging new relations for the betterment of the students and institutes HOD’s, faculties and support staff who too are eager contribute to make the association a fruitful one for one and all in times to come”.

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Dyp SCHool oF HoSpITalITy...

Despite, adversity during the lockdown due to the outbreak

of Corona virus, Maharashtra State Electricity Development Corporation Limited (MSEDCL) has provided un-interrupted and regular power supply to the customers, making it easier for them to stay at home. However, in the last ten months, the number of cus-tomers paying their electricity bills has come down and MSEDCL is in a difficult financial situation, thus, MSEDCL has appealed the consum-ers to cooperate and pay the electric-ity bill.

In the ten months from April 2020 to 2021, 80 lakh 32 thousand consum-ers of various categories, including 41 lakh 7 thousand domestic consum-ers in the state, have not paid a single electricity bill. This includes 2 lakh 26

thousand 410 customers in the welfare zone and they have outstanding elec-tricity bills of Rs 344 crore. 43 thou-sand 924 customers (arrears 44 crore) under Kalyan Mandal office 1, 69 thousand 303 customers (arrears 165 crore) under Kalyan Mandal office-2, 77 thousand 259 customers (arrears 84 crore) under Vasai Mandal office and 35 thousand 924 customers under Palghar Mandal office (Outstanding Rs 51 crore) No electricity bill has been paid in the last ten months, said an official. As a result, crores of ru-pees have been added to the electrici-ty bill arrears and MSEDCL is facing a huge financial crisis.

Considering the financial dilem-ma of MSEDCL, customers are being appealed to cooperate by paying their electricity bills.

MSEDCL appeals customers to cooperate by paying arrears

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CITy polICe uNDeRTaKe SpeCIal DRIVeS...

that we have to use po-lice force to enforce traf-fic rules in our country. However, if the citizens follow the rules on their own, the work of the police will be reduced and the police force that has to be used for road traffic regulation can be used for other security reasons. Make awareness programs an integral part of life to prevent road accidents,” stressed Navi Mumbai CP.

“Sometimes acci-dents are caused by the negligence of the driv-ers, sometimes they are due to the negligence of the system,” said Municipal Commis-sioner Abhijit Bangar. He assured the Com-missioner of Police that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation will always co-operate

with the Navi Mumbai Police to reduce the number of accidents in the satellite city.

While reporting an accident, Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar appealed to the journalists to mention how the accident hap-pened and whether it was due to non-obser-vance of rules by the driver and how it could have been avoided if the motorists had followed the rules.

“The Central Gov-ernment will soon in-troduce the subject of traffic safety in the syllabus,” said Abhay Deshpande, RTO, Panvel. Amol Khair, an expert in the field of transport planning, Dr. Vikas Deshmukh, psychiatrist, Dr. Shub-hada Nayak, Principal of Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College also ex-pressed their views and gave several sugges-

tions to the Municipal Corporation and Police Department regarding traffic management and road accidents.

The seminar was moderated by Navi Mumbai Press Club President Manoj Jal-nawala. The seminar was attended by Dep-uty Commissioner of Police Purushottam Karad, RTO Anil Pa-til of Panvel, Assistant Commissioner of Police Arun Patil along with a large number of police inspectors, representa-tives of various organi-zations, journalists and citizens.

8 Sunday, 14 February 2021

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Red Chillies restau-rant in Airoli Sec-

tor 19 was completely gutted in fire which broke out at around 7 pm on Friday. As soon as the fire broke out, the fire fighters from Airoli fire brigade rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control. No casualties were reported in the blaze. But the res-taurant was completely gutted. The cause of the fire is still unknown and an investigation is un-derway, said Airoli Fire Station Officer, Gajen-

dra Susvirkar.Firefighters DB

Kamble, Snehal Sam-vat, Fire Brigade Kat-kar, Girkar, Pawar,

Doke, Madhavi, Patil, Shinde, Masane, Katke

were present on the oc-casion.

Restaurant in Airoli completely gutted in fire

By Indrani Basu

Valentine’s Day, with its message of ‘love’, has become a day of

celebration throughout the country. For the younger couples, there are plenty of ways to express their love for each other. However, the couples who have crossed several marriage anniversaries, `Valentine’s Day’ holds a different meaning altogether. For them, the day brings the memories of unique form of love and sacrifice which has pulled them through a bliss-ful conjugal life.

Vashi residents, Narayan Narahari Edate and his wife, Shanta Narayan Edate had celebrated their 50th mar-riage anniversary in 2016. They spend their daily life as usual like any other couples of their age, but love is the ‘in-thing’ in their 54 long marital years. Shanta Tai shared, “Getting married at the age of 18 or below was very com-mon in 60’s. After finishing my SSC, I was preparing for my Diploma Exami-nation. Narayan came to my house to see his would-be bride. As usual, we exchanged views via our elders.”

Shanta offered Narayan kande Pohe and tea and after a while he gave his consent. “I was quite nervous be-cause on 9th May I sat for my final examination and immediately on 12th May my marriage was solemnized,” recalls Shanta tai. “His affection and

courteous nature ended my nervous-ness and we began our journey,” she says with a smile.

The couple have completed fifty years of journey and have faced num-ber of ups and downs, but they always maintained their togetherness. Narayan commented, “We do not bother about any particular day. I think the bliss of the conjugal life is ‘Togetherness’.”

Koperkhairane residents, Chhanda and Shushanta Chakraborty tied their nuptial knot 45 years ago. “We got married in 1975,” shared Chhanda, “During those days we fell in love after marriage and as the days passed by, our attractions for each other aug-mented. Adjustment, compromise and understanding are the key factors for a long happy married life.”

It is rather a regular Valentine’s Day for this couple who are blessed with a son and a daughter. With ut-most care, they have reared children and made them settled in their lives. “We have been the soul mates and the partners for last 45 years. We have ex-perienced and shared many ups and downs in life, happy days as well as gloomy days. However, we are be-coming more dependent on each other as the days are passing by. Therefore, it is better to say that now every day is a Valentine’s Day in our life”, said Sri Shushanta.

Every day is a Valentine's Day for many senior citizen couples

Edate couple Chhanda and Sushanta Chakraborty

By abhitash D.Singh

As the schools and classes are likely

to resume from Febru-ary 15, 2021 the Maha-rashtra school Education Minister Varsha Gaik-wad has requested the state Chief Minister Ud-dhav Thackeray to allow students to commute by local trains.

"The railway timings for the general public do not align with the school or college hours, which is why the government said that it will approach the railways for more clarification on the mat-ter. Trains are currently

allowed for the general public prior to 6 am, and between noon to 4 pm, and after 9 pm. The tim-

ing has been restricted to avoid crowding in view of the pandemic. This means the general

public will not be per-mitted to travel between 7 am and 12 noon and between 4 pm and 9 pm, which are considered peak travel hours,” said the Minister.

Sachin Srivastava, a student from Nerul said, "If the schools are reopened, then it would be essential to start local trains for the students too and the timings should match with that of the school timing. All the parents do not have vehicles to drop their children to schools so many have to depend on trains."

School students should be allowed to board local trains: Varsha Gaikwad

By Dinesh pawar

On behalf of Sakhi Self Help Group,

Mahila Bachat Group Sonari in Uran taluka, a haldi-kumkum pro-gramme was recently celebrated at Ganesh Mandir.

The women ex-changed haldi-kumkum and flowers during the programme. Sakhi Swayamsevak Mahila Bachat Group (Sonari) President Yogita Vish-wanath Kadu, Vice President Sonam

Vijay Tandel, Treasurer Shital Rajesh Tandel, Members Josna Naresh Kadu, Sarika Vinod Kadu, Gauri Vijay Kadu and CRP Nir-mala Gharat of Karal Savarkhar were present on the occasion.

Haldi-kumkum programme held

The Bhalchandra Gharat family from Panvel donated Rs 1,11,111 for the construction of Shri Ram Temple at Shriram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya and handed over the cheque to former MP Loknete Ramsheth Thakur on Saturday in the presence of BJP's North Raigad district president, MLA Prashant Thakur.