Good news for industries and businesses in the Vasai-Virar

There is some good news for industries and businesses in the Vasai-Virar area. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to set up a complex on the lines of the Bandra Kurla Complex there.

Proposed complex

MMRDA commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad who visited Vasai on Wednesday morning said that the complex would be located in Diwanman at Manickpur-Navghar.

Ratnakar Gaikwad

Fifty acres have already been identified for the project. More land will be looked at, depending on the requirement.
Gaikwad said the state would implement the project with help from the City Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO).

The complex would cater to requirements of business houses in Vasai, Virar, Nallasopara and Navghar-Manickpur areas.

He added that the state would provide loans to the municipal councils of the area for the project. He refused to divulge additional details, saying that the talks were at the initial stage. He also did not specify when the project would be completed.

Other plans in the area

• Skywalk proposed from Virar station (West) to Shivaji statue petrol pump on Agashi road

• Infrastructure for sewage, public toilets, fire stations etc

• Revival of an abandoned railway bridge between Naigaon and Bhayandar. According to Gaikwad, light vehicles would be able to ply on the repaired bridge. This will also help residents of Panju village who have been isolated due to the closure of the bridge.

• Dumping ground at Gokhiware

SourceMumbai Mirror

Last-minute reservation gets easier on western Railway

Instead of running after the Travelling Ticket Examiner for allotment of a confirmed ticket, the passengers can now buy a reserved ticket at no extra cost. WR has started counters at Mumbai Central, Bandra and Borivli to offer reserved tickets till about 15 minutes before a train’s departure. In all, WR has opened the current reserved ticket counter at 20 stations including Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vapi and Ujjain. 

Are your Mutual Funds in safe hands?

Are your Mutual Funds in safe hands?

name instead of Renuka’s. She was sent a fake computerised statement, which can be made by any software literate.

In July, Renuka got in touch with the broker to invest Rs 15,000 in SBI, who asked her to fill a form and address a cheque in the name of SBI. The very next day she got a bank statement confirming her investment.

Renuka explains, “In October, when the market went up, I called on the help line number to inquire whether my balance has increased or not.

It was then that time I came to know that the account was registered under Santosh’s name and not mine.”

Renuka called up the broker for an explanation and he told her that her work would be done in a few days.

On October 19, Renuka got a fresh bank statement, which said a new account was opened under her name and Rs 15,000 was deposited.

This case exposes the fact that it is easy to forge documents pertaining mutual funds for a first time investor as the brokers tend to dupe them by taking advantage of their ignorance. Knowledge about funds is important.

Renuka has filed a FIR with the Vasai police against Santosh for fraud,
and the police are investigating the case.

Flowers are raining outside the Eidgah ,Sikh community welcomes the Muslims

The flowers are raining outside the Eidgah. The beauty of this picture lies in the fact that Sikh boys are welcoming the Muslims coming out of Eidgah after offering the Namaz, with flowers.
The Sikh community welcomes the Muslims after Namaz in Bhopal, as a goodwill gesture. For decades the office-bearers of local Sikh organisations have been greeting Muslims ‘Eid Mubarak’ in this manner.Naturally, such a gesture overwhelms the other community. Reaching out to the other community is the need of the hour. We must celebrate the festivals of the other community and spread the message of harmony.

Such photographs are rare as people are getting narrow-minded and don’t prefer interacting with other communities and groups. Working relationships are okay but family ties are not as strong as they used to be in the past.
Here there is no political platform but the ordinary Sikhs meeting ordinary Muslims. And this is the spirit of Hindustaniat. Kudos to the Sikh organisations who take this extra step towards reaching to the other community. This photo has a lesson for everybody among us to learn. Will we?

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MSEDCL says people should cooperate

MUMBAI: Power situation in Maharashtra has worsened with the demand during October shooting up by an unprecedented 2,000 MW prompting the state power distribution company, to ask people to use power economically.

“People should cooperate and not to resort to agitations which may further aggravate the problem,” Maharashtra State Power Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) also called ‘Mahavitran’ said in a statement issued here today.

“Evening peak hour demand stood at a whopping 15037 MW on October 18 compared to 13058 MW during October last year. On October 16, the demand was for 14,509 MW and on October 17 it was 14820 MW,” the statement said.

Incidentally, the supply on October 18 was 10475 MW resulting in a shortage of 4562 MW.

“Even though there is rise in demand, load-shedding is well managed and is in limit. Load shedding hours are planned as per the protocol approved by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Authority,” the statement said.

Normally, power demand in the state goes up by 700-800 MW every year. But during this October, it has increased by 2000 MW. The demand for power on October 18 was over 15,000 MW while 10475 MW power was available from all the sources including state projects, central government projects, Ratnagiri Gas Power Project Ltd and bilateral power purchases.

“As the demand has gone up unexpectedly, efforts are made on a war footing to alleviate the situation,” the statement said.

Power demand in the country has gone up due to rising economy. Like Maharashtra, other states are also facing power shortage. Hence getting power from other states to tide the gap has also become difficult, the statement said.

Read more about the MSEDCL’s report