Navi Mumbai Airport

Defence Ministry Gives Clearance

Staff Reporter / Navi Mumbai

Though the environment clearances for the proposed greenfield airport project here came after much inordinate delay, the nod for the same from the country’s defence establishment has come in just a few days.

The Maharashtra state government received a letter from the Union Defence Ministry on December 1, giving the green signal to the Navi Mumbai airport,

Following the environmental clearance given by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) last week, the state chief minister Prithviraj Chavan wrote to Union Defence Minister A K Antony for a speedy defence clearance, say sources.

It is gathered that the Navy had said that they had no jurisdiction over the Navi Mumbai site. Apparently, the India Air Force (IAF)head quarters examined the proposal and the defense ministry cleared it with fifteen conditions.

The conditions require that all income and outgoing planes must have defence clearances. Military planes must be exempt from parking, landing and housing charges and the radio navigational facilities must be made available to defence authorities.

The IAF has also reportedly stated that there must be effective coordination detween the IAF-controlled Lohegaon airport in Pune’s air traffic control.

Officials now say that only the forest clearance is pending now and they could have some reservations as the Karnala bird sanctuary is located nearby.

Guardian min comes to aid of road mishap victim

George mendonca. TOI
Guardian minister Ganesh Naik has set an example for other politicians to follow by actually implementing the idiom-‘Action speaks louder than words’ by actually halting his car and making arrangements to admit a road accident victim to the hospital.
The entire incident was witnessed by a Vashi resident Unnikrishnan Nair(39), an entrepreneur in the field of information technology, who was traveling in his car o the Thane-Belapur Road.
On Firday, at around 12.15pm, an ST Bus, which was speeding form Thane towards Panvel, hit a pedestrian near the tempo stand opposite the railway station in Rable while he was crossing the highway. While the victim was lying beside the road bleeding from his face, the passersby did not anything except for crowding around and creation a chaos. MLA Naik, who was coming from Thane towards Navi Mumbai with his escort, halted at the sport to enquire what was wrong. Learning about the injured pedestrian, the legislator_without wasting any time immediately informed the Rabale traffic police by a wireless message and made arrangements to get the accident victim admitted to Mahajan hospital, the closest hospital in the area.
Constable Balu Shinde and Umesh Koli, who were on duty at Rabale nake, were informed by a passing motorist that an accident has taken place near the Rable tempo stand. At the same time, they got the wireless message form Naik and immediately reached the spot. Naik even offered his car to transport the victim to the hospital. But the cops took the victim to the hospital in an uato.
Constable Balu Shinde said, “The victim has been identified as Krushna Bora Deokar (30), a resident of Hanuaman Nagar in Nocilnaka. He is a daily wage labourer. He has sustained injuries above his left eye and minor burses on his left shoulder. The doctors have given 6-7 stitches to Deokar’s wounds above the eye. The ST driver and conductor had fled from the spot, fearing that the mob may beat them up. The driver, however, later presented himself at Rabale police station. He has been identified as Sudhakar Dattatray Patil (40) and has been booked under the motor vehicle Act for rash and negligent driving.”
When contacted, MLA Ganesh Naik said, “It’s time that the citizens give up their tendency to act as mute spectators in cases where they happen to witness a accident by not lending a helping han to the casualty. They can at least in form the police so that the victim gets immediate medical attention. I did my duty as a responsible citizens and a sense of humanity.”

Guardian min comes to aid of road mishap victim

George mendonca. TOI
Guardian minister Ganesh Naik has set an example for other politicians to follow by actually implementing the idiom-‘Action speaks louder than words’ by actually halting his car and making arrangements to admit a road accident victim to the hospital.
The entire incident was witnessed by a Vashi resident Unnikrishnan Nair(39), an entrepreneur in the field of information technology, who was traveling in his car o the Thane-Belapur Road.
On Firday, at around 12.15pm, an ST Bus, which was speeding form Thane towards Panvel, hit a pedestrian near the tempo stand opposite the railway station in Rable while he was crossing the highway. While the victim was lying beside the road bleeding from his face, the passersby did not anything except for crowding around and creation a chaos. MLA Naik, who was coming from Thane towards Navi Mumbai with his escort, halted at the sport to enquire what was wrong. Learning about the injured pedestrian, the legislator_without wasting any time immediately informed the Rabale traffic police by a wireless message and made arrangements to get the accident victim admitted to Mahajan hospital, the closest hospital in the area.
Constable Balu Shinde and Umesh Koli, who were on duty at Rabale nake, were informed by a passing motorist that an accident has taken place near the Rable tempo stand. At the same time, they got the wireless message form Naik and immediately reached the spot. Naik even offered his car to transport the victim to the hospital. But the cops took the victim to the hospital in an uato.
Constable Balu Shinde said, “The victim has been identified as Krushna Bora Deokar (30), a resident of Hanuaman Nagar in Nocilnaka. He is a daily wage labourer. He has sustained injuries above his left eye and minor burses on his left shoulder. The doctors have given 6-7 stitches to Deokar’s wounds above the eye. The ST driver and conductor had fled from the spot, fearing that the mob may beat them up. The driver, however, later presented himself at Rabale police station. He has been identified as Sudhakar Dattatray Patil (40) and has been booked under the motor vehicle Act for rash and negligent driving.”
When contacted, MLA Ganesh Naik said, “It’s time that the citizens give up their tendency to act as mute spectators in cases where they happen to witness a accident by not lending a helping han to the casualty. They can at least in form the police so that the victim gets immediate medical attention. I did my duty as a responsible citizens and a sense of humanity.”

Min Naik Bats for Pre-2000 slums

Allays fears of slum dwellers following HC Order against illegal huts
Thane District Guardian Minister Ganesh Naik has assured that the slums that came up in the city prior to 2000 will be given all the protection, subject to the final order by the Supreme Court on the petition pending in this regard. Naik also ordered the officials concerned to initiate action against slumlords who are encroaching upon government land and cheating innocent people.

Addressing a rally of slum dwellers at Turbhe Stores, Naik said that after regularizing the slums till 1995, the state government has already filed a petition in this regard with the Supreme Court. While there will be no action against the slums till 1995, we will try and provide all possible protection to the slums that have come up before 2000, subject to the SC order,” Naik said.

Panic triggered among people after the MIDC, CIDCO and civic authorities issued eviction notices to people following issued eviction notices to people following the Bombay High Court order to remove unauthorized construction on government land. Given the high confusion among general public regarding the notices, MLA Sandeep Naik had organised the public meeting

During the meeting, Ganesh Naik elaborated on every aspect of the issue so as to clear the confusion among thousands of people gathered for the meeting. Besides Sandeep Naik, MIDC officials, Thane Tehsildar Krishna jadhav, BDO Balasaheb Chatur, former chairman of NMMT Sasi Damodaran, local Police officials, corporations, and other office bearers were also present at the meeting.

Naik explained that the notices issued by authorities concerned are for survey of unauthorized constructions on government land and not for demokition of houses. “Those who have got the notices should submit the ownership documents to the authorities concerned. Around 90% houses in Turbhe Stores are pre-1995. Since the government is regularized these constructions, their demolition is out of question,” Naik said adding, “Slum dwellers should be assured that no action will be taken against them. I will even go to jail to protect the slum dwellers in the city.”
He also came down heavily on the self proclaimed saviours of slum dwellers. “Some people are trying to gain political mileage over the issue of notices. These people are misleading innocent people creating issues which do not exist. People should be aware of such leaders,” Naik said. He also assured the slum dwellers that everyone would get a pukka house once the SRA scheme is implemented in the city.

Relief for industries

Ganesh Naik orders reduction in property tax
Vashi : Thane District Gurardian Minister Ganesh Naik has agreed to consider a review of the tax structure applicable to industrial units situated in TTC MIDC area. It has brought a sigh of relief to an estimated 4,354 small and large industrial units in the area.
The industries, especially those organized under the banner of the Small Scale Entrepreneurs Association, have been fighting against NMMC for remaining out of its clutches. They filed a writ in the Bombay high court which dismissed it. They went in appeal to the supreme Court which also refused to give relief to them.
That provided the necessary lever to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation which intensified its drive to recover the arrears of tax from them. During the last month or so, it served notices on 618 of them and initiated recovery proceedings against 223 of them who failed to pay up. It sealed the factory premises of 72 other defaulter. In this manner, it has managed to rake in Rs 32 crore of the total of Rs 52 Crores owed by the industries.
It is under these trying circumstances that a delegation consisting of representatives the large units, Small Scale Industries Association called on the Guardian minister Ganesh naik seeking his intervention. After hearing their grievances, Naik ordered NMMC to consider reducing tax rates. He also ordered that the time limit of two weeks given to the industries for clearing the arrears be extended to four weeks. He also directed NMMC to draft a proposal for reducing of taxes and bring it before the General Body during its next meeting. All these decision have brought a sigh of relief among the industrialists.
The meeting was attended by Mayor Sagar Naik, Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nahata, MP Dr Sanjeev Naik, MLA Sandeep Naik and Standing Committee Chairman Anant Sutar among others.