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NAVI MUMBAI: The toll exemption for LMVs since the past six days has given respite to motorists crossing the Kamothe and Kharghar toll plazas. Private car owners have benefitted on two fronts — saving money used for paying toll and other being relief from snarls caused due to serpentine queues for toll collection. Vashi resident Amit Patra (32), a computer engineer, said, "Exempting toll for LMVs at Kamothe and Kharghar plazas is a welcome move. Otherwise, we had to pay double toll — once at Vashi plaza to go towards Mumbai and then at Kamothe to go towards Panvel ." Another Vashi resident, Vineet Mishra, added that now the government needs to shut down Vashi and Airoli toll plazas too. "The authorities can at least exempt LMVs at these two toll nakas, as the operator has already recovered their money," he said. But Sion-Panvel Tollways Pvt Ltd (SPTPL), operator of Kharghar-Kamothe toll plazas, claimed that the toll waiver has adversely affected its revenue generation. SPT…

NAVI MUMBAI: A 150-year-old country well in sector 12, Kharghar, is getting a new lease of life with City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) finally taking up the job to renovate it. Known as Kumbar 'Bawdi', the well was lying in neglect for many years. Over the last two decades, rapid urbanization decayed it completely. The country well was the sole water resource for locals in Kharghar. But with urbanization, the area started getting pipe water. So, locals stopped fetching water from the well. As time passed, the residents even began dumping waste in the 52-foot well. Vijay Patil, a social activist, said, "We have informed Cidco about the well and are happy that the planning body has shown interest and started renovating it. We hope the well is made useful for the public, especially in the wake of water scarcity." Mohan Ninawe, chief PRO, Cidco, confirmed that renovation work had started. However, he added that the water sample would be tested first to ascerta…

The Central Railway has planned to carry out a special block between Mumbai CST and Thane from 12 midnight to 6 am to carry out the conversion from 1500-volt direct current (DC) to 25,000-volt alternating current (AC) traction. Source: Mumbai News

The Central Railway has planned to carry out a special block between Mumbai CST and Thane from 12 midnight to 6am to carry out the conversion from 1500-volt direct current (DC) to 25,000-volt alternating current (AC) traction. Source: Mumbai News

Commuters travelling by Western Railway between Santacruz and Goregaon today are being inconvenienced due to the ongoing rail block. Source: Mumbai News

Commuters travelling by Western Railway between Santacruz and Goregaon on Sunday are being inconvenienced due to the ongoing rail block. Source: Mumbai News

In a bid to encourage citizens to protect and nurture the environment, Ola, a mobile app based taxi service, has launched a nationwide campaign called – ‘Plant a Sapling.’ Source: Mumbai News

A special MCOCA court will on Friday resume the trial of underworld don turned politician Arun Gawli in an old extortion case. Gawli is serving a life imprisonment after his conviction in 2012 for the murder of Shiv Sena Corporator Kamlakar Jamsandikar, but is at present on parole. Source: Mumbai News

NAVI MUMBAI: MGM hospital in Vashi has issued a death certificate for Seawoods resident Rajith Balakrishnan last week, which stated that he died of dengue. However NMMC's head of health department, Deepak Paropkari said, "It is a suspected case." The department, therefore, did not confirm the hospital's stand. The civic health department said it had sent 15 suspected samples since January till date to National Institute of Virology, Pune and Thane Civil Hospital. But the tests did not confirm that the samples were positive for dengue. MGM said that the civic body had collected the samples of the deceased. "Rajith was admitted in our hospital for three days. He tested positive for dengue." A civic official, C D Tayde, said he stays in the same locality as the deceased, close to L&T Seawoods station project, and his wife and daughter also tested positive for dengue. "I have admitted them to a Kharghar hospital. This area is prone to people suffering from malaria and dengue,"…

Flight IX 889 is currently on ground. The airline has rescheduled the departure to 10 am. "They are frantically trying to get a copilot. But it's not easy getting one at such a short notice. They may be forced to delay it further," the source added. Source: Mumbai News