8/3/2019 epaperpdf_14052011_13thane-pg1-0

1/1

TYPE OF OFFENCE TYPE OF VEHICLE FINE

Driving without valid licence All Vehicles 300/-

Allowing a person to drive without licence All Vehicles 300/-

Driving without licence and other documents All Vehicles 100/-

Driving two-wheeler with more than one pi ll ion-rider Two-wheelers 100/-

Creating obstruction to traffic All Vehicles 100/-

Parking vehicle in a no-parking zone All Vehicles 100/-

Violating traffic signal, using wrong side All Vehicles 100/-

Cutting lanes, using pressure horn and

taking vehicle to the no-entry zone All Vehicles 100/-

Rash driving, using musical horn All Vehicles 500/-

Using mobile phone while driving All Vehicles 100/-

Driving rashly with one hand All Vehicles 500/-

Disobeying a police officers direction All Vehicles 200/-

Giving false information to a police officer All Vehicles 200/-

Charging excess of meter value Auto drivers 50/-

Driver having learners licence, but not using L board All Vehicles 100/-

Driving without helmet Two-wheelers 100/-

Reversing negligently All vehicles 100/-

Not using safety belt Car / jeep 100/-

Using horn in silence zone All vehicles 100/-

Vehicle fitted with dark glass All vehicles 100/-

Improper number plate All vehicles/ Auto 100/- 50/-

Driving at excessive speed All MVs 200/-

Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive All MVs 100/-

Racing without permission All MVs 300/-

Driving in a drunken state All vehicles 2,000/-

Vehicle without parlaying light All vehicles/ Auto 100/- 50/-Driving through one-way All vehicles/ Autos 100/- 50/-

Taking U-turn in a no U-turn area All vehicles/ Autos 100/- 50/-

Not obeying signal given by a cop All vehicles/ Autos 100/-50/-

Lane-cutting All vehicles/ Autos 100/- 50/-

SOME OFFENCES & FINES

Thane, Saturday, May 14, 2011 > Pages 4

200Number of UID cardsissued by the Thanecivic body on a dailybasis since March

NEWS IN NUMBERS

AWARENESS DRIVEUmang Foundation organised anopen bus fun ride for street childrento highlight the importance ofeducation in an individuals life

This edition is also being distributed in Mulund

Mulund hospital does itsbit for cancer patients byoffering treatment ataffordable cost

CANCER CARE FOR A CAUSEWith an aim to provide learningresources to under-privileged students,Rotaract Club of Mumbai MulundSouth has started project Granthalaya

Deepa Sarna Gawli

A ground named after PrakashMore, who died fighting ter-rorists during the November26, Mumbai terror attack wasinaugurated in Mulund (east)on Thursday evening.

The ground has been namedShahid Prakash More Maid-an. More, who was attached tothe LT Marg police station as apolice sub-inspector, was a res-ident of Mulund. Despite, theirreparable loss that the Moressuffered, they are proud of themartyr, who lost his life fight-ing terrorists. More is sur-vived by wife Madhavi, daugh-ter Anushka and son Pratik.

The ground spreads over anarea of 2059 sq m and has chil-drens play area and sittingarrangement for the senior cit-izens. It is developed at thecost of Rs 35 lakhs.

Another garden too wasthrown open for the public.The specialty of this gardenis that it will have a variety ofayurvedic herbs, informed an

officer from T-ward Mulund.The garden spreads over anarea of 947.4 sq m and is de-veloped at the cost of approxi-

mately Rs 17 lakhs. UddhavThackeray, executive presi-dent, Shiv Sena attended theinaugural ceremony.

Puja Pednekar

Rugved Thakur, who stoodfirst in Thane and bagged67th rank in the UPSC exam,had quit his lucrative jobwith Infosys to be part ofpolicy making frame work

and to serve people.Though, Rugved lives inThane, he has studied at StStanislaus School, Bandraand completed engineeringfrom Thadomal Shahani Col-lege of Engineering.

Thakur gave up his at-tractive job at Infosys, wherehe worked for two years, tostudy for the civil serviceexam. After working in theIT sector, I realised that Iwanted a job that would ac-tually make a difference. Ingovernment service, I willget an opportunity to shapepolicies and make a differ-ence to the people. Some-thing, I would not have beenable to do being as an engi-neer, he said. Thakurcleared his exam in the third

attempt.During his interview,

Thakur was asked, what wasone thing he would changeif he was to head MMRDA?To which he replied, Cur-rently finance and timelycompletion of projects arethe two things ailing MMR-DA. If I was made the chief,I would bring both these ele-ments under control, by rop-ing in more private playersinto infrastructure build-ing. With his almost perfectscore, Thakur hopes to getinto the IAS.

Sukhada P Khandge

Taking into considerationthe need for secondaryschools in the interiors ofthe city, the Thane MunicipalCorporation (TMC) willbe starting the same in areaslike Yeoor, Patlipada,

Kasarvadavli, Desaigaonand Sheelgaon.There are only primary

schools that impart educa-tion till class VII, after whichmost of the students haveto either leave educationas they cannot afford to takeadmission in private schoolsor have to travel a longdistance to attend civic runsecondary schools.

Suresh Gada, chairman ofEducation Board, Thane Mu-nicipal Corporation (TMC)said, It is the need of thehour to start secondaryschools in the said areas.Mostly, Yeoor as it is too farfrom the city. Due to unavail-ability of secondary schoolsmost of the students leave ed-

ucation midway. Thereforestarting secondary schoolsfor class VIII to X was impor-tant. Students from Yeoor,have to come as far as Lok-manya Nagar or Shivai Na-gar for further education.

According to Gada, at least40 to 45 students from everyschool, who have clearedtheir class VII exams, will getto complete their educationtill X in the same school.

Gada said primary schoolsare running a full house inthese areas and their recordhas been quite good, there-fore we requested civic chiefRA Rajeev to give permissionto start secondary schools inthe same premises, whichwas granted.

Deepa Sarna Gawli

Of late, many instances havecome to light in Than e city,wherein vehicle owners haveblamed the traffic police forcharging fines in excess ofwhat they should have forvarious traffic offences.

However, traff ic police topbrass insists that this caneasily be avoided if peopleknow the official amountfixed for different offences.

If the traffic police is to bebelieved, then over 90 % ofthe motorists are unaware ofthe different quantum offines that have been fixed forbreaking rules. This, they in-sist, gives some on-duty copsan opportunity to make someextra bucks by charging morethan has been specified.

Take the case of RajeevKulkarni from GhodbunderRoad, who was driving his carand talking over his mobilephone when a traffic copstopped him. Kulkarni wasunaware of the fine amountand was asked to shell outRs2,000 as fine. The copasked for Rs 2,000 as I wastalking over mobile phonewhile driving. However, theamount was too high so I ne-gotiated and he agreed tosettle the matter for Rs500,he said. Later, he came toknow that the fine for the

offence he had committedwas only Rs100.I was not aware of the fine

and didnt want to get intoany argument and createa scene. So, I settled for Rs500.I feel cheated, but at the sametime wish I knew the actual

amount which wouldnt havegiven the corrupt cop anopportunity to earn the extrabucks, Kulkarni said. He is-nt alone in complaining.

There are many such casesthat take place almost daily.Throwing light on one

such instance, a traffic policeofficer, requesting anonymi-ty, said, On many occasions,drivers are caught withoutPUC. But they dont know

that they can surrender theirlicence with the cop, take thePUC to the officer on duty andtake back his licence withoutpaying any money. The offi-

cer added that there are of-fences which dont call for in-stant fine, an expiredlicence. An expired licenceis valid of 30 days whichmany are not aware of andend up paying moneydemanded by the cops.

Dont be fooled. Know penalty slabs

Vehicle owners say that they have often been fleeced by cops on violating traffic rules. Police, however,claim that 90% of vehicle owners are oblivious of the exact amount of fine specified for regular offences

Handy tips for motorists> Only an officer above the rank of assistant sub-inspector

(ASI) is allowed to collect fine from any traffic violationon the spot. A constable is not authorised to collect fine

> If a driver is caught without Pollution Under Control (PUC)certificate, the driver need not pay fine. Instead, he cansurrender his licence to the traffic officer and take itback from him after obtaining the certificate

> Not all are aware that in case of an expired licence, it isvalid for 30 days from the date of expiry

> Penalty for jumping signal, talking on mobile whiledriving, not wearing helmet is Rs 100

TMC set to startsecondary schoolsin interior areas

Due tounavailability ofsecondary schoolsmost of the studentsleave educationmidway or have totravel a distance

Suresh Gada

chairman, Edu Board

The specialty of this garden in T-ward isthat it has a variety of ayurvedic herbs. It isdeveloped at a cost of Rs 17 lakh

An officer, T-ward Mulund

FIRST INDIAN TO BECOME BRAND AMBASSADOR OF SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL

Mewati Sitaram

It is a proud moment forThanekars. In one of the rarest ges-ture, Singapore Tourism Board ap-pointed celebrity chef Milind So-vani, as the brand ambassador andconsultant for this years presti-gious Singapore food festival. It isa rare honour for any Indian as itwould be for the first time that anon-Singaporean has been ap-pointed for the coveted job evensince the inception of the festivalsince 1994.

Sovani, a renowned Indiancelebrity chef in Singapore and oneof the director and chef in Song ofIndia, one of the finest Indianrestaurant in Singapore. His high-ly influential style of Indian cui-sine has earned him several awardsand respect from Singapore and in-

ternational culinary enthusiastsand forums. Hailing from ThanesGhantali society, Milinds menutrademark has been described as

contemporary Indian cuisine. TheSingapore food festival is to be heldfrom July 15-24. The theme for thisyears festival is curry and spice.

Chef Milind will showcase to theworld as to how spices and curriesare an integral part of Singaporecuisines. Though curries are most-ly identified to Indian cuisine, Sin-gapore is home to many curries ofdifferent region that includes Per-

ankan, Hainanese, Japanese andThai curries etc. His main objectiveis to showcase Singapores uniqueculinary heritage on an interna-

tional platform. It is a one of themost significant event as far asglobal food industry is concerned.

Milind, possesses over 25 yearsof culinary expertise. He continuesto surprise and delight with newlooks and gastronomic experiencesto Indian cuisine, through cookeryshows, seminars or his multi-awardwinning restaurant in Singapore -The Song of India. This year, my

dream came true, but this is also amajor success for my country, sincethis is the first time something likethis has happened, says Milind.

Thane chef Milind Sovani makes city proud

Mulund ground named after26/11 martyr thrown open

Techie gives up Infosys jobfor a career in civil services

Places like Yeoor,Patlipada in Thanelack civic body-runsecondary schools

Career Highlights

Served as a chef in the catering team of two former PrimeMinisters Smt Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi

Spearheaded birthday feast for Bollywood star AmitabhBachchan, which was attended by over 600 hundred guests

Cooked for 50,000 guests during the cricket World cup match atJaipur, 1987

Hosted and served Singapore president, prime minister, ministersand many other high profile figures

Job satisfaction scoresover high pay for Thakur

Rugved Thakur

TOPSTORY