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[ad_1] Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the water taxi service on February 17 to connect Navi Mumbai and Mumbai. Connecting Belapur to the Domestic Cruise Terminal or Bhaucha Dhakka, in South Mumbai, it was said to reduce travel time from about 90 minutes by road to 25 minutes along the coastline. But since then, in 10 days, the boat service has run just three trips between the two locations while for mass transport, the catamaran ferry has had no trips at all due to lack of interest of commuters, according to operators. Amit Saini, CEO of Maharashtra Maritime Board, the project’s nodal agency, was quoted in an IE report saying that a meeting will be conducted on March 2 with all stakeholders to find a solution to the matter. According to the CEO, there are connectivity issues between DCT and the main points in South Mumbai. He said that there is a need to provide end-to-end service from the jetty. For these services, the contract was given to three operators- two to run speedboats while the third for the catamaran ferry. The speed boat can accommodate around 12 people and cover the distance in 25 minutes to 30 minutes, with a one-way ticket of Rs 1,210. The catamaran ferry can accommodate as many as 56 passengers for the 45-minute journey with a ticket priced much lower at Rs 290 (cost of an AC train ticket is Rs 210, and the fare of AC taxi adds up to Rs 900). I Y Mukadam, the catamaran contractor, was quoted in the report saying that since February 18, not a single service has been operated as not a single passenger was present for the trip. According to Mukadam, an amount of Rs 27,000 costs for operating one trip on a catamaran and at least 50 passengers are needed. My Boat Ride and Mumbai Water Taxi are the other two operators, which provide speedboat services on Belapur-DCT, Belapur-Elephanta as well as DCT-Elephanta routes. According to MMB CEO Saini, the Elephanta service on the weekends is receiving good response. According to a representative of Mumbai Water Taxi, they have managed to operate one service from DCT to Belapur, as well as two services from Belapur to DCT. The response is low and many people who inquire online or phone numbers, do not turn up after checking the fare. A representative of My Boat Ride said that from Belapur to Mumbai, they have not managed to operate a single speedboat service but they have been operating the Belapur-Elephanta service. According to several commuters between Navi Mumbai and Mumbai, more than the fare, lack of connectivity is the major issue. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Domestic markets began Monday’s trading session deep in the red, extending last week’s bearish momentum. Sensex opened with losses and was soon trading more than 900 points lower, giving up the 55,000 mark. Nifty 50 was down 1.65% slipping below 16,400. Bank Nifty was down 2%. Volatility continued to mar market sentiment as India VIX rose surged 10% to regain 29 levels. Power Grid and Tata Steel were the only two Sensex stocks in green while Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, and Dr Reddy’s were the top laggards, falling more than 2% each. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Manipur Assembly Election 2022 Voting News Live: Polling in the first phase of assembly elections in Manipur began at 7 AM on Monday in 38 constituencies spread across five districts with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. As many as 12,09,439 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to elect their representatives from among 173 candidates, including 15 women, across 1,721 polling stations. Of the 38 seats voting today, 29 are in districts of Imphal East, Imphal West and Bishnupur while the remaining nine are spread across Churchandpur, Kangpokpi and Pherzawl.  Among the key candidates are chief minister and BJP candidate from Heingang N Biren Singh, his cabinet colleague Thongam Biswajit Singh, speaker Y Khemchand Singh from Singjamei, deputy CM and NPP candidate Yumnam Joykumar from Uripok and Manipur Congress president N Lokesh Singh from Nambol. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Have you noticed how in this modern age of social media, people are so easily hurt, upset, and offended? I know that I’ve fallen prey to knee jerk reactions when scrolling online. In this week’s episode of The Crystal Paine Show, Jesse and I talk about this book I’m reading by Brant Hansen called Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better. Hansen challenges us to ask the question, “How would it change my life if I chose not to be offended by others?” Some of you may be thinking, “But how do I even do that? You don’t know what this person has done or said (or not done or not said).” I don’t, but I do know this: We get to choose how we respond. We can’t choose how other people treat us or respond to us or what they say to us or do to us, but we can choose our response. This doesn’t mean that we let people walk all over us or that we don’t set boundaries, but it does mean that we can choose to either be a victim or a victor. We can choose to either be offended and hurt and upset, or we can acknowledge our feelings, grieve our loss, and choose to forgive. In this episode, we dive into this topic + we talk about Silas’ recent Science Fair, an early preschool curriculum we started with Kierstyn and are loving, and what’s saving our lives. In This Episode [00:34] – Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine Show. [01:03] – Today is the first time we have recorded a podcast — in PJs! [05:58] – Speaking of PJ’s, we are excited to finally be sleeping through the night again! [08:07] – But that has come with some crazy dreams for me. [10:11] – What’s saving our life. [11:31] – Yesterday we made Oobleck, if you haven’t done that with your kids it is so much fun. [12:28] – We have been getting a lot of kind feedback from our audience. [12:54] – I read a couple of notes from our audience. [15:50] – There are no perfect families, no perfect parents, and no perfect children. [16:29] – Sponsored Ad: Twigby [18:46] – Today’s topic is inspired by Brant Hansen’s book, Unoffendable. [20:47] – Years and years of being on the internet has confirmed this: it’s hard to say anything without offending someone. [22:41] – I feel like there is some much that we can learn from people on the internet. But it’s so easy for a little thing to turn into a really big thing. [25:43] – We get to choose how we respond. [27:58] – It’s okay to acknowledge anger, but it’s what we do with it. [28:08] – Before rashly reacting, stop… take a breath, and really ask God to help us love others well. [31:31] – Jesse shares a concept about backing away from an issue when you have an immediate emotional response. 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