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MSEB load shedding
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board MSEB has been resorting to load shedding for the past four to five days following a short-supply from the National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC. While supply improved on Monday, MSEB officials have not ruled out a similar situation in the coming days. MSEB draws 1200 to 1400 MW of power per day against its requirements of 1600 MW, said an MSEB officer. For the past three to four days, the shortage was around 600 MW, while MSEB was receiving only 700 to 1000 MW per day.
According to the official, this was due to overdrawing of power by states like Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh who are also on the Western Regional Electricity Board.
Veteran trade union leader Bhai Jagtap and three others were arrested by the Cuffe Parade police on Monday for forcibly entering the Cricket Club of India and threatening the club8217;s secretary. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate C L Thool released Jagtap, Prakash Shinde,Francis Fernandes and Shirol Pereria, all members of Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari Sangh, on bail of Rs 2000 each with one surety today.
Police said that in an attempt to establish a union of all CCI employees, the accused argued with the secretary Premnath Ranjan and threatened him with dire consequences.
Educational competition
The Divine Grace Youth Academy has organised a educational competition at Gandhi Shikshak Bhavan, near Chandan Cinema, Andheri W, on November 29.
The competition, open to school and college students between the ages of five and 20, will be held from 9 am to 6 pm. For details, call 6361486/6361945/9624-295530. Entries are open till November 25.
A P Sinha is new CIDCO CMD
Awadhesh Prasad Sinha has taken over charge as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the City and Industrial Development Corporation CIDCO of Maharashtra Ltd. Prior to this, Sinha was Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation. Sinha has heldvarious responsible posts in Central and state government such as joint secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment, principal commissioner of Delhi Development Authority, Transport Commissioner of Maharashtra and CEO, MHADA, Mumbai. He also had a stint as Collector of Mumbai and adjoining Thane district. UNI
Write-in career guidance service
A year-long free write-in career guidance service Pamp;G Future Focus8217; was launched by the multinational company Proctor amp; Gamble in association with Resource Management Group RMG today. The service will familiarise youths with diverse career options. It was launched after a survey revealed that students from city schools preferred conventional careers like computers, engineering, commerce and medicine. The service is at present limited to about a thousand english medium schools and colleges all over the country.
