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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:53:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:53:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IAF proposes honorary post for Tendulkar]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Sports/iaf-proposes-honorary-post-for-tendulkar/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:53:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Sports</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Another feather is set to be added to star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's cap with the Indian Air Force sending a proposal to the Defence Ministry to confer on him an honorary Group Captain's post. &quot;IAF has proposed to honour Sachin Tendulkar by granting him the honorary rank of Group Captain. We have sent the proposal to the Defence Ministry and they are considering it,&quot; an IAF official said. Once the Ministry clears it, the file will go to the Prime Minister's Office and then to the President, the supreme commander of the armed forces, for approval.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[240 mn litres lost in 3 months]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/240-mn-litres-lost-in-3-months/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/240-mn-litres-lost-in-3-months/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:14:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[In a growing nightmare for a city facing the start of a long, parched summer, the water distribution network has seen 33 pipeline bursts and 64 heavy leakages over the past three months, resulting in the wastage of over 240 million litres.As per data with the four divisional offices of the BMC's hydraulic engineering department for the period between January 1 and April 1, there have been 30 bursts on the pipeline network within the city on pipes measuring between 12 inches and 86 inches in diameter, and three major bursts along water mains outside the city limits.Six of these have been the result of work by agencies on various civic infrastructure projects, one such rupture having taken place on an underground water tunnel in Malad on February 12. The Malad damage alone has caused a loss of more than 230 million litres till date, with the tunnel from Bhandup Complex to Liberty Garden leaking as much as 5 million litres everyday since it was damaged due to the illegal digging of a borewell.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rs 1.2-crore gymnasium for 31 MMRDA officials]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/rs-1-2-crore-gymnasium-for-31-mmrda-officials/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/rs-1-2-crore-gymnasium-for-31-mmrda-officials/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:53:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[After spending crores of rupees in building lavish apartments for its top officials near its headquarters at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), the MMRDA has now floated tenders for a state-of-the-art gymnasium to be constructed in the building housing the quarters.The gymnasium will cost the MMRDA a whopping Rs 1.21 crore, a source said. The authority is ready to foot the bill despite there being a high-quality gymnasium at the headquarters.About a year ago, the MMRDA constructed a gymnasium in its headquarters. It had cost Rs10 lakh. The gymnasium is used by approximately 100 employees after the office hours. When DNA pointed out that the top MMRDA officers, too, could have used the gym, with their houses just a stone's throw away from the office, the spokesperson chose to keep mum.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Books/विंदा-करंदीकर-कालवश/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:35:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Books</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Perfume leader Kelkar dead]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Business/perfume-leader-kelkar-dead/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Business/perfume-leader-kelkar-dead/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:15:14 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Perfume magnate G D Kelkar, better known as Attarwale Kelkar, passed away here today following a brief illness, family sources said. He was 78.Kelkar along with his brother V G Vaze had founded the Kelkar group in 1922, which is country''s largest fragrance and flavour maker and bulk manufacturers. He was also the founder of Kelkar College in suburban Mulund.Kelkar had also penned a book ''Fragrance and Success.''<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanded to be the first slum-free city in India]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/nanded-to-be-the-first-slum-free-city-in-india/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/nanded-to-be-the-first-slum-free-city-in-india/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:57:33 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Sometimes religious fervour can transform an untended city into a model of development. In the case of Nanded in the state's Marathwada region, among the least developed cities in the state, the big push came when the state and the central government decided to spruce it up ahead of Gurta Gaddi, a ceremony to mark the 300th year of the consecration of Guru Granth Sahib as the last guru the Sikhs. The city is home to one of the five most revered Sikh temples, Sachkhand Darbar Shri Hazoor Sahib.So charged has been the pace of development since it began in 2005, that this city of barely 6 lakh people will become entirely slum-free, the first in the country, by the middle of next year.Within a shot span, four new flyovers came up, nearly 100km of roads were constructed, and several others were widened. The new roads conform to international standards, with a four-feet-wide pedestrian path, a four-feet-wide cycle lane, ample parking space, and four lanes for vehicles.A swanky and spacious airport with night-landing facilities was readied in just eight months to meet the Gurta Gaddi celebration deadline. Constructed at a cost of just Rs70 crore, the airport has a 2,300-meter-long runway which can handle all types of big aircraft, including the Boeing and the Airbus. The sewage system was also upgraded and new pipelines were laid, ridding the city of open gutters.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sachin becomes first batsman to score 200 in an ODI]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Sports/sachin-becomes-first-batsman-to-score-200-in-an-odi/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Sports/sachin-becomes-first-batsman-to-score-200-in-an-odi/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:38:34 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar added another feather to his cap when he became the first batsman to cross the 200-run mark in an one-day international at Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior on Wednesday. Tendulkar achieved the unique landmark when he run a single off Langeveldt against South Africa in the second one-dayer of the ongoing three-match series. Sachin's 200 came off 147 balls, which include 25 fours and 3 sixes.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[City has no space for small taxis]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/city-has-no-space-for-small-taxis/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/city-has-no-space-for-small-taxis/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:38:03 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[There will be no new small taxis in the city anymore. Alarmed by the exponential growth in the number of vehicles, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) headed by transport secretary C S Sangitrao has proposed a complete ban on registration of smaller vehicles-less than 1,000 cc, as cabs, initially in Mumbai, Thane and Pune. The multi-pronged strategy to tackle traffic congestion will also see the introduction of 6+1-seater cabs and boost in public transport by adding a fleet of over 5,000 new buses for the metropolis.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Autorickshaws, fleet taxis next in line for colour code]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/autorickshaws-fleet-taxis-next-in-line-for-colour-code/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/autorickshaws-fleet-taxis-next-in-line-for-colour-code/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:54:42 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[After black and yellow taxis, autorickshaws in the suburbs and fleet taxis are set to get a new colour code each. The government will seek suggestions from the public before deciding on the colours.For black and yellow taxis, the transport department has already asked art students to select new colours and sought public suggestions. &quot;The decision is likely by the end of the month. In first week of March, the government will meet taxi manufacturers. We don't want taxi owners to bear the cost of repainting and will ask the manufacturers to paint the taxis as per requirements,&quot; said Transport Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[29 lakh fake ration cards seized last year in Maharashtra]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/29-lakh-fake-ration-cards-seized-last-year-in-maharashtra/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/29-lakh-fake-ration-cards-seized-last-year-in-maharashtra/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:07:26 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The state government last year weeded out 29 lakh bogus ration cards across Maharashtra, according to information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The highest number of bogus rations cards were found in Mumbai (6.5 lakh), followed by Pune (3 lakh), Nashik 1.5 lakh, Nagpur and Ahmednagar 1.1 lakh respectively. Following the huge number of bogus ration cards, the Election Commission had deleted it from the list of proofs that could be submitted to be allowed to vote. But after protests from political parties, it was re-introduced. Social activist Anil Galgali, who obtained the information, said the numbers showed how easy it was to obtain a ration card with false proof or none at all. &quot;In the Kurla slums on the airport land, there are several touts offering to make pre-dated ration cards so that a person becomes eligible for a free house,'' he said.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gowth plan for Mumbai city]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/gowth-plan-for-mumbai-city/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/gowth-plan-for-mumbai-city/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:48:40 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The government on Thursday approved the annual plan for Mumbai and the suburbs.Municipal Commissioner and Collectors of both districts advised to avoid duplication of work, Finance Minister Sunil Tatkare said. Highlights:TOTAL OUTLAYRs 49.80 crore, Mumbai city Rs 133.10 crore, suburbsSEA EROSIONRs 5 crore, cityRs 7.15 crore, suburbsHEALTHRs 4.65 crore, equipment for government hospitals in Mumbai cityRs 1.75 crore, hospital in Bandra Government ColonyNATIONAL PARKRs 2.46 crore, work includes construction of internal roads at Sanjay Gandhi National ParkBEAUTIFICATIONRs 39.78 crore, lakes and gardens in suburbsWOMEN SHGsRs 2.20 crore, buildings at Poisar, Juhu and Andheri<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbai Monorail to be commissioned by year-end]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbai-monorail-to-be-commissioned-by-year-end/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbai-monorail-to-be-commissioned-by-year-end/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:15:27 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Engineering major Larsen &amp; Toubro and Malaysia's Scomi Group are expected to commission the first phase of Mumbai Monorail, India's first such system, by end of this year.The Rs2,460 crore project, an initiative of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), is a modern urban transport where cars move on a single beam in an elevated corridor.The project involves design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning from Wadala and Chembur via Mahul (approximately 9 km) in Phase I and Gadge Maharaj Chowk to Wadala (approximately 11 km) in Phase II.&quot;Phase I, from Wadala to Chembur, is expected to be completed and commissioned by this year-end. The second phase is expected to be completed by December 2011,&quot; L&amp;T's executive vice-president &amp; head-corporate initiatives, Shailendra Roy told reporters here.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shiv Sena opposed to 'shower' advertisement, not Tendulkar]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Politics/shiv-sena-opposed-to-shower-advertisement-not-tendulkar/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Politics/shiv-sena-opposed-to-shower-advertisement-not-tendulkar/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:44:43 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Shiv Sena today said that it is not opposed to cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar featuring in the 'Save Water' advertisement campaign of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), but against the script of the short film.&quot;Sachin is a great player and he gave his precious time for the campaign. We are not against him...we are opposed to the way in which the message has been sought to be conveyed,&quot; Sena's leader in the civic body Sunil Prabhu said.Endorsing Prabhu's view, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Yogesh Sagar today said, &quot;In Mumbai, 75% of the people don't use a shower, how can the message be accepted by the common man if Sachin talks about shower.&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[After fighting enemy, he is battling for ration card]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/after-fighting-enemy-he-is-battling-for-ration-card/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/after-fighting-enemy-he-is-battling-for-ration-card/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:35:46 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This ex-Army man fought for the country, received a bullet wound, and was awarded the Raksha medal and Sainya Seva medal for his gallant service. However, even after making rounds of Mantralaya for the past eight years, he has not got a ration card till date.Hindurao Ingale, 62, a gunner with 216 Medium Regiment, had been to the front during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. He was shot in the leg while carrying cannons and officers to Chhamb in Jammu and Kashmir. &quot;The district administration gave me a card on which I can get three litres of kerosene per month. But my need is food, not kerosene,&quot; said Ingale. &quot;As an ex-army man, I am entitled to four bottles of liquor for Rs500 every month. I sell the liquor and buy food grains to survive.&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Movies/इथेच-असणार-भारतमाता/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Movies/इथेच-असणार-भारतमाता/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:14:18 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Sachin's Ad, his real-life effort to save water]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/in-sachins-ad-his-real-life-effort-to-save-water/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/in-sachins-ad-his-real-life-effort-to-save-water/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:28:37 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/in-sachins-ad-his-real-life-effort-to-save-water/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mumbai's famous resident, Sachin Tendulkar, has stopped taking a shower. He takes his bath using a bucket of water these days and so do his wife and children in a bid to contribute to the city's urgent need to save water.Tendulkar had revealed this to a team that had gone to shoot a a4Save Water' ad for the civic body. The impressed team included it in the ad.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbai-born doc set to revolutionise bypass surgery]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbai-born-doc-set-to-revolutionise-bypass-surgery/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbai-born-doc-set-to-revolutionise-bypass-surgery/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:04:52 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbai-born-doc-set-to-revolutionise-bypass-surgery/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When Dr Ranjit Deshpande gets ready to perform a cardiac bypass surgery in London's King's College, there is no role for the saw that has traditionally been used to cut open the breast bone in order to expose the heart. The Bandra boy instead uses an endoscopic camera and a huge LCD TV to get a 'close' look at the beating heart. His patients go home within 48 hours without the tell-tale eight-inch scar on their chest. &quot;They only have a 3- to 5-cm scar on the left side of their chest,&quot; says the former Nair Hospital-trained surgeon, who evolved the 'coronary bypass surgery via a keyhole' technique a few months ago. The technique that could, in the near future, revolutionise the way heart surgeries are performed has so far been used on 14 patients in London. &quot;Each of the patients is doing well,&quot; said the doctor, who was on a fortnight-long visit to his general practitioner father P R Deshpande's MIG Colony home in Bandra East. The doctor says he owes his innovation to medical practices in India. &quot;I worked with Dr Nitu Mandke at Hinduja Hospital when beating heart surgery was still new. Before that, I worked at Tata Memorial Hospital where video-assisted thoracic surgery was common,&quot; he says.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dabbawalas to represent Maharashtra at R-Day]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/dabbawalas-to-represent-maharashtra-at-r-day-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/dabbawalas-to-represent-maharashtra-at-r-day-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:43:30 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/dabbawalas-to-represent-maharashtra-at-r-day-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Famed for their proficiency in delivering lunch-boxes, Mumbai Dabbawalas will again make Maharashtra proud while representing the state in the Republic Day parade at the national capital. &quot;We would display uninterrupted service of Dabbawalas on the Republic Day parade in Delhi,&quot; Secretary for Tourism and Culture Anand Kulkarni told PTI.The over 100-year-old business community had grabbed attention when Prince Charles met them during his visit to the city.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ACs eat up 40% of city's total power consumption]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/acs-eat-up-40-of-citys-total-power-consumption/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/acs-eat-up-40-of-citys-total-power-consumption/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:49:48 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/acs-eat-up-40-of-citys-total-power-consumption/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The air-conditioners that keep you cool at office and home are scorching the meters. The city's recent power load flow pattern, which gives an indication of which gadgets consume more power, indicates that air-conditioners alone guzzle nearly 1,000 MW of the 2,700 MW of power that the city consumes every day. And this isn't only about the individual consumer paying his individual bill-eventually, every Mumbaikar has to shoulder the burden. Reason: the massive consumption increases the peak-hour daytime load significantly which forces the government to buy power at exorbitant prices from outside, leading to a steep rise in power bills.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Desalinated water for high-end consumers]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/desalinated-water-for-high-end-consumers/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/desalinated-water-for-high-end-consumers/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:47:27 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/desalinated-water-for-high-end-consumers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is starting a pilot project to desalinate seawater and supply it to high-end consumers. The plant, with a capacity of 2 MLD (million litres a day) is expected to come up in 18 months. Senior BMC officials said the civic body had issued an expression of interest (EOI) to invite parties for the plant, which may entail a capital cost of Rs 10 crore per MLD capacity.The cost of producing 1,000 litres is expected to be around Rs 50 to 60, though the actual cost would depend on the process adopted in the purification process. Earlier, similar plans had hit a hurdle, as cost of production was considered too high for the plan to be viable.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Now, BMC wants existing buildings to recycle water]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/now-bmc-wants-existing-buildings-to-recycle-water/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/now-bmc-wants-existing-buildings-to-recycle-water/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:06:05 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/now-bmc-wants-existing-buildings-to-recycle-water/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Water woes for the city seem to be unending. Soon, people residing in high-rises and big housing complexes will have to reduce their municipal water consumption, so that others living in smaller societies get their quota of supply.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to make recycling of grey water (waste water) mandatory for even existing buildings. It had initially proposed to enforce the reform for new constructions.Housing premises which have an area of more than 2,000 sq m or which contain more than 80 dwellings will have to recycle waste water and use the same for non-potable purposes.Housing, commercial and industrial premises consuming more than 60,000 litres daily will also be required to set up treatment facilities to recycle the waste water.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Long rakes but no elbow room at stations]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/long-rakes-but-no-elbow-room-at-stations/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/long-rakes-but-no-elbow-room-at-stations/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:06:04 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/long-rakes-but-no-elbow-room-at-stations/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Commuting on local trains during rush hours in the morning and evening has the power to bring out the animal in all Mumbaikars. Space on the overcrowded station platforms and entry and exit points is a premium, and the situation will only go from bad to worse once the new 15-coach services gather steam. Congestion, lack of platform space, and inadequate crowd dispersal facilities plague many stations. Basic amenities like platform areas and staircases are grossly inadequate and do not meet the current need of the commuter traffic at peak hours. Andheri, Mahim and Malad have the dubious honour of being the worst stations with mismatched commuter to platform and commuter to staircase ratios. Not only do passengers have to slug it out on the train, they're in for a bad time on congested platforms that simply lack the space to hold the masses and also have to fight their way to enter or exit stations.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Encroachers pose threat to state's forests]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/encroachers-pose-threat-to-states-forests/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/encroachers-pose-threat-to-states-forests/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:26:36 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/encroachers-pose-threat-to-states-forests/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The state's forest department is staring at a grave threat of losing its grazing lands to encroachers. There is hectic political lobbying that the encroachers have begun to regularise thousands of acres of grazing land in the state.A delegation of grazing land occupants from Vidarbha recently met a local MLA and demanded an early solution to the problem.&quot;Finding solution to the problem directly means handing over ownership of the land to the encroachers. This will create a huge problem of grazing in the region,&quot; Kishor Rithe of Satpuda Foundation, an NGO working for forest conservation in central India, said.Rithe stated that the state's grazing policy, which was formed in 1967, has not been reviewed since. &quot;There has been no grazing settlement since 1967, whereas cattle population in the state has grown by 10 times,&quot; he added.The encroachments on the grazing land have also put a strain on the forests of the state.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who's stealing your water? Looks like the corner store]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/whos-stealing-your-water-looks-like-the-corner-store/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/whos-stealing-your-water-looks-like-the-corner-store/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:36:25 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/whos-stealing-your-water-looks-like-the-corner-store/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The cat is out of the bag. Commercial establishments are illegally tapping water meant for residential pockets in the city.An audit on supply and distribution of water in the city has brought to light cases where commercial establishments are illegally consuming water meant for residential consumption.The report, tabled before the standing committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently, cites 407 cases. It was compiled by the office of the chief accountant (water supply and sewerage department) of the BMC.Instead of applying for a commercial connection, these establishments have been tapping water from domestic lines.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/मुंबईच्या-उपनरात-झाडे-अधिक/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/मुंबईच्या-उपनरात-झाडे-अधिक/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:36:24 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/मुंबईच्या-उपनरात-झाडे-अधिक/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[BMC, police begin crackdown on illegal water vendors]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/bmc-police-begin-crackdown-on-illegal-water-vendors-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/bmc-police-begin-crackdown-on-illegal-water-vendors-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:07:26 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/bmc-police-begin-crackdown-on-illegal-water-vendors-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cracking down for the first time on those illegally selling BMC water, civic officials teamed up with the Shivaji Nagar police to nab 21 people who have run a small-scale racket for the past 10 years. They also seized 96 booster pumps that were used to steal the water.On Monday morning, engineers from the Water Department, along with 50 policemen, conducted surprise checks in the Shivaji Nagar, Rafique Nagar, Kamala Raman Nagar and Raman Mama Nagar slums - all located along a stretch that faced severe water shortage.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pay up or lose your property, HC tells Shiv Sena  vandals]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/pay-up-or-lose-your-property-hc-tells-shiv-sena-vandals/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/pay-up-or-lose-your-property-hc-tells-shiv-sena-vandals/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:05:38 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/pay-up-or-lose-your-property-hc-tells-shiv-sena-vandals/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Bombay High Court, hearing a petition of Shiv Sena leader Sitaram Dalvi expressing inability to pay the compensation for damage caused to Hotel Intercontinental when a group of men he had led turned violent in January, on Monday observed that the amount could be realised by attaching Sena property.Dalvi, who had led a morcha of Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (BKS) men to the hotel at Sahar in protest against sacking of some employees, had said that he had no money to pay.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/मुंबईलाही-सोन्याचे-अंडे/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/मुंबईलाही-सोन्याचे-अंडे/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:21 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/मुंबईलाही-सोन्याचे-अंडे/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[BMC washes hands of shanties under skywalk]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/bmc-washes-hands-of-shanties-under-skywalk/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/bmc-washes-hands-of-shanties-under-skywalk/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:57:55 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/bmc-washes-hands-of-shanties-under-skywalk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The city's first skywalk, adjoining the Bandra railway station, continues to shelter 100-odd slumdwellers of Garib Nagar four months after a massive fire gutted over 300 multi-level shanties in the area. Even after a reminder from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which owns the skywalk, the civic authorities have not taken any steps to remove the shanties along the footpath.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WR seeks state aid for elevated rail corridor]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/wr-seeks-state-aid-for-elevated-rail-corridor/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/wr-seeks-state-aid-for-elevated-rail-corridor/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:57:52 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/wr-seeks-state-aid-for-elevated-rail-corridor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Western Railway (WR) has sought assistance from the state government for acquiring land to complete the Churchgate-Borivli elevated  corridor. The project was announced by former railway minister Lalu Prasad in the 2008 budget. WR officials held a meeting with senior state officials on Tuesday to discuss the project. Principal secretary of Urban Development (UD) T C Benjamin said, &quot;The track will be elevated from Virar to Mahalaxmi, but when it moves southwards, the corridor will not have enough space. It will either have to be built underground or would follow another route as there are many buildings en route. Besides, the railways are planning to take the corridor to Nariman Point.'' According to UD officials, land would have to be acquired for this. Besides, a huge plot of land will have to be given at Virar for the depot.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving salt pan lands, mangroves is priority]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/saving-salt-pan-lands-mangroves-is-priority/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/saving-salt-pan-lands-mangroves-is-priority/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:13:45 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The authorities have woken up to the dangers of climate change and global warming. Efforts are being made to find ways to mitigate their effects. But a lot more has to be done, and fast. The next five years are going to be crucial, experts say. The new forest minister of the state will have to get cracking right from the word go as his tenure is going to be full of challenges.The rising sea level is threatening Mumbai. One of the biggest challenges for the forest minister will be to save the salt pan land in and around Mumbai. He will also have to put an end to the large-scale mangrove destruction along the city coastline, failing which millions of lives will be affected.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/लोकलमधील-बाईगिरी-उघड/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/लोकलमधील-बाईगिरी-उघड/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:05:56 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbaikars say Tata to Reliance]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbaikars-say-tata-to-reliance/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbaikars-say-tata-to-reliance/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:45:27 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[After several months of talks and various court cases, Mumbaikars can finally buy electricity from Tata Power instead of Reliance Infrastructure.  Recently, Tata granted a connection to R P Abrol, 66, their first-ever power consumer in Malad. Abrol believes that his bill will now reduce by at least 30 per cent, a claim that both Tata and Reliance authorities support.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbaikars die younger than other Indians]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbaikars-die-younger-than-other-indians/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbaikars-die-younger-than-other-indians/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:54:33 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/mumbaikars-die-younger-than-other-indians/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Living life on the edge, scrambling for a toehold on trains, snaking one's way through traffic snarls, fighting to find a roof over one's head all combine to make Mumbai the city that never sleeps - and Mumbaikars the people who die younger than the rest of the country. A study has found that the average Mumbaikar is likely to die at least seven years before other Indians and about 12 years before people living in the rest of Maharashtra. Despite economic growth and availability of good health facilities in the city, which normally lead to an increase in life expectancy in societies across the world, Mumbaikars on an average live to the age of 56.8 years. Life expectancy is 52.6 years for men and 58.1 years for women.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Only 20 people reps present for water meet]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/only-20-people-reps-present-for-water-meet/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/only-20-people-reps-present-for-water-meet/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:28:50 -0600</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/only-20-people-reps-present-for-water-meet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A first-of-sorts, BMC plans to hold public meetings for tackling water crisis in the city, eastern and western suburbs. However, the first such meeting held in Andheri had barely 20 of the 94 councillors from western suburbs attending.Prominent councillors missing at the meet are Aslam Sheikh, Ramesh Singh Thakur and Rajhans Singh, recently elected as MLAs to the Assembly elections. Councillors Rupali Pawaskar, Renuka Dive, Sumangal Koltharkar and Bharti Dhongade, who were never vocal in general body meetings, were vociferous for the crisis in their area.As many as 80 BMC officials, including top officials from the Water Department and Hydraulic Engineer Dinesh Gondalia were present.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Let's do away with drivers: Rail Corp to World Bank]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/lets-do-away-with-drivers-rail-corp-to-world-bank/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/lets-do-away-with-drivers-rail-corp-to-world-bank/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:40:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/lets-do-away-with-drivers-rail-corp-to-world-bank/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Motormen's threats to go on strike could be a thing of the past for the railway administration in Mumbai's suburban section if this project sees the light of day. The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has recently sent a proposal to the World Bank to fund a detailed engineering report on automated, driverless trains on this section.The feasibility report is expected to cost Rs 20 crore and the project an estimated Rs 3,500 crore - Rs 2,000 crore for Central Railway and Rs 1,500 crore for Western Railway including the cost of upgraded rolling stock.Automated trains have been proven safe and effective on Metro railways in many parts of the world. &quot;Soon, a tender will be floated for appointing an agency for the study,&quot; said a senior CR official.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[4,000 Mumbaikars may dump R-Infra for Tata Power]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/4000-mumbaikars-may-dump-r-infra-for-tata-power/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/4000-mumbaikars-may-dump-r-infra-for-tata-power/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:40:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/4000-mumbaikars-may-dump-r-infra-for-tata-power/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Several commercial and residential customers of Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) in Mumbai are planning to shift their electricity connections to Tata Power Company (TPC).Around 4,000 restaurants in Mumbai and its suburbs say the shift to TPC would work out to be over 50 per cent cheaper for them. The restaurants which have sought a change of supply include fine dining and mid-size restaurants and fall under R-Infra and TPC's licence areas.&quot;We have written to both the companies and the regulatory board Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for a shift from R-Infra to Tata Power. It would be around 50 per cent cheaper for us,&quot; says Chandrahas Shetty, president of a restaurants' association in Mumbai.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shiv Sena's 'saffron guards' to protect morning-walkers]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/shiv-senas-saffron-guards-to-protect-morning-walkers/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/shiv-senas-saffron-guards-to-protect-morning-walkers/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:09:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/shiv-senas-saffron-guards-to-protect-morning-walkers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The hammering it got in Assembly elections seems to have spurred Shiv Sena to actively pursue &quot;social work&quot;, with party Executive President Uddhav Thackeray asking Shiv Sainiks to form 'Bhagwa Guard' (saffron patrol), to protect morning-walkers.The development comes in the backdrop of recent attack on an elderly morning-walker couple that left the wife dead and husband seriously injured, in central Mumbai's Lalbaug area.Sena activists would be patrolling gardens, parks and grounds in the city during early morning hours.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sea link gives a sinking feel]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/sea-link-gives-a-sinking-feel/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/sea-link-gives-a-sinking-feel/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:02:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/sea-link-gives-a-sinking-feel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It may be touted as Mumbai's new identity, but the 4.7km Bandra-Worli Sea Link is giving its toll operator sleepless nights. Almost four months after it was thrown open, the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, as it is officially called, has not seen even 40% of the vehicular traffic that it had been projected to carry by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).Jayant Mhaiskar, managing director of Mumbai Entry Point Ltd (MEPL), the company in charge of collecting toll, agreed that he is making losses owing to lack of enough vehicles using the bridge.&quot;September saw around 7,52,137 vehicles paying various tolls on the link,&quot; Mhaiskar said. &quot;The average number of vehicles using it daily is 25,000. Despite various schemes, incentives, and advertising, we are not getting adequate users.&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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