When Thane district will be divided, Ambernath will earn the status of a tehsil, stated guardian minister of Thane district Ganesh Naik. He was speaking at the Janata Darbar at Ulhasnagar.He added that in the previous darbar, 105 applications were received, out of which 53 have been decided upon, 43 are under consideration and nine were rejected.Free travel n THE Kalyan Dombivli Corporations Transport facility will provide free transport to freedom fighters. It has also decided to give 50 per cent concession to the blind, the handicapped and students up to 22 years of age.Immunisationn P Bhave of Prani Mitra Sanstha and the KDMC have arranged free immunisation of dogs. Problem fountn WERE Sena supremo Bal Thackeray to decide on a sudden visit to Kalyan, he'll be horrified to notice that the ornate fountain near the Prem Auto Petrol pump which the KDMC had him inaugurate barely two months ago is already lying in a state of disarray. If anyone's not complaining it is the urchins from the Indira Nagar slums across who have a new place to splash around thanks to the cesspool that the rains have left in the fountain.Bai cha puthlan While on fountains the bai cha puthla - a beautiful piece of sculpture which doubles up as a major landmark is lying in a state of neglect for ages now. In the good old days of the earlier municipal commissioner T S Chandrashekhar attempts were made to set the plumbing right to get the fountain working but looks like it didn't work. And it was left at that. Not that it dissuades the bathers one sees in the early hours enjoying their bath or the mongrels who are seen sleeping in it to escape the heat.
