CIDCO STARTS ROAD REPAIR WORK AT KHARGHAR

NAVIMUMBAI: City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) has started road repair work between Sector 26 and 36 at Kharghar.

Residents’organisationKharghar Taloja Colonies Welfare Association (KTC-WA) had earlier threatened protest but called it off after they got a written assurance by Cidco.

Mangesh Ranawade, chairman, KTC-WA, said, “They had promisedtostartworkfromFebruary 5 but nothing happened. We met officials on Thursday and sat in Cidco office till they started work.”

Girish Raghuvanshi, executive engineer of Cidco, Kharghar said, “The work has started and would be completed in two months. After the repair work is over, roads would be re-laid in some sectors.”

Residents have handed over a list of bad roads to Cidco, asking it to repair them.

“After many follow-ups, the road repair work has started. Hopefully we would get rid of potholes and bad roads this monsoon,” said Binayak, Jha, 37 a sector 35 resident.

The internal roads of Kharghar have been in bad state for a long time.

THANE: Five-year-old Navanya Pawar proudly showed how he can do maths with help from her favourite cartoon character, Dora. She made little Dorashaped cakes and an oven with two sides, with the help of small cakes made of pebbles she explained how to add.

Children were attracted to the cartoon character and how it could help the girl add.

Students from 12 Thane Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) schools in Kalwa participated in a maths fair, which aims at proving the subject is not difficult or boring. The fair will continue till Friday at TMC school number 4 and 5 at Gholai Nagar, Kalwa.

“I enjoy Maths, as our teacher makes use of fun games to teach us. They helped me to make the projects and I am enjoying when other students also come to my table and learn addition,” added Pawar, a Class 1 student from TMCSchoolNumber4inKalwa.

More than 2,000 students participated in the fair, the basic concepts were made easy to learn and understand.

Amarketplace was set up and children bought and sold. They not only learnt to handle money but also the basic calculation.

Navnirmiti Eduquality, which has organised the fair, focusses on alternative activitybased ways of learning. This is the third consecutive year of the fair within TMC jurisdiction.

“We are focusing helping students understand maths. We also provide teachers with basic aides that help them to teach mathematical equations through fun activities,” said Nandkumar Jadhav, director, Navnirmiti Eduquality.

A huge board game at the venue is a replica of snake and laddersbutinvolvedcalculation. Children walked over these numbers as they calculated it.

“Instead of directly introducing them to numbers, we have provided them with various

THE MATHS FAIR AT KALWA IN THANE AIMS AT PROVING TO STUDENTS THAT THE SUBJECT IS NOT DIFFICULT OR BORING

objects. Introducing a subject termedboringinsuchafunmannerwas thebiggestattractionfor students,” said Maithili Pophale, teacher, TMC School.

Rani Surakya, 8, student of TMC school number 92, had some bowls with colourful pebblesandknickknacksthathadto be calculated.

“I could play, learn and at the same time help other students understand concepts. Some

SomestudentsfromIndianInstitute of Technology (IIT) Bombay were also at the fair as part of their research on Augmented Reality.

“Students are given tablets that they have to point towards theopenspaceinfrontofthem.A 3D image of virtual objects will appearandhelpunderstandconcepts better. We want to understand its application and the responsefromstudents.Wehave alsointroducedthistoteachers,” said Pratiti Sarkar, research scholar, IIT-Bombay.