This happens only in India !
A floral reception to the Leader of a protest !!!
Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar and her sister Asha Bhosle visited the
the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly House) to voice the protest against the proposed project of a fly-over on the Peddar Road.
There were leading the delegation of Peddar Road Residents Association and
visted the chief minister Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh in his chamber where Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Chhagan Bhujbal was also present.
They voiced the protest of the residents of the Peddar Road area for the proposed fly over and appealed that the project must be dropped considering the environmental hazards that the citizens of the area would be subjected to.
She said, "Hamari Aawaz chali Jayegi". The CM assured that no steps in the direction of this project will be taken before taking the residents in confidence. The CM further assured that nothing would be done that would upset "Latadidi".
Lataji was presented with a floral bouquet by the chief minister.
The project is estimated at Rs. 125 crores, covering a 3 km long span, Starting from Lala Lajpatrai Institute near Haji Ali to Nariman Point, standing about 20' to 35' above the ground level. The construction period of about one and half year.
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The VOICE that cares
For a change, these two nightingales of modern India are behind the mike NOT TO SING!! Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale, residents of Prabhu Kunj on Peddar
Road are addressing the press reporters outside the Mantralaya in Mumbai on Monday the 9th April 2001.
Earlier they submitted a memorandum of protest to the Chief Minister against the proposed project of Peddar Road fly over.
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YES, THE SPIRIT OF TRUIMPH
When the spirit triumphs, The rafters ring.
When the spirit triumphs, no one is left unmoved.
When the spirit triumphs, There is electricity in the air.
When the spirit triumphs, The impulse is, to say, YES.
Yes to the vigour of movement.
Yes to the rhythm of life.
Yes to the positive thinking.
Yes to the magic of the moment.
Yes, that is exactly what Mumbai did last weekend.
Yes as Bombay Times presented "Yes, the spirit of triumph."
At Jamshed Bhabha Auditorium at National Centre of Performing
Arts - A programme that evoked that benevolent force through
song and dance on the most magnificent sets with that assertion
of that YES to the spirit of triumph!
Photographs and the text of 'Yes...' courtesy 'Times of India'.
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