Bus service from Belapur to Bandra west.

Good news for Mumbai and Navi Mumbai residents. NMMT the transport arm of Navi Mumbai Municiple corporation (NMMC) has strated bus service from Belapur to Bandra from today. Initially, 20 buses will ply on this route out of which 10 will be Air Conditioned. The normal bus fare will be Rs. 22 and AC bus fare Rs. 45.

Service will be extended to Seepz in near future.

The main stops apart from Belapur and Bandra will be Uran Phata, DY Patil, Vashi bus depot, Deonar Depot, Suman Nagar and Mohammed Rafi Chowk.

Naming the sea-link and politics

Last fortnight saw a political controversy over naming of the new bridge connection Bandra and Worli. It all started with opening ceremony of the bridge which was attended by Sonia Gandhi the congress high command and the high command of NCP Mr. Sharad Pawar as NCP and Congress are political bed fellows. The curious little thing is that, Sharad Pawar proposed to name this bridge by Rajiv Gandhi's name saying he was borne in Mumbai. To place some facts from history, the bridge was conceived during Sena-BJP tenure and they proposed to name it by Vir Savarkar.

Now one wonders why did Sharad Pawar proposed Rajiv's name. When actually his own stand these days are politicking on Maratha or Marathi first, be it for Prime Minister's post or Presidents. The underlining is that, Sharad Pawar is on looser's side even though he is in government with the help of congress. His problems are multiplied with his relative Mr. Padmasinh Patil in jail for a murder. He is desparate for congress help, and the state elections are due, where congress is making noises of going alone, in that scenerio NCP will be placed badly.

Honda Jazz launched

Honda launched it's premium hatch named Jazz today. The spacious hatch comes with only one engine option of 1.2 ltr petrol, with fuel efficiency of 16 KMPL according to ARAI tests. It will be priced around 7 lakhs here.

The car has been launched in three variants - the Basic Jazz carries a price tag of Rs 6.98 lakh. The Jazz Mode variant is the family utility version with body side mouldings, corner protectors to prevent parking scratches, mud flaps and funky lit-up garnishes on the side step and will retain for Rs 7.28 lakh. The top-end Jazz Active is the sporty variant of the hatch with sport pedals, body coloured front grille, fog lamps and a smart spoiler at the top of the tailgate. This variant has been priced at Rs 7.33 lakh. All prices are ex-showroom Delhi.