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Farmers At Singhu, Tikri Border Points Enter National Capital Breaking Police Barricade For Tractor Parade

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Groups of protesting farmers camping at Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur border points of the national capital broke police barricades on Tuesday morning to force their way into the city, much ahead of the time they were granted permission by Delhi Police for their tractor parade.

Tractors bearing flags could be seen, along with men and women dancing on dhols, and locals on both sides of the road showering petals on cavalcades, as security personnel tried to convince farmers to stick to the decided plan of holding the tractor parade after the conclusion of the Republic Day parade at the Rajpath.

Farmers also marched on foot in large numbers holding flags of different farmer unions and raising slogans. Some were seen riding motorcycles and horses. People also perched atop their tractors and raised slogans and sang revolutionary songs.

Locals were also seen distributing food and water bottles to the protesting farmers who were part of the march.

A senior police officer who was at the spot said that a group of farmers entered the national capital after breaking the barricades. ”As per the agreement, they were supposed to start their parade at the time specified but they forcefully entered Delhi and are currently peacefully sitting at Mukarba Chowk. They are supposed to head towards the Bawana side as per the route but they are adamant that they want to go towards Outer Ring Road.

”The situation is peaceful and we are trying to convince them to go towards the designated route at the specified time, he said.

On Sunday, Delhi Police had allowed the tractor rally after the annual Republic Day parade. The protesters were told they can’t disrupt the celebrations at Rajpath even as the farmers insisted their parade will be ”peaceful”.

”But some groups of farmers did not relent and started moving towards the Outer Ring Road breaking police barricades,” an official said.

A member of the Sankyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 unions, leading the protest against the three central farm laws at several border points of Delhi, said those who broke the barricades belonged to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee.

He said the Sankyukt Kisan Morcha’s tractor parade will start as scheduled after police give farmers way. The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Monday announced that they would hold their march on Delhi’s busy Outer Ring Road on Republic Day.

The protesting unions have also announced a foot march to Parliament on February 1, when the annual Budget is being presented, to press for their demands, including a repeal of the three new agriculture laws.

Heavy security has been deployed in view of the ‘Kisan Gantantra Parade’ that will move into Delhi from the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur border points. Patrolling has been intensified at power substations in Delhi following a threat from the banned Sikhs for Justice outfit to disrupt the city’s supply during the Republic Day celebrations. An official said around 6,000 security personnel have been deployed to maintain vigil. Facial recognition systems have also been set up at vantage points for suspect identification, the official said.

The security personnel is keeping a hawk-eyed vigil over Rajpath, where President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be celebrating the occasion along with other dignitaries and thousands of people.

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh, have been campaing at several Delhi border points since November 28, demanding a complete repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee on minimum support price for their crops.

 

Mumbai local for all to start soon, says Uddhav Thackeray

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Hema Singh
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Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray on Monday chaired a review meeting over opening up local train services for all. A decision in the matter is still pending but the government will likely to resume the suburban local train services in Mumbai for all very soon.

Currently, only select categories of people, including staff of essential services and women, are allowed to board suburban trains due to the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic.

According to the Chief Minister’s office, “The CM has discussed various options on how to resume local train services for all in such a way that would not get crowded as the coronavirus pandemic is not over yet.”

The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar, Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister Ajoy Mehta, Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, General Manager of Western Railway Alok Kansal, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, and other senior officials of the health department.

Meanwhile, 471 persons tested positive for the virus on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the financial capital to 3.6 lakh.

Kalyan Is A Historic City Of The 2nd Century

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Vaidehi Taman
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Today Kalyan is in news for the inauguration of its old Patri Pool Bridge. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated the reconstructed Patri Pool Bridge, which connects Kalyan to Dombivli in Thane district. This bridge was built in 1914, posed a big threat as it had become dilapidated. It was pulled down in November 2018. Although its reconstruction process faced several hurdles, the new bridge is now ready with a huge success story.

Kalyan is one historic place; it is connected to Mumbai and other parts of the country through railways and roadways. Marathas had their control over Kalyan and surrounding regions still remained intact ex. Durgadi fort. Kalyan junction is on the central line of Mumbai local and is well connected to various parts of India. Kalyan is an old market for people from Murbad, Malang gadh, Shahapur, Bhiwandi, Titwala, Badlapur Ambernath, Dombivali, and many surrounding villages of local Aagri, Koli, Kunbi, and other Marathi people along with Konkani Muslims. You can get fresh vegetables near Kalyan station as farmers daily bring their vegetables and fruits from the above-mentioned places to sell in Kalyan. Nashik and Ahmednagar farmers sell their stock in the Kalyan vegetable market (APMC). There are many old shops of various items near station road. The city is surrounded by many villages and real estate is booming here. Municipal Corporation is trying to develop the city along with Dombivali but still, Kalyan is underdeveloped and lags behind thane and Navi Mumbai. Overall Kalyan is a good place to live but planning and implementation from KDMC must fasten asap. Kalyan is developing and is one of the most preferable residential cities for job goers working in Mumbai thane and even Pune side.

Work at Kalyan’s Patripool ROB (Railover bridge), which comes under Central Railway was delayed till December. Kalyan is a very big city from a population view. But the thing which I wonder the most is it has not been developed even a little bit as per its growing population. Mumbai has a reason to give that its population grew so ghastly that it didn’t get enough time to plan as per the population. But take the example of Navi Mumbai. It has been first planned and then developed. Once you enter Kalyan, you’ll see it is such a mess. There are areas where you won’t find roads. Just sand and pieces of a concrete mixture. With a total population of more than 12 lakhs in Kalyan-Dombivali (which is a population greater than most tier 3 cities of India) what you’ll see there is not even one traffic signal in any circle of the city. Though there are traffic policemen, how long will they have to stand or work when your huge population is moving from one part to another every day. There is not even one proper electricity distribution facility in such a big populated city. You can have an electricity cutoff in any part of the day. At the point you exit the station towards the west side you see there is a huge mess near the bridge. Buses and auto’s move in the same lane giving no space for private vehicle movement. Also, there is a whole lane of street sellers sitting on the road covering most of the road when you reach towards the skywalk of the west side of the station. Roads are filthy full of dirt on this side. If you move towards the east side, there is nothing better than the west side. Water scarcity is another big reason for a city that receives more than 2500mm rain every year. All I see growing is wealthy real estate towards the west. Kalyan station is one of the most important stations and also the 4th busiest station in the country. It is the midpoint of most trains coming north side as well as south side. Despite this fact, it is constantly being ranked in one of the dirtiest stations in the country. I think it’s high time for the public. There is an urgent need for a better future plan for the coming years so that what the public is facing today should not have to face tomorrow. According to the railway official, following the sanction from the commission of railway safety (CRS), a block will be announced to process the laying of girders.

The most awaited two-lane Patri pool project was delayed after the lockdown in March. However, the work was slowly resumed following the traffic prohibition in August last year. The new Bridge is constructed parallel to the old one. The laying of girders of half part of the Bridge, which comes under city limits, was carried between August 19 to 24, by prohibiting the traffic movement from 10 pm to 5 am, to place the girders of the new Patripool bridge. This work was processed by MSRDC in-coordination with KDMC. The girder lying of the remaining part of the ROB was carried by railways, in-coordination with MSRDC (Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation). The new deadline for the completion of the new Patripool ROB was set as the end of August 2020, by MSRDC. However, the remaining part of (under railways) girder laying is yet to be carried, which will be processed by announcing a block on the railway route. The central railway (Mumbai division) has already written to MSRDC, demanding a block to process the construction work of the bridge. Somehow overcoming all the hurdles, the bridge is now ready. Patripool is a major source of connectivity between the Kalyan-Dombivli-Shilphata-Navi Mumbai stretches. At present, the demolition of old Patripool ROB is causing massive traffic with a demand to speed up the work by local commuters.

Good News For Commuters Of The Twin Cities Of Kalyan And Dombivli; Kalyan’s Patripool Open To People

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kalyan, patri pool bridge, patripool bridge, kalyan bridge, dombivliIn a major relief to commuters, the long-awaited Patripool is reconstructed and finally inaugurated by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray via video-conferencing. The new bridge is now ready for the public.

“The old Patri Pool bridge, which was built in 1914, posed a big threat as it had become dilapidated. It was pulled down in November 2018. Although its reconstruction process faced numerous sprints, the bridge is now ready. It will provide a big relief to the commuters, particularly the residents of Kalyan and Dombivli,” said Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde from Kalyan.

The Patri Pool, which is the major bridge connecting Kalyan to adjacent areas like Dombivli, Bhiwandi, Thane, and Navi Mumbai was dismantled in 2018, and ever since, it has caused immense discomfort to daily commuters.

MSRDC chief Radheshyam Mopalwar said in his inaugural speech, “The 104-year-old Patripool bridge was dismantled in an emergency after it was declared unsafe by IIT Bombay without any plan ready for the new bridge. Later on, the planning and designing were done and approval was sought. When the work began, the authorities realized that a drainage chamber was blocking the work, so the bridge was redesigned leading to a delay. Apart from the longest weblink girder, the bridge also has another girder of 33m. Both these girders were built in Hyderabad. According to the Global Steel Company, based in Hyderabad, the work of a girder requires at least nine to ten months. However, considering the need for the Patripool ROB, it was built in less than two months.”

“The Patripool girder was built with the machinery that we got from Germany and Italy. We worked day and night to finish it on time. There were several hindrances due to the lockdown and rain, but we managed to finish the work,” said Rishi Agarwal, managing director of the company. The girders were built with a welding work of 25km length and it has around 30,000 nut bolts and 45,000 connection holes. The entire bridge weighs around 850 tons.

The work of the bridge was expected to complete in 2020 itself. However, due to the lockdown, the construction was halted for around three months, before it resumed once again after due permissions from the government authorities.

Shashikant Sontakke, the chief engineer of MSRDC said, “The bridge is now officially inaugurated and opened for vehicles as the work is completed and opened for the public.”

 

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar Lashes Out Gov Koshyari For Not Meeting Farmers

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Hema Singh
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Thousand of farmers from Maharashtra’s 21 district gathered at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Monday morning to protest against central three farm laws passed by Parliament in September last year. NCP chief Sharad Pawar was also present at Azad Maidan to support the farmers who are protesting for two days against the centre’s new agri bill.

During his speech at the rally, the NCP supremo lashed out at Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari for not meeting the farmers who are protesting in Mumbai in solidarity with their counterparts in Delhi. Pawar also hit out at Maharashtra Governor for heading to Goa at a time when peasants from the state were to submit a memorandum to the latter against the farm laws.

“Maharashtra has never seen such a Governor before. He has the time to meet Bollywood celebrity Kangana Ranaut but not the farmers. It was the moral responsibility of the Governor to come here & meet you,” the NCP chief said.

The former agriculture minister further continued that it was unfortunate that those in power did not care about the protesting farmers.

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Besides Pawar Maharashtra revenue minister and state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat, All India Kisan Sabha general secretary Hannan Mollah and others also addressed the rally in Mumbai where thousands of farmers have gathered.

Pawar also slammed PM Modi and ask, “It has been 60 days since the farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan are protesting near Delhi. Did the country’s PM enquire about (the farmers)?

“It was mentioned that the farmers are from Punjab. Does Punjab mean Pakistan?” Pawar asked.

The rally was carried out in support of the farmers who are protesting at the borders of the national capital over two months against the three new farm laws brought in by the centre.

Kisan Gantantra Parade: Farmers March From Nashik To Mumbai

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farmers protest, kisan gantantra parade, kisan morcha, kisan marchThe farmers have touched under the banner of Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha (SSKM), supported by other social and political organisations. Nashik farmers affiliated to All India Kisan Sabha and various other farmer organisations started their march towards Mumbai. Farmers will gather in Mumbai and then march towards Delhi so as to support the ongoing two-month farmers’ struggle in Delhi on Republic Day. Around 15,000 farmers had already started their statewide vehicle march from Nashik to Mumbai on Saturday. The march, which began from the Golf Club Maidan with hundreds of tempos and other vehicles, was halted in the night at Ghatandevi near Igatpuri. It has been resumed and the farmers started their march towards Kasara Ghat so as to reach Mumbai.

Farmer and participant Sahebrao Shere at the march in Mumbai said “Anti-farmers black laws brought by BJP government are not acceptable to us. Our voices should reach from Maharashtra to Delhi. We will march from Mumbai and then reach Delhi on January 26. Farmers from at least 23 districts like Thane, Nashik, Palghar, and Ahmednagar have joined our march. Around 15,000 farmers gathered at the Golf club maidan at Nashik on Saturday before marching to Ghatandevi near Igatpuri. On Sunday they started to march to Mumbai.

SSKM convenor Ashok Dhawale said the agitation was an attempt to expand the two-month-old fight against the farm laws. “We will organise sit-in protests at Azad Maidan. On Monday, we will organise a ‘morcha’ to Raj Bhavan which will be attended by top leaders like Sharad Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray, and Balasaheb Thorat,” said Dhawale.

Members of labour unions and political parties such as the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), and Communist parties will also join the farmers’ morcha. “Our main demand is repeal of these farm laws and enactment of a law guaranteeing minimum support prices (MSP) across the country along with the withdrawal of electricity amendment bill,” said Dhawale. He added that the agitation will conclude with the hoisting of the national flag on January 26, Republic Day. Thousands of farmers have been protesting at different borders of Delhi since November 26 last year against the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

The farmer leaders decided to extend the agitation to state capitals with an aim to sensitise the urban population of the farmers’ plight. Recently, labour unions marched in South Mumbai and held a rally at Azad Maidan in favour of the farmers. Prominent farmer leader Raju Shetti and social activist Medha Patkar addressed the rally.

 

Don’t Leave Farmers At The Mercy Of Corporates

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Vaidehi Taman
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India belongs to farmers and its economy is stabilized by an agrarian economy in all testing times. India overcame utter poverty through the Green revolution initiated by scientists M S Swaminathan and Vandana Shiva in 1966 especially in Punjab, Haryana, and UP. Hope one can understand why farmers in these states are raising their voice against New Farm Bills 2020 as they are intended to rob their rights over their lands and existing pro farming policies. Nearly 20,000 farmers will start a vehicle march organized by the All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) to support the ongoing agitation at Delhi to repeal the central government’s farm laws. They will also seek the provision of a legal cover to the minimum support price. Farmers are not against the Government. They want Government accountability in the matter of Food Security. But the Government wants to shred off its responsibility due to its malaise intentions since it is controlled by Israel and France. MSP is an administrative job and these farm laws have overpowered the civil Administration. On January 25, farmers will participate in the public rally, which will be addressed by former Member of the Parliament (MP) Hanan Molla and leaders from Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray are expected to address the rally in support of ongoing agitation.

The farmer unions believe that the laws will open the sale and marketing of agricultural products outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis for farmers. Further, the laws will allow inter-state trade and encourage electronic trading of agricultural produce. The new laws prevent the state governments from collecting a market fee, cess, or levy for trade outside the APMC markets; this has led the farmers to believe the laws will “gradually end the mandi system” and “leave farmers at the mercy of corporates”. Further, the farmers believe that the laws will end their existing relationship with artisans (commission agents who act as middlemen by providing financial loans, ensuring timely procurement, and promising adequate prices for their crop). Additionally, protesting farmers believe dismantling the APMC mandis will encourage abolishing the purchase of their crops at the minimum support price. They are therefore demanding the minimum support prices to be guaranteed by the government.

The Indian farmers’ protest is an ongoing protest against the three farm acts which were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. Farmer unions and their representatives have demanded that the laws be repealed and will not accept anything short of it. Farm leaders have rejected a Supreme Court of India stay order on the farm laws as well as the involvement of a Supreme Court-appointed committee. Nine rounds of talks have taken place between the central government and farmers represented by the farm unions between 14 October 2020 and 15 January 2021; all were inconclusive. The acts have been described as “anti-farmer laws” by many farmer unions, and politicians from the opposition also say it would leave farmers at the “mercy of corporates”. The farmers have also requested the creation of an MSP bill, to ensure that corporates cannot control prices. The government, however, maintains that they will make it effortless for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, and stated that the protests are based on misinformation.

Soon after the acts were introduced, unions began holding local protests, mostly in Punjab. After two months of protests, farmer unions—notably from Punjab and Haryana—began a movement named Dilli Chalo (translates as Let’s go to Delhi), in which tens of thousands of farming union members marched towards the nation’s capital. The Indian government ordered the police and law enforcement of various states to attack the farmer unions using water cannons, batons, and tear gas to prevent the farmer unions from entering into Haryana first and then Delhi. On 26 November a nationwide general strike that involved approximately 250 million people took place in support of the farmer unions. On 30 November, it was estimated that between 200,000 and 300,000 farmers were converging at various border points on the way to Delhi. A section of farmer unions has been protesting, whereas the Indian Government claims some unions have come out in support of the farm laws. Transport unions representing over 14 million trucker drivers have come out in support of the farmer unions, threatening to halt the movement of supplies in certain states. After the government did not accept the farmer unions’ demands during talks on 4 December, the farmer unions planned to escalate the action to another India-wide strike on 8 December 2020. The government offered some amendments in-laws, but unions are asking to repeal the laws. From 12 December, farmer unions took over highway toll plazas in Haryana and allowed free movement of vehicles. By mid-December, the Supreme Court of India had received a batch of petitions related to removing blockades created by protesters around Delhi. The court also asked the government to put the laws on hold, which they refused. On 4 January 2021, the court registered the first plea filed in favour of the protesting farmers. Farmers have said they will not listen to the courts if told to back off. Their leaders have also said that staying the farm laws is not a solution. On 30 December, the Indian Government agreed to two of the farmers’ demands; excluding farmers from new pollution laws and dropping amendments to the new Electricity Ordinance.

 

Maharashtra Farmers Protest: Thousands Of Farmers March From Nashik To Mumbai Against New Farm Law

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Hema Singh
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Over thousands of farmers from 21 districts of Maharashtra left for Mumbai on Saturday to begin a statewide Vehicle March against the Centre’s new farm law ahead of a massive rally at the Azad Maidan on Monday.

The farmers are protesting under the aegis of the All India Kisan Sabha’s (AIKS). According to the visuals from the rally showed farmers holding flags and banners, demanding the repeal of the farm laws, as they walked. Reports have said that the farmers will cover the majority of the distance between the two cities in vehicles.

According to the statement issued by the organization, the rally will be held in Mumbai on January 25. Former Union agriculture minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar is expected to address the rally, state Congress president Balasaheb Thorat Shiv Sena leader and state Environment and Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray, and leaders of the Left and democratic parties, who will address the meeting. Subsequently, the farmers will march to the Raj Bhavan to present a memorandum to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

Earlier in January Sharad Pawar has issued a similar warning to the Centre and said the government should not test the farmers’ patience.

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The farmers across the state have been protesting for two months against the Centre’s newly enacted bill last year in September. The bill which has created a stir across the nation, however after several meeting between the government and farmer unions have failed to end the standoff with the Supreme Court appointing a committee for resolution. The situation remains the same.

In Delhi, farmers have planned a tractor rally on January 26 as they continue their agitation. Reportedly, thousands of tractors are expected to take part in the rally on Ring Road in the national capital.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra farmers rally is a part of the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is currently leading the protests in Delhi, to intensify and broaden the struggle from January 23 to 26. More farmers are expected to join the rally in Mumbai.

UP Playing Key Role In Building ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Says PM Narendra Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the people of Uttar Pradesh on the state’s foundation day and said the state is playing an important role in building an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India).

Every year, January 24 is marked as the foundation day of UP.

“Best wishes to all the people of Uttar Pradesh on the foundation day of the state. The sacred land of sacrifice, tenacity, tradition, and culture, this state is playing an important role today in building an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’,” Modi said in a tweet in Hindi.

“I wish this state, moving forward towards all-round development, continues to scale new heights,” he said.

Indian Devotional Singer Narendra Chanchal Passes Away At Delhi; PM Modi And Bollywood Pay Tribute

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Singer Narendra Chanchal, who redefined popular devotional singing in India, is no more. According to reports, Narendra Chanchal died on Friday in the city. He was 80.

Celebrities like Lata Mangeshkar, Daler Mehndi and Madhur Bhandarkar have paid tributes to the late singer.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also extended his condolnces to the singer. He took to Twitter and wrote, “Extremely saddened to hear the news of Narendra Chanchal ji’s death. He made a mark in the world of devotional songs. My condolences to his family and fans.” 

Chanchal shot to fame with his ‘Jagran’ hits in the seventies and the eighties, particularly songs dedicated to Sherawali Mata. His ode to Sherawali Mata “Chalo bulava aaya hai” continues to be popular till date. Chanchal is best known for his live performances.

The singer also made a mark in Bollywood. He is known for rendering the title song of the 1974 Amitabh Bachchan film “Benaam”, composed by RD Burman. In the same year, he also sang “Mehngai mar gayi” for the film “Roti Kapda Aur Makaan”. He also famously sang “Beshak mandir masjid todo” in Raj Kapoor’s 1973 superhit “Bobby”, starring Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. He also sang “Tu ne mujhe bulaya” with Mohammed Rafi for the hit 1980 film “Aasha”.

Playback legend Lata Mangeshkar expressed her grief over his demise, tweeting: “He was a very good human being.” She hoped he rests in peace.

Singer-composer Vishal Dadlani shared that “Shri #NarendraChanchal ji will be remembered forever through the songs he sang. I doubt anyone will ever walk up to Vaishnodevi without hearing his voice resounding through the hills”.

Actor Manoj Bajpayee tweeted: “What a singer with such inspiring voice.singing your songs now in your memory.god bless you soul with peace.”

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar tweeted: “Saddened to hear demise of Singer #NarendraChanchal ji. He will be remembered for his bhajans and some remarkable songs in Hindi films, My heartfelt condolences to his admirers and family. Om Shanti.”

Singer Daler Mehndi also felt “deeply saddened to learn that iconic and most loved #NarendraChanchal ji has left us for the heavenly abode. In prayers for his soul to rest in peace. Heartfelt condolences to his family and legions of fans”.

Honouring the singer, actor Ranvir Shorey said: “Saddened at the demise of vocalist Sh. Narendra Chanchal, singer of many iconic bhajans & Hindi film songs in history. His unique voice had the ability to pierce straight to a listener’s heart, making every listening experience an emotional & spiritual one. #RIP #respect.”

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