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MumbaiWeekly Volume 01 Issue 10
MONDAY, 26 March 2012
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Sach a 100!
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar arrives at his Mumbai residence after Asia Cup 2012 on 21 March 2012. Saarthak Aurora / Mumbai Weekly After scoring his 100th hundred during the Asia cup match against Bangladesh, it was obvious the kind of euphoria this was likely to cause back in India. The Asia Cup tour ended,
and the fans and media began gathering outside Sachin Tendulkar's newly built home to congratulate and speak to him. The scene outside his newly build home in Bandra was
that of friendly chaos and anticipation. Some of his fans, carrying bouquets of flowers waited for the moment when they would get the chance to hand it over to the man
himself. Meanwhile, members of the media were waiting to break the news of his arrival in his home, and clamoured towards him as soon as his car was spotted.
Acknowledging the presence of his fans and the media, Tendulkar thanked everyone, and after briefly speaking to the media, he went inside his home. The fans, well wishers and
Dust cover on Mumbai
Krishanu Nagar / Mumbai Weekly
members of media hoped that he would appear in his balcony, but he did not. While it was a bit disappointing, he certainly deserves time with his family. All said and done, many
consider him as a God of cricket, and after he achieved his landmark century, more so. But he has always refuted this by modestly maintaining that he is 'just human'.
Whatever it is, Tendulkarâ€&#x;s glory is matchless - ton or no ton! (Coca Cola press conference of Tendulkar on Page 8)
Mumbai woke up on 21st March, 2012 to see a thick dust cover over the whole city. According to the Meteorological Department of India this happened because of a dust storm in Rajasthan and the wind affected parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan. But according to some meteorologists the reason behind this haze is a dust plume stretched across the Arabian Sea coast from Oman to India, resulted from convergence of two storms. One carried dust from Iraq and Kuwait, second caused a low pressure and gathered dust from southeastern Iran. Because of this alteration in wind cycle across Arabian sea, strong winds started blowing from Oman region towards India and the dust migrated to the Indian coast. The dust haze reduced the visibility level to six times than normal and pollution level was increased by nearly 500%. Along with that suspended particulate matter (SPM) level rose from 200 units to 1200 units per cubic meter. People suffering from asthma , diabetes or chest infections were advised to avoid going out early morning and late evenings as more particles settle down at that time and that can cause certain problems. But it was also ascertained that there is no need to panic. The haze started to clear out by Thursday evening but the increased pollution level and the particulate matter will take a longer time to settle down.