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"Jithe Rasta, Tithe ST"

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                        The Maharashtra State Road Transportation Corporation, the state run bus service of Maharashtra has over 16,000 buses which ferries around seven million passengers daily on 18,700 routes. The service is known to be widespread and in metro cities it is equal to the lifeline of people who commute daily. They also provide luxury bus services for outstation journeys. They are also known to break their schedules and have gone out of their way to serve its people.During the Navratri festival, the Kolhapur division of MSRTC provided extra bus services to people. Kolhapur is one of the biggest pilgrimage site because of the Mahalaxmi temple and since the temple  attracts lakhs of people during the nine day festival, MSRTC increased the services. Because of MSRTC's generous extra services, it was a sigh of relief for thousands of pilgrims travelling across states.         ...

Navchampa's Agarbatti

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                                           Mr. Champalal Kothari, now a 68 year old man from a small town of Ahmednagar was taught early in his life to acquire a business life. In a native village called Thitesangvi, Kirana stores were in immense demand and Champalal being fully aware of this did not waste much time in opening his distribution. He takes it as a pleasure to make every product available to his people and finds joy is fulfilling the needs of his town.                        All was well for many years until 1975. The flooding of Sina dam near Ahmednagar wiped away every bit of his business. He said it was a dark time for his family. One could clearly make out the ups and downs of his life from his eyes and his experienced business words like a typical Marwari. He said,"Soon when the impact of th...