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85% SSI workers await first jab
ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jul 21, 2021, 06:00 IST
Due to the shortage of
COVID vaccines, only 15 per cent of the Pimpri-Chinchwad industrial area’s workforce has received the first jab and the remaining 85 per cent a staggering number are struggling for the same.
The second wave of the pandemic saw many lose their near and dear ones. It is only now that industries are crawling back to normalcy. Lack of proper immunisation is putting the lives of all workers returning to factories at risk. Industrial workers have been frantically trying to book online slots, but have failed due to frequent login snags.
Auto hub starved of industrial oxygen as Covid-19 crisis worsens
April 12, 2021
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Pune district including the Pimpri-Chinchwad auto belt has about 1.3 lakh registered MSMEs and over 700 large scale units
MSMEs in Pune are hoping the the State government takes steps to increase oxygen supply as manufacturing is hit due to shortage. As oxygen is increasingly being diverted to meet the critical needs for Covid-affected, industrial units are being starved of oxygen.
“During 2020 lockdowns the Pimpri-Chinchwad Small Industries Association (PCSIA) had demanded that the government must set up a 100-tonne oxygen plant. But the demand was not fulfilled. Covid-19 patients need oxygen in a huge quantity and we are not saying that industries should get oxygen by reducing supply to hospitals. But at the same it must be understood that industries are facing major problems to function” said Sandeep Belsare President of PCSIA.