Maharashtra Minister Dilip Walse Patil met SII Chairman and Managing Director Cyrus Poonawalla on Friday. Photo/ANI
Maharashtra Excise and Labour Minister Dilip Walse Patil meets Cyrus Poonawalla over SII fire incident ANI | Updated: Jan 22, 2021 14:44 IST
This comes a day after a major fire broke out at Manjari Plant of Serum Institute of India, which claimed the lives of five people.
Meanwhile, a forensic team visited the site to collect samples for investigation.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is also set to visit the site today.
A fire had broken out at SII s Manjari plant yesterday, where six people were rescued from an under-construction building. Hours later, another fire broke out again in one of the compartments of the building at SII, in Pune.
Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati , Rajendra Kondhare slam state move to extend EWS for students and job aspirants from Maratha community
Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati , Rajendra Kondhare slam state move to extend EWS for students and job aspirants from Maratha community
Defending the state s move, Ashok Chavan said, If we do not extend the EWS benefit, we are blamed. If we do it, we are still blamed. but one thing is clear, we are determined to ensure reservation to the Maratha community. Updated: December 25, 2020 12:53:19 am
Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati and Rajendra Kondhare. (Twitter@KondhareN)
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“What was the hurry to extend the EWS benefit when the case is still pending in the Supreme Court ? The government could have waited till the Supreme Court gives its final verdict on January 25, or after that,” said Sambhajiraje.
GM Motors plant in Talegaon shut: former MLA asks state to intervene to prevent job loss of thousands of employees
GM Motors plant in Talegaon shut: former MLA asks state to intervene to prevent job loss of thousands of employees
State Labour Minister Dilip Walse Patil is also expected to hear a case challenging the closure notice issued by the company. December 23, 2020 9:35:37 pm
In November, the company had served a closure notice, citing poor financial conditions, which came as a shock for workers.
Former MLA from Maval and BJP leader, Bala Begde, has urged the Maharashtra government to intervene and prevent the job loss of over 3,000 employees of the Talegaon plant of General Motors.