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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. ....
Roads and footpaths continued to be deserted on Wednesday MUMBAI: The state cabinet on Wednesday unanimously decided to extend the lockdownlike restrictions in Maharashtra for another fortnight, that is, from May 1 to 15, after the current fortnight of curbs ends at the end of this month. The decision came on a day the state recorded 985 Covid deaths, its highest daily toll since the start of the pandemic. While public health minister Rajesh Tope said all cabinet ministers were unanimous that the curbs be extended to check the spread of Covid-19, NGOs working for the poor and representatives of the retail sector and restaurants said the restrictions were having a serious adverse impact and they had expected some relief. ....
Auto hub starved of industrial oxygen as Covid-19 crisis worsens April 12, 2021 × 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. ....
Increased steel price hits SMEs in Pune; some scale down, others stop operations Back in June, the central government had slapped anti-dumping duties on specialised steel to stop the arrival of cheap imports, and this factor may also have contributed to the present crisis. Written by Partha Sarathi Biswas | Pune | December 12, 2020 7:19:50 pm Express File Photo/Used for representational purpose A sudden increase in the price of steel has forced small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad to scale down their operations. In case the price escalation does not correct itself, many of the industry stakeholders say they may have to continue scaling down their operations though their order book is full at present. ....