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MUMBAI: As many as 54.4 lakh people left Maharashtra by rail in April and May when the state was under lockdown-style curbs, according to data with the state labour commissioner.
In June, when the state government started lifting the restrictions, 26 lakh people returned till the 22nd of the month less than half of the number that had left in the summer months.
Although migrants may not account for all the passenger movement, the numbers provide an indication of the migrant exodus and return. Officials said the return in June may be slow because sectors, like hospitality and retail, have not opened completely. The labour department received details on passenger exit and entry into the state from the Indian Railways.
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Mumbai-headquartered Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (MCCIA) has demanded that all types of shops across the state be allowed to open during normal working hours.
Mumbai: Traders demand âflexitimeâ for all non-essential shops
3 lakh non-essential shops impact livelihood of 15 lakh families
Traders are not happy with the Maharashtra governmentâs order of allowing non-essential shops to function on alternate days. Tradersâ bodies including Chamber of Associations of Maharashtra Industry and Trade, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association, Steel Users Federation of India, Federation of Associations of Maharashtra and The Mumbai Grain Dealers Association have urged the state government to introduce flexibility in timing and remove alternate day formula for non-essential shops.
They have said the first day first show was a flop with poor entry of customers amid confusion over timing and alternate day formula.
Housing minister Jitendra Awhad
MUMBAI: The state housing department has asked builders and developers to chip in to get tenants of their Mhada and Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) schemes vaccinated and to pay for them besides for construction workers.
Housing minister Jitendra Awhad recently met builders and developers and urged them to vaccinate workers and tenants of their ongoing Mhada and SRA projects. “I have made an appeal to Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) and Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) all developers in SRA and Mhada to get the vaccination done as a social duty. Already, many developers have agreed,” Awhad said.