Barge P305 deaths: ONGC neglected Cyclone Tauktae alerts, must be held responsible, says Nawab Malik ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 15:27 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Thursday alleged that the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited did not heed the warnings on Cyclonic Tauktae and hence put the lives of 600 workers on the barge in danger.
The Navy rescued 188 workmen and recovered bodies of 37 people from Barge Papaa (P305) which sank in the Arabian Sea, 35 nautical miles from Mumbai under the impact of Cyclone Tauktae. Despite many alerts on Cyclone Tauktae, the ONGC neglected the alert, the lives of 600 workers were in danger. They were not shifted to a safer place. More than 40 people are still missing, hundreds of workers were fighting for their lives in a rough sea. Responsibility should be fixed, Malik said.
In Maharashtra, MVA and BJP trade blame over vaccine supply
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AAA The row between the Centre and the Maharashtra government over COVID-19 vaccine roll-out has turned into a full-blown slanging match between the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Thursday alleging that the French Embassy in India had procured the Moderna vaccine and that it was being administered to its nationals in Navi Mumbai despite only three other vaccines being permitted in the country.
Mr. Malik, the State Minority Affairs Minister, sought to know from the Centre how a ‘non-permitted’ vaccine is allowed to be administered to the residents of France and their relatives living here.
COVID-19: Maharashtra Minister seeks Central subsidies for installation of oxygen plants ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 13:26 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Thursday said that the Central government should announce subsidies to install oxygen plants on large scale to overcome the shortage of oxygen amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Speaking to ANI, Malik said, The Central government should announce subsidies to install oxygen plants on large scale. Maharastra govt s industry department has made a policy to provide financial assistance to companies that will install oxygen plants in the state.
He also mentioned that around 12 lakh people are waiting for their second dose due to the shortage of vaccines as Maharashtra is not receiving enough vaccines.
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar was discharged from a hospital on Wednesday after undergoing a medical procedure to remove a mouth ulcer, Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik said.