Top officials from fire wings of three Maharashtra government agencies on Friday launched a probe to ascertain the cause of the blaze that killed five workers at Serum Institute of India s premises here. Heads of fire departments of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) are part of the joint probe team. Five contractual labourers had died in the fire which broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India s Manjari premises on Thursday. The fire damaged the top two floors of the building located in SEZ 3 area of the premises of the vaccine major.
Thackeray visited the SII facility that was gutted on Thursday and also met the company Chairman Cyrus Poonawalla and his son Adar (BCCL photo)
PUNE: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited the Serum Institute of India (SII) where a fire at its semi-ready Manjari complex claimed five lives while inflicting an estimated loss of Rs 1,000 cr to the global vaccine giant.
Thackeray visited the SII facility that was gutted on Thursday and also met the company Chairman Cyrus Poonawalla and his son Adar. We have ordered a thorough probe. There cannot be any conclusions till the full investigations are complete and the report is available. Then we will know whether it was an accident or sabotage, he said.
CM Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray visit Serum Institute of India; loss of Rs 1000 crore estimated
Mirror Online / Updated: Jan 22, 2021, 21:25 IST
Aaditya Thackeray on Friday visited the
Serum Institute of India to look into the fire incident that claimed five lives.
Along with Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla, they inspected the site where the fire broke out and took stock of the damages. They also interacted with the officials to get further details about the mishap.
The Serum Institute said it has suffered losses of over Rs 1,000 crore due to the devastating fire. Talking to reporters, Poonawalla said, The extent of the damage is more than Rs 1,000 crore because of the equipment and products over there that were to be launched.
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray Visits Serum Institute After Fire, Loss Pegged at Rs 1,000 Crore
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray today visited the Serum Institute of India premises at Hadapsar in Pune and inspected the site that caught fire yesterday. He also spoke to Adar Poonawala. (Image: Office of Uddhav Thackeray Twitter handle)
The Chief Minister said that the Poonawallas have repeatedly assured that there would be no impact on the Covishield vaccine production and rollout which will continue unhindered.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited the Serum Institute of India (SII) where a fire at its semi-ready Manjari complex claimed five lives while inflicting an estimated loss of Rs 1,000 crore to the global vaccine giant.
: Friday, January 22, 2021, 4:34 PM IST
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Congress might have a new president by June this year. Reportedly, after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) met today to purportedly discuss the modalities related to much-awaited organisational elections, which are likely to be held around the end of May. The grand old party s internal elections will also include the much-discussed post of the Congress Party President. In the CWC meet today, chaired by the party interim president Sonia Gandhi, the party reportedly held discussions on a slew of issues related to the elections.