Markets and other commercial establishments in most parts of Bhandara remained closed on Monday in response to a bandh called the BJP to express anguish over the death of 10 infants in a fire at the district hospital.
Updated Jan 11, 2021 | 09:12 IST
The mishap took place at the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Bhandara District General Hospital at 2 am on Saturday. The infants were aged between a month and three months, a doctor said. Bhandara fire tragedy | Photo Credit: ANI
Mumbai: The fire tragedy at Maharastra’s Bhandara hospital, in which 10 newborns died, has brought to fore several serious safety lapses on part of the hospital administration.
It has come to light that the hospital had no alarm system and sprinklers, and that staff there are not trained to use fire extinguishers.
The four-storeyed hospital had conducted only one mock drill in 2016-17 and a fire audit was also pending for the past two years.
Bhandara hospital fire: Uddhav Thackeray orders safety audit for all hospitals in Maharashtra, meets victims family The state govt announced formation of a a six-member team headed by the director of the health department on Sunday to probe the incident. The team was directed to submit its report within three days Police officers investigate the scene after a fire broke out at District General Hospital in Bhandara, about 70 km from Nagpur. AP
Bhandara: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday met kin of the newborns who died in a fire at the Bhandara district hospital the day before and said orders have been issued for conducting safety audit of all hospitals in the state.
Maharashtra CM launches Road Tunnel Boring Machine ANI | Updated: Jan 11, 2021 22:30 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 11 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday launched the Coastal Road Tunnel Boring Machine at Priyadarshini Park in Mumbai.
State Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray and BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal were also present at the event. This is the first largest tunnel boring machine in India through which boring of the tunnel will be carried out.
Emergency control room building will be set up for the operation of emergencies in the tunnel with the self-automated system.
The coastal project started in October 2018, it was earlier targeted to be completed by 2022 but got delayed. So, it will now be completed by July 2023.
Launching the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named Mavla to dig twin tunnels for the upcoming and ambitious Coastal Road Project (CRP), Thackeray said no efforts would be spared to deploy the best of science and technology for the speedy progress of Mumbai.The