An Agarbatti (incense stick) manufacturing factory in Pandharkar Nagar, Akurdi is ocated along a railway line. Pune News Live Updates, December 6, 2022: An Agarbatti (incense stick) manufacturing factory in Pandharkar Nagar, Akurdi in Pune caught fire on Tuesday morning, officials with PCMC Fire Brigade said. The fire, which had assumed considerable proportions as the factory had inflammable material stored, caused the Fire Brigade officials to vacate a nearby school. The factory is located near a slum and along a railway line. “About 400 students and staff members from Beena English Medium School have been vacated as a precautionary measure,” said a fire officer.
The Pune fire brigade, in the meantime, on Tuesday morning rescued the seriously injured driver of an overturned truck from the vehicle’s cabin. The accident happened at the Katraj viaduct, near Jambhulwadi, on the Bengaluru-Mumbai national highway at 3.30 am, said officials. The fire brigade also rescued a motorist who witnessed the accident and initially approached the truck to rescue the driver. However, he jumped off the bridge fearing a blast after seeing a section of the truck on fire, the officials said.
In other news, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday criticised the Shinde-Fadnavis government for its “U-turn” on the plan of two ministers visiting Belgaum to hold talks with the Bommai government in Karnataka on the border dispute that has been raging for nearly 60 years between the two states. Reacting to the uproar over the reported cancellation of the visit of the two ministers, Devendra Fadnavis said, “The two ministers were invited by local residents on the occasion of Dr Babasaheb (Bhimrao) Ambedkar’s death anniversary … the final call on the ministers’ visit will be taken by the chief minister.”
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A meeting of experts with the Maharashtra state task force on measles prevention and control, in the meantime, has resulted in an action plan for a mass-scale vaccination campaign in hotspot areas to tackle the menace.
Maharashtra has reported 836 measles cases and 18 deaths this year. The task force has suggested an active search for hotspots and special vaccination campaigns in the state. Read more here.
The Pune fire brigade Tuesday morning rescued the seriously injured driver of an overturned truck from the vehicle's cabin. The accident happened at the Katraj viaduct, near Jambhulwadi, on the Bengaluru-Mumbai national highway at 3.30 am, said officials.
The fire brigade also rescued a motorist who witnessed the accident and initially approached the truck to rescue the driver. However, he jumped off the bridge fearing a blast after seeing a section of the truck on fire, the officials said. Read more.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday criticised the Shinde-Fadnavis government for its “U-turn” on the plan of two ministers visiting Belgaum to hold talks with the Bommai government in Karnataka on the border dispute that has been raging for nearly 60 years between the two states.
Reacting to the uproar over the reported cancellation of the visit of the two ministers, Devendra Fadnavis said, “The two ministers were invited by local residents on the occasion of Dr Babasaheb (Bhimrao) Ambedkar’s death anniversary … the final call on the ministers’ visit will be taken by the chief minister.” Read more.
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