<span style="color: #222222;">The Maharashtra government has decided to relax the fortnightly random RTPCR tests which was mandated for household helps, hotel and restaurant staffers, industrial workers and e-commerce delivery persons.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, amid rising covid cases in the state Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today appealed to the industries to provide all possible help to the state government in this battle.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Chief Minister Udhdhav Thackeray urged all the industrialists in the state to come forward and help in times of crisis.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">CM Thackeray today interacted with FICCI, CII and other industry representatives through the video conferencing.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He informed that the state is facing oxygen shortage, apart from this, industries should increase facilities for medicines, beds, testing centers and speed up vaccination.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The CM asserted that he could not say how many waves of Covid would come; but now industries in the state need to face the coming wave hence planning should be done from now on.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He suggested the industries to set up such facilities by adopting a coherent working method from now on.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Minister also directed the Chief Secretary to immediately form a task force of industries to work in the future in coordination with them in the field of health.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">While Chief Minister also said that industries social responsibility would be fulfilled if they too implement initiatives like Shivbhojan Thali for the colonies and villages in the vicinity of industries through CSR.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Responding to CM's appeal, the leading industrialists of the state assured him that the entire industry world is with the state in the fight against Covid.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In addition the industries also infored that they will take the initiative and start action immediately on increasing the facility of quarantine beds, establishment of test centers and increasing vaccination.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Industry Minister Subhash Desai and Health Minister Rajesh Tope also shared their suggestions and said that there would be no problem in setting up facilities for industrialists.&nbsp;</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | April 17, 2021 9:31 PM
Maharashtra got to relax fortnightly random RTPCR tests mandated for various service persons