Vishwas Waghmode

The Shiv Sena has been vocal about the Ram temple with Uddhav Thackeray has visited Ayodhya three times in the last two years, including his visit in March to mark the completion of 100 days in office as Chief Minister.

On Wednesday, party leaders and functionaries said the party has not issued any instructions on the celebrations over the ceremony yet.

“We have called a meeting of the state legislature’s Business Advisory Committee on Tuesday. All issues will be discussed and a decision taken accordingly,” said Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Anil Parab.

In the last week of June, the Palghar district administration finalised a draft rehabilitation and resettlement scheme for 2,177 families that would be affected by the project that, when implemented, will pass through the district.

After the state government had extended the lockdown till July 31, the NCP and the Congress had expressed unhappiness that the district administrations had been given the power to impose lockdown again if required.

Officials from the state government said that the total damages caused is Rs 6,048 crore that includes the damage to the orchards, houses along with others. As per the existing National Disaster Response Fund norms, the state government can get around Rs 360 crore as financial assistance from the Union government

To register on the portal, the Shiv Sena-led government has made it mandatory for the youths to produce domicile certificates in order to seek jobs in various industries.

On Monday, Sena preferred to join hands with its former ally BJP, which had extended support to the party to take control over the Kalyan Panchayat Samiti.

The Rs 1.1 lakh crore project, the Centre's flagship collaboration with Japan that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had described as a “white elephant”, was announced jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo in 2017.

Sources said a proposal has been moved to reconstitute the three development boards as their tenure ended on April 30.

“Due to coal mines and reduction in tiger reserves, the man-animal conflict is increasing in Chnadrapur district. So, we need to at least conserve the existing protected areas for wildlife and environment,” Aaditya Thackeray wrote the central government.

“I will be happy if a Shiv Sainik becomes the Prime Minister one day,” Uddhav Thackeray said in a response to party MP Sanjay Raut’s statement that he should lead the nation.

CM Uddhav Thackeray added that while Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and N 95 masks are available, there is a need for more ventilators to equip hospitals in rural Maharashtra.

The Congress has lately been vocal with its complaints in the three-party coalition.

The state govt has also come up with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for schools that will reopen asking them to consider two shifts every day and scheduling different classes for different days based on odd-even format.

This comes after the RTI activists repeatedly demanded that the MSIC should start online hearings pointing out that there are over 58,000 appeals and complaints pending with the various benches of the MSIC

Thackeray, according to a statement issued by his office, has instructed the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) to restore power supply on a war-footing. Also, people evacuated to camps in Mumbai should be allowed to return only after their Covid-19 test, Thackeray added.

As per the existing guidelines, it is mandatory for industries to employ 80 per cent Maharashtra domiciled persons, and remaining 20 per cent employees from anywhere else. The quota has not been legislated, but effected by way of a government resolution.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Railways on its own was sending 36 Shramik trains from Maharashtra, and her government had not been informed about it.

Pawar's meeting with the chief minister, held at Thackeray’s residence Matoshree, came as the main opposition BJP has stepped up its criticism of the Thackeray government's alleged mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis in Maharashtra.

Wedged between the two journeys is the despair that has forced thousands of migrants away from railway stations and onto highways in a desperate and dangerous bid to reach their homes, driven by the lack of jobs and rapid urban spread of the coronavirus.

Uddhav Thackeray discussed extending the lockdown in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and cities such as Pune, Malegaon and Aurangabad till May 31.

Uddhav is the first Shiv Sena chief and second Thackeray, after his son Aaditya, to contest elections.

According to the labour department, there are 36,623 registered factories in the state with 28.54 lakh workers engaged in them. Among them, 5,458 factories are operating with 2.41 lakh labourers as on Wednesday.