CM Shinde felicitates Thane Disaster Response Force personnel, lauds their work

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde felicitated Thane Disaster Response Force TDRF personnel on the occasion of the Independence Day on Tuesday and lauded their work after a landslide at Irshalwadi in neighbouring Raigad district last month reported news agency PTICM Eknath Shinde hoisted the national flag at the Shiv Senas Thane city office at midnightAfter the flag hoisting he felicitated the TDRF jawans at a brief functionHe lauded the work done by Thanes fire services TDRF and regional disaster management cell RDMC teams during emergencies and asked them to continue the good workThe CM referred to the work done by them in Irshalwadi which witnessed a massive landslide last monthShiv Sena spokesman and former Thane mayor Naresh Mhaske and MLA Pratap Sarnaik were present at the eventIn another function Shiv Sena UBT MP from Thane Rajan Vichare hoisted the tricolour at the party branch officeA number of Sena UBT members were present during the functionMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday hoisted the national flag at Mantralaya in Mumbai as the nation marks its 77th Independence DayEarlier CM Eknath Shinde took to his social media app X formerly known as Twitter to greet the countryMeanwhile three more patients died at the municipalrun Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Kalwa in Thane district taking the toll to 21 since Saturday last while authorities started moving patients who are not in a serious condition and new admissions to a civil hospital nearby if they are willing to be relocated officials said on MondayMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj CSM Hospital and announced Rs 71 crore funds for creation of various facilities to treat patients coming from rural parts of Thane district and promised action against those responsible for the deathsShinde who was accompanied by civic chief Abhijit Bangar and district collector Ashok Shingare said the patient deaths at the CSM Hospital located in his political turf Thane were painful and asked all parties to desist from indulging in politics on the issueChief Minister Shinde on Monday visited the CSM Hospital and interacted with patients their relatives and also reviewed the current staff and requirement of additional personnel to manage the influx of patientsSpeaking to reporters later Shinde said I have sanctioned Rs 71 crore for creation of more facilities at the hospital as well as at the mental hospital in Thane city where general patients are treated The Thane citys civil hospital is under construction hence its health services are shifted to premises of the mental hospitalWith inputs from PTI