Mumbai News Live, Mumbai Rains Highlights: A political firestorm erupted in Maharashtra after a joint venture of mining conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn, which had held talks with the state to set up its new semiconductor plant, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government Tuesday to locate its project there. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the MoU “an important step accelerating India’s semiconductor manufacturing ambitions. This will also create a huge ecosystem for ancillary industries and help our MSMEs”. The Vedanta-Foxconn MoU with Gujarat left Maharashtra officials stunned and the Opposition slammed the Eknath Shinde government over the “missed” opportunity. Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackerey said the MVA government had brought conversations on setting up the facility in the state to the “final stage”.
Meanwhile, rainfall resumed in Mumbai last week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for parts of the city, Thane and Palghar on all days till Thursday, indicating that heavy rain at isolated places is very likely. Rainfall in Mumbai over the week is due to the depression forming over South Odisha which will gradually move in the West Northwest direction, Skymet also said in its statement.
In other news, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Tuesday announced that 227 free healthcare centres will be set up in the eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai. The initiative will begin from October 2 with the launch of 50 centres.
Mumbai News Highlights: Between September 14 and 15, Mumbai city, its suburbs, Konkan, and Goa are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall, according to Skymet; Follow this space for Latest Updates from across Maharashtra.
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-updates-rains-traffic-eknath-shinde-gangs-8147765/
