Uddhav Thackeray's Meet With Industry Leaders Earns Anand Mahindra Praise

In response to the CMO's tweet, Anand Mahindra said the industrialists emerged with a feeling that they had "spent productive time".

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with industry leaders in the state ahead of the third phase of vaccination. A meeting from which we emerged feeling we'd spent productive time. Because:a) No time wasted in ceremonial commentsb) Focused agendac) Emphasis on practical/impactful corporate initiatives addressing ground realitiesd) Mechanism for followup/coordination established https://t.co/91dDP7bf07 Industrialist Anand Mahindra, who chairs the diversified Anand Mahindra Group, welcomed the meeting held on Tuesday as a productive one. "Uddhav Thackeray held a virtual meet with industry leaders discussing the state's efforts for the upcoming vaccination drive, efforts to ramp up facilities, and preparing a road map to safeguard the citizens and industry from the possible third wave," the Chief Minister's Office tweeted late on Tuesday. Maharashtra, one of the most industrialised states in the country, is the worst affected state by the number of reported cases in the second wave. The daily infections in Mumbai are now coming down from peaks of over 11,000 per day earlier in the month, but the pandemic rages on in the rest of the state.