Pune Maharashtra India NewsVoir The COVID-19 Mega Vaccination Drives supported by Bajaj Group of Companies comprising Bajaj Auto Limited Bajaj Finserv Limited Bajaj Finance Limited Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited administer over 1 Million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the beneficiaries of Pune and Aurangabad districts A total of 10 lakh vaccine doses were provided to the District Authorities of Pune Municipal Corporation Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Pune Zilla Parishad and the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation The mega inoculation drives which started in August 2021 were delivered by more than 600 Covid Vaccination Centres CVCs spread across the city rural and slum areas of Pune and Aurangabad with over 5000 frontline healthcare workers deployed on-ground to support the initiative The Bajaj Group of companies in association with the local authorities also conducted a mass awareness and engagement program to encourage the eligible population of the rural and slum areas to come forward for their first and second doses of the vaccine Commenting on this milestone Sanjiv Bajaj Chairman and Managing Director Bajaj Finserv Limited said The pandemic has been a once in a century event that pushed the world into a spiral of unforeseen health crises But the way the Indian Government stepped up its efforts in running the worlds largest vaccination program and being the fastest one to reach the 100-million mark of inoculations has been inspiring and noteworthy The Bajaj Group supported mega vaccination drives were a big step towards realising the immunization vision of the Government We salute the constant hard work commitment and dedication of the frontline workers and local government bodies in Pune and Aurangabad without whom this 1 million plus inoculation milestone wouldnt have been possible The Municipal Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation PMC Shri Vikram Kumar IAS congratulated stating This is truly commendable and testifies the exemplary CSR efforts of the Bajaj companies to support maximum vaccination coverage of the city From the very start of the pandemic the Bajaj group of companies stood strong with the communities government and local authorities to extend the desired help and relief support to those who needed the most and we congratulate them on this achievement Its important that we all stay united in our goal of building a safer and protected community against COVID-19 Since the onset of the pandemic the Bajaj group of companies contributed INR 170 crore to support the nationwide fight against COVID-19 which was utilised to alleviate the immediate on-ground challenges as well as to build capabilities and resources including the installation of 12 oxygen plants to provide more than 5000 LPM of oxygen supply to the rural and urban hospitals along with respiratory support equipment like oxygen concentrators ventilators and BiPaps to help augment their capacity in treating COVID-19 patients during the first and second waves of the pandemic To know more click here PWR PWR

Aurangabad Feb 21 PTI Three teenage boys drowned in a farm pond in Daulatabad area of Maharashtras Aurangabad district after failing to gauge its depth police said on Monday Shivraj Pawar 16 Pratik Bhise 15 and Tirupati Kudalkar 15 all residents of Bajajnagar in Waluj died while swimming in the pond in Bhangsi Matagad area on Sunday an official said Their bodies were retrieved by an Aurangabad Municipal Corporation fire brigade team said Inspector Rajshri Ade of Daulatabad police station PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Jan 24 PTI The Central Zoo Authority has asked the civic-run Siddharth Zoo in Aurangabad in Maharashtra to ensure there is no inbreeding of tigers and has directed that mating of the big cats be put on hold an official said on Monday The 14 tigers including five cubs currently in the zoo run by Aurangabad Municipal Corporation are born in the facility itself and hence the letter from CZA the official explained Since the tigers are born here they are related to each other in some way So the CZA asked us to avoid inbreeding We have put on hold mating for a year now We plan to seek tigers from other places for mating purposes Deputy Commissioner Saurabh Joshi told PTI The five cubs currently in the zoo were born on Christmas in 2020 PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Nov 23 PTI Public transport buses and vehicles being used for official purposes by Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation and Aurangabad Municipal Corporation will shift to alternate fuel to reduce carbon emissions civic chief Astik Kumar Pandey said on Tuesday Speaking at a sensitization-cum-review workshop in Mumbai he said the civic body had also planned to increase the green cover of Aurangabad which is spread over 172 square kilometres and has a population of around 20 lakh from the current 4 per cent He said 176 lakh saplings have been planted on 180 spots made free of encroachment as part of efforts to increase green cover We are planning to procure 50 electric buses of which five will come by next month A total of 100 buses will be retrofitted to run on biodiesel and electricity Crematoriums in the city will be wood-free soon as briquettes compress charcoal blocks will be used he added PTI AW BNM BNM BNM