He said the SCCL has generated 48.56 lakh tonnes of coal in April 2021 as against 30 lakh tonnes in April 2020 and registered a growth rate of 61.9 per cent.
Dattatraya Sawant, a teacher by profession, drives the auto-rickshaw by himself and provides a free ride to COVID-19 patients while taking all precautions like wearing a PPE kit, sanitisation and others.
The observations assume significance in view the recent decision of the Uttar Pradesh administration to prosecute people under the National Security Act.
The state clocked a 50 per cent positivity rate on Thursday when out of 5,910 samples tested for coronavirus, 3,019 returned positive, health department data showed.
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will be hearing a plea seeking oxygen cylinders, essential medicines, and extra medical staff to Maharashtra hospitals by the Central government.
"For the second year in a row, the sales of ice apples have declined. Fearing Covid, customers are wary of buying them," Kola Kamal, a vendor in Mancherial.