3 pm: Satish Sawant, an insurance agent, collected his brand new Nano from a showroom in Prabhadevi, and headed home, dreaming of showing off his first car to his family at LIC Colony, Mulund (W).
3.45 pm: The car burst into flames at Eastern Express Highway. Sawant jumped to safety.
Sawant had spent Rs 2.4 lakh on the silver Nano (MH03 AW 913), which he had got fitted with an A/C and a power steering.
As Sawant cannot drive, the Concorde Motors showroom provided him with a driver to take him home safely.
There was not much afternoon traffic on the Eastern Express Highway, it being a Sunday afternoon. Sawant managed to cross Bhandup in less than 40 minutes. Around 3.45 pm, he reached Navghar Signal on the Eastern Express Highway. Suddenly, a motorcycle overtook him, signalling him to look behind.
As he turned to see what the biker was pointing at, he was alarmed to see the rear of the car in flames.
Sawant and the driver leapt out of the burning car. In no time, the car was engulfed in flames. Even a tree on the side of the highway was singed.
A shaken Sawant said, "I have no idea what happened. A motorcycle rider overtook me and told me that the vehicle was on fire. The engine was behind me and I did not realise that the car was on fire," said Sawant.
A fire tender rushed to the scene and doused the fire. The Navghar police (Mulund E) have registered a case yesterday evening.
This is ridicules the way the car burst in to flame in mulund on Sunday , as we say in mumbai language {sasthe ka maal rasthe mein} this is what the tata motors showing their way of manufacturing responsibilities
i think the managment should take intial step to investigate what is the reason behind of the flame in brand new car . otherwise , thing become difficult for those people who are still hoping for a dream for their family .{ a responsible citizen of India }
i think the managment should take intial step to investigate what is the reason behind of the flame in brand new car . otherwise , thing become difficult for those people who are still hoping for a dream for their family .{ a responsible citizen of India }
Hmm, I am told that many of the low-floor local buses of Tata make in Delhi burst into flames last year in summer; now Tata Nano bursting into flames. Tata must stop delivery of all these vehicles and recall existing ones - it must immediately begin investigating into what's wrong with its vehicles/engine-assembly.
Unless, of course, the chalta hai attitude has now extended to Tatas as well. The common man's life has never been of much worth since we have had population explosion, so everyone from businessmen to politicians now believes they can easily sabotage the right to live guaranteed under the constitution.
Unless, of course, the chalta hai attitude has now extended to Tatas as well. The common man's life has never been of much worth since we have had population explosion, so everyone from businessmen to politicians now believes they can easily sabotage the right to live guaranteed under the constitution.
This is very big news in fact. Its implication will be felt world-wide. The whole world is watching how the 'cheapest car in the world' fared but with this news the critics will have a field day. Let's hope Tata Motors does some good fire-fighting job - the country's reputation is at stake.
An insurance agent's car going up in flames. Something is fishy right there.
New Delhi, March 19 - What a dump, and it is growing by the hour. Almost 40 per cent of the municipal and plastic waste generated in India is not collected, and half of the organic waste goes untreated. And then there is the growing problem of electronic waste.
By 2012, India will generate the most e-waste in the world, second only to China. Most cities do not have adequate infrastructure to manage the growing household and plastic rubbish, even though there are technologies available for treatment and reuse.
"There are only 110 facilities in the country for treating hardly 50 per cent of the organic waste generated," says the environment ministry's report on Road Map on Management of Waste in India A committee of the ministry has sought a law for waste-management with punitive action against defaulters.
The report call for higher penalty for those failing to properly dispose of municipal garbage. "Unless the city administrations get serious about waste management, the problem could become a major health risk," an official, who didn't wish to be identified, said. But, it's the economic growth that poses the biggest challenge - managing e-waste, which can be a discarded refrigerator or end-of-life cellphone or a laptop.
By 2012, India will generate over 800,000 million tonne (mt) of e-waste every year. At present, Mumbai tops the e-waste chart followed by Delhi. Western countries are adding to this mound. The estimate is not known as the ministry believes much of the e-waste is brought in illegally. NGOs such as Toxic Link have raised health concern over US and Europe dumping e-waste in India.
Even though disposing e-waste is defined under Hazardous Waste Management Rules in 2008, most cities don't have a system to collect and dispose of discarded gadgets. "Producers should be bound to take back their products after the life of the product is over and to get it recycled/disposed in. without health risks," says the report released on Thursday.
Poor management of the industry-generated hazardous waste is another worry. Annually 6.2 mt of the waste is generated and 2.1 mt goes untreated. The report talks of 36,000 hazardous waste industries, which include those manufacturing chemicals and plastic. Indiscriminate disposal has left many places environmentally degraded, says the report.
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