- Thursday, October 10, 2024
The Maharashtra government has declared a day of mourning in the state on Thursday to pay tributes to Ratan Tata
By: Shajil Kumar
MAHARASHTRA Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that said industrialist Ratan Tata will be accorded a state funeral.
Tata died at the age of 86 at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday night.
In a post on X, Shinde said Tata was a unique blend of morality and entrepreneurship. He was a living legend who successfully helmed the 150-year-old Tata group, the CM added.
“Ratan ji Tata’s mortal remains will be accorded a state funeral,” Shinde said.
The Maharashtra government has declared a day of mourning in the state on Thursday to pay tributes to Ratan Tata, the Chief Minister’s Office said.
The mortal remains was on Thursday morning taken from his house in a hearse, decked with white flowers, to the NCPA in south Mumbai where it would be kept for people to pay their last respects.
Before the hearse started from Tata’s home, located a couple of kilometres away from the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), the Mumbai Police band played a tune as a mark of respect to him.
As the news of Tata’s demise spread, people from different walks of life gathered outside his house since early Thursday morning to pay tribute to him.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was among the early visitors at Tata’s home.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra’s education minister Deepak Kesarkar and industrialist Mukesh Ambani were among those who rushed to the hospital after hearing about Tata’s death.
The mortal remains of Tata were brought out of the hospital in an ambulance escorted by police vehicles early on Thursday and taken to his residence in Colaba.
Tata’s mortal remains will be kept at the NCPA from 10 am to 3.30 pm on Thursday for people to pay their respects.
Among the early ones who arrived to pay respect at NCPA were Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar, his daughter MP Supriya Sule, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, finance industry stalwart Deepak Parekh and Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das.
His last rites will be performed in Worli area of Mumbai later in the day. (PTI)
