Multiplast Polymer Pvt. Ltd

Multiplast Polymer 

Multiplast Polymer Pvt. Ltd. is a giant manufacturer and supplier of premium quality polymer products. Mr. Manoj V. Gada started the Multiplast polymers in 1997 at Mulund. With an aim of expanding their operations, their company and factory was shifted to Bhiwandi industrial area in the outskirts of Mumbai in 2011. Multiplast Polymers real success is their policy of Kaizen (continuous development) in all the aspects of business operations, without being complacent with their market standing.

Multiplast has carved a niche as one of the prime Pharmaceutical bottles and caps supplier in India. This has been achieved through quality-focused, cost effective; innovative, time bound & customized packaging solutions powered by our commitment towards excellence. Multiplast’s vision is to become most reliable global leader in pharma packaging industry by constant R&D, world class facilities, system driven organization and with international alliance. Its mission includes becoming most reliable Indian leader in pharma packaging industry by understanding our customers’ needs and providing them solutions. Multiplast Polymers Ltd.’s ambitious objectives assure that their clients, can be offered the safest, innovative and most cost effective packaging and achieve or retain leadership position in their industry.

Multiplast Polymers’ has a diversified product portfolio which includes bottles, jars, containers, caps and customized products suitable to pack liquid, tablet, capsules, powder etc., These items are designed to serve pharma, Cosmetic, Oil and Pesticide products. They also provide products with customer specification with personalized edits in the design to provide consumer satisfaction. Multiplast Polymers Pvt. Ltd. has been one of the pioneers of innovation in the polymer product industry who have developed unique products like twin neck bottles, Upper hand bottles, children resistance caps and nasal spray assy. Apart from the previously mentioned products, Multiplast also produces zymes, shampoos, pesticides and dry syrups which further extend its product range.

The coveted company are using world class technology of Extrusion Blow Molding (EBM), Injection Blow Molding (IBM) and Injection Molding (IM) machines. It is ensured that the products are packed in a clean room under stringent supervision of quality control. Raw material feeding is fully automated with zero possibility of any contamination due to manual handling. In the present Multiplast Polymers Pvt. Ltd. has proudly captured a substantial chunk of the market share today, by remaining focused on the individual customer and dedicated to personal service. They are producing around 300 variants with a capacity ranging from 5 ml to 5 litres in different shape and colours.

23 years after girl got HIV+ve blood, blood bank officer gets 2 years in jail.

In these 23 years, the investigators have lost track of the victim; the convicted blood bank officer has retired; and her lab assistant, who too was charged, is no more.

Twenty-three years after a typhoid patient admitted to JJ Hospital was transfused with HIV infected blood, a metropolitan magistrate last month sentenced the blood bank's officer to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on her. 

In these 23 years, the state's home department has lost track of the victim; the convicted blood bank officer has long retired and is well into her 70s; and her lab assistant, who was also charged, has passed away. 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials, who pursued the case doggedly through the long trial, say that this is a first conviction in a case of negligence by a blood bank. 

The convicted blood bank officer Dr Jyotsna Desai, who was attached to the Tata Blood Bank and Transfusion Centre at JJ Hospital, was charged under several sections of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act and Section 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code. 

The victim, a 13-year-old girl from Jalgaon, who was suffering from typhoid, anaemia and chronic inflammation, was admitted to JJ Hospital in August 1991. She was transfused with a unit of blood (serial no 5198) obtained from the Tata Blood Bank and Transfusion Centre which was then run by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. 

While going through the records, Dr Desai realised that blood unit no 5198, which was marked HIV+ve by the AIDS Surveillance Centre, was missing. An internal investigation revealed that the unit was wrongly labled HIV -ve by lab assistant Arjun Sawant and placed on a rack where blood units marked safe to be issued to patients were placed. 

The court ruled that though the error was made by the lab assistant, Dr Desai in her capacity as his supervisor should have detected the mistake and not allowed the infected blood unit to be issued to the Jalgaon girl. 

The FDA came to know about the case though a small report in a regional newspaper in September 1991. Taking cognizance of the report, the FDA began its investigation and called for the patient's blood sample from Jalgaon. 

Test reports stated that the sample tested positive for HIV in Elisa test. Test result for Western Blot Test, however, was indeterminate. 

FDA's joint commissioner Sanjay Kale, who was then a drug inspector, said that the victim's relatives did not remain in contact with the investigators. "We followed up the case thoroughly as it involved serious negligence," said Kale, adding that the licence of the blood bank was soon cancelled after which the state government decided to open its own blood bank in JJ Hospital. 

"It's a cautionary tale for blood banks. They must exercise extreme care in testing, labeling, and issuing blood units." 

FDA joint commissioner B R Masal, who was a complainant in the case, said the case helped tighten controls over testing and labeling of blood units in blood banks. "When this unfortunate incident happened, we were just learning about the deadly HIV infection," he said. 

Desai's lawyer Prakash Kilpady said his client will challenge the order in a higher court. "Desai was made a scapegoat when she was not the main in-charge. She had superiors too. Also, the labeling was done by Sawant who died a few years ago," said Kilpady. 

He also pointed out that there were no tests carried out to determine the age of the HIV infection in the patient, suggesting that the victim may have picked up the infection even before she was admitted to JJ Hospital.

One killed as train derails in Titwala, shuts down section

Five coaches derailed after the train left Titwala station. CR officials feel the coaches may have detached from the train before going off the tracks (above) One of the nine injured being taken to Fortis Hospital for treatment

Thousands of commuters were stranded between Titwala and Kasara; long-distance trains were re-routed as the five derailed bogeys blocked Up and Down lines.

A commuter was killed and at least 14 were injured, six seriously, when five bogeys of a CST-bound local train were derailed between Titwala and Ambivali stations near Balyani village, on Thursday, according to Central Railway officials. The derailed bogeys effectively shut down the Kasara line, forcing CR to cancel all rail traffic between Titwala and Kasara. At least 11 long-distance trains were rerouted and two were rescheduled. 

The CR officials said the coaches might have uncoupled from the train before going off the tracks. The mishap that occurred at 2.50 pm, barely five minutes after the train pulled out of Titwala station, has raised questions on commuter safety for CR. Meanwhile, Government Railway Police has quoted the number of injured to be at least 23. 

The deceased has been identified as Dhaval Mayur Lodaya (20), a resident of Pant Nagar in Ghatkopar (E). The seriously injured included train guard R N Dube, who suffered a dislocated shoulder. Passengers Kiran K Bhoir, Pradeep Janade and Shrutika Dagade were also seriously injured and are undergoing treatment at Fortis Hospital. Four commuters sustained minor injuries. 

Balyani villagers rushed to the rescue after hearing the cries of commuters, helping those inside the derailed bogeys to get out. CR officials said the reason behind the mishap was yet to be ascertained. "The impact was such that it even broke several concrete sleepers, and caused one of the coaches to tilt steeply. Something seriously went wrong and a lot of questioning and answering will follow," said a senior CR official. 

CR spokesperson A K Jain said, "Of the 14 injured, five were taken to Railway Hospital, Kalyan where one of them was discharged after first-aid. Four were taken to Fortis Hospital." He added that ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 was announced for the next of kin of the deceased, Rs 15,000 for those grievously injured and Rs 5,000 for the rest. 

Jain said suburban services were on between CST-Kalyan and Titwala-Kasara stations, as well as shuttles from CST to Ambivali and Titwala to Kasara. "The state government was requested to ply extra State Transport buses to help commuters travel between Kalyan and Titwala," he added. 

Railways officials said getting the line back to operational status would take time, given the extent of damage. "Already, around 11 long-distance trains have been diverted and two had to be rescheduled. Hopefully, the Down line (towards Kasara) will be cleared and operational by 10 pm on Thursday. The work on the Up line (towards CST) might go on till Friday," an official said. 

An RPF officer said one of their constables, Rahul Girase, was on the train and informed authorities before joining the rescue effort. Sources in the CR said an inquiry will be carried out into the mishap by the Commissioner of Railway Security (CRS) as a passenger had been killed. 

DECEASED WAS AWAITING HSC EXAMINATION RESULTS 

Dhaval Mayur Lodaya (20), a student of Somaiya College, had just appeared for the HSC exams. His relatives in Ghatkopar said Dhaval was returning from a visit to a Jain temple in Asangaon with three friends. 

Due to the massive jerk caused by the derailment, Dhaval was thrown out of the train. He lay injured for more than half an hour before succumbing to his injuries. Eyewitnesses said his life could have been saved if medical aid had arrived on time. 

His family friend Rohit Parekh told Mirror that the train first swayed left and then right. Though a crowd of over 150 had gathered, no one helped as all were busy taking photos and videos on their phones. "A local corporator also refused to help saying he did not have a vehicle," Parekh said.

City needs directly elected mayor, says Milind Deora

South Mumbai MP Milind Deora at the Mumbai Mirror office on Wednesday

Mumbai Mirror Bureau

Mumbai's infrastructure and governance problems can be fixed only if the city directly elects a mayor and vests him with all the necessary powers. This is thirty-sevenyear old, two-time MP from South Mumbai, Milind Deora's solution to sorting out the mess his home city is in. 

None of the 269 elected representatives from the city, including corporators, MLAs and MPs, had any exclusive power or any vision for Mumbai. But with devolution of power to a mayor, there will be more accountability and pressure on that office, and will soon have it seeking authority over the police, MHADA, and other agencies. 

Maharashtra was the second biggest state in the country and its capital needed a new model of governance. In a one-hour interaction with the Mumbai Mirror, Deora, who is now Minister of State for IT & Communications as well as Shipping, said Mumbai's governance is too fragmented. If he had to use his funds as an MP to build a Rs 10 lakh toilet in his constituency, it would need some 30 clearances from multiple agencies, making it an arduous exercise. 

It is a problem that most cities in India are facing and many of Deora's friends from Bangalore too had the same complaints about that city. Delhi is an exception because in the national capital region, three governments were competing, putting up infrastructure to attract industry. "I am an IT company, and UP offers me a better deal, I can move to NOIDA. Mumbai does not have that." 

The Modi and Kejriwal factors 

The young leader found Kejriwal "definitely a character" and conceded nobody was taking BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi lightly. But the hype about Modi could not be bought, and elections are more than just a personality contest. His calculations are that even if the BJP did get 40 per cent of the vote, with Modi, the "entirely right face" of the BJP , which is already a right of centre party, getting coalition partners will not be easy. Should the partners compromise on their ideology in allying with the BJP, then keeping the alliances going would be a problem. 

As for Kejriwal, only God knew whether the attention he was getting would lead to a proportionate election outcome. Deora could not help being excited when the apolitical movement started by Anna Hazare became a political movement and led to electoral participation, but felt let down when Kejriwal quit the Delhi government, not even providing a reason. According to him, Kejriwal plays the opposition all the time is neither solution-oriented nor realistic. 

And some of the biggest thugs in his own constituency were joining AAP, said Deora, referring to a not-so-above-board project of one of the AAP members, which he said he had opposed with the help of well-known activists in the city. 

Deora, who has been in the limelight in the recent past for his criticism of the Maharashtra chief minister, insisted he has a good personal equation with him. His own reading was that the CM, to be fair to him, was finding his feet in the state after having been for years at the centre. In the Campa Cola case, when Deora wrote to Sonia Gandhi asking her to get the chief minister to do something to help the residents, he admitted he did get a bit excited. 

As far as South Mumbai is concerned 80 per cent of his energies during the coming polls will be directed against his principal opponents, the MNS and the Shiv Sena, the difference in 2009 being that one did not know how strong the MNS was electorally. "I have a good sense now.... there is a little more predictability," said Deora. The rest of the candidates, including Meera Sanyal of AAP, he dismissed as being of secondary concern. 

He thought of himself as accessible to his constituency, having spoken on behalf of its interests. He had been vocal about the Campa Cola issue, the cluster development for Bhendi Bazar, the Eastern freeway, a housing regulator for Maharashtra and so on. His pet theme by his admission is mobile tower radiation and he had persuaded his ministry to make the radiation limits ten times more stringent in 2012. 

That Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi criticised the government's Ordinance attempting to get around the Supreme Court's verdict on convicted lawmakers shortly after Deora himself had tweeted his criticism was a complete coincidence, he claimed. 

"I'd be very happy to say yes, Rahul and I speak and I am the weather vane who tests the waters for him. I'd love to get credit for that. But it is not true."

Railways unable to put own house in order

Between 3.30 pm and 4 pm on workings days, a special train for railway employees stops at Parel station, which hundreds of workshop staffers cross the tracks to board

Railway employees break all rules with impunity; can be seen walking on tracks and boarding trains from wrong sides.

Even as the Mumbai Railways revives its "most ambitious" Rs 150-crore trespass control project to reduce the number of track deaths on suburban railways, it is unable to rein in its own employees. Every day, hundreds of employees walk on the tracks with impunity, climb trains from the wrong side and break every law in the book. 

This Mumbai Mirror reporter visited the Parel station between 3.30 pm and 4 pm on a working day to find hundreds of railway workshop employees walking on the tracks to catch the "employee special train" that arrives on platform number three. Since platform number four at Parel is still equipped to handle only nine-car trains, the 12-car special train halts here twice, making employees jump on the train from all sides, risking their lives and limbs. 

"All gates and fences that are usually locked are opened up at this time to facilitate commuters, leading to complete chaos at the station, even as CSTbound fast trains speed past honking continuously," said an activist. 

"In fact, there are too many of them to be controlled. There is a small passageway at the north end of the workshop from where they come onto the tracks. A small locked-up gate near the booking office in the east side is also opened up, leading to scores jumping onto the path of running lines to reach platform three," he added. 

Police constables and home guards on duty said they were helpless, as advising employees was beyond their duty and control. 

Meanwhile, Central Railway's chief spokesperson Atul Rane assured Mumbai Mirror that railway employees will be sensitised about the issue. 

Last year, as many as 3,506 people had died in railways-related mishaps. The department then launched a trespass control plan as part of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project 2-A. The plan was funded by the World Bank, Indian Railways and the Maharashtra government and co-ordinated by the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation. 

It aimed at creating facilities such as foot-over bridges, escalators and green patches near stations. 

Initially, the project was formally launched by Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge during his Mumbai visit in October 2013. Soon after the launch, the project got scrapped as the World Bank raised some objections over the tender process. Last week, the

How Shakti Mills changed in 7 months

Seven months after two gang rapes cast a harsh light on Mumbai's safe-for-women image, the site of the assaults - Shakti Mills - remains a dark blot in an area with gleaming high rises: lights authorities had promised in the aftermath have not been installed yet. 

Private security guards use torches to patrol the desolate 10-acre property at night. There is no visible police presence in the Shakti Mills lane, off Dr E Moses Marg, either. 

But some things have changed. 

1. Thick vegetation that provided easy cover to drug addicts is gone, so are the louts, for now. 

2. Walls and small rooms inside the compound that gave it a mazelike characteristic have been torn down. 

3. The compound's multiple archways have been sealed and converted into a perimeter wall, and the section facing rail tracks - from where the gang-rape accused used to sneak in - has been fortified. 

4. Six watchmen, deployed after a high court directive to secure the premises, keep round-the-clock vigil in two shifts. 

5. More measures are on the cards: a barbed wire fence will come up in the section near tracks and two watchtowers are being planned. 

The most important change perhaps is how people who live or work in the locality have responded to the two horrific rapes. 

An informal neighbourhood watch keeps a track of people seen milling around near the compound. The group comprises not only locals and stall-owners, but also cabbies, who frequent the lane for food and some rest. 

"If we hear any ruckus at night, the locals accompany us inside the compound," said Nishar Ahmed, 42, one of three guards posted outside the mill on the night before Thursday's verdict. "Taxi drivers also alert us if they see a suspicious person in the vicinity." 

Another watchman, Shiv Kumar Gupta, said the police's response had also improved. "Whenever we call them to nab trespassers, they arrive at the scene immediately," he said. "A police van also makes rounds three to four times in a day." 

Naina Patankar, who runs a small eatery outside Shakti Mills, said six months ago the compound was a "jungle". "Once I entered the compound to gather some wood, but was accosted by a man, who I later learnt was one of the rapists. I never went inside again," she said. 

The man Patankar mentioned appeared to fit the description of 28-year-old Mohammed Salim Ansari, one of three men involved in both the gang rapes. 

Krishna Gawde, 26, who runs a tea stall outside the compound, said with the foliage removed, the locals could spot trespassers and alert the guards. 

"With the archways sealed and the rear perimeter wall repaired, one cannot easily enter Shakti Mills. It's different place than what it was seven months ago," said Rajan, who works in an electronics store nearby.

EC exempts board examiners from poll duty

The Election Commission has exempted more than a lakh state board examiners and moderators from election duty to clear their schedules and give them time to evaluate the answer sheets of HSC and SSC students. 

The junior college teachers had last month boycotted assessment of three HSC examinations in protest against the state government, demanding salary arrears among other things. 

Now it is expected that 1.1 lakh examiners and moderators will be able to make up for the lost time and complete the evaluation process before June 5, the deadline set by the Supreme Court to declare the results. 

"As many as 85 lakh HSC students and 1 crore SSC students took the examination. We had proposed that instead of junior college teachers, the state should look to the six lakh Std I to Std IX teachers in Maharashtra for election duty," said Anil Deshmukh, secretary of the Maharashtra State Federation of Junior College Teachers' Organisation. 

Mumbai divisional board chairman, Laxmikant Pande, meanwhile confirmed the report, saying the exemption will ensure timely completion of the assessment process. 

"They will be able to make up the time lost when they boycotted the assessment of the first three HSC papers, and deliver the results before the deadline," said Pande.Meanwhile, SSC students appeared for their social science paper and HSC students for the English literature exam. While no cases of cheating were reported for the HSC exam, two were reported for SSC exam in the Thane region.