Manuel Leal, leader of Fectrans union, told that workers on the Gloria railway had complained about problems with the funicular's haulage cable tension that made braking difficult.
The city has seen early success with its strategy to revamp affordable living and has adopted key principles to channel real estate investment into tackling the housing crisis.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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