Elderly woman dies after fire breaks out in multi-storey Mumbai building
Mumbai (PTI): A 70-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in a 13-storey residential building in Kurla area of Mumbai on Wednesday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in the building located in Premier compound, Kohinoor City, following which some people were stranded on various floors due to smoke in the premises. They all were taken to the building's terrace and rescued from there, a civic official said.
The fire was confined between the 4th and 10th floors, he said.
A woman, identified as Shakuntala Ramani, was injured in the fire. She was rushed to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital where doctors declared her "brought dead", the official said.
After the Mumbai police room received the blaze alert, four fire engines and several other fire-fighting vehicles were rushed to the spot. Efforts were on to douse the blaze, the official said.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
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75% of UPI users may abandon service if transaction fees are introduced: Survey
New Delhi: A recent survey by Localcircles reveals that approximately 75% of UPI users would cease using the service if transaction fees are implemented. The survey, which gathered 42,000 responses from 308 districts, indicates that 38% of users conduct over 50% of their transactions through UPI.
Only 22% of respondents are willing to accept any transaction fee, with a significant majority stating they would stop using UPI altogether. The survey also noted that UPI transactions soared to 131 billion in the fiscal year 2023-24, marking a 57% increase in volume and a 44% increase in value, totaling Rs 199.89 trillion.
Localcircles plans to present these findings to the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India to advocate against the imposition of transaction charges. The survey was conducted online between July 15 and September 20, with 15,598 responses specifically addressing transaction fees.
