INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CM Shinde has said Ratan Tata will be accorded a state funeral
(Photo: PTI)2 min read Last Updated Oct 10 2024 | 11:13 AM IST
Legendary industrialist Ratan Tata's body 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
demise spread, people from different walks of life gathered outside his house since early Thursday morning to pay tribute to
Tendulkar among early visitors
Ratan Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, died at
age 86 at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday night.
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.
CM Shinde has said Ratan Tata will be accorded a state funeral.
The Maharashtra
statement quoting CM Shinde said the national tricolour on government offices in Maharashtra will be flown at half-mast on Thursday as a
sign of mourning.
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.
His last rites will be performed in Worli area of Mumbai later in the day.First Published: Oct 10 2024 | 10:21 AMIST
