Over 36,000 industrial units shut in Maharashtra in five years

Many factories and businesses in a big Indian state called Maharashtra have closed down.

In the last five years, more than 36,211 industrial units shut their doors.

Most of these were in Mumbai city, the biggest city in the state.

Pune and Thane also had many factories close.

A government member named Rajabhau Waje asked the government for these numbers.

He wanted to help workers who lost their jobs.

The government said it does not keep track of how many workers were affected.

Workers may not have received money they are owed, like their savings funds or wages.

The government's companies department says there are laws to deal with closed companies.

These laws say workers should be paid before other people get money from a closed company.