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Crucial to Mumbai infra projects, tunnelling machines made in ChinaSubscriber Only
June 23, 2020 04:08 IST
Officials and project consultants say that it would be impossible to review the Made in China heavy machinery that is being used in all Mumbai’s big ticket infrastructure projects, without causing significant time delay and cost escalation if not paralysing these projects altogether.
Tue, Jun 23, 2020
BMC executive engineer, SRPF sub-inspector succumb to CovidSubscriber Only
June 22, 2020 02:20 IST
Close to 600 SRPF jawans posted in various parts of Maharashtra have tested positive for Covid-19. The rapid rate of infection in the SRPF also led the Maharashtra Police to advise them to set up Covid Care Centres at their own facilities across the state.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Mumbai: Made free of charge, public toilets struggling to pay staff salary, ensure upkeepSubscriber Only
June 22, 2020 01:21 IST
There are around 1,100 such toilets across Mumbai. Public toilets usually charge between Rs 2 and Rs 5 per person for using the toilet and Rs 10 for bathing, even as urinals are free.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: Of 1,808 infected in BMC, 80% lower-rank staffersSubscriber Only
June 20, 2020 02:48 IST
The number could rise as many civic departments are yet to submit numbers of their infected staff and deaths. Among these 71, BMC is yet to issue death certificates to 59 Covid-19 positive employees, mentioning the cause of death.
Sat, Jun 20, 2020
Mumbai: Quarantined at municipal school, travellers complain of poor quality of food & unhygienic conditionsSubscriber Only
June 16, 2020 03:47 IST
Most of these travellers — from Kuwait, Malaysia and Maldives — are workers who had returned to Mumbai on a special flight under the Vande Bharat mission last week.
Tue, Jun 16, 2020
BMC has completed over 113 per cent of pre-monsoon nullah cleaning target: I S ChahalSubscriber Only
June 14, 2020 02:02 IST
Municipal Commissioner I S Chahal said Saturday, the civic body was supposed to remove 2.53 lakh metric tonne silt from major nullah before onset of monsoon. So far, the civic staff have removed 2.87 lakh metric tonne silt, which is 113.50 per cent, he said.
Sun, Jun 14, 2020Mumbai: Residents, corporators complain about delay in garbage collectionSubscriber Only
June 12, 2020 01:22 IST
BJP corporator from K-east (Andheri east) Abhijeet Samant has alleged that many garbage van drivers have been deputed to drive ambulance.
Fri, Jun 12, 2020
40% city population in containment zones, sealed buildings: BMC dataSubscriber Only
June 11, 2020 01:50 IST
The data also shows that while close to 42 lakh people are living in 798 containment zones, more than eight lakh are residing in 4,538 sealed buildings as of June 9.
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
Mumbai: Many street vendors likely to miss out from availing credit loan schemeSubscriber Only
June 10, 2020 14:23 IST
Last month, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had announced a scheme to provide affordable loan of up to Rs 10,000 to more than 50 lakh street vendors across the country, who lost their livelihoods after the country imposed the lockdown on March 24.
Wed, Jun 10, 2020
BMC Dy Commissioner dies after testing positiveSubscriber Only
June 10, 2020 01:45 IST
According to civic officials, Dixit had been attending office till Monday. Though he was asymptomatic, he got himself tested at a clinic in Mahim two days ago.
Wed, Jun 10, 2020Mumbai: 7 new eco-friendly wood pyres to manage load at crematoriumsSubscriber Only
June 06, 2020 01:57 IST
A senior official from the BMC health department said that with this system, only about 100 kg of wood will be required for each cremation compared to the 250-kg of wood needed currently. Also, the process will be faster, along the line of electric crematoriums.
Sat, Jun 06, 2020
20% of India’s cases in Mumbai but daily tests frozen at 4,000 all of MaySubscriber Only
June 05, 2020 04:09 IST
Mumbai and Pune together account for 70 per cent of Maharashtra’s case load. But as of now, less than 50 per cent of the state’s tests are being carried out in these two cities.
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
Mumbai: 11 electric crematoria function at double capacity, yet bodies pile upSubscriber Only
June 01, 2020 00:54 IST
According to the infection control protocol, all Covid-19 bodies either have to be cremated in electric crematoria or buried at burial grounds that are large enough to ensure the infection would not spread.
Mon, Jun 01, 2020
Covid victim’s body sent to unclaimed section at Mumbai hospital: KinSubscriber Only
May 31, 2020 10:59 IST
The family alleged that doctors at NSCI facility did not inform them about the death on May 28 despite repeated inquiries.
Sun, May 31, 2020Employees urge BMC to allot hospital beds for virus-afflicted staffSubscriber Only
May 30, 2020 01:31 IST
So far, more than 1,500 civic employees — healthcare staff, engineers, workers from the conservancy department, and others on coronavirus-related duties — have been infected by the virus, while 25 have succumbed due to it.
Sat, May 30, 2020
Contact tracing: How Mumbai lost the momentumSubscriber Only
May 28, 2020 22:40 IST
BMC staffers, overworked, fatigued and fearful of the virus, struggled to cope with the tough rigour of the process – combing congested localities, interviewing people, testing and isolating them.
Thu, May 28, 2020
1,529 frontline BMC workers infected, 25 deadSubscriber Only
May 28, 2020 02:17 IST
The most recent casualty was a 56-year-old fireman posted at Gowalia Tank Fire Station on Grant Road, who died Sunday evening.
Thu, May 28, 2020Mumbai: Doc served notice for prescribing test, but all 3 patients positiveSubscriber Only
May 26, 2020 02:53 IST
Local BJP corporator Priti Satam, who met Assistant Municipal Commissioner, P-North (Malad), Sanjog Kabare, on May 23, said the test results of all three were positive.
Tue, May 26, 2020
Mumbai: Waiting for hospital bed, man dies in wheelchairSubscriber Only
May 26, 2020 02:50 IST
The man was earlier refused admission by seven hospitals, his family said. By the time he reached KEM on May 22, he required ICU support. He had complained of breathlessness and chest pain.
Tue, May 26, 2020Large number of distress calls over unavailability of ambulances: Civic dataSubscriber Only
May 24, 2020 00:29 IST
The civic body had, on April 24, launched the helpline 1916 to address queries related to Covid-19. Apart from these queries, the helpline also answered queries related to food supply for the needy, travel-related information in the city and civic complaints.
Sun, May 24, 2020
Mumbai: In Dharavi, 75% infected are frontline workersSubscriber Only
May 23, 2020 02:17 IST
According to the data, as on May 20, Dharavi had reported 1,360 cases. Of these, 525 had been discharged and 56 had died. Data also showed that 35 per cent of the cases are contracted within the family.
Sat, May 23, 2020Mumbai: 57-year-old BMC security officer diesSubscriber Only
May 21, 2020 03:45 IST
The security guard, originally posted at KEM hospital at Parel, was last month shifted to G-South ward — comprising Worli, Mahalaxmi, Lower Parel — after a government directive restricted assigning staff above 55 years on Covid-19 duty.
Thu, May 21, 2020Mumbai: For every Covid patient, trace 10 high and low-risk contacts, says Municipal commissionerSubscriber Only
May 20, 2020 05:10 IST
The May 17 order states that all ward officers should maintain average quarantine ratio of 1:10 across the city in congested areas, especially slums and chawls, where people only have access to common toilets.
Wed, May 20, 2020
Mumbai: ‘Not trained’, housing societies oppose recording oxygen levels, temperature of their residentsSubscriber Only
May 19, 2020 06:12 IST
Following this, BMC has clarified that the instructions are not mandatory. On Monday, MahaSewa – a federation of housing societies – wrote to Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, raising concerns over the instructions issued by BMC.
Tue, May 19, 2020Mumbai: Pvt docs’ registration to be cancelled if they suggest tests without examining patientsSubscriber Only
May 19, 2020 05:16 IST
During his visit to M East ward — comprising Govandi and Mankhurd — on Sunday, Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal was told that many private doctors were recommending swab tests for people who have no symptoms without examining them.
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