Mumbai: In a clear indication that the third covid wave might have passed Mumbai, the city, as on Tuesday, did not have a closed building or floor in any building.
It also officially marked the first time since the pandemic attacked March 2020 that the city did not have buildings or floors closed.
The BMC rules during the third wave call for the entire building to be sealed only if at least 10 Covid cases are detected in a variety of flats in a small building or more than 20% of the occupied flats have patients in the big society.
The last Covid BMC dashboard showed a closed building at M-East Ward (Deonar, Govandi and Mankhurd) on Monday.
Mahendra Ubale, Assistant Commissioner M-East Ward, said he had been released too.
Civil data shows from the beginning of the pandemic, more than 66,000 buildings or floors are sealed and finally released.
During the third covid wave peak in the first week of January this year, when the city reported more than 20,000 cases a day, civil bodies had revised their protocol to seal the building.
During the second wave, the BMC rules have stated that the entire building must be sealed if more than 10 cases are found in more than one floor.
When the case rises quickly, it starts to troubleshoot many people, calling for revisions of the rules.
However, Sandeep Patel, BJP Corporator from Goregaon, said he did not remember seeing a closed building in his people during the third wave.
“The authorities are very loose and will not succeed in sealing buildings or floors at the right time, therefore residents are also seen taking a sealing protocol very lightly,” Patel said.
BJP Corporator Harshita Narwekar from Cuffe Parade said BMC had a lot of pressure with rapid rotating cases.
“It becomes difficult for the Civic body too, to follow the number of cases that increase sharply.
However, they try to reach as many buildings as possible they can,” he said.
Swapna Mhatre, BJP Corporator from Khar, said the sealing of the building during the first and second waves was diligently carried out by the authorities to the extent that banners would be placed outside them, showing that the entry of outsiders was banned.
Waste will be collected separately too.
“However, during the third wave, restrictions are on paper.
Nothing is implemented in our area,” said Mhatre.
In the first, no building or floor sealed in Mumbai
