Mumbai: Although BMC prepares a special vaccination center in Dharavi and even associates with private players, inoculation response in slum colonies has lukewarm.
Only about 11% of Dharavi residents have taken Jab because vaccination drive starts in March.
Dharavi, which is spread in 2.5 Km square, accommodates seven populations of lakh-plus – according to some estimates, the number is 8.5 lakh with countless migration – but until now, only 76,180 residents have taken Jab on one and three BMC Run the vaccination center.
Only 13,932 people have taken both doses.
While BMC has provided 45,060 vaccine doses, 31,120 has been given personally.
According to BMC data, 17,657 doses were given in July, but the number fell to 6,161 in August on Monday.
“Given the third wave and the threat of the Delta virus, we put more efforts to discuss more people in vaccination drives,” said Kiran Dighavkar, BMC assistant Commissioner of the Municipality G-North Ward, said.
“Initially, there were many vaccine doubts, but now vaccination took, especially among the working class.
We hope to bind more CSR to vaccinate more people in a fast time span.” “Many residents have also taken doses outside Dharavi And they are not counted in this data for centers in slum colonies.
About 25,000-30,000 inhabitants inoculated in private vaccination camps, “added Diphavkar.
In July, BMC has announced that a resident of Lakh Dharavi will be vaccinated for free in a month through the CSR initiative.
Furthermore, Jaslok Hospital has invested inhabitants with the doses obtained by Citibank.
“We are proud to be associated with Drive Dharavi Vaccination and are committed to reaching 1 early Lakh vaccination.
I think the fact that we crossed the vaccination of 31,000-plus in a month speaking very much from our partner’s commitment, which we found in Jaslok Hospital and NGOs,” said Ashu Khullar, Citi India.
Meanwhile, for the eighth time of this month, Dharavi did not report a new Covid-19 case on Monday.
At present, slum colonies have 11 active cases.
From 7,005 infections recorded in Dharavi, 6,596 patients had been repatriated after recovery, officials said.
The first Dharavi Covid-19 casing was reported on April 1, 2020, almost 20 days after the first patient was detected in Mumbai on March 11, 2020.