Patiala: Because social distance is not possible in Dharavi which has more than 2.27 lakh people who live per square and a total population of 6.5 lakh, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) gets 48,000 rooms in more than 211 hotels in Megacity.
The Civic’s body moved around 25,000 people, showed Covid-19 symptoms, into this room and other places every week to isolate and monitor them.
This is just one of several strategies that allow the financial capital of India to pass the worst pandemic, despite witnessing cases of Covid 7.48 lakh in the last 18 months.
The handling of the situation obtained widespread praise for the commissioner of BMC Iqbal Singh Chahal.
On Monday, this effort also brought the 1989 IAS officer in the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from the Thapar Engineering & Technology Institute (TIET), Patiala.
The university is considered, during the 35th meeting, decided to honor Chahal’s alumni, which had obtained its technical degree in the field of electronics and communication in 1987, for “extraordinary work as a large Commissioner of Mumbai City in the lead wave of both pandemics”.
In the past eight years, this university has not provided such an honor to anyone, with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being the last to be ordered like this.
During the address of the address and the media here, Chahal shares more detail like how the civil body spends the 1,900 crore Rs which combat Covid.
BMC is an Indian Richest Civil Agency, with an annual budget of ₹ 39,000 crores but also maintains a population of around 1.28 crores.
“Each of the 24 mumbai wards fought with his own battle against Covid, with a war room and a team of doctors, paramedics, and equipment.
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From allotitating their beds, “Chahal said.
“We have 30,000 beds.
We have a Jumbo Hospital and a field hospital to treat patients.
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Tell me a city in the world that can match Mumbai in his fight against Covid.
“The Supreme Court of India seems to agree because he has asked Delhi and other countries to” take out of experience (Mumbai).
” “Now, we have the highest percentage vaccination, with the first to do up to 99% and second to 62% in the city of Mumbai.
On December 31, we will achieve 100% vaccination,” he told TI.
In the second wave, from February to the first week of June, not on a single working day of financial institutions or banks or stores closed, thanks to the unique model of Mumbai, said Chahal, added, “This is how we achieve.
The lowest death rate”.