The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission – I, Hyderabad (Telangana) bench comprising B. Uma Venkata Subba Lakshmi (President) and C. Lakshmi Prasanna (Member) held the New India.
The announcement had come as a surprise because no district would have that many beds in Covid Care Centres (CCCs). (Representative Image)
MUMBAI: Hours after announcing the end of home isolation in districts with a positivity rate higher than the state’s average on Tuesday, the state government softened its stand saying it will be discouraged and the emphasis will be on institutional quarantine.
Of the 36 districts in the state, the weekly positivity rate of 18 districts is higher than the state’s weekly average of 10% .
In a review meeting chaired by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, it was decided home isolation of Covid patients in these districts should be discouraged and Covid centres should be scaled up to accommodate more patients. The centres will be set up at the village level, and the state allowed districts to spend 25% funds from the grants received under the15th finance commission and also revenue generated by the minor mineral development fund. “The number o