A state government notification issued late on Sunday said all shops except essential services would remain shut till the end of the month
MUMBAI: The rapid spread of Covid-19 finally forced the Uddhav Thackeray government to announce lockdown-like restrictions across the state from 8pm on Monday. On weekends, a complete lockdown will be imposed.
A state government notification issued late Sunday said all shops except essential services would remain shut till the end of the month, leaving people only Monday to buy non-essential goods this month. Restaurants will be allowed to operate only takeaway and home delivery services during the day hours. All theatres, cinema halls, malls, gardens and playgrounds will remain closed. While night curfew will be imposed everyday from 8pm to 7am, gatherings of five or more persons will be prohibited during the daytime 7am to 8pm on weekdays.
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MUMBAI: In view of the surge in Covid-19 cases, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced new guidelines for the state. The new norms will be implemented from 8pm on Monday. Also, a complete lockdown will be imposed on weekends.
The following are the fresh restrictions issued by the state government:
Curbs Complete lockdown on weekends 8pm Friday to 7am Monday only essential services allowed. Night curfew (from 8pm to 7am) throughout the week, can step out only for emergency/essential work. During the day, gathering of 5 or more persons not allowed (Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)).
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MUMBAI: Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) officials manipulated the list of eligible slumdwellers on the Wadala plot developed by Omkar group three times in five years. This substantially increased the development potential of the project and the developer managed to take a Rs 410-crore loan from Yes Bank, according to the chargesheet recently filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
ED has named Omkar group promoters Babulal Varma and Kamal Kishor Gupta, and JM Joshi group promoter Sachin Joshi, and 14 firms associated with them in the chargesheet. Varma, Gupta and Joshi have already been arrested.
ED claimed that the list of eligible residents of Anand Nagar slum was manipulated last in 2016, just after Omkar Group took over the project. This increased the plot’s FSI from 2.05 to 4. However, the SRA website till date shows the development potential of the plot as per 2.05 FSI.
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MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently filed a complaint against a Dahisar resident, who allegedly travelled on a train from Vadodara to Mumbai on March 24 despite testing positive for Covid.
She was instructed to undergo 14-day home quarantine after getting discharged from SSG Hospital in Vadodara the previous day. The 53-year-old, Taruna Nayak, who is currently at Dahisar Checknaka Covid Centre will get discharged in a day or two. Meanwhile, the authorities are concerned about all those who came in contact with Nayak while travelling on the train from Vadodara.
Nayak visited her relatives in Vadodara last month to attend a family ritual when she contracted the Covid infection. “The hospital she was admitted to erred in their responsibility and got her discharged and asked her to undergo 14-day quarantine,” said a BMC official.
Extinguishers installed at the facility came in handy
MUMBAI: A tragedy was averted after a fire broke out at a jumbo Covid centre in Dahisar around noon on Sunday. While 50 patients were moved out in the nick of time, no instance of anyone being injured was reported. “Patients’ lives were saved in the nick of time,” a fire official claimed. No BMC official was available for comment.
This is the third such instance of a fire breaking out at a Covid care centre in the city in the last six months.
On Sunday, at least 50 were undergoing treatment at hangar ‘F’ the section where the fire broke out and eventually spread to the adjacent hangar ‘G’ where another 49 had been admitted. Firefighters and security staff at the centre put out the blaze using extinguishers installed at the spot. Officials, said a short circuit in electrical wiring possibly sparked the fire.