People queue up as they wait for their turn to undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test before entering the Gateway of India, in Mumbai, Sunday, April 04, 2021. (PTI photo)
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Sunday announced a weekend lockdown in the state from 8pm on Friday to 7am on Monday in a bid to curb the growing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the state.
Apart from the weekend lockdown, strict restrictions will be in force from Monday 8 pm onwards, minority affairs minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
He said that night curfew will continue and prohibitory orders issued under section 144 will be force during the day time during the week.
The fire was reported at plot No-128 of Bajaj HealthcareLimited in Tarapur MIDC.
MUMBAI: A fire broke out at a drug manufacturing unit in Tarapur MIDC of Maharashtra s Palghar district on Saturday.
Firemen said around 50 workers were safely rescued from the premises.
Fire breaks out in a drug manufacturing unit in #Tarapur MIDC. No injuries reported. Around 50 workers rescued. https://t.co/jHonYrzsTJ TOI Mumbai (@TOIMumbai) 1617436846000
No injuries have been reported so far.
The fire was reported at plot No-128 of Bajaj HealthcareLimited in Tarapur MIDC.
The Boisar-MIDC fire brigade vehicles reached the spot but the movement of the vehicles was made difficult due to several illegal constructions around.
Bombay High Court at Mumbai is one of the oldest High Courts of India
Mumbai: City lawyers, Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) before Bombay high court to seek a Central policy to provide Covid jabs to “advanced age senior citizens, specially abled and medically challenged’’ by offering door-to-door vaccination services in the “interest of natural justice’’. The PIL may come up for urgent hearing on April 5.
The plea seeks a helpline to enable the elderly to book vaccination appointments for home visits. It also wants the HC to direct the state to arrange for ambulances to ferry citizens above the age of 75, those who are differently abled and unable to visit the centres. The PIL suggests that authorities could charge around Rs 500 for the service. A similar plea by the BMC to the state was declined due to lack of policy. tnn
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