Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar calls off Maharashtra bandh
Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar calls off Maharashtra bandh
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In View Of The Unrest, Various Airlines Said They Will Be Providing Change And Cancellation Fee Waiver For Flights To And From Mumbai And Also Pune For Wednesday.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Shambhudeep Hore | Updated on: 03 Jan 2018, 06:29:17 PM
New Delhi:
The bandh called by Dalit groups in Maharashtra was called off on Wednesday after the state witnessed protests, sporadic violence, road and rail traffic disruption.
Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, called off the shutdown around 4:30 PM. Ambedkar had given the strike call on Tuesday after wide-spread protests in Mumbai.
BMC GIVES 11% WEALTH TO HEALTH
Mumbai : BMC Medical staff Swab Testing at Navjeet Jain health centre Dadar.
Photo by BL SONI
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has increased its health budget by 11 per cent for the year 2021-22 compared to three per cent for 2020-21. The civic body has estimated Rs 4,728.53 crores for this year compared to Rs 4,260 crore which was proposed in the year 2020-21. Officials said they are mainly focusing on improving the health infrastructure, building new hospitals, moreover the capital expenditure has also increased with 50 per cent compared to last year.
The civic body has also planned to vaccinate 1 crore citizens of Mumbai once the vaccine is freely available in the market. Currently the distribution of vaccines is being regularised by the central government and it s free for the first and second phase. Moreover for maintaining the health data of each administration of ward, BMC has allocated rupees seven crore for the Outpatient Departmen