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GHAZIABAD: The reducing number of active cases has raised hopes of the unlock process starting in Noida and Ghaziabad this week. Active cases in Ghaziabad came down to 631 on Saturday while in Noida, it was 610. As per state government’s directive, curfew will be lifted in districts with less than 600 active cases. So far, curbs have been eased in 61 of the 75 districts of the state.
Ghaziabad chief medical officer NK Gupta said that in the past 5 days the district has registered a decline in active cases. “From 1,025 active cases on June 1, it came down to 631 on Saturday. This has brightened the prospect for lifting of the curfew in the district. However, a decision in this regard will be taken by the district magistrate (DM) once the active cases are below 600. Given the trend, it is likely next week,” Gupta said.
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GHAZIABAD: Even as the city is struggling with rampant garbage dumping in almost every municipal area, the civic body as come up with an ambitious plan of launching “spot the garbage” challenge on social media, especially Twitter, from this week. Under the initiative, residents will be asked to tag the civic body along with pictures of garbage dumps in their area and the civic body will clean them within 24 hours and provide the geo-tagged photo with location and timing. Officials said that initially they will clean the spot in 24 hours, but over the period of time, the response time will be reduced to just two hours. They added that the department has also formed a “Team-100” comprising one volunteer from each ward whose job will be to keep an eye on civic issues and inform the official concerned so that timely action can be initiated.