Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to the Centre, demanding that banks be asked to postpone the repayment of loan instalments of small, medium, and other business enterprises due in the first quarter of the current fiscal, without charging any interest over it.
He said number of active caseload of Covid-19 in the state is expected to double in the next 15 days. Maharashtra is expecting its active caseload to reach 1.19 million by April 30, compared to the current active caseload of 564,000, Thackeray said on Wednesday in the letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He also said the medical oxygen requirement in the state is projected to reach 2,000 metric tonnes per day by April-end from the present consumption of 1,200 mt per day.