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EXODUS 2.0 Barely 12 hours after the CM announced a stricter lockdown in the state amid skyrocketing COVID cases, thousands of migrants thronged Pune’s railway station and bus depots, desperate not to be trapped here again like they were during restrictions last year tossing distancing to the wind t was just over a year ago that the blight of COVID-19 first touched lives in the city, leading to the first in a series of lockdowns that displaced the entire citizenry out of the comfort of their routines. Amongst those most affected were vulnerable sections of society, especially migrant labourers, who had then embarked on a heartbreaking exodus en masse, often even taking to the roads on foot to walk hundreds of miles back to their homes in other states amid desperate conditions. ....
Updated Apr 12, 2021 | 13:31 IST As the second wave hits the country, Pune faces an acute shortage of covid beds. The 60 railways coaches that had been equipped last year with ventilators to isolate patients could help in this situation. 60 railway coaches from last year might eliminate the shortage of covid beds | Photo Credit: PTI Pune: As the second wave of Covid-19 has hit the country, Pune faces an acute shortage of Covid beds. The 60 railways coaches that had been equipped last year with ventilators to isolate patients could help in catering for the shortage of beds. Pune Railway station public relations officer Manoj Jhanwar told Mirror, “We had readied the facility in April 2020, but it wasn’t used. There was no demand for it and we eventually wrapped it up. The set-up was not too expensive and could have been put to good use for isolation at present. However, the facility is not in place currently. We can ready it ....