In a bizarre incident that took place today, February 3, during the budget session 2021-22, where BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Assistant Commissioner Ramesh Pawar drank sanitiser instead of water.
The incident took place when Pawar was presenting BMC's education budget. A video of Pawar has gone viral. In this video, one can see Pawar picking up a sanitiser bottle kept at the dais and taking a sip from the same. He was mistaken that it is mineral water but he soon realises his mistake and ends up spitting out the liquid, which actually was sanitizer. Though one of the officers tries to stop him from drinking the sanitiser, it was a little too late as by then Pawar had already taken a sip. Later, the officials offered Pawar a bottle of water.
The budgetary estimates for the year are set at INR 2945.78 crores, which is marginally higher than that of the previous year wherein the budgetary estimates were INR 2944.59 crores.
The civic body further informed that it is to spend INR 88.87 crores on providing free scholastic materials to school children. The primary department is to receive INR 70 crores whereas the secondary department will receive INR 18.87 crores.
This comes days after twelve children, under the age of five, were admitted to a hospital after they were administered sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine in Maharashtra's Yavatmal on Monday, February 1. While talking to reporters, Tope said, “It is an unforgivable mistake to give sanitiser to children in place of polio drops. Action has been taken against the concerned Anganwadi worker." He also said that this kind of carelessness and irresponsible attitude is unacceptable.
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