NMMC special team leaves for Mahad to conduct rescue operations

Due to the severity of the floods across Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has appealed to all civic bodies across the state to take adequate measures to conduct relief operations. 

In view of the situation, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), as per the instructions of Municipal Commissioner Abhijeet Bangar, has provided for a relief team of 43 people who immediately left for Mahad amidst the flooding situation. 

In the year 2018 as well, during the floods, the relief team of NNMC had worked in the Kolhapur area and it was noticed at various levels. Meanwhile, the team, which was sent to Mahad, will be assisted by Deputy Chief Sanitation Officer Pralhad Khose, Sanitation Inspectors Lovesh Patil and Vijay Naik and 40 volunteers. 

On the other hand, the civic body has increased coronavirus testing amid the fear of third and a rise in the cases of delta variant cases across the state. NMMC has emphasized targeted testing to delay the third wave of COVID-19. However, it has come to light that the civic body has been implementing the policy of targeted testing over the last month.

In this, the whole family or, in some cases, the whole floor of an affected person is tested. The civic body has been testing all citizens in the building where more than five or more COVID-positive patients are found declaring it as a containment zone. For this, daily action is being taken through the concerned Municipal Citizen Health Centers and testing camps are being conducted in the hotspots under their jurisdiction.

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