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Mumbai: World Bank appreciates efforts to contain COVID-19 spread in Dharavi

The World Bank in its statement asserted that the Dharavi success came from a place of combination of customized solutions, community involvement and perseverance.

Mumbai: World Bank appreciates efforts to contain COVID-19 spread in Dharavi
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On Wednesday, October 7, the World Bank praised the efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the slum clusters of Dharavi, Mumbai.

Moreover, the World Bank in its statement asserted that the success came from a place of the combination of customized solutions, community involvement and perseverance. The Washington-based global lender, in its biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report, said that in the space of three months, by the month of July, the number of reported cases in the area had been cut to 20 per cent of their peak in May.

Dharavi, which is one of the world’s largest slums, is located in India's commercial capital Mumbai and is spread over an area of 2.5 square kilometres. The success story of Dharavi with regards to controlling the spread of the coronavirus had earlier become exponentially famous with the Chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) praising the model.

Moreover, several sectors, namely, the police, the doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, cleaners, MPs, MLAs, state administration, municipal corporations and other people's representatives did their best to control the contagious disease. Furthermore, meeting the daily needs of the people during this pandemic also happened to be a challenge for the administration. The police have assisted the administration regarding this work as well. Spreading awareness about the coronavirus to the shopkeepers, moving vegetable and meat shops to open spaces were some of the methods undertaken by the police.

Similarly, free meals were also provided to approximately 30,000 people twice a day through social organizations in the area. A large number of Biharis living in the Dharavi area for business were also invited through the Bihari Janata Association. Importantly, the police called 2-3 volunteers each from different parts of Dharavi to the police station and gave them detailed guidance about COVID-19 and through them succeeded in controlling the crowd in the area.

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