Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Ahmedabad.
*After using advanced technology like drone cameras that did not even spare people relaxing on their terraces, Vastrapur police has now come up with an old style of patrolling — the bicycle patrols — that can easily move into lanes and bylanes and are harder to spot from a distance.
*The Ahmedabad Municipal corporation issued a set of guidelines asking people who have tested positive for Covid but are asymptomatic and are being kept at Samras Hostel to clean their own rooms and stay indoors.
* Update at 9.23am: Covid-19 death toll rises to 1,147; total cases 35,043, says Union health ministry
*After a meeting with doctors in the walled city, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided that they should start their clinics, as fever clinics, and AMC will provide PPE kits, masks, gloves and sanitizers for free.
*Battling revenue shortfalls and disrupted cash cycle due to the lockdown, at least 51% of Indian corporate houses have decided to freeze hiring for at least six months, according to a survey conducted by a Vadodara-based human resources consultancy firm, NamanHR.
*SVP Hospital has now got a new 20-kilolitre medical oxygen tank, which was installed on a war footing in 15 days. The tank has has cost Rs 1 crore and was set up to ensure uninterrupted supply of oxygen to Covid-19 patients at the hospital.
*For the first time during lockdown, Surat Hira Bourse (SHB) has exported polished diamonds worth Rs200 crore to Hong Kong.
*After using advanced technology like drone cameras that did not even spare people relaxing on their terraces, Vastrapur police has now come up with an old style of patrolling — the bicycle patrols — that can easily move into lanes and bylanes and are harder to spot from a distance.
*The Ahmedabad Municipal corporation issued a set of guidelines asking people who have tested positive for Covid but are asymptomatic and are being kept at Samras Hostel to clean their own rooms and stay indoors.
* Update at 9.23am: Covid-19 death toll rises to 1,147; total cases 35,043, says Union health ministry
*After a meeting with doctors in the walled city, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided that they should start their clinics, as fever clinics, and AMC will provide PPE kits, masks, gloves and sanitizers for free.
*Battling revenue shortfalls and disrupted cash cycle due to the lockdown, at least 51% of Indian corporate houses have decided to freeze hiring for at least six months, according to a survey conducted by a Vadodara-based human resources consultancy firm, NamanHR.
*SVP Hospital has now got a new 20-kilolitre medical oxygen tank, which was installed on a war footing in 15 days. The tank has has cost Rs 1 crore and was set up to ensure uninterrupted supply of oxygen to Covid-19 patients at the hospital.
*For the first time during lockdown, Surat Hira Bourse (SHB) has exported polished diamonds worth Rs200 crore to Hong Kong.
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