Lata Mangeshkar\'s building sealed by BMC as precautionary step amid COVID-19



Lata Mangeshkar's building sealed by BMC as precautionary step amid COVID-19

The residential building where Lata Mangeshkar lives was sealed by BMC as a precautionary measure amid the ongoing COVID-19


Lata Mangeshkar

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The residential building Prabhukunj, where playback legend Lata Mangeshkar lives, was sealed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday as a precautionary measure amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The singer and her family are safe.

The Mangeshkar family released an official statement that reads: "We have been inundated by calls all evening enquiring whether Prabhukunj is sealed. The Building Society and the BMC have sealed it from the onset of the epidemic as we have senior citizens at home and in the building, and it is mandatory to take these precautions. Even our usual festive Ganesha celebrations were a simple familial one this time, to cooperate and support social distancing."

The statement further read: "Please do not react to any hearsay on the health of our family members, especially. We, as a building society in unison, are taking utmost caution, care and co-operating to ensure the well-being and safety of all the senior citizens especially, and all the other residing members as well. By God`s grace and the wishes of so many, the family is safe!"

Lata Mangeshkar, 90, lives in Prabhukunj with her family. The building is located in Chamballa Hill, Pedder Road of South Mumbai.

In December 2019, Lata Mangeshkar was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The legendary singer had shared about getting treated for the disease and thanked the hospital authorities.

Her statement read as "Namaskaar, For the past 28 days, I was at Breach Candy hospital... I was diagnosed with pneumonia. The doctors preferred that I extend my stay in the hospital and go home when completely healthy. Today, I am back home with the blessings of Mai and Baba I have my deepest gratitude to all my well-wishers all over. Your prayers and good wishes have worked and I humbly bow down to each one of you. My doctors at Breach Candy have been my guardian angels and I stand in eternal gratitude to each one of them. The nursing staff has been exceptional. Your endless love and blessings are precious. Thank you, again!"