Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai with heavy rains on Tuesday. The city saw rain on Tuesday morning and these heavy showers resulted in flooding in many parts of Mumbai. The monsoon arrived a day before and has created difficulties for the Mumbaikars. It is for the first time in many years that the first day of Monsoon has disrupted the lives of Mumbaikars. “Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai today, normal arrival date is 10 June every year so it has arrived before the average arrival date,” said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, Deputy Director General (DDG), IMD Mumbai.

The IMD had predicted a cloudy sky with thundershowers in the city and suburbs. There is also a possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places for four days. The weather department had earlier warned of heavy rains in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, and Konkan areas from 9 to 12 June.

Several parts of Mumbai city and suburban areas received heavy rainfall along with thunder and lightning in the morning. According to the IMD, Colaba received 138 mm of rainfall and Santacruz 196 mm. A high Tide of 4.22m at 11.50 am on Wednesday morning also caused the flooding with heavy rainfall.

Andheri subway, Milan and Khar subways, flooded with water, were closed for people. Navi Mumbai and Thane also witnessed flooding due to the heavy downpour.

Local train services were suspended due to water-logging in some railway tracks. Routes of some BEST buses were diverted. The heavy downpour also saw heavy traffic on the eastern and western highways as buses and trains were either suspended, diverted, or commuting less.

Brihanmumbai Corporation (BMC) chief Iqbal Singh Chahal on Tuesday held an emergency review meeting with corporation officials on monsoon preparedness. The meteorological department has forecasted heavy rainfall in the city within the next few days.

The meeting was regarding sanitation work, the BMC chief instructed the completion of de-silting and cleaning of sewage lines at the earliest.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray reviewed heavy rains in and around Mumbai and considering the possibility of heavy rains, the Chief Minister had instructed the Disaster Management Department to convene a meeting and keep all the agencies ready and vigilant.

CM Uddhav Thackeray has also directed the police and other agencies to take immediate action to remove the obstructions in Mumbai. The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall for the next 48 hours.

Gandhinagar: While some restrictions in the state have been relaxed, other restrictions will be relaxed from 6 am on June 11, 2021. According to decisions taken by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at the core committee meeting, the restaurant and hotel can operate with 50% seating capacity from 11 to 26 June from 9 am to 7 pm. People can opt for takeaways until 9 pm and home delivery until 12 midnight.

All shops, commercial units, lorries, shopping complexes, market yards, salons, beauty parlours and other commercial activities will be open from 9 am to 7 pm. The Chief Minister has decided to extend the existing time limit by an hour.

The libraries can operate with 50% seating capacity and the gardens will also be open during this period from 6 am to 7 pm. The gymnasium with 50% capacity will be open. Taking into account the interest of the students who have to appear for the exams required to study abroad, the CM has permitted to conduct these exams. Political, social, religious, and cultural programs in the state can be held with maximum 50 people.

All religious places in the state will be open to the public. But it is important to ensure that no more than 50 devotees are gathered at a time. SOP compliance is necessary for all these. Public bus services will be continued with 60% passenger capacity.

KOLKATA

Suvendu Adhikari has gained special importance in the party since he joined the BJP. He got the post of Leader of Opposition as MLA of Nandigram. And this time in his successive meetings with the Central government leaders, that importance is becoming more apparent in the political circles. His successive meetings with Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have shown that the central leadership is still active in Bengal despite its defeat. He also held meetings with several central leaders on Tuesday and Wednesday. The most important of these was his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister and the opposition leader of Bengal spoke for about 45 minutes. After the meeting, Suvendu posted a picture on social media and said that some issues were highlighted in the meeting.

After meeting Narendra Modi on Wednesday morning, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also had a meeting with Suvendu. Later, Suvendu posted a picture of the meeting with PM Modi on Facebook and said that he was blessed to meet the Prime Minister. “The political situation and development have been discussed for 45 minutes,” he wrote.

It is clear from Suvendu’s remarks after the meeting that the law and order situation in the state was the main topic of discussion with Central government leaders. According to him, “When the state does not abide by the constitution and the law, whatever can be done politically and legally will be done.” According to sources, Suvendu also demanded the implementation of Section 356 in Bengal.

He assured that all possible steps would be taken to bring to justice to the incidents of rape and indecency in the post-poll violence. Suvendu also said that he would discuss the matter with Soumitra Khan and Arjun Singh. After that Suvendu, along with three MPs, met Amit Shah.

MUMBAI

In addition to preventing the spread of Covid-19, BMC is working tirelessly to provide more effective medical treatment to the Covid affected people. Despite many challenges, including population density, the work done by the BMC is being positively acknowledged from time to time at the state, national, and global levels.

In this regard, representatives of the Delhi government recently paid a study visit to Mumbai. The visit was planned under the guidance of BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal. Additional Municipal Commissioner (Western Suburbs) Suresh Kakani held a special meeting, along with a presentation and detailed discussion.

During the visit, a team comprising senior officials of the Delhi Government’s Health Department, Dr Sanjay Agarwal, and Dr Dharmendra Kumar learnt about the various levels of actions taken by the BMC. Decentralisation achieved through Ward War Rooms, successful management of oxygen supply, and jumbo hospitals set up in a short period were taken into consideration. To get the information, the delegates visited the Municipal Jumbo Covid Hospital in Goregaon, Seven Hill Hospital. At the end of this visit, the Delhi Government team said that the work done by BMC is exemplary and the ‘Mumbai model’ will be implemented in Delhi soon.

Representatives of the Delhi government visited the Ward War Room of the two wards, D and K/East, to understand the management of Covid-19 patients and bed allotment by the BMC. Medical test reports of the People, who have been infected by Covid-19, initially sent to Ward War Room. Patients are then telephoned and given basic counselling. After that, as per the requirement, the team of the Municipal Corporation goes to the house of the person and conducts the necessary medical examination. In the meanwhile, if the patient needs to be admitted to the hospital as per the medical treatment order, the patient is admitted to a private or public hospital as per his need. Seeing that all these processes are being done very sensitively and in time, the Delhi government team was overwhelmed by the decentralised order established by the Municipal Corporation through the ‘Ward War Room’.

At the 1,800-bed Seven Hills Hospital under the jurisdiction of the BMC, 18 metric tons of oxygen is sufficient. However, a 1,800-bed Delhi government-run hospital with the same number of beds needs 32 metric tonnes of oxygen per day. Representatives of the Delhi government also inquired about how the BMC has established an effective system for the proper use of oxygen.

While administering oxygen in the municipal hospitals, oxygen is supplied to the hospitaliSed patients as per the medical treatment order and as per the requirement. Strict planning and management of this oxygen supply have been achieved in the municipal hospitals. Some nurses at the hospital level have been trained in oxygen management. At the same time, oxygen supply technicians are constantly working in all the hospitals and they are constantly monitoring the oxygen supply and taking appropriate action.

To provide effective treatment to the patients suffering from Covid-19 in its jurisdiction, the BMC has set up six temporary Jumbo Covid Hospitals in a short period. There are 8,915 beds in these six hospitals and more than 4000 people are working continuously in these places.

The representatives of the Delhi government were very keen on receiving information about the construction and management of these hospitals. They visited the Jumbo Covid Hospital set up by the Municipal Corporation at the Nesco Exhibition Centre in Goregaon. They took a detailed look at the facilities available there and the various measures being taken. They also got detailed information about the ‘Dialysis Bed’, ‘ICU Bed’, and ‘Oxygen Bed’ at this place. Talking to senior doctors of Nesco Jumbo Covid Hospital they said that soon Jumbo Hospitals will be set up in Delhi following the same model.

Representatives of the Delhi government lauded the system of distribution of 80% beds and all the beds in the intensive care unit of private hospitals in the BMC area through the BMC Ward War Room. We are overwhelmed to see the positive and active contribution of private hospitals in this system, the group said.

Baba Ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad, who had shot to fame last year after a YouTuber highlighted octogenarian’s grim financial condition due to Covid-19, had to shut down his new restaurant that he had opened in Malviya Nagar in December 2020 using the donation money, owing to losses. The 80-year-old is now back to ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ and wishes to continue to running this eatery as long as he is alive.

GHAZIABAD: Thugs hacked the mobile number of the reception of a Covid-19 hospital, and have been cheating patients who call on that number.

After the matter came to light, there has been a stir in Ghaziabad’s Avantika Hospital. The director of the hospital has lodged a complaint with the police station. The cheating modus operandi was simple: The director of the hospital says that a phone with a keypad is used at their reception. The hackers somehow diverted the number of the SIM used in that mobile to their number. After this, when the patients called for an appointment in the hospital, the call went to the hacker. Patients were told that a token of Rs 5 would be charged for appointment at the hospital. Patients were asked to enter their PIN number online in the name of the token. After this, the thugs cleared thousands of rupees from the account of the patient.

When two patients made such a complaint to the hospital, a case was registered in a hurry. The director of the hospital himself was shocked by such a unique fraud. Director of the hospital, Dr Yuvraj, told The Daily Guardian that he has given a complaint to the police about the matter. The police have assured that the accused will be arrested soon.