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Maharashtra News Live Updates: CM & dyCM must quit over ‘heat stroke’ deaths, says opposition
The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), led by Nana Patole, on Tuesday urged governor Ramesh Bais to convene a special two-day session of the state legislature to discuss the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony tragedy in which 14 disciples of social reformer Appa Saheb Dharmadhikar lost their lives due to heat stroke. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, on the other hand, demanded that deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seek CM Ekanth Shinde’s resignation over the incident on Sunday. Stay with TOI for all updatesRead Less
Mumbai pockets sweat through 3hr afternoon load-shedding
On Wednesday, when Mumbai recorded its all-time high peak electricity demand of 3,893MW as the mercury touched 38. 8 degree C in Santa Cruz, the 400KV Talegaon-Kharghar transmission line tripped, leading to loadshedding in parts of the Mumbai metropolitan region. Parts of Mumbai, especially MSEDCL areas, and parts of Thane, Navi Mumbai and Raigad faced outages lasting 1-2 hours in the afternoon. In some places, the power cut lasted up to 3 hours, said sources.
Temp may dip today, says IMD; some schools start vacation early, tweak hours
The discomfort is especially high as night temperatures are keeping up with that of day: Colaba recorded a minimum of 26. 6°C and Santacruz 25. 6°C. Both are one degree above normal. Weather officials held out promise of immediate relief, saying the maximum temperatures are expected to ease by Thursday. “The winds have been easterly and the sea breeze is setting in late in the day, leading to the rise in day temperatures. However, there is an anticyclone around Mumbai that we are expecting would disassociate leading to a slight decrease in day temperatures. We are monitoring the situation closely,” said Sushma Nair, scientist at IMD Mumbai.
CM & DCM must quit over ‘heat stroke’ deaths: Oppn
The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), led by Nana Patole, on Tuesday urged governor Ramesh Bais to convene a special two-day session of the state legislature to discuss the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony tragedy in which 14 disciples of social reformer Appa Saheb Dharmadhikar lost their lives due to heat stroke. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, on the other hand, demanded that deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seek CM Ekanth Shinde’s resignation over the incident on Sunday.
A 2-year-old child was murdered by his own father who threw the body in a plastic bag. The accused girlfriend had agreed to marry him only if he got rid of his wife and son. Mumbai's Shahunagar police have arrested the father for allegedly killing his own child. The body was in a plastic bag and thrown into a drain in Mahim to destroy evidence: Mumbai Police
The state registered a surge in Covid cases since late-February, with weekly cases almost tripling between March 23-29 period (2,513) and April 13-19 period (6,102). As the number of Covid cases in India is increasing, the minister said all staff in hospitals should wear a mask. He said over 5,000 Covid beds are operational under the medical education department alone, and over 2,000 ventilators are ready for use.
Meanwhile, state medical education minister Girish Mahajan held a review meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, and said that 25 dedicated Covid hospitals have been made operational across the state.
Across thestate, 248 people are in hospitals, including 48 in ICUs. The number of active cases in both Maharashtra (6,102) and Mumbai (1,591) registered a slight drop.
Half of the 117 patients hospitalised in various public and private hospitals in Mumbai are on oxygen support, according to BMC’s daily Covid report.
Covid cases in Maharashtra cross 1k after 4 days
Four people died due to Covid-19 even as the state’s daily tally (1,100) crossed the 1,000-mark after afour-day gap on Wednesday. In Mumbai, a 73-year-old man with chronic kidney disease succumbed to Covid complications even as the neighbouring Thane city, Pune and Satara registered one death each. The daily caseload in Mumbai increased marginally from 220 on Tuesday to 234 on Wednesday, which has throughout the pandemic been the weekday with the highest tally.
