At present there are more than 55000 active Coronavirus situations in the city. (Credit: Deepak Joshi, The Indian Express)
As the capital city of Maharashtra recorded the highest each day tally of Coronavirus situations, the authorities in Mumbai are thinking of placing stringent curbs on neighborhood travel and shutting down religious locations, theatres and cinema halls. Mumbai recorded a total of 8646 new situations of Coronavirus on Thursday- the highest single day tally because the outbreak of Coronavirus in March 2020. According to an Indian Express report, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar hinted at growing curbs on travel and closing religious locations and other public locations like theatres, cinema halls amongst other people.
Pednekar was quoted as saying that harsher measures are becoming planned as the individuals are not following Covid-19 protocols and there is an growing rush at marketplace locations. The Mayor additional mentioned that the administration is also thinking of maintaining shops closed on alternate days and introducing an odd-even program for opening of the shops. Zeroing in on neighborhood trains, the Mayor mentioned that at present frequent individuals are permitted to travel on the neighborhood trains at distinct timings through the day and the authorities could quickly restrict the neighborhood train travel only for individuals working in the vital services. Currently, the basic public is permitted to travel on the locals in between 12 PM and 4 PM and from 9 PM till the finish of the day
As far as the presence of individuals at religious locations is concerned, the Mayor mentioned that authorities have discovered that young as effectively as old individuals are often going to religious locations and the authorities could shut a variety of religious locations in the city. While the government has currently issued recommendations to private establishments to restrict the attendance of personnel under 50 %, the authorities are quickly going to conduct random checks to make certain one hundred % compliance with the directives.
Earlier CM Uddhav Thackeray had warned that the government could impose full lockdown in pick cities of the state if the spread of infection is not brought beneath verify. At present there are more than 55000 active Coronavirus situations in the city.