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Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, 105 houses surveyed
9 months ago

Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, 105 houses surveyed

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited, a joint venture between the state government and Adani Realty, began its survey on Monday to collect data from lakhs of slum dwellers in Dharavi. The death of a COVID-19 patient from Mumbai's Dharavi, known as one of the biggest slums in Asia, has exposed its residents to the vulnerability of contracting the …

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From Worst-Hit by Covid to First in Vaccinating All Adults: Mumbai’s Brave Fight Against Pandemic
2 years, 8 months ago

From Worst-Hit by Covid to First in Vaccinating All Adults: Mumbai’s Brave Fight Against Pandemic

News 18  

Mumbai, the city that never sleeps, once came to a standstill during its battle against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The city, back in its insomnia mode after having put up a brave fight against the novel virus, has become the first city in the country to have fully vaccinated its adult population against Covid-19. Take a look at Mumbai’s Covid …

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Dharavi Adds to Maharashtra's Covid Woes With 107 Cases, Highest Since Onset of Pandemic
2 years, 11 months ago

Dharavi Adds to Maharashtra's Covid Woes With 107 Cases, Highest Since Onset of Pandemic

News 18  

Ambulances were sighted waiting outside the Amritsar airport after 125 Returnees from Italy tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival. Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Wednesday said that there will not be lockdown-like restrictions unless 20,000 hospital beds are occupied, even as Covid-19 cases surge in the city. Maharashtra late on Wednesday saw a record jump in daily cases as the …

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Omicron variant in India: Maharashtra reports seven new cases; India's tally rises to 32
3 years ago

Omicron variant in India: Maharashtra reports seven new cases; India's tally rises to 32

Firstpost  

Of the seven new cases, three are from Mumbai and four from Pimpri Chinchwad, the state health department said on Friday Maharashtra on Friday reported its 17th case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant after seven more people tested positive. Of the seven new cases, three are from Mumbai and four from Pimpri Chinchwad, the state health department said on Friday. …

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How Dharavi's Narrow Lanes Put Up a Big Fight Against Covid-19 Not Once But Twice
3 years, 4 months ago

How Dharavi's Narrow Lanes Put Up a Big Fight Against Covid-19 Not Once But Twice

News 18  

As the effects of the first wave of coronavirus began waning last year, Dharavi emerged as a success story drawing global adulation. Narrow lanes, wide challenge After successfully beating the first wave of Covid-19, Dharavi again became a hotspot of coronavirus infections at the beginning of April when the second wave swept Maharashtra. The first Covid-19 patient in Dharavi was …

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No New Covid-19 Case Reported in Dharavi for Second Day
3 years, 6 months ago

No New Covid-19 Case Reported in Dharavi for Second Day

News 18  

Mumbai’s slum colony Dharavi did not report any fresh coronavirus case for the second day in a row on Tuesday, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. Dharavi’s COVID-19 caseload remained unchanged at 6,861, of which 6,491 patients have already recovered and discharged from hospitals, the official said. He said the number of active cases in the densely populated locality …

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Once BMC's Gordian Knot, How Mumbai's Dharavi Beat Covid-19 Twice
3 years, 6 months ago

Once BMC's Gordian Knot, How Mumbai's Dharavi Beat Covid-19 Twice

News 18  

After reporting close to 99 Covid-19 cases in April daily, Mumbai’s slum colony of Dharavi has seen a gradual and significant drop in infections in the last couple of days with the tally of patients under treatment dropping to 50, marking a turnaround in the second wave. A steady drop in coronavirus cases in Dharavi, a sprawling and congested shanty …

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Mumbai’s ‘Dharavi model’ helps tame second COVID-19 wave in slum town
3 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai’s ‘Dharavi model’ helps tame second COVID-19 wave in slum town

The Hindu  

After reporting up to 99 COVID-19 cases every day in April, Mumbai’s slum colony of Dharavi has seen a gradual drop in single-day infections – below 5 – in the last couple of days with the tally of patients under treatment dropping to 50, marking a turnaround in the second wave. The ‘Dharavi model’ of COVID-19 management and the vaccination …

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Beating back the pandemic in Mumbai
3 years, 7 months ago

Beating back the pandemic in Mumbai

The Hindu  

For six years, 42-year-old Surekha Mane spent most of her days teaching history and geography to students from Classes 5 to 8. “The BMC planned to visit all the containment zones across various slums in Mumbai because 95% of the cases were in the slums,” says Chahal. Inside the ‘war rooms’ The BMC also launched another campaign called ‘Chase the …

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Mumbai's Dharavi sees highest spike in 4 months, reports 16 new Covid cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Mumbai's Dharavi sees highest spike in 4 months, reports 16 new Covid cases

India TV News  

The slum-dominated Dharavi area in Mumbai recorded 16 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest daily rise since October, a senior official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. Earlier, on October 23 last year, Dharavi had reported 18 new cases and since then, barring a few days, the number of new cases had been in single digit.On some days the …

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Mumbai's Dharavi, Once A Covid Hotspot, Records Zero Positive Case For First Time Since April 1
3 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai's Dharavi, Once A Covid Hotspot, Records Zero Positive Case For First Time Since April 1

ABP News  

Mumbai’s Dharavi, from being one of the riskiest Covid-19 hotspots in the country, reported zero cases of coronavirus in the last 24-hours, since April earlier this year. The slum dominated area of Mumbai did not report a single coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, a civic official said on Friday evening.Maharashtra reported 3,431 new coronavirus infections on Friday, taking …

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India's Largest Slum Dharavi Reports No New Covid-19 Case for First Time Since April
3 years, 11 months ago

India's Largest Slum Dharavi Reports No New Covid-19 Case for First Time Since April

News 18  

The slum-dominated Dharavi area of Mumbai did not report a single coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, a civic official said on Friday evening. For the first time since April 1 when the first coronavirus patient was detected in the area, which is among the densest urban settlements in the world, no new case has been detected. The caseload …

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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 175 updates | September 16, 2020
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 175 updates | September 16, 2020

The Hindu  

India’s tally of COVID-19 cases galloped past 50 lakh, just 11 days after it crossed 40 lakh, with 90,123 infections reported in a day. records 2,462 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 95,515 With the detection of 2,462 fresh cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the infection count in Madhya Pradesh went up to 95,515, a health official said. 8:50 p.m. …

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India's biggest slum has so far nailed coronavirus. Here's how they did it
4 years, 4 months ago

India's biggest slum has so far nailed coronavirus. Here's how they did it

ABC  

With its narrow streets, congested housing, underfunded health care and poor sanitation, many thought India's largest slum would be devastated by COVID-19. "Slowly, slowly, the cases were appearing in all the slum pockets," said Dr Virendra Mohite, a chief medical officer for one of Dharavi's coronavirus hospital wards. "We are already beginning to see several patients from Patna, which is …

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‘Barred from entering’: Dharavi domestic workers recount the social impact of the COVID 19 pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

‘Barred from entering’: Dharavi domestic workers recount the social impact of the COVID 19 pandemic

Firstpost  

Domestic workers from Dharavi still face social stigma as many housing societies bar entry for them. Mumbai: Though the Dharavi Model gained much traction in early July, for the domestic workers and other informal workers of Dharavi, nothing much has changed in terms of the social stigma they were subjected to ever since the coronavirus entered the slum-area. We also …

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