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Free of encroachments, Mahim Fort to be turned into a tourist spot
1 year, 9 months ago

Free of encroachments, Mahim Fort to be turned into a tourist spot

Hindustan Times  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday demolished the last of the 267 slums encroaching upon the more than 800-year-old Mahim Fort since 1970, paving the way for its restoration. Free of encroachments, Mahim Fort to be turned into a tourist spot An official from G ward office said all the illegal structures had been demolished and around 3,000 residents had …

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Central team investigating Mumbai measles outbreak, visits slums, Rajawadi hospital
2 years, 1 month ago

Central team investigating Mumbai measles outbreak, visits slums, Rajawadi hospital

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Coping with the tragic loss of their toddlers, Hasnain, 5, and Nuren, 3, to suspected measles, Sahrunissa and Abdul Rahim Khan highlighted a host of related issues to the medical team that visited their room in Rafi Nagar, Govandi, on Saturday afternoon. Central team investigating Mumbai measles outbreak, visits slums, Rajawadi hospital “Give us good healthcare, water and sanitation …

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Poorest Mankhurd ward to get an aesthetic facelift
2 years, 1 month ago

Poorest Mankhurd ward to get an aesthetic facelift

Hindustan Times  

The M ward in Mankhurd, considered one of the poorest areas in the city, has invited a ₹12-crore tender for the civic body’s ambitious beautification project with a December deadline. Ubale said that the viewing gallery project would require an NOC from the Coastal Regulatory Zone, and hence would take time to kick off. “People from the ward can relax …

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Deaths rise in Bengaluru slums amid low Covid-19 testing
3 years, 7 months ago

Deaths rise in Bengaluru slums amid low Covid-19 testing

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: It was when his 49-year-old wife suddenly sat down on the floor, gasping for breath, that Hafiz Mohammad Abdullah, a resident of Gopalpura slum in Bengaluru, realised something was wrong. A member of an NGO working in the locality said that testing of people in the slums have been ineffective. Veena, a transsexual woman, who has been working in …

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5 things that sero-surveys can tell us about true spread of Covid
4 years, 3 months ago

5 things that sero-surveys can tell us about true spread of Covid

India Today  

Since the Indian Council for Medical Research began to recommend sero-surveys to test for the presence of SARS-CoV2 antibodies in the population, these surveys have sprung up across the country. The pandemic could be spreading faster than previously thought in India Subsequent surveys conducted further into the pandemic’s progress have shown much higher sero-prevalence, potentially indicating that the disease is …

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Community transmission: COVID-19 situation turning worse in Bhubaneswar
4 years, 5 months ago

Community transmission: COVID-19 situation turning worse in Bhubaneswar

The Hindu  

Bhubaneswar is steadily plunging into a grim situation following an alarming spike in community transmission cases. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Monday said 23 of the 25 cases detected in the city were local cases. “The employees of slum areas need to be kept in a shift of 14 days and hospital authorities will make accommodation arrangement for them within …

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