Maharashtra
Curb ‘crowded fests’ to avoid Covid spike: Centre tells Maharashtra
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has urged the Maharashtra government to impose and enforce ‘restrictions’ to prevent the spread of Covid-19, officials said here on Saturday.
The directive from the Centre came late on Friday through Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan — barely five days after the Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a near-total ban on the upcoming ‘Dahi-Handi’ celebrations starting Sunday.
Referring to the Centre’s earlier guidelines on ‘focused containment measures’, Bhushan advised the state government to consider imposing and enforcing local restrictions for the people.
Citing the concerns of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) of such mass-gathering fests turning into ‘super-spreader events’, thereby resulting in a spike in Covid cases, Bhushan said the same was communicated to the states on July 20.
“This is particularly important in view of circulation of more transmissible variants of concern being reported by various states, including Maharashtra,” said Bhushan, hinting at the recent increase in Delta Plus cases which have already claimed 5 lives in the state.
However, the state Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Ram Kadam has slammed the state government’s move to impose “a blanket ban” on celebrating ‘Dahi-Handi’ and demanded that festivities at local levels should be permitted with full Covid restrictions.
The state Health Minister Rajesh Tope has warned that the possible ‘third wave’ could be a ‘Tsunami’ of over 6-million cases in the state, which could be triple of the 2-million recorded in the ‘first-wave’ in 2020 and much higher than the 4-million notched in the ‘second-wave’ this year.
The MoHFW has cautioned that “any laxity” in ensuring strict adherence to the five-fold strategy of ‘Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate-Ensuring Covid Appropriate Behaviour’ may result in losing the impetus that Maharashtra and the country has gained so far in managing the pandemic.
Mumbai: Senior Maharashtra Congress leader and Islam Gymkhana Chairman Advocate Yusuf Abrahani has returned home after leaving the Congress fold and has joined the Samajwadi Party in the presence of national president Akhilesh Yadav.
Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi has announced Abrahani’s joining the SP and said that Yusuf Abrahani has joined the party to strengthen the Samajwadi Party in Maharashtra. Samajwadi Party is at the forefront to fight BJP and this is the party that fights communalism, so Yusuf Abrahani has been included in the party. I hope that Abrahani will continue to work to strengthen the organizational affairs of the party. Yusuf Abrahani has not been assigned any position in the party yet. This decision will be taken by Abu Asim Azmi. Yusuf’s son Shahzad Abrahani, Zeba Malik have also joined the party.
Mumbai: Anti-Narcotics Cell ANC claims to have seized drugs worth Rs 1.45 crore in various operations in Mumbai city. In four operations in Worli, Wadi Bunder, Wadala areas, ANC has seized 541 grams of MD, while 203 grams of MD has been seized from the possession of two accused and a case has been registered against them in Bandra unit under the NDPS Act.
During a patrol in Worli, Mumbai, 86 grams of MD was found from a suspect who was arrested. Ghatkopar unit has recovered 75 grams of MD while conducting an operation in Wadi Bunder and has arrested the accused. Similarly, Kandivali unit has seized 78 grams of drugs while conducting an operation in Wadala and has arrested him. Ghatkopar Mankhord has seized 840 bottles of codeine syrup during an operation on codeine syrup.
Mumbai: Mumbai Police’s Tilak Nagar police have claimed to have arrested three thieves and chain snatchers. The complainant said that on April 12, during a morning walk, three unknown thieves snatched a chain and fled. Tilak Nagar police had formed four teams in this case and conducted a search operation at various places in this case and arrested three accused Mohammad Jalil Khan, Sameer Mohammad Ansar Ahmed Sheikh and Mohammad Naseeb. A gold chain worth Rs 40,000 and a car worth Rs 3.40 lakh have also been seized from their possession. Cases of theft including chain snatching have been registered against these accused in the limits of Wadala TT police station. Further investigation is underway in this case after the arrest.
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