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Who will care about those who care about everyone’s life: JJ Hospital Mumbai

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Resident doctors at Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, one of the most prestigious medical colleges in the city, live in fear as the hostels are on the verge of collapse. the 500 postgraduate medicos live in the hostel despite reports of broken beams and staircases and leaking ceilings. The latest structural audit report also stated that there was a need for structural repair work.
Tiles on the floor and on the side wall have crumbled down. Chunks of plaster from ceiling had fallen off in many places, including rooms and lobbies. The doctors even erected plastic sheds inside the rooms to escape the leakage.

A senior resident doctor on the condition of anonymity said, “We have no other option but to stay here. You can see that a part of the ceiling had collapsed. Fortunately, we were on duty at that time, so nobody was harmed.” “We live in misery. There is no floor, plasters are falling down. There are big cracks on pillars and iron rods, all rusted, are visible from the damaged wall. There is leakage issue too, which leads to fungal growth. Even the stairs are broken,” said another resident doctor.

A representative from Maharashtra State Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) said, “We have informed the administration about the bad condition of the building many times. But no decisions are being taken by the government. They have applied nets all around the building because the outside structure is falling. Is the government waiting for any mishap to take place?”

A senior official from JJ hospital said, “The hostel was built around three decades ago to accommodate 200 medical students. Now around 500 resident doctors live in this 7-storey building. The student strength has increased to 1,000, and half of them are living in another hostel. The number of resident doctors will soon increase to 1,500, so we need to build another building.” Attempts to contact Dean Dr Pallavi Saple went unanswered.

‘Structural repair needed’
A senior official from the Public Works Department (PWD) said, “There was a building collapse in the area after which the BMC ordered a structural audit of all buildings. We asked Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) to do so. The report, which was submitted to us recently, says that the building is not dangerous but needs structural repair work. As per my knowledge, no structural repair work has been conducted here in the three decades.”

“A proposal for repairs was sent earlier, but it got rejected. A new proposal for structural repairs at a cost of Rs 24.5 crore has been sent by the hospital administration to the Medical Education Department. Of this, Rs 12 crore will be for hostel repairs,” an official added.

PWD engineer Vijay Patil, who looks after JJ hospital works, said, “The building is safe as per the structural audit report, so doctors need not to worry. We have started the internal repair work. As far as the structural repair of the building is concerned, a proposal of Rs 12.50 crore has been sent. Once the resolution is passed, the work will start.” 500
No. of resident doctors living in the hostel

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Azmi’s unique protest… Wearing a mask, he reached Nagpur Assembly with a banner demanding effective action to end toxic air pollution in Mumbai, SMS company

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Mumbai: Air pollution and toxic atmosphere are common in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The people of Shivaji Nagar and Govindi are facing toxic fumes every day. Successive governments have neglected this area because it is a poor neighbourhood.

On the second day of the winter session of the Assembly today, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a clear demand.

It has demanded the immediate closure of the SMS company, RMC plant, and dumping ground and made it clear to the government that it should stop playing with the lives of the common man.
The government should take effective steps to eliminate this toxic air pollution. Abu Asim Azmi said that due to the SMS company in Govandi, the average age of people has increased to 39 years and diseases are spreading due to burning waste and chemical materials in it, so it should be banned immediately. He further said that clean sanitation and other facilities should be available in Govandi and such a factory should be closed so that the people can live a healthy life. Abu Asim Azmi protested against the toxic air outside the Nagpur Assembly in a very unique way by holding a banner and wearing a mask.

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Increase in crime incidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, demand for action against drug dealers and drug users, Abu Asim demands in Nagpur Assembly

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Mumbai: Due to the increase in crime incidents in Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the law and order situation is dire. Due to the shortage of police manpower, it is difficult to control crimes. Three murders have been committed here in three months. The increasing incidents of crime. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, while addressing the Nagpur winter session, expressed concern and said that he demanded an increase in the police manpower and the establishment of a new police station in Shivaji Nagar so that criminal elements can be curbed. Along with this, he has also demanded action against drug and drug addicts here. Abu Asim Azmi told the House on a notice seeking attention that there has been an increase in murders, attempted murders and robberies last month. A 24-year-old coconut vendor was murdered over a money transaction. The second murder was committed due to personal enmity and the third murder was committed due to drug dealing. The police are investigating this case in connection with drugs. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is a poor area. The law and order situation here is bad due to drug addicts and drug dealers. The population here has also increased immensely. Whenever a road expansion or other project is started somewhere, people are rehabilitated here. That is why there is a shortage of police here. Even after setting up a bat post, there is no police in it because there is a shortage of police manpower. In such a situation, Azmi has demanded that police be deployed here.

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Mumbai: Hajra, wife of builder Riaz in Kurla, accused of illegal abortion, Kherwadi police registers case against mother

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Mumbai: An incident has come to light in Mumbai in which a case has been registered against a mother for illegally aborting a pregnancy. Kherwadi police have registered a case of abortion against the second wife of Kurla builder Riaz Shah. On December 7, Riaz Shah’s son filed a complaint in which it was stated that Hajra Shah had miscarried a 24-month-old child. The abortion was done using contraception in 2024 and on the complaint of this illegal act, the police have registered a case against Hajra and her brother Ashfaq under sections 88, 91, 238 of the BNS. This is the first case of its kind in which a case has been registered against the mother for wasting contraception. In 2024, when Riaz Shah asked his wife where the child was, she said that she had miscarried and that she had done the autopsy of the newborn in the Kurla Sunni graveyard and her brothers Ashfaq and Imran Lado knew about this. When Riaz checked in the graveyard, no record of the newborn was found, after which the police registered a case of misleading and aborting the child. Junaid Riaz Shah has filed a complaint against Liya. The police are investigating the matter further.

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