Mumbai: Mayor Kishori Pednekar stated on Thursday that the monetary capital lacks rivers through which to bury the useless. The assertion may very well be interpreted as a dig on the BJP-ruled state of Uttar Pradesh, the place a whole lot of our bodies have been lately found floating within the Ganga River or buried within the sand alongside its banks.
“We have by no means underreported Covid deaths. We won’t ever achieve this in Mumbai. We don’t have rivers to dump the useless our bodies. We respect households and we duly give loss of life certificates,” the mayor said.
On May 10, 71 corpses washed up on the riverbank in Bihar’s Chausa village, near the state border, bringing the horror in Uttar Pradesh to light for the first time. Those who live near where the bodies were washed up are concerned that they are Covid-19 victims.
“All Covid deaths in Mumbai are recorded at 3 locations so the info cannot be hidden,” Mayor Kishori Pednekar said.
In response to the Malad building collapse, she stated, “Audit happens in every ward and we send notices. People still prefer to live inside and die rather than moving to a safer place”
On Wednesday evening, a single-story home collapsed on one other construction in Mumbai’s Malwani neighbourhood, killing at the very least eight kids and three adults and injuring seven others.
Maharashtra Minister Aslam Shaikh who visited the realm stated, “Buildings have collapsed due to rain. Rescue operation is underway. Injured people have been shifted to the hospital. Debris of the buildings being removed to see if more people are stuck under it”.
“Mumbai Police will register a case under Section 304 (2) of IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) against the owner of the structure and the contractor. They had recently made some structural changes after cyclone Tauktae,”: Vishwas Nangre Patil, Jt CP (Law & Order) knowledgeable.
