Senior Inspector Vilas Gangawane and his team of 30 stood on high alert at the barricades at Shahu Nagar in Dharavi in Mumbai on April 20. The locality had registered its first Covid-19 case—a 56-year-old man with no travel history—three weeks earlier and, within 20 days, it became a hotspot with 180 cases and 12 deaths. “We have to man the barricades every single minute,” said Gangawane. “You never know from where the people might just escape. We cannot take any chances.”
On April 21, the city recorded 419 new cases, its biggest 24-hour jump. Maharashtra recorded 5,218 cases till April 22, and 66 per cent of them— 3,451 cases—were in Mumbai. Around 85 per cent of the cases in Mumbai were from slums and semi slum areas such as Dharavi, Worli Koliwada and Jijamata Nagar.
More than 40 per cent of the cases in Mumbai were in four wards—GSouth, G-North, E and D. Much of these wards are slums with extremely high population density. In the G-South ward—covering Worli, Prabhadevi and Lower Parel—more than 3,500 people were under institutional quarantine. And, to accommodate them, Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray, the local MLA, got the National Sports Club of India dome, earlier a quarantine centre, to serve as a care centre for patients; it will take in more than 500 asymptomatic patients soon. Thackeray also got a phone booth-style swab-testing unit installed at Podar Hospital for cheap and early diagnosis.
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A golden girl
One of India's most formidable beauties passed away earlier this month. The odd thing is she would absolutely hate this obituary; she hated being written about and avoided publicity for all of her nine decades. Indira Aswani was 93 when she died. But anyone who encountered her, even briefly, was in such awe of her grace and poise, and one could not but remember her forever.
The interest in wine is growing delightfully in India
The renowned British wine writer and television presenter Jancis Robinson, 74, recently came to Delhi and Mumbai to reacquaint herself with India's wine industry. This was the Robinson's fourth visit to India; the last one was seven years ago. On this trip, Robinson and her husband, restaurateur Nicholas Lander, were hosted by the Taj Hotels and Sonal Holland, India's only Master of Wine.
United in the states
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COVER DRIVE
Usage-driven motor insurance policies offer several benefits
GDP as the only measure of progress is illogical
Dasho Karma Ura, one of the world's leading happiness experts, has guided Bhutan's unique gross national happiness (GNH) project. He uses empirical data to show that money cannot buy happiness in all circumstances, rather it is family and health that have the strongest positive effect on happiness. Excerpts from an interview:
India is not a controlling big brother
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay considers India a benevolent elder sibling as the \"big brotherly attitude\" is happily missing from bilateral ties. He thinks the relationship shared by the two countries has become a model of friendship not just for the region, but for the entire world. \"India's attitude is definitely not of a big brother who is controlling and does not allow the little brother to blossom and grow,\" says Tobgay in an exclusive interview with THE WEEK.
Comrade with no foes
Lal Salaam, Comrade Yechury-you were quite a guy!
Pinning down saffron
In her first political bout, Vinesh Phogat rides on the anti-BJP sentiment across Haryana
MAKE IN MANIPUR
Home-made rockets and weapons from across the border are escalating the conflict
SAHEB LOSES STEAM
Coalition dynamics and poor electoral prospects continue to diminish Ajit Pawar's political stock