Incessant rainfall led to water-logging in parts of Mumbai on August 04. Parle area, King's Circle area, Andheri among other parts of the city has submerged into rainwater.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday issued an order that all offices and establishments will remain closed in Mumbai due to heavy rainfall. However, emergency services will remain open to the public.
The Western Railways on Tuesday informed that suburban train services suspended between Bandra-Churchgate due to high tide and heavy rains. Meanwhile, special services are being run between Virar-Andheri -Bandra. After incessant rain, water enters houses in Kandivali area following incessant rainfall in Mumbai.
Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey on August 03 said that Patna SP Vinay Tiwari didn't go to probe Sushant Singh's death in Mumbai secretly, and his 'forcible quarantine' could was not needed.
The state police wrote a letter to the civic body protesting its move against its senior officer, who was specifically sent to Mumbai on Sunday to probe allegations of abetment to suicide raised by the late actor's father.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to ease the lockdown restrictions in Mumbai in a phased manner under 'Mission Begin Again'.
Mumbai is still a big hotspot of coronavirus in the country. Mumbaikars were reminded of deadliness of the disease on Saturday as Mumbai Mayor's brother became unfortunate victim of coronavirus. Sunil Kadam, the brother of Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar passed away on Saturday morning.
As per the guidelines issued by the civic body for the Ganesh festival which begins from August 22, the same rule will apply for idols installed by individual devotees if their homes lie in a containment zone. With over 1.13 lakh COVID-19 cases and nearly 6,300 deaths, Mumbai is one of the worst pandemic-affected cities in the country. Also Read | Bakrid 2020: Assam's Kamrup Metropolitan District to Allow Only 5-Member Gathering at Mosques or Eidgahs for Namaz.
After Amitabh Bachchan, along with son Abhishek Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and granddaughter Aaradhya tested coronavirus positive, BMC declared their house Jalsa as a containment zone. Now, BMC has removed the poster after no new coronavirus positive cases came up.
BMC spreads awareness among vendors supplying vegetables and fruits to celebrities. BMC is asking vendors to undergo COVID-19 test.
ollywood and TV industry haven't been able to stay unscathed from the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Various B-town and TV stars such as Rekha, Amitabh Bachchan and family, Anupam Kher, Parth Samthaan, and several others are currently fighting the Covid-19 battle.
Despite rising number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official has said that the situation 'is under control'. Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner BMC told PTI that the number of positive cases being reported daily has ben restricted to below 1,500 and that 6,000 to 7,000 tests are being carried out every single day in the city.
A few days back, Rekha's security guard, two house helps were found to be coronavirus positive.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's K west Andheri region officials have request Ganesh mandals to not bring more than one Ganpati in each ward. There are a total of 13 wards in K west region and are over 150 mandals in the region.
According to the Health Ministry, the actual case load of COVID-19 cases in the country is only 3,42,756, as on July 17.
Anupam Kher's mother Dulari Kher, brother, sister-in-law, and niece were found corona positive a few days back after which his mother was admitted to the Kokilaben Hospital. Raju Kher, his wife, and daughter are quarantined at the 11th floor Metrolapolis High Rise Building. Meanwhile, the actor on Friday took to Twitter to give an update about his mother's health and wrote that she is doing better.
After Amitabh Bachchan and family tested postive for the coronavirus, BMC is on high alert. They have asked several celebrities to get their staff tested for Covid-19.
The orange alert by the IMD's Mumbai centre has also been issued for coastal districts. Meanwhile, traffic jams has already been reported in several parts of Mumbai.
After veteran Bollywood actress Rekha's security guard tested positive for the novel coronavirus, her neighbour, filmmaker Zoya Akhtar's house was also sealed. BMC banner was spotted outside Zoya's house declaring it as a containment zone.
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