On Monday morning, School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad in a tweet said, "Wishing all parents and students the very best as schools reopen across the state today. We hope you enjoy your first day back in a safe atmosphere."
The QR code will be displayed at the entry gates of residential and commercial buildings and offices.
A life guard Vijay Phoka said that 2 of them were safely rescued while search operation for remaining was underway.
The civic body has set up 266 centres offering free RT-PCR tests to people who have returned to Mumbai after celebrating Ganpati festival, additional municipal commissioner (western suburbs) Suresh Kakani said.
In the wake of a rise in the number of new coronavirus infections and fear of a third wave, the BMC has banned physical darshan for devotees at the public Ganpati pandals.
Meanwhile, the BMC also claimed that Mumbai has become the first district in the country to administer more than 1 crore Covid-19 vaccines.
Moderate rain is on forecast in Mumbai and suburbs with the possibility of the occasional intense spells.
According to the BMC, any housing society having five or more than five active COVID-19 cases will be sealed with all movement of residents being restricted.
In a statement issued on Friday, the BMC said 1,60,240 vaccine doses arrived here on Thursday night, comprising 1.5 lakh Covishield and 10,240 Covaxin vaccines.
Those who have been fully vaccinated and are through with their 15 days of the post-jab waiting period are eligible to get QR-code based Mumbai local train travel pass.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni directed the Centre to approve Mumbai civic body's plan of action, "with or without modifications, within 7-days" from now.
While the pumping mechanism would be restored in a few hours, much more time will be taken to get the filtration process up and running, the official said, adding that boiling water before drinking was the best precaution at the moment.
BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Tuesday wrote to Maharashtra chief secretary recommending exemption of fully vaccinated people from the mandatory RT-PCR test on arrival in Mumbai.
Suniel Shetty, who resides in Prithvi Apartments in South Mumbai's Altamount Road, tweeted claiming there is no "Delta Variant" in his building society. The actor said that while a notice has been put up on one wing, the entire building has not been sealed.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started compliance on its 2017 notice to demolish a part of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan's 'Prateeksha Bungalow' for road widening.
Aditya Thackeray said BMC would start one CBSE and one ICSE school in each of the 24 administrative wards under it
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has told the Bombay High Court that it has formulated draft guidelines to prevent fake vaccination camps.
As a possible third wave of COVID-19 is anticipated to affect children disproportionately, the BMC had directed to conduct the sero-survey of the pediatric population during the second wave itself.
The patient named Shrinivas Nagesh Yallapa was admitted at the BMC-run hospital on Sunday in a critical condition and was on ventilator support.
The court said the state or municipal authorities must be a part of, or have information of all such private vaccination camps being organised by housing societies and offices to ensure citizens do not suffer.
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