If it wants, the BMC can find a way to provide basic rights.”The majority of slum residents are forced to depend on the thriving informal market, operated by a network of local strongmen that supplies water through tankers and via the unfinished pipe system laid by the civic body. All those found deficient must be demolished and reconstructed,” says Dhaval Desai, author of the Observer Research Foundation report. Medical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) conduct a door-to-door medical screening inside Dharavi slums to fight against the spread of the coronavirus, in Mumbai, June 24, 2020. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. The government has also pointed to the high rate of recovery -- according to government statistics, almost 1 million people have recovered from coronavirus. Poorly-constructed toilet blocks have led to the deaths of seven people in three months, but politicians are yet to act on their promises for changeTwo others who also fell – Sirajjudin Turat and Ramakant Kanojia – managed to hold on to the sides until they were rescued.“I was submerged up to my shoulders in the slush,” says Turat. Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located, is the worst-affected Indian state, accounting for almost 400,000 out of India’s total of 1.5 million cases. Dharavi has an area of just over 2.1 square kilometres (0.81 sq mi; 520 acres) and a population of about 1,000,000. Severe cases can only be discharged after one negative coronavirus test.However, the Maharashtra Medical Council's Shankar said that Tuesday's study shows that the testing had clearly not captured all the cases. Mumbai, where about 40% of the population lives in slums, has reported just over 110,000 infections and more than 6,000 deaths so far. A test to confirm that they no longer have the virus is not required. In M-East, however, the average is one toilet per 190 people, according to surveys by the “The availability of toilets and tap water is so abysmal that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is laughable,” says Amita Bhide, dean of the institute’s School of Habitat Studies and head of its M-East ward project. For example, Shankar said authorities had taken measures such as regularly cleaning bathroom facilities, and had delivered free food to slum residents in an effort to reduce the number of people going outside to eat.As of Monday, there were 627 slums in Mumbai that were active containment zones. About 57% of slum-dwellers have tested positive for antibodies for the coronavirus, from a random sample size of 7,000 people, according to the survey jointly conducted by Mumbai’s municipality, government think tank Niti Aayog and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Jehangir khan - Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)Special Mission: How Turkey recruits agents in Germany to spy on Turkish citizensCoronavirus: UAE detects 239 new COVID-19 cases after conducting over 63,000 testsCoronavirus: Oman records 290 new COVID-19, over 200 in Omani citizensCoronavirus: Germany mandates COVID-19 tests for some non-European travelers Coronavirus: Italy approved $29 bln stimulus package to deal with COVID-19 impact The slum is home to thriving leather, pottery and textile stitching businesses.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - More than half the people living in Mumbai’s sprawling slums are probably infected with the novel coronavirus, which suggests the metropolis could be heading toward herd immunity, a government official and a health expert said on Wednesday, citing a recent survey. The cost depends on demand and supply, from as high as 40 rupees (£0.48) to as low as five rupees (£0.06 ) for a 40-litre can. He was not available for comment.The accident is not an isolated one.
Around 65% of Mumbai’s 12 million people live in the cramped, airless slums, making for easy transmission of the disease. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani It took nearly six months for India to reach its Mumbai, India's financial capital with a population of more than 12 million, has confirmed more than 110,000 cases, including at least 6,180 deaths, according to official statistics. The differences between the civic amenities available in the smattering of middle-class apartment blocks and the slums, which dominate M-East, are stark.Most of the 100 square feet slum houses do not have sanitation and water facilities, either because applications for individual toilets and taps are pending approval or because the slum is on encroached land, which means that the civic body will not provide any services there.For sanitation, people in Mumbai pay two to three rupees (£0.02-0.04) to use a community toilet, which generate revenues of 3.6bn rupees (£47m) a year, according to a recent report by the If it wants, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation can find a way to provide basic rightsSome 78% of community toilets in Mumbai’s slums lack water supply, 58% have no electricity, and many don’t have proper doors or facilities for women to dispose of sanitary napkins. (AFP) The BMC claimed that higher prevalence in slums …