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1
PER
DAY
YOUR GATEWAY
TO MUMBAI
Introducing
Mid-day’s
Digital Tabloid
on July13
AT JUST `1/DAY
July 12, 2020, Sunday, 36 pages, R8, Mumbai | Phone : 6831 4800 | Fax : 2642 6812
Now’s time
to lock
your ego,
CEOs
The global economic crisis
demands that leaders be like
Sundar Pichai. And no, we don’t
mean visionaries. P16-17
How are zoo animals
SUNIL LIMAYE,
additional principal
chief conservator of 7L
Amount Sanjay Gandhi
doing without company?
forest (APCCF),
Wildlife West Region National Park generates
‘Chitals and daily during summer
sambars who’d holidays from visitors
Caretakers thrilled that SANJAY TRIPATHI, Byculla zoo director otherwise stay
10k
says the animals and birds are stress-free in the dense
SGNP and Byculla minus visitors forest area are
residents are having a ‘The tigers are enjoying themselves in now surprisingly
blast, despite revenue loss the 4,000 sqm new enclosure. We have frolicking in the Daily footfall Byculla
videos of them swimming, jumping. It’s open grounds in the zoo used to see before
going into crores. P06-07 amazing for us to watch.’ visitor area.’ it shut for lockdown
IT’S NOT OVER
Giving
goosebumps
TILL IT’S OVER
way after
midnight
Insta handles, short
fiction, erotic podcasts
dedicated to self-pleasure
are giving Indians just
what they want. P22
COVID CASES
BMC official
succumbs,
as city hits
(Right) Supriya Hattiangadi with
1,284 cases As COVID-19 customises its attack, leaving bizarre after-effects, daughter Pradnya and son-in-law
Mumbai records 39
ranging from erratic menstruation to vibration feelings, doctors try Sanket at their Matunga residence.
Hattiangadi tested positive for
deaths as state toll to make sense of post-recovery struggle that’s lasting months COVID-19 in May, but continues to
experience symptoms of fatigue and
crosses 10K mark. P02 ANJU MASKERI ON P20-21 muscle ache. PIC/SURESH KARKERA
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Asst commissioner of
H East ward dies of COVID
Colleagues in BMC say Ashok Khairnar worked hard to curtail
virus spread in his ward; state death toll now over 10,000
COVID-19
Bachchan tests
positive for virus
Life-saving COVID
TICKER Late on
Saturday
night, actor
drugs will cost
2.46 lakh Amitabh
Bachchan
lesser now
TOTAL NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES tweeted
IN MAHARASHTRA saying that State to fix prices of Tocizumab and Remdesevir;
he had tested
55.55 % 69% positive for
PIC/AFP hospitals can directly procure drugs from vendors
RECOVERY RATE RECOVERY RATE COVID-19. “I have tested CoviD ARITA SARKAR no longer have to run around
OF STATE OF MUMBAI positive.. shifted to Hospital .. arita.sarkar@mid-day.com to look for the medication.
hospital informing authorities “Such life-saving drugs should
ARITA SARKAR .. family and staff undergone AMID growing complaints of not be sold at chemist shops.
arita.sarkar@mid-day.com tests , results awaited ..All that acute short supply of crucial There is a mismatch between
have been in close proximity medications like Tociluzumab the demand and supply of
ASHOK Khairnar, assistant A survivor of the 7/11 serial blasts pays his respect at a memorial for blast to me in the last 10 days and Remdesevir, which are be- these medications. Through
municipal commissioner of H victims at Mahim station on Saturday. PIC/SURESH KARKERA are requested to please get ing sold in the city at inflated the tender, we’ll know the com-
East ward died, on Saturday themselves tested!” The actor prices, the state government petitive price and hospitals can
afternoon at Fortis Hospital. cials said Thane had the highest has been admitted to Nanavati has finally decided to inter- purchase the drug through the
Khairnar, 56, had spent more number of patients being treat- Hospital, where he is currently vene. On Saturday, the state patient ID to avoid misuse,”
than 30 years with the Brihan- ed, followed by Mumbai. Thane receiving treatment. government invited a tender said Chahal.
mumbai Municipal Corporation saw a spike of 826 cases, Kaly- that would fix the rates of The BMC chief added that
and civic sources said he had an-Dombivli 640 cases and Pune one each in Dhule, and Sangli. three kinds of drugs needed apart from private hospitals,
been hospitalised since testing 1,487 cases. Two deaths involved residents for treatment of COVID-19 details of the vendor selected
positive on July 3. After testing Among the 223 deaths in the of other states. The death patients that will allow all pri- after the tendering process will
positive, Khairnar was first ad- state, 39 deaths were in Mum- rate of the state now stands at vate hospitals in Maharashtra be shared with various collec-
mitted to Gurunanak Hospital in bai, 18 in Thane, 23 in Pune, 17 4.1 per cent. to purchase them directly from tors, as well as those who can
Kalanagar. “When his condition in Jalgaon, 13 in Mira Bhayan- According to civic officials, the vendors. purchase the supply for other
deteriorated, he was shifted to dar, 11 each in Pimpri-Chinch- the city’s average growth rate Over the past few weeks, government-run hospitals. He
Seven Hills Hospital where, he Ashok Khairnar wad and Bhiwandi, 10 in Na- continued to drop and now there have been complaints said that the quantity fixed in
was put on the ventilator. For shik, nine each in Aurangabad stands at 1.39 per cent. While K of Tocizumab and the tender should
more specialised care, he was ing an all-time high of 8,139 and Vasai-Virar, eight each in East and P North ward continue Remdesevir being be sufficient for the
shifted to Mulund’s Fortis Hos- cases, taking the total tally to Jalna and Navi Mumbai, seven to have the highest number of sold at arbitrary These drugs next two months.
pital on Friday. He passed away 2.46 lakh cases, even as Mumbai each in Ulhasnagar and Solapur, cases, new cases continued to be rates due to short- The civic body
at 1 pm on Saturday,” said a sen- recorded 1,284 cases. With 223 five in Kalyan Dombivli, four reported in G North ward, which age of supply. should not be had recently pur-
ior civic official. COVID-related deaths, Mahar- in Satara, three each in Raigad, has the third highest number of In order to curb sold at chemist chased an order
The numbers on Saturday ashtra’s death toll crossed the Panvel, Malegaon and Latur, cases. There were 11 new cases such activities, shops. There is of Remdesevir and
showed the disease continues 10,000 mark. two each in Nagpur, Nanded, in Dharavi, 28 in Dadar and 13 the Directorate of Tociluzumab for
to spread with the state record- State health department offi- Amravati and Kolhapur and in Mahim. Medical Research a mismatch civic-run hospitals
floated a tender on between the for critical patients.
Saturday to fix the demand In order to ensure
NO LOCKDOWN RULES FOR MNS? prices for 20,000 that none of the
vials of Tociluzum- and supply medicines are ille-
MNS vandalises Khar’s The Habitat over 2019 act ab, 60,000 vials of Iqbal Chahal
Remdesevir and
gally sold to people
outside, Chahal has
6.8 lakh tablets of Favipravir issued instructions to all the 18
Pandemic not a problem for party workers upset over stand-up act that criticised Chhatrapati Shivaji for patients in Maharashtra. hospitals, including the state-
“We have floated the tender run GT Hospital and St George
ANURAG KAMBLE ogy letter. Meanwhile, Home into The Habitat and demand- and have invited bids from all Hospitals to update the use of
anurag.kamble@mid-day.com Minister Anil Deshmukh direct- ed an apology. They broadcast manufacturers of the med- every unit of medication used.
ed the police commissioner to their video on a Facebook live. ication. They will have time Based on the guidelines
MNS supporters vandalised investigate the matter. Joshua was then contacted for till Tuesday to respond. After issued by Chahal on July 9,
Khar’s performance venue The Joshua, a stand-up comedi- an apology and also took down we fix the prices, we will share the medical superintendent
Habitat on Friday night, reacting an, during an act performed her video which had been up- the details of the vendor and of every hospital will have to
to a 2019 act by stand- at The Habitat in 2019 loaded on YouTube. hospitals will directly be able update the details on a Google
up comedian Agrima had commented on Founder of The Habitat Balraj to purchase the medication Drive file before 5 pm on a daily
Joshua which had been the upcoming Shivaji Singh Ghai, confirmed the inci- for their patients. There will basis. The report will be sub-
circulating on social Maharaj Memorial in dent, and said, “Violence can’t be no longer be the need to buy mitted to the head office be-
networking sites, in Arabian Sea. The vid- the solution for anything. Every it from chemists,” said Dr TP fore 6 pm and a weekly report
which she allegedly eo went viral a couple art form can be criticised but in Lahane, director of DMER. will be maintained by the head
insulted Chhatrapati of days ago on social civilised manner. None of the The idea was discussed dur- pharmacist of the hospital.
Shivaji Maharaj. networking sites, with artistes who have performed ing a meeting with CM Uddhav “Details like ID of the patient,
Around eight work- some people terming at The Habitat will forgive the Thackeray, late on July 11. BMC date of admission and number
ers of the Raj Thacker- it as “insulting” to the nature of events that occurred The MNS workers streamed their chief Iqbal Chahal who was of vials given will have to be
ay led party reportedly barged warrior leader. here for a simple apology letter.” vandalism act live on Facebook. present at the meeting said updated. If any discrepancy
into the venue and left the place On Friday evening, around However, no police complaint Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has that once the prices have been is found, there will be severe
only after Joshua wrote an apol- eight MNS workers barged has been filed. ordered an inquiry fixed, relatives of patients will repercussions,” he said.
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Families that
fight COVID
together,
stay together
Four families that tested positive, recount how
they battled it out for each other’s sake Lalbaug’s Mavle family that had tested positive for COVID-19 is now back home, after spending several weeks at the hospital
ARITA SARKAR would take around four days; all hope. “But over the next able to see each other from
arita.sarkar@mid-day.com I tested positive seven days couple of weeks, my father’s a distance. It was boring to
after my symptoms started condition started to improve; be by ourselves, but we were
WHEN Sewri resident Sunil showing,” said Jadhav. He was the doctors were surprised by able to see each other during
Jadhav first heard about the admitted to Global Hospital how quickly he had recovered. lunchtime,” said Gonsalves.
Coronavirus outbreak in on April 17, after his condi- He was finally discharged on His sons were discharged on
Mumbai, he started taking tion worsened. Over the next May 26, after spending 37 June 9, and the rest of the fam-
necessary precautions to couple of days, he remained days in the hospital.” Jadhav ily got back home on June 11.
keep his family from harm’s unconscious. By then, his said it was heartening to see During this time, his brother’s
way. The 36-year-old’s father 65-year-old father, his wife the support from his society family took care of his sons.
had undergone a kidney trans- and six-year-old son had also members, who celebrated his Lalbaug resident, Ram Mav-
plant surgery a few months tested positive. Jadhav said father’s return. le, 46, caught the infection,
earlier, and since he was still that his employers requested Not all stories had a happy despite not stepping out of
“on immunosuppressant the hospital to accommodate ending. Malad resident Bha- home. He tested positive days
medication,” the chances of all his family members at the warlal Jain, 55, lost his father after a resident in his building
him picking up the infection same hospital. and two brothers to COVID-19. was confirmed as a COVID-19
were higher. Despite following While Jadhav was dis- Jain along with 12 members of patient. After Mavle had fever
sanitising protocols at home, charged on April 26, his fam- his family had tested positive on May 20, he was admitted to
Jadhav could not prevent the ily remained hospitalised. for the virus, and were admit- Global Hospital in Parel. But
worst from happening. In “When I came back home, I ted to various hospitals. It was he had a bad feeling that the
April, his entire family had was terrified of entering the Jain’s 88-year-old father Dhul- infection had spread to his
to be hospitalised at Global house or touch anything, fear- chand Jain, who first started family. He asked his family to
Hospital in Parel, after they ing that I would get infected to show symptoms. “I have get tested, and within the next
tested positive for COVID-19. again. But the BMC assured three brothers and my father couple of days, his 78-year-old
The next few weeks were the me that the house had been was staying with my elder mother, elder brother, wife
most traumatic for him and sanitised. I had just finished brother, who lives nearby. and two teenage sons also
the rest of his family. cleaning the home, when I got We went to visit him and one tested positive.
Jadhav first started show- a call from the hospital saying by one, we all started testing Fortunately, Mavle’s entire
ing symptoms on Good Fri- that my father was having dif- positive,” he said. family was in the same hospi-
day (April 10), when he devel- ficulty breathing and needed With most of the family tal. With the help of the hos-
oped a fever. Gradually, he to be put on the ventilator,” taking ill, Jain’s brother-in- Family members of James Gonsalves, who works with Lilavati Hospital, pital staff, they were able to
began losing his appetite. “I he said. His wife and son were law, Kamlesh, took on the were admitted to separate hospitals, and are now back home do video chats with each other
had to take my father to the discharged on May 1. responsibility of arranging and keep occupied. “The first
hospital for check-ups. That’s Given the high rate of mor- for hospital beds for every- four days in the hospital were
when I possibly got the infec- tality among patients on the one. Those whose situation scary. The others were recov-
tion. Back then, test reports ventilator, Jadhav had lost had worsened, were sent to We couldn’t see each, but we were able to talk to ering, but the doctor said my
Nanavati Hospital. our sons [on phone] every day. Fortunately, my wife brother was not in good con-
Jain’s father succumbed to and mum were on the same floor as I, and we were dition. He was coughing blood
COVID-19 on May 13. A day lat- and the doctors had to put him
er, his eldest brother Bansilal able to see each other from a distance. It was boring on the ventilator for nearly a
passed on, followed by anoth- to be by ourselves, but we were able to see each other week. We were worried for
er brother, Kanhaiyalal, on during lunchtime James Gonsalves him, but he recovered soon
May 21. “I was still hospitalised after,” said Mavle.
during that time, and couldn’t While most people avoided lives next door suggested His wife Reshma was the
breathe or speak. I was uncon- visiting hospitals during the that everyone in the family first to be discharged on May
scious for a few days, and later pandemic, James Gonsalves, 52, get tested. Apart from his 30; Mavle and the rest of his
learned that doctors had put didn’t have the option of stay- wife, two sons and mother, family were discharged a week
me on the ventilator,” he said. ing at home, as he works in the his brother’s son also tested later. Speaking of the moment
While the family grieved for finance department of Lilavati positive for COVID-19. His she came back home alone,
those who couldn’t recover, Hospital. A resident of Nalaso- mother, wife and he were Reshma said, “I was a little
they were also relieved when para, Gonsalves started show- admitted to Lilavati Hospital, sad, but I wanted them all
Jain was discharged after ing symptoms in the first week and his sons were admitted to recover. When they final-
spending a month in the hos- of May. “I had a fever, headache to Reliance Hospital in Kopar ly came back home, I made
pital. “It was like a festival; all and body ache. More than my- Khairne. “We couldn’t see them their favourite dishes.”
the neighbours came to greet self, I was worried about my each other, but we were able Mavle said that his neighbours
me. My wife and daughter mother, who is 70 years old and to talk to our sons [on phone] were also supportive. “They
were also hospitalised, but I has diabetes. I tested positive a every day. Fortunately, my continued to give us food and
Bhawarlal Jain (extreme right) along with his father Dhulchand and brothers, am happy that we are all back few days later,” he said. wife and mum were on the supplies for several days after
during a family function. He lost two of his brothers and father to COVID-19 home now,” he said. Gonsalves’s brother who same floor as I, and we were we returned.”
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12.07.2020 DAILY DOSSIER
Order
responsibly
AS we sit at home, ordering
in food our only luxury, here
are a few statistics to contend
with. every month, over 3.85
lakh order cancellations lead
to a wastage of over 7 lakh kg
of food. And that’s just one
food delivery app. Swiggy,
which has collated this data,
has found that often orders
get cancelled because the
wrong delivery address has
been chosen. even as it puts
in measures to ensure better
communication, it says the
amount of food wasted every
month is enough to feed 3,000
people for a year. in addition
of course, is the fuel that is
wasted—enough to power a
house for two years. it’s time to
connect with food banks that
will help us share our plenty.
AND WE ALL GO, YAY!
The new normal doesn’t seem to be coming in the way of this family’s fun day in the rain at Bandra Bandstand. PIC/PRADEEP DHIVAR
It’s a sad times for Art to the You can’t stop a cross-border
rescue transfer of knowledge
autograph hunters NiN taneja’s flight back to
New Delhi from Australia was
CLOSiNG of borders can
open a world of possibilities.
and learning techniques
with faculty across the
cancelled within a few hours it’s this thought that world. Dhaka’s University
of her departure when india prompted Dr Gulshan of Liberal Arts and institute
closed its borders, owing to Gidwani, principal of Pune’s of Communication and
the Coronavirus lockdown. St Mira’s College For Girls, to Cultural Studies, Lahore, are
this meant she was going to collaborate with LaGuardia likely to join in. “education is
miss her daughter’s wedding. Community College, New meant to liberate us and not
Just when she lost all the York, for a new edition of bind us by imaginary border
hope, her art came to her COiL (Collaborative Online of countries and cultures
rescue. Nin, who arrived in international Learning). the and languages. COiL is an
Nin Taneja (inset) gifted a painting
Australia early this year, year-long programme will initiative to address the
of two birds sitting together,
participated in the wedding on see the staff and students universality of learning,”
using a colourful palette to the
a video call. Speaking to this of St Mira’s exchange ideas said Gidwani.
newly-wed couple
diarist, taneja, who has been
painting for more than a paint for her house the
decade, said, “the day i beautiful memory
landed in Melbourne, of the place with
England all-rounder Stuart Broad obliges an elderly autograph collector all my attention bright colours as i
after net practice ahead of the Nottingham Test against India on July 8, went to the beautiful saw them.” taneja,
2014. PIC/GETTY IMAGES sounds of the noisy an avid bird watcher,
miners, lorikeets, has been documenting
tHe england vs West indies books and albums. magpies, galahas and many native Australian birds for
cricket test at Southampton this diarist remembers more beautiful birds. A treat the past few months now. “i
will go down in history as Chandu Borde, the former to capture with my camera only thought how and what
the first to be held with india captain, who managed and later read up on them i could do to see my country
no spectators amidst the the indian cricket team on added to my knowledge. with different trees and how
Coronavirus crisis. their 2007 tour of england, After the beautiful wedding to attract more and more birds
But there’s another category of obliging autograph collectors of my daughter in Lockdown and make it a beautiful place
cricket fans who missed at english grounds. One of in Melbourne, i decided to to co-exist.”
out on the game—the them was filled with joy
autograph hunters. after Borde signed his album
the hardcore ones in
england turn up on days
when teams train a couple of
because he missed the
Pune-based cricketer when
he was part of the 1967 tour
Avni Doshi’s novel set to debut in the UK
days before the action starts of england and had given Writer Avni Doshi’s debut daughter and her mum, who was a request by Hamish
because it’s easier to get hold up hopes of getting Borde’s novel, the Girl in White Cotton is slowly losing her memory to Hamilton... i saw that both titles
of players as they make their signature—justifiably so (HarperCollins india), which Alzheimer’s disease, is being lift up different aspects of the
way to the practice nets or on since Borde’s appointment as won a lot of praise when it published by Hamish Hamilton, book. My editor felt that Burnt
their way back to the pavilion. manager at the age of 73—was released in india last year, Penguin UK, and under a new Sugar evoked something that
these gentlemen ensure they unexpected. Hopefully, normal is all set to make a UK name, Burnt Sugar. the book would appeal to the UK market,
stand in an orderly fashion and cricket will resume soon and debut. the novel, which will release on July 30 and and since i loved the new title
wait patiently for the player those tireless collectors can fill describes the troubling has already received glowing as much as the old one, i was
concerned to inscribe their their books again. PIC COURTESY/SHARON HARIDAS relationship between a reviews. “renaming the book happy to go with it,” says Doshi.
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Why are scared Coronavirus patients
running away from KDMC hospitals?
Poor health infra, lack of beds and ill-trained doctors in Kalyan-Dombivli region have led to a medical crisis; patients are left terrified
VINOD KUMAR MENON asymptomatic patients contin- and have entered into an MoU increasing with every passing
vinodm@mid-day.com ue to be in home isolation. There with three private hospitals in day. “Our 80-bed hospital has
are currently 3,373 beds for mild Kalyan and Dombivli, which no space available to accom-
THE situation in the Kalyan and asymptomatic patients, of are charging patients corpora- modate patients. Each patient
Dombivli Municipal Corpora- which 2,407 have been occupied. tion-approved rates. Other pri- is admitted for a minimum of
tion (KDMC) is becoming grim- Similarly, 170 of the 218 beds for vate hospitals also take Corona 10 to 14 days. We cannot take in
mer with each passing day, as moderate cases, and 653 of the positive cases, but they follow fresh cases.”
hospitals struggle with the rising 694 beds for serious cases are the State Health Department’s According to Dr Wiqar Shai-
number of COVID-19 cases. currently occupied. capping of rates, which is still kh, senior allergy and asthma
Health experts have raised The problem, according to higher than the KDMC’s.” The specialist, health infrastructure
concerns about the poor health KDMC health officials is that, official further said that the has always been poor in India.
infrastructure in the region, the civic corporation only has KDMC has converted a badmin- “We spend only 1.28 per cent of
making it difficult to deal with two hospitals—Bai Rukhmini- ton stadium in Dombivli East our GDP on health, which is an
the pandemic. bai Hospital in Kalyan (120 beds, into a 180-bed COVID hospital. extremely poor figure and is the
According to a KDMC health of which 62 have been converted Dr Anil B Dixit, a senior phy- lowest globally. This is why even
A patient, who had escaped from the hospital on Thursday night, died on the
official, as per data available on for COVID-19 care) and Primary sician from Dombivli said that established health institutions
pavement nearby. It took a few hours for the KDMC workers to lift the body
Saturday, there were 5,681 pos- Health Centre in Shastrinagar, the KDMC never had a 100-plus like medical colleges, district
itive cases, of which 181 had al- Dombivli, which has seven ICU basis, of which six doctors and 11 against medical advice and died bedded hospital within its cor- hospitals and primary healthcare
ready lost their lives to the virus. beds. In both these hospitals, only nurses have tested positive. The soon after. Both centres, an expert poration, which has led to this centres have poor infrastruc-
Apart from this, another 1,700 46 doctors work on a permanent situation is so deplorable that on said, are ill-equipped to handle a medical crisis. “The pandem- ture.” He also pointed out that
Thursday night, a patient, who pandemic of this scale, and una- ic has put the spotlight on the most COVID facilities do not
had escaped from a KDMC hospi- ble to keep a check on patients. need to improve healthcare and have qualified physicians, which
Our 80-bed hospital has no space available to tal, died on the pavement nearby. When contacted, a senior infrastructure in the KDMC area,” has resulted in higher mortali-
accommodate patients. Each patient is admitted for a It took more than a few hours for health official from KDMC said, he said. Jacob Thomas, director ty. “These facilities need to be
KDMC workers to lift the body. In “We have made temporary ICU at RR Hospital, Dombivli, which reviewed and health infrastruc-
minimum of 10 to 14 days. We cannot take in fresh cases another case, an elderly lady from facilities available in these two is now a COVID hospital said tures need to be urgently correct-
Jacob Thomas, director at RR Hospital, Dombivli Dombivli West, left the hospital KDMC hospitals just last month, that the number of patients is ed,” he said.
Dubey aid caught in Thane
Guddan Trivedi had been hiding in Thane for 5 days, watching TV channels mid day
VISHAL SINGH
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down, and keeps meeting him driver into custody. clude the murder of Minister of NOTES
regularly to share his opinions.
acquaintance, from DCP Vikram Deshmane said, State Santosh Shukla in 2001.
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He said the lockdown relaxations “Dubey’s aide Guddan, who is The Uttar Pradesh government
came at the right time. every minute action of accused of killing eight police- had also announced a reward
the UP police men in Kanpur, is now in police of R50,000 for his arrest.
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It’s holidays in Mumbai’s Madagascar
Despite losses that
run into crores,
authorities at
Sanjay Gandhi
National Park and
Byculla Zoo say the
lockdown has come
as a blessing in
disguise for the
animals, who’ve
never been happier
JANE BORGES
jane.borges@mid-day.com
THE Veermata Jijabai Bhosale
Udyaan and Zoo in Byculla be-
gan the new year on an encour-
aging note. Not only had four
of its animal enclosures been
given a swanky facelift with a
pair of new tigers, leopards and
other animals being brought in,
the Mumbai zoo also opened
its doors to a 44 ft-tall walk-
through aviary, spread across
18,234 sqft, and boasting of
nearly 100 Indian and exotic
birds. Wildlife biologist and
international zoo educator,
Anand Pendharkar, who was
one of the early visitors to this
newly-designed zoo, describes
this change as “phenomenal”.
Having suffered years of ne-
glect, the zoo, which for the last
few years was mostly drawing
crowds to its penguin enclo- Chitals, also known as spotted deer, seen moving in the visitor section of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli. The creature of the wild usually prefers to move inside the forest, but the
sure, was finally coming into its empty visitor area due to the lockdown, has emboldened it to leave its comfort zone
own. But barely a month-and-
a-half later, the zoo decided to says Tripathi. “Animals only once briefly ments and administration in
close its gates, after news of the and birds are having a during the 2005 Union territories, requesting
Coronavirus outbreak. This was field day in the zoo,” he deluge. Sandwiched to specify activities related to
a few days before PM Narendra shares. “Most creatures in a containment taking care of captive animals
Modi announced the national tend to get stressed due zone, the park shut in zoos as ‘’essential services’’.
lockdown from March 24. to the constant flow of its doors on March The restrictions were eased a
It’s the first time in the zoo’s visitors. But right now, 17. Like the Byculla few weeks later.
history that it has been shut- because there is no zoo, it also generated While the Byculla zoo didn’t
tered for nearly four months. distraction, these ani- most of its revenue have to contend with this issue,
On an average, the zoo, which mals are showing good, Sunil Limaye during the summer it still needed its staff, and at
opened as a garden in 1862, natural behaviour, holidays, making full strength, to ensure that its
would see a daily footfall of like climbing trees, nearly R7 lakh daily. 300 animals, birds and reptiles
8,000 to 10,000 people. Dur- and wading through The park sees 15 lakh were taken care of.
ing the summer holidays, the the pools.” visitors annually. “Before the lockdown, 50
numbers would swell further. At Borivli’s Sanjay But, Sunil Limaye, per cent of our staff lived with-
Dr Sanjay Tripathi, director of Gandhi National Park additional principal in the zoo premises, and the
the zoo, says that the facility too, the constant flow chief conservator rest outside,” says Dr Tripathi.
has incurred losses worth R3 of tourists, includ- of forest (APCCF), Somewhere, around the same
crore since the lockdown. That ing walkers who’d Wildlife West Re- time, a tiger at New York’s
it is corporation-funded means come here early every Anand Pendharkar gion, is not too up- Bronx Zoo had tested positive
that the zoo’s financial losses morning, has come to a set by this downturn. for COVID-19; the animal was
are currently being taken care grinding halt. The park, which “Our animals [at SGNP] look believed to have contracted the
of. But, despite the massive rev- is under the Maharashtra gov- happier. They need a holiday, virus from a caretaker, who was
enue drop, the lockdown has ernment, got the national park too,” says Limaye. asymptomatic at the time. In or-
come as a blessing in disguise, status in 1996, and was shut der to avert a situation like this,
The boss of their home the zoo made arrangements for
At the beginning of the lock- its staff to stay on site. “Byculla
down, a large number of zoos was one of the key hotspots, and
It’s a good time to reinvent laws and make them, more across India had complained we didn’t want to put anyone at
humane for our animals. So, putting an animal off display of facing “severe hardships” in risk,” Dr Tripathi adds.
for six months is something they could consider. Or, arranging food and drinking Since then, the 36-member
water for animals. At the time, team has been invested in the Sunil Limaye, APCCF, Wildlife West region, says that the monkeys, which
maybe regeneration of vegetations the Central Zoo Authority had had become over-reliant for food from visitors to SGNP, have now started
Anand Pendharkar written to the state govern- Continued on page 07 going into the forest to look for plants and fruits. FILE PIC/RANE ASHISH
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Continued from page 06 are used to human company and
even get easily attached. “Not
care of animals. With no visi- having their regular caretakers
tors, enrichment activities are around, can often cause them to
on in full measure. “We hide withdraw. Some even stop eat-
their food within their enclo- ing. In worst cases, if the care-
sures, so that they can go find taker has passed on, the animal
it. Or, we simply place their food also dies soon after.”
on the tree, so that they take the Irrespective of the lockdown,
effort to climb up. The animals he says that animals in national
are responding well. We used to parks, as well as those in zoos,
do these activities earlier too, should be behaving naturally.
but now that we have more time “And, authorities are supposed
at hand, we do it more frequent- to ensure that animal behaviour
ly,” he says, adding that it helps In the absence of visitors, tiger pair, Karishma and Shakti, who were doesn’t change or get compro-
the captive creatures interact brought from Aurangabad’s Siddharth Garden and Zoo, are enjoying their mised.” But, if there has been
with their surroundings better. new enclosure, which has a pool with an underwater viewing facility a significant change in animal
The tiger pair, Karishma and behaviour now, Pendharkar
Shakti, who were brought from says that authorities should use
Aurangabad’s Siddharth Garden FaceTime with eels their learnings to rethink about
and Zoo, for instance, have be- how they can make spaces safer
Many animals and creatures have been forgetting all about
come bosses of their new home. and habitable for them. “It’s a
“Their new enclosure is around
their previous lives. At the Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo, for good time to reinvent laws and
4,000 sqms, with a huge pool. instance, staff members noticed its garden eels hid when make them, more humane for
This is also the first facility with staff members approached the enclosure. This was, because our animals. So, putting an ani-
underwater viewing. Once, we they were slowly becoming unused to humans. Authorities mal off display for six months is
opened the exhibit to the ti- then urged the public to make video calls to them, to try something they could consider.
gers, they were enjoying them- and prevent them from seeing visitors as a threat when the Or, maybe regeneration of vege-
selves. We have videos of them aquarium reopened. The aquarium also set up tablets facing tation. A carrying capacity sur-
swimming, jumping, roaming, The Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyaan and Zoo in Byculla mostly draws their tank, so that users could connect via FaceTime app. vey would also be a good idea,
and running from one end to crowds to its penguin exhibit. FILE PIC/SURESH KARKERA to monitor the footfall of visi-
another. It was amazing for us tors and the time they spend in
to watch,” he shares. Unfortu- wilderness of the forest and positive sign,” adds Limaye. vehicular movement, leopards activity that can be construed these spaces. The rights of the
nately, before the public could straying into the park’s visitor Dhaval Kansara, honorary and deer from the forests would as obscene,” he says. Elephants, animals, after all, should always
enjoy this spectacle, the lock- area. They are often seen frol- wildlife warden of the Palghar stray into the highways. We’d re- says Pendharkar, also tend to be first priority.”
down was announced. icking near the locked entrance district and founder of the Wild- port at least one or two accident get stressed if they are kept too Limaye says that the positive
SGNP is experiencing a sim- gate and the open grounds. This life Conservation and Animal cases every two months. That long inside an enclosure or when response of animals at SGNP, has
ilar resurgence. Range Forest wasn’t a sight one got to witness Welfare Association (WCAWA), has stopped.” there’s a lot of human activity. made them consider giving a lit-
Officer of the Lion Safari Park, earlier, admits Limaye. Even says that the Palghar region has “When that happens, they stay in tle vacation to them. “It’s some-
Vijay Barabde, says that the the monkeys, who were most not reported a single road acci- Animals need the break the same place, and sway. That’s thing that I plan to bring up with
lockdown hasn’t affected the li- spoiled due to human contact, dent involving an animal in the Pendharkar, admits that many a sign of stress, and they are not my senior authorities and col-
ons and tigers, who are current- are now behaving as they are last four months. “Earlier, due to animals, especially primates, supposed to do that. They should leagues. Shutting down the park,
ly in their enclosures and were wont to. “We always desisted show change in behaviour when be walking around. Similarly, for a while every year, isn’t a bad
viewed during the safari tours.
However, those in the wild are
showing interesting behaviour.
Herds of chitals, also known as
people from feeding the mon-
keys at the park, and they’d still
do it. Now, that nobody is throw-
ing food at them, they’ve started
THREE
Money in crores the
they come in contact with hu- big cats, will pace up and down
man beings. “Monkeys are very when uncomfortable. So, yes, it’s
smart. They know what grabs quite possible that animals have
everyone’s attention. That’s also calmed down [in the absence of
idea. We are already doing that at
India’s tiger reserves during the
monsoon.” There is, however, no
plan to open the national park,
the spotted deer, and sambars, going into the forest to look for Byculla zoo has lost in why they sometimes deliberate- visitors at the zoo].” anytime soon. “That discussion
are now abandoning the dense plants and fruits. All of this is a revenue due to the lockdown ly spray at people or indulge in But most zoo animals, he says, will only happen in August.”
Because two heads are better than one
Traumatic brain injury surgery is staple for India’s neurosurgeons, given our rash driving tradition and
dura and opened it up swiftly ly adept at his craft and would
only to have the brain bulge come home for the smallest of
top spot in head injury stats. But, it’s an ‘honour’ we’d rather do without right into our faces. Small blood fixtures. As kids, when we ar-
vessels on the surface, not able rived from school, we’d know
titanium mesh. This sort of but I wasn’t sure if they got it. to withstand the stretch, began he was home if we saw his bike
operation is the “bread and His parents listened in si- rupturing. We managed to en- parked under the building with
doctor in butter” of neurosurgery, espe-
cially if your hospital is close
lence, staring in denial. In these
situations, relatives either ask
ter some of the crevices and
release cerebrospinal fluid,
a turquoise helmet strapped on
the handle. In the 20 years of
the house to the highway. I must have
removed hundreds of bone
flaps while training. I remem-
a lot of questions or none at
all. “Aap bhagwan hai, aap ko
jo sahi lagta hai kijeye”. When
opening up pathways to re-
duce pressure. We were able
to perceive some pulsations,
him having worked with us, the
image that has stayed with me
is him strapping on his helmet.
DR. MAZDA TUREL ber preserving several of these patients refer to you as God, it’s but the brain gnawed angrily One day, when I saw the helmet
mazda.turel@mid-day.com bones; washing, sterilising, and actually disconcerting. You’re back at us. It was time to close missing, I enquired with him.
autoclaving them; and drilling expected to perform like the rapidly. “You think he’s going to The strap had broken and he
I WALKED into the emergen- that he wasn’t brain dead. Yet. the words, Happy Birthday, to divine, which, sometimes, if make it?” I asked my assistant, had given it for repair. It was to
cy department at 3 am and A colleague and I glanced at gift to my then girlfriend, now you’re lucky (and the real God usually the optimistic one. His be back the next day. That was
was given the brief. “This is a each other. When a long silence wife. They continue to be her is on your side), you may be able silence was answer enough. The the last I saw of him.
24-year-old man who rammed precedes a course of action, it most ‘crowned’ possessions. At to pull off. But in this situation, brain oozed out like toothpaste India is the head injury cap-
his bike into a tempo while is because we both understand least, that’s what I think. I’m a it seemed impossible. through our skin sutures. ital of the world, a distinction
turning into a no-entry road the gravity of the situation. We thrifty and innovative spouse. We drilled a few holes in the If you browse through the we cannot be proud of. Ever so
at 1.55 am. He was under the spoke to the family and sug- “There is a very high chance skull and connected the dots Indian Head Injury Foundation often, we see our youth, die in
influence of alcohol at the gested an operation called a that the outcome is not going with a cutter to remove 16x12 website, you will see that a per- horrific road traffic accidents,
time of the incident and was decompressive craniectomy. to be good. But because he is cm of the bone. The underlying son dies every three minutes and while saving them can
brought to us unconscious and Here, we remove a large portion young, we have to do whatever covering of the brain, which is from traumatic brain injury be exhilarating, losing them
gasping. He had to be intubat- of the skull and allow the swol- we can,” I said. I tried to explain usually leathery and lax, was in our country; that’s 25 times is devastating. Head injuries
ed and ventilated. There was a len brain to expand outward that the condition of his brain stretched and thin. The brain higher than in the developed generate business for neuro-
15-cm scalp laceration that was instead of pressing on vital was akin to having dropped a in its regular condition is soft world. Most of us believe that surgeons, but it’s one source
bleeding and has been sutured. structures within. The bone is glass from a height and then and pulsates gently; his was like a serious road traffic accident of income I’d rather not have.
The CT scan shows several preserved in the abdomen and trying to put the pieces back, a rock. We made a nick in the is unlikely to ever happen to us,
areas of haemorrhage with se- can be replaced when the swell- and hence the callousness and The writer is practicing neurosurgeon
vere brain swelling and multi- ing subsides a few weeks later. indifference. at Wockhardt Hospitals and Honorary
ple fractures.” Sometimes, when we don’t Sometimes, when we don’t preserve the bone for a Ram, a carpenter who Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
I did a quick neurological ex- preserve the bone for a reason reason and discard it, we replace the defect with a worked for my family, was at Grant Medical College and Sir JJ
amination to find that his pu- and discard it, we replace the pre-contoured titanium mesh. This sort of operation plump and used to ride a black Group of Hospitals. You can reach him
pils were reacting to light, a sign defect with a pre-contoured is the “bread and butter” of neurosurgery Yamaha Rx100. He was extreme- at mazda.turel@mid-day.com
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The Mollem mess
Citizen’s groups are concerned that three infra projects,
two of which cleared on VC during the lockdown, sound
trouble for both, Goa’s thriving eco-system and the
livelihood of those who depend on it
PRUTHA BHOSLE construction of a new power line.
prutha.bhosle@mid-day.com Following the clearances of these
projects in June this year, a group
SPRAWLED across a 240 sq km of 149 scientists, academicians,
protected area, located in the conservationists, artists, allied pro-
Western Ghats in Sanguem taluk, fessionals as well as concerned cit-
the Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary izens wrote to India’s Environment
and Mollem National Park in Goa Minister Prakash Javadekar stating
are rich in rare flora and fauna. that the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wild-
The area, which contains pristine life Sanctuary and Mollem National
vegetation classified as West Coast Park in Goa together are a “treas-
tropical evergreen forests, ure trove of flora and fau-
West Coast semi-ever- na, and is part of a larger
green forests and moist contiguous forest and an
deciduous forests, was important tiger corridor Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park in Goa are a treasure trove of flora and fauna, and is part
declared a wildlife sanctu- between Goa and the ad- of a larger contiguous forest and an important tiger corridor between Goa and Karnataka. PIC/PARAG RANGNEKAR
ary in 1969. The parkland joining Kali Tiger Reserve
contains several geolog- in Karnataka.” “The Bhag- sanction these projects during the
ical, cultural attractions wan Mahaveer Wildlife lockdown?” asks Madgavkar, who
that make it a popular Parag Sanctuary and Mollem Na- fears this will have a direct impact
destination in the state Rangnekar tional Park, parts of which on the tourism industry of Goa.
of Goa. “Dudhsagar Falls, are located in Mollem and So, in the first week of July,
which is Goa’s tallest waterfall and Kalay Panchayat, provide a wealth members of the TTAG wrote to
India’s fifth tallest, is located in the of provisioning services. The pro- Javadekar, too. The TTAG is the
same area. While the waterfall re- tected area and its surrounding apex body representing the Hotel
mains shut during the monsoon, natural areas have been a source of & Travel Trade in Goa. The mem-
it sees about 2,000 tourists every timber, medicinal plants, culturally bers of the non-profit are from
day from October to May. These important wild plants and sacred related industries such as hotel-
travellers include both foreigners plants and groves to the people iers, travel agents, tour operators
and Indians of all age groups. But of Mollem and Kalay Panchayats. and airlines. Raising concerns over
soon, this is going to come to end,” Should these projects sanctioned the projects, the letter says, “The
rues Aakash Madgavkar, executive by the MoEFCC go ahead, water 2019-2020 tourist season began
member, managing committee of scarcity will increase not just in with unseasonal weather and
the Travel & Tourism Association Mollem Panchayat, but also across tropical storms and is now fac-
of Goa (TTAG). Goa since these forests contribute ing the COVID-19 pandemic. This The type locality of idionyx This protected area is also home to the
Goa is set to lose around 55,000 water to Khanderpar River through pushes us to strengthen natural gomantakensis is recorded near the Goa state bird, flame-throated bulbul
trees and 185 hectares of forest cov- provisioning and regulating ser- capital and ecosystem resilience to railway track, which is proposed to be (pycnonotus gularis). PIC/OMKAR
er for three projects—widening of vices. Their impact will be further strengthen the future of tourism expanded. PIC/PARAG RANGNEKAR DHARWADKAR
the existing National Highway 4A, compounded by climate change in Goa. In this context, the three
railway line double-tracking and and associated natural disasters,” proposed projects will not only It has been recorded in a few lo- list of mammals and not birds. He
reads the letter. change patterns of land-use but cations elsewhere in the Western says, “No attempt has been made
Interestingly, two of these significantly affect the tourism Ghats. But, this [the area close to to quantify the richness or species
projects were cleared during the potential of these areas.” the proposed railway tracks] is abundance in the project area. A
We want to know if the COVID-19 lockdown in April via The letter stated that deforest- the only location in Goa where it quick reference to eBird, a citizen
existing railway facilities or video-conferencing by the standing ation from these projects will has been traced. The project will science portal, suggests a presence
the existing highway are used committee of the National Board adversely affect the future de- directly impact this species,” Rang- of 235 species for the Bhagwan Ma-
to maximum capacities. If not, of Wildlife. “We are not entire-
ly opposing the projects, but we
velopment of hinterland tour- nekar tells us.
ism, “which directly opposes the Their letter also reveals that the
haveer WLS, which is an Important
Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBBA) as
then what is the desperation don’t see any positives. We want state’s 25-year vision [approved protected area is home to more identified by the Bombay Natural
of sanctioning these projects to know if the existing railway in 2019] to revamp the economy”. than 721 plant species, 235 bird History Society (BNHS) for Birdlife
facilities or the existing highway Explaining this, Madgavkar says, species, 219 butterfly species, 80 International, UK. Several groups
during the lockdown? are used to maximum capacities. If “The government has been saying odonate species, 70 mammal spe- of taxa have not been surveyed at
Aakash Madgavkar not, then what is the desperation to that it wants to promote cies, 75 ant species, 45 all in the road EIA, including all the
hinterland tourism and reptile species, 44 fish insect orders and other taxa such
ecotourism in Goa for
over a decade now. 185
But each year after the The total area
species, 43 fungi species,
27 amphibian species, 24
orchid species, and 18
as fresh water fish.”
This protected area is also home
to of all Goa’s state symbols: the
budget is released, there in hectares of species of lichens. state tree (terminalia tomentosa),
is no policy formulated forest cover in Rangnekar further the state animal (gaur, bos gaurus)
regarding the same. And adds that the Environ- and the state bird (flame-throated
Goa that will be
now, they plan to simul- mental Impact Assess- bulbul, pycnonotus gularis). The
taneously carry forth all lost to the three ment (EIA) for the trans- rivers and forest streams also pro-
the three projects. This projects mission line is not in vide water to a large human popu-
is not a joke; can you im- public domain. “They say lation in the district of North Goa.
agine the impact it will have on the EIA is done for all the three projects. Major stakeholders of not just
ecosystem?” While for the transmission line, EIA tourism, but environment and
Parag Rangnekar, a biologist in is not available for the public to see, bio-diversity in Goa have started
Goa, agrees. Rangnekar is also one the one done for the railway line the citizen’s fight to protect the
of the signatories of the letter sent is pretty decent. They have done clearing of forest land at the Bhag-
to Javadekar in June. “There are an extensive survey and acknowl- wan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary
two dragonfly species, which are edged that the project will have an and Mollem National Park. Most
endemic to the Western Ghats. In impact, but what needs to be done recently, a new page on Instagram
fact, the type locality of idionyx go- about it has not been mentioned called, Amche Mollem, is being
mantakensis [Goan shadow danc- anywhere,” Rangnekar informs. used to raise awareness about the
er] is adjacent to the railway track, The biologist says that the EIA rich diversity to be impacted by the
The railway track expansion is said to impact Idionyx gomantakensis. PIC/PARAG RANGNEKAR which is proposed to be expanded. on the highway contains check- development projects.
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6 NSCN (IM) INSURGENTS
KILLED IN ARUNACHAL
NEW DELHI: Six National
Socialist Council of
India records highest single-day
spike with 27,114 new COVID cases
Nagaland (Isak-Muivah)
insurgents were neutralised
in an encounter with
security forces in Tirap
district of Arunachal
Pradesh on Saturday. Based
on the specific intelligence
inputs regarding presence While the fatality rate has declined to 2.72 per cent, the country remains third worst-affected in the world
of armed insurgents, two
columns were launched by Among those who should
the Assam Rifles in Khonsa
area, which is nearly 50 COVID-19 be prioritised for rapid anti-
gen testing are people with
kilometres East of Tinsukia.
FOUNDATION LAID FOR
TICKER Influenza Like Illness (ILI) in
containment zones and fever
clinics, Severe Acute Respira-
STEEL BRIDGES IN HYD
HYDERABAD: Under
8,20,916 tory Infection (SARI) cases and
suspected COVID deaths.
Other people who need to
TOTAL NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE
Strategic Road COUNTRY AS OF TODAY be prioritised include interna-
Development Programme tional travellers, asymptomatic
(SRDP) aimed at easing patients undergoing chemo-
traffic congestion in 22,123 62.42% therapy, immunosuppressed
Hyderabad, foundation TOTAL NUMBER OF RATE OF RECOVERY patients, HIV positive cases,
stone was laid on Saturday DEATHS TILL DATE OF PATIENTS patients diagnosed with cancer,
for two steel flyovers to be transplant patients, and those
built at a cost of R426 crore. NEW DELHI: India recorded its who underwent elective and
highest single-day spike of 27,114 emergency surgical procedures.
MALALA FUND TO COMPILE new Coronavirus cases and
‘Handover hospital to Army’
519 deaths in the last 24 hours,
ANTHOLOGY IN 2021 pushing the total tally to over With two more deaths report-
NEW DELHI: A book will eight lakh with a total of 22,123 ed in Goa, Congress leader
document the journeys of deaths, Health Ministry’s data Digambar Kamat on Saturday
25 exceptionally brave girls, stated on Saturday. demanded that only designat-
who fought oppression and Alarmingly, the country ed COVID-19 hospital be handed
defied regressive social added one lakh cases in mere- Workers use a mist cannon to sanitise a street in the wake of Coronavirus, in Kolkata on Saturday. PIC/PTI over to the Army and a White
norms for their right to ly four days. On Tuesday, the Paper be issued on the situation
education, the publishers tally had surpassed the grim the US and Brazil. The Prime Minister also re- based on evaluation parame- in the state.
announced ahead of Malala mark of seven lakh cases. The Meanwhile, Prime Minister iterated the need to observe ters decided by the universities. “I want to ask the govern-
Day. HarperCollins India rate of recovery of COVID-19 Narendra Modi on Saturday di- personal hygiene and social “In light of the major disrup- ment with a heavy heart: How
has acquired the rights of patients has touched 62.42 rected for real-time monitoring discipline in public places. He tions caused by the pandemic, many more deaths does the
the anthology, which is per cent. Fatality rate has de- of the pandemic at the national advised for widespread aware- Delhi government has decided government need to show
compiled by Malala Fund clined to 2.72 per cent. India, level, stressing on guidance to ness on COVID-19 and asked to cancel all Delhi state univer- sensitivity towards COVID
and will be released in 2021. however, remains the third all affected states that have a authorities to lay continuous sity exams including final ex- patients to provide proper,
worst-affected country after high test-positivity rate. emphasis on preventing the ams,” said Sisodia. safe and secure food and oth-
ED SEIZES R3.57CR IN spread of the infections. “There
is no room for any complacency 20K antigen tests
er facilities?’” Kamat, a former
Chief Minister, said.
RAIDS ON TRAVEL FIRMS COVID-19 affects women: PFI in this regard,” the Prime Min- Karnataka will start conducting With two more deaths in the
NEW DELHI: The The effects of the pandemic threaten to reverse the limited ister Modi said. 20,000 antigen tests for early last 24 hours, Goa’s COVID-19
Enforcement Directorate progress made on gender equality and women’s sexual detection of the infection, an death count has reached 11.
(ED) has seized R3.5 crore Delhi exams cancelled official said on Saturday. The state has 895 active cases.
and reproductive health, an NGO said. The Population
belonging to directors of The Delhi government on Satur- “In view of the evolving sit- “The government must imme-
several tour and travel
Foundation of India has recommended timely measures to day decided to cancel all the ex- uation of COVID-19 in Karnata- diately hand over the COVID
companies, during raids ensure women remain central to COVID-19 recovery efforts. aminations in the state univer- ka, there is a need to enhance hospital management to the
conducted at eight different The NGO released a paper, Impact of COVID-19 on Women, sities in view of the pandemic. testing using reliable point of Army, before more damage is
locations in Delhi and which takes a comprehensive look at the impacts of the Deputy Chief Minister Man- care (PoC) rapid antigen detec- done to the innocent people,”
Ghaziabad, the agency said. crisis across the country, specifically on women and girls. ish Sisodia said that the degree tion test,” said Additional Chief Kamat said.
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Gehlot accuses BJP of trying to topple his govt Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot and a number
notices to Gehlot and Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot to record their
court grants bail to 75
of his MLAs have accused the statement in connection with NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on furnishing a personal bond of
BJP of conspiring to topple the alleged attempts to topple Saturday granted bail to 75 R10,000 each. Till date, 445 for-
the government in the state, a their government. Notice has foreign nationals from Thai- eign nationals from 33 coun-
charge denied by the Opposition also been sent to Government land and Nepal, who were tries, who were charge-sheeted
party, which blamed “infight- Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi. charge-sheeted for attending in the case, have been granted
ing” within the ruling Congress The move came after the a Tablighi Jamaat bail by the court.
for the current situation.
The state police’s special
operations group has issued
SOG on Friday registered an FIR
against two people, who have
been detained for their alleged
involvement in horse trading of
congregation al-
legedly in violation
of visa norms, in- 445
dulging in mis- Total number of
The police had
in June filed 59
charge sheets,
including supple-
Congress MLAs for toppling the sionary activities foreign nationals mentaries, against
Ashok Gehlot government. illegally and vio- charge-sheeted 956 foreigners be-
Notices have been “Notices have been issued to lating government longing to 36 dif-
issued to the CM and the the CM and the deputy CM for guidelines issued in the wake ferent countries in the case.
deputy CM for recording recording their statement in of the COVID-19 outbreak. The accused will file their
connection with the matter,” an Chief Metropolitan Magis- plea bargaining applications
their statement official source said on Saturday. trate Gurmohina Kaur grant- on Monday.
An official source AGENCIES Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ed relief to the foreigners on AGENCIESYou can also read
