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Four of Mumbais nine gigantic Covid-19 centers are being deactivated by the BMC
The municipal corporation has started removing four of the city’s nine gigantic Covid-19 centers, which opened in 2020 to deal with the pandemic’s mounting instances of Covid-19.
Medicines, equipment, Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants, and Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) storage tanks have all been inventoried in the Goregaon, Dahisar, Kanjurmarg, and Mulund facilities. The edifice would be physically dismantled soon, according to Suresh Kakani, assistant municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The four centers have a total capacity of 8,200 beds, with the NESCO center in Goregaon, which is the city’s largest, having the most beds at 3,700.
According to Kakani, the drugs and equipment will be delivered to tertiary and peripheral hospitals, as well as other municipalities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, based on demand. The Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation and the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation have both made requests to the civic body.
According to Kakani, the structures will first be vacated before being dismantled.
“As we distribute the equipment, we would prioritize hospitals in Mumbai.” We’ve received inquiries from the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation and the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation, but we’ll assess the city’s needs first,” he said.
Dr. Neelam Andrade, dean of the NESCO jumbo facility in Goregaon, stated, “We have distributed the list within our civic-run clinics and will give out the drugs as per demand.”
The gigantic facilities feature conventional and specialized Intensive Care Unit beds, ventilators, BiPAP machines, monitors, and other medical equipment, in addition to pharmaceuticals. The four jumbos that will be disassembled have a total of 26 PSA plants and eight LMO tanks. The PSA plants and LMO tanks will be spread among Mumbai’s hospitals. While moving the plants and tanks is doable, it will necessitate extensive labor due to the need to uproot the piping, which was connected to beds in the wards.
However, this will not affect the city’s oxygen supply because admissions to these centers have largely ceased. The PSA tanks, once relocated, will assist hospitals in lowering their reliance on storage tanks and cylinders to some extent.
According to Kakani, members of the state task force were convened, and it was decided to begin the dismantling process gradually.
The BMC’s Hospital Infrastructure Committee (HIC) is cooperating with the engineers to work out the process of dismantling the facilities, according to Dr. Deepa Shriyan, who led the Dahisar jumbo hospital.
All of the jumbo facilities’ employees were hired on 60 or 90-day contracts. Each center’s contract terms and conditions were different.
While some centers featured a condition that stated that the contract could be terminated within 24 hours, others required a week’s notice. Some large centers reopened their wards in phases in December, ahead of the third wave, and employed a limited number of medical, paramedical, cleaning, and other employees.
The city had a 32 percent occupancy rate during the third wave (on January 11), when bed capacity was 22,445 and the active caseload in Mumbai was 100,523. On Tuesday, only 60 cases were registered in Mumbai.
Ganesh mandal uses Ganeshotsav to spread awareness against addiction.
The Awareness
The Shivchhaya Mitra Mandal, popularly known as Navi Mumbaicha Raja, is using this year’s Ganeshotsav to promote a drug-free and healthy lifestyle. The mandal’s 56th Ganeshotsav is being organised at the CIDCO ground near ICL School in Sector 21, Turbhe. The celebrations began on September 14.
A major focus of this year’s festival is an anti-addiction campaign carrying the message “Say No to Drugs”. Through posters, banners and cut-outs, the mandal will create awareness about the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, gutkha, drugs, gambling and other addictive habits. The campaign promotes the message that a moment of pleasure can lead to lifelong problems, while staying away from addiction can lead to a happier life.
The festival will also include bhajans, spiritual programmes, blood donation and health camps, Annadan, Atharvashirsh recitation, Satyanarayan Mahapuja and felicitation of achievers. The mandal is also supporting tribal students from Wada and Mokhada in pursuing higher education after Classes 10 and 12.
Around 8 to 10 lakh devotees are expected to visit the pandal during the 12-day festival. A Satyanarayan Katha and Bhandara will be organised on September 24, with food arrangements for around 10,000 devotees.
Civic body prepares 192 immersion sites to support a smooth and eco-friendly Ganeshotsav.
The Ponds
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has made arrangements for the smooth and eco-friendly celebration of Ganeshotsav 2026, which will be held from September 14 to 25. To reduce crowding and help prevent water pollution, the civic body has set up 170 artificial immersion ponds across the city, along with 22 natural immersion sites.
More than 140 Ganesh mandals have applied online for permission to install pandals. The NMMC has introduced a single-window system to make the approval process easier by bringing permissions from different departments together. Across all 192 immersion sites, arrangements have been made for volunteers, CCTV surveillance, electricity and generators. Medical teams will be deployed at 22 major immersion sites, while lifeguards and fire brigade personnel will also be available.
The civic body has arranged rafts at natural immersion sites and separate facilities for wet and dry nirmalya. Dedicated vehicles will collect floral waste and transport it to the processing facility in Turbhe. Road repairs and tree pruning along idol arrival and immersion routes have also been completed.
The NMMC has appealed to citizens to use artificial immersion ponds and celebrate Ganeshotsav in an eco-friendly manner, helping protect the city’s water bodies.
Initiative encourages residents, institutions and businesses to take responsibility for spaces around their premises.
The Launch
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has launched the Angan Adoption Scheme 2026 under the Sugandhi City Campaign, encouraging citizens to take responsibility for the cleanliness and upkeep of public spaces near their homes, shops and institutions.
The initiative was inaugurated by Maharashtra Forest Minister and Palghar Guardian Minister Ganesh Naik. During the programme, appreciation certificates were presented to individuals who had already come forward to adopt public spaces. A web portal for the campaign was also launched, along with a booklet explaining its objectives.
Mayor Sujata Patil, Deputy Mayor Dashrath Bhagat, former MP Sanjeev Naik, former MLA Sandeep Naik, House Leader Sagar Naik and other elected representatives and citizens attended the event. Addressing the gathering, Ganesh Naik said the initiative could help Navi Mumbai move towards becoming the cleanest city in the country. He stressed that cleanliness should not be limited to appearances, but should involve genuine public participation.
Deputy Mayor Dashrath Bhagat explained that the scheme focuses on three key elements—places, spaces and people. Residents, schools, colleges, hospitals, factories, shops and other institutions can adopt even small areas outside their premises, keep them clean and prevent garbage from being dumped there. The campaign promotes the message, “My courtyard, my responsibility,” and aims to turn cleanliness into a shared responsibility among Navi Mumbai’s citizens.
Navi Mumbaicha Raja Promotes Drug-Free Living
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