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Mumbai Diary: Friday Dossier
Coronavirus outbreak: Study shows the young are more vulnerable
Coronavirus outbreak: State government rolls out supplies for poor; not enough, say people
With the 21-day lockdown, a significant part of the city's population has lost its regular source of income and has little or no access to food. While the government has announced food distribution among them, many are unaware of it. Ration card holders, who are getting limited supplies, are unable to afford oil, spices and vegetables
Twenty-year-old Anita and her 35-year-old husband Dhananjay Bhagat, who live in a hutment in Andheri, are blind since birth. Neither of them have jobs, so they rely on the earnings of their respective mothers, who worked as domestic helps and jointly earned around Rs 8,000 per month. However, the family is struggling to make ends meet as both the women have lost their jobs.
Fortunately, Anita and her husband are both ration card holders which helps them to get a limited supply of food grains. Despite this, they are struggling to buy cooking oil, sugar, spices and vegetables, since none of that is included in the relief being given to lakhs of ration card ..
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Coronavirus outbreak: In several pockets of Mumbai, people are defying lockdown orders
Despite the city having 235 positive cases of COVID-19 and six related deaths so far, Mumbaikars haven't learnt any lessons. The authorities are seriously concerned, but as if mocking the nationwide lockdown, people in many areas of Mumbai are going about their routine, seemingly with a 'chalta hai' attitude.
People roaming on bikes, crowds shopping in vegetable markets, kids playing in grounds are common sights in many areas of Mumbai. These places, referred to as sensitive areas by the police, seem to be beyond the control of authorities.
Here is where people are defying the lockdown:
Crowds confront the police
The police who try to convince residents to go back home are confronted by the crowds at Gadhav Naka, Bhandup West. PIC/Rajesh Gupta
Gadhav Naka, Bhandup WestTime: 12 noon
Gadhav Naka, located at Bhandup (w), has buildings as well as chawls. The lockdown hasn't had any effect as there is a huge crowd on the roads all the time. Patrolling by the police hasn't made any differenc..
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UN chief: COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world faces most challenging crisis since World War II, confronting a pandemic threatening people in every country, one that will bring recession 'that probably has no parallel in the recent past.
There is also a risk that the combination of the disease and its economic impact will contribute to "enhanced instability, enhanced unrest, and enhanced conflict," the UN chief said at the launch of a report on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Guterres called for a much stronger and more effective global response to the Coronavirus pandemic and to the social and economic devastation that COVID-19 is causing. "We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations, one that is killing people, spreading human suffering, and upending people's lives," the report said.
Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General
The secretary-general told reporters: "The magnitude of the response must m..
When cops gave and took stick
US nears China's virus death toll as New York calls for help
The mounting death toll from the virus outbreak in the United States had it poised on Tuesday to overtake China's grim toll of 3,300 deaths, with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo saying up to 1 million more healthcare workers were needed.
"Please come help us," he urged. Hard-hit Italy and Spain have already overtaken China and now account for more than half of the nearly 38,000 COVID-19 deaths worldwide, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. In New York City, Cuomo and health officials warned that the crisis unfolding there is just a preview of what other US communities could soon face. New York State's death toll climbed by more than 250 people in a day Monday to more than 1,200, most of them in the city. "We've lost over one thousand New Yorkers," Cuomo said. "To me, we're beyond staggering already."
Even before the governor's appeal, close to 80,000 former nurses, doctors and other professionals were stepping up to volunteer, and a Navy hospital ship had arrived wi..
Coronavirus outbreak: Parents relieved as schools begin online classes
It is learning as usual amid the Coronavirus lockdown, as some schools have begun new academic year sessions or are finishing old ones through digital teaching. Teachers record lectures on mobile camera, share them on YouTube, create PowerPoint Presentations (PPT) for lessons and homework. In addition, casual classes are also held to gauge students' mental health.
"It is a very strange time. But learning can't stop. Parents too have been asking for more school work. Our teachers are following the regular school timetable online," said Paul Machado, principal of Campion School in Fort. "The recreational classes are especially for younger kids. Teachers discuss current events, make them understand the situation and clear doubts," Machado added.
Students of Dhirubhai Ambani school during an online class
Mitesh Gala, a mathematics teacher at Campion School said, "We prepare concept-based videos. The links for the videos are sent on class WhatsApp groups. Children are supposed to make notes..
Coronavirus outbreak | Extortion allegations surface against cops: 'Rs 2,000 to cross toll naka'
As if the sufferings caused due to the lockdown were not enough, the migrant labourers who have been walking for days, without food and water, to return to their home states are now being hounded by police officers. While some claim Gujarat police beat them up, others accused the officers in Maharashtra of extorting R2,000 to cross toll naka.
Hundreds of migrant labourers seeking to cross the Maharashtra-Gujarat border were chased away and beaten up by the Gujarat police, said Dr. Ritesh Patel, Medical Officer at Talasari Taluka. He added that many of them had entered Gujarat but were dumped at the border by the police. The zila parishad has given shelter to nearly 7,000 migrants at a government school in Palghar district. A medical team is conducting check-ups of the migrants at school.
Migrant labourers walk in scorching heat on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway on Monday. Pic/Suresh KK
mid-day, too, witnessed the high-handedness of the Gujarat police whose police sub inspectors — S R P..
Coronavirus impact: Mumbai's good samaritans home deliver to senior citizens
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Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier
Liberation from fear of death
A hush has fallen over India, as the countrywide lockdown to slow community transmission of the Coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, has had people retreat indoors. Yet the hush does not have the feel of quietude but of eeriness, because people have chosen to silence the noises peculiar to our residential colonies. Our neighbours do not play music or TV at a high decibel level, or let children holler and thud around. Even the comforting sound of the pressure cooker whistling has surprisingly become rare. We have become collectively anesthetised.
Noise, in India, symbolises normalcy and happiness. Tourists express the bliss they experience in remote mountain getaways by making noise. Silence, to us, is synonymous with sadness and gloomy seriousness. We are mourning life as we knew it. COVID-19 is undermining, bit by bit, our certitude, which is anchored in the belief that we are destined to live until we are at least 70 or 80 or 90 years old. We script the minutiae of our lives, down to ke..
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Club life will have to wait for Mumbai's seniors and regulars
It's home sweet home, but no second home for club regulars in Mumbai. The social hubs have shuttered and for many, especially the elderly, their quotidian schedule has gone for a toss, as they no longer have a place for recuperation and regeneration.
That though, is a small price to pay, says Khar Gymkhana regular and snooker ace, 53-year-old Yasin Merchant. Bandra's "baadshah of the green baize" adds, "I am a snooker coach at the Khar Gymkhana. I also use the gym at least thrice a week. I am now lifting weights at home, and I guess, the coaching can wait for a while. I have friends at the club nearly every evening, but all that is temporarily shelved and for good reason."
Yasin Merchant, a snooker coach at Khar Gymkhana, is enjoying the break from coaching. He has been working out at home
Deepak Kapadia, 70, a Marine Drive local says his daily, "walk inside the Cricket Club of India (CCI) was like a vitamin boost". "It was energising, and so was meeting friends, ta..
Coronavirus Outbreak: Want to step out? In Navi Mumbai, citizens will now have to apply for a pass
In an attempt to avoid unnecessary use of force and altercation on roads even as citizens venture out of their homes to buy essentials, Navi Mumbai Police has instituted an e-pass system.
Though a nationwide lockdown has been in place since Tuesday, Mumbai cops have been finding it difficult to reduce the rush in markets and shops. Their use of force to curb the crowds has drawn sharp criticism.
To avoid such scenarios, with the aim also of preventing the spread of infection, the Navi Mumbai police has decided to issue e-pass to citizens who need to step out. A link has been shared by cops on various social platforms, where citizens will be able to apply for the pass.
The e-pass issued by Navi Mumbai cops. Citizens will also have to carry an card along with it
"Citizens have to fill basic information such as name, mobile number, address, type of identity card they are carrying, purpose of stepping out, place of visit and approximate time needed," a senior police off..
Lobo Lobo gets the clap
Lobo Lobo came over looking frazzled.
"Lobo Lobo how are you?" I asked slightly concerned.
"HUH. WOT? SPEAK LOUDER DIKUNA MEN," he yelled.
"Why are you shouting? Even when there is very little social distance between us?"
"Arre men, after last Sunday, every duffer and his uncle banging dose steel utensils, such a ruckus, my hearing is partially gone chhe!" he shouted.
"You have temporary deafness, Lobo Lobo. Chill no worries!"
"I'll tell to you one secret, men Dikuna. I'm little bit pretending so I don't need to listen to de 'kitpit' of my mudder-in–law, Hyacinth, mad she is. Makes Red Riding Hood's wolf seem like Snow White, chhe."
"Tell me Lobo Lobo, how did you manage to evade the curfew…there's a city lockdown till the 15th."
"Arre men, my brudder-in-law Galahad is a doctor at Tulip Memorial Centre, Virar, so I borrowed an ambulance for a day, to come see you men."
"That is touching! So how did you show your support to the healthcare workers last Sunday?"
"Dikuna men, ..
Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier
Dooriyan Majbooriyan
Shoppers maintain social distancing as they queue up to buy vegetables in a market at Bhoiwada on Thursday. Pic/ Suresh Karkera
A lasting legacy
Padma Vibhushan awardee painter, sculptor and architect Satish Gujral breathed his last on Thursday at the age of 94. Known for his work across mediums, Gujral who led a difficult life with a hearing impairment has left a legacy for all. "What I admired the most about Gujral was that he never went by any textbook definition of modernism. He was always bold and a free-ranging artistic spirit, always experimental in his approach. When other people were trying to perfect one kind of style or master a single medium, he was active in painting, sculpture, murals and even architecture.
Satish Gujral with brother IK Gujral
He embodied creative freedom and made it the mainstream of his practice. It was revolutionary," said art critic, cultural theorist and poet, Ranjit Hoskote (inset) in tribute, adding, "I responded most to..
Coronavirus outbreak: BMC sanitising slums across Mumbai
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Coronavirus outbreak: Mumbaikars go the extra mile to ensure no one goes hungry
With the lockdown in place and no jobs to earn their livelihood, the poor and homeless in the city have found hope in the good samaritans who are ensuring that no one sleeps hungry while the country fights the deadly Coronavirus.
Help for the needy — homeless people, beggars, daily wagers — is pouring in from all corners of the city; not just organisations, individuals, too, are going the extra mile to keep their fellow citizens fed. One among them is a businessman from Chembur, Waseem Ahmed Shaikh, who loads his four-wheeler with biscuits, bananas and water bottles, and drives till Bandra distributing them to the needy, twice a day.
"I started this on Sunday, on the day of Janata Curfew. I could see many people on the roads with no option to arrange food and water. Now with the 21-day lockdown, the situation is going to get worse. So I decided to do my bit," said Shaikh, who spends about Rs 2,000 every day to buy bananas, mineral water bottles and Parle-G biscuits for the ..
Coronavirus outbreak: Big trouble brewing in Mumbai's Vasai-Virar belt
The Vasai-Virar region of Palghar district, where officials said a thousand-plus people returned from abroad following the Coronavirus outbreak, is struggling to cope with the numbers.
The area has eight primary health centres (PHCs), but they are overwhelmed by lack of protective gear for workers, just one home-quarantine stamp that they all share, and just one person who collects swabs and transports it to the testing centre at Kasturba Hospital in one vehicle.
So far, officials have recorded 606 people – most of whom have returned from the US, Italy, the Gulf states and the Oceania region – as being home-quarantined.
District Health Officer Dr Dayanand Suryawanshi said that 20 of those in home-quarantine have exhibited symptoms, and 18 of these tested negative. Results for two are awaited. "We are taking regular health updates from them," he said.
But PHC workers on the field, who have been working round the clock said that they have not been given a list of travellers f..
By all means, revel in the mundane
Mumbai Diary: Thursday Dossier
Left astray
A canine rests while a cop walks on the deserted Girgaum Chowpatty on Thursday. Pic/Ashish Raje
Bring out the audio story
Children's book publisher Karadi Tales has launched Katha with Karadi featuring audiobooks, storytelling and events at 5.30 pm every day, for the next two weeks. Some will feature books read out by celebrities like Usha Uthup, Nandita Das, Soha Ali Khan and R Madhavan.
Nandita Das, Shobha Viswanath and Usha Uthup
Talking about it, Shobha Viswanath, co-founder and publishing director, Karadi Tales, said, "The current generation of children is new to Karadi Tales audiobooks, even though their parents may have grown up with them. It is a great time to offer them a sampling of the wondrous stories that our narrators and musicians have brought to life".
Animated achievement
City-based researcher, animation filmmaker and entrepreneur Debjani Mukherjee is known to infuse novelty in her work — from live projection and sand art in the theatre piece Jam that..
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Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier
Shopping, from the skies
Around 240 vendors maintain social distancing on Monday while selling their products at the first hawking zone that the BMC has set up at Arun Kumar Vaidya ground in Ghatkopar East. Pic/Sameer Markande
A delicious challenge coming up
There are a number of people who are revisiting their kitchens like never before, and a social media platform will now start a competition for them, where leading chefs will judge home cooks based on videos of their shared recipes.
One of the judges, Vicky Ratnani, told this diarist, "You should be able to tell the whole story under one minute. And it's best if people pick everyday ingredients that you already have at home, like noodles and eggs. [What we are looking for] is colourful, good-looking and easy food. Keep it simple, quick, funny and quirky." The contest will last from April 1 to 16. So go ahead and put your apron on.
Under the over
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COVID-19 impact: Man tries to revive farming in Palghar; left with 4 tonnes unsold watermelons
Out of the 100 families at Ainshet village in Palghar's Vada taluka, around 25-30 have owned farming land for generations. "We are surrounded by the Vaitarna River on three sides and the Vada city on the other. Until 20 ago, we grew vegetables and fruits like chikoo, mango, coconut and bananas," said Rohan Thakare.
Twenty years ago, with liberalisation, each home saw the rise of government servants and contractors, and farming took a back seat. Thakare, too, moved to Thane in 2007 to study management and now he runs a security company with technology partners in Israel.
The barter system he started to help the villagers during the lockdown
"A lot of my work took me to Israel. We use their technology for smart city solutions, cyber security and command and control centre," said Thakare, adding that his partners there are also into farming. "Every time I visit Israel, they take me to one of their farms. They have a very systematic approac; they segregate and pack the produce on the farm..
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Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier
All shapes and sizes
When life throws you lemons, make lemonade. A street vendor at Bhuleshwar was hawking masks of mind-boggling variety on Saturday. Pic/Bipin Kokate
Home bound
The German Embassy in Delhi has been evacuating its citizens stranded in India. For the first two evacuations, that took place on Thursday, German Ambassador Walter Lindner, posted videos on social media, requesting citizens to maintain calm.
After the Embassy's efforts finally paid off, many citizens flooded his Twitter feed, thanking him endlessly.
When this diarist spoke to Lindner, he said, "First, two A380 evacuation flights were able to bring 1,000 stranded (750 Germans/250 other Europeans) travellers back to Europe. We're working tirelessly to get most of the other German tourists home, who are stranded in various parts of India. We'll work on further evacuation flights from other cities in India. Stay safe."
One taboo at a time
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Elderly Saifee surgeon had coronavirus, now newly-born tests positive
Two days after the 85-year-old surgeon, who was working at Saifee Hospital and was a suspected COVID-19 patient, died at Hinduja Hospital, two other doctors in the city also tested positive for coronavirus. The civic body on Saturday confirmed that the surgeon had tested positive for the virus, taking the city's total casualty to six deaths."
Civic officials from G North Ward disinfected the premises of Hinduja Hospital in Mahim, as well as the surrounding areas. The last rites of the surgeon were conducted at the crematorium at Shivaji Park around 3 am on Friday.
Members of the Jain Manav Sena Mandal seen distributing packets of food with masala rice, puri and sabzi, to the homeless and labourers across Marine Lines, Chira Bazaar and Kalbadevi, on Saturday. The organisation distributes an average of 2,000 packets daily. Pic/Suresh Karkera
While the surgeon's 53-year-old son and 20-year-old grandson had tested positive and were admitted to Hinduja on Friday, the samples of their family..
Parental guidance
The hills are alive with the sound of grown up children scolding their parents.
My friend calls, irate. "Paro! Send me that article! Just now. So I can send it to my mum. You will not believe how she is behaving. She has gone next door to meet the neighbours who have just come back from out of town because, she says, I hardly ever get to see them! I've told her come back this minute! I'm going to put the fear of god into her."
This article is a terrifying description of exactly what the coronavirus does to your body right up to the moment of death by disintegration. It gave me such a fright, I began stocking up long ago, anticipating a lifetime at home and also told all my friends not to read it for their own sanity. But now, several friends have requisitioned it precisely in order to put fear into blithe parents, yaniki, ghar pe raho nahin toh Gabbar aa jayega. (I too, deployed it in a family WhatsApp group, but the link was too credible for anyone to bother reading).
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Coronavirus outbreak: Absence of public transport leaves dialysis, chemo patients in lurch
The lockdown restrictions have especially affected those who need to visit hospitals frequently. Patients, who need dialysis or chemotherapy, are struggling to find transport for their sessions and are scared about the weeks to come.
It was a nightmare for Rosemary Fernandes, 25, to arrange transportation for her mother Meenakshi, 60, who needs dialysis thrice a week. "I have a bike but my mother cannot travel on a two-wheeler. Auto rickshaws aren't willing to go and only person is allowed in an auto. Neighbours refused to lend their cars," she said.
Rosemary and her mother live in Vakola and she has to take her mother to Holy Family Hospital in Bandra West for her four-hour-long dialysis session.
Desperate, Rosemary took to social media to connect with politicians for help. A Bandra resident offered to lend them his car till the lockdown ends. "I am lucky that someone offered to help. But so many others are struggling," she said.
Meenakshi Fernandes
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Coronavirus scare: Indian Navy Aircraft collects 60,000 face masks for Goa Health Workers
A shipment of 60,000 face masks ordered by Indian Medical Association, Goa to offset the shortfall in Goa was stuck at Delhi as trucks could not proceed further in the current situation of lockdown.
A request for facilitating transportation of the masks to Goa was made by the President, Indian Medical Association to the Indian Navy at Goa.
The aircraft arrived in Goa with 60,000 face mask for health workers
Accordingly, an Ilyushin 38SD (IL-38), a Long Range Maritime Reconnaisence Aircraft of the Indian Navy, was promptly readied to depart INS Hansa for Palam Airport, New Delhi on 27 Mar 2020. The collection of the items at Delhi was coordinated by Air Force Station Palam and the aircraft returned to Goa with the masks on the same day.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Trend-setting organic farms are badly hit
Farm-to-fork and clean-eating trends that helped many small and medium-sized urban farmers and ruled the Food and Beverage (F&B) industry in Mumbai for the past five years, have taken a hit with the lockdown affecting the transportation of the produce. With police officers also allegedly beating up vendors and delivery persons, supply chain has completely gone for a toss.
From exotic 'English' veggies to desi, heirloom produce, and even wild foraging, urban farmers set up infrastructure to grow produce according to a chef's menu, and created a supply chain of farmers across the state and nation to source black rice from Assam, Chinese bok choy from Pune and gluten-free Amaranth flour from Uttarakhand.
When restaurants took a call to shutter on March 18, it seemed like a temporary situation, lasting till March 31. But the 21-day lockdown announcement led to transport hurdles and labour scarcity, with police officers even allegedly beating up vendors and delivery executives.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Don't use force. Repeat. Don't use force
Maharashtra's Director General of Police, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, sent out a message to all district police HQs and commissionerates on Wednesday night, ordering them to not use force against civilians in the nationwide lockdown. mid-day has a copy of the order.
ON the first day of the lockdown, several instances of police brutality against civilians venturing outside were witnessed. The state police chief also ordered the force to allow the delivery of app-based food, grocery, fruit, vegetable and other orders.
Jaiswal wants unhindered movement of medical supplies and healthcare staff, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, bankers, telecom employees, gas supply workers and petroleum company employees. "They should be allowed to continue without hindrance," the order said.
Providing relief to people who order essential items online, including food and medicine, the DGP has said that e-retailers such as Amazon, Flipkart, BigBasket and others be allowed to carry out home deliveries. Deliv..
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Coronavirus outbreak: Amid lockdown, 100 people of Rambo Circus stuck without any income
Amid the many people facing a tough time with the lockdown are also members of Rambo Circus, stranded at Kadi Maidan, Airoli. Around 60 men, 30 women, 10 children, 19 dogs and a pony stuck here without any business are now being helped by local NGOs and residents.
Ever since the government announced shutting down of malls, cinema halls and theatres, Rambo Circus too has had to stop its operations. The two shows daily have been called off and left the crew with no income at all, circus proprietor Sujit Dilip told mid-day.
"Our expenses have only gone up since that day since we were continuously disinfecting the circus tents and the place of residence of our members. We had to fumigate the place too," said Dilip, who has written to the Prime Minister and the Union Finance Minister seeking their intervention. He has sought a bank loan of around '10-15 lakh to be able to pay his staff. Given this tough financial situation, Dilip had put up posters asking for help and now the Thane Collecto..
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Bank details hacked via Houseparty app?
Popular group video calling application 'Houseparty,' on which people have been staying in touch during times of social distancing, was in a sticky spot this week, after people the world over accused it of hacking.
Users complained that attempts have been made to steal sensitive information from their devices on which Houseparty was installed. This includes allegations of money being siphoned from their bank accounts as well as attempts being made to reset passwords to their Spotify, Instagram and Netflix accounts.
The application, which allows up to eight people to simultaneously video chat with each other, surged to the top free trending category for Android and iOS platforms, after physical human interaction drastically decreased amid lockdown in India.
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Coronavirus scare: Aadiya Thackeray urges people to not get fooled and step out amid lockdown
Yuva Sena chief and Minister for Environment, Tourism & Protocol, Aaditya Thackeray, on Wednesday took to Instagram to urge people to stay home and not get fooled on the eve of April Fools day. Taking to Instagram, Aaditya shared an April fools day post as his Instagram story while urgiing people to stay home in order to fight the spread of coronavirus.
A screengrab of Aaditya Thackeray's Instagram story
As April 1st marked the beginning of a new month, Aaditya wrote: New month, more resolve and more strength to defeat corona, globally. Further talking about the significance of April fools day, Aaditya said '1st April is April Fools Day.
Through his post, Aaditya requested people to stay home and not get fooled to step out amidst the coronavirus outbreak. He wrote: Let's not be fooled that we can step out. Urging people to stay home and stay safe, Aaditya ended his post with the hashtag, War against virus.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Go, rot in Maharashtra, say Gujarat cops to migrant workers
Maharashtra has the highest number of Coronavirus cases, you all go there... we won't let you enter Gujarat," Gujarat police deployed at the border with Maharashtra allegedly told migrant labourers pleading to enter the state so that they can return to Rajasthan.
A family of around 40, including infants, which has a business in Udaipur, reached Panvel on March 29 by road to return to their native places in Sangli, Satara and Karad districts of Maharashtra. However, Panvel police prevented them from going further. The family then decided to drive back to Udaipur on Monday, but were stopped again; this time by the Gujarat police.
The family members alleged that Gujarat police said, "Maharashtra se aaye ho, aagey nahi jaane denge. Maharashtra mein hi sado (You have come from Maharashtra, won't let you travel ahead. Go, rot in Maharashtra),".
Maharashtra police officers at the border came to their rescue. "Officers suggested that we come to Bappa Thakkar school, Palghar. We have parked ou..
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COVID-19 impact: 'People jumping quarantine are going out on holidays'
The situation is fast turning worrisome with people defying the government's lockdown orders to stay indoors. Above all, those told to self-quarantine are holidaying in Alibaug, Matheran and other places, said most of the doctors mid-day spoke to on Sunday.
While many health care workers and doctors, on the front line of the fight against Coronavirus, in Mumbai and Palghar haven't returned home since the lockdown, most are able to see their familie for just a few hours. Even as they continue to work round the clock to contain the disease, some people are blatantly ignoring their advise and risking infecting others.
The doctors said when health workers visited the homes of self-quarantined people, they found the doors locked, and on asking around, the neighbours told them that they have gone on a holiday with their family.
Doctors ask people to follow home quarantine guidelines
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COVID-19 impact: How this family of 11 reached their home, 906 km away, in two days
A labourer, who began his long trudge from Virar on Thursday last week along with 10 members of his family, amid the lockdown that has brought the country to a standstill, reached his village in the Pali district of Rajasthan on Saturday afternoon. Pappu Singh alias Akash, 22, and his two nephews traversed the entire 906 kilometres in approximately 55 hours. The other relatives, who were behind them, reached on Sunday.
While they walked for 125 kilometres, the rest of the distance was covered by hitching rides After reaching his village, Kalab Khurd, Pappu recorded a video thanking Boisar Crime Branch officer Bhimsen Gaikwad for his help.
Pappu also apologised to Assistant Police Inspector Gaikwad for having lied to him. According to the video message, Pappu has a diploma in solar energy from a government institute in Rajasthan. He has also trained as an electrician. Pappu had given his name as Prakash and said that the kids were his own. He came to the city in the beginning of March a..
Solitary musings in locked-down Bombay
A guide to pet-parenting during the lockdown
Some may say that they'd rather be isolated with their pets than their humans, and who's to argue? However, balance is key in this 24x7x21 exposure dogs and cats are going to have to their human slaves.
Animal professionals warn that the COVID lockdown could give rise in attention-seeking behaviours and/or ramp up separation anxiety in dogs when you have to go back to work again.
"You may see destruction, running away with things, repeated requests for play and walks," says Varuna Kaur, a certified international dog trainer. She advises a healthy amount of ignoring dogs, especially since long walks will have to be curtailed. "Ensure you stay in a room, away from the dog, for one or two hours daily," she says. "You can do this just after you have exercised or played with it."
Varuna Kaur recommends playing mentally-stimulating games indoors in lieu of long walks
On the flip side, this is a great time to sort out toilet training, or work on behaviour programmes that need all members of t..
Coronavirus Outbreak: With non-essential services shut, BMC struggling to find tools
Chapeau, Uderzo!
Albert Uderzo, most beloved French comic book artist, best known for creating the Asterix series with writer René Goscinny, passed away last week at 92. The duo created a marvellous world around the pint-sized hero Asterix, his pot-bellied buddy Obelix, and his dog Dogmatix, and their adventures. "The year is 50 B.C. Gaul (France) is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely! One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders" heralded a series of laughing fits. And their characters' names were delicious puns: the village chief Vitalstatistix, the bard Cacofonix, the blacksmith Fulliautomatix, the fishmonger Unhygienix and his wife Bacteria. Two Romans were even called Nefarius Purpus and Crismus Bonus. Part of the series' popularity is due to the terrific English translation by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.
Created by Goscinny and Uderzo in 1959, the cult Asterix comic series is billed as France's most lucrative literary export. It has been..
The village temple cooperative
In ancient India, the village fields did not belong to any single person. There was no concept of individual land holdings. The entire land of the village belonged to the village community. Therefore, the village was dedicated to a goddess. She was said to be the owner of the land. It was a kind of a proto-institutional model where everybody worked on the land for the goddess. The harvest then belonged to the goddess and it would be shared among the people who worked in the field.
Over time, the villages grew prosperous. Technology advanced and systems changed in the village. The old owners of the land started outsourcing the actual labour to peasants. The owners of the land became more powerful. They were seen as having more power than the peasants they outsourced the land to. The village also needed services of potters, carpenters, leather-workers, metal-smiths, rope-makers, goldsmiths, weavers, etc. The system of "balutedars" emerged: the village service-providers were given a share..
Mumbai's dolphins make a splash
Coronavirus outbreak: Construction workers make way to villages on foot
"With the lockdown in place there is no job, no shelter and no food... there is no point in staying here and starving to death," a migrant labourer told a Crime Branch officer, who spotted hundreds of daily wagers heading home on foot to Rajasthan, UP, MP and Bihar, on Thursday evening. "One of the workers told me they had no income after the lockdown since there are no jobs, and their children were starving for days with no help from anyone, so they decided to leave the city," the officer said.
Assistant Police Inspector (API) Bhimsen Gaikwad of the Boisar Crime Branch told mid-day that the migrant labourers said they decided to walk hundreds of kilometres after losing hope of any help during their struggle to keep themselves and their families fed.
Labourers with luggage leave for their native villages
As many as 500 people, including men and women, with luggage on their heads and children on their shoulders, were headed to their homes in states as far as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, U..
Coronavirus scare: Western Railway keeps nation' milk supply chain going
Western Railway has kept the country's milk supply chain intact with the Ahmedabad Division loading six trains of loose milk containing 6,90,000 kg milk in each rake since 15 March. This milk is loaded in specially designed RMT (Rail Milk Tank) wagons. In addition to the above, four parcel rakes and two conventional jumbo rakes have been loaded containing Milk Powder, fresh milk pouches, Cheese, Butter, Biscuits which has been despatched to various destinations such as for Cuttack, Guwahati, Delhi and Jhansi area during last week.
Parmeshwar Funkwal, Divisional Railway Manager of Rajkot alongwith other senior divisional officers interacts with the staff present at Rajkot station
With the 21 days nationwide lockdown declared by Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prevent the spread of corona virus in the country, all passenger train services across the country, including the suburban local trains, have been cancelled up to April 14, 2020. However, goods trains are running and this r..
Burning garbage dump leaves 3,000 in Uran vulnerable to infection
Three-thousand residents in Uran's Bori Pakhadi, many of them with respiratory issues, are being forced to inhale toxic fumes from a nearby dumping ground that has been on fire since March 18.
The population includes seven buildings full of state and central government employees. Senior citizens and children are the worst affected, with upper and lower respiratory tract problems leading to breathing trouble and asthma, which could make them vulnerable to Coronavirus infection.
"We have been facing issues due to the fire at the dumping ground and fumes that have invaded the residential area just a few metres away," said Samir Ashrit, a resident and local activist. "Solid and biomedical waste is dumped here. Sewage also gets discharged, making the nearly one-hectare area highly contaminated. We inhale poisonous fumes daily, and cannot even organise a protest due to restrictions for Coronavirus."
Another resident Pritam Thakur, whose wife Priti, 36, was recently discharged from hospital, ..
The dismantling of routine
Mid-way through my cold shower — the first pleasurable one this spring — I heard T. S. Eliot reciting in his clipped English accent excerpts from his cult poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
Except, because my memory couldn't serve me well, my mind could only conjure the sounds of some lines; this one in particular, "And indeed there will be time," because a section of it repeats through the rest of that verse. I had to look it up later, and when I did, I re-read the verse, revisiting the poem after almost two years.
"There will be time, there will be time/To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;/There will be time to murder and create/And time for all the works and days of hands/That lift and drop a question on your plate; Time for you and time for me,/And time yet for a hundred indecisions,/And for a hundred visions and revisions,/Before the taking of a toast and tea."
It was around 11 am. I couldn't remember how many days had passed since we had chosen..
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