Kiran Dighavkar said ( about Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ) : "Instead of waiting for people to come to us, we went to them. Timely screening and isolation have worked. In a place like Dharavi, where the density of population is one of the highest in the world, we have been able to implement lockdown and social distancing," "Several states have implemented these containment strategies and produced effective outcomes. The efforts of the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have shown encouraging results. As part of these efforts, they have actively ‘chased the virus’ and aggressively conducted targeted tracing of COVID-19 suspects"

news18 Monday, June 22, 2020 3:31:00 PM EAT

Razia Khan said ( about Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ) : “The decision was taken at 7 pm on June 2, when we were going to attend to three new cases. It came right after the tweet by former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis … accusing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and calling the PFI ‘anti-social’ and ‘anti-national’. Our permit was revoked and we were unable to continue with our services. We have requested the Mayor and the PMC Commissioner to provide us with the reason why and also to explain who will be held responsible as we still are getting inquiries from people. Otherwise, we would be compelled to take this forward legally,”

expressindia Friday, June 12, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Thomas Thomas said ( about Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ) : “When there was a direction to shut the school, some of the contract labourers working inside the school agreed to stay and help me make masks. I also hired seven professional tailors to stitch the two-layered cloth masks. We managed to provide 2,000 masks to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),”

HindustanTimes Friday, April 24, 2020 8:56:00 PM EAT

Kiran Dighavkar said ( about Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ) : "Instead of waiting for people to come to us, we went to them. Timely screening and isolation have worked. In a place like Dharavi, where the density of population is one of the highest in the world, we have been able to implement lockdown and social distancing," "Several states have implemented these containment strategies and produced effective outcomes. The efforts of the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have shown encouraging results. As part of these efforts, they have actively ‘chased the virus’ and aggressively conducted targeted tracing of COVID-19 suspects"

news18 Monday, June 22, 2020 3:31:00 PM EAT

Razia Khan said ( about Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ) : “The decision was taken at 7 pm on June 2, when we were going to attend to three new cases. It came right after the tweet by former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis … accusing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and calling the PFI ‘anti-social’ and ‘anti-national’. Our permit was revoked and we were unable to continue with our services. We have requested the Mayor and the PMC Commissioner to provide us with the reason why and also to explain who will be held responsible as we still are getting inquiries from people. Otherwise, we would be compelled to take this forward legally,”

expressindia Friday, June 12, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Thomas Thomas said ( about Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ) : “When there was a direction to shut the school, some of the contract labourers working inside the school agreed to stay and help me make masks. I also hired seven professional tailors to stitch the two-layered cloth masks. We managed to provide 2,000 masks to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),”

HindustanTimes Friday, April 24, 2020 8:56:00 PM EAT