BMC to repair Mulund, BKC & Dahisar jumbo facilities ahead of monsoon

Mumbai: Keeping in mind the upcoming monsoon season, the BMC will carry out structural and amenity repairs at BKC, Mulund, and Dahisar jumbo Covid-19 facilities in the next 15 days. This was decided on Tuesday at a meeting between Additional Municipal Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal, who has to supervise the creation of jumbo facilities, along with deans of all the six jumbo centers and nine departments that provide amenities to them.

While audit reports of the six centers are yet to be submitted, it was decided at the meeting that after strengthening work gets over at BKC, Mulund, and Dahisar facilities, similar works will be taken up for the remaining jumbo centers – NSCI at Worli, NESCO at Goregaon and Byculla. Along with the structural stability of these centers, civil works, including repair of ACs, toilets, floorings, drains and water connections will be undertaken.

Fire and electrical audit will be undertaken and healthcare facilities spruced up, said Jaiswal. Since these facilities have been in for the last one year, strengthening work is necessary, he added. Although the BKC jumbo center will not admit any new patients till repair works get over, vaccination centers will continue to operate. The vaccination center has been shifted from the Mulund jumbo center and the location of the center at Dahisar is also being changed, said Jaiswal.