Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan

Dharavi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

An eight-year-old boy died on Tuesday, two days after he suffered burn injuries in a fire that was caused by LPG gas cylinder leak in Dharavi’s Shahu Nagar slum area. The boy's mother remained hospitalised in a critical condition while his aunt and father are out of danger. ,Eight-year-old Sonu Jaiswal died in Sion Hospital on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, a 37-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman, who were also injured in the explosion, have been discharged from the same facility, a civic official told PTI. ,On Sunday, Mohamed Miraj Siddiqui, a 28-year-old labourer, was removing a cylinder from his home as it was leaking. The cylinder slipped out of Siddiqui's hands and fell on the lane following which someone dropped a cigarette near it, causing the fire, preliminary findings showed. 17 residents, including three children, suffered burns in the incident. Out of them, five were critically injured with 50-60% burn injuries. ,Also Read: Two killed, three injured in boiler explosion in food factory,An LPG cylinder kept just outside one of the shanties exploded and led to level one (minor) fire. Seventeen persons suffered burn injuries and they were admitted to the nearby Sion Hospital. Three fire engines were rushed to the spot, which brought the blaze under control, an official had told PTI. ,Out of the 17 injured, 12 persons - seven males and five females - are out of danger, but five others are in a critical condition and two of them have suffered 50 to 60 per cent injuries. Those in critical condition are three males, including an eight-year-old boy, and two females, he added. Also Read: Three minor sisters burnt to death as cylinder catches fire in UP,Meanwhile, following the incident, Siddiqui fled the area with his wife and child. He was traced and taken into custody on Monday. Siddiqui was booked under Section 337 (endangering lives) 338 (grievous hurt endangering lives) and 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) of the IPC. He appeared in court and was granted bail. ,Also Read: 58 patients evacuated after LPG leakage at Mumbai's civic run hospital; all safe,Siddique has been asked him to submit documents to prove that he had legally procured the cylinder. Authorities were trying to find out if he should be booked for causing death due to negligence or culpable homicide not amounting to murder, for which he could receive stricter punishment.

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<ul>
 <li>An eight-year-old boy died on Tuesday after suffering burn injuries in a fire that was caused by LPG gas cylinder leak</li>
 <li>The boy's mother remained hospitalised in a critical condition</li>
 <li>His aunt and father are out of danger</li>
</ul>

Opoyi Central

LPG cylinder explosion in Dharavi kills 8-year-old boy, 16 others injured

GasCylinder

Dharavi

Mumbai

India

IndiaNews

Kavya Mishra

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Ramesh
Nangare, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of Mumbai's Sakinaka division, known for his extraordinary efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in
India’s largest slum, <a href="https://opoyi.com/from-being-covid-19-hotspot-dharavi-recorded-just-2-cases-on-sunday">Dharavi</a>, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, reported PTI citing a senior police official.,Nangre, 55, was declared dead at a private hospital in suburban Kandivali on Thursday morning, the police official said.,Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://opoyi.com/how-indias-largest-slum-dharavi-beat-back-coronavirus-pandemic">How India's largest slum, Dharavi, beat back coronavirus pandemic</a>,Here is a look at the life of the legendary police officer, who once single-handedly managed his police station after 60 personnel under him tested positive for COVID-19.,Ramesh Nangare and his COVID response for Mumbai's Dharavi,As mentioned earlier,&nbsp;Ramesh Nangare was police official serving as the&nbsp;Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Mumbai's Sakinaka division under Maharashtra police.&nbsp;,Nangare, who was recently promoted to as an ACP received tremendous adulation for significant efforts and contribution in flattening the spread of novel coronavirus in one of the most challenging hot spots of Maharashtra-- Dharavi slum, one of Asia's largest slums.,Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://opoyi.com/sachin-vaze-the-encounter-specialist-under-scanner-in-mukesh-ambani-car-bomb-row">Sachin Vaze, the encounter specialist under scanner in Mukesh Ambani car bomb row</a>,ACP Nangare was posted to Dharavi police station as a senior official when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.,According to a senior police official, Nangare once single-handedly managed his police station when 60 of his underlings tested positive for coronavirus.,Thanks to Nangare's efforts and dedication for duty, Dharavi won praise from the World Health Organization.,Also Read:<a href="https://opoyi.com/attack-by-khalistani-producer-ashoke-pandit-on-ajay-devgans-car-blocked-over-farm-laws">&nbsp;'Attack by Khalistani': Producer Ashoke Pandit on Ajay Devgan's car blocked over farm laws</a>,In an interview with Mumbai Mirror in September 2020, Nangare revealed that he did not see his wife and children for three months when the COVID numbers in Mumbai were surging at a high rate.,"My family told me to leave my job and take them back to our village as they did not want to stay in Mumbai, I said it is a one-time opportunity and I will make them proud," Nangare told Mumbai Mirror.,Nangre is survived by his wife and three children.

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<ul>
 <li>Ramesh Nangare was Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mumbai's Sakinaka division</li>
 <li>He was died of a cardiac arrest on Thursday</li>
 <li>Nangare was posted to Dharavi police station when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out</li>
</ul>

Ramesh Nangare, the man behind Dharavi's COVID response, dies at 55

MumbaiPolice

covid19

UddhavThackeray

Maharashtra

Shubhangi Shah

Over half of the people living in Mumbai's slums, have had coronavirus, a new study revealed. The city, with 40% population living in slums, has reported&nbsp;just over 110,000 infections and more than 6,000 deaths so far.,For the survey, blood samples of&nbsp;6,936 people were collected by the&nbsp;Mumbai's city authorities. Upon testing,&nbsp;57% of slum-dwellers and 16% of non-slum residents were found to have virus antibodies.&nbsp;,The survey results suggested asymptomatic infections were "likely to be a high proportion of all infections" and also indicated the virus death rate was likely to be "very low", the study said.,An estimated 1 million people, out of the city's 20 million residents, live in Dharavi --&nbsp;India's largest and one of&nbsp;the most densely populated slums in the world. It reported the first COVID-19 case in April and quickly became a virus hotspot. It has reported a little over 2,500 cases. ,Fatalities&nbsp;in the sprawling slum have not exploded, with local officials saying their aggressive efforts to stem the spread of the virus has been effective. The efforts were <a href="https://opoyi.com/who-chief-praises-efforts-to-control-covid-19-in-mumbais-dharavi-slum">lauded </a>by the WHO's&nbsp;Director-General&nbsp;Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.&nbsp;,The Mumbai survey came a week after an antibody study commissioned by the government suggested that almost a quarter of people in the capital New Delhi, home to 20 million people, have had the virus.,India has emerged as the third-worst hit country by the coronavirus pandemic. Till now, it has reported&nbsp;1,483,157 cases and&nbsp; 33,425 fatalities.&nbsp;

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<ul>
 <li>16% of non-slum residents had virus antibodies, the survey found</li>
 <li>6,936 samples were collected for the survey</li>
 <li>Mumbai has reported over 110,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 6,000 deaths</li>
</ul>

Mumbai survey finds half of slum residents have had COVID-19, 16% in other areas

Coronavirus

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Soon after the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the densely populated slum in the world, quickly became one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the country. The slum reported its first case of coronavirus in April and since then, the cases had been on a rise.&nbsp;,However, Asia's largest slum has been able to contain the growth of the deadly virus as on Sunday it reported just two new cases. The total tally of the slum now stands at 2,531.&nbsp;,Dharavi had been registering not more than nine cases in the last week, except on Saturday when it recorded 10. The active cases in the densely populated slum now stands at 113 and over 2000 people have recovered from the disease so far.&nbsp;,The slum, with narrow lanes and shared toilets, had a hard vision for social distancing to curb coronavirus spread. However, it quickly contained the virus, as cases started to decline from May. The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief, earlier in July, had also lauded the slum for its effort put to break the chain of the virus.&nbsp;,However, curbing the virus spread was not easy.,A civic body official said doctors and private clinics covered as many as 47,500 houses, while 14,970 people were screened in mobile vans. Tracing, tracking, testing and treating, the four Ts, had been the major key to check the spread of coronavirus in Dharavi.,Maharashtra is the worst-hit Indian state with over 3.75 lakh cases, of which Mumbai has over 1 lakh cases of the virus.&nbsp;,The state chief minister on Monday will launch a plasma donation programme in Dharavi for primary screening of recovered people in the slum.&nbsp;

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Anjaly Raj

<ul>
 <li>Dharavi, Asia's biggest slum, was once a coronavirus hotspot&nbsp;</li>
 <li>The densely populated slum has recorded 10 or less cases in the past week</li>
 <li>Dharavi has so far 2,531 cases</li>
</ul>

From being COVID-19 hotspot, Dharavi recorded just 2 cases on Sunday

A day after the World Health Organisation lauded Mumbai's Dharavi for breaking the chain of COVID-19 transmission, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated all those responsible for the achievement.At a virtual press conference on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Dharavi, among other places in the world, is an example that shows that even if the outbreak is very intense, it can still be brought under control."A strong focus on community engagement and the basics of testing, tracing, isolating and treating all those that are sick is key to breaking the chains of transmission and suppressing the virus," he said.In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, "The WHO has praised our country's Dharavi model for preventing the spread of coronavirus infection. The entire team responsible for this achievement of Dharavi, especially the residents, deserve applause." 	Spread over an area of 2.5 square kilometres, Dharavi is one of the world's largest slums. It has a population of 6,50,000.In April, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in Dharavi was 18 days, it gradually improved to 43 days in May and slowed down to 108 and 430 days in June and July, respectively, according to official data.As many as 2,359 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Dharavi so far, while 1,952 patients have recovered.At present, there are only 166 active cases in Dharavi. 

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<ul>
 <li>Rahul Gandhi congratulates Mumbai's Dharavi residents</li>
 <li>WHO lauded Dharavi for breaking chain of COVID-19 transmission</li>
 <li>2,359 cases have been recorded in the region so far</li>
</ul>

Rahul Gandhi congratulates Dharavi residents, officials for flattening COVID-19 curve

RahulGandhi

&nbsp;Asia's largest slum Dharavi reported only one new coronavirus patient on Tuesday which took the case tally in the densely populated area in the heart of Mumbai to 2,335, an official stated., Spread over 613 hectares with a density of over 3.6 lakh people per sq. km, the first case in Dharavi was recorded on April 1 while the last time it had recorded a single new coronavirus case was on April 5, three months ago.,A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official told PTI that Dharavi has only 352 active COVID-19 cases as 1,735 patients have been discharged from hospitals upon recovery although the BMC has not shared any latest information about COVID-19 deaths in the area.,While weeks ago Dharavi&nbsp;was considered the biggest threat to Mumbai's fight against the pandemic as cramped living spaces and shared bathrooms made social distancing a difficult ask,&nbsp;a strict lockdown and blocking the movement of residents except for essential services has proved to be beneficial. Maharashtra Has been one of the worst hit states in India with more than 217,121 cases and over nine thousand deaths. The Maharashra government has now decided to allow tests with doctors' prescription in an attempt to increase testings.&nbsp;

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Akash Majumder

<ul>
 <li>Dharavi now has 2335 COVID-19 positive cases</li>
 <li>The first case in Dharavi was reported on April 1</li>
 <li>It has a density of over 3.6 lakh people per sq. km</li>
</ul>

Mumbai's Dharavi records just one fresh COVID-19 case

Health

When coronavirus claimed its first victim in India's largest slum in April, many feared the disease would turn its narrow, congested streets into a graveyard, with social distancing or contact tracing all but impossible. But three months on, Mumbai's Dharavi offers a rare glimmer of hope with new infections shrinking, thanks to an aggressive strategy that focused on chasing the virus, instead of waiting for disaster, according to city official Kiran Dighavkar. The sprawling slum has long been a byword for the financial capital's bitter income disparities -- with Dharavi's estimated one million people scraping a living as factory workers or maids and chauffeurs to Mumbai's well-heeled residents. With a dozen people typically sleeping in a single room, and hundreds using the same public toilet, authorities realised early that standard practices would be of little use. Social distancing was never a possibility, home isolation was never an option, and contact tracing was a huge problem with so many people using the same toilet, Dighavkar told AFP. An initial plan to conduct door-to-door screenings was abandoned after Mumbai's searing heat and humidity left medical workers feeling suffocated under layers of protective equipment as they combed the area's cramped alleys for cases. But, with infections rising fast and fewer than 50,000 people checked for symptoms, officials needed to move quickly and get creative. What they came up with was coined Mission Dharavi. Each day, medical workers set up a fever camp in a different part of the slum, so residents could be screened for symptoms and tested for coronavirus if needed. ,Schools, wedding halls and sports complexes were repurposed as quarantine facilities that offered free meals, vitamins and laughter yoga sessions. Strict containment measures were deployed in virus hotspots that were home to 125,000 people, including the use of drones to monitor their movements and alert police, while a huge army of volunteers swung into action, distributing rations so they didn't go hungry. Bollywood stars and business tycoons paid for medical equipment as construction workers built a 200-bed field hospital at breakneck speed in a park inside Dharavi. By late June, more than half the slum's population had been screened for symptoms and around 12,000 tested for coronavirus. So far Dharavi has reported just 82 deaths -- a fraction of Mumbai's more than 4,500 fatalities. 'Brink of victory',We are on the brink of victory, I feel very proud, said Abhay Taware, a doctor who saw around 100 patients daily in his tiny clinic at the height of the crisis. The 44-year-old father-of-two also had to fight his own battle against coronavirus when he contracted the disease in April, but told AFP he had no doubts about returning to work. I thought I could show my patients that a positive diagnosis does not mean the end, he said. Although doctors like Taware worked to reassure worried residents, the stigma persists. After an isolating 25-day spell in hospital and a fortnight in quarantine, Sushil -- not his real name -- said he now feared discrimination if people found out about his diagnosis. The 24-year-old also struck a note of caution, warning of a potential resurgence in infections. People need to take as many precautions as possible. The numbers might have come down but they can swiftly rise again, he told AFP. ,'No escape next time',With Mumbai and Delhi struggling to accommodate coronavirus patients as India's cases surge past half a million officials are also wary of celebrating too soon. It's a war. Everything is dynamic, said Dighavkar. Right now, we feel like we are on top of the situation, he said. ,The challenge will be when factories reopen, he added, referring to the billion-dollar leather and recycling industries run out of Dharavi's cramped tenements. And some in the slum fear their community might not be as lucky next time. On a blazing morning, as car salesman Vinod Kamble lined up to have his temperature taken, he recalled his terror when the virus landed in Mumbai. I felt like Dharavi would be destroyed, and nothing would be left, he told AFP, describing the near impossibility of avoiding infection in the slum. We need better infrastructure, the 32-year-old said. Otherwise the next time a disease like this emerges, I don't think Dharavi will be able to escape.

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<ul>
 <li>Mumbai's Dharavi offers a ray of hope with new coronavirus infections shrinking.</li>
 <li>Medical workers set up a "fever camp" in a different part of the slum to screen residents.</li>
 <li>Strict containment measures were deployed in virus hotspots.</li>
</ul>

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