137 APMCs to set up 12,000 Covid beds in Mumbai

Mumbai: The state cooperation department has roped in

137 profit-making

agriculture produce marketing committees (APMCs) for setting up 12,000 Covid beds on their premises or in their vicinity.

“We have set up

1

,500 Covid beds, and within a month, the number will rise to 12,000. We have roped in APMCs and so far, have created 14 Covid care centers, mostly in rural areas. We are determined to provide state-of-the-art care to Covid patients,” director of

marketing Satish Soni

told TOI.

While Covid centres have been set up on APMC premises at Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Parbhani and Beed districts, Khamgaon and Bhiwandi APMCs have donated funds to centres in their vicinity. “Most of the 137 APMCs have agreed to the cooperation department’s proposal,” Soni said. There are a total 306 APMCs in the state.