State prepares for COVID crisis
The Maharashtra government is preparing for the COVID-19 crisis as 150 beds with oxygen was set up at Nehru Science Centre in Worli. Photo: SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL
Travelling back home
Several people gathered outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) on Wednesday to board long-distance trains a day after the Maharashtra government announced severe restrictions on public movement to curb the spread of the virus. Photo: SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL
Praying to the Almighty
TOI Photojournalist captures a man praying outside a temple in Chembur on Wednesday as people celebrate Vishu. The temples in Mumbai will remain closed due to rising COVID-19 cases. Photo: SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL
Stocking up
A day after the Maharashtra government imposed a curfew and stricter restrictions across the state, people gathered at a supermarket for grocery shopping in Belapur. Photo: KK Choudhary/BCCL
Grocery shopping in Mulund
The situation is the same across all parts of the city as people in Mulund also rush to a supermarket to stock up on essential items as the government imposed stricter restrictions. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Swab test in Dadar
A health worker conducts a Rapid Antigen Test on passengers arriving at the Dadar station as the state witnesses a surge in cases once again. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Low-key Ambedkar Jayanti
Police were seen at duty on the Ambedkar Jayanti to keep a check on people gathering as the state imposes a strict curfew to break the chain. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Crowd at LTT
Hundreds of people queued up outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus here on Wednesday to board long-distance trains, hours before Maharashtra sees more stringent restrictions, including section 144 across the state, being implemented. Photo: ANI
CR: Trains won't stop runnning
The Central Railway on Wednesday assured citizens that trains will not stop running despite the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country and the lockdown-like restrictions in Maharashtra. In its appeal, the CR said that people have no reason to panic and rush to their hometowns as trains will run as per their schedule, and if need be, more special trains will be arranged for the workers. They asked people to avoid crowding the stations and also warned against spreading rumours and false messages. Photo by SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL
COVID-19 facility at Nehru Science centre
Amid rising coronavirus cases in the city, the BMC authorities have readied a 150-bed COVID-19 facility at the Nehru Science centre in Worli. The number of beds at the existing COVID centre in National Sports Club of India (NSCI) premises have also been raised from 500 to 800. Photo by SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL
CBI interrogates Anil Deshmukh
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh appeared before the CBI on Wednesday for questioning in connection with the allegations of corruption levelled against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh. Deshmukh reached the DRDO guest house, where a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is camping, in suburban Santacruz around 10 am. Photo: ANI
CM pays tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar and leaders across parties paid rich tributes to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 130th birth anniversary on Wednesday. Thackeray and others visited Chaitya Bhoomi, the Constitution architect's memorial in central Mumbai in the morning and paid floral tributes to India's first Law and Justice minister. Because of the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the birth anniversary celebrations were subdued. Photo: CMO
Fire Service Day
The Mumbai Fire Brigade on Wednesday observed Fire Service Day at its headquarters in Byculla.
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