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Mumbra locals stop teachers who came for health survey
A team of teachers, who was conducting a health survey, in a building at Mumbra was stopped by residents on Wednesday.
A team of teachers, who was conducting a health survey, in a building at Mumbra was stopped by residents on Wednesday.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has asked the teachers to survey residents and check for symptoms such as fever, cold and cough.
When the teachers entered a building at Kausa, the residents stopped them and tore their papers, saying they would allow only a medical team to carry out the survey.
A teacher requesting anonymity said, “The secretary of the housing society asked us not to survey any family in the building. They refused although we told them that were appointed by TMC. They tore our survey papers. We want TMC to give us police protection if they want us to survey in Mumbra.”
Last week, TMC officials, too, faced opposition from Mumbra residents when they had gone to conduct a survey.
Manish Joshi, deputy municipal commissioner, TMC, said, “It is not possible to provide police protection to all 30 teams carrying out surveys in Mumbra. If they don’t allow the survey tomorrow, we will register a case against them.”
Two cases filed in Mumbra
TMC has booked two people, including a doctor, in Mumbra for obstructing work. Joshi said, “A doctor was treating patients violating social distancing norms. When we asked him to shift to a civic school, he started arguing and tried to instigate the people. We also booked a local goon who started arguing with us when we were managing the crowd. Both have been booked under section 353 of the IPC.”
