SoBo residents object to quarantine centre at Wankhede stadium

Opposing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) decision on Friday to create a Covid care centre (CCC) and quarantine facility at Wankhede stadium near Churchgate, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from the area, Raj Purohit wrote to municipal commissioner IS Iqbal on Saturday. Purohit has demanded that BMC reconsider its decision to set up a care centre at the stadium.

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In his letter, Purohit said the residents and businessmen of the adjoining areas are afraid and approached him to strongly oppose creating the CCC at Wankhede stadium. He said locals have threatened that if the work goes ahead, people will protest on the roads.

Purohit said in his letter that Wankhede stadium is surrounded by “highly well-known destinations” like Marine Drive, Nariman Point, Churchgate, Queen’s Road, New Marine Lines, Cooperage, and Oval Maidan the neighbourhood as “well-disciplined and law-abiding” residents.

Purohit proposed that the CCC be shifted to a nearby hospital such as St George Hospital, GT Hospital, or Cama Hospital, or on Mumbai Port Trust land.