Coimbatore: Police have tightened grip on the people venturing out onto the streets unnecessarily to enforce the total lockdown strictly and curb the spike in Covid-19 cases at a time when patients are struggling to find beds in hospitals and dying without oxygen support.
On Friday, both the city and rural police had intensified the vehicle check and fined the violators, as a deterrent.
According to a police source, more than 5,700 cases - 3,200 in the city limits and 2,500 in the rural limits - were registered on the day for violating the motor vehicles act and Covid-19 guidelines, especially face mask etiquette and social distancing.
Coronavirus | Tamil Nadu hospitals staring at oxygen shortage
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May 15, 2021 03:34 IST
With patients requiring oxygen on the rise and delay in supply, private hospitals are facing a crunch
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With patients requiring oxygen on the rise and delay in supply, private hospitals are facing a crunch
Many private hospitals across the State continue to grapple with a shortage of oxygen and delay in supply.
The demand for oxygen continues to be high in the State as fresh coronavirus infections continue to surge. As the number of patients requiring oxygen support is on the rise, private hospitals are facing a crunch.
Coimbatore: Former mayor R Venkatachalam and his daughter, former councillor Gayathri, led a protest with residents of Chinnammal Street in Saibaba Colony on Wednesday after corporation workers tried to relay the road without removing the old bitumen layer.
The work would raise the road level by four inches and lead to houses falling below the road level and thus cause water stagnation during the monsoon, the protesters said.
Civic body workers were laying fresh bitumen layer on a road that was not damaged, Venkatachalam said. “Even if it was to repair the road, they should have spent two days to remove the existing bitumen layer to ensure there is no unevenness or ridges and then laid a fresh bitumen layer,” he said.