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GHAZIABAD: The reducing number of active cases has raised hopes of the unlock process starting in Noida and Ghaziabad this week. Active cases in Ghaziabad came down to 631 on Saturday while in Noida, it was 610. As per state government’s directive, curfew will be lifted in districts with less than 600 active cases. So far, curbs have been eased in 61 of the 75 districts of the state.
Ghaziabad chief medical officer NK Gupta said that in the past 5 days the district has registered a decline in active cases. “From 1,025 active cases on June 1, it came down to 631 on Saturday. This has brightened the prospect for lifting of the curfew in the district. However, a decision in this regard will be taken by the district magistrate (DM) once the active cases are below 600. Given the trend, it is likely next week,” Gupta said.
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NOIDA: A candidate for the zila panchayat polls allegedly fired upon cops when a police team raided his house in Dadri on information that he was in possession of illicit liquor supposed to be distributed to voters.
Police said Mukesh Gurjar, who is contesting the local zila panchayat member polls, opened fire as soon as he spotted cops outside his house in Nangla Nainsukh village on Sunday.
Dadri SHO Rajvir Singh told TOI, “He was spotted outside the house, but he got alarmed and fired one gunshot before escaping. An FIR is being lodged against him. Mukesh has a criminal history, and is wanted in cases of causing hurt and under the Arms Act.”
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GREATER NOIDA: To regulate entry of visitors to its office, GNIDA is gradually shifting its working to the online mode. The authority has asked residents and allottees to file all applications and service requests online from May 1.
Officials said that 203 services have already been digitised and will be offered through the web portal. The authority had started switching to paperless working from September last year. Having created an enterprise resource planning management software, the authority had started disposing applications submitted through its web portal and mobile app in a time-bound manner.
It has created 10 broad verticals property, planning, health, water and sewerage, electricity, transportation, maintenance, 6% abadi plots, drinking water and general under which over 200 types of services will be offered.
Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate on Monday recommended to the director general of medical education and training, Lucknow, to provide 340 additional Covid beds for Sharda Hospital. This is in addition to the 380 beds notified for the facility last month. Apart from that, 200 Covid beds will be added at the Noida International Institute of Medical Sciences (NIIMS), officials said.
Currently, the district has two government Covid facilities 250-bed Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida, and 168-bed Noida Covid Hospital (NCH), Sector 39. While GIMS has an 80-bed ICU, NCH has 38 ICU beds. NCH also has 200 additional beds on standby. Both hospitals currently have an occupancy rate of 85-90% and with more patients seeking hospitalisation, officials said, efforts are on to prepare additional beds.