In the 2020 Netflix film Yeh Ballet, Nizamuddin J Shah played the brother of the ballet dancer who supported him in a big way. In real life too, he can be found training a bunch of slum kids in street theatre under the Vashi Flyover or the Wadala Park in Mumbai.
Street plays are powerful message amplifiers and 25-year-old Shah is gearing up with his team to perform in the villages around the metropolis to talk about vaccinations. “We mix local language, film songs, humour and social message to entertain audiences,” he says.
Maharashtra was in lockdown earlier this year, suspending street plays. Street theatre needs people coming together to watch. “We plan to recruit volunteers who will ensure that social distancing is followed. After all, we are trying to create awareness about Covid facts,” he adds.
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Dharavi, a slum colony, saw three fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, as per data on Saturday.
The BMC on Saturday suspended its vaccination drive in Mumbai for a second consecutive day due to shortage of jabs.
Centre revealed it has supplied over 38 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to states and UTs so far.
New Delhi: Amid reports of Mumbai shutting vaccination centres due to unavailability of COVID-19 vaccines, Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale on Saturday (July 10) said that the party has planned to vaccinate the entire population of Dharavi in the next 2-3 months. We have planned to vaccinate 100 per cent population of Dharavi in next 2-3 months and booked 10,000 slots for vaccination at private hospitals in the first phase, Shewale was quoted as saying by ANI.
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The civic and government-run vaccination centres in Mumbai won’t be administering COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday due to a shortage of vaccines.
The municipal corporation had suspended inoculation at civic and government-run centres earlier on July 1 as well.
New Delhi: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday (July 9, 2021) said that civic and government-run vaccination centres in the country’s financial capital won’t be administering COVID-19 vaccines for the second day on Saturday (July 10, 2021) due to a shortage of vaccines.
“The inoculation drive will remain suspended at all civic and government-run centres in Mumbai on Saturday due to a shortage of doses and no inoculation will take place on Sunday on account of weekly off of staffers,” the BMC said in a statement on Friday.
K Nalinakshan
MUMBAI: Former BMC chief K Nalinakshan died of burn injuries at a private hospital in the city on Friday, reports Prafulla Marpakwar. According to reports, the 79-year -old veteran bureaucrat was performing pooja at home on Wednesday morning when burning camphor fell on him, setting his clothes on fire. He was later hospitalised with severe burn injuries.
Recalling his association with Nalinakshan, former chief secretary Johnny Joseph said, “I was CEO of Akola zilla parishad and he was the collector. He was one of the finest bureaucrats in the state, full of new ideas and vision.”
Former chief of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) K Nalinakshan who died at a private hospital on Friday was widely respected in the corridors of power.