New Delhi Apr 21 PTI The Delhi government will study a system installed in Mumbai to capture methane from the rotting waste and replicate it in the capital to prevent fires at landfills Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Thursday The decision was taken at a meeting of experts from the Centre for Science and EnvironmentThe Energy and Resources Institute and IIT-Delhi to find out a technological solution to the problem of fires at landfill sites The meeting came a day after a massive fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill -- the third such incident since March 28 this year -- sending a dense plume of smoke into the sky and exacerbating the already polluted air in nearby areas We have asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC to study the system installed in Mumbai which can capture methane generated at landfills Officials have been asked to implement it in Delhi soon to prevent incidents of fire Rai said The wet waste dumped in a landfill produces methane when it rots In hot weather conditions methane catches fire spontaneously and the blaze spreads as it feeds on combustible material like textiles and plastics Last year authorities reported four incidents of fire at Ghazipur landfill In 2017 a large part of it broke away crashing onto a road and killing two people Commissioned in 1984 the Ghazipur landfill site is spread across 70 acres In 2019 the garbage dump site had grown 65 metres high The Delhi Pollution Control Committee had imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the EDMC after a fire erupted there on March 28 PTI GVS CK

Mumbai Mar 30 PTI Mumbai on Wednesday reported 38 new cases of coronavirus but no fresh death linked to the infection was registered for the third day in a row the city civic body saidWith this the tally of overall coronavirus infections rose to 1057953 but the death toll remained unchanged at 19559 a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations BMC bulletin saidA day ago the financial capital had reported 36 COVID-19 cases and zero fatalitiesIn March out of 30 days so far the city has witnessed zero fatalities on 26 days Also the daily COVID-19 cases are below the 100-mark since March 2With 57 more patients getting discharged in the last 24 hours the number of recoveries jumped to 1038092 leaving the city with 292 active cases the bulletin saidMumbais coronavirus recovery rate was 98 per cent while positivity rate or cases detected per 100 tests stood at 0003 per cent it saidIn the last 24 hours 12823 COVID-19 tests were carried out in the city taking their cumulative tally to 16607311 the BMC saidNotably Mumbais case doubling rate has dropped below the 15000-day mark 14433 after rising above 20000 days earlier this monthThe growth rate of COVID-19 cases between March 23 and March 29 stood at 0005 per cent as per the bulletinThe BMC said 34 of the 38 new COVID-19 patients were asymptomatic and four of them were hospitalized and only one of them was put on oxygen supportOnly 14 of the total 26228 hospital beds earmarked for coronavirus patients are currently occupied in the city according to the bulletinThe metropolis is free of sealed buildings and containment zones since the last several weeksOn January 7 Mumbai had reported the highest-ever 20971 cases during the third coronavirus wave which started from December 21 2021 PTI KK RSY RSY

Mumbai Mar 28 PTI Mumbai on Monday reported 50 fresh coronavirus cases and zero fatality the city civic body said Mumbais COVID-19 tally now stands at 1057879 while the death toll remained unchanged at 19559 as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations BMC bulletin On Sunday Mumbai had reported 43 infections and one fatality Significantly Mumbais daily COVID-19 cases remain below 100 since March 2 this year Mumbai recorded zero COVID-19 fatalities on 24 of the 28 days including Monday this month Presently the city has 290 active cases The case positivity rate is 0005 per cent In the last 24 hours 8874 COVID-19 tests were carried out in Mumbai taking the tally of samples examined so far to 16585155 the BMC said With 28 patients discharged post-COVID-19 treatment the total number of recoveries in Mumbai mounted to 1038009 Mumbais recovery rate is 98 per cent the bulletin said The case doubling rate in the city is 15798 days The overall growth rate of cases for the period between March 21 to March 27 stood at 0004 per cent the bulletin said All 50 new COVID-19 patients are asymptomatic None of them was hospitalised or on oxygen support Notably only 14 of the total 26228 hospital beds are currently occupied by COVID-19 patients in Mumbai the BMC said The metropolis is free of any sealed buildings and containment zones for a long time PTI KK NSK NSK

Mumbai Mar 27 PTI Former South African cricketer Dale Steyn has termed Mumbais streets as super clean and added he could see massive effort in keeping litter off its roads Replying to the praise the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said it appreciated his comment and that it looks forward to welcoming everyone with clean roads and full hearts I must say the streets in Mumbai are super clean I can clearly see theres been a massive effort in keeping litter off the streets Well done pace legend Steyn tweeted on Saturday The BMC said on Sunday Appreciate your kind words DaleSteyn62 We always look forward to welcoming everyone with Clean Roads and Full Hearts The civic body also said it has been possible to keep Mumbai clean and green because of the efforts of its swachhata cleanliness warriors and citizens PTI ENM NSK NSK

Mumbai Feb 21 PTI Mumbai on Monday reported 96 new COVID-19 cases the lowest single-day rise after April 17 2020 and one fatality due to coronavirus infection the city civic body said With the addition of fresh cases the tally of infections in Mumbai rose to 1055657 and the COVID-19 death toll to 16476 a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC bulletin said Generally the city reports fewer cases on Mondays due to less number of tests conducted on Sundays A total of 16476 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours taking the count of samples tested so far in Mumbai to 16045437 On Sunday the city had logged 167 coronavirus cases and zero fatalities Around 82 per cent or 79 of fresh 96 patients are asymptomatic it said The case positivity rate of Mumbai now stands at 058 per cent Presently Mumbai has 1415 active COVID-19 cases In the last 24 hours only 17 patients were hospitalised for COVID-19 and only four of them are on oxygen support Only 807 of the total 36308 hospital beds are currently occupied by COVID-19 patients in the city the bulletin said With 188 more patients being discharged from hospitals the number of recoveries in Mumbai went up to 1034681 Mumbais case recovery rate now stands at 98 per cent while the rate of doubling of cases has crossed 3000 days to 3313 days The overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases for the period between February 14 to February 20 stood at 002 per cent the bulletin said Mumbai has been free of sealed buildings and containment zones for more than a week Mumbai had reported the highest 20971 cases on January 7 this year during the third wave which according to municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal started on December 21 2021 Last year Mumbai had reported the highest 11163 cases on April 4 The city had recorded the highest 90 fatalities on May 1 2021 PTI KK NSK NSK

Mumbai Jan 23 PTI Mumbai on Sunday reported 2550 new coronavirus positive cases taking the tally of infections to 1034833 The death toll rose to 16535 after 13 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus infection the city civic body said A statement from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations health department said that 84 per cent or 2142 of the 2550 new patients are asymptomatic It said 337 more patients were hospitalised of whom 40 are on oxygen support The percentage of occupied beds out of the total beds available in Mumbai is 106 per cent it said A total of 217 patients were discharged in Mumbai on Sunday which raised the number of recoveries to 995786 Mumbai is now left with 19808 active cases With 45993 new tests the number of samples examined so far in the Maharashtra capital has gone up to 14977218 as per the statement Mumbais recovery rate is 96 per cent The case doubling rate is 125 days PTI MR NSK NSK

Mumbai Jan 19 PTI Mumbai on Wednesday reported 6032 new coronavirus positive cases 117 less as compared to the previous day and 12 fresh fatalities the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said With this the citys infection tally rose to 1017999 and death toll to 16488 while the recovery count rose to 966985 it said in a bulletin The city witnessed a dip in the number of cases after reporting 6149 cases on Tuesday The daily fatality count however climbed to 12 after seven on Tuesday In the last 24 hours 60291 tests were conducted in the city as against the over 47700 tests on Tuesday The positivity rate dipped to 10 per cent from 2189 per cent The overall test count has reached 14778095 the BMC said Mumbai has 31856 active COVID-19 cases while the case doubling rate is 66 days A total of 18241 patients recovered in the last 24-hours and Mumbais recovery rate stands at 95 per cent Out of the total number of new cases nearly 84 per cent means 5067 cases are asymptomatic Only 538 new patients have been hospitalised while just 103 are on oxygen support the bulletin added It also said that 5058 of the total 38109 hospital beds which is around 133 per cent of the total hospital beds are occupied in the city The overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is 103 per cent for the period between January 12 and 18 it said As per the bulletin Mumbai has 54 sealed buildings but zero containment zones in slums and chawls Mumbai had logged 20971 daily COVID-19 cases on January 7 2022 the highest since the pandemic broke out in March 2020 Last year Mumbai had reported the highest 11163 daily cases on April 4 while the highest 90 fatalities were witnessed on May 1 PTI KK NP NP

Mumbai Dec 28 PTI Mumbai on Tuesday reported 1377 new COVID-19 cases a steep rise from 809 infections reported a day ago and one more death the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidWith fresh additions the coronavirus tally in the metropolis rose to 773298 while the death toll increased to 16374 the civic body said in a bulletinThe days tally of 1377 was a sharp rise from 809 cases indicating an increase of 70 per cent reported on Monday which had also recorded three deaths linked to coronavirus in the metropolisThe recovery count increased to 748537 after 338 people were discharged during the day leaving Mumbai with 5803 active cases the bulletin saidWith 32369 swab samples examined in the last 24 hours the number of coronavirus tests in the countrys financial capital went up to 13524610 BMC data showedIt also revealed that the case doubling time has sharply dropped to 841 days while Mumbais coronavirus recovery rate stood at 97 per centThe growth rate of COVID-19 cases between December 21 and 27 was 007 per cent in the city the bulletin said PTI PR RSY RSY

Mumbai Dec 18 PTI Mumbai on Saturday reported 283 new coronavirus infections and zero pandemic-related fatalities a civic official said This was the fourth occasion since the first coronavirus case was reported in Mumbai in March 2020 when no death was recorded during a day The city had recorded zero COVID-19 deaths this year on October 17 and December 11 and 15 said a release issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC The tally of COVID-19 cases in the countrys financial capital rose to 766791 and death toll remained unchanged at 16363 As many as 51171 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Mumbai during the day which raised the tally of tests to 13137201 The city is left with 1948 active COVID-19 cases as 275 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals The total of recovered patients rose to 745903 The recovery rate in the city is 97 per cent Mumbais overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases was 003 per cent during December 11 to 17 and average doubling rate of cases is 2321 days Presently Mumbai has 19 sealed buildings Buildings are sealed when five or more cases are found on the premises PTI ND KRK KRK

Mumbai Dec 17 PTI Mumbai reported 295 new coronavirus infections and one pandemic-related fatality on Friday a civic official said The tally of COVID-19 cases in the countrys financial capital rose to 766508 and death toll reached 16363 Daily cases recorded in the city rose for the fifth straight day On Thursday Mumbai had logged 279 new cases and two deaths As many as 51266 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Mumbai during the day which raised the tally of tests to 13086030 The city is left with 1940 active COVID-19 cases as 227 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals The total of recovered patients rose to 745628 The recovery rate in the city is 97 per cent Mumbais overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases was 003 per cent during December 10 to 16 and average doubling rate of cases is 2468 days Presently Mumbai has 19 sealed buildings Buildings are sealed when five or more cases are found on the premises PTI KK KRK KRK KRK