Coronavirus pandemic | BMC makes public GIS map of COVID-19 affected areas

The BMC has also formed a 'corona war room' in its disaster control unit, which will be functional round-the- clock and various activities like planning, prevention and management of the pandemic will be conducted there.

PTI

April 02, 2020 / 16:03 IST

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made public the GIS map of COVID-19 affected areas in the city on its website on April 2, officials said.

Two days ago, the BMC had announced the GIS mapping of coronavirus-affected areas in the city, besides setting set up a 'war room' to monitor the viral infection in the city and take steps to prevent its spread.

The civic body had said that with the help of the maps, residents in those areas could take precautions more vigilantly, and people visiting those places for any work could take preventive measures.

The maps of the areas where there are higher number of coronavirus cases will be posted on the BMC website to provide information about it to the public, civic chief Praveen Pardeshi had said in a release.

A BMC spokesperson said that the citizens can check these coronavirus-affected areas on the offical MCGM website.

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