Coronavirus: TMC announces competition to rope in public

Thane, May 18() The Thane Municipal Corporation(TMC) neighbouring Mumbai on Monday announced a competition ina bid to ensure public participation in checking thecoronavirus spread.

Under the "Maza Prabhag Corona Mukta Prabhag"competition, the first prize of Rs 50 lakh will be given to amunicipal ward committee in whose area no COVID-19 case hasbeen reported for one month and where existing patients haverecovered from the infection, an official release said.

The second prize will be of Rs 25 lakh wherein thereporting period of a new COVID-19 case is 15 days.

A total of nine municipal ward committees that coverareas like Majiwada-Manpada, Vartak Nagar, Lokmanya Nagar-Savarkar Nagar, Naupada-Kopri, Utalsar, Wagale Estate, Kalwa,Mumbra, and Diwa will be eligible for the contest, it said.

"A 30-second video should be sent to the civiccorporation for evaluation. Assessment will also be done onthe basis of selfies, selfie clue video, extra care safetybest practice video, sensitive service extra care safety bestpractice video," it added.

By May 17 night, Thane city reported 1,178 COVID-19cases and 50 deaths. CORRNSK NSK