With 102 of its staff members succumbing to Covid-19, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is perhaps the worst affected among government agencies battling the pandemic in the country.
Till July 11, a total of 2,198 BMC workers had tested positive. Twenty-seven workers from the Solid Waste Management department — which collects garbage, including biomedical waste, from assigned areas — have died of Covid so far, reports The Indian Express.