<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra government is making all the preparations to face the worst situation as the number of COVID-19 patients is showing steep rise for past few days. After the efforts of building COVID-19 facilities at Goregaon, BKC and Worli, Mumbai, the BMC is trying to utilise the famous Wankhede Stadium for COVID-19 facilities. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">B. E. S. T. administration in Mumbai has inducted the relatives of its deceased employees into the service, who died due to COVID-19 while performing their duties. On the other hand, the people returning to their native places in rural Maharashtra from Mumbai, Pune and other cities are increasing the worries of the state government. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today said that the government has sent 2,45,000 migrant labourers by 191 trains till date, but, there are more than 3,71,000 migrant labourers in 3,884 shelter homes who are waiting to return to their home states. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, in Maharashtra, the increasing number of COVID-19 patients in the cities like Mumbai, Pune and other urban areas has created fear in the people residing in these cities and they are rushing to their native places like Kolhapur, Sangli, and districts in Konkan.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">After the relaxation in lockdown restrictions people are returning by private vehicles as well as hired commercial vehicles. But it has increased the danger of spreading the pandemic in the rural areas as most of the people are returning from red zones. Traffic jams are seen on the roads connecting rural Maharashtra. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The guardian Minister of Kolhapur has urged the government to ban the entry of these local migrants as it has overburdened the health and quarantine facilities in the district.</span><br />''