<span style="color: #222222;">The ongoing lockdown triggered due to the COVID-19 pandemic has left several families in disarray. However, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana has come as major respite to nearly 1.7 lakh people in Buldhana district of Vidarbha region where the refill of LPG cylinders were given for free to the beneficiaries. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that the Government is setting up Corona Care Centre (CCC) which will have capacity of one lakh beds for the patients in Mumbai. Besides, 1000 ICU beds are also being set up by the government.<br />''<br />''The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has come as a saviour for nearly 1.7 lakh families in Maharashtra's Buldana district. According to the state government data, about 1 lakh 68 thousand and 86 LPG refills were given to the beneficiaries for the month of April and May and the free refills will continue in the month of June as well. Additionally, the beneficiaries do not have to stand in queue as their cylinders are delivered directly at their doorstep. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to bail out the sugar industry from crisis that has been aggravated exponentially by the coronavirus enforced lockdown. Besides, considering the unabated rise in COVID cases and deaths in financial capital, the Mumbai civic body has expanded the bed capacity of CCI i.e the corona care centre-1 to over twenty two thousand.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | May 15, 2020 9:01 PM
Maharashtra: PMUY comes as major respite to nearly 1.7 lakh families in Buldana district