In Maharashtra, as several places are again heading for a lockdown, the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Iqbal Singh Chahal has said that the city does not need the lockdown as the situation is under control.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports that According to Mumbai's Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, unlike other cities such as Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan Dombivli, Mumbai does not need a lockdown. He said that the BMC has ramped up testing resources and now it is conducting more than 6,500 tests daily.<br />'' <br />''On the other hand, at far away Chandrapur in Vidarbha, the municipal corporation has devised a concept to help students from municipal schools to take education.<br />'' <br />''The move comes in the backdrop of schools and coaching institutes still shut in Maharashtra due to Covid-19 pandemic. Under the concept 'Shaala Bandh, Shikhshan Suru' means "Schools shut, education on", the teachers themselves have started visiting the homes of the students.<br />'' <br />''There are around 21 municipal schools which has about 2,400 students and 74 teachers in Chandrapur.<br />'' <br />''These 74 teachers visit the homes of as many as 10 students daily and take their classes. If there are around 8 to 10 students in a single ward then they all are brought together under one roof and taught in one go.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Since last one week the municipal corporation has been implementing this programme which has been praised from various quarters.</span><br />