Maharashtra's Nashik was one of the badly hit districts in the second wave of COVID -19.<br />'' <br />''Although, there has been a decline in daily caseload since last few days, with 65 patients succumbing to the infection on Tuesday there is a palpable sense of fear among people.<br />'' <br />''Taking the onus to inoculate its citizens, the Nashik Municipal Corporation has decided to purchase 5 lakh Sputnik vaccine doses immediately to run the vaccination drive.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports, Nasik city and the district was hit hard by coronavirus in the second wave with large number of fatalities.<br />'' <br />''In this backdrop, the Nashik municipal corporation has decided to purchase five lakh doses of Sputnik vaccine on immediate basis to carry out the vaccination drive in the city.<br />'' <br />''The Nashik municipal commissioner Kailas Jadhav said that a corresponding letter to the distributor as well as supplier has been given.<br />'' <br />''He said the municipal corporation has decided to inoculate maximum citizens before the anticipated third wave of corona.<br />'' <br />''He added that Nashik will get five lakh vaccine doses from the supplier giving doses to Mumbai municipal corporation.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile, the BMC has received a response from three more suppliers to its global tender to inoculate more than one crore Mumbai residents with vaccine against COVID-19.<br />'' <br />''With this, the total number of potential suppliers has gone up to 8.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Out of the 8 proposals submitted to Mumbai civic body, 7 suppliers have shown interest in supplying Sputnik light vaccine while remaining one has opted for Astra Zeneca and Pfizer. </span><br />