MUMBAI: Maharashtra government on Sunday vehemently opposed the Centre’s decision to resume domestic passenger flights from Monday, citing the rising number of covid-19 cases in the state.
The state is against allowing a significant staff presence at airports and plying of autorickshaws, cabs and buses as covid-19 cases continue to rise unabated in the state.
The civil aviation ministry has allowed domestic flights to resume operations from Monday even as the number of covid-19 cases crossed the grim milestone of 1,25,000 in India as on Saturday.
With 44,582 cases, Maharashtra is the worst-hit state by the pandemic so far. At least 2,940 new covid-19 cases were detected in just 24 hours to Saturday. “It’s extremely ill-advised to reopen