MUMBAI : Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday indicated that the state has no plans to get the army for handling the covid-19 pandemic situation. "There's a big rumor that Mumbai city will be handed over to the army people and that's the complete false news," said Thackeray in an evening address to the public of Maharashtra on Friday.
In Maharashtra, the state government is running at least 4,729 relief camps where 4,28,734 migrant labourers have been given refuge with food and other necessities.
Referring to the death of 16 migrant workers in a train accident, Thackeray said, "Things that happened in train accident, it really breaks my heart.