Soon, health workers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will visit every single house in the city. The BMC has decided to appoint 5,575 Asha workers, who will cover 250 houses each over a period of time.

Asha workers will be responsible for conducting surveys house-to-house. Also, they will be responsible for creating awareness on various diseases, immunisation of pregnant women and children, family planning, and checking for communicable and non-communicable diseases. If there is a sick person in the house, Asha workers will also be responsible for following up on the medical treatment of that person.