The Mumbai police is in the process of re-starting a Covid centre for its personnel and their kin at Kalina, but around 100 cops’ families residing in the same society, have opposed it. The Kole Kalyan Kalina police quarters consists of five buildings, of which one, T-3, had been used as a Covid centre for cops during the first and second wave of the pandemic. The society did not have any residents then. However, police personnel and their families moved into the society when the centre was shut as cases fell, towards the end of 2021.

No separate entry and exit

Residents are opposed to the centre as T-3, a nine-storey building, does not have a separate entry and exit. Currently, a route to T-3 has been marked with a white cloth separating it from the residents entry and exit to the society. Residents say this is risky for their kids and senior citizens and there should be a different entry and exit for T-3. The centre will be for moderate Covid patients. Last year, the building at the Kole Kalyan Kalina police quarters was converted into the centre where more than 1,000 cops were treated and the BMC also set up 500 beds. The building which was converted into the Covid centre, T-3, is second in the complex.