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#BombayHighCourt is hearing the plea seeking directions to civic authorities to start door to door vaccination of elderly and bed-ridden persons.

Hearing before Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni.

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Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni submits the policy for door to door vaccination.

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Sr Adv anil Sakhare informs the Court that #BMC has started the drive as pre-decided.
Sakhare: Till date about 4750 people have been registered and vaccination done is of 602 people.

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Adv Dhruti Kapadia, petitioner in person states that there are tiny glitches in the policy.
- Doctors are not coming forward to certify persons eligible for door to door vaccines.

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Kapadia: - Sending emails for registration would be hassle for technological challenged persons hence telephone numbers to be provided.
- Asking for govt approved ID cards may be an issue for bed-ridden people who do not have any IDs.

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Court: Give it 7-10 days.. There may be teething problems. You give your suggestions in writing for improvement.

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Kapadia: Also the NGO has to be looked into, who are participating in the drive..

Sakhare: There are NGOs who are helping us register the names of the persons. If they are volunteering, why would we stop them.. It would only help us getting more and more persons vaccinated.

Court directs BMC to put on affidavit the number of bed-ridden who have been vaccinated. They have been directed to specify the role of NGOs in the affidavit.

Matter placed on next Thursday.

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Corrigendum: BMC has received 4715 registrations so far, and not 4750 as tweeted above.

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