Even as all the uncertainty over cyclone Nisarga slowly comes to an end, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now faced with a greater challenge of testing 48,887 people, who were shifted to safer places, for COVID-19. As almost 30,000 of them went to their relatives' homes, the civic body will have to increase door-to-door survey and set up more fever clinics to curb further spread of the infection.

According to official information, the BMC shifted about 18,887 people to safer places by Wednesday afternoon. A civic official said that more than 30,000 people moved to their relatives' homes on their own in view of the red alert. However, the BMC has already started screening the people before letting them return home.