By Suresh Karkera, Sameer Markande, and Prajakta Kasale

As people struggled to get beds on time during the peak of the second wave, officials in charge swore that it will never happen again. They quickly drew up a plan to build more jumbo centres on the lines of the one at BKC to be better prepared. The first of them, seventh in the city overall, is ready. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which was tasked with building the centre, is ready to present the keys to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.