BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday suggested ramping up COVID-19 testing in Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, and warned that not testing as per available capacity can be "dangerous". Addressing a press conference here, the former chief minister, who was here to review the COVID-19 situation in Pune and the adjoining and Pimpri-Chinchwad, said testing capacity needs to be ramped up in the city.

"Testing is less in Pune and it seems that the state government is neglecting (this aspect) and this strategy is dangerous for the city. "We have come to such a point where testing needs be done aggressively," the leader of opposition in the assembly said. He said the state's current capacity to do 38,000 tests per day, but the current daily figure is only 14,000. "In Mumbai, the capacity is 10,000 to 12,000 but we are doing only 4000 tests. I think this strategy is dangerous," the BJP leader warned.