While the state struggles to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases as well as provide the best facilities to those undergoing quarantine at various centres, a new problem has cropped up for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body has allegedly found patients stealing lights, bulbs, jet sprays, geysers and flush tanks from the Nesco COVID centre in Goregaon. The exasperated BMC also tweeted about it on Sunday.

Speaking to mid-day, a BMC official said, “This is the worst situation we have faced till date in the city, even though employees are working all day at the centre. We are trying to provide all the facilities including hot water and proper food on time, but patients are stealing whatever they can lay their hands on, like tube lights and bulbs. They are also trying to steal geysers and jet sprays from the centre. Some of them have even been damaged.”