Last year, as Mumbai geared up for the battle against Coronavirus and lockdown loomed, the Worli area formed a very important front in its fight.

Civic authorities took over the mammoth National Sports Club of India (NSCI) Dome space, inside the Vallabhbhai Patel stadium turning it into a COVID facility in April 2020. It has stayed that way throughout, with beds going up, from “roughly 550 to approximately 800 recently,” said NSCI’s Atul Maru.