With BMC and cooperative department failing to pass any directives for cooperative housing societies, Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association (MahaSeWa) and other housing federations had a webinar on Saturday (attended by around 650 members and office bearers from residential societies across Mumbai and out of Mumbai) to discuss and decide on allowing maid / domestic help post lock down, and a majority were in favour of allowing domestic help / maids, and other technicians, into the society amidst following a strict standard operating procedure (sop).

Confirming the same, Ramesh Prabhu, founder chairman of MahaSeWa told MiDDAY, "When the lockdown happened from March 24, onwards, the collectors from the respective districts and District Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies issued notification on March 26, stating that no outsiders should be allowed inside the cooperative society this included house maids, electrician, plumbers, drivers and other support staff etc."