<p>With the spike in COVID-19 cases in Mumbai - increasing by 1,000-plus cases daily - the BrihanMumbai Municipal Commission (BMC) on Tuesday undertook a major organisational revamp and finetune its pandemic-control strategy.</p>.<p>Days after Iqbal Singh Chahal took over as municipal commissioner, he has set out tasks for nine IAS officers.</p>.<p>These highly-experienced officers, all of rank of additional municipal commissioners, are Manisha Patankar-Mhaiskar, Ashwini Bhide, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Prajakta Lawangare-Varma, P Velrasu, Suresh Kakani, Dr N Ramaswami and Ashutosh Salil.</p>.<p>Patankar-Mhaiskar will look after augmentation of COVID-19 beds in BMC hospitals - and all deans will report to her. </p>.<p>Bhide will look after overall virus control strategy, war room monitoring and dashboard updation. She will look after contract tracing, institutional quarantining and containment strategies.</p>.<p>Jaiswal will look after foodgrian procurement, cooked food packet distribution, supply chains in containment zones. He would be liasioning with Maharashtra government.</p>.<p>Lawangare-Varma will coordinate with COVID Yoddha volunteers to appoint doctors and nurses. Velrasu will oversee pre-monsoon work, coordinate international arrivals, screening and quarantining. </p>.<p>Kakani will look after major hospitals, peripheral hospitals and primary health facility management. Dr Ramaswami will oversee operations of the Seven Hills hospital, training. </p>.<p>Salil will look over creation of jumbo facilities CCC2 and CCC3, coordinate with various government agencies.</p>
<p>With the spike in COVID-19 cases in Mumbai - increasing by 1,000-plus cases daily - the BrihanMumbai Municipal Commission (BMC) on Tuesday undertook a major organisational revamp and finetune its pandemic-control strategy.</p>.<p>Days after Iqbal Singh Chahal took over as municipal commissioner, he has set out tasks for nine IAS officers.</p>.<p>These highly-experienced officers, all of rank of additional municipal commissioners, are Manisha Patankar-Mhaiskar, Ashwini Bhide, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Prajakta Lawangare-Varma, P Velrasu, Suresh Kakani, Dr N Ramaswami and Ashutosh Salil.</p>.<p>Patankar-Mhaiskar will look after augmentation of COVID-19 beds in BMC hospitals - and all deans will report to her. </p>.<p>Bhide will look after overall virus control strategy, war room monitoring and dashboard updation. She will look after contract tracing, institutional quarantining and containment strategies.</p>.<p>Jaiswal will look after foodgrian procurement, cooked food packet distribution, supply chains in containment zones. He would be liasioning with Maharashtra government.</p>.<p>Lawangare-Varma will coordinate with COVID Yoddha volunteers to appoint doctors and nurses. Velrasu will oversee pre-monsoon work, coordinate international arrivals, screening and quarantining. </p>.<p>Kakani will look after major hospitals, peripheral hospitals and primary health facility management. Dr Ramaswami will oversee operations of the Seven Hills hospital, training. </p>.<p>Salil will look over creation of jumbo facilities CCC2 and CCC3, coordinate with various government agencies.</p>
