Malad Builder Converts New Luxe Condo Into COVID Hospital
Service at Heart, Shreeji Sharan Developers Donates New Building to BMC As COVID Hospital
Mumbai, 18th June 2020: Even
as Mumbai battles with the highest number of COVID cases in India (last
pegged above 61,000), many Mumbaikars are stepping up to help others
through this adversity. Shreeji Sharan Developers, a builder based in
the city, has decided to help uniquely too. They've decided to hand over
a newly constructed, ready-to-move-in building complex to the city's
municipal body.
The private builder handed over their 19-storey 'Sreeji Paradise' to the
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, as space to hospitalise
COVID-19 patients in the area. The building, located on SV Road in
Malad, has 130 flats, for which it had received an occupation
certificate from the state government. It was, in fact, ready to be
handed over to the flat owners.
"The country is going through a difficult phase right now. It's our
responsibility to ensure that we step up and serve the nation to our
best abilities. Locally speaking, our area, Malad is a COVID hotspot,
where cases would likely double in the next 17 days. When MP Gopal
Shetty suggested that we lend the building to the effort, we immediately
agreed to do so, said Mehul Sanghavi, the owner of Shreeji Sharan
Developers.
"Rather than meet financial goals, we've decided to hand over the
building to the municipality to house COVID patients in the area. We
have also decided to bear the costs for the buyers, by providing them
rent for their flats for the period, from our coffers", he added.
Till now, 300 patients have been transferred to the building, with four
patients to a flat. Their treatment is continuing within the building
premises.
Gopal Shetty, MP from Malad played an essential role in this move. The
North Mumbai legislator has been working towards ensuring adequate space
for COVID patients in the area. He had gotten in touch with Mehul
Sanghvi and convinced him to provide the building for the cause.
"We're happy that people like Mehul Sanghvi have set aside personal
interests, in a bid to serve the greater good during these difficult
times. We hope that others come forward and collaborate for such
gestures, helping us save as many lives as possible."
"The building has been given to us as a Corona hospital and quarantine
centre. We believe that this first-of-its-kind gesture will help us
serve the ailing patients better", said Sanjay Kabre, ward officer from
Malad.
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