Mumbai: Shopping malls, which are currently shut in a majority of places because of localised lockdowns, on Friday offered to double up as vaccination centres to accelerate government efforts at giving jabs to all the people. In a statement, the Shopping Centres Association of India (SCAI) said the civic body of the satellite city of Navi Mumbai has decided to conduct drive-through vaccination drive at one of the malls under its jurisdiction and pitched for an emulation of the same. The Mumbai civic authorities have already converted one of its unused parking lots into a drive-through vaccination centre, where car owners have to pay parking charges of ₹60 for the vehicle. "Malls are social infrastructure with ample safe and hygienic parking space, training rooms, etc, and can be utilised as vaccination camps," the statement said. The body represents over 1,650 malls and shopping centres across the country.

Source: Mint May 07, 2021 14:26 UTC