Updated On: 16 January, 2023 06:55 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The municipal corporation outsourced the required staff to meet the requirement of Covid-19 field hospitals. Due to this lives of lakhs of people were saved as they got timely medical treatment, Chahal said

Chahal walked out shortly after 4 pm from ED office. Pics/ Shadab Khan
Mumbai civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal said jumbo Covid-19 care centres were set up on the Maharashtra government`s orders as he recorded his statement with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday in connection with alleged irregularities in award of contracts for health facilities during the pandemic.
Talking to reporters after emerging out of the ED office, where he recorded his statement for more than four hours, Chahal said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was extending all cooperation to the central agency.