'Mumbai model' demonstrates how tech can facilitate battle against Covid-19

The adoption of technology enabled India's financial capital to fight the pandemic's second wave efficiently

One of the biggest lessons for cities fighting the Covid-19 pandemic has been the criticality of access to data. Mumbai, which has shown significant success in managing the second wave of the pandemic, is a case in point. The “Mumbai model” demonstrates how technology can facilitate the battle against the dreaded Covid-19.
 
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), also known as BMC, is the governing civic body of Mumbai, and is divided into 24 wards. Like most municipal corporations across the country, the BMC, too, was monitoring the Covid-19 outbreak manually when it first started in 2020.