Corporators demand citizen-friendly online booking system for vax slots

MUMBAI: Corporators across the party lines have demanded that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) make the online booking of vaccination slots more citizen-friendly. Meanwhile, from Thursday onwards, the vaccination drive for pregnant women will take off at 35 vaccination centres across the city.

Corporators said that every ward opens slots at a separate time, which leads to confusion.

Hence, they have suggested that online slots for vaccination centres be released at a fixed time across the city and the information be shared on social media platforms.

BJP corporator Abhijit Samant said, “I have written a letter to the municipal commissioner requesting that there should be a uniform time for all wards to release their slots on the CO-WIN portal. Further, BMC should also decide on a fixed time to announce whether there will be vaccination or not on the next day. Also, there are a lot of citizens who are struggling to get an appointment for their second slot.”

Asif Zakaria, Congress corporator from Bandra, said, “More citizen-friendly steps should be taken by BMC when it comes to vaccination. There should be a uniform time for releasing slots. I have seen senior citizens struggling to book their slots online as there is no fixed time.” Meanwhile, on Wednesday 65,244 citizens were vaccinated taking total count to 6,233,629. On Thursday, vaccination will be conducted between 2pm to 5pm.