Over Rs 1,000 crore losses as Covid spooks tourists out of Aurangabad

Aurangabad, July 23 With Covid-19 cases and deaths piling up, the country's second biggest tourism destination of Aurangabad in Maharashtra has taken a severe hit with estimated losses of over Rs 1,000 crore and counting.

This week, Aurangabad District - famed for its Ajanta & Ellora Caves - the twin World Heritage Sites, besides other National Heritage sites - crossed the 10,000 mark to touch 10,629 coronavirus cases with 416 deaths, becoming the fifth major hotspot in the state after Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Jalgaon in terms of total fatalities.

Accusing the government of "utter lethargy" for the past few months, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

( With inputs from IANS )