LOCK DOWN EXTENDED TILL 30th JUNE IN CONTAINMENT ZONES - UNLOCK IN PHASES

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met Home Minister Amit Shah and senior officials to discuss the way forward on Friday, as the fourth phase of the lockdown comes to an end on Sunday, according to several media reports state. A key decision is likely tomorrow on whether to extend the restrictions amid the steady rise in virus cases, reports NDTV.

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Amit Shah meets Narendra Modi, briefs PM on CMs views on lock down

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and informed him about the views of all chief ministers on the extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown beyond May 31, officials said.

During the meeting, Shah briefed Modi about the suggestions and the feedback he received from the chief ministers during his telephonic conversations on Thursday, a government official said.

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Most Probably LOCK DOWN 5.0  will come in to force...

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Goa CM bats for lock down extension; wants malls, gyms to open

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the current phase of lock down, slated to end on May 31, should be extended till June 15 considering the overall COVID-19 scenario in the country, where the case count has crossed the 1.6 lakh-mark.

Sawant, who spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the phone on Thursday, said during the conversation he suggested lock down extension for another 15 days, but sought relaxations for Goa during the period.

The chief minister said Goa will pitch for relaxations like allowing reopening of malls, restaurants and gyms in the state during the lock down period. He said all these sectors (gym, mall and restaurant) can open with 50 per cent of their staff capacity and by strictly adhering to social distancing norms and other protocols related to curbing the corona virus spread.

 

 

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Coronavirus lockdown | Centre likely to retain limited role and allow States have more say after May 31

Central government is particularly concerned over the situation in 30 cities, including four metros, where positive cases are spiralling.

The Centre is likely to retain a limited role and allow states and union territories to take decisions on whether to tighten or give additional relaxations in the nationwide lockdown in their respective jurisdictions from June 1, officials said on Friday.

 

The central government may, however, advise state authorities to continue with strict curbs in COVID-19 containment zones in the worst-affected 30 municipal areas that account for 80% of the positive cases in the country.

These 30 municipal areas are from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Odisha.

“There is every possibility that the Centre will have very limited role with regards to imposing restrictions or giving relaxations from June 1. The states and UTs will take decisions on such issues depending on the situation locally,” a senior government official told PTI.

The central government may continue with the suspension on operation of international flights and political gatherings as well as closure of malls and cinema halls, besides ordering mandatory wearing of face mask by people in public places and maintenance of social distancing norms everywhere.

On reopening of schools or restarting metro train services, the States may be allowed to take a call.

 

“From now onwards, lockdown measures will be reviewed every fortnight where States will have major say in every decision related to their respective jurisdictions,” the official said.

The States may also be allowed to take a decision on allowing religious places, which have been shut since March 25, when the lockdown had begun.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had recently said that he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him that Karnataka be allowed to reopen temples, mosques, churches and other religious places.

The nationwide lockdown was first announced by the Prime Minister on March 24 for 21 days in a bid to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. It was first extended till May 3 and then again till May 17. The lockdown has been further extended till May 31.

Hectic parleys are still going on in the central government to assess the impact of the lockdown so far and the role to be played by the centre government and the States and Union Territories after the fourth phase of the curb comes to an end on Sunday.

The central government is particularly concerned over the COVID-19 situation in 30 cities, including four metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, where positive cases are spiralling.

On Thursday, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba had a meeting with municipal commissioners and District Magistrates of 13 of these 30 cities and took stock of their work to check the virus.

The 13 cities are Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Thane, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata/Howrah, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Chengalpattu and Thiruvallur.

To take views of the state governments on the future course of action with regards to the lockdown, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to all Chief Ministers of the country.

During his talks with the Chief Ministers, Mr. Shah sought to know the areas of concern of the states and the sectors they want to open up further from June 1, another official said.

Interestingly, till now, it was Prime Minister Modi who had interacted with all chief ministers through video conference before extension of each phase of the coronavirus-induced lock down and sought their views.

This was for the first time that the home minister spoke to the chief ministers individually before the end of another phase of the lockdown.

Mr. Shah was present in all the conferences of Chief Ministers along with the Prime Minister.

It is understood that majority of the Chief Ministers wanted the lockdown to continue in some form but also favoured opening up of the economic activities and gradual return of the normal life, the official said.

After his talks with Mr. Shah, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said he felt the lockdown may be extended for 15 more days.

“However, we want some more relaxations like opening of restaurants with social distancing at 50 per cent capacity,” he said.

The central government is also taking into account the rapid increase of coronavirus cases in states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam and Karnataka after arrival of migrant workers and other people from big cities or virus-hit regions.

“Some states want curb on travel of people from outside. However, such blanket decisions are not acceptable to everyone,” the official said.

The Karnataka government on Thursday decided to suspend air travel from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, saying a large number of people arriving from these states have tested positive for COVID-19.

While extending the fourth phase of the lockdown from May 18 till May 31, the central government had announced continuation of prohibition on opening of schools, colleges and malls but allowed opening of shops and markets.

The government, however, allowed limited operations of train and domestic flights. The Indian Railways is also running special trains since May 1 for transportation of migrant workers from different parts of the country to their native states.

The number of COVID-19 cases in India has climbed on Friday making it the world’s ninth worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic.

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oh so Amit Shah is alive.

good to know.

[no01]

5 hours ago, Kool_SRG said:

Most Probably LOCK DOWN 5.0  will come in to force...

4.0 ni as it is ga continue chestharemo with version numbering athe. 7PM - 7AM curfew types ni koncham relax cheyyali....like 10PM - 7AM.

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International flights allow chestunna ra leda ? 

[JaiTDP]

1 minute ago, LadiesTailor said:

International flights allow chestunna ra leda ? 

no

[Pitta]

1 minute ago, LadiesTailor said:

International flights allow chestunna ra leda ? 

[Kool_SRG]

20 minutes ago, LadiesTailor said:

International flights allow chestunna ra leda ? 

As of now no... Special services could be running. They won't take risk now since numbers are bit on rise.

[Vaampire]

23 minutes ago, LadiesTailor said:

International flights allow chestunna ra leda ? 

Not anytime soon. Ee year kastamey

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23 minutes ago, Pitta said:

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Madhya Pradesh extends lockdown till 15 June

 

 

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13 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Madhya Pradesh extends lockdown till 15 June

 

 

veedu cm aipoinda already? 😀 

aa scindia bjplo join ainaka events follow avvale