The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today asked the central government to extend the lockdown on a national level amid the outbreak of coronavirus till 30th April.
New Delhi| The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today asked the central government to extend the lockdown on a national level amid the outbreak of coronavirus till 30th April.
Kejriwal along with several other Chief Ministers participated in a video conference with Prime Minister Modi this afternoon to discuss whether the nation-wide lockdown should be extended after it ends on 14th April and what other strategies can be drawn to fight the spread of Covid-19 disease.
Kejriwal said, “The decision to continue the lockdown should be taken on a national level. “If the states decide the length of the lockdown on their own, then the fight against the coronavirus won’t be effective.” The Chief Minister of Delhi said that the state CMs should not be given any authority to decide if the lockdown should end or not. Delhi has the third-highest number of coronavirus cases after Maharashtra and Tamilnadu.
“If the lockdown is eased, all kinds of transport, either rail or road, should not be allowed,” Kejriwal further added.
India is currently observing a 21-day lockdown in which the public and private transports have been banned completely except for the essential services.
Punjab and Odisha have already announced that they’d be extending the lockdown. Odisha CM while extending the lockdown said, ” Coronavirus is the biggest threat that the human race has faced in more than a century. Life will not be the same ever.”
In today’s video conference, PM Modi took feedback from Chief Ministers on whether the three-week lockdown should end on 14th April.
He also told to the CMs, “I am available 24×7. Any chief minister can speak to me and give suggestions (on COVID-19) anytime. We should stand together shoulder-to-shoulder.”
The Union Health Ministry gave a presentation during today’s video conference and then all the CMs spoke to the Prime Minister one by one.
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