As the Chief Minister's meeting with the Prime Minister approaches, new speculations about the lockdown are spreading across the country. However, the center claims that there is no possibility of a new lockdown. If it is too much, strict rules will be followed in the infected area. There is no question of making the city or state obsolete.
Yesterday, some TV channel claimed that the lockdown would be re-issued from June 18. Today, the Press Information Bureau said that the information was false. Similarly, the Center has dismissed speculation that a month-long lockdown will be imposed by issuing presidential rule in Delhi. According to the government, a number of steps have been taken recently to revive the economy. Now it is not reasonable to lock down the whole country in a new way.
Behind the new lockdown-speculation is the Chief Minister's meeting with the Prime Minister on Tuesday and Wednesday. The meeting has been called for the purpose of discussing Corona and financial situation in Unlock-1 episode. Meanwhile, Home Minister Amit Shah has called for an all-party meeting tomorrow. Although the meeting will focus on the Corona situation in Delhi, there is speculation that a lockdown could be discussed in the country. Although the Home Ministry itself has made it clear, Delhi will be the only subject of tomorrow's meeting.
According to economists, the Modi government has recently taken several decisions to speed up the economy. Announcement and distribution of loans for small scale industries has started. The office has opened, the shop-shopping mall has opened. Even though it is small, buying and selling has started. Some industrial groups are arranging for workers to return home from work by renting a car. Now that a new lockdown has been announced, it will be impossible for the economy to turn around. According to government sources, there is no possibility of a new lockdown in the whole country. Strict regulations will be issued only if necessary for infection sites. "We are not considering a lockdown plan," the government said.
It is true that some health workers believe that strict lockdown is the only way to prevent infection. The headache for the Ministry of Health at the moment is the infection in new areas. Similarly, the rate of infection in 14 municipalities and 10 cities of the country is higher than the national average. In addition to the four metro cities, there are commercially important cities like Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad. Among them, the spread of the infection in small states and union territories has raised concerns. Such as Ladakh. In the last two days, 198 people have been infected in the area. In Sikkim, where the first case of infection was reported on May 24, the number of patients has risen by 50 in one go last week. Infection has increased in the last one day in Haryana (415 people), Goa (60 people). At one time the whole of the Northeast was infection-free. In the last one day, the number of corona patients has increased in Tripura (121), Manipur (64) and Assam (220). In some cases, smaller states outperform larger states in terms of transmission rates.
But the center's explanation that the lockdown will not be re-issued is practically clear, there is no question of lockdown in the country. In cities where the rate of infection is very high, some restrictions may be imposed by marking the area. The state is far away, the center even has no plans to lock down the entire city.
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