APCLA files plea seeking info on action plan to tackle COVID
The Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Association (APCLA) filed an interlocutory application in the High Court seeking a direction to the State government to update its disaster management plan in order to tackle the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the affidavit, APCLA joint secretary Boddepalli Mohan Reddy said the government has not prepared an action plan as per Sections 11 and 23 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
“As per the website of the A.P. State Disaster Management Authority, a State plan was last prepared in 2017-18. It was a legal duty cast upon the State government to update its earlier plan to deal with the prevailing situation,” the affidavit said.