Letters to the editor dated April 7, 2021
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Covid’s second wave
With reference to news report ‘Next 4 weeks critical to battle 2nd Covid wave: NITI Aayog’s Paul’ (April 7), it is really an alarming situation where the Covid pandemic is once again reappearing in the country with greater intensity and mutants. Social distancing and other safety norms are not being enforced properly, which is a cause of major worry for the country. All the financial efforts put up by both the Centre and the States are just going into the drain. State governments must immediately start penalising persons not wearing masks. We cannot be so careless in the face of such a deadly pandemic.
Threat to democracyThis refers to ‘Democracy means scrutiny and debate’ (February 9). Most governments tend to usurp non-existent powers under the pretext of national security being paramount over eve
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Currently, some private transporters have started covering their carriers of sand and construction material with polymer, it is high time for the Indian Railways too to equip cargo trains with pollution control measures. Open wagons laden with coal are unsafe for air quality as wind velocity during motion is almost certain to pop up the fine particles of coal dust in air. The railway should take care of it.
Rakesh Sudan, Kurukshetra
Residents must follow Covid SOPs in P’kula
Residents of Panchkula district refuse to learn any lessons from the fact that the total number of Corona positive cases here has now reached 9,180 with 69 fresh cases being reported on Monday. Notably, its death toll has also risen to135. However, it also goes without saying that the people should blame themselves for this situation. A large number of residents can be seen moving without a face mask or not using it in a proper way. Leave alone social distancing, the general masses appear to be least b