Another mass exodus of migrant workers likely as Delhi, Maha healthcare systems tremble Another mass exodus of migrant workers likely as Delhi, Maha healthcare systems tremble
Similar to the last year s nationwide lockdown in March, large numbers of migrant workers are being seen concentrating at bus depots and train stations, waiting to catch a ride home while others have decided to start their journey on foot.
Another migrant workers exodus likely
A disturbing but familiar situation is playing out in Delhi and Maharashtra as migrant workers from other states are leaving these cities for their homes en masse. This comes after a week-long lockdown imposed by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal and a similar lockdown announcement is expected in Maharashtra by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in his tonight’s address at 8 p.m.
With healthcare systems reaching the edge of their breaking points, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that while addressing the nation that the nation should be saved from a lockdown as it would be the last resort. The nation also needs to be saved from the pandemic at this point as a massive Covid-19 crisis seems to have gripped India.
K taka CM calls all-party meet on April 18 over spike in Covid-19 cases ANI | Updated: Apr 14, 2021 15:29 IST
Bidar (Karnataka) [India], April 14 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of lockdown following surge in coronavirus cases and said that an all-party meeting has been called along with a technical advisory committee to review the COVID situation in the state.
The meeting will be conducted on April 18 and the committee will suggest the measures need to be taken to curb the coronavirus situation in the state. Chief Minister (BS Yediyurappa) and I have called an all party meeting along with the technical advisory committee. The committee will suggest the measures need to be taken to curb the coronavirus infections in the state, Bommai said while speaking to the media here.
Vijay Wadettiwar
NAGPUR/MUMBAI: The state is still against a total lockdown, but will impose stricter restrictions to control the spike in Covid-19 cases, said relief and rehabilitation minister Vijay Wadettiwar in Nagpur on Friday. It is considering reducing locals’ frequency in Mumbai, shutting down cinema halls, and strictly monitoring marriage halls.
In a similar vein, school education minister Varsha Gaikwad indicated her department may promote students of Class I-IX and Class XI without exams, but clarified board exams for Class X and XII would be held offline.
“In the coming days, restrictions, not lockdown, will be put in place. We are not going to stop trains, only rescheduling is being worked out,” he said.
No curfew, no lockdown, PM declares
Instead of having ‘draconian’ measures like curfews imposed upon them, residents have been urged to adhere to the existing regulations.
By: Dayle Da Silva•
Government does not intend to impose any State of Emergency (SoE) or curfew measures, far less a national lockdown at this point, despite the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country particularly among those locals without any recent history of travel.
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves made the point crystal clear on January 18 during an address to the nation.
Instead of ‘those draconian measures’, Dr. Gonsalves said the government had taken the decision to tighten and manage more closely the existing restrictions and regulations, and where it was deemed necessary and desirable, to ramp up the restrictions and controls further.