PM Modi to Discuss Post-Lockdown Strategies with CMs Tomorrow

With India entering the last week of the nationwide lockdown 3.0, which has been scheduled to end on May 17, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will convene another meeting with the Chief Ministers of various states via video-conferencing at around 3 pm on Monday.

It would be the 5th consecutive meeting of Prime Minister to discuss post-lockdown strategies with the CMs.

Although, the cases related to the Covid-19 are doubling at a high pace, the general sentiment in the government appears to be against rolling back the relaxations towards a gradual un-lockdown.

Information procured from the Health Ministry dashboard, positive cases increased from 39,980 on May 3 to 62,939 on Sunday — the number of deaths also rising within the week from 1,301 to 2,109. May 3 was the last day of the second phase of the lockdown.

The government had announced considerable relaxations in green and orange zones, including movement of private and public transports within a state, while extending the lockdown till May 17. The government also allowed private offices to function with 33% strength as well as standalone liquor shops in red zones, barring containment areas.

The Health Ministry had on Saturday decided to deploy more Central teams to 10 states that have “witnessed/are witnessing high case load and high spurt”, including Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Sources from the Government department said, “Although, the cases are increasing, the discussions in the system are about post-lockdown activities. Different ministries have planned to take required necessary actions in this regard”.