PM Modi to interact about lockdown with chief ministers tomorrow

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of various states through video conferencing tomorrow. "PM Narendra Modi to hold the 5th meeting via video-conference with state Chief Ministers tomorrow afternoon at 3 PM," PMO India tweeted today.

This will be the fifth gathering of the PM with the central pastors since the flare-up of the novel coronavirus. The Prime Minister had before interfaced with Chief Ministers multiple times over the COVID-19 circumstance by means of video conferencing. 

IANS revealed that the focal point of the gathering will be on further expanding the monetary exercises and on handling the pandemic in control zones as the lockdown 3.0 is to end on May 17. As per the report, the administration is intending to give more concessions as far as what's permitted, yet that there will probably be no progressions in Covid-19 hotspots and control



zones. 

The up and coming collaboration comes days in front of the planned consummation of the across the nation lockdown. The continuous lockdown, which was forced to contain the spread of coronavirus, is planned to end on May 17.

The central government has decided to deploy Central teams to 10 states that have witnessed or are witnessing high case load and high spurt of Covid-19 cases. The teams will assist health departments of the respective states to facilitate management of COVID-19 outbreak. The teams are being sent to Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

In the meantime, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a meeting with Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs) to review their status of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 management.