New Delhi (NVI): The Union Home Ministry today issued fresh guidelines to the States on lockdown measures to be taken in the wake of coronavirus outbreak while warning them that no negligence in this regard would be tolerated.
The “consolidated guidelines” by MHA came moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with Chief Ministers and took a review of the overall situation.
The guidelines have been issued to all ministries/departments of Centre as well as States/UTs/Governments/Administrations in a bid to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19 in the country. MHA said in a statement.
MHA had earlier written to all States requesting them to strictly implement lockdown measures in letter and spirit, by exercising their powers under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, to fight COVID-19.
In a fresh exercise of the orders, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to states to “widely publicize among the authorities and public, the penal provisions under the DM Act and IPC regarding violations of lockdown measures, to fight COVID-19”.
The 21-day lockdown was announced by PM Modi on March 24 and it will end on April 14. However, in another development, the prime minister today asked the States to brainstorm and send suggestions to the Centre so that a common exit strategy can be formulated to ensure staggered re-emergence of the population once lockdown ends.
This would mean a limited or controlled movement of a large population in the country after the lockdown gets over on April 14.
