PM Modi ask state govts to impose lockdown only as the last stage and to try and avoid it
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the country in the wake of the second wave of deadly Coronavirus that has grappled the country in the last few weeks.
Modi stated that the government was doing everything under its control to curb the crisis. He added new oxygen plants in states, using industrial oxygen for medical use, Oxygen Express – were some of the measures the government has undertaken in the last few days.
He also lauded the efforts of NGOs and individuals who are stepping out to help people in distress during the crisis and urged the youth to step in and help as many people as they can.
Modi then called on media and journalists to create awareness among the people and to eliminate the rumors.
Modi urged the state governments to look at lockdown only as the final step and try to avoid imposing lockdown and focus on the protocol of “micro-containment zones” to manage the COVID crisis.
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Bengaluru: Congress workers stage protest with mugs before Modi's convoy; detained
Bengaluru: Amid the ongoing Karnataka Congress campaign accusing the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of giving the state a 'chombu' (mug), Congress workers staged a protest by blocking the road while Prime Minister Modi was en route to the Palace Grounds in Bengaluru to attend the BJP convention.
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Led by Muhammad Nalapad, a group of Congress workers staged a protest with mugs in the middle of the road.
However, the officials took the protesting workers into custody.
