The Railway administration, however, attributed the passenger rush to the summer season which sees a large number of people travelling to their native places.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday discussed setting up of oxygen generation plants, upgrading the number of beds and other medical facilities, besides availability of Remdesivir injections in a meeting held with members of the state COVID-19 task force. The Chief Minister in the task force meeting once again talked about imposing lockdown saying it will break Covid transmission rate.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in an exclusive conversation with India TV on Sunday said that they can vaccinate the entire Delhi in 3 months provided they are given full freedom by the Centre.
The "corona curfew" has been imposed in some places, not the lockdown, the chief minister said, adding that there are a number of relaxations for many activities.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in an exclusive conversation with India TV on Sunday said that lockdown is not an option now to deal with pandemic as we need to save lives and livelihood.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said he personally feels that there is no need for a national lockdown again and people just need to follow the covid appropriate behaviour strictly to fight the second wave of coronavirus.
The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday extended weekend lockdown in several districts including commercial hub Indore in view of rising Covid cases.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday held an all-party meeting over the worsening covid situation in the state and indicated the imposition of a strict lockdown given the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases.
Keeping in view the strong second wave of the coronavirus, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to shut all educational institutions till April 18.
BMC has issued a new set of new covid guidelines for Mumbai regarding the availability of services in the metropolitan on weekends.
Covid-19 restrictions in Mumbai have forced migrant workers to return home. Long-distance trains departing from Mumbai railway stations are heavily packed with migrant workers.
A 60-hour lockdown will be enforced in all cities of the state from 6 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday ruled out imposing any lockdown in the country, however, he emphasized the need to identify micro-containment zones in a mission mode.
Talking to reporters here after chairing a meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in MP, Chouhan said his government aims to increase the number of beds for COVID-19 patients in the state to one lakh.
The Supreme Court in October accepting a recommendation of the civil aviation ministry and directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) ordered airlines to refund passengers the cost of the tickets of flights cancelled between March 25 to May 24 last year.
A labourer said, "Once we lost our jobs, there was no reason for us to stay there. Hence, we decided to return."
A complete lockdown in Chhattisgarh's Raipur has been imposed from April 9 till April 19. The lockdown restrictions will be effective from 6 pm onward on April 9.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has decided against imposing a complete lockdown in the state. However, a weekend lockdown has been ordered to check the spike in coronavirus cases.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in his address to the state on Friday warned people of the situation going out of control in the state if coronavirus cases continue to surge at the present rate. Although Uddhav Thackeray didn't announce a lockdown he said that its possibility cannot be ruled out in the coming days.
Hotels, restaurants, bars, shopping malls, markets and religious places will also remain close for at least one week, the Pune district administration has announced.
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