Due to the sharp surge in the number of Covid-19 cases and Covid related deaths in the State, Himachal Government has decided to impose few more strict restrictions under corona curfew in the State from May 10 from 6 am. The decision in this regard was taken in a high level meeting presided over by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here on Saturday.
It was decided in the meeting that all the shops in the State, except those dealing with daily needs and essential commodities would remain closed. The daily needs and essential commodities shops would however, remain open only for three hours in a day and timing of the same would be fixed by the Deputy Commissioners concerned.
It was also decided that all the public transport would remain suspended till further orders and private vehicles would only be allowed in case of emergency services.
Chief Minister urged the people of the State to give their wholehearted support in effective implementation of corona curfew to check the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, urging them to remain indoors and go out only in unavoidable circumstances.
He said that these decisions have been taken by the State Government to break the chain of virus and in the larger interest of the life and safety of the people of the State.
Speaker Vipin Parmar, Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj, Information Technology Minister Ram Lal Markanda, Health Minister Dr. Rajiv Saizal, Additional Chief Secretary J.C. Sharma, Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu, Principal Secretary Subhashish Panda, Secretary Health Amitabh Awasthi attended the meeting with the Chief Minister whereas Chief Secretary Anil Khachi, Deputy Commissioners of Kangra, Mandi and Solan participated in the meeting virtually.
PRIME MINISTER TAKES FEEDBACK OF COVID SITUATION FROM CM
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a detailed feedback from him telephonically regarding the Covid-19 situation in the State.
In a statement, Thakur said that the Prime Minister inquired from him regarding the number of Covid-19 cases in the State, availability of oxygen, beds, oxygen cylinders, vaccine, essential medicines and logistics.
The Chief Minister said that the Prime Minister also assured him all possible assistance from the Centre and all the logistic support to the State Government to effectively fight the pandemic.
Thakur said that he apprised the Prime Minister about all the steps and initiatives taken by the State Government to check the spread of this pandemic, besides providing best possible treatment to the Covid-19 patients.
He urged the Prime Minister to enhance the Oxygen quota for the State from the existing 15 MT to 30 MT so as to meet the increasing requirement of the State. He said that he also urged the Prime Minister to provide additional oxygen cylinders to the State and also apprised that the State Government has already requested the Union Government to provide 5000 D-Type and 3000 B-Type cylinders to the State.
The CM said that he also apprised the Prime Minister regarding the vaccination campaign going on in the State andalso urged him to
provide adequate vaccine to the State so that the campaign of vaccinating the people in the age group of 18 to 44 years could be started.
In the statement, Thakur said that the Prime Minister also suggested the State Government to focus on those districts where the positivity rate was higher and death rate was also increasing sharply.