The control room set up the Union Home ministry to help people stranded due to the lockdown has been able to resolve 300 cases on a single day, an official said on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said state governments are adopting various methods to solve problems of people stranded during lockdown.
"The Home Ministry's control room solved 300 problems on Wednesday. The helpline for North Eastern region is also providing services smoothly," she said.
She said the states are adopting various measures like using helplines, apps, setting up relief camps, shelters and food camps to help stranded people.
The government has announced a nationwide 21-day lockdown on March 24 to contain thespread of coronavirus, asserting social distancing is possibly the only way toprevent people from contracting the deadly virus.
The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 5,734 in the country on Thursdaywhile the death toll rose to 166, according to the UnionHealth Ministry.
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