Coronavirus outbreak: PM Modi suggests graded lifting of 21-day lockdown

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has written to the PM and other states have also conveyed to him that any decisions on inter-state transit be taken after concrete measures are put in place.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicated on Monday the 21-day lockdown might end on April 14, but only for departments where hotspots of Covid-19 do not exist. At a meeting of the council of ministers, Modi suggested a “graded lifting of the lockdown”, but also seemed keen that production, at least in sectors like pharmaceuticals, should be ramped up.
 

“A graded plan to slowly open departments where hotspots aren’t existing should be made,” the PM said. He asked whether the restrictions should be lifted sector-wise or district-wise, a source said. However, some states have written to the PM, expressing concerns at