Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Monday mentioned extra focus ought to be given on strengthening the medical infrastructure and curbing mortality as a substitute of imposing one other lockdown, a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray indicated one other section of restrictive measures in wake of rising Covid-19 circumstances.
Mahindra, tagging the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office, tweeted: “The problem,@OfficeofUTji, is that the people a lockdown hurts most are the poor, migrant workers & small businesses. The original lockdowns were essentially to buy time to build up hospital/health infrastructure. Let’s focus on resurrecting that & on avoiding mortality.”
Maharashtra stared at one other lockdown as its tally crossed 2.70 million (27 lakh) on Sunday, a day after the demise toll shot above 54,000.
In an ominous sign, Thackeray directed the administration to chalk out methods for the sleek implementation of a attainable Lockdown 2.0 within the coming days.
“Plan for lockdown… If there is no adherence to restrictions by the people, we may have to go in for it (lockdown) if people fail to follow the new normal,” a grim Thackeray mentioned on Sunday at a gathering of the Covid-19 Task Force.
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