Mumbai: In an abrupt u-turn, the Maharashtra authorities on Thursday (June 3) mentioned that lockdown restrictions haven’t been lifted in half the state from Friday, hours after Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar earlier in the day introduced partial relaxations. “The lockdown has not been lifted (from Friday). The proposal is still under consideration,” mentioned an official assertion.
The state remains to be not utterly freed from the COVID-19 an infection, with circumstances nonetheless on the rise in many rural areas and the proposals could be thought-about and carried out after an in depth assessment of the departments involved in all districts, it mentioned. “In view of the deadly and changing form of the coronavirus, it is important to decide whether or not to life the ongoing curbs. The restrictions have not yet been lifted in the state,” mentioned the assertion.
It identified that beneath its ‘Break The Chain’ orders, the federal government has began giving some relaxations on an everyday foundation and the Disaster Management Department is contemplating a five-phased unlockdown based mostly on the weekly COVID-19 positivity price and the provision of oxygen beds.
Accordingly, the detailed pointers in this regard, on tightening or easing of restrictions, shall be notified by the federal government quickly, it mentioned.
The state authorities’s clarification got here hours after Wadettiwar held a press convention and unveiled the small print of the unlockdown in half of Maharashtra – or 18 of the 36 districts – from June 4.
Apparently going on the backfoot, Wadettiwar defended his statements, claiming that the unlockdown proposals have been tentatively authorised and the ultimate determination could be taken by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Sudhiar Mungantiwar and others slammed the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities for lack of coordination among the many Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress which resulted in the massively embarrassing developments.
