NEW DELHI : In escalating trouble for West Bengal government, Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla on Wednesday slammed the West Bengal government for its poor containment measures following the outbreak of covid-19, in the country.
With the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) submitting an unflattering report of West Bengal to the Union home ministry on Monday, the Centre has severely criticised the state for its poor surveillance, detection and testing, in the wake of which the state has recorded the highest mortality rate of 13.2%, in India. “Instances of overcrowding in bazaars, poor sanitisation, free movement of people in large numbers without masks… are grave violation of lockdown instructions and social distancing norms," Union home