With the growing number of coronavirus cases in the country, the state chief ministers have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the lockdown.
The lockdown is expected to continue in many places after May 3, especially in the COVID-19 hotspots. The states should be able to convert its red zones (districts with high number of COVID-19 infections) first into orange zones (districts with fewer cases) and, eventually, into green zones (districts with no infections), Modi said today while interacting with the state chief ministers.
Meghalaya chief minister said that state would continue lockdown with restrictions on inter-state and inter-district movement while Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik urged PM Modi to allow important