NEW DELHI : Asserting that ministry guidelines on countrywide lockdown should be followed in "letter and spirit", the Union Home Ministry has written to all state governments to ensure smooth movement of trucks and goods carriers irrespective of essential or non-essential cargo carried by them.
Addressing a press conference on measures taken during 21-days lockdown imposed from March 25 to contain the spread of COVID-19, MHA Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastva said the situation of essential goods and services is under control.
To strengthen this situation, the home ministry has written to state governments that both inter-state and intra-state movement of trucks and goods carriers should be allowed during the 21-day countrywide