NEW DELHI : A recent assessment by the Uttar Pradesh government termed the state of the lockdown “unsatisfactory" in 40 of the 75 districts and called for stricter enforcement there of the restrictions to fight coronavirus.
The districts in the “unsatisfactory" category include capital Lucknow, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Allahabad, Varanasi and Kanpur.
Sources said Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi sent the assessment to district magistrates and police chiefs of all 75 districts in the state on April 18, two days before the planned implementation of a set of relaxations in the nationwide lockdown.