Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to approve the resumption of local trains in Mumb...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to approve the resumption of local trains in Mumbai for people engaged in providing essential services. He also asked for the deployment of Central forces in the state to give some respite to the overworked police teams if needed.
The chief ministers of all states had an online meeting with the prime minister on Monday to discuss the coronavirus situation in the country. Modi asked the chief ministers to provide a blueprint of their strategies to exit the lockdown in a phased manner.
“Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has demanded to the Central Government to re-start Mumbai suburban trains only for employees engaged in providing essential services,” the Maharashtra chief minster’s office tweeted after the meeting. “They can be allowed to travel after displaying their identity cards.”
During the videoconference with Modi, Thackeray also said that any decision on the lockdown must be taken very cautiously. He cited the resurgence of coronavirus cases in China’s Wuhan city, where the pandemic originated late last year and reports stating that the peak is yet to arrive. He assured the prime minister that Maharashtra will fully comply with the lockdown guidelines.
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