The Indian Railways has said that the period from March 22 to April 14 will be treated under “force majeure” and during this period no demmurage, wharfage, stacking, stabling, detention and ground usage charge will be leviable.
No new case of coronavirus has been reported from Gujarat in the last 12 hours, state health secretary Jayanti Ravi said on Friday.
Youth and Unemployment rights organisation Yuva Halla Bol has begun helping some of the most vulnerable people stuck away from homes due to the nationwide lockdown to fight the COVID19 pandemic. We have launched the helpline no. 9810408888 and have requested people to contact in any kind of lockdown induced emergency situations.
The number of cases tested positive for coronavirus rose to 724 on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. There has been 30 new cases reported in the country since Thursday night (8 pm).
Despite repeated assurances by the Centre and state government of no shortage of food and essential services in Delhi, many daily wage earners have started fleeing the national capital on foot to return to their native villages in nearby Uttar Pradesh and other states because of the hardships being faced by them.
Amid the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday appealed to people not to venture out of their homes and assured that the state has adequate stock of essential commodities.
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