Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Lucknow.
* Update at 2.02pm: Police team attacked in Lucknow's Sadar area
* ANI update at 1.34pm: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday said that the Central government should facilitate the return of stranded migrant labourers in various states to their homes while ensuring that the lockdown rules are followed.
* PTI update at 1.20pm: The Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, one of the frontline hospitals in western Uttar Pradesh for testing and treating coronavirus patients, has launched a special drive for regular monitoring of pregnant women during the lockdown.
* IANS update at 12.55pm: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to set up 23 temporary jails in various districts to lodge Tablighi Jamaat members and suspected Covid-19 positive persons who have been arrested during police raids.
* ANI update at 12.34pm: Police perform 'aarti' of people who violated coronavirus lockdown norms at Kidwai Nagar in Kanpur.
* PTI update at 12.02pm: Activated in the month of Ramzan each year, the famous Ramzan helpline in the state capital has included doctors on its panel besides religious leaders this time to answer health-related queries of 'rozedars' in view of spread of coronavirus.
* Update at 11.47am: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issues advisory to print and electronic media, asks media persons covering Covid-19-related incidents to take precautions.
*With the number of cases rising in Meerut every day, the health department has now decided to conduct random community testing in the buffer zones.
* Update at 11.42pm: In the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, Panchayati Raj Vibhag has donated Rs 53.2 crore to UP Covid Care Fund
* ANI update at 11.10am: UP CM Yogi Adityanath chairs a meeting in Lucknow with 'Covid-19 management Team-11' of the state over coronavirus pandemic.
*The number of coronavirus cases is steadily rising in UP's Agra district. In the last seven days, the number of coronavirus patients has doubled.
* ANI update at 10.48am: Announcements being made in Lucknow, by Islamic Center of India, urging people to observe the holy month of Ramzan and performing the rituals while staying at their homes and maintaining social distancing. Teh month of Ramzan begins on April 24th.
* Update at 10.23am: Out of the 704 samples tested on Tuesday for Covid-19, results of 12 are positive, says King George's Medical University, Lucknow
* Update at 9.53am: Death toll due to Covid-19 touches 640; number of cases rise to 19,984, says health ministry
*To provide some relief to industrial and commercial units which have been facing unprecedented losses under the ongoing lockdown, UP government has announced a waiver of interest charges on all kinds of dues payable between March 22 and June 30, 2020. The scheme will be applicable if dues are cleared by June 30, 2020.
*UP deputy chief minister Dinesh Dharma’s directives to begin evaluation work of UP Board answer copies at designated evaluation centres has not gone down well among the teacher fraternity. Teachers feel that in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic travelling to centres will put their lives at risk.
*Lucknow Municipal Corporation is yet to complete sanitisation of the entire city. The task was supposed to be completed in nine days. The drive to spray disinfectants in every corner of the city was launched on April 1 and was to be completed by April 9. Thereafter, every ward had to be sanitised every nine days. However, records show that till April 20, LMC could completed sanitisation of 77 wards, of which 54 had been sanitised twice and 23 once.
*The Union government’s Aarogya Setu app has started proving beneficial to people as for the first time in the city, swab samples of three suspected Covid-19 cases were collected and sent for testing on Tuesday, following leads from the app.
*At least 45 districts in the state are facing a varying degree of shortage of daily use articles like flour, sugar, spices. This has come to fore in an exercise carried out by the UP commercial tax department in all districts to identify hurdles in the supply chain during the lockdown.
* Update at 2.02pm: Police team attacked in Lucknow's Sadar area
* ANI update at 1.34pm: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday said that the Central government should facilitate the return of stranded migrant labourers in various states to their homes while ensuring that the lockdown rules are followed.
* PTI update at 1.20pm: The Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, one of the frontline hospitals in western Uttar Pradesh for testing and treating coronavirus patients, has launched a special drive for regular monitoring of pregnant women during the lockdown.
* IANS update at 12.55pm: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to set up 23 temporary jails in various districts to lodge Tablighi Jamaat members and suspected Covid-19 positive persons who have been arrested during police raids.
* ANI update at 12.34pm: Police perform 'aarti' of people who violated coronavirus lockdown norms at Kidwai Nagar in Kanpur.
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— TOI Kanpur (@TOIKanpur) 1587540813000* PTI update at 12.02pm: Activated in the month of Ramzan each year, the famous Ramzan helpline in the state capital has included doctors on its panel besides religious leaders this time to answer health-related queries of 'rozedars' in view of spread of coronavirus.
* Update at 11.47am: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issues advisory to print and electronic media, asks media persons covering Covid-19-related incidents to take precautions.
*With the number of cases rising in Meerut every day, the health department has now decided to conduct random community testing in the buffer zones.
* Update at 11.42pm: In the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, Panchayati Raj Vibhag has donated Rs 53.2 crore to UP Covid Care Fund
* ANI update at 11.10am: UP CM Yogi Adityanath chairs a meeting in Lucknow with 'Covid-19 management Team-11' of the state over coronavirus pandemic.
*The number of coronavirus cases is steadily rising in UP's Agra district. In the last seven days, the number of coronavirus patients has doubled.
* ANI update at 10.48am: Announcements being made in Lucknow, by Islamic Center of India, urging people to observe the holy month of Ramzan and performing the rituals while staying at their homes and maintaining social distancing. Teh month of Ramzan begins on April 24th.
* Update at 10.23am: Out of the 704 samples tested on Tuesday for Covid-19, results of 12 are positive, says King George's Medical University, Lucknow
* Update at 9.53am: Death toll due to Covid-19 touches 640; number of cases rise to 19,984, says health ministry
*To provide some relief to industrial and commercial units which have been facing unprecedented losses under the ongoing lockdown, UP government has announced a waiver of interest charges on all kinds of dues payable between March 22 and June 30, 2020. The scheme will be applicable if dues are cleared by June 30, 2020.
*UP deputy chief minister Dinesh Dharma’s directives to begin evaluation work of UP Board answer copies at designated evaluation centres has not gone down well among the teacher fraternity. Teachers feel that in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic travelling to centres will put their lives at risk.
*Lucknow Municipal Corporation is yet to complete sanitisation of the entire city. The task was supposed to be completed in nine days. The drive to spray disinfectants in every corner of the city was launched on April 1 and was to be completed by April 9. Thereafter, every ward had to be sanitised every nine days. However, records show that till April 20, LMC could completed sanitisation of 77 wards, of which 54 had been sanitised twice and 23 once.
*The Union government’s Aarogya Setu app has started proving beneficial to people as for the first time in the city, swab samples of three suspected Covid-19 cases were collected and sent for testing on Tuesday, following leads from the app.
*At least 45 districts in the state are facing a varying degree of shortage of daily use articles like flour, sugar, spices. This has come to fore in an exercise carried out by the UP commercial tax department in all districts to identify hurdles in the supply chain during the lockdown.
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