Delhi lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Delhi
* Update at 10.09am: Delhi government increases VAT on petrol from 27% to 30%, and on diesel from 16.75% to 30%. Price of petrol increased by Rs 1.67 and diesel by Rs 7.10, reports ANI
* Update at 9.59am: Office of the sub-divisional magistrate, Vasant Vihar issues show cause notice to the manager of 'Govt Wine and Beer Delhi Tourism Shop', shop no. C-5, C block, Vasant Vihar II, after a large number of people gathered at the shop violating social distancing norms on Monday.
* Update at 9.25: Long queue outside a liquor shop in #Delhi's Chander Nagar area.

* ANI update at 8.28am: People queue up outside a liquor shop in Laxmi Nagar.

* Ensure corona reports available within 48 hours, Delhi high court tells govt
Delhi high court on Monday asked the Aam Aadmi Party government to ensure that reports of novel coronavirus tests conducted on suspected patients are made available within 24-48 hours.
With such a direction, a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad disposed of a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and the state government to ensure swift testing of Covid-19 patients and ensure zero delay in providing the results.
Filed by advocate Rakesh Malhotra, the petition cited TOI news reports to seek the court’s intervention claiming delay in testing was affecting contact tracing, thereby allowing the infection to spread in the capital.
* No relaxations if norms are ignored: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Following the chaos outside some liquor shops in the capital, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal warned on Monday that relaxations would be revoked in unruly areas and shops would be sealed if social distancing norms were violated.
Urging people to practise social distancing, Kejriwal said, “It was unfortunate to see that people did not follow social distancing in front of shops at a few locations across the city. Crowding and chaos were reported at these locations.” People need to realise that such actions increase the risk of contracting novel coronavirus, he said, adding that they even put their families at high risk.
* Commuting an issue, private offices largely empty
Though Delhi government has allowed private offices to operate with 33% staff, very few offices saw resumption of work on Monday. Most of the offices were empty of people.
The Central Plaza of Nehru Place, one of the busiest commercial and office complexes in the city, was deserted on Monday. There wasn’t much sign of life in the many office ‘towers’ at the sprawling complex either.
*The question on the eve of relaxation in the lockdown norms was whether housing societies would allow domestic workers, plumbers, electricians and others of the sort to enter their complexes. As things showed on Monday, neither side need have been overly worried. While the home services workforce gave the residences a miss fearing infection, the households, for the same reason, continued to carry out domestic chores on their own.
Delhi Police file case for sex assault chat online
Delhi police cyber cell has registered a case taking cognisance of a series of conversations on Instagram between an alleged group of school students who threaten to sexually assault a classmate and speak of uploading her photographs online.
Initially confined to Instagram, the screenshots were shared widely on Twitter on Monday and #boyslockerroom was a top trend in India throughout the day.
Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the social media company regarding the private group, “Bois (sic) Locker Room”. Police have identified one of the alleged members of the group, a 15-year-old, and are speaking with him for details. Police sources said some college students could also be part of the group.

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