Chandigarh lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: May 5, 2020, 11:24 IST

Artist paints a graffiti on a road to raise awareness about the Covid-19 pandemic and the need for precautions in Jalandhar

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Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
* Over 8.29lakh migrant workers want to exit Punjab, 10,861 return
Even as the list of migrant workers seeking to exit Punjab touched 8.29 lakh on Monday evening, the state government was also innundated with requests from 8,739 Punjabis stranded in other states of India and 2,122 stuck in 86 countries to arrange their passage home. The maximum number of 440 Punjabis are stranded in United Arab Emirates followed by in Australia (408), Canada (330), US (116) and Malaysia (105).
As per the state government records, highest number of over 4.66 lakh migrant people in Punjab who want to return to their home state are in Ludhiana district, followed by 91,608 in Jalandhar, 66,340 in Mohali, 47,021 in Amritsar and 28,840 in Patiala district. Out of the total over 8.29 lakh migrant people registered till Monday evening, over 4.40 lakh want to return to Uttar Pradesh, over 3.05 lakh to Bihar, 14,300 to West Bengal, 13,937 to Jharkahnd and 12,924 to Madhya Pradesh.
* Update at 10.12am: To facilitate the movement of stranded persons during the lockdown period, Union Railways Ministry has decided to run Special Shramik Trains, for which a detailed advisory has been issued.

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Update at 9.29 am | Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 1,568 in India; cases climb to 46,433: Union health ministry
*All wings of the municipal corporation (MC) started functioning from Monday. Their main work is to complete pending tasks. The civic body said it will take up the work on priority basis and do the job in a phased manner.
*Fifty-two persons who returned in government buses from Nanded in Mahrashtra tested positive for Covid-19 in Sangrur district on Monday, accounting for nearly 40% of the 132 cases reported in Punjab during the day.
*With increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the city that breached 100-mark on Monday, Babu Dham colony in Sector 26, Chandigarh, has contributed 48 cases alone so far.
*Last one week has been rough for Punjab as it was hit by a double whammy of barrage of Nanded pilgrims testing positive and there was no let up in transmission of virus by infected people.