Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Chandigarh.
* Update at 11.17am: Shramik Special trains to now have up to 3 stoppages in destination state, run with full capacity of around 1,700 instead of 1,200: Railway order (PTI)
* Update at 11.01am: Ensure opening of all private clinics, nursing homes, labs with all medical staff, MHA tells states (PTI)
*Indian Railways to restart passenger train operations with special trains from New Delhi connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi from tomorrow
* Update at 10.23am: Amritsar's Tahli Sahib wholesale cloth market allowed to operate from 6am to 10am
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* Update at 9.32am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 2,206; cases climb to 67,152 in India, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*As many as 110 Covid-19 cases in Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, have been reported from 29 houses, according to official data that goes on to point out that 84 of the total patients are from 12 houses in a neighbourhood, implying that the virus is confined to a limited portion in the colony that houses 60,000 people.
*Government schools in the city are being prepared to be used as quarantine centres. Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) south had recently written to the UT education department asking them to keep schools ready so that these could be used as quarantine centres.
*Eight fresh cases of Covid-19, including a 22-year old woman, have been reported in Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours, state health officials said.
*The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has allocated 2.12 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat to Punjab in advance for April to June under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
* Update at 11.17am: Shramik Special trains to now have up to 3 stoppages in destination state, run with full capacity of around 1,700 instead of 1,200: Railway order (PTI)
* Update at 11.01am: Ensure opening of all private clinics, nursing homes, labs with all medical staff, MHA tells states (PTI)
*Indian Railways to restart passenger train operations with special trains from New Delhi connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi from tomorrow
* Update at 10.23am: Amritsar's Tahli Sahib wholesale cloth market allowed to operate from 6am to 10am
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Update at 9.54am
: Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla writes to chief secretaries of all the states to cooperate in receiving Shramik special trains and to facilitate the movement of stranded migrant workers * Update at 9.32am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 2,206; cases climb to 67,152 in India, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*As many as 110 Covid-19 cases in Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, have been reported from 29 houses, according to official data that goes on to point out that 84 of the total patients are from 12 houses in a neighbourhood, implying that the virus is confined to a limited portion in the colony that houses 60,000 people.
*Government schools in the city are being prepared to be used as quarantine centres. Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) south had recently written to the UT education department asking them to keep schools ready so that these could be used as quarantine centres.
*Eight fresh cases of Covid-19, including a 22-year old woman, have been reported in Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours, state health officials said.
*The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has allocated 2.12 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat to Punjab in advance for April to June under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
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