Prime Minister Narendra Modi praises Kashi model to curb Covid

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a visit to Gujarat on Wednesday to assess the impact of Cyclone Tauktae, lauded measures taken by the UP government in his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, to battle the pandemic.
As per reports, Modi said, Varanasi did not go into extreme lockdown, but preferred to work on micro-containment zones and this helped contain positivity. Sources said, the PMO has been keeping a tab on Covid management and former bureaucrat and Modi aide, A K Sharma, has been camping in Kashi since April, when second wave struck.
Sources said, the administrative machinery worked overtime in ordering oxygen cylinders and concentrators, even as defence ministry set up a DRDO Covid hospital.