Telangana decides to lift lockdown completely from June 20

The Telangana government today decided to go for a full lifting of the lockdown starting from June 20, the Chief Minister's office tweeted. The decision was taken after considering the Covid-19 situation of the state and after consulting medical authorities, the tweet read. The cabinet had decided on June 8 to extend the lockdown for 10 days.

The announcement comes after the cabinet met on Saturday to discuss several key issues, including the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, and the effect of monsoon on agriculture.

"An emergency State Cabinet meeting will be held here at Pragati Bhavan on Saturday at 2 pm under the chairmanship of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao," a government release said on Friday.

Telangana on Friday reported 1417 new Covid-19 cases, pushing its tally to 610,834 and the death toll rose to 3546 with 12 more fatalities.