Maharashtra decides to increase lockdown at least till April 30

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday announced that the state will extend the lockdown till a minimum of April 30 and asked people to be “mentally prepared” for a extended wait if the case failed to ease by then.

“The lockdown are extended till April 30, that’s a minimum. i’m emphasizing the word minimum, because we’d like the people’s co-operation to interrupt the cycle. People shouldn’t start off unless absolutely necessary. don’t crowd markets and co operate, and only then we will tackle this by April 30, ” he told the media.

Thackeray addressed the media after a video conference of chief ministers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during which most states spoke in favour of extending the nationwide lockdown over the Covid-19 epidemic.

“I am addressing you because there was speculation and rumours about what transpired within the meeting with the PM. As your chief minister i believed I should address you directly. we’ve told the PM that the lockdown needed to be extended to combat the disease. Maharashtra won’t lift the lockdown after April 14th,” he said.

“In some areas we’d relax restrictions and in other places we’d need to tighten restrictions to forestall the spread of the disease,” he added