Have to ensure people don’t spill out on streets after lockdown: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said here on Sunday that the state must prevent people from spilling out on the streets when the lockdown started getting lifted from April 15.

“All the hard work the state did would come to a nought if people crowd at the end of the lock-down. So we have to strategise accordingly. Please come up with suggestions to help the government,” said Yogi. Yogi was interacting with UP MPs and ministers via video-conference from his residence in the morning.

“We have to keep the situation under control even after the lockdown ends,” he said.

About 80 MPs (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) of UP and central ministers attended the video conferencing with the UP chief minister on Sunday. They were connected to Yogi’s home video conferencing system from all over the state and New Delhi.

Some opposition MPs too participated. The Samajwadi Party had nominated Reoti Raman Singh (RS member) while Bahujan Samaj Party was represented by two Lok Sabha MPs Ritesh Pandey and Ram Shiromani Verma.

The 21-day lock-down period announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to check spread of Sars-Cov-2 is scheduled to end on April 15.

“The state government will do a lot of preparation for the strategic ending of the lockdown. Social distancing, a key idea to check spread of the disease, has to be practised even after April 15. We need your cooperation for this as you are in direct touch with people in your areas,” said the chief minister.

ABOUT 80 MPS (LOK

SABHA AND RAJYA SABHA) OF UP AND CENTRAL MINISTERS ATTENDED THE VIDEO CONFERENCING WITH THE UP CM ON SUNDAY