The Lockdown to Contain the Coronavirus Outbreak Has Disrupted Supply Chains
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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI,NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM LG CHEMPLANT WAS READYING TO REOPEN AFTER EASING OF LOCKDOWN TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE LOCKDOWN DAY CASES: RECOVERED:15,266 |DEATHS:1,783 10deadingasleakatVizagLGfactory 44 52,952 TESTS:13,57,413 | DOUBLINGRATE:16.08** Leak notpluggedyet,2,000people in LastMay,company told 5-km radiusaffected,200in hospital state:don’thavegreen nod SREENIVASJANYALA BUSINESSASUSUAL Impact Assessment Authority HYDERABAD,MAY7 AASHISHARYAN& (SEIAA), the companyadmitted KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 3-DAYAVG. DOUBLING TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH* RATE** BY UNNY PRANAVMUKUL that as of May10, 2019,the unit AT LEAST10people were killed NEWDELHI,MAY7 did nothavea“valid environ- ■ Maharashtra 16,758 1,233 4.84% 14.86 and nearly 350hospitalisedaf- mental clearance substantiating ■ Gujarat 6,625 380 4.51% 15.97 tergas leaked from achemical THE VISAKHAPATNAMunit of the producedquantity, issuedby 4.14% factoryonthe outskirts of LG Polymers India, whereagas the competent authority forcon- ■ Delhi 5,532 428 17.39 Visakhapatnam in Andhra leak killedatleast10peopleand tinuing operations”. ■ Tamil Nadu 4,829 771 10.80% 6.67 Pradesh in the weehours of left severalinjured,did nothave It also acknowledgedthat it ■ Rajasthan 3,224 129 2.45% 29.36 Thursday, while it wasbeing pre- an environmentalclearance for had expanded the productionat ■ West Bengal 1,456 112 4.97% 14.50 pared forreopeningafter the itspetrochemical plant forasub- the plant “beyond the limit of easing of the lockdown. stantial period of itsoperations environmental clearance or *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 3days**Calculatedover3days’ growth At least2,000 peopleinfive between 1997 and 2019,accord- changed the product mix with- CONCERN CAUTION AGLIMMER villages located in a5-km radius ing to documentsaccessedby out obtaining prior environmen- Gujarat: No.2 in Punjab: Nanded Bihar: Dipin around the factoryowned by the The IndianExpress. talclearance as mandated under cases, very high pilgrims continue growth of cases multinational LG Chem were Achild being rushedtohospital in Visakhapatnam, hours In an affidavit submitted to the EIA notification, 2006”. case-fatality ratio to test positive over last 4days CONTINUEDONPAGE2 afterthe gasleak on Thursday. AP the StateLevel Environment CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Based on data released by Union Ministry of Health and ICMR on May 7 The six states above account foralmost73% ofthe national case load Firstflights land in Kerala with 363 from UAE In Gujarat, over 1,200 cases in three days Passengers arrive Delhi to peak whichaccountsfor 71 per cent in Kochiand in June-July, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of all cases in the state. Mumbai Kozhikode, kept AHMEDABAD,RAJKOT, accountsfor 63per cent of all says Covid VADODARA,SURAT,MAY7 cases in Maharashtra. in quarantine The newcases in WITH 383new cases, the num- Ahmedabad included five doc- panel chief berofconfirmed infections of tors on Covid duty and the 26 SHAJUPHILIP novelcoronavirus in Gujarat has employees of Cadilla THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,MAY7 crossedthe 7,000-mark Pharmaceuticals Ltd in Dholka ASTHASAXENA Thursday—morethan 1,200 that had to be closeddown. INDIA ON Thursdaylaunched NEWDELHI,MAY7 cases were addedinthe last Ahmedabad city remains under one of itsbiggestevacuationex- three days.Twenty-nine deaths acompletelockdown tillMay 15, ercises, bringing backthe first THE CAPITAL is likelytosee a were also reportedfromthe with paramilitaryforces de- batchofexpatriatesstranded “peak” in coronavirus cases in state, taking the total toll to 425. ployedincontainment zones. overseas amid the COVID-19 June-July, saidthe doctor head- Gujarathas the second high- Among those who tested shutdown. At 10.20 pm, an Air ing the coronavirusresponse estnumberofcases and deaths positive were twodoctors of India Express flight from Abu committee formedbythe Chief in the country, after Jamnagar who were on deputa- Dhabi landedinKerala’s Kochi MinisteronThursday,asDelhi Maharashtra. And justas tion at theAhmedabad civilhos- international airportwith177 recorded448 fresh cases. This is Mumbaicontributesabulk of pital.“Total18resident doctors passengers and four children. the thirdday in arow that Delhi the cases as well as deaths in and six faculty members of MP Minuteslater,inNorthKerala’s has witnessed400-plus cases. Maharashtra, an overwhelming Shah Government Medical Kozhikodeairport, another flight Of the5,980 cases in the cap- number in Gujarat has been re- Collegeweretestedfor COVID- landedfromDubai with 177pas- ital, 1,431havebeen reported portedfromAhmedabad. 19 in Ahmedabad afterthey sengers andfivechildren. since the beginningofthisweek. On Thursday, 275ofthe 383 completedtheir week-long India had earlier announced Sixty-six people have suc- newcases were in Ahmedabad, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 that as partofPhase 1ofanevac- Passengers arrive from AbuDhabi at the Kochiinternational airport,Thursdaynight. Courtesy:Air India Express RELATEDREPORTS,P7 cumbed to the virussofar. uation plan titled‘Vande Bharat “Thenumberisexpected to Mission’, 64 flightsand three stay between 400-500cases a Navy ships would be operated to dayfor around the next 10 days. Quarantine, tests bring home nearly 15,000Indians This is thenatural course of a strandedoverseas. Orissa HC on returning Karnataka to restart virus. These arethe patientswho On Thursday, passengers were infected 10 days agoand long over, 3,000 who landedinKochi and migrants:Only those who trains for migrants, arenow developingsymptoms Kozhikode came home to an un- of the disease. The number of usual welcome. Instead of cases is also higher as Delhi has Tablighmembers crowds of relativesthrongingthe test negative can return but many start walking immenselyincreasedtesting fa- arrivals gate,theyweregreeted cilities across the state. The peak by officials and health workers by train. struction firm in Hebbal, north season in Delhi is likelytocome who stood in PPE gear in the dis- SAMPADPATNAIK AbenchofJustices SPanda AMRITADUTTA& Bengaluru, had startedwalking. in June-Julywhere we might stillnot released infected terminal. BHUBANESWAR,MAY7 and KRMohapatra,while hear- JOHNSONTA With Rs 300inhis pocketand his CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Thepassengerswere ushered ing apetition on the return of mi- BENGALURU,MAY7 phone at 90 per cent charge, tive andhavenow testednegative, inbatchesintoatriagearea,where THE ORISSAHigh Courton grants, said,“Stategovernment both of whichhehopedwould SOURAVROYBARMAN should be released,” Jain said. theyweremadetoundergo Thursdaysaid onlythose mi- shouldensure thatall the mi- ADAY afterits decisiontostop lasthim on the 2,100-km-long INSIDE NEWDELHI,MAY7 Asked whytheywere mandatoryhealth screening. grantswho test negative for grantswho areinqueue to come train services forstrandedmi- journeyhome. On Thursdayaf- stoppedfromleaving afterthe Thosesymptomatic will be COVID-19should be allowed to Odisha should be tested neg- grant workers came under severe ternoon, Sahani beganwalking OVER 3,000 members of the quarantine period, Jain said:“It shiftedtoCovid hospitals while intothe state, forcing the state ative of COVID-19beforeboard- criticism, the BJP government in on NH-44highway,towards W.H.O.TRIAL:INDIAN Tablighi Jamaat remain confined wasdue to thelockdown. There the asymptomatic will be moved governmenttoimmediately ing the conveyance”. Karnataka on Thursdaydecided Hyderabad, hoping to reach HOSPITALSTOHELP at different quarantine centres in wasabsolutelockdown till May to institutionalquarantinecentres cancel permissiongiven to The order is expected to dis- to resume train services. his home in Siddharth Nagar FINDCURE Delhi despitetesting negative for 3when all kinds of movement for14days intheirhomedistricts. otherstates, including Gujarat, ruptthe return of thousands of By by then,Chandrabhushan district in Uttar Pradesh. PAGE 6 COVID-19and completing the were restricted.Now those CONTINUEDONPAGE2 to transportstrandedlabourers CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Sahani, 24,aworkeratacon- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mandatoryquarantine period. strandedcan be shifted and this And forreasons notex- is whythesepeople, whoare plained, the Delhi Health also stranded, should be shifted.” THE WORLD Department has written twice to AMarch gathering of the How afalse ceiling nailed MP takes aleap in easing labour laws, the Union MinistryofHome Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin Affairs —onApril 17 and May3— in Delhi has been blamedby most wanted militant allows 72-hour working week, overtime seeking “directions and proto- health authorities forthe spread cols” on their release, saying they of Covid casesacross the country. “have notonlytestednegative FIRs have been registered in BASHAARATMASOOD& Naikoo was MILINDGHATWAI but also completedmorethan Delhiand different parts of the ADILAKHZAR killed in an BHOPAL,MAY7 Moreinvestmentmeans