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82 years of service to the nation PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH GET IT ON RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 112 www.assamtribune.com Google Play ePaper app for The Assam Tribune Pages 12 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 p2 Some nations inch toward p5 MSME sector worst p11 Random samples for COVID-19 reopening as virus deaths rise hit during lockdown tests collected in Dhubri district Govt confident of Students from Kota return overcoming crisis: CM GUWAHATI, April 26: As many as 391 R DUTTA CHOUDHURY “we must take corrective ing and manufacture have teenagers studying in measures to deal with the started by maintaining social Rajasthan’s Kota GUWAHATI, April 26: problems.” Giving an exam- distancing and the challenge returned to the State in Chief Minister Sarbananda ple, he pointed out that the now would be to explore the 17 buses today. The boys Sonowal today admitted State is not yet self sufficient international market to boost will be lodged at the that there would be major in production of essential items exports. The agriculture sec- Sarusajai quarantine challenges ahead for the and has to depend on imports tor has been exempted from centre while the girls State Government to tide the lockdown and harvesting will stay at hotels over the crisis created by has started. The challenge nearby. COVID-19 tests will now be to strengthen the will be conducted on outbreak of coronavirus. COVID-19 them after five days and But at the same time, he pandemic marketing system, he said. doctors will decide expressed confidence that Similarly, the hospitality in- whether they can move the State would be able to dustry along with tourism has to their homes. – Staff overcome the crisis work- from other states. There is taken a severe beating and Reporter ing as “Team Assam”. need for dealing with the prob- after the situation improves, In an interview with The lem on war footing, he added. effective steps would have to Austerity Assam Tribune , the Chief He also said that the crisis led be taken to give a boost to GUWAHATI, April 26: Minister said that the State to improvement of the health these sectors. Keeping in view the Government will soon start a care system in the State. Sonowal said that while impact of the lockdown on process of consultation with On the challenges, the Chief chalking out a comprehen- economy, the State economists and experts in var- Minister said that stress has sive plan, stress would have government will ious fields to chalk out com- to be given on tea and agricul- announce some austerity Workers placing geobags on the Madarguri Borluit riverbank for protection from erosion, at Dhakuakhana on Sunday. – UB Photos to be given on providing prehensive plans to tide over ture sectors because of the measures on April 29 or employment avenues to the 30, Health Minister the crisis. He said that the involvement of sizeable youths. There is a possibility Himanta Biswa Sarma present crisis exposed the number of people in these that a large number of youths said today. – Staff COVID-19 situation improving: Centre weaknesses of the State and sectors. He said that tea pluck- of Assam working in other Reporter states of the country may Appeal Hotspot districts moving towards being non-hotspots come back and this issue has Alert TODAY also to be kept in mind, he GUWAHATI, April 26: NEW DELHI, April 26: Union Health Hotspots are those districts which the health ministry. admitted. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said are reporting more number of cases or On Sunday, during his visit, the Health Alive TOMORROW SEE PAGE 6 appealed to owners of the coronavirus situation in the country where the rate of growth of COVID- Minister spoke to some COVID-19 paying guest facilities is improving as many hotspot districts 19 cases is high, the ministry said, add- positive patients through video calling lodging students and (HSD) are moving towards being non- ing that a detailed direction has been and enquired about their health. Ro- house-owners having hotspot districts (NHSD). issued to states stating consolidated bots handled the technology at the pa- PM to interact tenants working in the The Minister visited All India Insti- efforts are required to utilise this peri- tients’ end, it said. 8 more discharged, private sector to give tute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trau- od of lockdown to curb the spread of Through a graded, preemptive and with CMs today some concession on the ma Centre to take stock of the prepar- the deadly virus. proactive approach, the government of on COVID-19 active cases in April rent. – Staff edness to overcome COVID-19, a state- The districts that have not reported India is taking several steps along with Reporter NEW DELHI, April 26: ment from the ministry said. any cases yet have also been directed to the states/Union Territories for preven- Prime Minister Narendra Govt aid On April 15, the Health Ministry de- work on cluster containment plans, the tion, containment and management of Modi will interact with chief State now 7 GUWAHATI, April 26: clared 170 districts as COVID-19 ministry said. COVID-19. These are being regularly ministers via video confer- STAFF REPORTER The State government hotspots and 207 districts as non- Since then there have been no up- reviewed and monitored at the highest ence on Monday morning on has disbursed a hotspots. dates on the number of hotspots from level, the ministry said. – PTI the way ahead in the fight GUWAHATI, April 26: Eight more cured COVID-19 subsistence allowance of against the novel coronavirus, patients were discharged from hospitals today, bringing Rs 2,000 to two lakh amid indications that the dis- down the number of active cases in the State to seven. people stranded outside cussions could also focus on a Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said four patients the State. The figure is Conditional inter-district India’s fight graded exit from the ongo- were discharged from Golaghat’s Swahid Kushal Konwar likely to touch three lakh Civil Hospital, while another four were discharged from by April 30. Another ing lockdown. MMCH in Guwahati. instalment of Rs 1,000 movement to continue against COVID-19 This will be the third vid- will be provided in May. – eo conference of the Prime “With this, the recovery rate in Assam has touched 77 Staff Reporter Minister with the chief min- per cent. However, the first COVID-19 patients of the till April 30 people-driven: Modi isters after the spread of the State – currently under treatment at Silchar Medical Col- Containment STAFF REPORTER around 12,000 passengers in NEW DELHI, April 26: over-enthusiasm not think COVID-19 in the country. lege Hospital – has not yet recovered, and is repeatedly GUWAHATI, April 26: 800 buses today, Transport Prime Minister Narendra that if the coronavirus has not Sources indicated that be- showing positive for the virus,” Sarma said. The State government is GUWAHATI, April 26: Minister Chandra Mohan Modi on Sunday said India’s yet reached your city, village, sides discussing the way for- SEE PAGE 6 likely to lift the The State government will Patowary said. “people-driven” battle street or office, it is not going ward in dealing with the pan- containment zone tag allow the conditional inter- Today tickets were issued against COVID-19 is the to reach now. Never make demic, the discussion could from city’s housing district movement of people to 6,000 people for two morn- only way for the country to such a mistake. The also focus on a “graded” exit complex Spanish Garden in the State till April 30. ing slots (8 am and 11 am). overcome the pandemic, and experience of the world tells from the lockdown which is in a day or two, health The DCs have received The ASTC is also operat- asked people to shun any us a lot in this regard,” he said. officials here said today. – in place till May 3. more than 73,000 requests ing 200 night buses today for complacency that they will Modi referred to a popu- WORLD Staff Reporter The Centre and the state from travelers who own ve- long distance travelers for not be infected by the coro- lar Hindi idiom Sawdhani governments have been giv- Confirmed cases 2,920,660 hicles, and 26,950 are learnt which tickets have been is- navirus because it has so far hati, durghatna ghati (acci- ing gradual relaxation in var- Cured/Discharged 829,075 JOCOSERIOUS to have travelled yesterday to sued. Eighty city buses were not affected the places dent happens when caution ious fields and sectors to their respective destinations operated in the city for tak- where they live or work. is lowered) to make his point. boost economic activities as Death 203,670 after getting the e-passes. ing the passengers to the In his monthly Mann ki Baat In his 30-minute address, also to provide relief to peo- INDIA Health Minister Himanta boarding points, ASTC MD broadcast, Modi said the Modi hailed states, emergen- ple. But some states are will- INDIA Biswa Sarma said around Anand Prakash Tiwari said. country is in the middle of a cy workers and civil society ing to extend the lockdown Confirmed cases 26,917 34,000 requests were for The total number of regis- yudh (war) and asserted that groups for their contribution beyond May 3 to ensure that Cured/Discharged 5,913 round trips, and the DCs will tered applicants who wanted people have to continue being in combating the pandemic, coronavirus cases remain issue passes to them be- to take the ASTC facility for careful and take precautions.