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. 117 www.assamtribune.com Google Play ePaper app for The Assam Tribune Pages 16 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020 p2 May Day marks pain, not p7 May Day observed p15 India lose top spot in ICC celebration for workers hit by virus across State Test rankings to Australia Centre extends lockdown till May 17 Guidelines G NEW DELHI, May 1: Nation divided into Red (hotspot), Green and Orange Zones Relaxation in dists falling under Green, Orange Zones New seating matrix, G G staggered classes, Containment Zones to be indentified Ban on air, rail, metro and inter-State movement to continue different mess and library G Educational institutions, hotels, meetings, malls, gatherings, cinema halls to remain close rules, revamped hostels and canteens, could be SPL CORRESPONDENT part of students’ socially distant lives in schools and NEW DELHI, May 1: colleges when they The Centre on Friday an- Red zone tag return, with the HRD nounced the third exten- Ministry forming safety guidelines to be followed sion of the nationwide lock- removed from whenever classroom down due to coronavirus learning is resumed. – PTI crisis for two more weeks till May 17. 5 dists in State Ration card The Ministry of Home Af- NEW DELHI, May 1: fairs (MHA) also issued new 3 more patients discharged Five more States, including Bihar and guidelines to regulate differ- STAFF REPORTER zones after five cases were Punjab, have joined the ent activities in this period, detected in the district,” ‘One Nation-One Ration based on the risk profiling of GUWAHATI, May 1: Sarma said. Card’ system, taking the districts of the country Three more COVID-19 The Health Minister fur- the total ration card into Red (hotspot), Green patients were discharged ther said the State govern- portability to 17 States and Orange Zones. The from hospitals today, bring- ment is making a strategy and UT helping 60 crore guidelines have permitted ing down the number of to bring back people beneficiaries, Food relaxation in the districts fall- Minister Ram Vilas Paswan active cases to 9. stranded outside the State. said on Friday. – PTI ing in the Green and Orange Two patients from Mori- “The Chief Minister will Zones, the MHA order said. gaon were released from chair a meeting to chalk out Elections “After a comprehensive MMCH in Guwahati while a strategy,” Sarma said. NEW DELHI, May 1: review, and in view of the one was discharged from He, however, indicated Paving the way for lockdown measures having the Golaghat Civil Hospi- that the State would first Maharashtra Chief led to significant gains in the tal. With this, the number try to bring back those Minister Uddhav COVID-19 situation in the Thackeray to enter the Migrants with their belongings walking towards their native places on the Mumbai-Nashik highway during the nationwide of COVID-19 active cases stranded in other NE lockdown, in Thane on Friday. – PTI State legislature as a country, the Ministry of in Morigaon and Golaghat States. member, the EC on Home Affairs issued an or- districts currently is nil. “We may ply buses to Friday announced der under the Disaster Man- Zones,” the MHA added. spread of COVID-19 point will remain prohibited allowed for select purposes, The patient from Naga- Shillong, Dimapur, Itana- holding of polls to 9 agement Act, 2005, today, to The Green Zones will be of view, and falling within the throughout the country, irre- and for purposes as permit- land was also released gar or even Kolkata and seats of the State further extend the lockdown districts with either zero Red and Orange Zones, are spective of the zone. These ted by the MHA. from GMCH today. Siliguri for the purpose. legislative council on for a further period of two confirmed cases so far or no designated as Containment include travel by air, rail, The new guidelines also Health Minister Himan- However, all will not be May 21. – PTI weeks beyond May 4, 2020,” confirmed case in the last 21 Zones. These are areas metro and inter-State move- prescribe certain measures ta Biswa Sarma said the brought back at the same Gurudwara the order stated. days. “The classification of where there is significant ment by road; running of for wellbeing and safety of Union Ministry of Health time. We also need to plan AURANGABAD May “The classification of dis- districts as Red Zones will risk of spread of the infec- schools, colleges, and other persons. Hence, movement and Family Welfare today out the quarantine strate- 1: The holy Takht Hazur tricts into Red, Green and take into account the total tion. The containment areas educational and training/ of individuals, for all nones- removed the red zone tag gy of those who will re- Sahib Sachkhand Orange Zones will be shared number of active cases, dou- would be defined by respec- coaching institutions; hospi- sential activities, shall remain from the five Assam dis- turn,” Sarma said. Gurudwara and by Ministry of Health and bling rate of confirmed cas- tive district administrations, tality services; places of large strictly prohibited between tricts – Golaghat, Dhubri, The State government Gurudwara Langar Sahib Family Welfare (MoHFW) es, extent of testing and sur- taking into account the total public gatherings, such as 7 pm to 7 am. Local authori- Goalpara, Morigaon and is contemplating on using in Nanded in Maharash- with the States on a weekly veillance feedback from the number of active cases, cinema halls, malls, gymna- ties shall issue orders under Nalbari. trains to bring people from tra were sealed on “However, Dhubri, far off States where send- Friday after a batch of basis, or earlier, as required. districts. Those districts, their geographical spread, siums, sports complexes; appropriate provisions of law, pilgrims who left from While States can include ad- which are neither defined as and the need to have well social, political, cultural and such as prohibitory orders Goalpara and Morigaon ing of buses is not feasible. here to Punjab were ditional districts as Red and Red or Green, shall be clas- demarcated perimeters other kinds of gatherings; (curfew) under Section 144 were put in the Orange The State is planning to found infected with the Orange Zones, they may not sified as Orange zones,” from the enforcement point and, religious places and plac- of CrPC, for this purpose, and Zone category. The Cen- bring back some 2.5 lakh coronavirus in the lower the classification of a MHA also said. of view. es of worship for public. ensure strict compliance. tre will shortly categorize people stranded outside the northern State, officials district included by MoHFW The most sensitive areas Under the new guidelines, However, movement of per- Bongaigaon in one of the State in a month’s time. said. – PTI in the list of Red or Orange of the country, from the a limited number of activities sons by air, rail and road is SEE PAGE 4 LPG price cut NEW DELHI, May 1: Non-subsidised LPG or market-priced cooking gas Assam tea industry urges 5,206 quarantined prices were cut by a record Rs 162.50 per cylinder on Friday, in line with the slump in global rates. This Centre to allow full workforce in Bongaigaon is the third straight SIVASISH THAKUR it will be possible only with STAFF REPORTER in the town as containment positive, in isolation even af- monthly reduction in rates of non-subsidised LPG. the deployment of full work- CORRESPONDENT zones, restricting the move- ter taking their samples for Also, this is the gas that GUWAHATI, May 1: With force, failing which we will ment of people. test. Instead, they were al- domestic household the spectre of a major loss have to bear huge loss,” tea GUWAHATI/BON- The district witnessed lowed to work in the health consumers buy after looming large, the Assam tea industry sources told The WORLD GAIGAON, May 1: The tight lockdown since the center,” they alleged. exhausting their quota of 12 industry has urged the Cen- Assam Tribune . Bongaigaon Public Health morning hours today as no In Guwahati, Health Min- Confirmed cases 3,337,479 cylinders of 14.2 kg each at tre to allow full workforce in The tea gardens in the Centre has been sealed while shops were allowed to open ister Himanta Biswa Sarma subsidised prices. – PTI the tea gardens instead of the State had resumed their op- Cured/Discharged 1,054,833 some 5,206 people put un- and sell essential items. said the new positive patients prevalent norm of 50 per cent erations from April 15 but der quarantine in the district, Meanwhile, Dr Mahbibul were not quarantined before Death 235,275 JOCOSERIOUS imposed during the ongoing with only 50 per cent work- after detection of four new Islam, the doctor who is in the test results because the lockdown. force as a safeguard against INDIA cases which prima facie did charge of the Block Public doctors did not see any symp- The industry is also wor- the COVID-19 pandemic as not have any contact history. Health Centre, has been quar- toms in them. ried that production up to per government directive. Confirmed cases 35,365 Altogether 148 people, in- antined because of his contact “Yes, there are certain al- April-end would be barely The tea industry has rea- Cured/Discharged 9,064 cluding 109 family members with a Markaz returnee. legations against the PHC in- one-fourth of last year’s yield soned that as the gardens had of staff working in Bon- Women health workers of charge.