!!+ ; ! ) ,$ < $ < < VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# *&0!*$ 2345 $&-$-2 $-345 /&$56 ) * @3 *A1*:' 5!3*' : 4:*3!'2) !35652'#74 .67) 5.62. 3:4 ( @7@ 5#35A &$>C 63 ( 4 (! ( '6( )2( '6 !@ (6 !36( !2 6A!3( . !B A4 ! 5 ' #!1 &=**% 1> ? : 3 6 7 7 286 8989: 25 ; " !"R (! ( ) 34!356 discussed. The Union Home $-/%01$-/ Minister in intervention spoke n his marathon meeting with )" about running special trains for IChief Ministers, his fifth one L M the migrants. to review the pandemic, Prime Karnataka Chief Minister Minister Narendra Modi on BS Yeddyurappa suggested dis- $$ % $ & Monday sought suggestions '" continuing district-wise % '$ ! # on reviving the battered econ- , demarcation to contain pan- omy and scaling up all efforts demic. “We propose to do to bring more “red” zones with : away with the district-wise high Covid-19 case load into demarcation into red, orange “orange” or “green” zones. and green zones. Only con- While the Prime Minister tainment zones should be iden- maintained that country has al recognition for India’s suc- tified and strictly cordoned. At “largely succeeded” in con- cess in handling the Covid-19 least 50 to 100 meters around ! trolling the pandemic, most of pandemic and the Government the known clusters may be the Chief Ministers insisted on of India appreciates the efforts declared as containment zones. graded opening of the lock- made by all State Governments Commercial activities includ- down with at least five of them in this regard. Let us stay the ing public transport should be — Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, course as we move forward allowed in non-containment Telangana, Tamil Nadu and together,” he said in the begin- zones,” he said. Chhattisgarh — even opposing ning of the meet. Continued on Page 6 the resumption of train services All States have raised con- 34!356 # $ %& from Tuesday and asked the ! # cerns about the crisis for thou- Centre to push it back, cau- sands of migrants, stranded igrants are turning out to 'R )# * tioning that it would make it and narrow down” of the con- ment units showing areas of While saying that people because of the lockdown since Mbe nightmare for certain harder to identify, isolate and tainment zones in different maximum coronavirus cases should stay wherever they are March-end. Economic mea- States which have somehow * test suspected coronavirus States. The States were asked and the lowest ones by May 15, and be on “high alert”, Modi sures to help migrants, small managed to contain the spread cases and could lead to chaos. by the Centre to submit their two days ahead of the last date said situation was “largely” and medium industries and to of coronavirus so far. It was decided to “redraw re-drawn maps of contain- of the extended lockdown. under control. “There is glob- help revive consumption were 52'#74 These States are now haunted by the homecoming of Majority of these migrants ssuring Prime Minister tens of thousands of workers were not tested for coronavirus ANarendra Modi that who are potential carrier of the before they set out for their Uttar Pradesh would follow deadly virus. Bihar, Odisha, native places. On return, they are the guidelines of the Centre, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and sent to quarantine after mere Chief Minister Yogi West Bengal have begun to wit- thermal screening. The scope of 34!356 third AC. The fare structure for Adityanath admitted that ness significant spike in Covid- them acting as corona spreaders the “special trains” shall be as migrant workers returning to 19 cases after return of the remains a high probability. he Indian Railway Catering applicable for the regular time UP were posing a big chal- migrants. The Centre in an affidavit Tand Tourism Corporation tabled Rajdhani trains (exclud- lenge but the state govern- in the Supreme Court had (IRCTC) website crashed after ing catering charges),” it said. ment was working hard to stated that almost a third of the booking for tickets reopened Only online e-ticketing will 34!356 ensure employment to them. %&#'()** +!- migrants returning to their for as many as 15 pairs of spe- be done through IRCTC web- “The migrant workers hometowns and villages could cial trains on Monday. The site or through Mobile App and n a bid to ferry migrants are posing a big challenge for +#+! .'#/ %/0 be infected with the novel website crashed after a surge in “Maximum Advance Istranded in various parts of us. So far, we have sent more ('#$ - coronavirus. But no efforts user traffic at 4 pm and after a Reservation Period” (ARP) will the country amid the nationwide than nine lakh workers and ever have been made to carry delay of over two hours, it was be of maximum seven days, it lockdown due to coronavirus, labourers to home quaran- Indore: The National Highway out bulk testing in case of back up again to take bookings added. 100 Shramik trains to run daily. tine. Out of this seven lakh Number 3, also called Mumbai- migrants. for passenger trains which will Only confirmed e-tickets Also, the Centre has asked States workers have completed Agra Road that touches Indore As per the data of the run from Tuesday. shall be booked. Booking of to assist migrants trudging back their home quarantine. We in Madhya Pradesh through a Ministry of Health and Family The Ministry of Railways RAC or waiting list ticket and to their native places. are preparing to give them bypass road, is seeing a steady Welfare, Odisha reported 154 had announced to start oper- on board booking by ticket The Maharashtra jobs,” Yogi told the prime stream of autorickshaws from cases till May 1 which has ations of 15 special trains (30 checking staff shall not be per- Government too announced minister during his conver- the country’s commercial cap- become more than double to return journeys) from May 12 mitted. Current booking, tatkal launch of free bus services up to sation with him through ital as people move back to 377 after the migrant workers in a graded manner. Other reg- and premium tatkal booking the borders of Madhya Pradesh video conferencing on their native towns and villages from Gujarat and other States ular passenger services includ- ) $ %$ ! shall not be permitted. and Gujarat for migrant labour- Monday. Yogi said that in the amid the coronavirus-enforced returned in a big number. ing all express, passenger and % ! # “No catering charges shall ers, days after 16 workers, who last four days, more than lockdown that has rendered Among the 377 who tested suburban services will remain be included in the fare. Besides, were walking back home to MP three lakh people had come them jobless. Officials and eye- positive, 290 had come from cancelled until further order. Health and Family welfare “These special trains which provision for prepaid meal were mowed down by a goods to UP by buses and trains. witnesses put the number of Gujarat and West Bengal. So far The decision to restart (MoHFW) and Ministry of have been started presently booking, e-catering shall be train in Aurangabad after they “More than 10 lakh peo- these three-wheelers from infections have been reported in train services was taken in Home Affairs (MHA), the will have only air conditioned disabled. fell asleep on railway tracks. ple will arrive in near future. Mumbai crossing the Indore 21 of the 30 districts of the State. consultation with Ministry of Ministry said in a statement. classes i.e. first, second and Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Bypass Road at 50 every hour. Continued on Page 6 ! !!" "" 52'#74 him to his residence. At the now 23,409 cases and 869 State also reported 20 deaths in cases, four are from Kasargod house, Singh issued abduction deaths. Mumbai, the financial the last 24 hours, after which its and the patients had recently anglord-turned-politico and death threats to him, Capital of the country, has death toll mounted to 513. returned from Maharashtra. GDhananjay Singh was Singhal alleged. become the hotbed of the coro- Madhya Pradesh, which Palakkad, Malappuram, and arrested on charges of abduct- Subsequently, a case was navirus spread in the State has seen exceptionally high Wayanad reported one case ing and threatening a project registered against Singh under where the number of cases has death ratio, reported 171 new each on Monday. manager of a sewage treat- sections 364, 386, 504 and 506 reached 14,521 and the death cases for a total of 3,785 and Eighteen more tested pos- ment plant in Line Bazaar of the Indian Penal Code, his toll is over 500. 228 deaths. itive in J&K on Monday to take police station area of Jaunpur house was raided in the wee 34!356 After reporting 669 new Kerala on Monday report- the Union Territory’s coron- in the wee hours of Monday. hours of Monday and he was cases on Sunday, Tamil Nadu’s ed seven fresh cases of coron- avirus tally to 879 while after 14 A former parliamentarian arrested. Later in the after- s India’s confirmed cases of march towards south continue avirus which took its infection fresh cases of coronavirus in from Jaunpur constituency, noon, the accused was pro- ACovid-19 crossed 70,000 on Monday also as it registered count to 519. Out of the total the last 24 hours, Karnataka’s Singh was produced before a duced in the court of Chief mark on Monday while the record 798 new cases to touch tally, 27 cases are currently total count has reached 862.