Lockdown: Congress Gives 10-Point Demand Charter To Delhi Government

Lockdown: Congress Gives 10-Point Demand Charter To Delhi Government
New Delhi:

The Congress said today that migrants and daily wagers should be incentivised as it put forth a 10-point demand charter before the Arvind Kejriwal government to help those in distress in the national capital due to COVID-19.

The party demanded that fixed power charges be waived off and school fees should not be charged from students, besides payment of salaries of school teachers in aided schools and workers in MSMEs by the government.

Congress senior spokesperson Ajay Maken sought Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), to be notified as regulations, for delivery boys in the national capital to help stop the spread of the deadly virus through them.

He said all 89 people who were in touch with a Pizza delivery boy, feared to be infected with the virus, and have been quarantined should be immediately tested.

Addressing a press conference through video-conferencing, Mr Maken said testing should be ramped up in the national capital and asked whether Delhi had entered the community transmission stage-3 of the virus as 135 people have been kept "under investigation".

The former Delhi Congress chief said migrants should be incentivised in Delhi and in other towns as they are the backbone of any city and demanded that they be given Rs 7,500 per month immediately to help them cope with the crisis.

"Migrants are the backbone of any city and hence they should be incentivised to make them feel safe in Delhi and other towns," Mr Maken said.

He also demanded payment of ration for two months to the poor and vulnerable, besides advance payment of pension to senior citizens and widows and risk allowance to sanitation and frontline health workers.

Mr Maken also asked for an unemployment allowance of Rs 5,000 to all unemployed in the national capital.

World

Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 21,58,076 and 1,44,232 have died; 14,70,093 are active cases and 5,43,751 have recovered as on April 17, 2020 at 8:34 am.

India

In India, there are 13,387 confirmed cases including 437 deaths. The number of active cases is 11,201 and 1,749 have recovered as on April 17, 2020 at 8:00 am.

State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

3205

2711

300

194

Delhi

1640

1551

51

38

Tamil Nadu

1267

1072

180

15

Rajasthan

1131

964

164

3

Madhya Pradesh

1120

1003

64

53

Gujarat

930

821

73

36

Uttar Pradesh

805

718

74

13

Telangana

700

496

186

18

Andhra Pradesh

534

500

20

14

Kerala

395

147

245

3

Karnataka

315

220

82

13

Jammu And Kashmir

314

272

38

4

West Bengal

255

194

51

10

Haryana

205

159

43

3

Punjab

186

146

27

13

Bihar

80

42

37

1

Odisha

60

40

19

1

Uttarakhand

37

28

9

0

Assam

35

29

5

1

Himachal Pradesh

35

18

16

1

Chhattisgarh

33

10

23

0

Jharkhand

28

26

0

2

Chandigarh

21

12

9

0

Ladakh

18

4

14

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

11

1

10

0

Meghalaya

7

6

0

1

Goa

7

1

6

0

Puducherry

7

6

1

0

Manipur

2

1

1

0

Tripura

2

1

1

0

Mizoram

1

1

0

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1

0

0

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