Visakhapatnam: CPI (Maoist) leader Ganesh asked on Monday how the government could control coronavirus with insufficient medical facilities and testing centers in the city. The leader of the banned outfit alleged that the Union government did not take adequate measures when news of the disease broke in China.

Ganesh further said that lakhs of people in the country don’t have soap and water.

He added that the government should provide the public with essential commodities and announce paid holidays for workers. He added that the state governments of AP and Odisha should work on war-footing to control the virus.

The Maoist leader demanded that governments implement pollution control measures.