Janata Curfew

K Chandrasekhar Rao

Maharashtra

coronavirus

Thewill be observed for 24 hours from 6 am on Sunday (March 22) to 6 am Monday (March 23), Chief Ministerannounced on Saturday. Except for emergency services and essentials like milk and medicines, all services including metro rail, buses, shops and establishments will observe a bandh. People should remain indoors. Buses and vehicles from other states will not be allowed to enter Telangana from 6 am on Sunday till 6 am on Monday.He also revealed that the government would close the border along withconsidering the severity in the neighbouring state, after watching the situation for two to three days. Telangana has close contact with Maharashtra by virtue of it's people living there or having relatives. "The situation there is very serious. We are considering closure of the border after two to three days," Rao told media persons in Hyderabad. He said the health secretary and DGP are in touch with their Maharashtra counterparts on a regular basis. Borders from other states will also be closed when needed.He said the government is also getting ready to supply essentials at the doorstep of people's houses if situation aggravates "The government would engage 500 to 1,000 vehicles for home deliveries of essentials. We are prepared for everything," he declared. The government is ready to even spend Rs 10,000 crore for such an initiative to supply essentials at home to keep the virus under check, the CM announced. He had already announced sparing Rs 5,000 crore for preventive measures. Rs 500 crore was kept at chief secretary's disposal.KCR also said the government would allow homams (religious rituals) in temples.Telangana reported 21positive cases as of Saturday afternoon. Of the two new cases, one is Cruise Lancer from USA, who returned from Dubai. The other is the primary contact of a person who returned from Scotland.The CM appealed to each of the nearly 20,000 people who had returned from abroad to voluntarily report to local authorities and remain in voluntary isolation. "By trying to escape, you are harming your family members, neighbours and people in the society," Rao said.Arrest useless fellows trolling PM on call to clapKCR fully supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for janata curfew and clapping at 5 pm as a gesture of thanking the medical care professionals for their services. "Some useless fellows are trolling the PM. What is wrong in his call? We all should follow that to express our solidarity and unity. I, my family members, ministers, MLAs and officials will come out and clap. I request our DGP to arrest those trolls," he said.