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Why not a complete lockdown for Chennai alone: Madras High Court asks TN Govt

Tamil Nadu is one of the most affected states in India and Chennai tops the list of the cases.

Expressing their views on rapidly increasing cases, the Madras High Court on Thursday asked why can’t complete lockdown be implemented for some time to contain the spread of the pandemic.

Despite the steps taken by the Tamil Nadu government to contain COVID-19 spread is rapid in Chennai and is alarming, a bench of justices Vineet Kothari and R Suresh Kumar said.

“Therefore, we want to know whether the government has devised any special scheme, which includes complete lockdown or curfew to contain the spread in Chennai and surrounding areas for sometime,” the judges asked state government pleader V Jayaprakash Narayan during the virtual court proceedings after concluding listed cases.

They also added that they were questioning it as a responsible citizen and were not initiating any public interest litigation (PIL).

Responding to the court’s query, the pleader sought time till Friday for getting instructions from the government, if any.

“No further decision has been taken. I will get instructions from the special officer J Radhakrishnan, who has been appointed to coordinate COVID-19 work in Chennai, and other officials on the latest development by tomorrow,” the pleaded added.

The government has recently appointed a group of ministers to monitor containment activities in the city.

In this recent lockdown, Government has allowed various services to operate despite increase in cases.

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