PUBLIC WILL FOLLOW PRIME MINISTER CAUTION-MESSAGE ON CORONA

Bureau,Odishabarta

Public will follow Prime Minister caution-message on corona only if central government invokes some symbolic restrictions like two-day uniform weekend lockdown in country

DELHI:Seventh message during corona-pandemic by Prime Minister at 6 pm on 20.10.2020 cautioning people against feeling extra relaxed against corona seems to be on some study for time to come where a second corona-wave has already started in some European countries making these countries re-impose some restrictions though not lockdown.

People of India will realise message from Prime Minister only if central government on national level re-imposes some restrictions though symbolic in a manner so as not to practically affect economic activities. Some states are still continuing with lockdown on some days of the month with Prime Minister also advising on 24.09.2020 for 1-2 days lockdown per week in seven worst-hit states by corona.

Best is to have a complete 2-days weekend lockdown in the country starting from 10 pm on Fridays till 6 am on Mondays. It will not affect government-working under five-day week-system. Many private offices are also adopting system of government-offices for five-day week especially after corona-pandemic. Economic activities will also practically not be hurt when shoppers and consumers going for shopping on Saturdays and Sundays will do so on five working days of the week. Evidently in such a scenario, weekly-off days in markets will have to be made uniform on Saturdays and Sundays unlike in cities like Delhi where different markets have different weekly off days.

Such two-day lockdown per week throughout the country will reveal if number of corona-cases reduce on days of lockdown.

Input;ms.Madhu