Delhi is fully ready to relax lockdown restrictions: Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday in a presser said that lockdown was necessary to contain COVID-19 but now Delhi is fully ready to relax lockdown restrictions.

Kejriwal said, “The Center’s decision of lockdown on March 24 was very important. If we had not implemented the lockdown, then the situation in the country could have been horrific now.

The lockdown has been extended in Delhi for two weeks, but there will be certain relaxations https://t.co/qCtcwB7pnt

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Top points from Kejriwal’s presser:

– Lockdown was necessary to contain COVID-19; Delhi is fully ready to relax lockdown restrictions

– Will suggest centre to declare only containment areas in the city as red zone and not the entire district

– Time has come to re-open Delhi. We will have to be ready to live with coronavirus

– Suspension of travel by flight, Delhi Metro and bus will continue in the national capital

– Delhi govt will take strict action against those found spitting at public places

– Delivery of essential goods through e-commerce portals will continue

– Malls, cinemas, salons, market complexes, Delhi Metro will remain shut; shops selling essentials will continue to be open

– Delhi government will implement all lockdown relaxations prescribed by home ministry

– We will not be able to sustain the lockdown for long as the economy is in peril. The revenue has fallen from Rs 3500 Crores in April month of previous years to Rs 300 Crores this year. How will the government function?

– To maintain the norms of social distancing, not more than 50 people are allowed at wedding functions and not more than 20 at last rites of a deceased person