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Tamil Nadu CM to consult and decide today on lockdown
Posted on: 29/Jul/2020 12:00:35 PM
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, E. Palaniswamy will have a consultative/review meeting with all the district collectors today (Wednesday, 29th July) to decide on the extension of the lockdown imposition.
The video-conference regarding this is scheduled a 9.20 AM at the Namakkal Kavignar Building located in the Tamil Nadu State Government Chief Secretariat Complex.
The Chief Minister is scheduled to receive detailed information on the coronavirus impact status in each and every district during this discussion. He will also consult regarding issues on the effects of the continuous lockdown on various fronts.
The Chief Minister will also receive suggestions from the district collectors regarding the further activities to be undertaken to prevent the spread of the raging coronavirus pandemic and the treatment to be given to coronavirus-infected patients.
It is expected that the meeting may continue until the afternoon.
After concluding the meeting with the district collectors, the Chief Minister is scheduled to have a detailed review meeting with the Medical Experts Council formed by the state government tomorrow (Thursday, 30th July). Opinions and suggestions from the medical experts will be sought and discussed during this meeting.
The decision regarding the extension of lockdown and on the further relaxations will be taken based on the outcome of the above 2 meetings.
The circles from the Tamil Nadu Government Secretariat informs that a detailed official report is expected to be released on Thursday (30th July) or 31st July (Friday).
Earlier, the Chief Secretary of the State Government of Tamil Nadu, Shanmugam had conducted a detailed review meeting with all the District Collectors last week. During this meeting, the collectors were given certain actions and preventive measures. The status of the actions based on these guidelines on actions will also be discussed during the Chief Minister’s meeting with the District Collectors.
