Curbs Relaxed, You Shouldn't: Govt to States Amid Tourist Rush at Hill Stations
3 years, 5 months ago

Curbs Relaxed, You Shouldn't: Govt to States Amid Tourist Rush at Hill Stations

News 18  

Amid ‘frightening‘ visuals of tourists thronging scenic hill stations after relaxation of Covid norms, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Saturday chaired a meeting to review the steps taken by state governments for checking the spread of the pandemic at these tourist locations. The central government has recently reiterated the need for Covid-appropriate behavior amid people thronging tourist locations, in various health ministry conferences. The Union Home Secretary sounded a note of caution in view of media reports showing blatant disregard of COVID-appropriate behaviour in hill stations and other tourist locations, said the government in a press release. It was observed in the meeting that the decline of the second wave is at variable stages in the different States/UTs in the country, and that while the overall case positivity rate may be declining, the case positivity rate in certain districts of Rajasthan, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh is over 10%; a cause for concern.

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