No plan to extend 21-day lockdown, says government
HINDUSTAN TIMES MARCH 30, 2020 The government has said that reports claiming that the 21-day lockdown period will be extended are “baseless”. The lockdown was imposed to check the spread of coronavirus disease Covid-19 . “There are rumours and media reports, claiming that the government will extend the lockdown when it expires. The Cabinet Secretary has denied these reports, and stated that they are baseless,” the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said on Twitter . “I am surprised to see such reports, there is no such plan of extending the lockdown,” Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba told a news agency. The lockdown came into effect on Wednesday (March 25) after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation. In his address a day before, PM Modi had said that the step is being taken to break the chain of infection and control the spread of coronavirus disease Covid-19. “I am surprised to see such reports, there is no such plan of extending the lockdown,” Cabinet Secretary