States pressurize Centre for the extension of lockdown
Monday, 13th April 2020
Being the last day of 21-day nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to address the nation on 14th of April, that is, on Tuesday at 10:00 am.
On March 24th, 21-day complete lockdown was announced by Modi in order to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection. As the cases are alarmingly increasing, the worst hit states have demanded lockdown extension till April 30th on Saturday in a meeting with the PM. The same has been agreed upon by the centre despite of other hardships the nation is facing due to the lockdown.