In view of the ever increasing corona cases in the capital Delhi, the High Court has dismissed the Public Interest Litigation for immediate lockdown. The High Court has asked whether the lockdown is the only solution to prevent corona in Delhi. The court said that the lockdown related instructions fall under the policy decision, which can only be taken by the concerned entities.
There have been 6746 new cases of Corona virus infection in Delhi on Sunday. With this, the number of corona infections in Delhi has exceeded 5.29 lakhs. Apart from this, 121 patients have died due to corona infection in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of deaths in a day due to corona infection in Delhi. With this, the death toll due to Corona virus epidemic in Delhi has increased to 8391.
“Is lockdown the only solution?”, Says Delhi High Court while refusing to hear a plea seeking lockdown in Delhi with immediate effect. # COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Bqk50vILHx
- ANI (@ANI) November 23, 2020
In Delhi, a lockdown has been imposed in some areas of Punjabi Bagh and Nangloi in Delhi by an order of the District Magistrate. The term lockdown has not been used in the order issued by the administration, but the markets have been ordered to close completely.
Earlier, the Delhi government had indicated that a lockdown would not be imposed in the entire capital, but in areas where the transition would be more severe, a lockdown could be imposed. This order is being viewed in the same context.
