Новости за 12.05.2020

On Monday, at the session on manufacturing in TOI’s virtual conclave, Sasikumar Gendham, MD of EMS company Salcomp, said that the Tamil Nadu must create plug-and-play industrial townships, which will make it attractive for investors. Global corporations are now looking to spread their portfolios and captains in Tamil Nadu have urged the government to get ready.

Till Monday night, the railways had ferried back home at least 6 lakh stranded migrant workers, students and tourists in 513 trains since the service was launched on May 1. The numbers will increase further as the railway ministry has decided to increase passengers in these special trains.

As Karnataka finally withdrew its objection to receiving migrants from Maharashtra, a train was slotted to leave from Thane for Kalaburgi in the southern state on Monday. Sixty-six trains have left Maharashtra so far with around 73,132 passengers. The bulk of trains have gone to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar from the state. MSRTC depots also witnessed huge rush on Monday.

More than four lakh persons have arrived in UP through bus, train or other means in the past five days. Out of them, 1 lakh arrived on Monday itself. Reiterating that these people are escorted to their homes “with respect”, CM Yogi Adityantah has said any person who reaches home without informing the proper channels is to be reported immediately to authorities.

The government detailed several measures taken to ensure data security. Top officials on Monday said the Aarogya Setu app had a clear data destruction policy among other measures to make it a safe and secure tool to keep citizens safe.

Officials said till Monday 9 pm, the overall revenue generated from sale of tickets for these AC trains was around Rs 10 crore. They said there was brisk booking of tickets in trains coming from Howrah and the ones leaving Delhi. Booking for trains from Chennai started after 9 pm, sources said.

The surveillance will be in addition to routine testing as per current guidelines, the ministry said. The move assumes significance as it will not only help the government and its agencies monitor Covid-19 trends but also check for community transmission in any part of the country.

Overall, the count of new cases across the country was down from Sunday’s record high (of 4,308) to 3,607. India now has 70,793, according to the latest numbers reported by states. Maharashtra has nearly a third of all cases. The count of fresh cases remained high on Monday in Gujarat (347) and Delhi (310).