People being evacuated from Nizamuddin Centre for Covid 19 testing, around 1000 persons have been taken to different hospitals and govt run quarantine facilities in New Delhi on March 31, 2020.

People being evacuated from Nizamuddin Centre for Covid 19 testing, around 1000 persons have been taken to different hospitals and govt run quarantine facilities in New Delhi on March 31, 2020.   | Photo Credit:
R. V. Moorthy


Cabinet Secretary holds a videoconference with Chief Secretaries of all the States

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Wednesday held a videoconference with the Chief Secretaries of all the States a day after the Tablighi Markaz (centre) at Nizamuddin was evacuated and the area put under an intense lockdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to hold a video call with all the Chief Ministers tomorrow.

A government statement said Mr. Gauba “sensitised” the Chief Secretaries that contact tracing of the Tabligh attendees (spread over multiple States) be undertaken on a war footing and quarantine p