NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Friday constituted four more inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs) to assess the “serious” Covid-19 situation in emerging hotspots of Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat, Hyderabad in Telangana and Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Also, the IMCT for Mumbai will make an on-the-spot assessment for Thane in Maharashtra.
These teams will issue necessary directions to state authorities for redressal of the situation and submit their report to the Central government “in larger interest of general public”, said the home ministry. Headed by additional secretary-level officers and comprising public health specialists and disaster management experts, the IMCTs would use their expertise to augment the states’ efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The Centre had earlier constituted six IMCTs to visit Kolkata and other areas of West Bengal, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, Indore in Madhya Pradesh and Jaipur in Rajasthan. The move behind deputing the 10 teams, constituted so f