Municipal workrs spray disinfectants on a shop during the lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna on April 10, 2020.

Municipal workrs spray disinfectants on a shop throughout the lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna on April 10, 2020.|Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar

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Collecting and procurement of food grains form priority.

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Government sources said that smoothing the supply lines that have still to be seamless and the harvest and procurement season have actually complicated the concern of the type of lockdown to have.

” Harvesting is very important, as is procurement as there are standing crops and they require to be taken care of. Mandis etc do not lend themselves to social distancing,” said a government source. Various micro plans are being thought about for numerous States and a general advisory on how to set about imposing the behaviour required for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 is likely to be sent out.

On Friday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said each district with groups of farmers would be gi