Closed once again: On TN govt’s lockdown order in Chennai

The Tamil Nadu government’s choice to impose a total lockdown in Chennai and parts of neighbouring Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur for 12 days from June 19 is a reaction to increasing apprehension that the coronavirus pandemic has drawn out of control. When such a measure was turned to earlier, for 4 days from April 26, the cumulative cases in the State were 1,821, however they have grown out of control to just over 46,500 cases on June15 Death has actually also risen in spite of lots of curbs from the earlier lockdown being kept during the ‘Unlock 1’ phase, such as the lack of bus transport. The AIADMK government has actually done well to find out some lessons from the previous complete lockdown episode, which resulted in crowding for the purchase of basics– it has allowe