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SME Times News Bureau | 17 Apr, 2021
Industry body FICCI has written to Chief Ministers of 25 states urging
them to avoid imposing partial or total lockdown in the wake of fresh
surge in Covid cases.
The industry body also argued that the
economy has barely begun to turnaround from the impact of the earlier
lockdowns and such decisions now will push the push the economy into
downward spiral.
In the letter written to state CMs by FICCI
President Uday Shankar, the chamber has acknowledged the need to break
the Covid chain but has suggested the strategy to focus more on ramping
up covid testing, awareness drive and enforcement of Covid appropriate
behaviour rather than lockdown.
"The population may be sensitised
about the Covid appropriate behaviour like wearing masks, physical
distancing and personal hygiene. Support may be taken by involving
volunteers from the schools, colleges and the NGOs. Strict compliance to
Covid protocol may be ensured with suitable penalties for violations,"
the letter states.
FICCI has represented to the Union Government
to open up the vaccination for all the people above 18 years of age to
give a massive push to the vaccination drive as there is no shortage of
vaccines and the inoculation capacity can be increased with the
participation of the private sector.
The state government will
have to play a major role to encourage people to come forward for
vaccination and build capacities with the help of private sector for the
expected jump in inoculation, FICCI has urged states.
Vaccination
camps in the colonies and societies with the help of Resident Welfare
Associations (RWAs) will also help push the vaccination drive, the
letter added.
The letter has been written to CMs of 25 states and
UTs including Delhi, Goa, Puducherry, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh,
Rajasthan, Haryana, J&K, Odisha, Kerala, Gujarat, Assam, Tamil
Nadu.
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