PM Modi on Monday kick-started his interaction with Chief Ministers of all states and Union territories on Monday morning through a video link. PM Modi with CMs of states discueed the country's overall and state-specific progress in the war on COVID-19 in the second leg of the lockdown and the way forward, a large emphasis will address the concerns of most states of revenue shortfalls and job losses.
However, the most important agenda of the meeting was 'lockdown'. During the conference, at least 5 chief ministers have advocated for a lockdown extension beyond May 3 to combat further spread of COVID-19. The CMs made the demand in their meeting with PM Modi via video-conferencing. The meeting went on for around 3 hours.
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PM Modi discussed several issues such as lockdown extension, the state of economy and lifting of restrictions etc in the wake of COVID-19 situation in the country. Four CMs advocated for the lockdown to be extended beyond May 3.Among those who favoured continuing the lockdown was Meghalaya and Odisha. PM Modi sought suggestions of the CMs on lockdown extension based on the current situation in their respective states. He also lauded the joint efforts of CMs to ensure lockdown rules are followed adding that the lockdown has been helpful in tackling the spread of novel coronavirus.
The PM asked states to draw up a plan to exit the lockdown by marking districts as red, orange and green to indicate the level and intensity of the COVID-19 infection.