Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the Centre on Friday to stop international repatriation flights and domestic flights to Kolkata from states with a high COVID-19 prevalence till July 31 and relaxed the night curfew in the state by an hour from July 1.
She also said she wants the metro rail services to resume from July 1, but only with 100-per cent seat occupancy and no passenger standing.
Alleging that those coming to the state by air are not being adequately screened at the airports, leading to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, Banerjee urged the Centre to stop domestic flights to Kolkata from states with a high COVID-19 prevalence till July 31.
"Recently we came to know that a few COVID-19 patients came from Chennai and were not screened at the airport. Later, they got themselves admitted to a hospital in Midnapore. We are planning to write a letter to the Centre to stop domestic flights and special trains to Kolkata till July 31 from hotspots and those states with a high number of COVID-19 cases," the chief minister said while inaugurating various projects online from the state secretariat.
26/06/20 PTI/Outlook
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She also said she wants the metro rail services to resume from July 1, but only with 100-per cent seat occupancy and no passenger standing.
Alleging that those coming to the state by air are not being adequately screened at the airports, leading to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, Banerjee urged the Centre to stop domestic flights to Kolkata from states with a high COVID-19 prevalence till July 31.
"Recently we came to know that a few COVID-19 patients came from Chennai and were not screened at the airport. Later, they got themselves admitted to a hospital in Midnapore. We are planning to write a letter to the Centre to stop domestic flights and special trains to Kolkata till July 31 from hotspots and those states with a high number of COVID-19 cases," the chief minister said while inaugurating various projects online from the state secretariat.
26/06/20 PTI/Outlook
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