Fearing another lockdown due to the rise in the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 cases, the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) in Telangana wrote to the State Government. In the letter addressed to K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, the FICCI appealed not to impose a lockdown again in the State as it would impact the state’s economy adversely.
Uday Shankar, the President of the FICCI, in his letter dated the 18th of April, suggested to increase the COVID-19 testing and strictly impose the norms for controlling the pandemic. Concerned about the economic effect, Mr. Uday Shankar said the economic and business activities which were adversely impacted due to the earlier lockdown are returning back to normal, but if the State Government would impose another lockdown, it would be difficult for the business to be stable. It would also hamper the recovery of the economic situation in the State.
Instead, Uday Shankar advised the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government to increase public awareness campaigns, establish strict guidelines of COVID-19, and impose strict penalties for those not following COVID-19 protocols, as only this would help to curb the spread.
Besides this, the FICCI President also appealed to the public to wear face masks, maintain social distance and pay attention to personal hygiene.
Meanwhile, Telangana in the past 24 hours reported 4,009 new cases of COVID-19 and 14 deaths. With this, the cumulative total of the Coronavirus cases stand at 3,55,433 positive cases.
