‘Somewhere we made mistakes’: Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant on implementation of Covid-19 lockdown

Shiv Sena chief Arvind Sawant on Sunday highlighted the shortcomings of the sudden announcement of the Covid-19 lockdown. Speaking on a dialogue on the administration of the Covid-19 pandemic within the Lok Sabha, the MP from South Mumbai stated that post-announcement of the lockdown there have been so many individuals on the streets that the concept of social distancing went for a toss.

He additionally stated that there have been no trains to ply the migrant employees again to their native locations however items trains mowed down folks whereas they have been sleeping on railway tracks.

“After the announcement of lockdown, Mumbai streets saw more people than the number of people who would have come to streets post-Partition. But the government didn’t start trains. People were mowed down by (goods) trains on railway tracks. Somewhere we made mistakes,” he stated.

Sawant additionally highlighted how the Dharavi mannequin turned an ordinary for curbing the coronavirus contagion. He stated that authorities within the Philippines carried out the identical methods to deal with the surge within the variety of infections. He additionally stated that the overseas in addition to nationwide media praised authorities in Maharashtra for the best way they dealt with the an infection in Dharavi, which is without doubt one of the largest slums in Mumbai, the place folks stay in shut proximity.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla additionally highlighted the necessity of getting discussions in Parliament on the coronavirus illness. “I have been saying it from the first day that you have given a positive message to the nation, by coming to Parliament in such large numbers even in the wake of a threat to health security,” stated Birla.

The Speaker additionally referred to as the outbreak one of many best challenges to mankind. He stated that these conversations will present options to the nation in fixing the challenges of Covid-19.