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Government of India has asked all the States and Union Territories to delineate the districts as per the laid down criteria and implement the restrictions accordingly in the areas for

effective containment of the coronavirus. This was stated by the Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba whowhile holding a video conference interaction with the Chief Secretaries of all States and

UTs. Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Health Secretary, PreetiSudan and other senior officers of concerned Ministries attended the meeting. Chief Secretary J&K, BVR Subrahmanyam,

FinancialCommissioner, Health, Atal Dulloo and MD NHM, Bhupinder Singh participated inthe interaction with the Cabinet Secretary. While having detailed deliberations on preparations to

bemade for post May 3 scenario in the country, the Cabinet Secretary asked theStates/UTs to follow the categorization of the Districts into Red, Orange andGreen Zones based on total active

cases, doubling rate, extent of testing andsurveillance feedback. States/UTs could add Red/Orange category districts basedon their assessment, the Cabinet Secretary said. Cabinet Secretary

asked for implementing the restrictions inthese identified areas as per their status and follow the guidelines strictlybeing issued by Government of India time to time. While moving forward,

we haveto treat the Districts/Areas differently as per the local situation and need todo micro planning while dealing with the containment zones, he said. Cabinet Secretary reiterated that

there should be no laxitywhile implementing the restrictions especially in the containment zones. TheDistricts which have luckily not reported any positive case so far need toremain extra

alert and more cautious, because our relaxed approach can put usin difficult situation. He said that as there are active cases in both Red andOrange Zones, restrictions are to be strict and

surveillance along withmonitoring should be ensured effectively. Regarding movement of students and migrant labour strandedin different states, the Cabinet Secretary asked the States/UTs to

developstandard protocols for receiving and sending such people. He asked the ChiefSecretaries to coordinate with their counterparts in other States so thataction plan is worked out for the

movement of people. Besides, he asked all tonominate Nodal Officers for the purpose. While discussing the movement of people with the ChiefSecretaries, it was decided that proper health

screening of students/migrantlabour will be done at the both ends before sending and at the time of reachingtheir native States. It was asked to plan the whole exercise in a systematicmanner

so as to avoid any threat of transmission of virus from one place toanother.