Telangana Has No Plans To Impose Lockdown, It Cripples Public Life, Economy: KCR

The Chief Minister appealed to people to be self disciplined and adhere to the COVID-19 rules to prevent the spread of the disease.

Telangana has no plans to impose a lockdown in the state as it will cripple public life as well as the economy, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said on Thursday. He further said the past experience reveals that lockdown is not effective in controlling COVID-19. According to Mr Rao, Telangana is the most happening state, about 25 to 30 lakh migrant labourers are earning their livelihood in the state and their lives were ruined during the first spell of lockdown in 2020. "If these people (workers) are dislocated once again it will be a huge loss to the state as Telangana needs a huge number of workers during the harvesting season. What will happen to farmers (if they dont get labourers)? By imposing lockdown, the government itself would be creating havoc," an official release quoted Mr Rao as saying.