Patna: In the light of the surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Bihar government on Tuesday imposed lockdown in the state till May 15.
"After discussion with the associate ministers and officials yesterday, it was decided to implement the lockdown in Bihar till May 15, 2021. In relation to its detailed guidelines and other activities, today the Crisis management group has been instructed to take action," tweeted Bihar CM.
The decision of the Chief Minister came after Patna High Court on Monday asked the state government to control the COVID-19 situation and declare a lockdown or it will have to pass an appropriate order.
"It has been emerging that the state government is heading toward total failure in the context of uncontrollable surge of corona infection in Bihar," a bench of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Mohit Kumar Shah, which is monitoring the situation on a daily basis, said.
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The high court also asked the state government to form a war room and deploy five specialists to monitor the situation in Bihar.
Earlier, the Bihar government had imposed a night curfew in the state till March 15.
The state on Monday, breached the five lakh-mark of infections with 11,407 more COVID cases, while 82 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 2821 in the state.
The caseload of the state went up to 5,09,047, with capital Patna being the worst-hit.
with agency inputs
