{"id":321346,"date":"2020-03-21T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T12:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=321346"},"modified":"2020-03-21T12:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T12:27:05","slug":"coronavirus-outbreak-will-lockdown-delhi-if-required-says-arvind-kejriwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/coronavirus-outbreak-will-lockdown-delhi-if-required-says-arvind-kejriwal\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus outbreak: \u2018Will lockdown Delhi if required\u2019, says Arvind Kejriwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321347 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kejriwal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/kejriwal-1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/kejriwal-1-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/kejriwal-1-521x420.jpg 521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the government has not imposed lockdown for now, but it may consider doing in future if required as the number of coronavirus cases in the national capital crossed 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cNo gathering of more than five people will be allowed in Delhi. In places where it is unavoidable, maintain a distance of one metre,\u201d Kejriwal said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also announced free ration to over 18 lakh families who are dependent on Delhi Govt\u2019s ration scheme. \u201cEach person will now get 7.5kg ration instead of 5kg,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cPension for elderly, widows, specially-abled being doubled in view of coronavirus outbreak,\u201d Kejriwal said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFor the homeless, we are arranging lunch and dinner in all our night shelters. This will be open for all,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cRs 4000- 5000 pension will be paid to 8.5 lakh beneficiaries by April 7 and free rations, with 50% more quantity than normal entitlements, to 72 lakh beneficiaries,\u201d the chief minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Kejriwal appealed to all senior citizens to stay indoors as far as possible. \u201cAs the most vulnerable group, we need to take special care so that you remain free from infection. I urge you to skip your morning\/evening walks for the time being,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the government has not imposed lockdown for now, but it may consider doing in future if required as the number of coronavirus cases in the national capital crossed 20. \u201cNo gathering of more than five people will be allowed in Delhi. In places where it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":321347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2009,2014],"tags":[306,12470,429],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321348,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321346\/revisions\/321348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/321347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}