Five Cities Of Uttar Pradesh Go Under Lockdown

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declared the Allahabad High Court’s order, directing the Uttar Pradesh government to impose a lockdown in the five cities. It is due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases across the state. 

The five cities where the lockdown will impose include, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Prayagraj, and Gorakhpur. 

Uttar Pradesh government was asked to give consent to the following order before the Allahabad High Court takes steps and measures. It had to be done within a week, it was headed by Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde. 

On Monday, to handle the Covid-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government. 

The High Court said, “If the popular government has its own compulsions in not checking public movements during this pandemic, we can not remain mere passive spectators. Public health is the topmost priority and call of the moment and any complacency of any degree today will cause havoc to people. We can’t shirk away from our Constitutional duty to save innocent people from the pandemic which is spreading due to the negligence of a few.”

In its order, the High Court also slammed the “VVIP culture”. “If things are not arrested to give some respite to medical and paramedical staff, the entire system would collapse and relief will be confined to VIPs and VVIPs,” it said.