<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) constituted by Union Home Ministry are visiting hotspot areas in Ahmedabad and Surat city today. Two separate teams have also taken the stock of COVID19 situations in these two districts yesterday. The teams held talks with senior officials, including collectors, civic chiefs, police commissioners in Ahmedabad and Surat.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Both the inter-ministerial central teams are headed by Additional Secretary-level officers. The central teams held discussions with senior officials of the local administrations in the two hotspot cities on issues like rising cases of coronavirus and implementation of lockdown measures.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Surat team held talks with state Chief Secretary Anil Mukim through video-conference, during which they also discussed the condition of migrant workers stuck in Surat. These central teams are visiting some of the COVID-19 hotspot localities in Ahmedabad and Surat cities.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Union Home Ministry has directed the central teams to make an on the spot assessment of the situation and issue necessary directions to the state authorities for its redressal and submit their report to the central government. The teams are tasked with taking stock of different aspects like compliance and implementation of lockdown measures as per guidelines, supply of essential commodities, social distancing, preparedness of health infrastructure, hospital facilities and sample statistics in the district.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Ahmedabad correspondent reports that shops except those located in COVID-19 containment zones, malls and shopping complexes have been allowed to open from today. The decision was taken as per the guidelines issued by Union Ministry of Home Affairs.</span><br />