Even as the Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced that all domestic flights are set to resume from May 25, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has expressed reservation over operationalising flights from red zones. Mumbai and other major cities in the state like Aurangabad, Nashik and Pune are the hotspota of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra.<br />''<br />''AIR Mumbai correspondent reports that Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has expressed reservations on resuming the flight operations from cities which are demarcated into red zone due to large number of COVID-19 cases. In a series of tweets, Deshmukh said, it is "extremely ill-advised" to reopen airports in red zone amid the coronavirus pandemic. He further said, mere thermal scanning of passengers is inadequate without swabs, adding that positive passenger will add Covid-19 stress to red zone.<br />''<br />''He elucidated that keeping a busy airport up & running with all Covid-safety measures will need huge staff presence and compound risk in the red zone. Deshmukh's colleague in the government and partyman, Nawab Malik has however, appealed people from Muslim community to offer namaz by staying indoors. He said, people should not crowd the streets after offering prayers and should extend wish to each other through phone.<br />