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Tamil Nadu CM consults district collectors through video-conferencing

<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, all district collectors have been asked to furnish details about the kind of industries that could be opened up once the lockdown comes to an end on May 3rd. The state Chief Minister consulted collectors today through video-conferencing. He has urged them to take a slew of measures to mitigate the problems of the public.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, 104 new Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the state today taking the total infected cases to 2162. 94 of them are from Chennai including 30 primary cases whose contact history is being traced. 82 patients were discharged after recovering from the illness. Two people died of the disease in the last 24-hours and the active case load has marginally gone up to 922.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, the district collectors in Tamil Nadu have been directed to enumerate the stranded tourists from other states and migrant labourers state-wise and submit the reports. <br />''<br />''The Chief Minister has urged the collectors to reach out to them with the essential food items and medical treatment periodically. It has been stressed to help the farmers in getting all the agricultural inputs and in transporting their produces to the markets.<br />''<br />''Works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme has also been asked to be facilitated. Disinfecting the containment areas twice a day and supplying the people in the shut-down areas with all the essential items there itself has been insisted. <br />''<br />''Surveillance of the containment zones has been asked to be further intensified. Plans are also afoot to shift those living in congested areas in the red zones to the nearby quarantine centres to ensure social distancing. </span>

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