Lockdown is not shutdown of the government for not helping people

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The government has extended the lockdown till 5th May. Nobody can say that government had to think a lot before taking the decision of lockdown. The World Health Organisation advised such extension because no cure has been invented as yet for containing the infection of coronavirus pandemic.
Whereas serious thinking is necessary how to help lockdown people to live and survive when they are denied of income. To any responsible government the most important consideration should be to remain active to find ways to serve the people reviving economic activities.
The campaign for educating the people how to maintain social distance is not also visible. There is no mobilisation for organising collective actions to meet the challenges of the grave contagion. No hospitals prepared to treat coronavirus patients and remaining empty.
But nobody knows of any such plans exist for consideration of the government. Educating the people about social distancing is not receiving enough consideration of the government.
The people cannot be asked to remain at home confined to suffer starvation with their children and die. That is the simple truth why the people are coming out in search of livelihood and the blame should be given on the government that is mismanaged.
The whole nation is aware of the situation and blames the ineffective supplicants chosen for running the government. But there is another very relevant question to be answered — that is where the role model leadership is? The supplicants are not for doing anything special unless orders come from the supreme leader.
In fact, the government is observing the lockdown most strictly through collective seclusion. The people do not see government activities anywhere to know that we have a government working hard to ease the sufferings of the people. The government seems to be in self-imposed shutdown.
The governments in other countries are giving their well thought out plans to open up the country for economic activities. Here we see no such concern to prepare the people for relaxing lockdown.
A committee of experts was formed to advise the government how to deal with the crises caused by the virus. We see no activity of this committee. Two other committees have also been formed. No effectiveness is seen. So our people want to see the leadership to make use of these committees.
The government has not arranged enough testing kits essential for testing and isolating who are infected. Quarantine is needed for affected people for hospital treatment. So testing is essential for meaningful quarantine. The testing kits we have got from other sources are said to be not dependable. The problem is nothing about the government’s ability is believable.
The most important role, which is also necessary, can be played by the committee of the expert advisers. The task force formed with the army is engaged in keeping the people at home. Such task force is needed to energise the broken administration. We are shocked and angry that nothing’s working properly that gives people confidence.
In other countries the governments announced not to take full salaries and benefits. Modi government of India gave up 30% of their salaries to go to the relief funds. Our government is quiet about the issue due to their own self- interest.
The people want to know what the government’s plans are to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and overcome the economic hardship of the people. In the absence of jobs and economic activities, the people have to be provided with daily necessities of life free and cash as wages and funds for restarting businesses. The people want a share of their money. The money at the hands of the government belongs to the people.
The people have got the impression that the government is inactive in organising help from other countries. Honesty factor is important to earn confidence of donor bodies. The medical facilities supplied by China are no good. But it was expected for the projects awarded to her that China will be gratefully in the side of people and help us generously.
At the very least, the people must be informed by holding press conference on a daily basis about the activities of the government in this time of grave national crisis. The people are angry and frustrated for chaos and unpreparedness of the government in every way.
We are deeply concerned that a huge number of lives will be lost for the unpreparedness of the government. The government is unable to listen and pay heed to public grievances.
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