Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the nation at 8 PM tonight

Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 P.M. tonight. He had
previously addressed the nation on the 14th of April, announcing the extension
of initial phase of lockdown till 3rd of May.

The Prime
Minister interacted with State Chief Ministers via video conferencing yesterday
and asked them to share a broad strategy by the 15th of this month as to how
they would want to deal with the lockdown regime in their states. He asked them
to make a blue print on how to deal with various nuances during and after the
gradual easing of the lockdown.

Mr Modi
said, the measures needed in the first phase of lockdown were not needed during
the 2nd phase and similarly the measures needed in the 3rd Phase are not needed
in the fourth. He said that there is reasonably clear indication now about the
geographical spread of the pandemic in India, including the worst affected
areas.