<p>A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the AAP government to impose a strict lockdown in the national capital in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases here.</p>.<p>The plea, by a lawyer and his office boy, has said the Delhi government itself admitted there would be around one lakh COVID-19 cases in the national capital by end of June and the number would escalate to around 2.25 lakh by mid-July and over 5.5 lakh by July end.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-indias-death-toll-exceeds-8000-tally-surges-past-285-lakh-846670.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>In such a scenario, the government should consider imposing strict lockdown in Delhi, the plea by lawyer Anirban Mondal and his employee Pawan Kumar has contended.</p>.<p>The petition, filed through advocate Mridul Chakravarty, has also sought a direction to the Delhi government to consider constituting an expert committee of doctors, medical specialists and virologists to prepare a "detailed blue print" for controlling or containing the spread of the virus.</p>.<p>The petitioners have sought imposition of lockdown on the ground that during the earlier lockdown period the rate of increase in cases was low.</p>.<p>They claimed that by allowing movement of people and activities in the national capital like reopening of public transport, religious places, malls, restaurants/ hotels, "the spread of the virus has severely spiked, resulting in a sharp rise in numbers of the daily cases of COVID-19".</p>.<p>The petition also alleged that there already exists a huge deficiency in the number of adequate beds/ ventilators/ ICU wards/ testing facilities in Delhi for dealing with COVID-19 and therefore, with increase in infections the situation in Delhi could get "darker" and "unmanageable".</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-june-11-848161.html"><strong>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on June 11</strong></a></p>.<p>It has also contended that the forthcoming rise in cases could send the healthcare infrastructure in Delhi into disarray.</p>.<p>"That, primary focus/efforts/ resources of the State, as of right now should not be on the monetary/ economic aspects, but on health and safety of its people," the petition has also said.</p>
<p>A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the AAP government to impose a strict lockdown in the national capital in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases here.</p>.<p>The plea, by a lawyer and his office boy, has said the Delhi government itself admitted there would be around one lakh COVID-19 cases in the national capital by end of June and the number would escalate to around 2.25 lakh by mid-July and over 5.5 lakh by July end.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-indias-death-toll-exceeds-8000-tally-surges-past-285-lakh-846670.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>In such a scenario, the government should consider imposing strict lockdown in Delhi, the plea by lawyer Anirban Mondal and his employee Pawan Kumar has contended.</p>.<p>The petition, filed through advocate Mridul Chakravarty, has also sought a direction to the Delhi government to consider constituting an expert committee of doctors, medical specialists and virologists to prepare a "detailed blue print" for controlling or containing the spread of the virus.</p>.<p>The petitioners have sought imposition of lockdown on the ground that during the earlier lockdown period the rate of increase in cases was low.</p>.<p>They claimed that by allowing movement of people and activities in the national capital like reopening of public transport, religious places, malls, restaurants/ hotels, "the spread of the virus has severely spiked, resulting in a sharp rise in numbers of the daily cases of COVID-19".</p>.<p>The petition also alleged that there already exists a huge deficiency in the number of adequate beds/ ventilators/ ICU wards/ testing facilities in Delhi for dealing with COVID-19 and therefore, with increase in infections the situation in Delhi could get "darker" and "unmanageable".</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-june-11-848161.html"><strong>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on June 11</strong></a></p>.<p>It has also contended that the forthcoming rise in cases could send the healthcare infrastructure in Delhi into disarray.</p>.<p>"That, primary focus/efforts/ resources of the State, as of right now should not be on the monetary/ economic aspects, but on health and safety of its people," the petition has also said.</p>