Punjab govt declared a high alert in the state after the blast. However, Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya ruled out the possibility of human bomb angle in the incident.
MHA also asked the Channi government to inform about the findings of the initial probe. The explosion took place around 12:30 pm Thursday in Ludhiana district & sessions court.
The explosion in poll-bound Punjab took place around 12.30 pm on second floor of 6-storey Ludhiana district & sessions court complex. NIA teams called in to investigate incident.
Ludhiana has CFR of 3.4% — higher than the state's average (3%), and more than double the national average (1.37%). It has recorded 1,103 deaths till now.
Deputy commissioner of Ludhiana says he has listed workers from categories which have been active since the lockdown, and need the vaccine immediately.
Ludhiana district, the most populous of Punjab’s 22 districts, has only two govt hospitals. The industrial hub has recorded most Covid deaths and most number of cases in Punjab.
ThePrint visited Bakarpur and Sahnewal villages in Punjab where health workers in mobile testing vans have been going about motivating people to get tested for Covid-19.
The migrant workers were not charged for tickets but Punjab govt asked them to arrange own food and water. They were given meal packets and water bottles upon arrival in Bareilly.
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