​​​​​​​Priyanka Vadra writes to telecom chiefs; bats for free calling amid Covid lockdown

Congress leer Priyanka Gandhi Vra on Sunday urged telecom providers to make ir services free for a month amid national lockdown due to Coronavirus crisis. Congress leer wrote separate letters to Airtel chief Sunil Bharti Mittal, Reliance Jio chief Mukesh Ambani, and hes of BSNL and Vodafone-Idea where she highlighted plight of migrant workers who are going to ir native places on foot - before Home Ministry directed states to put a stop to it. 

According to Vra, telecom companies can make a constructive change for m. She stated that it is ir national duty to help people in country at times of a crisis. She ded that this initiative would help reduce fear and uncertainty in ir lives.

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India under lockdown

Prime Minister Narendra Modi anunced a 21-day lockdown in entire country effective from midnight of March 25 to deal with spre of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is only option to deal with disease, which spres rapidly. 21-day curfew is applicable to all states, districts, and vills - irrespective of wher y were earlier under curfew or t. 

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Coronavirus crisis

As of date, India has reported over 1,000 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. Out of all states, Kerala and Maharashtra have reported most in country. Meanwhile, over 25 people have died so far due to dely virus. Furr, India has also closed India-Pakistan border and restricted passenger movement at border with Banglesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Myanmar. 

Presently, re are around 721,412 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to death of around 33,956 people. Meanwhile, around 151,004 people have reportedly recovered. US is at top of charts with respect to Coronavirus cases, with over 1.2 lakh infected.

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