Take steps to avoid repeat of Bandra gathering: NCP chief Sharad Pawar to govt

NCP chief Shar Pawar on Wednesday termed as unfortunate garing of migrant workers outside Bandra railway station and stressed such incidents should t recur in face of COVID-19 crisis. He said people gared outside station after somebody circulated rumour that trains services will resume, ding precautions need to be taken to ensure that such confusing messs are checked.

former Union minister also urged political parties to desist from scoring points over each or during ongoing crisis and asked m to defeat COVID-19 collectively. An unfortunate incident took place outside Bandra station yesterday. Somebody spre rumour that train services will resume and local people gared re.

Unfortunately, social distancing was t observed, Pawar said in a Facebook dress. "I would also request political parties that we may fight politically but this is t time to score over each or. It is t time to think who is in power at Centre and in state. We should take steps to defeat coronavirus, he said.

Igring lockdown rms, over 1,000 migrant workers who earn daily ws gared here on Tuesday demanding transport arrangements to go back to ir native places, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended coronavirus-enforced curbs till May 3.

garing in suburban Bandra, in violation of lockdown rms, created a potential law and order situation for an overstretched police force and men in uniform resorted to mild force to scatter crowd.