Amidthe incessant rise of COVID-19 cases in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar todayannounced complete lockdown in the state till May 15.
Thedecision has come a day after the Patna High Court made some strong remarksabout the functioning of the Nitish Kumar government.
"Ithas been emerging that the state government is heading toward total failure inthe context of uncontrollable surge of corona infection in Bihar," a benchof Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Mohit Kumar Shah, which ismonitoring the situation on a daily basis, said.
PatnaHigh Court also asked the state government to inform them about whether acomplete lockdown will be imposed in Bihar or not, it said, directing thegovernment to submit a report by Tuesday.
However,after a meeting of all ministers and top officials to take a decision on thematter and before submitting its report to the court, Chief Minister made theannouncement today through social media posts and said Bihar will be underlockdown till May 15, to control the spread.
Meanwhile,the state today reported over 11000 new cases and 82 deaths, taking the state'soverall case load to over 5.09 lakh and more than 2,800 fatalities.
Thehigh court has also asked the state government to form a war room and deployfive specialists to monitor the situation in Bihar.