Take firm steps to tackle pandemic: Union leader

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:02 PM Apr 13, 2020 IST

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 12

A senior trade unionist MM Singh Cheema has appealed to the Prime Minister to take firm steps and present to the nation his strategy to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Claiming that the lower segments of society had been hit badly by the lockdown, he said the middle class might also feel the pinch in the next two weeks. as their small savings get exhausted and their earning sources dry up.

Cheema said a serious handholding was required for the lower segments of society at this stage. EOM

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