Hyderabad lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Hyderabad.
*Update at 11.05 pm: Two more persons died of coronavirus in Telangana on Saturday, taking the total death toll in the state to 14. (IANS)
*Update at 10.36pm: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce Rs 10.15 lakh crore Quantitative Easing to counter what he called the impending recession.Rao said that though the lockdown had crippled the economy, it needs to be extended till April 30 as the economic activity can be revived but human lives once lost cannot be revived. (IANS)
*Update at 9.54pm: Students of 1 to 9 classes in Telengana will be promoted to higher classes. Decision on SSC will be taken soon.
*Update at 9.44pm: New Covid-19 positive cases rise to 503 in Telangana, 2 new deaths reported.
*Update at 9.30pm: Telangana state cabinet has resolved to extend lockdown till April 30.
*Update at 9.28pm: The GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport handled two Special Passenger Charter flights of the national carrier - Air India, to evacuate US nationals from Hyderabad.
*7.25pm: A view of the usually busy Poonamallee High Road seen deserted near Ripon Building in Chennai on Saturday evening,as public spaces have been shutdown and movement on roads restricted due to lockdown to contain the spread of Coronavirus.

*7.09pm: Tyres being used by police to strictly maintain physical distancing at vegetable market during lockdown in Raidurgam police station limits.

*7.04pm: Andhra Pradesh government launches a Whatsapp account with phone number 8297104104 to get official updates of the Covid-19 activities.

*6.04pm: Number of positive cases in Andhra Pradesh increases to 405.
*4.42pm: Popular Tollywood hero Vijay Deverakonda visited Telangana Police headquarters and gave a message in support of police for their service during this lockdown period.

*4.23pm: Seized vehicles during lockdown period kept by police at Kukatpally, Cyberabad.
*3.34pm: "T COVID-19" App - a single source of information, to assist citizens and government departments in tackling the coronavirus pandemic situation, was launched by the Telangana government here on Saturday. (PTI)
* 2.50pm: Andhra Pradesh reports 21 more Covid-19 cases, state tally rises to 402
*2:39pm Telangana government issues guidelines for containment zones across the state. Total 101 coronavirus hotspots have been identified so far.

*2:30pm Case registered against a pastor and few others for organising a gathering of people in violation of government order on the occasion of Good Friday in Bachupally police station limits.
* The Cyberabad commissionerate is lending a human touch while making sure that the lockdown is enforced strictly. While commissioner V C Sajjanar is personally verifying the applicants who reach his office seeking emergency passes, a team of dedicated volunteers associated with the Covid-19 control room, including software professionals and NGO workers, are working round the clock to help people.
* Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Prema Khandu thanked Telangana police for helping five youngsters from the state, by ensuring that their paying guest accommodation provides them food and shelter during lockdown.
*1:07pm Telangana health minister Eatala Rajendra on Friday said that 85 per cent of Covid-19 cases reported in the state are linked to Nizamuddin Markaz.
* The Telangana police has been granting station bail to all the accused except those who are involved in grave crimes such as rape, attempt to murder and murder. Ever since the state-wide lockdown began, police officials have been granting station bail to the accused instead of producing them before the magistrate.
*12:30pm People in Telangana utilising the telemedicine facility introduced in districts to consult doctors and specialists during

*11:50am Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with chief ministers via video-conferencing over

* People, who had moved into rented houses in the last few months, and those currently out of their homes due to lockdown or other reasons have been adversely affected by the state’s decision to consider the power consumption of March 2019 while issuing this month’s bill.
*10:35am Prime Minister Narendra Modi to interact with chief ministers of all the states today.
*9:58am Five more patients tested positive for Covid-19 in Kurnool district in the last 12 hours, taking the tally of total number of coronavirus patients in the district to 82 on Saturday.
* South zone task force along with the local police on Thursday arrested two persons, who were allegedly manufacturing duplicate hand sanitisers and supplying them to the medical shops at Roop Lal Bazar, Shalibanda. Police seized 580 bottles, worth ₹90,000 from their possession. The accused were Omer Farooq from Sastri Puram and Mohammed Abdul Quddus from Roop Lal Bazar.
*9:32am Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 239 in India; number of cases climb to 7,447, reports PTI quoting health ministry
* Beware of travelling more than 3 kms from you home as the Telangana police have started using Lockdown Violators Tracking app for stopping and taking action against unnecessary movement of citizens during the lockdown period.
* The additional barricades,which surfaced by Friday afternoon in bylanes of the 12 localities marked as containment clusters in the city, has evoked a mixed response from Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and people living in these clusters. Some of them welcomed the move but a lot of others objected to the sudden lockdown. People said that a dedicated phone number not being rolled out to contact officials in case of an emergency was a glaring omission.
*7:16am The state cabinet is meeting today and likely to take a decision on extending the lockdown from April 14 till the month-end.
* Despite barricading various entry points of several colonies in the Chandanagar containment cluster, policemen are facing an onerous task to curtail the movement of people in these areas.
* The Telangana government on Friday made it mandatory for people to wear a face mask while stepping out to combat the spread of novel coronavirus. But unlike Odisha and Delhi which have decided to penalise people for breaking the rule, Telangana has not imposed fines on offenders.
* Health authorities of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh heaved a sigh of relief with fewer coronavirus cases being reported on Friday and most patients responding to treatment.
* Instead of Covid-19, growing alarm over the pandemic may have claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman who had given birth to a healthy baby boy just days ago.