Modi meets governors on Covid

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for harnessing the combined power of community groups, political parties and NGOs as he met governors of states to discuss ways to intensify the battle against the second wave of Covid-19 which is showing an alarming trajectory, even as the government is boosting efforts to ramp up vaccinations across the country. At Wednesday’s meeting, the Prime Minister suggested that the governors can actively engage to ensure that social institutions collaborate seamlessly with the state governments towards micro-containment. He said that their social network can help ensure an increase in the capacity of ambulances, ventilators and oxygen in hospitals.