: The Tamil Nadu government has
advised district collectors to take part in government functions in view of implementation of CrPC Section 144 but asked the public to skip such programmes to avoid mass gathering in view of the COVID-19 lockdown.
The announcement follows Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging governments to strictly enforce the lockdown so as to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Shah had said this during the video-conference led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Ministers on Saturday.
The Tamil Nadu government, in an official release, said district collectors would take part in the functions to mark Dr B R Ambedkar's and freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai birth anniversaries which falls on April 14 and 17 respectively.
The statewhich had initially announced the shutdown till March 31 extended it till April 14 in line with the national lockdown as announced by Modi.
Tamil Nadu reported 1,075 positive cases of COVID19 while 11 people have lost their lives due to the coronavirus so far.
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