Two days after a night curfew was imposed in Haryana, Deputy CM, Dushyant Chautala, on Wednesday, said the State is "not moving towards a lockdown" and is only trying to "break the chain of the corona infection", for which "night curfew is an important move".

Chautala said, "I want to convince every person working in Haryana that you do not need to panic. The governance  should be smooth in State, for which the precautionary steps are being taken to stop the surge in number of Covid-19 cases."

He also said that on April 8, when Prime Minister Narender Modi had discussed with Chief Ministers of different States, at that time, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had said that we will not go towards a lockdown, we only have to reduce the infection. So we feel that night curfew is an important step in this direction.

Chautala was present in Gurugram on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti. He also flagged off the cardiac ambulance equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in Artemis Hospital located in Sector 51 of Gurgram. This ambulance has cost more than 50 lakhs.

While interacting with the media persons, Dushyant said that within a year, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) will developed a network of ambulance in collaboration with all big hospitals and corporate companies, so that within 5 to 10 minutes in each corner of Gurugram, Medical Facility and Medical Care facility can be reached.

In response to media persons, regarding the curfew in the state, Dushyant said that "It is not lockdown, it will not be done to stop economic activity. An efforts on behalf of the state government will continue to reduce the growing pace of Corona infection and breaking the chain in Haryana".

The deputy CM has also denied of potential exodus of migrant workers in the state in view of the possibility of the Lock Down in the wake of Corona Pandemic.