KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the government to immediately announce a relief package for low-income people whose life and livelihood have been adversely affected by lockdown.

Lockdown was the best alternative to remain safe from COVID-19 infection spreading across the world, the former Prime Minister said, calling on the government to address the adversaries of weaker sections through special relief package.

Saying the government should make necessary arrangements of daily expenses for such people during the lockdown, he mentioned that no one should be subject to the victim of starvation even after being safe from coronavirus. –