medical research said lockdowns are an extreme form of isolation and should be imposed only when there is no other solution it should be a last resort the lockdown is a blunt weapon thats painful and economically devastating stepping up surveillance and better testing are any day better options he said as for the rise in cases dr kant said a possible cause was failure of people to keep up precautionswadettiwar came down heavily on political rallies suggesting they be stopped till the situation returns to normal ruling and opposition party leaders are taking out such rallies he said played by maharashtra the state must achieve the us 25 trillion goal for india to achieve its us 5 trillion goal he told toi