chandigarh the shiromani akali dal sad has asked the punjab government to improve health services in the state instead of indulging in coercive shut downs resulting in devastating effect on small shopkeepers tradesmen and skilled workers sad functionary daljit singh cheema asked the state government to strike a balance between lives and livelihood the government should improve ambulance services and hospital infrastructure increase bed strength and recruit more doctors and nurses it is not doing this at all and instead is forcing close downs without any scientific basis he added shut downs would only result in more crowding in markets when they reopen cheema said adding if the government was so keen to enforce such lockdowns it should simultaneously come out with a financial package to support the affected personspunjabis expected the government to boost economic activity but it was closing down all businesses to hide its failures in dealing with the pandemic he alleged people wanted to ask the government why it was allowing open sale of spurious liquor which had already claimed over 120 lives besides leading to an excise revenue loss of rs 5600 crore he claimed