patna all educational institutions in bihar will now remain closed till april 18 in the wake of alarming surge in the covid19 cases in the state all shops have been asked to close at 7pm till april 30 the order to close all schools colleges and coaching institutes in the state from april 5 to april 11 have been extended for one more week cm nitish kumar said in patna on fridaythe cm was briefing the media about the steps his government is taking to contain the spread of covid19 pandemicit means that all educational institutions in bihar will remain closed till april 18 however preschedule examinations would continue to be held amidst strict enforcement of covid19 guidelines like wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing a senior official saidthe cm further said that all train passengers returning to bihar from maharashtra would be tested for covid19 at railway stations kumar said necessary arrangements had been made at railways stations for testing of passengers the train passengers who would be found covid19 positive would be sent to the isolation centres while those found negative would be allowed to go home but with certain instructions the cm saidnitish also revealed that altogether 17 train passengers from maharashtra were found positive during their screening at a local railway station on fridaythe cm also announced that the state government would soon convene an allparty meeting under the chairmanship of governor to take views of different political parties on how to tackle the pandemic he said pm narendra modi during his video conference with the cms on thursday suggested that the state government should convene allparty meetings under the chairmanship of governorwe spoke to governor phagu chauhan on this issue the allparty meet will be convened in the next few days the date will be announced soon the cm saidcm also said as per the pms suggestion the state government would launch a special vaccination drive from april 11 to 14 four lakh people per day would be vaccinated in the state during the fourday special drive he saidpm modi said during the meeting that april 11 is the birth anniversary of social reformer jyotirao phule while april 14 is the birth anniversary of babasaheb bhim rao ambedkar we should observe tika utsav from april 11 to 14 the cm said the cm further said right now his government has enforced partial lockdown in the state the government is reviewing the covid19 situation on a daily basis if the situation deteriorates further the government might think of imposing night curfew however yet no decision has been taken on enforcing night curfew in the state the cm saidearlier in the day the cm held a highlevel meeting with top officials to review the covid19 situation in the state several decisions regarding the enforcement of certain restrictions were taken at the meetingspeaking at the meeting nitish stressed the need of increasing the number of testing and vaccination across the state he asked the officials to make