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Haryana deputes 22 senior officers to monitor activities to check COVID-19 spread

PNS

Haryana government on Wednesday deputed 24 IAS, 2 IFS officers in the districts for planning, coordination and monitoring and implementation of all activities for the prevention and control of spread of COVID-2019 in addition to their present duties, with immediate effect.

Mahavir Singh, Principal Secretary, School Education Department has been deputed in Bhiwani. Sudhir Rajpal, Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department has been deputed in Palwal.

Anand Mohan Sharan, Principal Secretary, Mines and Geology Department, Social Justice and Empowerment and Welfare  of Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes Departments, Principal Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi, has been deputed in Panchkula.

Raja Shekhar Vundru,  Principal Secretary, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare and Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department has been posted in Nuh. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, Haryana Labour Department, and Commissioner Karnal Division, has been deputed in Karnal. Apoorva Kumar Singh,

Principal Secretary Town and Country Planning and Urban Estates Department and CEO, Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority has been deputed in Sonipat. Deepti Umashankar, Principal Secretary, Monitoring and Coordination Department and Commissioner Ambala Division has been deputed in Ambala.

Anurag Agarwal, Chief Electoral Officer, Principal Secretary, Elections Department, and Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation has been deputed in Yamuna Nagar. D Suresh, Commissioner, Rohtak Division has been deputed in Rohtak. Rajeev Ranjan, Director General, Tourism and Secretary, Tourism Department has been deputed in Fatehabad.

Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said that the state government was making every effort to prevent spread of COVID-19 infection in the State. The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Haryana stands at 17. Vij said that state government has started preparing a list of retired government doctors and if need arises their services will be availed. The purchase orders have been placed to have five ventilators in each of the 22 districts."Besides, purchase of 210 new ventilators for medical colleges has been approved," he said.