Chief secretary RP Mandal on Thursday conducted a high-level meeting of the entire senior district civil administrative and police officials in the state and directed them to take necessary steps to ensure the availability of essential commodities in their respective jurisdictions.
In a videoconference, Mandal instructed the divisional commissioners, district collectors, superintendents of police, district forest officers, zila panchayat CEOs, chief medical and health officers and food officers about the need of arranging food for the poor, elderly persons, beggars, mentally retarded persons, daily wage earners and other needy persons.
The CS also directed the officials to make necessary arrangements for making available grocery items, fruits and medicines at the colony and the village levels itself.
He also instructed officials to stamp the wrists of the people who have been placed under home quarantine and also stick stickers on their doors so that they could be restricted from roaming around and to prevent others from getting infected with COVID-19.