Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that all migrant labourers should be registered so that their job cards can be made and they can be given work under MNREGA.
It should be clearly mentioned in the registration that the worker is skilled, unskilled, or semi-skilled. Based on their skills, they will be employed in various industries and other activities. Every labourer will be given work according to his ability.
Chief Minister Chouhan was reviewing the situation and arrangements of Corona in the state today through video conferencing. Health Minister Narottam Mishra, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, DGP Vivek Johri, ACS Health Mohammad Suleman and others were present on the occasion. Number of infected areas decline Additional Chief Secretary Health Suleman said that the number of corona infected areas has come down in the State.
Now these areas have become 701. Total 10 districts of the state are infection free, in which no cases of Corona have been reported in Katni, Narsinghpur and Balaghat.
In the remaining seven districts including Agar-Malwa, Alirajpur, Anuppur, Chhindwara, Harda, Shahdol and Shajapur there were Corona cases earlier, but now they have become infection free. During the review of Khargone district, it was told that earlier Khargone district was in the Red Zone, but now it has come into the Green Zone. There were 114 Corona patients in the district, of whom 87 have been discharged and returned home. Chouhan directed that total care should continue to be taken, so that infection does not spread. No farmer should be deprived, other people should not be allowed to sell wheat
During the review of wheat procurement, He directed that it should be ensured that in every district, no eligible farmer is deprived of selling his wheat on support price, and no random person can sell wheat. Strict action should be taken against wrongdoers.
Principal Secretary Sheo Shekhar Shukla informed that so far 98.14 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured from 13.60 lakh farmers in the state. Out of the wheat procured, around 85 percent that is 83.32 lakh metric tonnes have been transported and stored. Besides, Rs 11,500 crore have also been paid to 10.08 lakh farmers.On the return of migrant labourers to the state, Additional Chief Secretary ICP Keshari said that so far a total of 4.63 lakh labourers have returned to Madhya Pradesh by trains and buses.
Currently, the return of about 50 thousand labourers is likely. Out of these, 1.35 lakh labourers have come by trains and 3.28 lakh labourers have come in buses.
Till date, a total of 107 trains have brought labourers and so far the demand for 125 trains has been sent to the Railways. As many as 850 buses have been deployed to bring labourers of other states to the state’s border.