Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that special caution and strictness should be maintained in the infected areas. It should be ensured in these areas that people do not meet each other; otherwise it will become impossible to stop the spread of infection.
All the collectors are required to get the people understand this through public representatives, religious leaders, social organizations etc. Corona infection should not spread under any circumstances, he added.
Chouhan was reviewing the status of corona in the state and its related arrangements through video conferencing at Mantralaya today. The Minister for Health Narottam Mishra, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, DGP Vivek Johri, ACS Health Mohammad Suleman and other officers were present at the video conference.
During the review of Khandwa district, it was informed that 69 positive cases of corona have been found in an infected colony in a single day. Taking it very seriously, Chouhan directed that special attention be given to the infected areas. The slightest negligence in the work will not be tolerated.
The Chief Secretary directed to remove the shortcomings immediately. One hundred percent survey of the affected areas should be done. The Additional Chief Secretary Health informed that a special team of doctors is being sent to Khandwa today. The ACS Health Mohammad Suleman informed that there is no active corona case now in 8 districts of the state. There were case in Agar-Malwa, Alirajpur, Anuppur, Chhindwara, Harda, Shahdol, Shajapur and Sheopur districts in the past but now there is no active case. These districts have become infection free.The Additional Chief Secretary ICP Keshri informed that so far 16,218 buses have been plied to ferry the workers, on which Rs 48.27 crore has been spent.
Similarly, an amount of about Rs 03 crore is being spent daily on about 1,000 buses being run daily to drop workers of other states at the border.
As many as 91 trains with workers have reached Madhya Pradesh, for which Rs 06 crore has been paid to the Indian Railways. Rs 50 to 60 lakh approximately are being spent on trains every day. About Rs 13 crore has been paid to 1.30 lakh workers as financial assistance.