The Communist Party of India (Marxist), State Committee on Thursday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to supply essential commodities like edible oil, salt, dal, potato and onion on mobile vans to ration cardholders in both rural and urban areas in view of people remaining indoors for the coronavirus outbreak.
In a letter, CPI(M) State secretary Ali Kishore Patnaik praised the Chief Minister for taking preventive measures for checking spread of the deadly disease and placed some demands.
He urged the Chief Minister to supply masks and sanitizers to poor people free of cost.
“Daily wagers, laboures in unorganized sectors, and workers are not getting works due to closure workplaces as preventive measures against coronavirus. They will suffer financial problems in a few days. Thus, an economic package be announced for them,” demanded Patnaik.
He also demanded making treatment and tests at the private hospitals free for people as Government health institutions witnessing huge ruse. Besides, he also urged the Chief Minister to postpone Census and NPR programmes, which are set to begin in the country from April 1.