Srikant Prusty, who has been appointed as the Covid-19 Nodal Officer for Keonjhar visited different parts of the district to take stock of the preparation, arrangement and treatment during the pandemic.
He also held a review meeting here and advised the administration to emphasize on agriculture, industry and labour intensive activities in the district.
Expressing satisfaction on the monitoring and implementation of Covid19 guidelines, he urged to be more vigilant on the returnees from outside the district and follow the quarantine principle. On the otherhand, steps should be taken to provide employment to the recently returned migrant labourers through MNREGS and other schemes, he told.
The Collector was instructed to look into the distribution of seed and fertilizer in time to farmers and extend agriculture loan through banks. District officials were present.