Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Thursday said that as during the last few months India and the world is battling COVID-19, there is need for all sections of the society to come together to effectively fight this pandemic.
Manohar Lal while speaking at a programme in Rohtak said that besides the State Government, thousands of NGOs and other social and religious organizations have come forward to help the poor and needy people in this time of need.
He said that the State Government has set up a Corona Relief Fund to combat Coronavirus pandemic and exhorted all sections of the society to generously contribute to this fund. As a result of this, a contribution of Rs 290 crore has so far been received to this fund.
He said that the State Government has set up relief camps to provide food and shelter to those migrant labourers who were rendered jobless due to closure of industries during the lockdown down. About 600 such camps were set up in the state with a capacity of 80,000 persons.
Arrangements of about 100 trains and 5,700 buses were made by the State Government to provide free transport facility to the workers intended to return to their home states, he added.
Apart from this, adequate arrangements of beds have been made in the hospitals and medical colleges of the state for the treatment of positive COVID-19 patients, he said adding that even the private hospitals in the state have reserved 25 per cent beds exclusively for the COVID patients.
While hailing the contribution of social and religious organizations in rendering selfless service to the
society, the Chief Minister further said that on the call made by the State Government, all the doctors, para medics, health workers police personnel are working as Corona warriors to serve the mankind in wake of COVID-19 pandemic.