Haryana Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora on Sunday directed the officers concerned to ensure that the general public is not deprived of basic medical facilities and to start facilities of mobile clinics in Haryana Roadways buses.
Presiding over a meeting of Deputy Commissioners of the state during the Crisis Coordination Committee through video conferencing, here she held discussions with the nodal officers regarding medical preparedness regarding COVID-19 at the meeting.
The Chief Secretary directed the officers to ensure that crowds should not gather at the procurement centres and for this a detailed strategy should be put in place and that the guidelines should be followed strictly. She directed the Deputy Commissioners to personally inspect the procurement centres to ensure that all the arrangements are in place. She also said that it should be ensured that the movement of combines and harvesters should not be restricted so that the harvesting is not hindered.
Keeping in mind the procurement season she also directed that control rooms should be set up at the district level and that the Police Department should ensure that there is no law and order situation.
During the meeting Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Sanjeev Kaushal said special mechanisms have been put in place in order to avoid rush at the centers. He said that details regarding which farmer will go to which mandi and on what day will be communicated to them through SMS and a list of the same will be given to the Panchayats of the villages in order to streamline the procurement process.