In a major relaxation to the nine mountainous districts of the State which now are in the green zone for COVID-19, the Uttarakhand Government has decided to open all the hospitals in these districts from April 26. The Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the hospitals in these districts would start treating patients like they did before the imposition of lockdown.
These districts are Tehri, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Almora, Champawat, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar. Rawat said that the opening of hospitals in these districts would provide relief to the people.
He added that the measure would help in combating the upcoming diarrhoea and dengue season.
The CM said that the Mela Hospital Haridwar, Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital, Dehradun, Sushila Tiwari hospital Haldwani and under construction medical college, Rudrapur would function at dedicated COVID-19 treatment hospitals. He said that Coronavirus patients would be treated only at these four hospitals and other hospitals would function normally.
In another decision, the State Government has decided to constitute a cabinet subcommittee headed by the senior Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal to recommend measures to strengthen the economy of the State.
The other members of the committee are state ministers, Rekha Arya and Dhan Singh Rawat.
This committee would suggest ways to recover from the loss to the economy of the state from COVID-19. It would also recommend ways to increase local employment generation, work to youth and steps to be taken for improving economic condition of poor.
The state government has also decided to reach out to the non resident Uttarakhandi’s for their suggestions. CM said that the Raibar -3 would be organised by using video conferencing sessions.
He said that the state government would also establish direct communication with people of different fields like agriculture, horticulture, tourism, industry, dairy and MSME.
The CM said that suggestions of these people for improving the economy of the state would be taken. These entrepreneurs would help with their valuable suggestions for strengthening economy of the state in post COVID-19 phase, he said.