A reconciled NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here on Wednesday that the Covid-19 would not be eradicated completely in the near future and it was necessary for policy makers to accept the corona as a part of life and create awareness among the masses about healthcare.
In a series of tweets put out after he held a discussion with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on the Covid-19 situation in the state, Pawar said that he had deliberated with Uddhav on the Coronavirus situation in the state, the challenges faced by the administration and the preventive measures that needed to be taken to provide relief to various sections of people.
“Corona disease will not be completely eradicated shortly. It is necessary to accept the corona as a part of life, beware of it and create awareness among the masses about health care. In Japan, people wear masks, look after personal hygiene as part of their routine social life,” Pawar said.
“I urge people to wear gloves, use masks, sanitizers, wash their hands with soap from time to time to prevent corona infection. It is my appeal to the Information Department to spread social awareness among the masses about the preventive measures for #Corona,” the NCP chief said.
“The situation in the state will have to be restored by relaxing some of the conditions of lockdown. Arrangements should be made to convey the information about the level of relaxation to the public at a fixed time every day by the State Government,” the NCP chief said.
“Shops, offices, establishments in the private sector should be opened in a staggered manner with complete caution,” he said.
Advising the State Government to restore the disrupted transported services gradually, Pawar said: “The lockdown has disrupted transport services. We need to take the right steps to gradually restore road transport within the state and plan for the resumption of air and rail services”
“The pace of work in public and private ports seems to have slowed down. To increase imports, exports and inland shipping, consultations should be held with industrialist, entrepreneurs and expert officials in the field,” he said.
“Earlier several incentive schemes were operational for industries in backward and underdeveloped areas. In the same vein, new policies for encouraging industrial growth should be released to attract new investment in the state,” the NCP chief said.