A battery of covid-19 warriors has been deployed across the States to fight the deadly contagion disease which has caused havoc in India as in the world. More than 20,000 people have been infected with the virus which has claimed over 500 lives in the country.
AK Panda, Secretary Ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises who heads the Empowered Committed-4, which is entrusted with Augment Human Resources and capacity Building said that around 14,995 AYUSH professionals in 15 States and 2 UTs, 3,492 NCC Cadets and 553 NCC staff are on the war front in 68 districts in 16 States and 3 UTs.
More than 47,000 cadets have already enrolled for training and will be available for deployment while 1,80,000 ex-servicemen have been identified by the Sainik Boards for deployment, said Panda.
Similarly, more than 40,000 volunteers from Indian Red Cross are actively participating in Covid -19 related activities in over 550 districts in the country.
As many as 27 lakh volunteers of NYKS and NSS volunteers across all States and UTs are working with the civic authorities in COVID 19 related activities.
"The details of corona warriors in 20 categories and 49 sub-categories, who can contribute to COVID-19 management efforts, are available to states and UTs on the portal. State and district level coordinators' phone numbers are provided on the portal.
“The hospital details of 201 public sector enterprises, 49 ESIS hospitals, 50 Railway hospitals, 12 port hospitals and 13 ordinance factories hospitals are on the website," he explained.
Panda informed that Corona warriors volunteers are involved in three types of activities -preventive activities such as social distancing, supply of essential commodities in containment zones and field surveillance curative component.
"The Government has launched IgoT platform - Igot.gov.in - to provide anytime anywhere onsite training. It is accessible through any device. 14 courses, 53 modules, 113 videos and 29 training documents are available on the portal. There are 1.31 lakh users in two weeks," he added.
The dashboard contains State and District wise information about the number of human resources available from each group, along with the contact details of respective State and District Nodal officers.