Showing his government’s commitment towards increasing the number of tests and going for plasma therapy, if needed, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asked officials to geotag all community kitchens and shelter homes across the state.
Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi told newsmen in Lucknow that at a routine meeting with Team 11, the chief minister directed the additional chief secretary (revenue) to get all community kitchens and shelter homes functioning in the state geotagged and asked officials to keep personal details of quarantined people and link them with Arogya Setu app.
Besides, the state government brought back 2,224 stranded labourers from Haryana in 82 buses on Saturday and was to ensure the return of 9,000 more labourers from that state on Sunday. For this, the state government pressed into service around 320 buses for evacuation of labourers from the northern state.
“Yesterday we had brought back 2,224 stranded migrant workers from Haryana and the remaining over 9,000 are being brought back today. These labourers will be quarantined for 14 days at shelter homes in their native districts,” Awasthi said on Sunday.
He also reiterated that concrete efforts would be made to prevent infections in hospitals and proper way for disposal of bio waste from hospitals would be arranged. He further said that the chief minister said that the number of tests be increased by promoting pool testing and treatment of patients be done through plasma therapy.
Awasthi said that doctors, nurses and paramedics engaged in treatment of COVID-19 patients should be insulated from medical infection as they were the ones to be protected in the fight against the pandemic.
The chief minister said that adequate number of PPE kits, N-95 masks and other equipment should be ensured in the COVID hospitals.
Yogi also asked officials to engage volunteers so that they could assist people in hotspots at the time of emergencies .
“Yogi Adityanath reminded officials that no large gathering or function should be allowed in the state till June 30 and asked the police to use drone and other gadgets for patrolling in the 400 identified hotspots and other areas to monitor lockdown,” Awasthi said.
The chief minister expressed satisfaction over the effective functioning of supply chain and said that people involved in home delivery should also be screened from time to time while shelter homes should be sanitised periodically. He also said that online transactions be encouraged through Rupay Card and other apps. “A mechanism on the lines of customer service centres should be evolved to facilitate rural services so that crowding in banks may be avoided,” he suggested.
The chief minister also said that the state government was committed to the welfare of labourers during lockdown. “Jobs have been created for them under MGNREGA and other schemes and an action plan is also in the process of being implemented in this regard,” he said.
Awasthi said that around 7,000 industrial units in the state had started their work while several projects, including expressways, roads, ponds, check dams in rural areas had begun employing around five lakh workers.
He further said that the chief minister directed people to ensure social distancing in industrial units which were allowed to resume operations.
Meanwhile, the police registered over 30,931 FIRs across the state for violation of lockdown norms while over 31,000 vehicles were seized. The additional chief secretary clarified that there was no ban on transportation of construction material in rural areas of the state.