To strictly enforce the lockdown in the state, the government has deployed more than 72,000 police personnel round the clock, state home minister Tamradhwaj Sahu said here on Saturday.
“For ensuring physical distancing in the jails, 2,368 prisoners have been released from prisons across the state,” Sahu told reporters while addressing a video press conference.
The inter-state borders with Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have been completely sealed, he said.
At the state police headquarters, a special cell has been set-up that is working round the clock for keeping tabs on the law and order situation across the state, the minister said.
“During the lockdown until now, 1,315 FIRs were registered, 1,110 arrests were made and 2,020 vehicles were seized under the Motor Vehicle Act and fines amounting to Rs 97.94 lakh were collected,” he said.
Briefing about the steps initiated in jails for physical distancing, he said : “In five central jails, 20 district jails and eight sub-jails across the state 2,368 jail inmates have been released either on interim bail, or regular bail or upon completing their prison sentences.”
In the last five days, the state public works department has started work on 40 roads, 42 building and 22 bridges, he said and added that for boosting local tourism and providing jobs to youngsters, a detailed work plan has been prepared.
He further said that the government has prepared a ‘tourism policy’ for 2020.