Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday visited a relief camp at Labhandi in Raipur and took stock of the arrangements for the needy and impoverished people housed at the shelter during the lockdown.
Talking to the people who are staying there, the chief minister said that any person from another state who is staying in Chhattisgarh at this time, is our guest.
“There is no need to worry. We will fulfill all the necessities of such people,” he said.
Corona Relief Camp –
A shelter site has been set up by the Raipur district administration for migrants from different parts of the country who are stranded in Raipur because the lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak.
In the camp, 205 people from 12 states and 17 districts have been provided shelter, food and other facilities.
Chief minister Baghel met the people staying at the relief camp. Interacting with them, he said: “You all are guest of our state and nobody will face any kind of problem here.”
The CM asked them not to worry and also to inform their family members about their wellbeing.
Interacting with the CM, Baldev Rana from Jharkhand, said that he along with his companions was returning from Maharashtra.
The people housed at the shelter said that they were getting necessary facilities, including food and medicines.
Baghel said that he has spoken to his counterparts in other states, including Jharkhand and assured that the people of their states will feel relaxed and face no problem in Chhattisgarh.
Senior district official , voluntary organizations and local councillors were also present during the CM’s visit.
Led by zila panchayat CEO Dr. Gaurav Kumar Singh, a team of officials reached the Raipur railway station with three buses late in the evening on March 30 to look stranded migrant workers from other states following information the food control cell set up in the Raipur smart city office.
A team of women officials took 75 such destitute persons, including women, children, old people, and differently-abled persons and shifted them to the newly constructed building under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Labhandi.
All the necessary preparations had already been done by the district administration in the Municipal Corporation building.
The Raipur district administration also made adequate arrangements for supply of milk to ensure that there are no inconveniences to the young children accommodated at the shelter.
The district administration has given the responsibility of looking after the essential facilities to the needy recipients of these shelters to the Samarth Charitable and We the People Volunteer Organization, which are taking care of the facilities by staying with them for 24 hours.
The needy people are being given all possible help by maintaining social distance at Twenty-seven people from Madhya Pradesh and 19 from Jharkhand are staying at the shelter home. While 121 impoverished people are from Chhattisgarh, including 18 people from Balodabazaar, 13 from Durg and 40 from Raipur district are also housed at the shelter.