Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and BJP national vice president Raman Singh in a letter to chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday suggested four points that needs immediate action.
Singh in the letter said the urban authorities through an order had stopped social organisations, religious groups, and political party workers providing assistance to the needy and the impoverished people during the period of crisis.
The former CM cited the example of Rajnandgaon, where the local civil administration was not bearing any expenses for food and other relief work for more than 15,000 people, who were being provided relief by civil society organisations.
“In other parts of the country, NGOs are freely working and they should be permitted in the state also,” Singh in his letter said.
The former CM also suggested deposit Rs 1,000 in the bank account from the state Disaster Fund to more than 1 lakh migrant workers from Chhattisgarh who are stranded in more than 15 states across the country, and as they will continue be stranded until May 3 due to the extension of the nationwide lockdown.
“A solution should be found within three days by forming a panel under the chief secretary to coordinate with the different states,” Singh said and added:”Workers are getting rice but no milk, medicines and other materials which is also required and for which immediate and necessary arrangement is made.”
Third point raised by Singh was that of the high court order on opening coronavirus testing centres in all the revenue divisions of the state, and in all the medical colleges, as soon as it is possible.
Immediate procurement of PPE kits, test kits, ventilators was the fourth point of suggestion made by Singh in his letter to the CM.