Expressing grief over the death of 11 workers of the State due to the breaking of the glacier at Joshimath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Finance Minister Dr. Rameshwar Oraon on Monday said that the State Government will give compensation to the dependents of the deceased. He also said that a large number of migrant labourers are now returning home and ordered District Supply Officer of Khunti, Ranjitha Toppo to make arrangements to provide timely food grains to other poor people and labourers living in Khunti district.
During his visit to Khunti, Dr Oraon also instructed the DSO that arrangements should be made to provide two months' foodgrain packets to the people belonging to primitive tribes. Apart from this, in order to provide food to the poor and needy people, the place for Dal-Bhat center should also be selected soon.
An MoU was also signed between the district administration and private companies to strengthen the medical infrastructure in the presence of Dr. Oraon, the 20-point in-charge minister of Khunti district.
State Congress spokesperson Alok Kumar Dubey said that during the two-hour review meeting, the minister in-charge gave many important instructions to the officials so that medical help could be made available to the common people in corona infection, he also made all possible cooperation and work on behalf of the party.
Dr. Oraon, through the control room of the Relief and Monitoring Committee set up by the party regarding the corona infection, also tried to solve the problems of different people on the sixth day today. At the same time, the team of doctors led by Dr. P. Nayyar, chairman of the Health Department, provided necessary medical advice to the corona infected and their families through the help desk.
Oraon said that party leaders have been nominated in all the major hospitals of Ranchi to coordinate between the patients and the hospital management on behalf of the party. A letter has also been written to all the hospital management, so that the problems of the patients can also be overcome and the hospital management can also be comfortable in the treatment. In a letter written to the hospital management on behalf of the State president, it has been told that the number of infected people in the State is constantly increasing, in view of this adverse situation, the Pradesh Congress Committee has set up a relief and monitoring committee to help the people, the committee.
The Minister said that good arrangements have been made by the Khunti district administration to deal with Corona, but the situation is not over yet, The intensity of the second corona wave is very high, a large number of people are getting infected and in this case the death toll has also increased. There is a need for better management to deal with such a situation, so that in the coming time, proper treatment of all is possible and there should not be any negligence.