The State government on Wednesday deputed several IAS and JAS officers in different capacities to curb the Covid menace in Jharkhand. The government has given additional charge to Director, Primary Education Bhuvanesh Pratap Singh, to join the Health and Family Welfare department with immediate effect.
Singh has been assigned the duty of monitoring and executing works for home isolation of Covid-19 patients across the State and ensure execution of government orders on the same.
Meanwhile, the State government on Wednesday also formed an Oxygen Task Force meant to ensure continuous availability and supply of oxygen in various hospitals of the State. Director Industries JK Singh has been made the Secretary of the Task Force, while Transport Commissioner KK Pasi and Joint Secretary Rural Development Aditya Ranjan have been made members. Director, Medicine, Ritu Sahay has been made the member secretary in the Task Force.
The Oxygen Task Force is mandated to coordinate with the Oxygen producing units and ensure that the hospitals and health centres across the State get uninterrupted supply of oxygen.
Also, 11 Jharkhand Administrative Service officers have been asked to join the Health department and Ranchi district to help in Covid-19 related works. The officers, who have been asked to join the Health department include AK Mishra, AK Singh, VK Gupta, AN Ambashta, OC Odiya, Aseem Kispotta, Ravishankar Vidyarthi and RN Alok. Ravi Shankar, Sanjay Kumar and Rajesh Kumar have been deputed at Ranchi district for Covid-19 related works.