UP got maximum distress calls from natives stuck in Rajasthan, Maharashtra

Pankaj Shah | TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2020, 07:00 IST

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LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh received the maximum — 8,200 distress calls — from Congress-ruled Rajasthan, followed by Maharashtra, from where over 6,000 people made anguished calls to their home state.
The calls were made by UP natives to the state government helplines during the lockdown period from March 25 to April 9.

The data has been revealed in the progress reports of 11 committees (also known as G-11) headed by officials. They were constituted by CM Yogi Adityanath at the start of the lockdown to extend help to UP natives stuck in other states.
According to the report, a total 31,624 calls/emails from people in distress in other states were received by the state government.
The 10-page report indicates that till April 9, the infrastructure and industrial development committee convinced over 30,000 out of 33,031 industrial units to pay employee wages amounting to more than Rs 406 crore. The committee’s progress reports states that 410 out of 452 units for production of medical equipment and drug manufacturing have been made functional across the state.
As per the progress report of the committee headed by agriculture production commissioner Alok Sinha, milk was procured from over 33 lakh units out of nearly 52 lakh milk production units, with the help of 19,600 door-to-door delivery persons. The progress report of the home department states that more than 48,000 people were booked for violating the lockdown in UP while 15,000 FIRs were lodged. The home department also released about 13,000 prisoners, including 169 juveniles.
Similarly, the revenue department’s progress report states that nearly 1.25 lakh natives of UP, who arrived from other states, are staying at 5,241 shelter homes across the state. The rural department and panchayati raj committee received 434 complaints regarding potable drinking water, out of which 432 were resolved.
According to the medical department progress report, 45 of the 480 coronavirus patients have recovered and discharged from hospitals. The progress report of animal husbandry department shows that arrangements were made to ensure that stray animals and stray dogs are fed during the lockdown.
The progress report of DGP committee points out that besides cleaning and sanitisation of PAC battalions, food packets were also distributed among the needy. In Gorakhpur, the home turf of CM Yogi, more than 8,600 food packets were distributed during the lockdown.
The finance committee ensured two months’ pension to 49.87 lakh senior citizens, 10.87 lakh divyang people and more than 26 lakh widows. The department also introduced 30% cut in salary and allowance of ministers and MLAs, besides suspending temporarily local area development fund of legislators for the current financial year.