PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday told PM Narendra Modi that bringing back students from Kota (Rajasthan) or any other place in the country will not be possible unless the Centre modifies its existing guidelines for the nationwide lockdown as it would not be in consonance with the law.
Speaking at the PM’s video conferencing with CMs of other states, Nitish said Bihar government was strictly implementing the lockdown as per guidelines issued by the Centre and under the Central Disaster Management Act, inter-state travelling is banned.
“Unless the guidelines and rules are amended, calling back anyone will not be in consonance with the law,” Bihar CM said and urged the Centre to issue necessary guidelines in this matter.
“Large number of students from Bihar study at different coaching centres in Kota, Rajasthan. Some states have called back their students from there…Not only Kota, students from Bihar also study at many other places in the country,” he told the PM.
Assuring Bihar’s full support to the Centre in its fight against Covid-19, Nitish told the PM that state government would follow whatever guidelines the Centre would issue for the lockdown. The Bihar CM said that the Centre has to take a decision as to how long the lockdown would continue.
He also informed the PM that more than one lakh people from Bihar who are stranded outside the state have so far called the helpline number of the state government. “So far, 25 lakh stranded people have made application for financial assistance of Rs 1,000 under the CM Special Assistance Scheme. Amount of Rs 1,000 each has so far been transferred in the bank accounts of more than 15 lakh people,” he said.
Nitish further said only 66 positive cases of covid-19 were in Bihar before April 14, but now it has increased to over 300. In initial days, a few positive cases came in the state through those who returned from abroad. So far, 56 patients of covid-19 have been cured in the state. “To date, covid-19 cases have been found in 48 blocks of 22 districts,” Nitsh said. Bihar has total 534 blocks in its 38 districts.
He said the state government has launched a door-to-door screening campaign on the pattern of the pulse polio programme to identify people infected with symptoms of coviid-19. “So far, more than 4 crore people of 75 lakh families have been screened under this special drive,” he said.
Speaking at the PM’s video conferencing with CMs of other states, Nitish said Bihar government was strictly implementing the lockdown as per guidelines issued by the Centre and under the Central Disaster Management Act, inter-state travelling is banned.
“Unless the guidelines and rules are amended, calling back anyone will not be in consonance with the law,” Bihar CM said and urged the Centre to issue necessary guidelines in this matter.
“Large number of students from Bihar study at different coaching centres in Kota, Rajasthan. Some states have called back their students from there…Not only Kota, students from Bihar also study at many other places in the country,” he told the PM.
Assuring Bihar’s full support to the Centre in its fight against Covid-19, Nitish told the PM that state government would follow whatever guidelines the Centre would issue for the lockdown. The Bihar CM said that the Centre has to take a decision as to how long the lockdown would continue.
He also informed the PM that more than one lakh people from Bihar who are stranded outside the state have so far called the helpline number of the state government. “So far, 25 lakh stranded people have made application for financial assistance of Rs 1,000 under the CM Special Assistance Scheme. Amount of Rs 1,000 each has so far been transferred in the bank accounts of more than 15 lakh people,” he said.
Nitish further said only 66 positive cases of covid-19 were in Bihar before April 14, but now it has increased to over 300. In initial days, a few positive cases came in the state through those who returned from abroad. So far, 56 patients of covid-19 have been cured in the state. “To date, covid-19 cases have been found in 48 blocks of 22 districts,” Nitsh said. Bihar has total 534 blocks in its 38 districts.
He said the state government has launched a door-to-door screening campaign on the pattern of the pulse polio programme to identify people infected with symptoms of coviid-19. “So far, more than 4 crore people of 75 lakh families have been screened under this special drive,” he said.
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