PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday that the participation of public representatives would be ensured in carrying out relief and other operations amid coronavirus outbreak.
He said this in response to the suggestion of the leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav that the government should take their cooperation in combating coronavirus spread, as it would build trust among people. Nitish said the officials have noted down the suggestions made by leaders of different political parties and the government would act on the feedback accordingly. He said everyone should join hands in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
Tejashwi and leaders of other political parties had an interactive session with the CM through videoconferencing. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi also deliberated.
Tejashwi said public representatives had been sidelined and officials were not paying attention to their concerns. He also said the state government should put in public domain the details of the steps being taken by the central and state governments to mitigate the problems of people. He pitched for increasing the testing to detect coronavirus infection among people from the existing 1,300 tests per day to around 5,000. For this, dedicated hospitals should be identified at divisional towns as door-to-door survey would lead to nothing, because even asymptomatic people were found to be infected. He also suggested that random testing should be started.
Tejashwi said IVR system-run telephones should be put into operation, so that even the illiterate migrant workers from the state could make their calls to register details for their tracking. He also drew the CM’s attention to the letter issued by Union home secretary on May 3, and pointed out that it would create hurdles in bringing back the migrant workers and, accordingly, the Centre should be requested to withdraw it.
Modi said the central and state governments have been providing cash and other assistance worth Rs12,612 crore to the people of the state. Together, it would put Rs3,000 into the hands of each of the poor persons. The deputy CM said of the Rs12,612 crore, the central assistance is to the tune of Rs6,745 crore and that of the state government Rs5,867 crore.
Modi also referred to the details regarding the foodgrain being supplied to ration card holders and gas cylinders under the Ujjwala Yojana, while the migrant workers coming from other states were being reimbursed the ticket fares and extra expenses during the journey, besides giving them Rs500 extra. Such workers were being given a minimum of Rs1000 each and could be more than this sum if the cost of ticket fares paid is more.
Bihar legislative assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary had convened the meeting on the advice of CM Nitish.
He said this in response to the suggestion of the leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav that the government should take their cooperation in combating coronavirus spread, as it would build trust among people. Nitish said the officials have noted down the suggestions made by leaders of different political parties and the government would act on the feedback accordingly. He said everyone should join hands in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
Tejashwi and leaders of other political parties had an interactive session with the CM through videoconferencing. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi also deliberated.
Tejashwi said public representatives had been sidelined and officials were not paying attention to their concerns. He also said the state government should put in public domain the details of the steps being taken by the central and state governments to mitigate the problems of people. He pitched for increasing the testing to detect coronavirus infection among people from the existing 1,300 tests per day to around 5,000. For this, dedicated hospitals should be identified at divisional towns as door-to-door survey would lead to nothing, because even asymptomatic people were found to be infected. He also suggested that random testing should be started.
Tejashwi said IVR system-run telephones should be put into operation, so that even the illiterate migrant workers from the state could make their calls to register details for their tracking. He also drew the CM’s attention to the letter issued by Union home secretary on May 3, and pointed out that it would create hurdles in bringing back the migrant workers and, accordingly, the Centre should be requested to withdraw it.
Modi said the central and state governments have been providing cash and other assistance worth Rs12,612 crore to the people of the state. Together, it would put Rs3,000 into the hands of each of the poor persons. The deputy CM said of the Rs12,612 crore, the central assistance is to the tune of Rs6,745 crore and that of the state government Rs5,867 crore.
Modi also referred to the details regarding the foodgrain being supplied to ration card holders and gas cylinders under the Ujjwala Yojana, while the migrant workers coming from other states were being reimbursed the ticket fares and extra expenses during the journey, besides giving them Rs500 extra. Such workers were being given a minimum of Rs1000 each and could be more than this sum if the cost of ticket fares paid is more.
Bihar legislative assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary had convened the meeting on the advice of CM Nitish.
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