PATNA: Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar on Sunday expressed concern over problems being faced by small vendors, shopkeepers, farmers and daily wagers due to the lockdown.
“There is a need to proceed further while keeping in mind the issue of livelihood of affected workers, farmers, small shopkeepers and other people. Their employment and income have been badly affected due to the lockdown. There is a need to think over it,” the CM said while holding a high level review meeting with chief secretary Deepak Kumar and other senior officials.
The CM asked the disaster management department (DMD) officials to ensure regular inspection of block and panchayat level quarantine centres and take feedback from the people staying there.
Meanwhile, state’s IPRD secretary Anupam Kumar said work on altogether 3.47 lakh rural projects had either started or resumed in recent days to provide employment opportunities to the migrant workers returning to the state from different places.
“A total of 3,47,157 projects of different departments are currently going on in rural areas and 159.45 lakh man-days have so far been created in these projects,” Anupam said, adding the state government was taking all possible steps to create maximum job opportunities for the migrant workers .
He added the Bihar government, in coordination with other states, has so far arranged 169 trains to bring back 2.22 lakh stranded people to Bihar. “The CM has asked the chief secretary to ensure operation of at least three special trains from Mumbai per day,” the IPRD secretary said.
He added efforts were on to arrange more trains to bring back Bihar’s students who are still stuck at Kota in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, a special train from Kota will bring back students of Bihar’s Samastipur district on Tuesday. “The special train for Samastipur will begin its journey from Kota at 9pm on Monday and reach Samastipur on Tuesday,” Bihar assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, who hails from Samastipur district, said. Choudhary thanked the state government for arranging a special train for bringing back students of Samastipur district.
“There is a need to proceed further while keeping in mind the issue of livelihood of affected workers, farmers, small shopkeepers and other people. Their employment and income have been badly affected due to the lockdown. There is a need to think over it,” the CM said while holding a high level review meeting with chief secretary Deepak Kumar and other senior officials.
The CM asked the disaster management department (DMD) officials to ensure regular inspection of block and panchayat level quarantine centres and take feedback from the people staying there.
Meanwhile, state’s IPRD secretary Anupam Kumar said work on altogether 3.47 lakh rural projects had either started or resumed in recent days to provide employment opportunities to the migrant workers returning to the state from different places.
“A total of 3,47,157 projects of different departments are currently going on in rural areas and 159.45 lakh man-days have so far been created in these projects,” Anupam said, adding the state government was taking all possible steps to create maximum job opportunities for the migrant workers .
He added the Bihar government, in coordination with other states, has so far arranged 169 trains to bring back 2.22 lakh stranded people to Bihar. “The CM has asked the chief secretary to ensure operation of at least three special trains from Mumbai per day,” the IPRD secretary said.
He added efforts were on to arrange more trains to bring back Bihar’s students who are still stuck at Kota in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, a special train from Kota will bring back students of Bihar’s Samastipur district on Tuesday. “The special train for Samastipur will begin its journey from Kota at 9pm on Monday and reach Samastipur on Tuesday,” Bihar assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, who hails from Samastipur district, said. Choudhary thanked the state government for arranging a special train for bringing back students of Samastipur district.
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