CM opens e-Rudrabhishek facility at KVT, reviews Kashi Vishwanath Dham work

VARANASI: Ahead of reopening of Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Tuesday, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday reached the temple and launched the facility of e-Rudrabhishek. He also reviewed the progress of the Kashi Vishwanath Dam (corridor) project in the evening.
Yogi also inaugurated TrueNAT machines for Covid-19 testing at non-Covid-19 hospitals — SPG Divisional hospital of Varanasi and district hospital in Azamgarh — to enable seamless health services for the patients suffering from other ailments.

The CM’s chopper landed at Police Lines ground in Varanasi at around 6 pm. After holding a brief meeting with public representatives of Bharatiya Janata Party, he reached Kashi Vishwanath temple.
After bowing before Lord Vishwanath at the sanctum sanctorum from some distance, he inaugurated the e-Ridrabhishek facility at the temple, said chief executive officer of KVT Vishal Singh adding, that this ritual would be performed with the help of tabs by a batch of eight priests being trained to perform e-Rudrabhishek.
Before leaving the temple premises Yogi also inspected the ongoing construction work inside the Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor) project area and asked the officials to ensure its timely completion.
From the temple, the CM reached SPG divisional hospital and inaugurated the TrueNAT machine there to start Covid-19 test facilities there.
Earlier, the CM’s chopper landed at Azamgarh Police Lines in the afternoon, where after holding a meeting with BJP leaders, he visited the district hospital and inaugurated the newly installed TrueNAT machine. He also took stock of the condition of Covid-19 facilities in the district, condition of the doctors and supporting staff.
Before leaving Azamgarh, he held a meeting with the officials of district administration, police, health and other departments at the Police Lines auditorium. He said that hospitals in the state have been divided into Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 facilities.
Infected persons are being treated at Covid-19 facilities, he said adding that in non-Covid-19 hospitals patients suffering from other ailments are being treated. To ensure that patients at non-Covid hospitals are being treated properly, the TrueNAT machines are being installed in all 75 districts, and in case of doubt about infection in any patient the doctors will get the sample tested with this machine within one and half hour.
Currently 15,000 samples are being tested in the state per day and efforts are on to enhance the testing capacity, he said adding that more than four lakh people have been screened in UP while facility of ventilators is being ensured in all the districts.
He said that 1.57 lakh migrants including 85,900 labourers and skilled workers have returned to their homes in Azamgarh district since May 1 . Among 34 lakh labourers, who have been given financial help of Rs 1,000 each, 54,000 labourers are from Azamgarh, he said highlighting other initiatives of his government to give financial support to labourers, beneficiaries of various schemes