‘Nagpur Pattern’ to rid district of Covid, says Raut

Nagpur: District guardian minister Nitin Raut announced that a Nagpur Pattern will be developed to free the district from the novel coronavirus. He said this during the Independence Day programme here on Saturday. He did not elaborate on the plan.
“The entire world is fighting against Covid-19. The state government’s top priority is health. Therefore, government is concentrating hard on freeing the entire state from novel coronavirus,” he said.
Raut added that the government is taking all efforts to boost economic and education sectors. “All government agencies, hospitals are working tirelessly in pandemic. A plan has been prepared to improve health infrastructure in the district. The plan to develop jumbo Covid Hospital on the lines of those in Mumbai and Pune is moving ahead,” he said.
The guardian minister felicitated 17 plasma donors as Covid Warriors on the eve of Independence Day. “Government had sanctioned funds of Rs58 crore for the pandemic. I will ensure there would be no shortage of funds in the future too. All parties have come together and are working for freeing the district from pandemic. People should take care of their health and get tests done, and treatment too if they develop any symptoms,” he said.
Divisional commissioner Sanjeev Kumar, municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, ZP president Rashmi Barve, CP Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, Special IG KM Mallikarjun Prasanna, NIT chairman Sheetal Teli-Ugale, collector Ravindra Thakre, CEO of ZP Yogesh Khumbajkar, Rural SP Rakesh Ola, additional municipal commissioner Jalaj Sharma, additional collector Shrikant Phadke, RDC Ravindra Khajanchi and other officials, social activists were present.