Jaunpur gets lockdown, All Uttar Pradesh borders are sealed
• FIR should be registered against people who are not cooperating, officials should organize supply chain: Chief Minister
• Rs one thousand financial aid should be sent to the daily laborers’ accounts as soon as possible
• Arrangements for cleaning and sanitization should be made in rural areas also
• An integrated command center should be set up in the state to deal with the disaster
• The supply chain must be well organized in districts facing a lockdown
March 23, Lucknow. To check the spread of Coronavirus, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the lockdown of Jaunpur. Along with this, he said that arrangements for cleaning and sanitization should be made in rural areas. Special care should be taken to ensure that there is no gathering of people anywhere. The Chief Minister said that as soon as possible, send the financial aid of Rs one thousand through DBT to the account of daily laborers. The Chief Minister instructed that besides the street vendors, the rickshaw pullers and e-rickshaw drivers should also be linked to this and financial aid should be sent to their account as well. Not only this, distribute ration to them by arranging additional food grains, said the Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister gave these instructions on Monday during a review meeting of the locked-down districts at his government residence at 5 Kalidas Marg. He said that the Social Welfare Department should send pension to persons with disabilities, widows and destitute women in this month itself. The next installment to be sent to all of them should go by 8-9 April. The CM said that the command center created by the Health Department regarding Corona should be integrated with CM Helpline, 108, and 112. He said that an integrated command center should be established to deal with any kind of disaster in the state so that timely response can be made in case of any disaster.
The Chief Minister said that supply chains should be arranged in locked down cities. Mandi Parishad should identify the sellers of fruits and vegetables and send them to societies and colonies so that people do not face any problem during this crisis. In addition, it should also be ensured that people should not assemble anywhere, essential commodities should not be sold above marked price and people do not hoard things. Likewise, milk should also be supplied. He also said that people should not face any difficulty in the supply of water and power supply in any district of the state.
The Chief Minister said that all borders adjoining Uttar Pradesh should be completely sealed. No new person should enter into the state. Due to the closure of public transport, those who have not reached their homes and are on the roads, the district administration should send them back to their homes through buses of the Transport Department. Along with this, people trapped at the local level should be sent through PRV 112. CM Yogi further said that vehicles supplying goods should not be stopped. There should not be any shortage of essential food items in the state. Any kind of black marketing should be banned completely. The Chief Minister said that students of Para Medical Staff should be called back and given training. Also, FIRs should be lodged against people who are quarantined and Corona positive but their attitude is uncooperative.
Chief Secretary RK Tiwari, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister SP Goyal, Principal Secretary Health Amit Mohan, Principal Secretary Finance Sanjiv Mittal, Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish K Awasthi and other senior officials of other departments were present in the meeting.