NEW DELHI, Jan 2:
Arguably the most challenging year for any Government due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was more so for the AAP Government that took over reins of Delhi for the third time in a row amid growing severity of the deadly virus and brewing tensions due to anti-CAA protests and riots in the city.
Days after Arvind Kejriwal took oath as chief minister of Delhi for third time on February 16, the northeast district in the city saw a massive communal conflagration that claimed over 50 lives, left scores injured and damaged public and private property worth crores of rupees.
As the Kejriwal Government was grappling with the aftermath of the communal violence by extending immediate relief and rehabilitation work, another challenge before it was the pandemic that led to a nationwide lockdown in the third week of March.
The Government handled the mass exodus of migrant workers from the city due to the lockdown by setting up shelters and feeding the needy who were caught unawares and stared at starvation due to loss of work.
Hundreds of centres opened across the city provided free meals to the needy while the AAP Government also distributed free ration to nearly 71 lakh people.
With rising number of infections and deaths through summer months, the Kejriwal Government came up with its ‘Delhi Model’ emphasising on tracing, testing and home isolation as well as plasma therapy to contain the pandemic.
Enhancing testing capacity, readying more hospital beds for infected, putting in place logistics and arranging a huge workforce including health workers were some of the tasks the Delhi Government was involved with during most part of 2020. (PTI)
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