Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Apr 28: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmed Khan today visited Rajouri and interacted with MC Rajouri, BDC chairpersons, President Beopar Mandal, Civil Society members, religious and political leaders of the district.
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Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Mohammad Nazir Sheikh, DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range Vivek Gupta, Senior Superintendent of Police Chandan Kohli, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Sher Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police Liaqat Choudhary and Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Mohd Ashraf were present on the ocassion.
The participants, while speaking on the occasion, appreciated the role of district administration in containing the transmission of Corona virus. They also projected their issues and demands before the Advisor including augmentation of health infrastructure, evacuation of stranded students and labourers in other district and states, facilitation of seasonal migrants, upgradation of PHC Thanamandi, distribution of ration among persons without ration card holders and various other issues.
The civil society members said that a six-week nationwide lockdown to facilitate effective physical distancing, coupled with expansion of core public health measures such as detection, isolation and tracing contact of COVID-19 positive people, helped greatly in breaking the transmission and that’s why the death toll here is lower than other countries. They also hailed the Government for launching number of welfare schemes.
Advisor, while speaking on the occasion, said that the UT Government is working tirelessly to ensure convenience of the general public and best possible efforts are being made to mitigate their sufferings. He said that the Government has started bringing back stranded students, labourers from outside J&K for which additional screening and surveillance teams are being deployed. He added that to ensure convenience of the nomads during their movement to upper reaches amid COVID-19 pandemic, permits are being issued and renewed.
He said that it has been noticed that some people enter the district through traditional migration routes and there is a dire need to identify these routes through holding of Nakas at specific locations so that the entry points can be strengthened and no person is allowed in the district without valid pass.
Advisor instructed for sealing of all entry and exit points and asked the concerned to restrict the public movement so that the individuals coming from the affected areas can be restrained.
Among others present were Kuldeep Raj Gupta, Ex VC PAB, Administrator Aquaf Shahdara Sharief, Abdul Quyoom Dar, Chairman MC Rajouri, Mohd Arif, president MC Thanamandi,Shakeel Mir,VC MC Rajouri, Bharat Bushan, President Beopar Mandal, Rajesh Gupta, BDC Chairperson Rajouri, Choudhary Darbar, BDC Chairperson Doongi, Riaz Ahmed, BDC Chairperson Qila Darhal, Rajinder Sharma, Rajinder Gupta Subsah Sharma, Khurshid Mir Janum, Shafat Mir, Sajjad Tariq Sarpanch, Karan Saryal, Sarpanch Samreen Khan, Kapil Saryalbers of Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and other members of civil society.
Meanwhile, Farooq Khan, inspected Health Institutions and Quarantine Centres in Rajouri district to assess the facilities being extended to the patients of COVID-19 there.
Advisor inspected Quarantine Centre at Boys Hostel PG College Rajouri and Girls Hostel PG College Rajouri besides isolation centres at GMC Rajouri.
Advisor Khan also interacted with the doctors and other paramedical staff to assess their requirements and problems being faced by them while tackling COVID-19 cases and those being quarantined in different designated places. He assured the health workers that PPE kits would be provided to them besides other required equipments and material so that they perform their duties in a comfortable and safe environment.
The Advisor also interacted with the quarantined persons and enquired about their well-being and facilities being provided to them. He asked the concerned authorities to ensure proper care and hygiene besides maintaining social distancing within the premises as per Standard Operating Procedures in place to deal with COVID-19 cases.
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