NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 23
Aiming to arrest the spread of coronavirus in Tamil Nadu with the help of frontline warriors, including the opposition party MLAs, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday directed District Collectors to intensify measures like door to door survey to detect people with COVID-19 symptoms during the week-long intense lockdown commencing on Monday, May 24.
மாவட்ட ஆட்சித் தலைவர்கள் தங்களது அனுபவம் – சக்தி – அறிவு – திறமை அனைத்தையும் பயன்படுத்தி #COVID19 தடுப்புப் பணிகளை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்; பெருந்தொற்றிலிருந்து நாம் மீள்வதற்கான ஒளியாக அவர்கள் விளங்கிட வேண்டும்.
விரைவாக பெருந்தொற்றுக்கு முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைத்திடுவோம்! pic.twitter.com/fSLR1xTqlT
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 23, 2021
Conducting medical camps for early detection of infected people, increasing testing and continuation of the vaccination drive without slackness were among the measures the Chief Minister underscored.
சைதாப்பேட்டை அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் உயிர்வளி வசதியுடன் 130 படுக்கைகள் கொண்ட #COVID19 சிகிச்சை மையத்தைத் திறந்து வைத்தேன்.
நாளை முதல் தொடங்கும் ஊரடங்கு நாட்களில் மக்களின் ஒத்துழைப்புடன் கொரோனா பரவலின் வேகத்தைக் கட்டுப்படுத்திட அரசு அனைத்து நடவடிக்கைகளையும் எடுத்து வருகிறது. pic.twitter.com/GEVuA6kJ4o
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 23, 2021
Addressing Collectors, police superintendents and medical authorities through video conferencing from the Secretariat here, Stalin said steps should be taken to ensure supply of vegetables, fruits, milk and drinking water during the intense lockdown.
Monitoring availability of oxygen and life saving drugs and bringing down disease transmission in their respective districts should be the goal of collectors, he said.
#COVID19 தொற்றின் தொடர்புச் சங்கிலியை அறுத்திட முதலமைச்சராக நான் பணியாற்றுகிறேன்.
தவிர்க்க இயலாத முழு ஊரடங்கால் உணவு தேவைப்படுவோருக்கு #OndrinaivomVaa திட்டம் மூலம் வழங்கி, உடன்பிறப்புகள் மக்களின் பசியாற்றுவீர்!
உரிய நெறிகளுடன் பிற உதவிகளையும் வழங்கிடுவீர்!#LetterToBrethren pic.twitter.com/1RNHospjXY
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 23, 2021
While taking efforts to see that people complied with lockdown norms to break the chain of virus transmission, it should also be ensured that exempted activities like transportation of farm produce were not affected.
Supply of quality food, milk and water for in-patients in government hospitals must be ensured. Also, there should be no difficulty in taking people – with symptoms or those who test positive – to hospitals.
The Chief Minister exuded confidence that when district administrations, elected representatives and voluntary organisations worked in tandem with the general public on tackling COVID-19, the effort would succeed.
Meanwhile, the government said the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund (CMPRF) has received contributions totaling Rs 181 crore as on May 23 towards COVID-19 initiatives and Stalin has ordered allocation of Rs 50 crore for procuring RT-PCR testing kits.
On an average, about 1.6 lakh samples were being tested (RT-PCR) daily in Tamil Nadu.
Already, Rs 50 crore was allotted from the CMPRF for procuring life saving drugs for government hospitals and containers to bring Liquid Medical Oxygen through trains.
Donors are welcome to contribute to the relief fund online at https://ereceipt.tn.gov.in/cmprf/Cmprf and they should avoid visiting the Chief Minister in view of the lockdown, a government release said.
A two-week lockdown commenced on May 10 in Tamil Nadu and the government on Saturday announced extension of curbs for one more week from May 24.
Also, the government has brought in additional restrictions between May 24 and 31, including closure of vegetable shops and provision stores, which were allowed earlier to work between 6 am and 10 am.
In line with the government’s earlier announcement that arrangements would be made to ensure supplies of vegetables and fruits through mobile outlets, Stalin inaugurated the outlets here.
The government said 1,610 vehicles would be deployed in Chennai to sell about 1,160 tonnes of veggies and fruits.
In the rest of Tamil Nadu, 2,770 vehicles would ensure supplies of 2,228 tonnes and procurement shall be from local farmers.
People can call 044-22253884 for information on distribution of vegetables, it said, adding that during the one-week intense lockdown, the mobile sale in local neighbourhoods would be between 7 am and 1 pm everyday.
