NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, APRIL 28
Even as NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has identified 15 places, including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad as “high caseload” and said India’s success in battling COVID-19 is dependent on them, Gujarat on Tuesday reported 226 new coronavirus positive cases, with Ahmedabad alone accounting for 164, taking the total number of the affected people in the state to 3,774, a Health department official said.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણીનો કોરોના વાયરસના વ્યાપને કારણે જાહેર થયેલા લૉકડાઉન દરમ્યાન રાજ્યના ખેડૂતોને પિયત સિંચાઇ માટે સગવડતા આપતો કિસાન હિતલક્ષી નિર્ણય. pic.twitter.com/JsqftbvXqv
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) April 28, 2020
At 19, Ahmedabad reported its highest single-day fatalities due to COVID-19, taking the overall death toll in the state to 181, the official said.
Vadodara and Surat reported 15 and 14 coronavirus positive cases, respectively.
દેવભૂમિ દ્વારકા મહિલા પોલીસની પ્રશંસનીય કામગીરી.
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બાળકો ઘોડિયામાં છતાં કોરોના વોરિયર્સ બનતી મહિલા પોલીસ..
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ખંભાળિયાના પાયલબેન અને મીરાબેન કહે છે કે લોકો ઘરમાં રહે, અમે સેવા માટે સજ્જ છીએ. @InfoGujarat @GujaratPolice @PoonambenMaadam pic.twitter.com/lAPd7GJiOi— Info Devbhumidwarka GOG (@info_dbd) April 28, 2020
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat now stands at 2,543, 570, and 255, respectively.
These three districts account for nearly 90 percent of the total coronavirus positive cases in Gujarat.
“All 19 deaths were reported from Ahmedabad. 15 of the deceased were suffering from comorbid conditions,” said Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi.
https://twitter.com/MGirsomnath/status/1255161082659966978?s=20
At 2,543 cases and 128 deaths, Ahmedabad tops the chart in the state, followed by Surat (570 cases) and Vadodara (255 cases), she said.
Other districts that have reported new cases are Anand (9), Bhavnagar (1), Bharuch (2), Botad (6), Gandhinagar (6), and Rajkot (9), Ravi said.
A total of 40 people in the state were discharged after recovering from COVID-19, taking their total number to 434 so far. 29 of the new recoveries are from Ahmedabad.
She is the #CoronaWarriors
કચ્છનો પ્રથમ કેસ આજે થયું #coronafree
જુઓ તેઓનું વિદાય દ્રશ્ય. #KutchFightAgaisntCorona@CMOGuj @vijayrupanibjp @PS_HFWD_GUJ @MoHFW_GUJARAT @KutchDdo pic.twitter.com/fDNagLDGmN
— Collector & DM, Kachchh (@CollectorKutch) April 28, 2020
Among those who have recovered from the coronavirus infection is a 90-year-old man from Bhavnagar who was undergoing treatment at the hospital since April 5 and was on oxygen support, Ravi said.
Another patient included a woman from Kutch who remained hospitalised for nearly 36 days and tested positive for coronavirus repeatedly for ten times before finally testing negative, she said.
Ravi said two coronavirus positive women gave birth on Tuesday in Rajkot and Bhavnagar.
In Kutch, BSF has not only distributed masks to the people but also ensured drinking water facility to the border villages amid the #lockdown pic.twitter.com/l8QGmfOdXK
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) April 28, 2020
“Though the babies have tested negative for coronavirus, their mothers will have to take extra care while feeding them,” she said.
A total of 2,526 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, Ravi said, adding that a total of 56,101 samples have been tested so far.
Coronavirus cases are reported from 30 of a total of 33 districts in Gujarat.
Welcome back Warrior! Constable Sandip Parmar who works at Kalupur Police Station has successfully recovered from #COVID19 and was warmly greeted upon arrival at the office.#AhmedabadPolice #AmdavadFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/bF4k3Nxj1m
— Ahmedabad Police અમદાવાદ પોલીસ (@AhmedabadPolice) April 28, 2020
Apart from Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara, districts of Anand (60), Rajkot (55), Bhavnagar (41), Bharuch (31), and Gandhinagar (36) have reported cases in double digits among others.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 3,774, new cases 226, deaths 181, discharged 434, active cases 3,159, and people tested so far 56,101.
Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad among 15 ‘high caseload’ places, says Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has identified 15 places, including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad as “high caseload” and said India’s success in battling COVID-19 is dependent on them.
Out of these 15, seven districts show particularly high case volumes, like Hyderabad (Telangana), Pune (Maharashtra), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Delhi.
લોકડાઉનમાં કર્મઠ સેવા બજાવી રહેલ પોલીસ જવાનોનુ આરોગ્ય સચવાય તે માટે લીંબુ પાણી, ઓરેન્જ – પાઈનેપલ જ્યુસ અને વિટામીન સી ની ગોળીઓ આપી સમાજ સેવીઓ દ્વારા અવિરત સેવા કાર્ય@collectormahi @DDOMAHISAGAR @CMahisagar @InfoGujarat pic.twitter.com/3neRJRTe2j
— Info Mahisagar GoG (@mahimahiti) April 28, 2020
Other high case load places that are “critical” in the battle against COVID-19 include — Vadodara (Gujarat), Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Thane (Maharashtra), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Surat (Gujarat).
“These 15 districts are critical in our battle against #Covid_19 Of them 7 show particularly high case volumes. India’s success in battling COVID-19 is dependent on them. We must aggressively monitor, contain, test, treat in these districts! We must win here,” Kant said in a tweet.
આતિથ્ય ભાવ પ્રભાવિત થઈ લોકડાઉનમાં અટવાયેલા પરપ્રાંતિયો માદરે વતન જવા રવાના
શેલ્ટર હોમમાં રાખેલા લોકોને વતનમાં જવા જિલ્લા વહીવટી તંત્ર દ્વારા ગુજરાતની બોર્ડર સુધી મુકવા ની વિશેષ વ્યવસ્થા કરાઈ @collectormahi @DDOMAHISAGAR @InfoGujarat @CMahisagar pic.twitter.com/5AVrU3fHPI
— Info Mahisagar GoG (@mahimahiti) April 28, 2020
India has been under lockdown since March 25 to combat the spread of coronavirus, which has infected more than 29,000 people in the country. More than 900 people have died due to the deadly virus.
The government had on March 29 constituted 11 empowered groups to suggest measures to ramp up healthcare, put the economy back on track, and reduce the misery of people as quickly as possible post the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Kant, heads the Empowered Group (EG 6) on coordinating with private sector NGOs and international organisations.
#Drone से बचना मुश्किल ही नहीं नामुमकिन है ।
आप पुलिस से अगर बच भी गए तो #Corona से कैसे बचोगे ?!
घर पे रहिए – आपका ख्याल रखिए ।#GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/ssmK22VJE9
— Gujarat Police (@GujaratPolice) April 28, 2020
Govt shifts stranded migrants to MP, Rajasthan, allows others
A day after allowing a batch of 150 migrants from Surat in Gujarat to travel to Odisha in private buses, authorities on Tuesday permitted a group of 36 workers to proceed to Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
Thousands of migrant workers from various states are stuck in Surat and other cities of Gujarat since the coronavirus-enforced lockdown came into force on March 25.
The state government shifted about 4,500 migrant workers to their native states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the last three days by deploying state transport buses.
https://twitter.com/InfoGujarat/status/1255016146777985024?s=20
“The government shifted around 4,500 stranded migrants to Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh by deploying buses.
“On April 27, as many as 2,314 labourers from Rajasthan, living in 158 labour camps in Gujarat, were shifted to their native places using 84 state transport buses. Collector of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan received them,” Additional Chief Secretary, Labour, and Employment, Vipul Mitra Mitra said in a statement.
कच्छ के माधपर और भुज में पुलिस द्वारा करीब 275 सब्जी वालों के ठेले और दुकानों पर #SocialDistancing का पालन करने और सब्जियों को जंतुमुक्त तरीके से उपयोग करने के लिए सरल भाषा मे ये बैनर लगाए गए हैं। #CoronaWarriors ने अच्छा तरीका ढूंढा है #superspreaders से बचने का। @indiatvnews pic.twitter.com/a5sOGNv3oN
— Nirnay Kapoor (@nirnaykapoor) April 28, 2020
All labourers were screened before boarding and social-distancing norms were also followed.
“This is in continuation with the massive exercise launched on April 25 when 2,300 workers from Madhya Pradesh were shifted to their native places by deploying about 100 state transport buses,” the IAS officer said.
He added that as many as 898 labourers from different districts in Gujarat were also shifted to their home districts or their place of work from different labour camps.
“Today, 36 migrants were permitted to travel till Siddharthnagar in UP in a private bus, which was sanitised thoroughly before its journey,” said Surat MLA Sangita Patil.
This was made possible due to the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, she said.
“The migrants were very happy. More migrants will be permitted to leave for their native states in the days to come,” the MLA said.
On Sunday, Navsari MP CR Patil said that Amit Shah had asked the Gujarat government to allow people to go to their native places on their expenses.
Migrant workers vandalise property at building site in Surat, demand to be sent back home
Hundreds of migrant workers came out on roads and vandalised the office of an under-construction building and some vehicles in Surat district on Tuesday while demanding that they are sent back to their native places, police said.
The workers were earlier hired by contractors engaged in the construction of the Diamond Bourse Complex in Khajod area of Surat, they said.
It all started when the workers learnt that their contractors have brought in more labourers from other parts of Gujarat to speed up the construction work after getting approval of the district collector, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-3) Vidhi Chaudhari said.
“They got angry after seeing labourers from outside at the site. They claimed that these outsiders may be carrying coronavirus. These workers then started demanding that if permission can be granted to bring outsiders here, then why can’t they travel to their native places. This demand triggered the violence,” Chaudhari said.
The angry workers damaged the administrative office of the under-construction site and two cars parked near the office, she said. “We have started the process to lodge an FIR in this connection,” the official said.
Earlier, in a separate incident in the morning, a policeman was injured when some locals allegedly threw stones at the security personnel who were trying to enforce lockdown in Dindoli area of Surat city, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-1) RP Barot said. Five persons were detained for the attack on the policemen, he said.
Some locals got angry after a PCR (police control room) van reached a locality in Dindoli to enforce the lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, he said.
“We sent a PCR van in the area after coming to know that people were roaming around and not adhering to the lockdown norms. When the police asked locals to stay indoors, some of them got angry and started throwing stones at the policemen,” Barot said.
Police personnel received injuries in the incident, he said. Five locals were detained, he said, adding that additional force was sent to the area and the situation was brought under control.
Failure to practice social-distancing by shop-owners, customers will lead to a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases: DGP
Director-General of Police Shivanand Jha on Tuesday said that lockdown will be intensified in four major cities of the state i.e. Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot as the transmission rate of the virus is high in these cities. The police are ensuring that shops other than those supplying essentials are not open. Containment areas identified as hotspots of the virus are being heavily barricaded to curb the movement of people in these areas to reduce the chances of transmission.
Efficient measures are being implemented by the police to ensure social distancing even in areas other than the four metros where shops have been allowed to open. The police are determined to serve, but it is also the responsibility of the shopkeeper to maintain social-distancing around their shop by demarcating areas for the customers. This is equally important for the safety of the shopkeepers. Also, the shopkeeper needs to wear a mask and ensure that customers abide by the same. Taking these precautions are very necessary, otherwise, the shopkeeper can end up becoming the source of transmission and infect those coming in contact with him/her.
For the convenience of the farmers in rural areas, technicians involved in fitting or repairing of borewells for farming will be able to travel without passes as long as they carry their driving licenses.
Throwing light on the significant use of drones and CCTV during the lockdown, Jha said that, the cities and towns are being thoroughly observed through drone surveillance. 296 crimes have been registered through drones. A total of 18661 people have been arrested for 9489 offenses to date. Meanwhile, under the Smart City and VISWAS project, 95 individuals have been arrested for 74 crimes reported through the CCTV network tallying up to 2,808 individuals for 1,834 offenses. Additionally, 334 crimes have been registered so far and 558 people have been arrested through CCTV’s in residential societies.
For spreading fake messages and rumors on social media, a total of 525 crimes have been registered and 1,075 accused have been arrested. 13 accounts have been blocked. 1,101 and 636 offenses have been registered through videography and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), respectively. 428 offenses have been registered to date through mounted cameras in special ‘Prahari’ Vans.
Cases that have been registered so far include 2,176 cases of violation of lockdown, 1,148 against those violating home quarantine, and 564 other cases. 8267 vehicles have been seized in the state and 1,27,822 detained vehicles have been released so far, added Jha.
Meanwhile, 50 SRP jawans posted in Ahmedabad were reported to be coronavirus positive.
CM permits vehicles for transporting borewells sans passes
Conceding to the demands of farmers, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has permitted vehicles carrying borewells amidst lockdown.
Providing details of CM’s decision, Secretary to CM Ashwani Kumar said, “The Chief Minister has decided to permit vehicles to transport borewells between various districts and talukas for farmers who wish to install them in their farms. The vehicles used for the same will not be required to obtain any special pass from regional administration.”
As many as 50 lakh NFSA cardholders have availed total assistance of Rs. 500 crores till date. 35 lakh NFSA card holding families have availed 3.5 kg wheat and 1.5 kg rice per person since 25th April 2020. 8 lakh 87 thousand 243 quintals of agri produce has been sold by farmers in 142 APMCs of Gujarat. Out of this, wheat, castor, and mustard occupy a major portion of the produce. 4 lakh 12 thousand quintals of wheat, 2 lakh 41 thousand quintals of castor, and 48,121 quintals of mustard has been sold by the farmers. 47.32 lakh liters of milk has been sold in the state. 1 lakh 44 thousand 818 quintals of vegetables are available in the market.
