NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, APRIL 21
Cleaning of water bodies and deepening ponds under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which provides employment to rural poor for their livelihood, begins in Puducherry from Monday.
MNREGA work, which provides employment to rural poor, has started work in Puducherry. This is cleaning & deepening a pond. With masks on their face but tools in their hands.
Listen it, Ravi Parkash, IAS. #CoronavirusCrisis #indiaunited @ANI @PTI_News @DDNational pic.twitter.com/5lXI53352a— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) April 20, 2020
Workers resumed their work following social distancing and used masks amid coronavirus pandemic, says the Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi in her twitter handle.
Several state governments are looking for pacing up the agricultural activities, MGNREGA and irrigational works post-April 20 lockdown relaxations.
It can be seen that MGNREGA works, Agricultural and allied sectors, food processing units, irrigational works, minor road repairs and public utility works are given relaxation provided with the maintenance of social distancing and personal hygiene facilities at workplaces.
Meanwhile, Puducherry has reported seven COVID-19 affected people with zero death while India has breached 17,000 mark following 543 deaths.
The nation is going through the extension of the lockdown which is to be ended on May 3 but after April 20 the areas other than the hotspots in states would have some sorts of relaxations which are included only essential activities.