The district administration has directed the block development officers of all the 11 blocks to prepare 15-bed quarantine center in block headquarters while all the 231 panchayat should have 5-bed quarantine center.
“ We are taking every possible step to combat challenges posed by coronavirus. We have asked the district officers to come up with quarantine centres across the district so that patients can be kept isolated,” said Ravi Shankar Shukla, deputy commissioner.
He went on to inform that the BDOs will make arrangements. Isolation centres have come up in several places in the city but the idea is to ensure such places in rural areas too. He also informed that several people who returned from abroad have been home quarantine and no positive case has been reported in the city so far.
Meanwhile, administration has also made arrangements for CM Dal Bhat Yojna. Meals on wheels is feeding people at Rs 5 only. To provide best benefits for those people who are suffering from poverty, government of Jharkhand introduced the scheme of providing food.
The scheme, which was initiated by the chief minister of Jharkhand during the year 2011, has been opened across various places and they were all performing well.State government along with good Samaritans are reaching people in the time of need. Several organisations are helping people indoors. Youths of Jamshedpur have turned good samaritans by getting into a similar exercise while helping out citizens consigned to their homes after a21-day nationwide lockdown.
Members of Jamshedpur unit of MarwariYuva Manch, a social outfit, are providing groceries, medicines and blood to the citizens, especially the elderly.“ We have released several numbers so that people can reach us and we can help them. We are presently covering Jugsalai and Adityapur.
Localities like Mango, Sakchi , Kadma, Soanri and other localities will be come under the ambit of effort after taking permission from the district administration,” said a member of the Manch. The friends are already on thejob and have delivered blood and groceries to some needy people.
