Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said the State government would provide all possible help to the pharma companies in Baddi, Barotiwala and Nalagarh area to ensure smooth manufacturing of various life saving drugs including hydroxychloroquine.
Interacting with the representatives of major pharma companies like Cadila, Dr. Reddys, Alchemist and Torrent through video conferencing from Shimla, Thakur said the State Government would take all necessary steps for smooth movement of workforce besides strengthening the supply chain of raw material and medicines from the pharma companies.
The Chief Minister said sufficient number of trucks would be provided to facilitate transportation of medicines from these companies and also appreciated the efforts of the pharma industry for resuming production in majority of their units.
He said that about 250 pharma units have resumed production in the area, adding that most of these companies were meeting out worldwide demand of hydroxychloroquine medicine, in wake of coronavirus pandemic.
The representatives of the various Pharma companies appreciated the steps taken by the State Government to facilitate them to start their operations.
Chief Secretary Anil Khachi and other senior officers attended the meeting.
CHIEF MINISTER LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL TO CHECK FAKE NEWS
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched a web portal here for uploading information of fake and unverified news related to COVID-19 so that appropriate action could be taken to check such news. Web portal could be accessed at http://fakenews.hp.gov.in.
After the launch, he said information of the person providing information in this regard would be kept confidential. Provision of many security features like OTP etc. has been made in this web portal to ensure that such information is not provided by any anonymous person, he added.
Apart from this, people can give information about fake and unverified information circulating in media related to COVID-19 on e-mail: fakenews-unit@hp.gov.in or whatsapp number 9816323469.
The Chief Minister said newspapers, television news channels and digital/social media were making significant contribution in dissemination of factual information related to COVID-19. Due to this, the people of the state are getting correct information about this epidemic, he added. He said it has also been noticed that news media, especially some social media platforms, were circulating unverified information related to COVID-19, thus creating panic in the public.Thakur urged all media platforms and all the stakeholders not to spread rumors and unverified news and to cooperate with the Government in providing the verified information to the people so that we together could fight to prevent spread of this epidemic in the State.
Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Sanjay Kundu, Secretary Information and Public Relations Rajneesh and Director Harbans Singh Brascon were also present on the occasion.
