Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that State Government is strengthening the system to fight Conronavirus epidemic. Agriculture Minister Badal met the CM here on Saturday and handed over a detailed list of about 3,700 people, who are stranded in other States due to lockdown. The Minister said that most of these people are labourers. Now these people are not able to access other essential items including food. The CM said that due to the lockdown, there are many problems in bringing them back.“To provide them all the necessary and basic facilities the government is in constant touch with the governments of those states. The government has given responsibility of the senior officials for this. They have been instructed to take all necessary steps to provide relief to the stranded the people,” he said.

There was also a discussion on the problems being faced by the people of Jharkhand trapped within the State and in other states due to the lock down. The CM said that all necessary action is being taken in this direction. “People should not have problems due to lockdown. Full care is being taken and I am monitoring the situation,” said the CM.

The Agriculture Minister also apprised the CM about the acute shortage of animal fodder in the State due to the lockdown. He said that due to lack of animal feed, the life of the animals has come to a halt. So, necessary steps have been taken to ensure the availability of animal feed. Soren said that he will soon hold a high level meeting with the officials regarding this matter.

The CM agreed to the idea of the Agriculture Minister that the sale of vegetables at the government rate should be ensured through Veg Fed. There was also a detailed discussion between the CM and the Agriculture Minister on the arrangement of purchasing milk from milk producers. The CM said that there is no loss to milk producers, nor wastage of milk, the government is serious in this direction.In the event of the corona virus entering the third stage a detailed discussion took place on what arrangements should be made to deal with it.

The CM said that all government hospitals as well as private hospitals with facilities of ventilation will be prepared for the same. Necessary instructions will be given to the officials to strengthen the system and isolation wards in all the hospitals. Instructions have also been given to officers to complete all the preparations.

Badal apprised the CM of a young man from Dumka, who is trapped in Pune. His mother has passed away, but he is unable to return due to the lockdown.