April 13th,2020

 

 

Initiative to combat COVID 19

 

 

What is the news?

 

• Budhlada sealed, a door-to-door survey on State machinery tracing contacts of COVID patients.

 

• Entire town a containment zone.

 

 

Context:-

 

• Budhlada town in Mansa district has become a hotspot for COVID in the region as 11 cases have been detected so far. Almost half of the cases are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz, which took place in New Delhi last month.

 

How the government is doing?

• The health authorities in the district have been conducting tests of close contacts of COVID patients. The district administration has sealed the entry points to Budhlada and deployed the police to stop the movement of people in and out of the town to contain the spread of the virus.

 

SSP:-

• The administration has been motivating people under home quarantine by organising counselling sessions for them. “The exercise has been started in the police control room. I have asked psychologists, psychiatrists and police officials to counsel such persons to boost their confidence which will give them the courage to fight COVID.

(Source:- The Tribune)

 

 

Topic:- Support for farmers to ensure smooth flow.

 

 

What is the news?

 

• e-tokens to ensure staggered arrival.

 

• About 17 lakh farmers and 27,000 arhtiyas will get e-tokens issued from an e-PMB app developed by the Punjab Mandi Board. The number of e-tokens to be issued will be calculated each day, keeping in mind a 72-hour margin from the day the first set of produce reaches the mandis.
• It is only after the 30 ft by 30 ft space created for a 50-tonne pile of grain is cleared, other trolleys laden with grains will be issued e-tokens. It is for this reason that the procurement process has been spread out to 45 days.

(Source:-The Tribune)