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Jai Ram asks panchayati raj representatives to help poor, especially migrant workers
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday exhorted the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) representatives to come forward to help poor and the migrant workers in
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday exhorted the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) representatives to come forward to help poor and the migrant workers in these distressing times due to Covid-19.
He was addressing the Panchayat Pradhans of gram panchayats of Solan and Sirmour district.
“Panchayat pradhans should come forward to help the poor and migrant workers by providing them food and shelter,” said the chief minister adding that panchayats must also come forward to provide masks to people.
He also urged them to support the state authorities in sensitising the people of their respective areas about coronavirus as well as ensure that the people who had arrived from other parts of the country do not jump home quarantine.
Thakur said that PRIs were the key part of the democratic setup.
CM added that more than 1.15 lakh people have arrived in the state from various parts of the country and about 60,000 more have applied for e-passes.
“There was only one active Covid-19 case on May 1 and the number has now gone up to 34,” he said.
Thakur said there was no need to panic as the government was fully prepared to deal with any situation.
Trade union, civil rights group draw attention of govt towards plight of migrants
DHARAMSHALA: Over 30 organisations comprising trade unions, civil rights groups, youth alliances, independent social organisations from across the country on Saturday issued an appeal in support of workers from other states stranded in Himachal Pradesh.
They stressed urgent coordination between states to ensure and facilitate the safe return of migrants to their homes.
The appeal specifically highlights the distressful state of thousands of migrant workers in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial area and the lack of response of the administration and respective governments to ensure urgent evacuation of those who want to leave.
It raised the plight of workers from Uttar Pradesh, who have long registered themselves on the online portals to travel back but were yet to get the permission.
The pressure groups also alleged that “private bus operators were charging exuberant fares from already deprived people and the government is not helping the poor”.
