Новости за 30.03.2020

In a major development, Gautam Buddh Nagar district magistrate BN Singh has been transferred after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath visited the Covid-19 hotspot in state on Monday. Suhas LY will be new DM, said Uttar Pradesh chief secretary R K Tiwari.

Tracking patients in Covid-19 home quarantine on a real-time basis is now a reality thanks to Mangaluru based Internet of Things (IoT) services company – I-Search. Developed in record 48-hour, the app – Covid 19 Beat Tracker – enables police constables and Asha/ANM workers tasked with surveilling the home quarantined basis track their location on-site and send reports seamlessly to the war-room set up for the purpose.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath arrived in Noida on Monday to take stock of the situation in Gautam Buddh Nagar, which has so far recorded 32 positive cases of coronavirus, the highest for any district in the state, officials said.

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has run 1012 trains to different parts of the country between March 22 and March 29 to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities across the country during the lockdown period.

At least 93 migrant labourers have been arrested in Gujarat's Surat city for allegedly defying the nationwide lockdown and attacking police, an official said on Monday.

With the coronavirus outbreak sending billions of people into lockdown, a large number of professionals from the state living in different parts of the world, including the US that now has the most number of confirmed cases, are doing their best to cope.

As police personnel have been out on the streets round the clock to ensure strict enforcement of the lockdown and other orders in view of the coronavirus threat, the state police headquarters has allowed them to take a weekly off and work in 8-hour shift on a rotational basis.

Following the notification issued by the department of finance, Punjab, directing all 48 government colleges of the state to deposit unspent funds lying with their respective societies by March 31, the principal secretary of higher education Rahul Bhandari, has ordered Punjab state treasury services to withdraw the orders for Higher Education Institutions Society (HEIS), as it is a local-level society and colleges under it are not funded by the government.

Eunuchs will be among the first ones to arrive if there is a celebration at your house and may go only after they are paid adequate amount.

The Buddh International Circuit, the sports facility that hosted the Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2011, will be used as a shelter home for migrant workers who are headed for their native villages in the aftermath of the lockdown. The district administration has decided to set up makeshift structures to house the migrants. They will not be allowed in the core part of the FIR circuit, which includes rooms for sportspersons, coaches and staff.

The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration has mandated 28-day paid leave for all employees across the board. All workers affected by the lockdown will have to be paid by their employers, failing which legal action will be initiated against the establishment, said a notice issued by district magistrate BN Singh on Sunday.

The lockdown has left thousands of migrant labourers from other states stranded in Tamil Nadu and vice versa. While some are getting help from their employers, local authorities and philanthropists for survival the rest are getting help after staging protests or highlighting their plight on social media.