The Covid Care Fund has been set up in UP to deal with the Corona crisis. With the support of common people, this fund was created to make the state self-sufficient to fight all kinds of disasters. The first contribution to this fund was made by the Basic Education Minister of the state Satish Dwivedi on Friday by reaching the Chief Minister's residence at 5 Kalidas Marg by providing a check of Rs 76 crore, 14 lakh, 55 thousand 537 to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Satish Dwivedi says "Every employee of the Basic Education Department has given his one day's salary as a contribution to the Covid Care Fund to arrange the necessary resources to fight the corona."
For the prevention and treatment of corona epidemic, the state government has relaxed the rules of the Legislature Area Development Fund for the second time within a week. Now MLAs will be able to spend the entire amount of their funds for one year on screening, purchase of screening equipments etc. of Covid-19. The Rural Development Department has issued a mandate to this effect.
In the previous mandate, relaxing the fund's rules, the government was allowed to spend up to Rs. 25 lakhs on corona for prevention and treatment. In the new mandate, this 25 lakh limit has been relaxed.
While meeting with senior officials at his residence, the Chief Minister has also ordered the officers to provide groceries and 1000 Rupees help to all the rickshaw drivers, vegetable sellers,etc. as soon as possible.
Apart from this, the responsibility of Child Development and Nutrition Department has been fixed to take the food of the children from door to door. Even after receiving information about the escape of people from the quarantine, the government has taken a strict action. The Chief Minister should decide the responsibility of DM, SSP to supervise the people kept in quarantine from senior officers. The Chief Minister said that if people run away from the quarantine, the DM and SSP will be responsible.
