Ranchi: The All India Congress Committee (AICC)’s national relief task force on Thursday reviewed the ongoing Covid-19 mitigation works in Jharkhand via video conferencing.
Senior AICC members like Gulam Nabi Azad, Jairam Ramesh and Priyanka Gandhi, among others, were present at the meeting which was attended by all four Congress ministers in state cabinet.
Speaking to TOI, Congress’s spokesperson Alok Dubey said, “Our state president, Rameshwar Oraon, along with other party seniors, explained in detail the various relief works being undertaken in Jharkhand, both by the party and the government. Health minister Banna Gupta gave a detailed explanation of the efforts taken in the last one year to flatten the Covid wave. He also laid down the measures that government is taking in the event of a possible third wave of Covid-19.” He added that the central leadership was satisfied with the government’s work and gave a few ideas to the party to improve their work further.
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren.
RANCHI: Chief minister Hemant Soren has planned a two-day virtual meeting from Monday with all the MPs and MLAs to discuss and invite suggestions from them on tackling the ongoing pandemic, a statement by the CMO said on Sunday.
On Monday, Hemant will meet the MLAs and MPs of Santhal Pargana and Palamu commissionaries and the legislators of Kolhan and North Chota Nagpur commisionaries the next day. “The meeting is expected to begin from 11:30am,” the statement said.
“Majority of these four commissionaries include rural districts which need urgent attention in order to curb the virus spread. Besides the infrastructural challenges, the most challenging issue currently facing these districts is the proper collection of Covid-related data to ascertain the extent of the spread. There is also the challenge of ensuring a high vaccination rate since many in those areas are hesitant to take the jab. The MLAs and MPs can play a pivotal role in
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Ranchi: From an MLA arriving at the Jharkhand Assembly in traditional wear to highlight women’s issues, the women staff at Ranchi railway division manning the entire division, the chief minister felicitating women for putting up a relentless fight during the pandemic to legal experts discussing women’s rights, the International Women’s Day was an eventful affair in Ranchi on Monday.
Congress’s Mahagama MLA Dipika Pandey Singh arrived at Vidhan Sabha clad in a saree, which is the uniform of anganwadi sevikas, and raised the issues being faced by the latter in the House. “I have come to the Assembly dressed as an anganwadi worker to remind the government that the sevikas have been protesting on a number of issues which have been ignored for long,” Singh said.