CM Yogi: Invoke NSA against black-marketeers of fertilizers
LUCKNOW Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday asked the officials concerned to invoke the National Security Act (NSA) against those who resort to black-marketeering of fertilizers, the chief minister’s office said in a statement.
Yogi said all farmers must get the required amount of fertilizers, the statement added.
“Invoke NSA against those who put fertilizers on the black market,” he said.
He also directed the officers concerned to increase the number of beds in Covid-19 hospitals in such a manner that there would always be a surplus of beds at these facilities. The state government was committed to providing the best treatment to all Covid-19 patients, he reiterated at a Covid-19 and Unlock review meeting at his official residence here.
“For providing the best treatment to Covid patients, ensure that the hospitals are well equipped. The patients must get quality treatment facilities,” he said.
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the beds. The increase in beds should be supplemented with arrangement of all necessary medical equipment and human resource,” he said as quoted in the statement.
He reiterated that all districts must keep their integrated command and control centres in the utmost active mode and make them function efficiently for coordinated Covid-19 management.
“Through these integrated control and command centres, keep in touch on a regular basis with the patients who are in home isolation. Monitor their health status regularly, using the system. At the same time, keep all ambulances fully active for transporting Covid patients. Pay special attention to Lucknow and Kanpur Nagar districts vis-a-vis Covid-19 management,” he said.
The chief minister observed: “Contact tracing is helping keep Covid-19 spread under control. So, do more and better contact tracing. Speed up door-to-door survey to detect anyone with Covid symptoms. If need be, create more door-to-door survey teams and set targets for them.”
Touching upon investments to shore up the economy amid the pandemic, the chief minister asked the officers and departments concerned to keep in touch with investors, sort out their problems and issues.
Talking about waterlogging in Noida and Greater Noida following heavy rain, Yogi asked the officers concerned to evolve a system to prevent it in future.
Those present at the meeting included medical education minister Suresh Khanna, health minister Jai Pratap Singh, infrastructure and industrial development commissioner Alok Tandon, agriculture production commissioner Alok Sinha, additional chief secretary (finance) Sanjeev Mittal, additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, director general of police HC Awasthy, additional chief secretary (to chief minister) SP Goel, additional chief secretary (health) Amit Mohan Prasad, additional chief secretary (medical education) Rajneesh Dubey, additional chief secretary (rural development) Manoj Kumar Singh, additional chief secretary (MSME), Navneet Sehgal, principal secretary (health) Alok Kumar, principal secretary (to chief minister) Sanjay Prasad, principal secretary (animal husbandry), Bhuvenesh Kumar, secretary to CM, Alok Kumar, and relief commissioner Sanjay Goel.