Yogi launches drone operation in Kashi, reviews Covid management in Mirzapur
VARANASI : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who is on a two-day visit to East UP, on Tuesday reviewed Covid-19 management in Mirzapur before inaugurating a novel facility that will help keep Ganga ghats clean through the use of four unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drones in Varanasi.
Inaugurating the facility, chief minister said the step had been taken to ensure that no one manages to dump any sort of waste in Ganga anymore.
“These drones are connected to big TV screens at Kashi Integrated Command and Control Centre (KICCC). They will send live pictures to the centre where a team will regularly monitor the banks. Whenever somebody tries to dump any waste in Ganga, his picture will be captured and the Nagar Nigam team, along with the police team, on the spot will be alerted,” said municipal commissioner Gaurang Rathi.
In Mirzapur, the CM said, “Uttar Pradesh government with its effective management of COVID-19 has proved wrong many experts who claimed cases in UP will go above 30 lakhs in May.”
Lauding the team for controlling the spread of Covid in Mirzapur, the CM said, a few experts had claimed that UP will witness over 1 lakh positive cases daily from April 25 to May
10 and they will cross 30-lakh mark in May.
“Following the mantra of ‘trace, track and treat’, the health department officials with cooperation from the public succeeded in effectively controlling Covid in the state,” said the CM.
“On April 28, over 38,000 cases were reported in a single day in the state. At present, active cases in the state are 69,000. And daily active cases have come down to 3,900. The recovery rate is increasing, and the positivity rate is decreasing,” he said.
He said the oxygen plants were being set up in every district to make them independent in terms of oxygen and the infrastructure at the hospitals were being spruced up.
“When the first wave started, there was no facility for Covid testing in the state. Still, till date we have managed to conduct 4.70 crore Covid tests. At the same time, 1.65 crore people have been vaccinated. The state has over 80,000 ventilator beds and preparations to deal with the possible third wave are underway,” the CM said.
He appealed to the people to go for testing in case of Covid symptoms and also get vaccination. He said the vaccination of people aged between 18 and 45 will begin in all districts from June 1. Before leaving for Mirzapur, Yogi inspected primary health center, Shivpur.
THE CM APPEALED TO THE PEOPLE TO GO FOR TESTING IN CASE OF COVID SYMPTOMS AND ALSO GET VACCINATION.