Nitish Kumar talked about that the restoration charge has reached 88.24 per cent inside the state (File)
Patna:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday talked about that some people inside the state keep criticising his authorities nonetheless they do not know that the federal authorities has elevated the testing functionality for COVID-19 to 1 lakh 50 thousand per day.
“We insisted on rising the number of assessments when the COVID-19 catastrophe started inside the nation,” the Chief Minister talked about whereas addressing a digital rally organised by JD-U.
“Some people in Bihar keep criticising us with none information. In March, we had decided to increase testing functionality for COVID-19, and proper this second over 1 lakh 50 thousand people are being examined each single day. We have got higher than ample preparations for COVID-19 proper right here,” he added.
The CM extra talked about that the restoration charge has reached 88.24 per cent inside the state and the federal authorities is monitoring the state of affairs of COVID-19 on the Chief Secretary stage.
“When lockdown had started, Bihar’s labourers have been stranded throughout the nation. We contacted them and handed out Rs 1,000 as help amount to 20,95,000 people from the Chief Minister’s Help Fund,” he talked about.
“In Would possibly we requested the central authorities to run trains for people who wished to return to their homes. We started quarantine centres for the returnees. The state authorities spent Rs 5,300 each on the spherical 15 lakh people who returned to the state,” he added.
The Bihar CM appealed to the people to watch the COVID-19 suggestions inside the elections which can be extra more likely to be held inside the state later this 12 months.
“I make an attraction that this 12 months election shall be held and subsequently all people should be alert in the midst of the pandemic interval. People have to watch all the COVID-19 suggestions inside the circumstances. It is being seen that in Delhi the COVID-19 numbers are going up as soon as extra after taking place just some days once more,” the CM talked about.
He elaborated on the start of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in Bihar whereby the state authorities has contributed 47.06 per cent funds.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan on June 20, 2020 inside the Telihar Panchayat of Khagaria district of Bihar. Rs 5,63,00,000 was allotted to the Panchayat for this program out of which Rs 2,65,00,000 is the state authorities’s contribution. An entire of 32 districts of Bihar will get the advantage of this scheme,” he talked about.
“The central authorities goes to make on the market two 500-bedded ESIC hospitals in Bihta and Muzaffarpur dedicated to COVID-19,” he added.
Bihar has 243 Assembly constituencies and elections inside the state are due in October-November as a result of the tenure of the current Assembly is scheduled to complete on November 29.
The Election Price has not however taken a remaining identify on poll dates in Bihar on account of coronavirus pandemic.
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