18.05.21

Project to boost village healthcare infra begins

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Aiming at strengthening the healthcare in rural areas and also reducing the pressure on the tertiary care system, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday launched a pilot project – Sanjeevani Pariyojana on the theme of Swasth Karnal, banega missal through video-conferencing, under which end-to-end healthcare will be ensured to Home-isolated patients who are around 94 per cent of the total patients in the district.

It is a Karnal model of supervised home care to combat the second wave of the Covid-19 and it will be implemented in other districts of the state subsequently, claimed the authorities.

The District Administration with the help of a multinational company, Deloitte, had chalked out this project, under which six facilities have been extended, particularly in rural areas.

So far, 804 MT Oxygen received by Punjab

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Punjab has received 804.26 metric ton liquid medical Oxygen (LMO) to date by operating 30 flights with assistance of the Indian Air Force since April 17.

due to the long journey involved in taking trucks to and from Bokaro, Jharkhand, and Hazira, Gujarat, from where Punjab gets its LMO quota, the state decided to airlift the oxygen tankers to the two Plants from the Chandigarh air base and bring these back by road.

The decision turned the situation in states favour as it was able to obtain adequate oxygen supplies.

Himachal Pradesh gearing up to tackle possible third wave of Covid: CM Jai Ram Thakur

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Chief minister Jai RamThakursaid thatHimachal Pradeshis gearing up to tackle Covid’s possible third wave by boosting the Health required to treat the children as it is being said that children would be affected the most in the third wave.

Thakur said that health department officials have been directed to prepare the plan accordingly as the treatment protocol of children would be different than that of adult Covid patients.

He said that Himachal Pradesh is the only state where Covid patients were not turned down admissions in the hospitals in the want of beds, ventilators or Oxygen. He added, during the first wave of corona pandemic last year, the state had started the process of strengthening health infrastructure and when positive cases surged during the second wave, the state had increased the bed capacity and other facilities accordingly.

After hitting hard in the plain areas of the state the contagion of the Covid -19 is now spreading fast and becoming more fatal in the mountainous districts of Uttarakhand. In the last fourteen days ( May 1 to 13), a total of 301 deaths were reported in the nine mountainous districts of the state. During this period 1621 deaths occurred in the plain districts of Haridwar, Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital.

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It is pertinent to mention here that 312 deaths had occurred in the mountainous states from March 15 last year to April 30 this year. It shows that an almost equal number of deaths has occurred in the hill districts in the last 14 days when compared to the previous 13 months of pandemic. The share of deaths of mountainous districts in total number of deaths too has increased from 11.9 percent ( from March 15, 2020 to April 30,2021) to 18.6 percent ( May 1 to May 13, 2021). A total of 4245 deaths have occurred from Covid 19 so far in the state out of which 613 deaths have occurred in the mountainous districts.

Pauri districts leads the table of mortality from Covid 19 with 200 deaths followed by Almora (89), Pithoragarh (80), Tehri (52), Rudraprayag (49), Uttarkashi (43), Bageshwar (39), Chamoli (34) and Champawat (27).

Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has invited bids for the selection of solar power generators under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) Scheme to set up decentralised, ground-mounted grid-connected solar power plants aggregating 106 MW capacity.

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The Plants, in sizes of 0.5 MW, 1 MW, 1.5 MW, and 2 MW (AC), are to be set up on a build-own-operate basis and will come up on barren or agricultural lands, pasturelands and marshlands falling within a 5 km radius from the identified 24 numbers of 33/11kV substations of four power distribution companies (Discoms) which are subsidiaries of UP Power Corporation Limited. The respective Discom will sign a 25-year power purchase agreement with successful bidders.

The tender document mentioned that the solar power Generator may be operated by an individual farmer, group of farmers/cooperatives/panchayats/farmer-producer organisations/water user associations or project developers to whom the land has been leased by farmers. The individual project capacity to be developed in a particular substation shall be a minimum of 0.5 MW and a maximum of 2 MW per bidder. A bidder may participate for all 24 substations, but it will not be allowed to bid for more than a single solar power plant of 0.5 MW, 1.0 MW, 1.5 MW, or 2 MW capacities at a particular 33/11kV substation.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday inaugurated a newly commissioned oxygen plant at Sadar hospital of Sahebganj district. The plant based on Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) technology will cater to the need of oxygen for the patients suffering from Covid 19.

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Sahebganj Sadar hospital has a total of 50 beds with Oxygen support. But, with the PSA plant the hospital can supply oxygen to other districts and hospitals on the demand basis. The PSA plant can generate 5000 litres of oxygen per hour.

The Chief minister, who inaugurated the plant through video conferencing, said that the government and people of Jharkhand are determined to fight against Covid -19.

The CM said that his government is committed to the improvement of Health as well as treatment of Covid 19 patients. He informed that the vaccination drive for people aged between 18 and 44 years too has been started from Friday adding that initially across Jharkhand 496 vaccination centres have been set-up for this purpose. So far, all 24 districts have been allotted 179800 vials of the vaccine.

Bihar government sends Rs one crore to cyclone-hit Lakshadweep

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Acting at the directive of chief minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar government on Monday sent a financial assistance of Rs one crore to Lakshadweep for accelerating relief and rehabilitation works in the Tauktae cyclone-hit island.

The official said the Bihar government decided to send the to Lakshadweep after reports began pouring that Tauktae has left behind a trail of destruction in the countrys smallest union territory.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Monday that an inclusive and a sound strategy on Covid-19 management has helped to bring down the positivity rate to 9 percent in the state.

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He said the Covid spread in the state is being controlled. In April, the positivity rate was 30 percent which on Monday fell to 9 percent.

A total of 52,028 samples were tested out of which 4,888 persons were found Covid positive.

Now the focus is on the rural areas, enhancing testing and tracing, he said in a statement. RT-PCR test facilities are being developed at Baloda Bazar, Durg, Dantewada, Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur and Korba districts, all in the government sector, he said.

The Chief Minister said the state has 18 Oxygen generation Plants while six more are under construction.

1 lakh youths to get MSME jobs every month, promises MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that it was his dream and resolve to lay a Network of small, cottage and medium industries in Madhya Pradesh.

Only industries of such levels can provide maximum EMPLOYMENT opportunities.Employment generationis the foundation for the creation of Atmanirbhar Madhya Pradesh. The is always ready to help entrepreneurs. The objective behind the scheme Start Your Business in Thirty Days is to see to it that any person who wishes to establish his own enterprise should not face any problems, said Chouhan.

Chouhan further said that a decision has been taken to launch the Mukhya Mantri Udyam Kranti Yojana by repackaging old schemes to enhance self-employment opportunities for the youths.

Sarus crane population soars 20% in 10 years in Gujarat

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Sarus, it seems, has chosen to makeGujaratan ideal abode for itself. For, a census conducted on the worlds tallest flying bird in the state has revealed that itspopulationmay have gone up by about 20 per cent in a decade. Experts welcome the heartening news as the increase in Population is despite dwindlingwetlandsand rapid Urbanisation in the state.

Sarus cranes usually stay in and around wetlands that are either getting encroached or fast disappearing. Despite their natural abodes reducing over the last few years, Sarus cranes have increased in numbers and it is an encouraging revelation for bird lovers.