22-23.05.21

North eastern states falling behind in vaccinating 18-plus group

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The northeastern states are lagging behind in the 18-44 age group vaccination, which crossed the one crore-mark in India under Phase-3 of the drive.

Even as Assam administered over four lakh doses in the category, none of the other six NE states could cross even the one lakh figure since May 1.

Among the NE states, the highest 4,33,615 doses for 18+ beneficiaries have been administered in Assam. The numbers however, may depict a wrong picture, as there is an estimated Population of 1.8 crore in the state between 18-44 years.

Except for Tripura, which managed to cross the 50,000 mark (53,957 doses), the rest of the states are far behind in inoculating the young people. Arunachal Pradesh has vaccinated the 18-44 population with 17,777 doses. While Manipur could administer only 9,110 doses for the 18-44 group, Meghalaya is marginally ahead with 23,142 inoculations. The corresponding figures for Mizoram and Nagaland are 10,676 and 7,376 respectively.

WHO features Assam’s Covid-19 frontline workers

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World Health Organization in appreciation of effective Covid-19 management inAssamhas featured the states frontline workers in its news section with the headline ASSAM: Frontline workers with muddy feet and hearts of gold.

The feature story published on Wednesday has paid tributes to the states frontline workers saying, In a state where 39.6 % of the area is prone to floods, according to Rastriya Barh Ayog in the Department of Resources“>Water Resources, Government of Assam, large tracts of land are unreachable for many months during the year, which makes providing health care Services a huge challenge.

The feature also highlighted the states surveillance plan 2.0 or Nischayata (Assurance) under which aggressive testing was carried out in potential hotspots such as transport hubs, markets, interstate truck and bus terminals and parking lots.

A total of 1,167 tankers/containers carrying 21,478.149 MT of medical oxygen have been dispatched under escort of Odisha Police so far from Rourkela, Jajpur, and Dhenkanal and Angul districts to 15 deficit States/UTs in the country.

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During the last 33 days, as many as 108 tankers were dispatched from Angul with 1,741.182 MT Oxygen, 271 tankers from Dhenkanal with 4,383.3 MT, 258 tankers from Jajpur with 5,308.647 MT and 530 tankers from Rourkela with 10,045.02 MT oxygen.

A total of 362 tankers with 7,124.354 MT of oxygen have been sent sofar to Andhra Pradesh and 302 tankers with 5,202.589 MT of oxygen sent to . Tamil Nadu has received 90 tankers filled with 1,634.257 MT of medical oxygen. Similarly, Haryana has received 162 tankers filled with 2,993.883 MT of oxygen. 41 tankers with 660.051 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Maharashtra, while 629.321 MT of oxygen filled in 39 tankers have been dispatched to Chhattisgarh.

Tamil Nadu govt appoints special monitoring officers for Cauvery desilting

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TheTamil Nadugovernment has appointed four special monitoring officers for the speedy implementation ofdesiltingwork in the delta districts ofThanjavur, Tiruvarur,Nagapattinamand Mayiladuthurai.

The sanctioned Rs 62.9 crore for desilting work in 589 places in Ariyalur, Karur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Pudukkottai, Trichy, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur and Trichy districts. It also sanctioned Rs 22 crore for 58 desilting work in Chennai region.

Karnataka: Covid captains to monitor every gram panchayat in Chamarajanagar

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In a first of its kind experiment in the state, Chamarajanagar District Administration has appointed one captain for every gram panchayat (GP) to monitor the Covid-19 situation in the villages affiliated to the GP.

According to the authorities, each Covid-19 captain is given a vehicle with medical kits, public announcement (PA) system, PPE kits and emergency medicines. These captains along with ASHA workers and medical officers will visit villages.

According to the plan, the captains will be entrusted with the task of supervising and monitoring activities relating to testing, tracing, quarantine watch, vaccination and Covid Care Centres at the GP levels.

Qualcomm strikes biggest SEZ lease deal in Telangana

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US-based semiconductors and wireless technology giantQualcommis setting up a mega facility spread over nearly 1.6 million sq ft at a SEZ in Hyderabad. This will be the largest SEZ leasing deal inTelangana. It will also be Qualcomms largest facility in India.

The Qualcomm facility, to be housed over 17 storeys at the Sustain Properties Pvt Ltd SEZ being developed by K Raheja Group at Raidurg, will entail an of Rs 3,904 crore and will create about 8,700 jobs over the next five years, the Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone (VSEZ) said.

The mega SEZ facility is expected to generate IT Services exports to the tune of Rs 28,658 crore over the next five years, it said.

The project has also received approval from the unit approval committee of VSEZ at a meeting held recently. All SEZs in Telangana fall under VSEZ.

Andhra Pradesh: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy credits Rs 1,820 crore to accounts of 15 lakh farmers

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Chief ministerY S Jagan Mohan Reddyon Tuesday credited 1820.23 crore under YSRfree crop insuranceschemeinto the bank accounts of 15.15lakh farmerswho lost their crop during last years kharif season.

The chief minister said the government had taken the responsibility to supportfarmersin their hard times and has kept its promise. He further said that they have revamped the scheme by paying the entire Insurance premium, thereby ensuring that all farmers enrolled in e-crop platform get their share of insurance directly with no middlemen involved.

Goa biodiversity board helping local communities sell local produce

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In many casesbiodiversityconservation efforts tend to be viewed as being in conflict with economic interests. Turning this belief on its head, theGoa State Board(GSBB) has taken the first step to becoming the only government body in the country to begin production, along withlocalcommunities, of products derived from local bio-Resources.

While a part of the income derived from the sales will be paid back to locals involved in the processing unit, the rest of the amount will go back into conservation of the local biodiversity and into funding other sustainability efforts.

No home isolation to be allowed in 18 Maharashtra districts with high positivity rate

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TheMaharashtragovernment has decided to stop Home quarantining of Covid-19 patients in 18 districts where the positivity rate is high and all active patients in these areas would be admitted toCovid Care Centers, Health minister Rajesh Tope said.

Ordinarily, asymptomatic patients or those who have mild symptoms of coronavirus infection are advised home isolation.

The state has 3,27,000 active Covid-19 cases and the recovery rate has improved to 93 per cent. The case positivity rate — proportion of positive cases in tested samples — is around 12 per cent while the case fatality rate is 1.5 per cent, But the positivity rate in 18 districts is higher than the state Average.