Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to continue with the restrictions on train and aviation to Odisha a minimum of till the top of June to contain the spread of COVID-19.
He made this request during the second phase of the prime minister’s video-conference with chief ministers.
“June is that the toughest month for Odisha because an outsized number of migrants have returned and therefore the monsoon has also started. Hence, Government of India should continue with the restrictions on train and aviation to Odisha,” Patnaik said.
He also drew the prime minister’s attention to the very fact that some people from Odisha were still stranded within the Gulf countries. “The Government of India should take steps to bring them back as most of them are engaged in low-paying jobs,” Patnaik said.
He underlined the difficulties of the scholars set to seem in all-India examinations just like the NEET, JEE-Main, CLAT etc. “The national-level entrance examinations should be conducted only after the state level Plus-II examinations are completed,” the chief minister said.
The government , which has adopted different strategies to contain the spread of COVID-19, anticipates that regular train and flight services will increase the amount of individuals who have returned to the state during the pandemic. So far, as many as 5,56,443 Odias have returned to the state, including 2,498 on Wednesday.
People are returning by trains, buses, other vehicles and also by special planes. quite 2.5 lakh people have already returned to the state by 239 Shramik Special trains, a politician said.
Odisha’s COVID-19 tally increased after the arrival of migrant workers from states with an outsized number of coronavirus cases like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Kerala, Delhi, Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh etc.
Similarly, quite 2,000 people have returned to Odisha by planes from the UAE, the US, Kuwait, Oman, Nepal and other countries.
