CEM Debolal Gorlosa announces free rice for BPL families

A Correspondent

Haflong: At a time when the entire world is feeling the effects of the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19, especially the daily wage earners and the poorer section of the society, North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council CEM Debolal Gorlosa announced distribution of free rice to BPL families.

While taking up the responsibility to bear any loss incurred by the department, CEM Gorlosa has instructed Dima Hasao, Food and Civil Supplies department for free rice distribution to BPL families. These families have been asked to contact their respective co-operative or fair price shops for supply of their ration.

Meanwhile, all the houses in Dima Hasao where people under home quarantine are residing, stickers have been pasted to alert others and to ensure social distancing. Health authorities along with the district administration have started stamping ‘home quarantined’ with indelible ink on the hands of those suspected to be infected with coronavirus or those who have recently travelled back home from other States.

District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has constituted District-level Incident Response Team (IRT) for COVID-19 under Deputy Commissioner Amitabh Rajkhowa as the responsible officer, who is also the chairman of DDMA. Various cells constituted under the IRT include incident commander, safety officer, liaison officer, information and media officer, operation section chief, planning section chief and logistic section chief. This cell will be activated in the event of occurrence of any emergency as per the government’s standing order.

There are no reports of any person entering Dima Hasao from other places and therefore home quarantined persons have not increased from 357. The report received from Silchar Medical College and Hospital of one suspect patient admitted earlier in the isolation unit of Haflong Civil is negative.

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