New Delhi, Mar 27
The President of India,
Shri Ram Nath Kovind, along with the Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah
Naidu, today held a video-conference with all Governors, Lieutenant Governors
and Administrators of all States and Union Territories to find ways to
complement the efforts of the Government of India and the State Governments in
meeting the challenges arising from the outbreak of COVID-19. Preparedness / measures
regarding COVID-19 were reviewed during this video-conference.
The Lt. Governor,
A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency, Admiral D K
Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.) also participated in the video
conferencing.
The President began the
conference by exhorting to the collective strength of the society and urged
Governors, LGs and Administrators to mobilize volunteers of Indian Red Cross
society, voluntary and religious organizations to contain the menace at the
earliest.
President Shri Kovind
and Vice President Shri Naidu expressed hope that the Indian society’s inherent
strength of “sharing and caring” and the government’s measures would mitigate
the sufferings of the most vulnerable sections of the society, particularly the
workers of the unorganised sectors and the destitute.
The video conference
was conducted by the Vice President and it brought out the best practices
initiated by various States to mitigate the people’s plight while enforcing the
lock down in the country.
The discussions related
to the status of COVID-19 in the States, the role of the Red Cross with focus
on vulnerable sections, and the role of civil society/voluntary organisations
in complementing the efforts of the Union and State governments to contain the
spread of the Novel Coronavirus, especially with the lockdown and other
challenges emerging from the evolving situation.
While summing up the
conference, President Shri Kovind urged everyone to hold regular stock-taking
with the state government and make contributions in a way that the battle again
the Coronavirus could be taken to a logical end. He also said that based on
these experiences, the best practices can be emulated in other parts of the
country.
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