Congress chief Chennithala meets Kerala Governor, urges relook at COVID-19  technique

By Express News Service
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: A day after Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala got here out with 14 suggestions to the Chief Secretary to fight the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, he referred to as on Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at Raj Bhavan on Monday.

During the assembly, Chennithala conveyed the seriousness of the difficulty citing the spurt within the variety of COVID-19 circumstances. He stated there’s a compelling must revisit the state’s administration protocols and techniques in order that the pandemic is managed successfully with out affecting the livelihoods of most people.

In the memorandum submitted to the Governor, the Opposition chief highlighted the acute scarcity of vaccines. Chennithala urged the Governor to exert strain over the central authorities to allocate vaccines on a precedence foundation to the state. He stated that the Centre also can contemplate permitting the state to immediately attain out to producers and to repair statewise precedence for vaccination.

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“The health insurance facility for healthcare workers announced by the Centre had expired on March 1. Hence this needs to be extended for at least six months. It would have been good if the Prime Minister takes steps to extend the insurance facility to frontline warriors like police, municipal workers, local body and revenue officials. At a time when the second wave of COVID-19 is increasing manifold, NABARD authorities should refrain from taking the disbursed loans worth Rs 2500 crore till the situation is stabilized,” stated Chennithala.

He additionally stated that 1200 new posts that have been created within the Directorate of Health Services are but to materialize. Chennithala requested the Governor to direct the Chief Secretary to take steps for filling these posts on precedence. Recently, the Kasaragod district collector had determined that individuals coming to the district ought to have detrimental RT-PCR outcomes. Chennithala maintained that district collectors mustn’t take unilateral choices pertaining to their district. He knowledgeable that correct discussions needs to be taken first earlier than arising with such choices.

“The district collectors may be directed to hold regular meetings with local body representatives and authorities for effective implementation and for ensuring peoples’ support. Currently, various district collectors are acting independently without any coordination and are issuing circulars, which are creating more confusion and panic among people,” added Chennithala.

He additionally maintained that the Thrissur Pooram needs to be held abiding by the COVID-19 protocol.

When varied college exams have been postponed as per the directive of the Governor, Chennithala urged the state authorities to significantly contemplate whether or not the PSC exams needs to be held at a time when the COVID-19 circumstances are going up at an alarming charge.

Chennithala additionally knowledgeable that the Election Commission is but to provide a beneficial reply on the postal poll subject.

When Congress mouthpiece Veekshanam had come out with a press release of state Congress president Mullapally Ramachandran welcoming Cherian Philip again to the social gathering fold, Chennithala stated the previous Congress chief ought to have realized his prominence within the social gathering.