At a time when migrant labourers and other poor people held up at various camps across the country due to lockdown on account of Coronavirus threat are trying to return to their native places, even by walking for hundreds of kilometres, Andhra Pradesh government led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy came up with a humanitarian incentive.
At a review meeting held on Wednesday, the chief minister sought details on the facilities being provided at quarantine centres.
He ordered that the officials provide Rs 2,000 financial assistance to the poor who would be returning home from quarantine centres after the lockdown period, besides performing weekly tests.
This will encourage the migrant workers to stay back at the quarantine camps till the lockdown is lifted, unlike in other states where the workers are agitated over extension of lockdown and are going out defying the lockdown.
The officials told the chief minister said Rs 500 is being spent on every person for their food, bed and blanket, Rs 50 for sanitation purpose, and Rs 300 on transportation.
A double room or single room is being provided to the members in quarantine and being sent home after medical protocol, officials said.
The Chief Minister instructed the officials to forward the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to the lower authorities and ensure that the medical safety equipment is being supplied to frontline workers and emergency staff.
Priority should be given to banana and watermelon marketing and monitor edible oil prices. All the appropriate measures should be taken for the safety of farmers and monitor the prices of essential goods, the Chief Minister told officials.
