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‘Start working for welfare of everyone with bias’: UP CM Yogi Adityanath to newly elected pradhans

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has appealed the newly elected pradhans to stop ‘partybaazi’ and work for the welfare of everyone without bias.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday appealed to newly elected gram pradhans (village heads) to help the state government control the spread of Covid-19 in rural Uttar Pradesh, and prepare to save villagers from communicable diseases during the upcoming rainy season. Governor Anandiben Patel also addressed the event.

Adityanath told the almost 58,000 new pradhans that they were a significant part of the government’s efforts to contain the pandemic, and urged them to work for everyone in an unbiased and non-partisan manner. “Remember that now you are gram pradhans. Now you do not have any party. Those who voted for you, those who did not, you have to look after everyone,” Adityanath said in his address. Following the rural civic polls, both the ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) had claimed that a majority of candidates backed by them had emerged victorious.

The chief minister encouraged the village chiefs to be competitive in ensuring that their area is “corona free”, and pointed out that a recent government survey had claimed that 68 per cent of villages were free of Covid-19. Adityanath said Rs 10,000 crore available to gram panchayats was lying unutilised, and this money should be used wisely to ensure cleanliness, upgrading medical and education facilities, and other welfare measures. Adityanath also requested villagers — especially those who live in regions where water contamination is a major problem — to boil and filter drinking water.

The chief minister asked the gram pradhans to use the public address system to not only spread awareness about diseases such as Covid-19, malaria, dengue and encephalitis, but also play “bhajans [devotional songs]” and “deshbhakti geet [patriotic songs]”. Adityanath made a four-point appeal to the new rural officials, saying, “We have to save people’s lives as well as their livelihoods.”

The chief minister claimed that the state had been able to control the second wave of Covid-19. He asked the gram pradhans to ensure proper surveillance through monitoring committees, especially to get people to wear masks. He said that during his recent tour of districts he saw a significant section of the rural population not wearing masks. Adityanath advised the village heads to engage women self-help groups to ensure the widespread availability of masks.

The CM also directed the newly elected officials to ensure that medicine kits are provided to people displaying Covid symptoms, and that they are tested.Adityanath told the village heads to also ensure the completion of “panchayat secretariats”, which the government plans to equip with internet connections and computers. According to the chief minister, these centres can help people register for vaccination.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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