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L-G assured that Mohalla Clinics files will be cleared by Tuesday: Sisodia

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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has assured that the files pertaining to Mohalla Clinics in the city will be cleared by Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday.

Sisodia said Baijal had further assured that he would call them on Monday or Tuesday in case any clarification was needed and will clear the files by September 5.

Mohalla Clinics is a pet project of the Aam Aadmi Party government that was launched in 2015 to set up 1,000 clinics across Delhi.

Only 160 clinics have been set up so far, as the project ran into red tape.

On Wednesday, over 40 AAP MLAs laid siege to Raj Niwas, the official residence of the Lt Governor, for over six hours and accused him of “sitting” over files pertaining to the Mohalla Clinics.

Later, Baijal clarified that no file was pending with him and dubbed the conduct of ruling party MLAs as “rude and discourteous”.

On Thursday, speaking to the media after meeting Baijal, Sisodia said the government received the files around 6 p.m. on Wednesday and these were sent back to Baijal on Thursday evening after they were processed.

“The L-G said we all will get together and set up Mohalla clinics,” he said.

Sisodia said there shouldn’t be any politics on Mohalla Clinics as these pertained to the healthcare for the poor.

He said no blame game should be played to ensure that “no Gorakhpur-like tragedy occurrs in Delhi”.

–IANS
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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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