20 lakh crore package only on papers, no relief to distressed People on ground: Bhalla

25/05/2020

Jammu, May 24: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla on Sunday stressed upon the people to look into and take their responsibilities with regard to lessen the risks and chances of spreading coronavirus and take healthy benefit from the relaxation given by the government. They must wash their hands and sanitize them before going out, wear a face mask and plastic hand gloves, avoid making the crowd and keep a safe distance from others to ensure safety. He also advised the traders not to entertain those customers who do not take care of preventive measures. He also advised the people to give and take currency notes with great care as these notes can be most dangerous for spreading the virus. If people do not observe safety measure, the virus could be spread and the there will have no option but to enforce lockdown again, he concluded.
Bhalla said that Govt should utilize present time to create a massive testing infrastructure, so that even asymptomatic people could be tested and quarantined. That's the only way to manage the coronavirus pandemic until we get drugs and vaccines to administer enmasse. Sadly, Govt is doing little to address this concern about India not taking the mass-testing approach. We need fast testing, cheap testing, easily available testing - and a well laid out mechanism to quarantine a person the moment he is found positive, without letting them infect others, including medical staff and family members.
Bhalla reiterated that it is time to stand by the government. But when the sheer ineptitude and stubbornness of the government endangers the safety of people, it becomes important to seek accountability. Asking questions is a responsibility, said former Minister while accusing govt to read the gravity of impact of Covid-19 and each and every section of society. LG Administration's inability to get its act together even after more than two months has put the people of J&K at grave risk wandering what to do ,where to go to deal with current situation.
There is overwhelming evidence that more and more people have run out of cash and are forced to stand in lines to collect free cooked food. He asked why cannot government save them from hunger and protect their dignity by transferring cash to every poor family, why can't government distribute, free of cost, a small part of the 77 million tonnes of grain with FCI to families who need the grain to feed themselves.
Meanwhile Former Minister on Sunday continued to extend his helping hand by distributing Food packet among needy persons in various parts of the Gandhi Nagar Constituency due COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, Bhalla today distributed ration item at Bathindi ward -74, Mohalla satellite Colony, Mohalla Palliya Hill Colony, Mohalla Zuberabad, Moh-alla Shamsdin. Prominent among those who accompanied Bhalla include Corporater Sobat Ali, Ch. Putto, Sarpanch Hafeez Hulla, Bittu Sharma, DCC General Secretary Urban Aman Bawa, DCC General Secretary Urban Jatin Vashisht, Iqbal Singh, Panch Faryad Ali, Panch Ayub khan, Block President Jatinder Singh, Paramjeet Singh, Panch Parveen Kumari, Panch Master Shed Mohd, Panch Naseem Ali, Chairman Panch Majeed, Bhardar Ali, Gagan Bral, GS Sodhi beside others.
The announcement of mega economic package seems to have no impact on those who turned jobless, homeless, foodless due to the lockdown. The government is trying to encash the COVID crisis by multiplied projection of the stimulus package. It is made to sound big but on ground of no help to migrants and poor. Bhalla slammed Govt for the false propaganda on economic package as it has singled out labourers, farmers, honest tax payers, MSMEs and cottage industry as beneficiaries of the package, it indicates that Govt is diligent in addressing issues of the segments whose lockdown woes the opposition has voiced, but whatever PM has promised seems fake on ground. The package brings not much relief to labourers, farmers and tax payers. The government and BJP machinery is evidently 'harping on miseries' of the poor population that fights to survive.

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