Set up control room to monitor supply of essential commodities: NPF

NPF

NPF

Continues attack on State’s ‘unpreparedness’

 

Kohima April 15 (MExN): The Naga People's Front (NPF) on Tuesday asked the state government to set up a control room to monitor supply of essential commodities.

 

“There have been complaints of disruption of supply of essential commodities to many far-flung areas,” NPF said in a statement issued by its Press Bureau on April 14.

 

“All the essential commodities to the respective Hqs and destinations should also be checked of any contagion under strict supervision of medical experts lest virus transmit to people-to-people,” it said.

 

The NPF also urged the government to make certain arrangement to let stranded students and travelers reach their villages.

 

The party also expressed apprehension that there are instances that “organizations and groups are over-ruling the decisions of the government and enforcing their own diktats” in several parts of the state.

 

 

Frotliners at risk

 

Meanwhile, continuing its attack on what it terms as the “unpreparedness of State’s health department,” the NPF said that the state government handling of the situation is lethargic.

 

“The recent media reports on the conditions of State’s health infrastructures, diagnostics labs, para medical equipments, and inadequate safety measures for health workers have enormously proved that the government is not doing enough,” it maintained.

 

Despite the government claims of ‘well preparedness’, going by the reports, frontliners are at risk due to inferior quality of protective materials, it added.

 

The Government of India has “sanctioned crores of rupees” to Nagaland to combat Covid-19 and various organizations and individuals have also contributed,” including first installment of Rs 20.50 crore under the State Disaster Response and Mitigation Fund (SDRMF) and Rs 32641.66 lakhs as grants-in-aid by the Ministry of Financ, the NPF informed.

 

Despite sufficient funds, “if responsible people neglect the health sector that cost lives, the government of the day will be held accountable to the victims and citizens,” it added.