To make arrangements for regulated movement of people stranded at different places, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma and Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam Friday visited Lakhanpur and took stock of preparations being made by the administration.
The Advisor said performance of J&K in fighting COVID19has been satisfactory till now. The Chief Secretary while spelling out theinitiatives undertaken by the government said 30,000 to 40,000 people ofJ&K were stranded outside UT.
“Thousands of them have been evacuated and amplified effortsare on the way to rescue more people so that they can be brought back to theirhome as soon as possible,.” He said.
In Lakhanpur, 3,000 people can come at a time and 100 buseshave been made available to ferry them to their respective districts. But nowonwards 100 percent corona testing has been mandatory for all the incoming travelersby taking their blood sample and necessary directions regarding this havealready been given to the Mission Director, NHM, the Chief Secretary said.