Stalin to ministers: Monitor Covid in your districts

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Okay Stalin on Sunday held his first Cabinet assembly, wherein all ministers had been suggested to camp of their districts and monitor works being undertaken to verify the unfold of Covid-19. His authorities additionally appointed senior IAS officer Gagandeep Singh Bedi as Chennai’s Corporation Commissioner.
At the Cabinet meet, Stalin mentioned {that a} correct implementation of the entire lockdown within the state, in power from May 10 to 24, will alone be sufficient to manage the Covid-19 situation. Ministers had been instructed to be in their very own areas to make sure a strict implementation of the lockdown and to ensure that well being amenities in addition to meals for healthcare employees and sufferers through the lockdown interval are ample.
The Cabinet additionally resolved to take cautious steps to keep away from the wastage of oxygen as the federal government is making it accessible for personal and state-run hospitals with nice issue.
After increasing the sale of remdesivir from one Chennai hospital to Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli, the Cabinet additionally instructed authorities to forestall the wastage of the drug in addition to verify its sale within the black market.
Meanwhile, Bedi’s appointment as Chennai Corporation Commissioner is extremely important as he has additionally been appointed the de-facto particular officer who will be capable to convene and take all selections of the company council within the absence of an elected physique for greater than 4 years.
According to a prime supply, Stalin was not solely eradicating corrupt officers however was additionally ensuring that his core staff has officers who will be projected as poster boys of the federal government. “Like (former chief minister) J Jayalalithaa had J Radhakrishnan as the celebrated health secretary, Stalin’s decision to appoint Bedi as the Corporation Commissioner is likely to be a popular decision… Until elections to the council are declared, Bedi will be the council, he will be the spokesperson of the corporation. It will also help to resume some major projects such as the Smart City project which had been standing idle for long,” the supply mentioned.