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  • COVID fallout: Despite authorities assurance, migrants in Odisha left in lurch

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR :  Even because the State authorities urged migrant employees to not depart Odisha throughout lockdown and warranted that it has sufficient livelihood choices for them, the actual fact stays that non-payment to labourers within the authorities sector work has pressured many emigrate to neighbouring states in the hunt for jobs.

    Sources mentioned suspension of private ledger (PL) accounts in lots of blocks together with these that are liable to migration, has resulted in such a state of affairs.

    As the pandemic state of affairs deteriorated throughout the State for the final one month, the issue has remained unresolved as the eye of the complete administration has shifted to controlling the unfold of the lethal virus.

    Congress MLA from Kantabanji Assembly constituency Santosh Singh Saluja, who was energetic on the bottom until lockdown was imposed, mentioned the state of affairs at grassroots is totally completely different from what the federal government propagates right here.

    Since the final 4 months, there was no cost to labourers in Muribahal and Tureikela blocks that are the poorest and migration-prone blocks.

    Migrants had left in March first week and a few of them have returned in April. But the state of affairs stays grim and they’re going with out work, he mentioned.

    Another opposition chief and State normal secretary of BJP Golak Mohapatra mentioned the knowledge dished out by the State authorities is just for propaganda.

    No work is being performed on the floor degree, he mentioned and requested why virtually no village in Pipili Assembly constituency has a pucca home.

    The authorities claims to have constructed greater than 4 lakh pucca homes throughout the State by incurring an expenditure of Rs 4,628.75 crore beneath rural housing schemes in 2020-21.

    But, the place are these homes, he requested and added that the federal government has did not implement the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) and Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana due to the pandemic within the final one 12 months.

    The authorities had made an announcement in March, 2021 that it has made a provision of Rs 2,000 crore in its 2021-22 funds to supply minimal wage in 20 migration-prone blocks of Bargarh, Balangir, Kalahandi and Nuapada districts.

    However, the federal government sources weren’t obtainable to make clear on these points which have created issues on the floor degree. Both Saluja and Mohapatra mentioned these bulletins have solely remained in pen and paper.

  • Rourkela to get 500-bed Covid facility as second wave wrecks havoc in Odisha

    By Express News Service
    ROURKELA:  Even because the virulent second wave of coronavirus has shaken the well being equipment, building of a 500-bed Covid-19 hospital of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has provided hope to the folks right here with no less than 400 beds geared up with oxygen help more likely to be prepared in a fortnight.

    The two-storey administrative constructing of RSP’s erstwhile fertilizer plant situated close to the RSP-Linde Oxygen Plant website is being developed right into a devoted Covid hospital.

    The RSP expects to operationalise the primary part of the undertaking by May finish. But these related to creating the power confided that 400 beds geared up with oxygen help could be prepared to be used inside a fortnight.  

    The transfer got here after Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in response to the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the metal main to arrange the power within the metropolis.  

    Sources stated the hospital being established in collaboration with the State authorities, could be supported by the oxygen plant of RSP.

    The facility, the place constructive sufferers with gentle signs requiring oxygen help shall be admitted, is anticipated to considerably reduce the burden on the present Covid hospitals in Sundargarh district.

    As per reviews, the mattress power is more likely to be elevated to 500. Electrical wiring for 100 ICU beds with ventilator help is underway although it’s unclear if the ventilators could be organized by the State authorities or RSP.  

    President of BMS-affiliated Rourkela Ispat Karkhana Karmachari Sangh (RIKKS), the acknowledged commerce union of RSP, HS Bal stated RSP is offering mandatory infrastructure and logistics help for the power and the state authorities would run it by deploying medical doctors and para-medical workers.

    He stated the collaborative initiative of the RSP and State authorities would assist in saving lives at a time when the virus is wreaking havoc in Sundargarh district, notably Rourkela. 

    Amid scarcity of medical doctors it’ll be a troublesome process for the administration to rearrange ample medical personnel for the power.

    The tremendous speciality facility of RSP’s Ispat General Hospital (IGH), is already working with 47 ICU beds.

    RSP, which is working the power in collaboration with the district administration is making an attempt to extend the variety of beds within the ICU to 100.

    Efforts are additionally underway to ramp up RT-PCR testing capability on the IGH to 1,000 samples per day.

  • Odisha: Balangir hospitals face workers crunch amid worsening COVID disaster

    By Express News Service
    BALANGIR:  Adding to the already grim state of affairs of the Covid second wave, the hospitals within the district have sounded an alarm over scarcity of technical workers and docs. 

    Balangir has one main Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital and two sub-divisional hospitals in Patnagarh and Titlagarh cities together with 15 Community Health Centres (CHCs) and 44 Primary Health Centres (PHCs).

    Despite presence of infrastructure and medical gear, scarcity of docs is hampering the standard of healthcare. 

    A living proof, Titlagarh sub-divisional hospital requires a minimum of 18 docs however is presently working with 5 docs, of which three are everlasting staff whereas two are on deputation. 

    Many specialist posts are mendacity vacant, forcing non-specialised physicians to cope with vital sufferers or refer them to Burla and SCB MCH, Cuttack. 

    The administration has reportedly did not open a Covid Care Centre (CCC) in Kantabanji as a consequence of scarcity of healthcare professionals.

    Reports recommend that 160 docs are presently on responsibility within the district versus the required variety of 261.

    Alongside, the variety of ICU beds (which stands at a paltry 40) can also be a matter of concern. 

    CDMO Bhima Sahu mentioned the variety of ICU beds will  be elevated to a minimum of 100 inside a day or two.

  • Experts advise Odisha authorities to make use of lockdown correctly to regulate transmission of COVID

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR: As 14-day lockdown comes into pressure from Wednesday, well being specialists known as upon the federal government to utilise the interval optimally by strengthening its technique of prevention and management as per the present state of affairs and planning for future with classes learnt previously. 

    Additional Professor of Community Medicine and Dean (Research) of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Dr Binod Kumar Patro stated all testing websites ought to be supplemented with pulse oximeter for monitoring oxygen saturation and respiratory price together with  pattern assortment by skilled allied well being professionals to establish sufferers requiring speedy consideration.

    “All patients who have provided samples for rapid antigen test must be informed about the result within 30 to 60 minutes. This will help in reducing the transmission of infection between the sample collection and result period. A 48-hour sample turnaround time for RT-PCR shall be optimal in the districts which do not have the facility while in districts where RT-PCR testing is being done, a 24-hour turnaround time needs to be explored,” he harassed. 

    Stating that microbiological take a look at (RT-PCR) continues to be the gold commonplace for prognosis of Covid-19, Dr Patro stated, “The success of tuberculosis control has been attributed to microscopic diagnosis. The same protocol has to be emphasised among the health practitioners and general public.” The neighborhood medication skilled stated all Covid therapy centres arrange in the course of the first wave of the pandemic ought to instantly be reactivated and an actual time info system be put in place for admission and referral of sufferers.

    “Trained healthcare professionals should be placed to provide care in peripheral Covid facilities instead of wasting time on shifting patients. One group of hospitals should be earmarked as non-Covid hospitals which should follow proper screening protocol for provision of non-Covid care. Focus should be on ramping up vaccination with the provisions of camps at open spaces or schools instead of making hospitals crowded,” Dr Patro added.  

  • 14-day lockdown in Odisha from May 5: Here’s what’s allowed, what isn’t

    Odisha Lockdown guidelines and tips: A 14-day lockdown has been introduced in Odisha between May 5 and May 19 to interrupt the chain of transmission because the state sees a spike in Covid instances.
    As per the recent orders issued by the Office of Special Relief Commissioner, whereas restricted motion shall be allowed on the weekdays, full lockdown shall be noticed on the weekends.
    On Saturday, over 10,000 covid instances have been reported in Odisha. On Sunday, the state reported a dip in instances as 8015 individuals examined optimistic and 14 sufferers succumbed to the lethal virus. The state has to this point reported 4,62,622 optimistic instances, whereas the dying toll stood at 2068. At current Odisha has 69,453 lively instances, whereas 3,91,048 sufferers have recovered from the illness, added the H&FW Department.

    Odisha lockdown: What is prohibited?
    1) Buses for public transport, taxis together with auto rickshaws, cab companies
    2) Intrastate motion of people by street apart from medical causes
    3) All academic and training institutes to stay closed.
    4) Trade gala’s, exhibitions, open-air theatres, cinema halls, gymnasiums, procuring complexes, parks, auditoriums, salons, magnificence parlours to stay closed.
    5) Religious locations, locations of worship to stay closed for public

    Odisha lockdown: What is allowed?
    1) The lockdown and weekend shutdown is not going to be relevant to election-related work
    2) During this era topic to availability, vaccination will proceed
    3) All well being companies stay useful together with hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, laboratories, and assortment centres.
    4) Shops together with ration outlets, meals and vegetable outlets, groceries, fish, meat, and eggs are allowed to function on weekdays solely between 6 am to 12 midday. People are restricted to journey solely inside 500 metres to purchase important gadgets. The state authorities has additionally requested respective district administrations to facilitate residence supply companies to reduce crowding at such locations.

    5) Restaurants and dhabas can operate with solely takeaway and residential supply choices
    6) Home supply operators together with e-commerce and meals supply allowed
    7) Newspaper supply allowed solely between 5 am to eight am.
    8) All building actions and related actions allowed together with the motion of labourers in each rural and concrete areas.
    9) Marriages permitted with the approval of native authorities with no more than 50 individuals in attendance. For funerals, no more than 20 individuals are permitted in whole.
    10) RBI regulated monetary markets, ATMs to stay open with minimal functioning workers.

  • As instances rise once more, states fall again on lockdowns

    As the nation reels beneath the huge second wave of Covid-19, many states are reimposing restrictions and evening curfews to interrupt the chain of an infection. A take a look at among the populous states, like West Bengal, Karnakata and Gujarat, that are reporting a speedy enhance in Covid numbers, and the steps they’ve taken to interrupt the chain.
    West Bengal
    The Mamata Banerjee-led authorities introduced a partial shutdown on Friday. Eatieries, malls and different non-essential institutions will stay shut. Markets will likely be allowed to operate for less than 5 hours day by day with staggered timings — from 7am to 10 am and from 3pm to 5pm. All social, cultural, leisure and educational gatherings are banned. Pharmacies, and grocery retailers are exempted.

    Gujarat
    There are 29 cities in Gujarat the place an evening curfew (8pm to 6am) is in place. The authorities has allowed a affected person and an attendant to journey throughout curfew hours. Persons carrying bus, practice or aeroplane tickets may also transfer. All business institutions (besides retailers promoting necessities and provisions and eating places giving takeaways) have been requested to shut down until May 5. Industrial models, finance and banking institutions, development actions have been allowed with 50 p.c attendance. The authorities has additionally banned the entry in locations of worship.
    Karnataka
    A two-week full lockdown was imposed from 9pm on April 27 to 6am on May 12. The state had earlier been beneath a partial lockdown from April 21 to April 27. Under the brand new tips, folks can enterprise out between 6am and 10am for important objects. All intra-state and inter-state bus service and metro service will stay shut. People with practice or flight tickets can journey. The motion of products is allowed. Units within the manufacturing sector, development sector and garment sector can operate at 50 p.c capability. Eateries can present take-aways.
    Odisha
    With a surge in instances, on April 15, the state authorities imposed an evening curfew throughout 30 districts. Soon after, a weekend shutdown was additionally clamped. Government places of work can operate with 50% capability and personal places of work have been requested to work with minimal manpower.

    Uttarakhand
    Covid curfew has been imposed until May 3 in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts. Shops promoting grocery, greens and meat will stay open until 4pm. Home deliveries from eateries are allowed. Public transport is stopped. Construction within the public curiosity will proceed. There can also be norestrictions on industrial actions. Vehicles carrying items and concerned in important companies are exempted. Petrol pumps, LPG provide and medical shops will stay open.

    Jammu & Kashmir
    The curfew ending at 7am on May 3 stands prolonged until 7am on May 6 in Srinagar, Baramulla, Budgam and Jammu districts. Apart from important companies, eating places in inns can service in home company (since there are nonetheless vacationers coming in). All markets, buying complexes, faculties, gyms, parks are to stay closed. Grocery/vegetable retailers are allowed to stay open. On Saturday, the UT administration prolonged curfew to 4 extra districts other than the 11 districts, which had been already beneath curfew.

  • Odisha cities beneath weekend shutdown as COVID instances breach 4- lakh-mark

    By PTI
    BHUBANESWAR: Odisha on Saturday reported 6,647 new COVID-19 instances, following which the state’s tally breached the 4-lakh-mark, officers stated.

    Eight extra folks died within the state of COVID-19, taking the toll to 1,981, they stated.

    The state’s COVID-19 tally at present stands at 4,01,314.

    Odisha crossed the 3-lakh-mark on November 7 final 12 months, and took over 5 months to file the subsequent one lakh instances.

    All 30 districts reported new instances. Of these, 3,855 have been detected in quarantine facilities whereas the remaining 2,792 are native contact instances.

    Khurda district, of which state capital Bhubaneswar is part, reported the very best 1,189 new constructive instances, adopted by Sundergarh (788) and Nuapada (559).

    Two of the most recent deaths occurred in Sundergarh district, and one particular person every died in Bolangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Cuttack and Nuapada, he stated.

    There are 43,304 energetic instances within the state at current.

    In all, 3,56,003 sufferers have to this point recovered from the illness.

    The state examined 41,017 samples on Friday.

    Meanwhile, the weekend shutdown in all of the cities of the state began within the morning. It will proceed until 5 am on Monday, stated particular reduction commissioner PK Jena.

    Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner SK Priyadarshi stated 32 platoons of forces have been deployed within the twin metropolis to implement the lockdown.

    While 12 platoons have been deployed in Cuttack, 20 have been on responsibility in Bhubaneswar.

    Each platoon has 30 personnel. Jena stated that the important companies are functioning amid the shutdown, adhering to COVID-19 protocols.

    The authorities has additionally allowed morning walks, jogging and biking from 5 am to six am in the course of the weekend shutdown.

  • Study reveals 57% of Odisha’s road youngsters disadvantaged of training throughout pandemic

    A joint speedy evaluation performed by the Orissa State Commission Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR), UNICEF and the Odisha chapter of Save the Children organisation has revealed that 57 per cent of road youngsters residing in Odisha’s cities had been disadvantaged of free and obligatory training through the pandemic.
    The examine additional revealed that round 17 per cent of those youngsters had been residing in unsafe areas underneath unsafe circumstances and had been uncovered to exploitation in varied kinds.
    The evaluation was carried out for 972 youngsters residing on the streets of 5 cities — Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Berhampur and Puri. The quantitative survey acknowledged that 47 per cent of those youngsters had been residing on the similar location for greater than 5 years however had been by no means recognized or rehabilitated.

    “The idea was to study and understand the status of children who live off the streets either with their parents or with their relatives during the pandemic. The study will also be shared with the state government and measures will be taken to provide help to these children at policy level as well,” a member of the survey workforce stated.
    The household revenue of those youngsters ranged between Rs 5,000 to 10,000 – a determine that was severely affected through the lockdown, the examine revealed. The supply of revenue of the households ranged from every day wage contractual labour, rag-picking, begging, working as home helps or as road distributors.

    The survey additionally touched upon consciousness concerning the pandemic, and located that 87 per cent of the youngsters had been conscious of Covid-19 and the precautions that one should take to make sure security.
    Other findings of the examine acknowledged that 56 per cent of the youngsters sampled had moved locations greater than as soon as through the pandemic to discover a safer place to remain. Around 66 per cent of the households surveyed had no ration playing cards or entry to free ration. Around 5 per cent of the youngsters had been discovered to be underweight and stunted, whereas 37 per cent had been suspected to lack correct nourishment.