Guwahati: For the first time since the outbreak of Kovid-19 in AssamThe state government will use drones to keep an eye on those violating the guidelines in areas where cases are increasing.
Amid apprehensions that the pandemic may continue beyond 2021 and the threat of a third wave is looming, the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma On Sunday, the district authorities and police were asked to conduct surveillance through drones to identify places where people are coming out in large numbers, violating the COVID restrictions.
In fact, in a review meeting held with officers of nine districts, Sarma directed them to move around the districts extensively to ensure strict enforcement of the COVID protocol and to allocate zone-wise responsibility to the magistrates for monitoring the violations. .
A source close to the meeting told TOI that for the first time, drone technology is being used to closely monitor the COVID situation in the state. “People, especially in rural areas and tea gardens, have been found flouting the rules of Covid even during the curfew hours. It is the responsibility of the Deputy Commissioners to select the pockets where the drones will be used,” the source said.
Besides this, the officials were directed to monitor the district boundaries and roads round the clock to prevent unnecessary movement, besides speeding up vaccination in the districts. Here, officials said that drone technology can play an important role in surveillance. Despite the inter-district restriction, people easily travel from one district to another, even through highways.
On Sunday, the Chief Minister conducted a comprehensive review of the COVID-19 situation in nine districts – Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup (Metro), Lakhimpur, Nagaon. sonitpur and Sivasagar – reporting high positivity rate.
Sarma’s principal secretary involved in virtual meeting Sameer Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary, Health Department, Anurag Goel, Mission Director (NHM Assam), Lakshmanan S and other senior officials, the Chief Minister expressed concern about a section of people violating the containment guidelines, which he said has led to further spread of the virus. He asked the district collectors to identify the assembly points in urban areas, villages and tea gardens and strictly implement the containment measures in those areas.
He directed the senior officers to visit the villages where the gathering of people is taking place and to prevent them from coming out in and out of the markets and to ensure that the shops remain closed in the area under complete control in the district. .
He said that circle officers, with the help of Gaon Buras, would make people in villages aware to stay away from organizing family gatherings and social gatherings where large number of people participate and this could lead to the spread of the virus.
Amid apprehensions that the pandemic may continue beyond 2021 and the threat of a third wave is looming, the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma On Sunday, the district authorities and police were asked to conduct surveillance through drones to identify places where people are coming out in large numbers, violating the COVID restrictions.
In fact, in a review meeting held with officers of nine districts, Sarma directed them to move around the districts extensively to ensure strict enforcement of the COVID protocol and to allocate zone-wise responsibility to the magistrates for monitoring the violations. .
A source close to the meeting told TOI that for the first time, drone technology is being used to closely monitor the COVID situation in the state. “People, especially in rural areas and tea gardens, have been found flouting the rules of Covid even during the curfew hours. It is the responsibility of the Deputy Commissioners to select the pockets where the drones will be used,” the source said.
Besides this, the officials were directed to monitor the district boundaries and roads round the clock to prevent unnecessary movement, besides speeding up vaccination in the districts. Here, officials said that drone technology can play an important role in surveillance. Despite the inter-district restriction, people easily travel from one district to another, even through highways.
On Sunday, the Chief Minister conducted a comprehensive review of the COVID-19 situation in nine districts – Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup (Metro), Lakhimpur, Nagaon. sonitpur and Sivasagar – reporting high positivity rate.
Sarma’s principal secretary involved in virtual meeting Sameer Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary, Health Department, Anurag Goel, Mission Director (NHM Assam), Lakshmanan S and other senior officials, the Chief Minister expressed concern about a section of people violating the containment guidelines, which he said has led to further spread of the virus. He asked the district collectors to identify the assembly points in urban areas, villages and tea gardens and strictly implement the containment measures in those areas.
He directed the senior officers to visit the villages where the gathering of people is taking place and to prevent them from coming out in and out of the markets and to ensure that the shops remain closed in the area under complete control in the district. .
He said that circle officers, with the help of Gaon Buras, would make people in villages aware to stay away from organizing family gatherings and social gatherings where large number of people participate and this could lead to the spread of the virus.
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