The other three states have not added any new positive case in the last few days, according to the minister
Five out of eight Northeast states are COVID-19 free while the other three states have not added any new corona positive cases in the last few days. This was recently disclosed in New Delhi by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, after a review meeting through video conference, in which senior officers from North Eastern Council (NEC) Shillong as well representatives of different government bodies and PSUs including North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMC), North East Handicraft & Handloom Development Corporation (NEHHDC), North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi), Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC) etc participated from their respective places.
Briefing the media, Dr Singh expressed satisfaction that whereas in the last six years, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Northeast has emerged as a model of developmental transformation, in the wake of the present COVID-19 crisis, it has emerged as a model of effective, diligent and disciplined health management.
Elaborating further, Dr Singh said, five North Eastern states of Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura are totally corona free, while three other states of Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram had 8, 11 and one corona positive cases respectively, which are waiting to become negative.
Dr Singh also informed about the proposals received and under consideration from different North Eastern States like Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur for new health-related projects devoted to management of infections and corona care, critical care and upgraded healthcare. These projects will be dealt with priority, he said.
He congratulated the state governments of the North Eastern region, their Chief Ministers and also the officials in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and North Eastern Council (NEC) for ensuring perfect coordination, which had made this possible.
In addition, he informed that the Ministry of DoNER had placed Rs 25 crore at the disposal of North Eastern States in the initial stage itself, much before the lockdown, as gap-funding for corona related activities.
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