Stop stranded Kangpokpi locals at arrival point: Nemcha Kipgen
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, May 13 2020:
Social Welfare and Cooperation Minister, Nemcha Kipgen instructed all concerned to stop stranded people from Kangpokpi district at the identified centralized arrival point at Brig M Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi DHQs.
The Minister in-charge of Kangpokpi and Senapati for COVID-19 said that all authorities concerned shall strictly ensure that stranded people of Kangpokpi district evacuated either by private vehicles or Government-sponsored vehicles are accordingly identified and stopped at Brig M Thomas Ground, at Kangpokpi DHQs.
The Minister also cautioned the concerned authority to ensure that loophole concerning stopping of stranded people of Kangpokpi district at the centralized arrival point must not happen at any cost.
Nemcha Kipgen will receive those stranded people of Kangpokpi Assembly Constituency evacuated from Guwahati by a bus which is expected to arrive by tomorrow at Brig M Thomas Ground.
The Minister will sponsor another bus to evacuate stranded people of Kangpokpi from Meghalaya Shillong within a few days.
Meanwhile, with setting up COVID-19 Emergency Food Kiosk for stranded people at Kangpokpi DHQs, Autonomous District Council, Sadar Hills under the supervision of its Chairman, Haokholal Hangshing embarked one of the highest humanitarian services during lockdown 3.0 .
As per the decision taken during a joint meeting chaired by Haokholal Hangshing, ADC Sadar Hills Chairman, the ADC Sadar Hills with the assistance of Kangpokpi Women Welfare Organization and Kangpokpi Youth Union under the supervision of Kangpokpi Town Committee have started catering and providing freshly cooked food to stranded Kangpokpi district people arriving today at Brig M Thomas Ground.
The COVID-19 Emergency Food Kiosk free food counter will open from 9 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 8 pm .
However, in a special case, a certain adjustment in the timing as per conveniences of the stranded people may be made with prior information to KWWO and KYU.
Twelve stranded people of the district have arrived till 5 pm today including five from Siliguri, another five from Kolkata and two others from Guwahati.
So far, almost a hundred stranded people had already arrived in the district while 38 stranded people who are among the transported people from Chennai to Jiribam in a special train are likely to arrive late this evening.
According to source from the office of Chief Medical Officer, Kangpokpi, as on May 12, the cumulative number of persons under surveillance is 494 while the cumulative number of persons who have completed 28 days and 14 days surveillance is 406.The cumulative number of the person sent for testing as on May 12 is fifteen while all the results of the fifteen persons have been received and no positive case have been recorded.