COVID-19 Committee lauds Alfred Arthur Kanngam
Source: The Sangai Express / Mungchan Zimik
Ukhrul, May 30 2020:
Hunphun/Ukhrul COVID-19 Committee lauded local MLA Alfred Arthur Kanngam for generously offering to provide free ration in all quarantine centres under the jurisdiction of 44-Assembly Constituency, Ukhrul.
In a statement, Hunphun/Ukhrul COVID-19 Committee Ukhrul said that Alfred tireless effort and his contribution toward the systematic strategy in arranging quarantine centres in the fight against COVID-19 is laudable.
His offering to provide ration to every inmate of village tangs/localities quarantine centres of Ukhrul District Headquarters is indeed a commendable job and will benefit the poorer section.
In accordance with the ordinance of Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL), every returnee has to undergo another 14 days village quarantine in lieu of home quarantine after their 14 days stint at Institutional Quarantine Centre or after their test result comes out COVID-19 negative.
Hunphun/Ukhrul COVID-19 Committee has been following the ordinance of Tangkhul Naga Long in all the centres under Hunphun jurisdiction.
Under Hunphun/ Ukhrul COVID-19 Committee, there are over 14 village quarantine centres which are sorely managed by the respective tangs/localities of Ukhrul.
The committee, with the approval of Hunphun Ukhrul Village Authority, has advised all the Tang Quarantine Centres management committee to charge Rs 200 per head per day to manage their mess during the quarantine period.
The daily food is catered by the concerned tangs/localities, and the respective tangs solely manage and maintain the arrangement and has nothing to do with the District Administration or that of the 44 AC Ukhrul MLA.
This was adopted to ensure health safety, accommodation management and social distancing issue in the wake of the ongoing lockdown.
It further mentioned that Hunphun/Ukhrul COVID-19 Committee has been arranging village/tang quarantine centres only for the returnees of Hunphun/Ukhrul under Ukhrul 44-AC .