Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal has informed that as per the orders of Union government as well as the Punjab government, the district administration has allowed the operation of following construction activities except in Covid-19 hotspots/containment zones.
These activities include construction of roads, irrigation projects, buildings, water supply and sanitation, laying/erection of power transmission lines and laying of telecom optical fibre and cable along with related activities, and all kinds of industrial projects, including MSMEs, in rural areas, ie, outside the limits of municipal corporations and municipalities; and all kinds of projects in industrial estates, the construction of renewable energy projects.
The district administration has also allowed the start of continuation of works in construction projects, within the limits of the municipal corporations and municipalities, where workers are available on site and no workers are required to be brought in from outside (on construction site). He informed that all these works could be started only after getting permission from the district administration.
He stated that the performa to take permission has been uploaded on the official website of district administration Ludhiana, and the official Facebook page and twitter handle of District Public Relations Officer, Ludhiana. After filling, this performa along with details of employees, labourers and vehicles which will be engaged in the construction activity can be sent an email.
He informed that before starting any work, due permission from the district administration is required and the person applying for start of work would be have to follow all directions of the Punjab government, such as social distancing, providing hand sanitisers and masks for workers, and the workers would have to remain at site.
Agrawal informed that the permission letter will be sent to concerned through email and the permission will be cancelled without notice if anyone is found violating the terms and conditions of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) guidelines.
He further informed that till April 28, 2020, 1991 samples have been taken in the district, out of which report of 1670 has been received, and 1649 samples are negative. He informed that 21 samples were found to be positive, that includes 18 from Ludhiana and three from other districts. He informed that unfortunately five patients have lost their lives, while seven patients have been fully cured after treatment and have been discharged from hospital. He stated that now, 9 (8 from district Ludhiana and one from another district) active patients are left in the district. He informed that no positive case have been reported from the district in last 24 hours.
He assured that the health of active patients in the district is improving and the second sample of three such patients have been sent today, and if that report is negative, another test would be done after 24 hours (of the second test) and if that report is also negative, then the patients would be discharged from the hospital. He informed that the second sample of patients is taken after 14 days (when they tested positive).
He informed that as per the latest protocol of the health department, testing of all persons who returned from Nanded (Maharashtra) and Kota (Rajasthan) is being done and they have been kept in isolation/quarantine. He assured that the situation is under control and people should not panic and do not believe in any rumours on social media.
