Naveen Patnaik Announces Rs 100-crore Package For Urban Poor In Odisha

Naveen Patnaik Announces Rs 100-crore Package For Urban Poor In Odisha
Bhubaneswar:

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a Rs 100-crore package to provide livelihood support to around 4.5 lakh urban poor families affected by the lockdown imposed across the country due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Urban Wage Employment Initiative will help sustain the livelihood of the poor families residing in 114 urban local body areas of the state, an official in the Chief Minister's Office said.

The programme, which will be implemented in association with the Mission Shakti Department, will continue till September in order to create livelihood opportunities for workers, labourers and daily wagers, he said.

The wages of every beneficiary will be credited directly to his/her bank account every week, he said, adding that the programme will be implemented by strictly adhering to the social distancing norms. The guidelines regarding the lockdown will have to be strictly followed while carrying out various tasks.

The objective is to make available livelihood opportunities through labour-oriented works to people belonging to the economically weaker section who have been severely affected by the ongoing lockdown, he said.

A number of development works like cleaning of drains, sanitisation, digging and remediation of water bodies, remodelling of playgrounds, development of sports infrastructure and parks, and construction of public toilets will be undertaken under the programme, the official said.

Apart from this, local artists will also be provided with the opportunity to work and do wall painting and mural painting in a major beautification drive, he added.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only emerged as a health problem, but also caused an economic and social crisis, the official said.

While the outbreak is affecting all segments of the population, it has hit hard socially and economically vulnerable sections of the society, he added.

The chief minister expressed hope that the programme would help the economically weaker section in this hour of crisis.

World

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State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

3323

2791

331

201

Delhi

1707

1593

72

42

Madhya Pradesh

1355

1217

69

69

Tamil Nadu

1323

1025

283

15

Gujarat

1272

1136

88

48

Rajasthan

1229

1035

183

11

Uttar Pradesh

969

869

86

14

Telangana

791

587

186

18

Andhra Pradesh

603

546

42

15

Kerala

396

138

255

3

Karnataka

371

266

92

13

Jammu And Kashmir

328

281

42

5

West Bengal

287

222

55

10

Haryana

225

179

43

3

Punjab

202

162

27

13

Bihar

85

46

37

2

Odisha

60

38

21

1

Uttarakhand

42

33

9

0

Himachal Pradesh

38

21

16

1

Chhattisgarh

36

12

24

0

Assam

35

25

9

1

Jharkhand

33

31

0

2

Chandigarh

21

12

9

0

Ladakh

18

4

14

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

12

1

11

0

Meghalaya

11

10

0

1

Goa

7

1

6

0

Puducherry

7

4

3

0

Manipur

2

1

1

0

Tripura

2

1

1

0

Mizoram

1

1

0

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1

0

0

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