No coronavirus deaths in Chhattisgarh so far. But Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel blamed the Centre for lack of leadership as stranded workers start returning. A Brut India exclusive.
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00:00The Indian government has taken a one-sided decision.
00:06Now the question is that in such a large number, when people will come, what to do about it?
00:13There is no direction in this matter.
00:15What to do? They say the state government should know. Why should the state government know?
00:30When the National Disaster Act is in effect, then the state government should know about it.
00:35The Indian government has taken a one-sided decision.
00:38Now the question is that in such a large number, when people will come, what to do about it?
00:43There is no direction in this matter.
00:45What to do? They say the state government should know. Why should the state government know?
00:50When the National Disaster Act is in effect, then the state government should know.
00:55Why should the state government know?
00:57When the National Disaster Act is in effect, then the people who come,
01:02whether to quarantine them, or put them in paid quarantine, or put them in home quarantine,
01:09this has to be informed to the Indian government.
01:11The Indian government has taken a one-sided decision that on 25th May air travel will start,
01:18air services will start, and from 1st June rail services will start.
01:23And when thousands of people will arrive in every state, then it will be very difficult to handle the state.
01:32When air services, rail services, and inter-state bus services will start,
01:37then there will be no meaning of lockdown.
01:40Either it will be completely opened, or it will be assumed that there is no lockdown.
01:45On the other hand, the National Disaster Act is in effect,
01:51so the decision that the Indian government makes, we have to accept it.
01:54Whether we want to open jewelry shops or not, whether we want to open a spa or not,
02:00whether we want to open a gym or not, whether we want to open a saloon or not,
02:03all these are the orders of the Indian government.
02:06But the way the migrant workers are coming now,
02:18the workers of our state who went to other states,
02:23some of them are infected and are coming.
02:26What is the impact of COVID-19?
02:34As soon as we got information that the impact of COVID-19 is going to increase,
02:40and this COVID-19 is coming from the air.
02:45So, all the foreigners who came to our Chhattisgarh after 1st March,
02:50we kept them all in home quarantine.
02:53We took samples of everyone.
02:55And as soon as we found out, the first case came on 18th March.
03:00On that day, the whole of Chhattisgarh was implemented.
03:03And the lockdown was implemented on 21st March.
03:09And along with that, the second step that we took,
03:13people's daily necessities, whether it is vegetables, fruits, milk, grains,
03:21we continued to provide them.
03:24Whether it is petrol, diesel, gas, medicines,
03:30we continued to provide them.
03:32We worked in this direction so that the numbers of people remain the same.
03:37And we did not stop the work of MNREGA in the rural areas.
03:41And because of this, most of the MNREGA workers are working in Chhattisgarh.
03:46We kept informing people about Corona.
03:49And this is the reason that no one has died in Chhattisgarh yet.
03:53And there are statistics as well.
03:55We were successful in limiting it.
03:57So, if we move forward with this mantra,
04:00the situation in the rural areas was such that
04:03outside the village, they tied a rope.
04:06They dug holes and put poles.
04:09Or they cut down the trees and put them on the road
04:14so that no one can enter the village and no one can go out.
04:18There are many ways to save lives here.
04:22And that is why Chhattisgarh is saving itself from the adverse effects of Corona.
04:27What message do you want to convey to the people of Chhattisgarh?
04:35I am not in a position to teach others.
04:38I have become the Chief Minister for the first time.
04:40Our state is small.
04:42I don't want to teach others.
04:45But if they want to share their experience with us,
04:48I will definitely be happy to give it to them.
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