5 NE States Free from Corona, no Recent Cases in other States, Affirms DoNER Minister

New Delhi, April 27, 2020:

5 out of eight Northeast States are Corona free while the other 3 of the states have not added any new cases in the last few days said DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh after a review meeting through video conferencing.

Briefing the media, Singh said that the region "has emerged as a model of developmental transformation". Singh added that it has emerged as a model of effective, diligent and disciplined health management.

Elaborating further, Singh said 5 NE Indian states of Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura are "totally corona free, while 3 other states of Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram had 8, 11 and 1 positive cases.

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Singh congratulated the State governments of the NE Indian region, their Chief Ministers and also the officials in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and North Eastern Council (NEC) for ensuring "perfect coordination".

Jitendra Singh also informed about the proposals received and under consideration from different North Eastern States like Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur for new health related projects devoted to management of infections and Corona care, critical care and upgraded healthcare.

Singh further informed that the Ministry of DoNER had placed Rs 25 crore at the disposal of North Eastern States in the initial stage itself, much before the lockdown, as gap-funding for corona related activities.

During the meeting, Dr Jitendra Singh also received update about various economic activities in the recent days in the exempted areas, as per the Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines, which primarily included the Bamboo-related activities.

Senior officers from North Eastern Council (NEC) Shillong as well representatives of different government bodies and PSUs including North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMC), North East Handicraft & Handloom Development Corporation (NEHHDC), North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi), Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC), etc, participated from their respective places.

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