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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Tuesday urged all the MLAs and MPs to inform his office about the people stranded outside the state amid the ongoing lockdown. Patro also said that the Odisha Assembly will soon set up a help desk for migrant workers. He said this after holding a meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla through video-conferencing.
It is decided that the MLAs and MPs will provide information about the migrant workers from their respective constituencies, stranded in other states due to the lockdown," Patro told reporters.
"Based on this information, the state government will take necessary steps for the rehabilitation of these workers," he said.
He also said that spitting, chewing betel leaves and smoking in the Assembly premises have been prohibited. Any Assembly employee found drunk on duty will be dismissed from service, he added.
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In another development, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced that compensation of Rs 50 lakh would be provided to families of all doctors, health professionals and members of the other support services who lose their lives in the COVID-19 battle. The Chief Minister also assured that the State will treat them as ‘martyrs’ and provide state funeral with State Honours.
Patnaik warned of action under the National Security Act (NSA) against those attacking healthcare professionals. “Please remember that any act against them is an act against the State. In case, anyone indulges in any act that will disturb or dishonour their work, very strict criminal action will be taken against them including invoking the provisions of the NSA.”
In another development, three doctors, 19 nurses and paramedical staff have been mandatorily put in quarantine as they came in direct contact with the recent COVID-19 positive cases in Jajpur, informed Jajpur Collector Ranjan Kumar Das.
“The recent confirmed cases had come in direct contact with some doctors & paramedical staff at the medical outdoor ward. So we have put all of them in quarantine at the Jajpur COVID care centre. All their family members have also been advised to remain in home quarantine,” said Das.
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(PTI)
