Thursday, 29 April 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Considering the ongoing Covid-19 surge in the state, chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat has granted his approval to enable Covid related works costing upto Rs one crore from the MLA fund. Following the chief minister’s decision, all the MLAs will now be able to spend upto Rs one crore on necessary arrangements to check the Covid surge in their respective constituencies. Rawat took this decision considering the present condition of the Covid pandemic in the state. The CM has asked all the MLAs to immediately make all possible efforts to check the Covid surge in their respective constituencies, especially helping the people in remote areas win the fight against Covid.
Cabinet minister and state government spokesman Subodh Uniyal said that the MLAs can spend upto Rs one crore from their MLA fund on various works including construction of ICU wards, facilitating oxygen cylinders and ventilators after discussing the same with the district magistrate and chief medical officer concerned. With the CM’s decision, it will be possible to provide facilities available in hospitals also in the primary and other health centres in remote villages. He expressed confidence that this decision will definitely benefit the people, especially those living in remote areas.
