Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik intends to apprise all that a returnee from Surat, Tirupur and NCR has equal rights over the soil, water and air of Odisha similar that of an educated well-off urban individual, informed State Chief Spokesperson on COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi today.
“To get them back safe, put them safely in quarantine for 14 days and then getting them back into their society is the responsibility of all of us,” stated Bagchi addressing the scheduled presser on COVID-19 at the Geeta Govinda Sadan here.
“We have to take a whole of government and a whole of society approach,” he said quoting Director General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus statement on approach to contain COVID-19 pandemic.
Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh said that the government is very much concerned and sensitive to the problems being faced by the Odia migrants stranded in other States and are eager to return to their homes.
All will get the chance to return to Odisha, he added.
“I want to reiterate that all those who want to return to Odisha irrespective of the place being an urban or a rural area, all have to register themselves at the portal launched by the State government yesterday https:covid19.odisha.gov.in/
Those who want to register can login to this portal on their mobile phones or computers,” Singh informed.
He said for the purpose of registration of returnees a nodal officer has been appointed both in panchayats in rural areas and wards in urban areas. These nodal officers will assist returnees in the registration process, he added.
The Panchayati Raj Secretary said that quarantining for 14 days is mandatory for all returnees in urban and rural areas.
“They can only go to their homes after completing the quarantine period and on being declared fit after being medically examined,” he clarified.
“Aadhar Card number and mobile phone number is mandatory requirement for getting one registered at the portal. In the event of a relative registering for a returnee the relative has to provide his/her mobile number also,” he further clarified.
The Secretary said that registration can be done in three ways by self, by a relative or by filling up of a form available in panchayats/wards and then submitting it to the concerned nodal officer of the panchayat/ward.
