Raipur, 27 May 2021. The good news among the corona-infection estimates reaching villages across the country is that at present, about half a thousand villages in Chhattisgarh are completely infection-free. These villages have either not been able to reach the infection, or they have got rid of the infection soon. Presently there is not a single infected person in these villages. This has been possible due to the measures initiated by the Chhattisgarh government in time to prevent infection by villages.
As soon as the second wave of Corona started in the urban areas of the state, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had directed that all necessary steps should be taken to prevent infection in rural areas. Following this directive, quarantine centers set up in villages during the first wave were reactivated with stronger arrangements than before. Arrangements were made to settle, check and treat the individuals and families returning to the village from other states or urban areas in these centers. A door-to-door survey, along with the Mitannins, and health staff, anganwadi workers and teachers were also activated to find out the infected. Anganwadi workers and field officer-employees also participated in identifying and treating the patients with cold fever. He also played a role in bringing awareness to prevention and treatment from Corona.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Mr. Baghel, the supply and distribution of essential medicines kits was ensured to every village in time. The Chief Minister himself is monitoring the measures being taken for the control of corona through the network from district panchayats to gram panchayats. They are constantly motivating public representatives through video conferencing, as well as directing officers on the basis of feedback. New labs were continuously established to increase testing facilities in the state. With this, the number of daily testing of samples has increased from 21-22 thousand to now more than 70 thousand per day. Health infrastructures from district hospitals to primary health centers were strengthened. Along with the increase in the number of beds already available in hospitals, new Kovid centers were established and treatment facilities were extended to rural areas. The number of ambulances and other vehicles has been increased so that serious patients of rural areas can be transported to hospitals as quickly as possible.
As many as 9 thousand 462 villages out of a total of 20 thousand 092 villages in Chhattisgarh are free from infection by Corona due to the chalked-up arrangements made by the state government. This includes 183 villages out of 704 in Balod district, 402 out of 957 in Balodabazar district, 102 out of 636 in Balrampur district, 252 out of 589 in Bastar district, 311 out of 702 in Bemetara district, 491 out of 579 in Bijapur district, Bilaspur 96 out of the district’s 708, 158 out of 229 in Dantewada, 176 out of 633 in Dhamtari, 377 out of 385 in Durg, 39 out of 222 in Gorella-Pendra-Marwahi, 342 out of 722 in Gariaband are infection free. Similarly, 150 villages out of 887 in Janjgir-Champa district, 319 out of 766 in Jashpur, 792 out of 1084 in Kanker, 832 out of 1035 in Kabirdham, 407 out of 569 in Kondagaon, 280 out of 716 in Korba, Korea. 352 out of 638, 532 out of 1153 of Mahasamund, 338 out of 711 in Mungali, 362 out of 422 in Narayanpur, 173 out of 1435 in Raigad, 261 out of 478 in Raipur, 1204 out of 1599 in Rajnandgaon, 406 in Sukma Out of 194, 140 out of 544 villages in Surajpur and 197 out of 583 villages in Surguja district are infection free.
