Stranded migrant workers in Nuapada get food Wednesday, 22 April 2020 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA

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 People in the society irrespective of class, caste and creed are coming forward to put their efforts in the fight against coronavirus. It is even evident in a backward district like Nuapada.

When some are contributing in terms of money to the PM Care Fund and Chief Minister Relief Fund, others are providing food to migrant workers stranded in different places of the district due to lockdown.

Most encouraging is that the Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women, which are engaged in small businesses to earn their livelihoods, have come forward in large numbers to contribute towards the fight against corona.

SHGs from different parts of the district have contributed Rs 1.92 lakh to the CM’s Relief Fund as a support to fight COVID-19. One to two SHGs in each panchayat have taken responsibility to provide hot cooked meals to indigent and destitute people, who at present are above 11,000. The amount spent by the SHGs to meet the food expenses is being reimbursed on regular basis by the district authority from State Disaster Management Fund. One of the SHGs has made masks and distributed that to the people of their locality.

A good number of people and institutions like the block level Sarpanch Associations, Raja AT High School 1981 batch, Agrawal Samaj, Khariar Road, Chandrakar Samaj, Nuapada; private technical institutions, Khariar Vanik Sangha, artists forums have also contributed to the CMRF and PM Care funds, which amounted to Rs 43 lakh in total till April 19.

Artists of Nuapada Zilla Chitra Silpi Sangha are making wall writings all over the district to enhance awareness amongst people to fight corona. Several other forums like Khadial Mukta Bichar Manch, a forum of intellectuals and Raja AT High School 92 batch warriors are engaged in distributing milk, bread, chuda and suji upma as breakfast to above 550 migrants of UP, MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, etc., who are stranded in Khariar town after lockdown.

One youth club is providing food to street dogs. Two persons of Nuapada town have contributed about Rs 11,000 to the CMRF and PM Care fund by sewing and selling masks to town people. Such active involvement of people in the fight against COVID-19 has made the efforts of the district administration more fruitful

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