Assam: Hailakandi Administration Comes to Rescue of Workers Stranded in Telangana

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Hailakandi, April 11, 2020:

Hailakandi administration has come to the rescue of around 50 workers from the Assam district and neighboring Karimganj who were stranded at Hyderabad following the lockdown.

Hailakandi Deputy Commissioner, Keerthi Jalli, on getting a call from a worker about their plight, reached out to her counterpart in the Telengana city and requested to help the workers from the Barak Valley.

A worker from Matijuri, Saidur Rahman Barbhuiya called up the Deputy Commissioner on Thursday evening and narrated their plight and abject condition with no work and pay following the lockdown. Prior to that, he had contacted the MLAs of Hailakandi seeking their intervention. Of the 50 workers, nine are from adjoining Karimganj district.

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All these workers working in private firms, malls and other establishments are living in an area called Serilingampally under Nanakramguda of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

An official named Srikanth, along with a team of workers from the Municipal Corporation, informed the stranded workers that the Deputy Commissioner of Hailakandi district had requested the Hyderabad administration to help them out in their hour of distress.

The workers have now been provided with the essential items and asked them to contact the Hyderabad administration in case of any need.

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In another development, Jalli called up her West Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya counterpart Garod LSN Dykes on Friday to provide security to the six construction workers from Hailakandi stranded at Jowai-Umling rest house who were threatened by the locals to leave the place.

The matter was brought to the notice of the Deputy Commissioner by Katlicherra MLA, Suzamuddin Laskar. Deputy Commissioner Dykes deputed a magistrate along with police personnel and assured the workers of security and other essentials and asked them to stay put till the lockdown is lifted.

It may be mentioned here that the Hailakandi district administration has embarked on a massive decontamination of the burial site of COVID-19 victim and Borjurai, the native place of the COVID-19 victim, in the outskirts of Hailakandi town.

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Extensive sanitisation and disinfection has been taken up by the Fire and Emergency Services in association with PHE department in the entire burial place and the roads leading to it. The ambulance carrying the dead body from Silchar Medical College and Hospital to the burial site, 10 kms away from Hailakandi town, was disinfected observing all necessary protocols.

Deputy Commissioner, Keerthi Jalli, said, "Painstaking efforts have been taken by the administration to ensure disinfection of the entire burial place and the roads leading to it. Public need have to worry at all or fear anything. Any miscreants trying to disturb the process would be meted out stern action under the Epidemic Act and NDMA Act."

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Appealing to the public to cooperate with the administration in its efforts to contain the spread of the virus, Jalli said, "Request the members of the public to cooperate as we are working under extreme challenges and government is trying it's level best to handle such an unprecedented situation."

The Hailakandi administration has also allowed wholesale and retail shops of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides to remain open from 10 am to 3 pm. The order issued on Friday stated that shops dealing with fertilizers and pesticides with valid trade licences would have to strictly adhere to social distancing norms.

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Edited By: Admin

Published On: Apr 12, 2020