Over 21,000 relief camps set up in various States and UTs to feed migrants and poor

Joint
Secretary in the Home Ministry Punya Salila Shrivastav said, over 21 thousand
relief camps set up in various States and Union Territories. The camps will
provide shelter to over 6 lakh people during the lockdown in the wake of the
COVID-19 outbreak.

Briefing
media in New Delhi yesterday, she said, facilities have been set up to feed
over 23 lakh people and these are available to the poor, stranded migrant
workers, quarantined workers and other needy persons.

She also
said that the Government is using cluster containment strategies and doing
rigorous contact tracing in COVID 19 hotspots to check the virus from further
spreading.

Briefing
media in New Delhi yesterday, she said, facilities have been set up to feed
over 23 lakh people and these are available to the poor, stranded migrant
workers, quarantined workers and other needy persons.

She also
said that the Government is using cluster containment strategies and doing
rigorous contact tracing in COVID 19 hotspots to check the virus from further
spreading.