COVID-19 surge | Caste outfits seek complete shutdown in Odisha’s Nuapada district
The Hindu
‘We want the district administration to take steps to break the chain,’ they say
Amid growing concerns of COVID-19 spreading deep in the rural pockets of Odisha’s Nuapada district and impacting the already burdened rural healthcare system, at least 15 caste-based organisations have sought two weeks of complete shutdown in the district. “The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented and threatening to wipe out this generation. People are reaching out, urging us to take some steps in coordination with the district administration to stop the march of the virus,” said Prashanna Kumar Padhi, president of Brahman Samaj, Nuapada, and a key member of District All Caste Coordination Committee. Mr. Padhi said, “In a small district like Nuapada whose population is little more than 6 lakh, daily detection of 500 COVID-19 positive cases surely rings alarm bells. We need to protect our people first and then comes livelihood.”More Related News