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'Include Korba in green zone, as no new cases since 2 weeks'

RAIPUR: The state revenue and disaster management minister Jaisingh Agrawal has written a letter to the Union health minister Harsh Vardhan , urging him to include Korba, an industrial hub, in the green zone.

In his letter on Thursday, the minister has stated that Korba has been declared as red zone since April 16-17 after 27 confirmed corona cases being reported in Katghora .

He mentioned that no new corona infection cases have been found in Korba district for the last 14 days and all the infected corona patients have retuend home fully recovered.

In view of the above situation, he has urged the union health minister to include Korba district in green zone. This will help the people of Korba to get relief in the event of lockdown.

The minister has also mentioned in his letter that the order has been passed as per the guideline of the government to facilitate movement of the stranded people. With this, people of other districts or other states stranded in Korba district will also be allowed to move to their home.

The minister added, all businessmen, small industrialists, shopkeepers, contractos, garage operators, masons, labourers, auto drivers, etc have been affected due to long-term lockdown and following the guidelines issued by the government. This has made the economic situation worse for all classes and lives difficult. He stated that if Korba district is included from red zone to green zone it will help in the normalisation of business activities and life.

In his letter, the revenue minister appreciated the work of the district administration, police administration, and health department and thanked the media for spreading the news related to coronavirus pandemic to the pople and spread related public awareness. Referring to the problems faced by the people due to the lockdown, he said that a major problem people are facing is transportation to their native places and this problem could only be solved as per rules and regulations.

Meanwhile, as per a recent list released by Union Ministry of Health , the Korba district has been identified as 'orange zone'.

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