NDA ally and LJP president Chirag Paswan on Friday took a dig at the Nitish Kumar government saying over 14.5 lakh people in Bihar are unable to get ration benefits during the lockdown as the state government is yet to provide them ration cards.
CM Nitish Kumar on Friday asked officials to provide employment under the MGNREGS to even those migrant workers who have returned from other states in the lockdown and don’t have job cards.
Sakunat and Sheikhana localities in Biharsharif, from where 27 people have so far been tested positive for coronavirus, have turned containment zones to prevent spread of the deadly disease. The district administration has completely sealed these two localities and barred people from leaving the areas without prior permission from the officials concerned.
The state capital is now in the ‘red zone’ after 24 Covid positive cases. A sense of fear is lurking in the minds of residents, especially those staying in Khajpura locality, which has registered 17 coronavirus cases in the last five days. The area on Bailey Road, from Ashiana Mor to Jagdeopath, has been barricaded and sealed.
