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  • Tripura government extends COVID curfew till July 17

    By PTI
    AGARTALA: After detection of ‘Delta Plus’ variant of coronavirus in Tripura, the state government has extended the 15-hour daily curfew in several urban areas for another week till July 17, an official said on Saturday.

    The government also increased the time for such a restriction by two hours on Saturdays and Sundays, Revenue Secretary Tanushree Debbarma said.

    The curfew will be in place from 2 pm to 5 am on weekdays and from noon to 5 am on Saturdays and Sundays in the jurisdiction of Agartala Municipal Corporation and 12 other urban local bodies, she said.

    Debbarma stated that the administration decided to extend the curfew after the COVID situation in the state was reviewed.

    “The curfew will be enforced strictly in several areas from noon to 5 am on Saturdays and Sundays and from 2 pm to 5 am on weekdays,” the official said.

    The COVID curfew will remain in place in Agartala, Ranirbazar, Jirania Nagar, Udaipur, Kailashahar, Dharmanagar, Khowai, Belonia, Kumarghat, Teliamura, Sonamura Nagar, Amarpur Nagar and Sabroom Nagar till July 17, she said.

    The COVID curfew in these urban areas was first imposed on May 16 and then extended several times.

    Many cases of ‘Delta Plus’ and ‘Delta’ variants of COVID-19 have been detected in the northeastern state, a health department official said.

    “Altogether, 151 samples were sent for genome sequencing in a laboratory at Kolkata. The report was shocking as more than 90 per cent of them were found positive for the ‘Delta Plus’ variant. New coronavirus strains were detected not only in West Tripura but also in other districts,” Dr Tapan Majumder, head of the microbiology department of Agartala Government Medical College, said.

    State Surveillance Officer for COVID-19 Dr Deep Kumar Debbarma said the ‘Delta Plus’ strain was detected in 138 samples, ‘Delta’ in 10 and UK variant in three.

    “The ‘Delta Plus’ strain can spread rapidly. The situation may turn complicated if the COVID appropriate behaviour is not enforced strictly,” Majumder said.

  • Complete lawlessness in Tripura, BJP government a failure, says former CM Manik Sarkar

    By PTI
    AGARTALA: Former chief minister Manik Sarkar hit out at the BJP-led Tripura government on Sunday, alleging that it has failed to maintain law and order in the state.

    Addressing a press conference, the leader of opposition in the state assembly alleged that the police were turning a blind eye to incidents of violence and were reduced to “puppets” with strings in the hands of “BJP-sheltered goons”.

    “Incidents of lynching and deaths in police and judicial custody are occurring in different places across the state. CPI(M) offices are often vandalized and party activists are attacked by the BJP-sheltered goons. The law and order has completely collapsed in the state,” Sarkar claimed. The senior CPI(M) leader said that the party has raised the matter with the chief minister, director-general of police and the governor but no action was taken to stop the violence.

    “It is complete lawlessness here,” he alleged.

    As many as 200 incidents of attack happened after the chief minister’s assurance in the third week of March, Sarkar said, adding that 70-75 attacks happened after the governor’s assurance on May 12.

    “It is the government’s responsibility to take action against the persons involved in such incidents.

    Besides, the state government needs to raise public awareness so that nobody takes the law into their hands but it is silent,” he said.

    “If the rule of law is not restored in the state, we have no alternative to organising people’s movement,” he said.

  • Tripura government approves proposal to provide free sanitary napkins to schoolgirls

    By ANI
    AGARTALA: Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath on Wednesday announced that the state government has approved a proposal to provide free sanitary napkins to all girls from class sixth to twelfth.

    “To enhance female menstrual hygiene, the Tripura Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval for providing free sanitary napkins among all school girls from class sixth to twelfth,” Nath said while addressing a press conference in the secretariat.

    A total of 1,68,252 students shall be covered under this new scheme called ‘Kishori Suchita Abhiyan’. This will involve an investment of Rs 3,61,63,248 from the state’s exchequer during a period of three years.

    “The state education department has also adopted the ‘Policy On School Bag 2020’ in accordance with the guideline of the Department of School Education and Literacy of Education Ministry,” the minister added.

    He informed that the COVID-situation in the state is fast improving and at present only five patients are under treatment at the Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital. However, 32 people are under home isolation.

    Nath added that the positivity rate on Tuesday had come down to 0.12 per cent and there has been no report of deaths due to COVID-19 in the state during the last four days. He further said that till date, 4269 healthcare workers have been vaccinated and there is no report of any side effect.