Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday ordered immediate transfer of four IAS officers from Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi and attachment of two from Centre to assist the national capital in the fight against COVID-19.
The order was issued after he chaired a high-level meeting with Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal amid rapid growth in coronavirus infections in Delhi.
Awanish Kumar and Monica Priyadarshini from Andaman & Nicobar, and Gaurav Singh Rajawat along with Vikram Singh Mallik from Arunachal Pradesh were transferred to New Delhi to assist in managing the COVID-19 crisis.
Two senior IAS officers -SCL Das and SS Yadav from the central government have also been attached with the Delhi government.
HM also directed attachment to #GNCTD of two Sr. IAS officers- SCL Das and SS Yadav from Centre.@LtGovDelhi @ArvindKejriwal @CMODelhi @PIB_India
— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) June 14, 2020
After the meeting, Shah charted out measures to help Delhi contain the spread of the deadly virus.
He stated that the Centre will provide 500 railway coaches to Delhi in view of the shortage of beds for COVID-19 patients.
He further stated that testing for coronavirus will be doubled in the next two days and after six days the testing will be increased to three times.
Source: dnaindia.com