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Maximum city

By Lakshya


It is too late! The coronavirus or COVID-19 horse has bolted and closed the barn doors. Despite New Delhi’s total lockdown entering its 3rd phase, the increase in the number of cases has been exponential in the last week. With few million testing and a faulty containment programme, the country’s economy and human capital is in a deplorable state. With the lockdown in its 44th day, the political pundits are sceptical about the viability of the public healthcare system in tackling the sheer incompetency to monitor, test and isolate infected people.

At the epicentre of this remains City of Dreams-Mumbai. Accounting for more than 10000 cases, Mumbai tops the table in the corona tally. A city, that resides the highest number of billionaires of India, is also home to Asia’s largest slum - Dharavi. Close to a million people which accounts for more than 60% of Mumbai’s population, living cheek by jowl is the major hurdle in containing the virus. Adding to this long list of miseries is the shutting down five major private hospitals of Mumbai. The lack of proper equipments for the health professional and nurses has led to around 150 people getting infected in last one week.

Preparing for the Virus

 The advance preparedness of the medical professionals and the public entities stockpiling masks, gloves and sanitizers would have been an important step. Sufficient availability of beds and converting vacant halls, sports facilities and other such places into makeshift quarantine centres, with intensive care units, would have made us better prepared for the situation. The migrant workers were to be assured and catered to as they are the backbone of big business houses. The availability of basic staple to the citizens should have been ensured which would avoid panic buying. Appropriate equipments would be provided to the public officials and the medical workers on duty and spread awareness amongst the citizens ensuring cordial working of all the stakeholders.

Dharavi Focus

 Dharavi being a close knit society where around a million people live in an area of 2 square kilometre, local NGOs and community workers could be incentivised to help spread the awareness about the “New Disease” amongst the people. Where 80 people use a single bathroom, it becomes imperative to extract senior citizens or people with high risk of getting infected and shift them to makeshift shelters. A critical care task force of the best physicians who can create a comprehensive medical plan, which actively involves and is executed by Mumbai’s large and very capable public hospitals along with private hospitals, has the best chances of swinging it in ‘life’s’ favour.

The government has been swift in taking actions with testing the people and establishing a 300 bed make shift quarantine facility for the people of Dharavi.. Though it will be a humongous task for the state government to get the city back up and running, but with some minute changes in the policies and tightening of the administrative screw, the leaders at the helm might just be able to set an example for the other states and the world at large.

 

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]]>Fri, 08 May 2020 18:46:26 +0530<![CDATA[No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding]]>https://www.adaayafarm.com/blogs/post/no-law-or-ordinance-is-mightier-than-understanding“A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.”]]>

"No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding"- Plato

By Kajal



The aforementioned quote becomes even more relatable in times like corona virus pandemic. This means that no rules or ordinance should be viewed as more important than knowledge and compassion. For any public servant it is a pre-requisite to be well-informed as well as to possess the ability to understand the problems of citizens as a whole.

With these words said, what steps would you take to contain the spread of infection if you were to be appointed as Mayor of Chennai? (Nope, we’re not trying to copy the Nayak’s story plot.) Well, the question has been put up here to throw some light on what measures could have been taken before time and what all were the ­points to remember when a state was to go under lockdown.


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Chennai Corona Response

        Preparation before the D-day: As Wuhan was coiling in infection, the first and foremost task would be to take a wake-up call and start alerting officials and medical helpers to start preparing for the worst, even if the intensity of worst was unknown.


·                                        Storage of enough masks, testing kits and sanitizers: Keeping in mind the population size of the state, enough storage of masks and sanitizers must be made for precautionary measures to contain the spread of contagion.


·                                        Awareness among citizens: As it’s truly said, ‘Half knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance, spreading awareness regarding every detail about Covid-19 to the grassroots level because rural people tend to be the least informed.


·                                        On the D-day: When announcing about the lockdown, not leaving until complete assurance is being communicated that essentials would be made available even during the lockdown, hence mitigating Panic Buying as much as possible.


·                                        Public Announcements: Making public announcements time & again regarding current status of the state, country and world. Also, spreading more and more awareness through expert doctors about the importance of hand wash, wearing masks, staying indoors and when only should a person visit hospital for testing.


·                                        Migrant workers: No one would be able to perform his/her daily chores if it weren’t for daily wagers. Hence, there protection becomes primary. Helping them to the last bit, and if possible, arranging separate vehicles for their transportation to help them reach home safely would be the greatest and best step one could take.


·                                        Milkmen, farmers and other daily wagers: Procuring the perishable goods from them immediately and selling them across the state could save them from suffering and loss of income. This would also render zero wastage of these commodities. One such wonderful initiative was Resident Welfare Association.


·                                        Mobile data reports: Taking full advantage of data available through mobile apps, thanks to AI. A team of researchers from IIT Madras gave some important facts to government officials, all of which was extracted through Facebook and Aarogya Setu app. Making use of data on a much larger scale to record movement of people.


·                                        No harassment by cops: While we could see cops adopting some amazing strategies like virus shaped helmets and ambulance tricks, ensuring that no innocent person gets harassed amid all of this.


·                                        Lockdown 2.0: Since we’ve got all the time now, there would be no harm in reiterating all the points announced during first lockdown, and ensuring that it is being done for the greater good. Therefore, avoiding incident that happened atKoyambedu Market.


·                                        Apocalypse that is yet to arrive: Experts say that the second wave of covid-19 would be the deadliest and hence the struggle would never stop.


As of May 7, 2020, Chennai stands at 2,644 positive cases recording the highest jump till date. Government officials should constantly thrive for regulating all the measures thoroughly and throughout the pandemic, as even one infected person can infect 400 people in a matter of 30 days. Ending this with a beautiful quote by Mahatma Gandhi, 


“A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.”





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