Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has appointed a state-level Task Force to expedite the supply of day-to-day medicines and vaccines in the state and the onus of monitoring would be in the hands of Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD), Industries K Tarakarama Rao (KTR) who would supervise this team.
The Task Force comprises Industries Department Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, General Administration Department (GAD) Principal Secretary Vikas Raj, Panchayati Raj Chief Secretary Sandeep Sultania, Chief Minister Office Secretary and COVID-19 Special Officer Rajasekhar Reddy.
The decision to set up the Task Force was taken at the Cabinet meeting headed by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) amid allegations that there is a scarcity of certain medicines and vaccines against COVID-19 in the state.At the cabinet meeting on May 11, the Telangana government also announced a 10-day lockdown in view of the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state.
Picture of crowds at the historic Charminar days before the lockdown was imposed
The lockdown will be observed between 10 am and 6 am in these ten days. Citizens will be allowed to step out for essential services between 6 am and 10 am daily. Businesses including petrol pumps in areas other than highways, too, will be allowed to remain open for four hours.
