Containment Strategy and Initiative

1. COVID-19 PandemicSub-Division Kharar,
District S A S Nagar, Punjab

2. * COVID-19 was declared a Pandemic by the WHO on 11 March 2020
Strategy and actions

3. KHARAR SUB-DIVISION *
* Map and Data from
Census 2011
Total area: 377.03 sq km
Total No. of Households: 44,620
Total population: 221,323
Males (118,439)
Females (102,884 )
Total workers: 78,443
Main Workers: 68,524
Cultivators: 11,823
Agricultural Labourers: 5,120
Household industrial Workers: 2,748
Other Workers: 48,833

4. Mean Infection Rate of COVID-19 : 2.5
% *
(In comparison, the seasonal flu has an infection
rate of 1.3 percent)
Death Rate of COVID-19 : 5.7% (of
Total Infections) **
Per the mean infection rate and total
population of Kharar, the risk is #:
• 5533 persons being infected by
COVID-19
• Further, a risk of 315 lives being lost
due to COVID-19
* Taken from statista.com; as per World trends
** WHO Statistics as of 08.04.2020 (tentative, may vary as
per updates)
# Estimated figures for projection only

5. COVID-19 Present Status (as of 10.04.2020)
COVID-19 Positive
Patients
Deaths Cured Home Quarantined
2 2 0 218

6. 1 COVID patient can infect 406 people
in 30 days in absence of self-isolation*
30 days
406 People1 person
*According to a study conducted by ICMR (2020)
# Data from WHO as of 08.04.2020 (tentative, may vary as per updates)
# Worldwide confirmed cases: 1 282 931
# Total Deaths: 72 774

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CONTAINMENT
STRATEGY

8. Awareness Campaign
◦ Sensitizing the populace in villages via panchayat
members
◦ Periodical visits by various officers for morale upliftment and
grievance redressal
◦ 24/7 availability of the administrative personnel
◦ Proper information dissemination through Whatsapp groups
The most vulnerable is the Old Age Group

9. Awareness Campaign

10. Sanitization Drives

11. Law and Order Strategy
◦ Curfew under S. 144, Cr.P.C, prohibiting the assembly of four or more persons in public
places.
◦ With essential services open
◦ Restriction on Intra-District movement
◦ Movement of private vehicles stopped
◦ Complete shutdown of industries, factories, brick kilns across the District
◦ Issuance of curfew passes on a case by case basis (Granted by SDM, EM)
◦ Punishment under S. 188, IPC

12. Law and Order Strategy

13. Law and Order Strategy
◦ Curfew Enforcement
◦ Flag March by SDM, EM Dy. SP from 4 pm to 8pm daily
◦ Daily patrolling by the Dy. SP throughout the day
◦ Challan of vehicles without movement passes as a first warning
◦ Impoundment of vehicles of Second time offenders and defaulters
◦ Temporary open jails for curfew violators
◦ Checkpoints at all entry/exit points
◦ Inspection of Mandis

14. Law and Order Strategy
In State of Punjab v. M S
Chawala (2013), the
Supreme Court stated, “Right
to Health is integral to the
Right to Life. The State has a
positive obligation under
Article 21 to swing into action
in the face of a public health
emergency to protect the
lives of its people”.

15. Community Policing

16. Ensuring Food
for All

17. Food Management
No. of people
(Approximate)
Type of Ration
Daily dry ration or langar is
also distributed by NGOs and
people on voluntary basis.
(Adhoc Measure)
Kharar 12,000 Daily langar comprising two
dishes and roti, once a day.
- 27 autos hired to distribute in
27 wards.
Kurali 4,000 Dry ration comprising atta,
rice, ghee distributed via EOs
Nayagaon 7,000 Dry ration comprising atta,
rice, ghee distributed via EOs

18. Students and Senior citizens

19. Food Management

20. Home Deliveries

21. Daily updation
of the ration
distributed:
quantity, date of
delivery, officer
responsible, next
due delivery
Daily updation
of the food
complaints:
details of the
complainant
and the action
taken

22. Ensuring Food – NGOs + Volunteers

23. Food Management

24. Kurali and Nayagaon

25. Food Management- Dry Ration
Dry ration being distributed

26. Wheat Procurement - COVID-19
◦ Rotation wise curfew passes to be issued to visit mandis in small numbers at a time
◦ Efficient storage facilities to be made and supervised
◦ 3 new mandis to be set up to to minimize the exposure of farmers to COVID-19
◦ Arrangements to be made for sanitization and distribution of masks to procurement
agency staff and farmers through artihas
◦ GoP has directed that the harvesting by harvester combines would be restricted only
during day-time from 6 am to 7 pm

27. Wheat Procurement in the time of
COVID-19
General Guidelines* :
1. Restrict access of mandis/premises/shops to only for those essential for mandi
operations
2. Employee/contractor/laborers exhibiting dry cough/respiratory symptoms/fever must
not be allowed to go into the mandi, they must be immediately segregated, and
nearest health authorities be approached
3. Employees/labour who are at higher risk, i.e. old, pregnant and who have underlying
medical conditions must not be exposed to any front line work requiring public
interaction
4. Unnecessary touch points like clothes and other covers or decorations must be
removed.
* Soucre: Punjab Mandi Board

28. Wheat Procurement in the time of COVID-19 – Sanitary
Protocols and Safety Procedures: Checklist *
Activity Market Committee Procurement
Agency
PMB Licenses
Social Distancing: Marking Mandi Yards Storage Points Premises/Shops
Clean Drinking Water,
fumigated, clean and
disinfected bathrooms
Mandi Yard Storage Points
and labour
sleeping area
Premises/Shops
(Bathrooms – also
where the labour will
stay
Social Distancing of at least
1 meter
Mandi Operations Storage Points Mandi Operations
Washing hands stations
with proper guidelines
Mandi Yard Storage Points Premises/Shops
Responsibility
* Source: Punjab Mandi Board

29. Wheat Procurement in the time of COVID-19 – Sanitary
Protocols and Safety Procedures: Checklist *
Activity Market Committee Procurement
Agency
PMB Licenses
Face Masks Mandi Yards and
Employees & MC Labour
Employees and
PA Labour
Employees/Farmers/
Labours
First Aid Kits Storage Points Premises/Shops
Infrared and
Thermometers
Mandi and Employees
and MC Labour
Storage Points &
Employees & MC
Labour
Premises/Shops/
Employees/Farmers/
Labours
Awareness Campaign Mandi Yard Storage Points Premises/Shops
Responsibility
* Source: Punjab Mandi Board

30. Wheat Procurement in the time of COVID-19 – Sanitary
Protocols and Safety Procedures: Checklist *
Activity Market
Committee
Procurement Agency PMB Licenses
Other Items Transport and
Adequate labour at
storage points
1. Adequate power cleaners
2. Adequate tarpolines
3. Adequate labour for
mandi operations
Regulating Arrivals Issue to Artihyas Issue to farmers – just and fairs
distribution plans
Adequate
availability of labour
Storage Points for
unloading
Mandis – for Mandi
Operations
Responsibility
* Source: Punjab Mandi Board

31. ◦ A dedicated COVID Hospital-Sub-Divisional Hospital, Kharar having capacity of 60 beds
◦ Institutional quarantine in Chandigarh University, Kharar, with a capacity of 200 beds;
Single bedded rooms with attached washrooms
◦ Quarantine Centers
◦ Rayat Bahra College, Kharar
◦ ARISTA Hotel, Kharar
◦ Home Quarantine – Around 200 persons are in home quarantine
Quarantine and Isolation Wards

32. Medical Check up of Staff
Thorough medical inspection is being carried
out

33. Home Quarantine

34. Primary contact tracing

35. Quarantine and Isolation Wards

36. Going Beyond Duty

37. Nayagaon Cluster Containment

38. Thank you and Parting Note
“Short term inhibition for Long term Freedom”
STOP CORONAVIRUS