Kerala’s Response to Covid-19 | Peoples Democracy
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
We are facing a very extraordinary challenge. All our systems, commitment, love towards fellow human beings, are being combined for us to move forward. This pandemic has brought many developed countries to a standstill. Kerala is giving a tough fight, to curtail the spread of this virus. In order to stop it, we are working together. The LDF Government of Kerala is leading this fight right from the forefront.
We have also ensured that the society moves forward as one, to survive this crisis. Our motto in dealing with COVID-19 has been ‘physical distance, social unity’. To keep the society together, we are keeping them informed at every turn, through press meets and official channels of communication. Social media is being used effectively to share authentic and scientific information and to counter fake news and false information. Government machinery is being used to provide relief to the people. To enable that, we have promulgated the Kerala Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020, so that the government can effectively and proactively intervene as the situation demands during this epidemic.
PHYSICAL DISTANCE, SOCIAL UNITY **************************************As far as Kerala goes, the repeated onslaughts of viruses and contagious diseases have increased the resilience of our public health system. It has helped us to understand our pitfalls and undertake remedial measures. Experience from around the world in combating COVID-19 underlines the necessity of robust public health care systems. Imbibing that lesson, we have taken adequate measures to strengthen Kerala’s public health system. It needs to be noted that the capacity building undertaken through the Aardram Mission has helped us immensely at this time.
Throughout the course of fighting SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, Kerala has experienced many constraints while also gaining new knowledge. We have tried to share them with the central government, by means of letter addressed to the prime minister, health minister, finance minister, external affairs minister and so on. A key aspect is that with the limited resources available to state governments, it is a herculean task to tackle a pandemic of such gargantuan proportions. Without allocating more resources to the states, this fight cannot be won comprehensively. Accordingly raising the borrowing limit of states, reducing the interest rate, allowing for advance borrowing, allowing for a hike in work days and wages under NREGS, roping in PSUs for the production of medicines and other essential items like masks and sanitisers, increasing testing facilities, providing more medical equipment, flexibility in utilising DRFs and so on are some of the measures the central government needs to implement on a priority basis.
CONCERNS RAISED WITH CENTRAL GOVT Experience from China and South Korea as well as WHO directives suggest that it has to be accompanied by large scale testing so that virus can be detected and infected persons can be treated, so as to prevent further infections. Accordingly, Kerala has resorted to large scale testing. Yet, there are limits to what a state government can do. Unless such large scale testing is done across the country, we will not be able to accurately estimate the spread of the virus and the prevalence of the disease. Any miscalculation regarding this will push the country into a serious health emergency. Hence, we have requested the Government of India to allow more centres to conduct tests.
A meeting of the State Level Bankers Committee was held, to persuade them to not undertake recovery proceedings during this time of economic turmoil and to provide relaxations on interests and repayments. Even the Kerala High Court had made a favourable verdict in this regard. But, on the centre’s insistence, the Supreme Court has stayed it. Even while moving towards a lock down, we were taking all measures to ensure the protection of life. For life to sustain, it requires health and economic activity. The Government of Kerala has continuously worked to ensure both, in these challenging times. We did not simply ask the people to stay at home, we even ensured that they would be able to sustain themselves, while staying at home.
Discussions have been held with organisations of traders and businessmen to ensure adequate availability of essential materials during these times. Online facilities are being set up to ensure delivery of essential articles, including vegetables and pulses to families during this lock down. Voluntary services of organisations are being ensured to assist people in need. Books are being made available to those in quarantine with the assistance of publishing houses. Sufficient internet bandwidth is also being ensured, following discussions with service providers, so that while people stay at home, they have sufficient means of communication and entertainment.
Fitness fee for auto rickshaws and taxis have been relaxed. Relaxation of one month will be provided in the quarterly taxes of stage carriages and contract carriages. Concessions worth Rs 23.60 Cr is being allowed in this manner. Electricity and water bills can be paid with a delay of up to one month without any fines. Entertainment tax on movie theatres have been waived for a month as well. Apart from the emergency infusion of cash into the economy, relaxations are also being provided to help people to overcome the crisis.
Rs 500 Cr has been set apart for the additional expenses incurred in public health on account of COVID-19 care. Food grain worth Rs 100 Cr will be distributed to eligible families through the public distribution system. Rs 50 Cr will be utilised to provide meals at just Rs 20, as part of the Hunger Free Kerala project. 1,000 food stalls will be set up in April itself to enable this. In the state budget, it was declared that they would be set up in September to provide meals at Rs 25. Rs 14,000 Cr will be utilised to clear all pending payments of the state government to institutions and individuals. Thus, Rs 20,000 Cr is being infused into the state’s economy on an emergency basis.
COVID-19 PACKAGE When there is restriction on the movement of and interaction between people, it affects social and economic life. Well seized of this, and much before going into a lock down, on March 18 itself, the Government of Kerala announced a package to the tune of Rs 20,000 Cr to tide over the ensuing crisis. Rs 1,320 Cr has been set apart to disburse welfare pensions in advance, for two months, in March itself. Rs 100 Cr has been set apart to provide assistance of Rs 1,000 each for families that are not eligible for welfare pensions. In the next two months, loans to the tune of Rs 2,000 Cr will be disbursed through the Kudumbashree scheme. The interest component will be borne entirely by the state government. Rs 2,000 Cr will be utilised to provide work under the employment guarantee scheme.
LOCK DOWN *************************************** A safe distance between people could be ensured only by imposing certain restrictions on the movement of and interaction between people. To enable that, the entire state has now gone into a lock down. Schools and colleges have been shut, exams have been postponed, movie theatres have been temporarily closed down, people have been advised to not travel, gatherings and religious congregations have been disallowed, public transport facilities have been discontinued and the state’s borders have been closed. At the same time, emergency services, hospitals and medical stores are functioning as usual. Stores selling essential articles are allowed to open for a fixed period of time. Restaurants are allowed to offer take away and delivery facilities. We are ensuring adequate stock of grain and allowing movement of goods from across the state’s borders to facilitate supply of food as well. Personnel are being deployed in a phased manner to ensure that government offices are functioning.
Advice from international health agencies and experts is to maintain a safe distance between individuals as well to ensure personal hygiene, so that the spread of the novel coronavirus can be curtailed. A ‘Break the Chain’ campaign was taken up, creating awareness among the general public on washing their hands with soap and the use of sanitisers. Government offices, public offices, local self governments, private enterprises, celebrities and so on took up this campaign, making it a huge success and creating awareness through innovative methods, including the creative use of social media.
The public sector units in the state like Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation have also taken a lead in ensuring the availability of essential medicines and materials like sanitisers and masks. Even jail inmates in Kerala have made their contribution in this regard. Many RWAs, voluntary organisations and political outfits have also taken it up as their social responsibility to produce and distribute sanitisers and masks.
At the same time, we have also ensured that additional facilities are readied to handle any eventuality, including emergency situations. Emergency recruitment of 276 doctors has been done in the health department to ensure adequate human resources in tackling the pandemic. Other paramedical staff will also be appointed as required. All such appointments are being made from the existing PSC lists. Buildings have been identified which can serve as isolation wards. They have been sanitised and prepared to serve their purpose, with the help of youth and voluntary organisations.
As of March 24, 109 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Kerala. Of these, four have been cured and sent back home, and 105 are undergoing treatment in various hospitals across the state. 72,460 are under observation of which 466 have required hospitalisation. 4,516 samples have been sent for testing, and the results of 3,331 have been negative. Special mention is required of the fact that, not a single death has been reported in Kerala, due to this pandemic, despite the state experiencing a progressive swell in the number of positive cases. We have taken strict measures to ensure that there is no community spread in Kerala.
LATER CASES AND RESPONSES Being home to a large migrant community, Kerala has Malayalis coming in from around the world into the state, on a daily basis. Being a popular travel destination, the state attracts a lot of international tourists as well. The current set of cases that we have seen in the state since March 8, are primarily of those who have come in from abroad, especially from Europe and the Gulf. There are a few instances of cases being reported because of contact with such individuals as well. Apart from these primary and secondary cases, we are taking extra care to ensure that no tertiary cases are reported in the state.
The cabinet secretary conducted a video conference with all the states in the wake of new cases being reported in other states too. He appreciated the efforts of Kerala’s health department and requested the principal secretary to make a presentation. Other states were directed to follow the Standard Operating Procedure developed by Kerala. Kerala was asked to support other states in their efforts in combating the virus as well.
ADDITIONAL MEASURES In all movie theatres, awareness videos on COVID-19 were screened. In television and radio FM channels, information regarding the disease was publicised. Awareness campaigns were taken up on social media too. At the same time, those who peddled fake news on social media were penalised. The health department imparted awareness to 40 lakh school students through smart class rooms. Stringent screening was instituted in airports and ports. With the spread of the disease being reported in Italy and Iran, screening was made further stringent. Home quarantine of 14 days was mandated for those coming from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran or those with travel history to such countries since February 10, 2020.
INITIAL CASES It was on January 30, that the first COVID-19 case in India was confirmed in Kerala, by MoHFW. It was a student who had returned from Wuhan and was undergoing treatment in isolation in the General Hospital, Thrissur. Subsequently, the second and third cases were confirmed on February 2 and 3 respectively. They were also students who had returned from Wuhan. A ‘State Disaster’ was declared and emergency responses were initiated. During this initial phase itself, the health minister, health secretary and director of health services met to decide upon the emergency interventions required. Meetings of the state and district level Rapid Response Teams were convened. On February 1, the National Institute of Virology’s unit in Alappuzha was prepared to test samples. State and district level control rooms started working round the clock. Isolation facilities were further strengthened in all designated hospitals. At least two hospitals in each district were prepared to handle those with symptoms and requiring treatment in isolation. As we were prepared in advance, Kerala was able to stop the spread of the disease to others, from the initial cases. All the initial cases were cured and discharged, by the third week of February.
With the disease spreading further internationally and with an increase in the number of people coming to Kerala from foreign countries, the possibility of COVID-19 being reported in the state was taken seriously. All district medical officers were instructed to prepare isolation facilities in medical colleges, general hospitals, district hospitals and major private hospitals in their respective districts. Directives were issued on the requirements pertaining to hospital isolation and home quarantine as well. On January 24 itself, a control room was set up in the directorate of health services. On January 25, required guidelines were issued to health officials and local self governments on the measures to be adopted. By January 28, control rooms were set up in the districts as well.
EARLY PREPAREDNESS ************************************* Between January 18 and 22 itself, the Government of Kerala shared directives and guidelines issued by WHO and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, with all 14 districts. A state level Rapid Action Force met and prepared guidelines on observation, labs, treatment and training, which was also shared with the districts. District level public health systems were prepared to face any eventuality. Subsequently, all passengers arriving from China were screened at the Kochi airport. Peripheral health teams were prepared to strictly monitor all passengers from China. District Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme Cells began monitoring contact tracing and line listing of all possible cases.
IT was in the latter half of December 2019 that the cause of an illness that was spreading across Wuhan city in the Hubei province of China was ascertained to be a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Now, almost three months later, the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has affected 195 countries and territories across the world, ie, the entire world has been gripped by the pandemic. We are warned by the World Health Organisation that the ‘pandemic is accelerating’, with it taking 67 days to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days since then to reach 200,000, and just four days after that to reach 300,000.
People Have To Fight This War (not Govt.): In his very first speech on March 19, Modi made it clear that the pandemic will be fought back only by resolve and restraint of the people. They needed to be resolute in their beliefs and – by implication – in their trust in his government. And they needed to be restrained by maintaining social distance. What he was saying was that the effect of this disease will ultimately be determined only by the peoples’ own actions – not by government actions. Once you say this, once the strategy is defined like this, the responsibility of the government gets pruned immensely to just supervising the resolve and restraint. The battle becomes a law and order problem.
On March 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Indians that a tough battle against the deadly coronavirus was looming and he asked them to fight it with resolve and restraint. On March 24, in his second address, Modi declared that the country would go into complete lockdown in four hours, at midnight. On March 25, in his Mann Ki Baat radio address, he seemed to say sorry for the trouble, but hey, it is unavoidable! He also quoted some Sanskrit shlokas to say that this is the only way out, come what may.
At this rate, more Indians might die of hunger than of coronavirus. Modi’s poor administrative skills, zero attention span for details, and preference for oratory over governance spell disaster for this crisis. In a few weeks, we might find ourselves overwhelmed with an epidemic in defiance of official numbers, while the economy might start looking like the 1980s.
Sadly, Narendra Modi’s two national addresses have done little to address this concern about India not taking the mass-testing approach. We need fast testing, cheap testing, easily available testing — and a well laid out mechanism to quarantine a person the moment she is found positive, without letting her infect others, including medical staff and family members.
It is important to note that countries that have so far done a relatively good job of containing the coronavirus pandemic have refrained from imposing a complete, nation-wide, curfew-like lockdown. These include Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, and Turkey. Even China, where it all started, placed only the Hubei province under complete lockdown, not the whole country. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put 1.3 billion people under a curfew-like lockdown. Since the authorities are using the word ‘curfew’ in the context of issuing passes, it is fair to call it a national curfew.
India, as usual, is taking the global warnings in a callous manner. Though the health ministry has given clear instructions about avoiding crowded places and airport screening is being done meticulously, the actions on the ground give conflicting signals about how serious the government is about combating the spread of the virus. Why are the state and central governments afraid to give clear instructions to suspend all religious and political gatherings, until the epidemic has blown its course or is contained?
Yet even as India was gripped by demonstrations and violence, the coronavirus was making inroads into society here. The country reported its first case on January 30, but authorities steadfastly insisted that cases were one-offs and no local transmission was taking place. In recent weeks, though, India has seen exponential growth in the number of cases. Today, we are three days into a three-week nationwide lockdown, a heavy restriction on a nation of 1.3 billion people that Modi and his government have insisted will help defeat the virus.
With much of the world on coronavirus lockdown, there are warnings that those living with domestic abuse could become hidden victims of the pandemic. In the UK, calls to the national abuse hotline went up by 65% this weekend, according to the domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales. Meanwhile, the UN has warned that women in poorer countries and smaller homes are likely to have fewer ways to report abuse.
Due to the sudden imposition of a lockdown, a large number of migrant labourers are being forced to return home. Health infrastructure has been in tatters even before the pandemic and now, it is being stretched beyond its capacity. Women are being forced to look after their children and homes while dealing with the restrictions of lockdown. General Secretary of All India Democratic Women’s Association Mariam Dhawale talks to NewsClick about the difficulties faced by women migrant labourers.
The Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, which is a much larger gathering, was stopped on March 18. The fact is that when the Tablighi Jamaat’s congregation happened on March 15, Parliament was in session. Madhya Pradesh MLAs were herded together in Bangalore. Several mass gatherings, some of them were political, had been organised. Several video footages also emerged of people defying the ‘Janta Curfew’ and coming out on roads in large numbers to clap and clang utensils on the call of the Prime Minister. In fact, the Congress has also questioned how UP chief minister Adityanath could defy the countrywide 21-day lockdown the very next day by landing up in Ayodhya with a huge crowd.
Dr. Yogesh Jain of Jan Swasthya Sahyog talks about the impact of the lockdown over the past week and the issues faced by health care workers in India. He also talks about quarantine strategies that the government must adopt as COVID-19 cases steadily rise.
लॉकडाउन के बीच रविवार को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने देश से ‘मन की बात’ की। उन्होंने लॉकडाउन से मज़दूरों को हुई दिक्क्तों के लिए माफ़ी भी मांगी। हालांकि प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने जो बात की वो शायद उन्हीं के मन की बात थी। ये मज़दूरों के मन की बात तो कतई नहीं थी। ऐसा इसलिए है कि अब तक लाखों मजदूर पलायन कर चुके हैं। सैकड़ों अब भी रास्ते में हैं। पूरे देश से जिस तरह से लोगों ने पलायन किया है, उसे रोकने के लिए उनके पास कोई विजन या ब्लू प्रिंट नहीं दिखा। अलग अलग स्रोतों से आई खबरों के मुताबिक अब तक इस लॉक डाउन में पैदल अपने घर जाते हुए 22 मज़दूरों की मौत हो गई है जबकि कोरोना से अब तक कुल 28 मौतें हुई हैं।
The first of the announcements was that under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, an instalment of Rs 2,000 will be paid to 8.69 crore farmers by the first week of April. While the cash transfer does not involve any new allocation of funds, the number only accounts for 70% of the beneficiaries of the scheme, leaving behind close to 3.81 crore eligible beneficiaries. Government data suggests that the scheme has enlisted 12.50 crore eligible beneficiaries for the year 2018-19. Moreover, the scheme already did not include landless agricultural labourers who accounted for over 10% of the population (14.43 crore) in 2011.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 8 PM address on 24 March, announcing a 21-day lockdown, has unsettled a large portion of India’s close to 5 crore migrants workers. After the announcement, large groups of people hit the roads on foot to reach their home-towns and villages. However, these poor souls faced police lathis as they were seen as violators of the lockdown rules.
Monday, March 30, 2020
The world is gripped with the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, a health crisis of mammoth proportions. Medical and administrative steps are being taken, but what will make the battle against this threat more difficult to deal with is the promotion of faith-based cures. This is being done by the ruling dispensation and its myriad associates, for whom ancient Indian practices had all the ingredients we need to deal with human calamities. Two disturbing examples need to be deliberated to understand the intensity of blind practices which have become the undercurrent of our social life in recent times.
The Prime Minister of India has apologised to the poorer section of the population for the hardship imposed upon them by the necessary lockdown due to the coronavirus threat. However, the point is to reach out to the poorer section of the population as early as possible. This piece tries to argue that, along with other measures that the government is planning to execute through public distribution system and PM Jan Dhan Yojana, old age and widow pension, free gas cylinder to the poor etc., the rural job guarantee scheme, MGNREGS, could be one of the main vehicles to make the required cash transfer in this emergency situation.
This March 29 marked the 35th anniversary of the Day of the Young Combatant, a non-official day to commemorate the victims of the US-backed military dictatorship in Chile, led by General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). In 1985, on this day, 18-year-old Rafael Vergara Toledo and 20-year-old Eduardo Vergara Toledo were assassinated by the officials of the national security forces serving the dictator. The Vergara Toledo brothers were student activists associated with the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), one of the most important Marxist organisations in Chile that bravely resisted the dictatorship. Together with the brothers, another 20-year-old activist Paulina Aguirre Tobar was also gunned down. In addition, the same day, the security officials also kidnapped the Communist Party members José Manuel Parada, Manuel Guerrero Ceballos and Santiago Nattino Allende and slaughtered them the next day.
The RSS is generally perceived to be morally upright; much of this perception comes from the fact that full-time members of the organisation are ascetic and also claim they maintain a distance from personal possessions and from the pursuit of power. They denounce power and claim to assume an advisory role for the purpose of ‘nation-building’. This kind of optics fits well with the dominant morality, which is suspicious of politics and comprehends personal family ties as narrow and driven by self-interest. They are active during humanitarian crises and natural calamities, such as the one we are witnessing now, with the spread of Covid-19.
On March 27, Friday, the Spanish government approved measures to stop the firing of workers by companies in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Minister of labor Yolanda Díaz from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) declared that companies cannot use the health crisis as an excuse to fire workers and directed that only the temporary layoff programs under the Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTEs) may be used by employers.
This first-order idea of public morality is, however, maintained by building a layered reality and multiple narratives and practices that are not only not moral but are also patently immoral. Yet, how does RSS in particular and right-wing organisations in general maintain a favourable opinion? Conservative organisations are precariously located between absolutism and debauchery. Their idea of morality is one of absolutism, which is visible in their asceticism and eschewing of anything that is remotely identified as pleasurable. This basic idea is then followed up by an understanding that a majority in any society does not live up to this absolutist idea of morality, and are, therefore, necessarily immoral.
The RSS is generally perceived to be morally upright; much of this perception comes from the fact that full-time members of the organisation are ascetic and also claim they maintain a distance from personal possessions and from the pursuit of power. They denounce power and claim to assume an advisory role for the purpose of ‘nation-building’. This kind of optics fits well with the dominant morality, which is suspicious of politics and comprehends personal family ties as narrow and driven by self-interest. They are active during humanitarian crises and natural calamities, such as the one we are witnessing now, with the spread of Covid-19.
कोरोना वायरस को फैसले से रोकने के लिए लागू किए गए 21 दिन लॉकडाउन के कारण देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों से उत्तर प्रदेश के बरेली पहुंचे मजदूरों को जिले में प्रवेश करने से पहले एक साथ बिठाकर सैनिटाइजर से नहलाया गया. एनडीटीवी के अनुसार, रहने-खाने की व्यवस्था न होने के कारण वापस अपने घरों को लौटने वाले और प्रशासन द्वारा सैनिटाइज किए गए इन लोगों में महिलाएं और बच्चे भी शामिल हैं. ये मजदूर दिल्ली, हरियाणा, नोएडा जैसे शहरों से वापस अपने घरों को लौटे थे. इसके बाद बहुत सारे बच्चों ने अपनी आंखों में जलन की शिकायत की. हालांकि, आंखों में जलन की शिकायत के बावजूद किसी को अस्पताल में भर्ती नहीं किया गया. इस घटना का एक वीडियो सामने आया है जिसमें सभी को जमीन पर बैठाकर उनको डिसइंफेक्ट किया जा रहा है.
कोरोना वायर से जुड़ी पाबंदियों के बीच श्रम मंत्रालय ने कर्मचारी भविष्य निधि (ईपीएफ) योजना के छह करोड़ से अधिक अपने अंशधारकों को अपने खाते से पैसा निकालने की अनुमति दे दी है. इसकी घोषणा वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारण ने पिछले सप्ताह विभिन्न क्षेत्रों के लिए 1.7 लाख करोड़ रुपये के प्रोत्साहन पैकेज के तहत की थी. इसके क्रियान्वयन के संबंध में जारी अधिसूचना के अनुसार, ईपीएफ खाते से स्वीकृत निकासी की राशि अंशधारक के तीन महीने के मूल वेतन और महंगाई भत्ते के योग या उसके खाते में जमा हुई कुल राशि के तीन चौथाई में से जो भी कम हो, उससे अधिक नहीं हो सकती है. कोरोना वायरस महामारी की रोकथाम के लिए ‘लॉकडाउन’ की वजह से लोगों को राहत देने को लेकर यह कदम उठाया गया है.
कोरोना वायरस महामारी के कारण लागू किए गए देशव्यापी लॉकडाउन के बीच गृह मंत्रालय ने रविवार को जारी एक नए आदेश में कहा कि इस अवधि में कंपनियां या नियोक्ता किसी भी श्रमिक व कर्मचारियों का वेतन नहीं काटेंगे और मजदूरों और छात्रों से मकान मालिक एक महीना का किराया नहीं लेंगे. लाइव लॉ की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक गृह मंत्रालय के आदेश में कहा गया है कि मकान मालिक एक महीने की अवधि के लिए को मजदूरों से किराया न वसूलें. इनमें प्रवासी मजदूर भी शामिल हैं, जो कि किराए के मकानों में रहते हैं. गृह मंत्रालय ने आदेश में कहा, ‘सभी नियोक्ता, चाहे वह उद्योग में हों या दुकानों और व्यावसायिक प्रतिष्ठानों में, लॉकडाउन की जिस अवधि में उनके प्रतिष्ठान बंद रहेंगे, अपने श्रमिकों के वेतन का भुगतान उनके कार्य स्थल में नियत तिथि पर बिना किसी कटौती के करेंगे.’
राजस्थान के कोटा में एक मिनी ट्रक से आटे के पैकेट छीने जाने का वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हो गया है. यह घटना कोटा के कुन्हाडी पुलिस थाना क्षेत्र की बताई जा रही है. इस वीडियो में साफ नजर आ रहा है कि कुछ बाइक सवार एक मिनी ट्रक का पीछा कर रहे हैं और ट्रक ड्राइवर से रुकने को कह रहे हैं, जब ट्रक ड्राइवर नहीं रुकता तो बाइक सवार उसके आगे जाकर ट्रक रुकवा देते हैं. इसके बाद कई पुरुष, महिलाएं और बच्चे ट्रक में भरे आटे के कट्टे लूट लेते हैं.
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