As the Chief Secretary of your state, write an article on 'Life after Covid'-- discussing the role of the government, the expectations of and from the citizens; the changes in living and working to adopt post this crisis.
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Well, before we talk of life after COVID-19, there is urgent need to talk about life after the lockdown. It is difficult to imagine that anyone of us can return to what was the old normal. Shops and offices will slowly limp back putting up a brave front and expending all their energy to ensure that they survive somehow. The government has yet to share a blueprint for revival and recovery of the stricken economy. Reassuring noises have failed to comfort the most distressed segment of the population—the daily wage earners and those employed in the unorganised sector, landless farmers and millions of migrants rendered refugees, helpless and ‘stateless’ overnight.
There is no clarity how the fragile supply chains will be maintained, restored and repaired in the absence of those who hew wood and fetch water to make the cities buzz. Will they return? Or, will hunger and unbearable discrimination drive the stigmatised poor back into a life of bondage in overcrowded cities? How will ‘social distancing’ unravel once school, colleges, universities, offices and factories restart—not with 50 per cent staff but in full steam? Transport will remain a major challenge. When will trains and interstate buses resume regular services? It’s great that some arrangements have been made by some governments to bring the migrant workers and students back home.
However, this doesn’t mean that all is well. Political partisanship and communal prejudice have eroded the credibility of many leaders and parties. Abject sycophancy of senior bureaucrats verging on servility is shameful. There is not a squeak of dissent, or pointing out a lapse that could result in mid-course correction. Plenty of back-slapping and chest-thumping; basking in the reflected glory of the prime minister’s radiant charisma, his cabinet colleagues are content with cameo appearances most of the time.
The greatest disappointment has been the judiciary. To be precise, the Supreme Court. There was a time—and how long ago it seems—when the public discourse was focused on judicial overreach. Nowadays, it is more apt to talk of masterly inactivity of the bench. It is in rarest of rare cases only, that their lordships are stirred into action. Those not well versed in ways of constantly evolving contingent jurisprudence are left puzzled by some recent decisions of the apex court.
It’s imperative for the nation to be united in war against this deadly virus. But this certainly doesn’t mean that we should all the time blindly follow the leader like a herd of sheep. Nor can the Indians allow themselves to be browbeaten into submission before superstitious religious fanaticism. There are legitimate apprehensions about unnecessary surveillance. Not only by government agencies authorised to do so (following the prescribed legal procedure) but also by vigilantes claiming to be supporters of the regime. Thank god, lynch mobs have not been rampant lately but volunteers of social organisation/NGOs have been active and visible at many places ‘helping’ the authorities impose the lockdown effectively.
Life, after Covid, is not going to be easy.
Chief Secretary
LIFE AFTER COVID
Covid 19 ,a pandemic disease has taken life of many life and is very harmful for mankind. As a chief secretary I request you all to take all the preventive measures. The situation of our country is becoming wrose day by day and especially in our state there has been sudden rise in the no. of patients.
Prevention
- Use mask so that the disease couldn't spread.
- Wash your hand for 20 second and use hand sanitizer.
- Avoid touching things that does belong to you.
- Try to avoid visiting crowded place.
- Download Aarogya Setu app to get latest and correct information about Covid-19 and always turn on bluetooth and gps to get alert from people having Covid-19 symptoms.
Our life has changed due to Covid-19 so we have to stay alert and accept these changes gradually. We have to spread awareness about this deadly disease and try to maintain social distancing at public places. The people who have symptoms of Covid-19 like- fever, chest pain, cough should contact to the nearest hospital. At last, I request you all not to loose hope in the life .