Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Central government is trying to provide every kind of facility to the needy people during this corona crisis and around 80 crore people are going to benefit from the schemes which are not just providing free ration but also free cylinders. PM was interacting via video conferencing with NGOs in Varanasi on relief efforts carried out by them during COVID-19.
PM said that many experts were questioning the capabilities of India to fight with coronavirus but we proved them wrong. He especially mentioned the achievements of UP and said that the state not only stopped the speed of spread of corona but the recovery rate is also very impressive.
He said that During this corona crisis many religious activities are not happening in Varanasi but Kashi people showed that no one can compete with the spirit of the city and many organizations including government ones worked in tandem to fight with this pandemic.
The PM interacted with NGOs in Varanasi also. Representative of HDFC Bank told the Prime minister that they provided ventilators to different hospitals during Lockdown while member of Gayatri Parivar told how they took responsibility for more than 250 children during this period.
