Odisha Shows India The Way: How Odisha Led By CM Naveen Patnaik Pioneered India’s Covid Fightback

1. The first state in India to enforce a lockdown over 40% of the state – the biggest of its kind in India’s history, from 22.03.2020.
2. The first state to start dedicated Govt COVID hospitals run by professional hospitals.
3. The first state to have dedicated COVID hospitals in all its districts.
4. The first state to start online registration of people returned from outside the state.
5. The first state to provide an online pass to come out of the home during the lockdown to avail essential commodities.
6. Efficient screening and necessary restrictions at railway stations, airport & seaports, much before the first case being detected.
7. The first state to start community monitoring of people in-home quarantine.
8. The only state to give cash incentive of ₹15k for declaring travel history, which made self-declaration a huge success.
9. The first state to start dedicated helpline and Whatsapp for people coming from outside state.
10. The only state to have started a telemedicine helpline.
11. The only state to have allotted special funds to feed community stray animals. PETA awarded CM for this effort.
12. Legal action against those violating quarantine guidelines.
13. Immediate police action against those spreading rumors and fake news on social media.
14. Ensuring communal harmony amid the hate-mongering by miscreants against certain communities.
15. The first state to provide cooked food to the underprivileged in all panchayats.
16. The first state to start a special helpline for guest workers stranded in the state.
17. Providing sufficient food, water, shelter, and other essential services to the guest workers in the state.
18. The first state to appoint nodal officers and issue helpline to help workers stranded in other states.
19. PDS supplies for three months distributed in advance.
20. The only state to involve WSHGs directly in pandemic management.
21. Fighting coronavirus pandemic the Odisha way, a story to tell: India Today
22. Women leading from the front in the fight against COVID-19 in Odisha: The Hindu
23. Lockdown Effect: How Odisha kept people off the ‘Coronavirus’ grip: Business Standard
24. Naveen Patnaik is a hero in the corona battle: The Daily Pioneer
25. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is a Master at Disaster Management: Arre
26. On Coronavirus, Naveen Patnaik’s Suggestions Needed to Be Acted Upon Nationally: The Wire
27. Odisha’s model on combating coronavirus shows the way for tackling future pandemics: Times Now
28. Early Response Has Been Key to Odisha’s Efforts to Tackle COVID-19: The Wire
29. Odisha 1st state to extend lockdown till April 30: Business Today
30. Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 2,200-crore package for welfare: Business Standard
31. Odisha is setting an example in preparedness: Down to Earth

A state that tests 1500 samples a day with one of the lowest positive cases in the country, and despite just one death, also the lowest in the country.

When you work hard, God himself blesses you.
We, the so-called poor state, like in all past natural calamities, will make sure not to lose lives to the Covid-19.
That is what makes us an Odia. Pledged to save lives.

Bande Utkala Janani