[Covid 19] Foremost Task Of Nagar Nigam Is To See To The Health Of The City: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Division Bench comprising of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar has thus ordered the Nagar Nigam, Prayagraj, to come up with proposals to establish at least one (Covid) clinic per two Wards in the city.

"After the clinics are established, the State shall provide regular staff/doctors for the clinics," it added.

The Court has also asked the authorities to ensure proper fogging and santization of the city, to prevent the spread of Covid infection.

Inter alia, the Court ordered for appointment of Advocate Commissioners to oversee implementation of Covid 19 Guidelines in the Wards assigned to them. This is in addition to the 24 Advocate Commissioners who were appointed earlier.

They have been asked to file a collective report on the following aspects:

• Whether the residents in the Ward in which the Advocate Commissioners have been appointed as Commissioners are maintaining social distancing and are wearing their masks;
• If any social distancing norm is violated or if it is found that any individual in a particular Ward is not wearing mask then the Advocate Commissioner may submit a report in this regard to the Zonal Officers of the Ward who in their turn shall communicate to the Municipal Commissioner and the Municipal Commissioner in his turn shall submit a report to the Senior Superintendent of Police and thereafter the said report shall also be placed before this Court. These reports, needless to say, should be supported by evidence;
• The Advocate Commissioners shall, with the help of their Corporators, go around their Wards and also submit a report with regard to the bad drainage, if it is found. If the Corporators do not cooperate, a report to that effect may also be submitted;
• If the surface of any road in the Ward is found to be bad, then the Advocate Commissioners shall report about the same to the Municipal Commissioner and also to this Court;
• The Advocate Commissioners shall also see that the Nagar Nigam chalks out plans for opening public clinics in every Ward for the purposes of initial first-aid, checking of Blood Sugar and checking of Blood-Pressure etc. In the present times, these clinics may also be used as Sample Collection Centres for COVID-19. The learned Additional Advocate General and the counsel for the Nagar Nigam agreed that a concerted effort would be made to have within ten days a clinic for every two Wards after getting suitable premises. Learned Additional Advocate General also agreed that as and when clinics are opened, doctors from the Provincial Medical Services shall be appointed.

Case Details:

Case Title: In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres And For Providing Better Treatment To Corona Positive Respondent

Case No.: PIL No. 574/2020

Quorum: Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar

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