Chandigarh, March 25 With the tightening of restrictions in Punjab in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus, a majority of politic, who are normally busy with meeting hoards of people both at home and in office, are now socialising with their families.
However, those at the helm of the government are busy work from home via digitally.
Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, who resides in palatial official bungalow in Chandigarh, has put up a notice outside his house, saying "No public dealing due to coronavirus".
But he said he's doing work from home.
"Minute by minute I am getting feedback on my phone from my officers about the status of patients quarantined in isolation wards and those who are home quarantined," Sidhu told on phone.
"Hope all staying safe, I told my staff to plug their webcams or make video calls to interact with them," he added.
His Cabinet colleague Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said with the imposition of lockdown people in the state faced the problem of getting the milk supply.
"To understand the problem, I made by personal mobile number public so that the consumers and the producers could directly reach out to me. After understanding the problem, I gave directions to Milkfed to start supplying the long-shelf milk," he said.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is also quite active these days on Twitter to reach out the people.
"I just received these photographs. Wonderful discipline by the Punjabis. Stay at home and keep yourself safe. Administration & Police are working to ensure you all have access to essentials #COVID2019," he tweeted on Wednesday.
He tagged pictures to explain how to maintain social distance while dealing with the public.
Also, the Chief Minister is reaching out to the people through his videos.
In a latest video, he appealed to the people to voluntarily adhere to the curfew imposed to tackle the prevailing war-like coronavirus situation.
He also shared a short video of what his administration and the police did during the day.
"Right from organising food & ration for underprivileged to sanitising & cleaning streets, DCs
( With inputs from IANS )