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PANAJI
Suggesting several day-to-day preventive steps against transmission of the dreaded Coronavirus, the Goa Chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has urged the State government to look to gradually restarting economic activity.
"The government in co-operation with the private sector should look at restarting industrial activity over 100 days after April 20 (when relaxations of lockdown are expected to be announced) in a phased manner," said Blaise Costabir and Atul Jadhav, in a report which was presented to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on
Wednesday.
Costabir and Jadhav are chairman and vice-chairman of the Goa chapter of the CII.
Checking temperature of the workforce twice daily, tripling public transport services and permitting the younger, under-50 year old workers to report to duty first are some of the safeguards suggested by the industries body.
The CII-Goa report says workers below 50 years may be asked to join first and those above 50 years may be permitted to report to work as the situation eases.
"All workers should be tested for temperature twice a day in addition to checking for dry cough and fever," the report said, adding that public transport services be tripled so only one-third of a bus' capacity is utilized to enable physical
distancing.
"The CII is fully aligned with the government's view that the shutdown would need to be lifted as early as feasible, though in a calibrated manner," CII-Goa said, adding that it also believes the State and nation should brace itself for the long haul and overcome the public health and economic crisis precipitated by the Coronavirus pandemic.
