Covid-19: Tripura lawmaker requests CM to blacklist companies selling substandard PPE kits

Tripura BJP MLA and former well being minister Sudip Roy Barman requested Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb to blacklist the businesses or merchants who allegedly present ‘substandard’ Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits to the state authorities.

Almost two weeks in the past, Roy Barman wrote to the chief minister about alleged embezzlement of presidency funds estimated to be round Rs 39.28 lakh to obtain kits to forestall spreading of coronavirus.

The state acquired about 9,000 PPE kits of various classes. Of these, solely 914 PPE kits provided by HIL had been discovered to be acceptable whereas the remaining had been discovered to be permeable to liquid, as alleged by Roy Barman.

He additionally alleged that the goggles procured by the state was not a lot protecting for eyes and a 500 ml hand sanitiser bottles ‘VENTIZ CLEAR ALL’ had been discovered to have solely 57.68 per cent alcohol, that’s a lot lower than the required.

“….these substandard PPE kits & component articles of PPEs, the frontline soldiers are bound to be vulnerable to the Virus & requested him to purchase kits conforming to the standards laid by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. I would also request you to blacklist those companies/ traders who have provided such substandard materials,” his letter learn.

He additionally alleged of improper disbursement of the funds allotted by the state authorities for the Tripura individuals stranded in different components of the nation.

“ ….there are a huge number of stranded persons in actual who have not received single farthing assistance to date in spite of fulfilling all formalities. It is a matter of concern that it is not clear as to what mechanism has been adopted by the State Government to ascertain the genuineness of the claims made & reimbursement made to that effect,” mentioned Roy Barman within the letter.

The state authorities on May 5 launched a WhatsApp quantity the place the individuals might lodge their complaints concerning any corruption.