Puducherry: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today said government efforts alone would not be enough to combat coronavirus.
“There should be sustained cooperation of the people and they should play a proactive role to prevent spread of the virus,” he said during Independence Day celebrations.
He called upon the people to ensure that they played a proactive role and extended sustained cooperation to the government in its fight against Covid-19 in the Union Territory.
Speaking after unfurling the National Flag, he said the government spared no efforts to protect the people against the pathogen.
Stating that all steps needed to prevent the spread were initiated by the territorial administration, he added that the administration was in an unenviable predicament what with ‘steep decline in Central grants.’
He claimed that the yearly grant to Puducherry from the Centre had specifically been reduced.
Inspite of the fiscal difficulties the government had implemented from out of its own resources several welfare schemes, he said.
On the achievements of various departments, Narayanasamy said the sustained cooperation of the people to the government during the last four years was chiefly responsible for the dispensation making rapid strides.