Mumbai: State government that is starving in cash has spent 1,500 crore Rs on handling Covid-19 from April 1, 2020, until August 12, 2021.
This does not include costs incurred by the Ministry of Health and BMC.
“We have used a large tranche from the state disaster response fund.
So far, we have used Rs 1,500 Crore and we will need more …
The state government has imposed a 40% deduction in the statusbledget to mobilize funds to fight Covid,” said a person Senior officials to Ti.
This center contributes 75% of SDRF every year and its use is audited by CAG.
SDRF will be used to provide temporary accommodation, food, clothing and medical care for people in quarantine camps or for cluster detention, consumables for sample collection, and support for checking and contacting searches.
SDRF is used to increase Med Infra, pay PPE, Q Hubsan estimates that RS 1,000 Crore is spent from SDRF in the state in the last financial year, said a senior government official.
The highest letter is Rs 255 Crore for Pune Region, RS 236 Crore for Konkan, RS 194 Crore for Aurangabad and Rs 145 Crore for Nagpur.
In the current financial year until August 12, from nearly Rs 500 Crore, the highest number of Rs 118 Crore has gone to the Aurangabad region.
Some other expenses are Rs 44 Crore for Nashik, RS 91 Crore for Pune, RS 89 Crore for Konkan, RS 44 Crore for the Nashik Region, RS 26 Crore for Amravati and RS 87 Crore for the Nagpur region.
MU funds have been used for thermal scanners, ventilators, air purifiers, oxygen generators and oxygen storage, strengthening ambulance services, establishing detention zones, Covid hospitals and quarantine centers in government hospitals.
They also discuss additional testing laboratory settings, the cost of private protection equipment for health services, cities, police and firefighting authorities.
“The high-level committee below the SDRF has prescribed the rules for the use of funds and therefore, we have spent funds to deal with the situation of the pandemic,” the official said.
The Chairman of the Minister of Uddhav Thackeray has said that official funds will not be a problem in handling the pandemic situation.
“District administration has been given full force to utilize funds to provide adequate infrastructure,” the official said.