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Over 37,000 relief camps set up in country; more than 1 cr people being provided food: Home Ministry

<span style="color: #222222;">Joint Secretary in Home Ministry Punya Salila Shrivastava said, enforcement of lockdown is happening in the entire country and urban local bodies have strengthened their efforts in containing the spread of COVID2019 in hot spots.</span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />'' </span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />'' </span><span style="color: #222222;">She said, 37 thousand 978 relief camps and shelters have been set up and 14.3 lakh stranded migrant workers and other needy people are provided relief. Out of this, more than 34,000 relief camps set up by state governments and 3,900 camps by NGOs.</span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />'' </span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />'' </span><span style="color: #222222;">She said, a total of 26 thousand 225 food camps have been set up in the country, in which more than 1 crore people are being provided food.<br />'' <br />'' Ms Shrivastava said, Union Home Minister has held a review meeting over security at Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders with the border security officials. He ordered to tighten security specially in the areas where there is no fencing and not to allow any cross-border movement.</span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />''<br />'' </span>

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