Lt. Gen. T.S. Shergill (PVSM), Senior Vice Chairman GOG and Chief Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab stated that the Guardians of Governance (GoG) are playing an important role in the war against Novel Coronavirus Covid-19.Lt. Gen. Shergill said that in wheat procurement and relief work, the GoGs would support to district administration in very dedicated manner. Senior Vice Chairman GOG chaired a meeting at Patiala on Saturday with SSP Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Commissioner MC Punamdeep Kaur, Additional Deputy Commissioner Development Dr Preeti Yadav, GoG head of Patiala Brig. DS Grewal and along with other officials.Lt. Gen. TS Shergill said that during the wheat harvesting and its procurement process, to ensure that our farmers would not face any problem, our GoGs would be vigilant in the villages and if there was any difficulty, they would immediately bring it to the notice of the government and district administration. "Covid-19 is a challenge for all of us but I am fully confident that under the able guidance of our Chief Minister Capt. Amrinder Singh we would defiantly conquer it with a sense of victory," he added.
He asked the GOG district chiefs to aware the people about COVID 19 protection like social distancing and other required etiquettes. He said that people should be made aware of the necessary precautions to prevent the disease. Mr. Shergill said that wheat distribution is going on in the districts through the public distribution system, as well as government also releasing pensions and other welfare schemes benefits for our beneficiaries of the lower income group to provide aid at this time of crisis. So GoGs should come forward to aware the people, he added.Lt. Gen. TS Shergill further said that Online App has been further updated and made more secure where in the Gog’s can send their ground reports in more effective way. The reports are directly sent to respective SDM’s, DC’s and also to our control centre where the data is collated and reviewed by Hon’. Chief Minister Capt. Amrinder Singh. He said that this will make it possible for us to resolve issues faster.Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr Preeti Yadav informed about the COVID 19 situations in the district so for. SSP Mandeep Singh Sidhu informed about there are solid arrangements has been made to prevent the movement of people from outside districts. GoG head of Patiala Brig. DS Grewal, informed about the work being done by the GoGs in the district. On this occasion, Mr. Karan Veer Singh OSD, SP Hq Navneet Singh Bains, DSP Hq Puneet Singh Chahal, Col. NS Sidhu and other officials were also present on the occasion.