Cargo flights to ferry essential commodities to the Northeast

The Centre is planning to fly designated car-go flights to carry essential commodities to the Northeast in view of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.

This was stated by DoNER minister Jitendra Singh on Friday at a detailed review meeting in New Delhi.

Singh had a video conference, while adhering to all the guidelines of social distancing, with officials of DoNER and the North Eastern Council (NEC) in view of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and measures being taken to fight the same in the Northeast.

It was decided that the DoNER ministry or the NEC would provide Rs 25 crore to the northeastern states for gap funding to fight the Covid-19 outbreak effectively.