Gandhinagar : In the wake of 21-day countrywide lockout declared as preventive measure to tide over the global threat from Covid-19, Gujarat Goverenment’s Core Committee with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in chair here reviewed the situation and took four major decisions. Gujarat Government decided to arrange for food and stay of Gujarati passengers stranded in other states in co-operation with Gujarati Samaj and and district authorities in respective states. Such passengers can also contact Gujarat Government State Emergency Operation Centre and Helpline-1070.As to migrant workers and labourers of other states stranded in Gujarat due to lockdown, Gujarat Government had decided respective district administration will arrange for their food and stay in coordination with voluntary organisations. They can contact a new Helpline-1077 at district level. The government also decided that poor and those covered under Antyodaya scheme will get essential commodities for one month April 2020 quota off-line; biometric system will not be implemented now. This was in persuasion of Chief Minister’s briefing to his Secretary Ashwini Kumar at the Core Committee meeting late last night to provide one month’s ration free-of-cost.Meanwhile, the government ensured the people need not go to crowded market places. It reiterated the resolve to provide essential items of daily needs near the people’s residence, housing societies, streets and neighourhoods. Mamlatdars in respective areas issuing passes to traders, handcart pullers and hawkers to sell vegetables etc near people’s residences, to avoid crowd. The government appealed to the people not to hoard; there is enough supply of daily consumption in the market. The state received 51.30 lakh litres of liquid milk on Friday morning, 85,133 quintals of vegetables, 747 quintals of banana, 705 quintals of apple and 8,386 quintals of other fruits.Looking to the current situation, the Core Committee decided to distribute seeds, fertilisers and pesticide as essential commodities and maintain supply as per the requirement.