Bhubaneswar, May 17 -- Bhubaneswar: Alleging gross mismanagement in addressing Covid situation in the State, especially in rural areas, the State BJP today putforth certain proposals to the State government which could effectively help in tackling the crisis.

Senior BJP leader and MP Basant Panda suggested the government to increase the testing and tracing in rural areas along with steps for the functioning of Temporary Medical Centres for the migrants.

"Odisha government should take serious note that people in rural areas succumb to Covid-19 even before they were detected for the infection. This is happening due to lack of testing. The government needs to augment testing capacity in villages. Moreover, the temporary medical centers (TM...