People sit under ‘peepal’ for oxygen

Rohtak: These days, residents of Nindana village here are spending a lot of time sitting under ‘peepal’ tree presuming that it would help them in maintaining their oxygen saturation even if they fall ill due to Covid. “Villagers in the morning and evening can be seen sitting under various peepal trees to get as much oxygen as they can. It is being done for the past month when the crisis of oxygen in private and government hospitals hogged media headlines,” said Jaswant, Sarpanch of Nindana Mohammadpur panchayat. Notably, several people had died in the village due to Covid-like symptoms.

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Liquor smuggling on in lockdown

Charkhi Dadri: The lockdown seems to have given an opportunity to unscrupulous elements to resort to liquor smuggling. The Charkhi Dadri police crackdown on such elements has led to seizure of 3,516 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and about 1,000 bottles of country-made liquor in the district during the lockdown. SP Vinod Kumar said that they registered 23 criminal cases and arrested 25 persons involved in liquor smuggling. He said that the police have set up 17 permanent ‘nakas’ and 11 temporary ‘nakas’, constituted 49 patrolling parties and 11 riders for round-the-clock patrolling in the district. However, it seems that liquor smugglers are undeterred by these measures.

Gita Pariwar’s ambulance service

Karnal: Global Inspiration and Enlightenment Organisation of Bhagavad (GIEO) Gita Pariwar on Sunday dedicated an ambulance for the public. Swami Gyananand, founder of Shri Krishan Kripa Dham in Mathura (Vrindavan), MP Sanjay Bhatia, Mayor Renu Bala Gupta, Gharaunda MLA Harvinder Kalyan and others inaugurated the ambulance service at Shri Krishna Dham, Sector-9. Employees of the Karnal Municipal Corportaion who are cremating Covid bodies were given safety kits. Meanwhile, the BJP also started an oxygen bank at its office. MP Sanjay Bhatia has extended the support of seven oxygen concentrators for it.

Tea for frontline workers

Ambala: Surprising frontline workers, Ambala City MLA Aseem Goel on Saturday night reached Civil Hospital, Ambala City, and started serving tea and ‘rusk’ to on-duty doctors, nurses and other staff members. Later, he did the same at Mission Hospital and at several police ‘nakas’ in the city. Aseem said, “Frontline workers have been performing their duties efficiently and I salute them for their hard work. We have started Mission Shukriya Ambala and under that programme, frontline workers will be served tea every evening.”