Covid awareness drive begins in Nurpur today

Our Correspondent

Nurpur, June 6

Following the initiative by local MLA and Forest Minister Rakesh Pathania, an awareness drive to motivate people to voluntarily undergo Covid test and get themselves vaccinated, will start in Nurpur on Monday. To mobilise the elected representatives of panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), the minister will address them in phases, adhering to the Covid protocol.

Talking to mediapersons here today, Pathania said in these meetings, officials of the local administration and the Health Department would be present to urge PRI representatives to motivate people at the grassroot level to undergo Covid tests and take vaccine shots.

Pathania said it was observed that people were hesitant in undergoing testing even after experiencing Covid symptoms due to fear of social stigma and the long quarantine period. They preferred to take treatment at home, which deteriorated their health.

He said in the awareness drive, the PRI representatives would keep a close vigil on such patients and motivate them to get themselves tested and take regular treatment.

Pathania said the Forest Department would set up three IT control rooms at Shimla, Mandi and Dharamsala to review the ongoing schemes of the department. He said such control rooms would also be set up in other districts in phases.

He said IT management training would be imparted to the Forest Department employees. He said the department would also develop its own forest app and connect with its field staff using global positioning system (GPS).

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