Decision on schools to be taken at Himachal Cabinet meeting

Our Correspondent

KULLU, AUGUST 7

Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur today said as some students and teachers had tested Covid positive, the decision to keep schools open or shut them would be taken at the Cabinet meeting to be held on August 10. He was addressing mediapersons after reviewing arrangements in a Kullu hospital.

He said most parents and children were in favour of keeping the schools open. A strategy would be devised to keep schools open and protect students from Covid.

The minister expressed satisfaction on the arrangements at the Kullu hospital in the wake of a recent spike in Covid cases in the district. He said the hospital had catered to many Covid patients. He also reviewed the vaccination programme.

Kullu CMO Sushil Chander Sharma said most of the people in the district had been vaccinated. The first dose had been given to 2,33,487 persons while about 78,000 people had received both doses.

Earlier the minister held a meeting with the members of Kardar Sangh and Dev Samaj at Atal Sadan. He praised the Kardars (caretakers) for not attending the Dasehra festival last year due to Covid.

He said a Dev Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan would be established in Kullu.

Thakur said there was a lot of potential for religious tourism in Kullu. Tourists got influenced by the deity culture and were curious to see and know about the deities. He said Kardars, Devalus (volunteers) and the people associated with Dev Samaj had made a commendable contribution in keeping the deity tradition and culture alive.