Health officials take help of JCB machine to reach remote village

Dipender Manta
Tribune News Service
Mandi, May 29

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A team of the Health Department were ferried in a JCB machine bucket to remote Sartoyala panchayat under the Karsog Assembly segment of Mandi district on Friday to vaccinate senior citizens of the area. These people were unable to visit the nearby vaccination centre due to the lack of road connectivity.

Pharmacist Ramesh Verma, health workers Kala Thakur and Yachan were part of that health team that put efforts to visit this remote panchayat to vaccinate people. These health employees are being appreciated by people of Mandi for their courage and dedication towards their duty.

Residents of the area said the state government had approved a link road for this panchayat a few years ago. However, the construction work was going on at a sluggish pace.

Tilak Chauhan, pradhan of the Sartoyala gram panchayat, told The Tribune that the panchayat area was scattered and many residents had to cover a 13-km distance on foot to reach the panchayat office. Due to the ongoing construction of a road in the area, the pedestrian path leading to this panchayat, too, is damaged at a few places. As a result, it was tough for the health team to climb up a hilltop or descend from the hill to reach the panchayat area without the help of a JCB machine.”

“As many as around 40 residents of this panchayat were vaccinated at their door step at Sartyola by the health team on the request of the gram panchayat. These senior citizens were unable to visit the vaccination centre at Mahunaag. We are thankful to the health authorities for facilitating vaccine at people’s doorstep,” he said.

Karsog MLA Hiral Lal announced that these health employees would be honoured for their dedication.