Old age home inmates sensitised on Covid

Legal Correspondent

Shimla, March 31

On the directions of HP State Legal Services Authority (HPSLSA) Executive Chairman Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, District Legal Services Authority secretaries are holding awareness programmes on Covid through digital mode in old age homes and Child Care Institutions.

They are sensitising inmates on social distancing, personal hygiene etc. They have been directed to ensure that the authorities running these institutions are providing sanitizers, masks and adequate food to the inmates.

Prem Pal Ranta, Member Secretary of H.P State Legal Services Authority, said it had become imperative to take care of the poor and needy people who were not able to sustain themselves amid the Covid crisis.

He said as per the direction of the Executive Chairman, the Legal Services Authority had covered most of the Child Care Insitutions and Old Age Homes and the process was underway. Secretaries of DLSAs are interacting with inmates through video conferencing and WhatsApp video calls.