Selfie conscious!
The second phase of Covid-19 vaccination began in the district and SSP Kanwardeep Kaur got a vaccine shot at the Civil Hospital, here. She also took a ‘proudly vaccinated’ picture at the selfie point. In this phase, frontline workers of the police, revenue, central security have started getting vaccinated against Covid. Additional Deputy Commissioners Rahul Chaba and District Immunisation Officer Asha Mangat were also vaccinated. Meanwhile at Phagwara, the Covid vaccination drive began with ADC Rajeev Sharma getting the jab. In Kapurthala, four vaccination centres have been set up by the district administration to vaccinate frontline workers at the Civil Hospital, Sub-Division Hospital, Phagwara, Bhulath and Sultanpur Lodhi. After getting vaccinated, SSP Kanwardeep Kaur said the vaccination, along with precautions, were necessary to prevent the pandemic. She urged the police personnel to come forward for the vaccine and inspire others to do the same to contain the spread of Covid-19. All officers who got vaccinated were kept in the observation room for 30 minutes.
Lending a friendly ear to undertrials
Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-secretary District Legal Services Authority, Kapurthala, Ajit Pal Singh, held a camp court in Kapurthala and heard the problems of the undertrials. He also toured the legal-aid clinic at the jail and minutely checked the record of the free legal services being provided to prisoners and the undertrials. Para-legal volunteers/employees at the jail were also instructed to maintain separate records and files at the legal-aid clinic of the prisoners and undertrials getting free legal services, so that prompt work could be initiated in their cases. He instructed the jail superintendent to encourage prisoners and undertrials to participate in sports to improve their mental health. He heard the problems of the undertrials. He said prisoners and undertrials have the facility for free legal aid, without an income bar, from sub-divisional courts to Supreme Court and the fee for the appeals on these cases is also borne by the department.
