Song released to encourage youth

With an aim to encourage youth to shun drugs, a song has been released by the district administration, Nawanshahr, under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan. The Deputy Commissioner Dr Shena Aggarwal said the youngsters must not inclined towards malpractices, and such songs are need of the hour as they motivate the young brigade of the society. Civil Surgeon Dr Gurdeep Singh Kapur said that the youngsters should get a new path in their lives when they listen to such songs. A district administration official said that people should not listen to songs that glorify weapons, and drugs.

Covidiots made to undergo RT-PCR test

People wandering in public places without masks are on the radar of the police in the district. Today, as many as 624 persons were made to go through RT-PCR test in Nawanshahr after the careless residents were caught by the police personnel. Announcements are being made by the joint efforts of the police department and the district administration to prevent residents from contracting the virus.

People wearing others’ masks quite bizarre!

Health workers who are working in the field have been witnessing a strange behaviour among the people. They said that people were still not wearing their masks, and on the top of it, if confronted, ask them to provide them one. “Whenever someone visits either for vaccination or check-up without covering their mouth and nose, we ask them about their masks, they then ask their friends or family accompanying them to give theirs for a while,” said a Block Extension Educator. The frontline workers said that they felt so strange looking at such bizarre behaviour of people around them. “How can they take other’s mask, and wear them. It is so disappointing to witness such behaviour of the residents even when we have survived a year of pandemic and still the fear is there,” a frontline worker said.

(Contributed by Aakanksha N Bhardwaj)