The initiative of Governor Lalji Tandon to generate public awareness towards Coronavirus through Yuva Shakti has spread wide response in the State. During the total lockdown in the state, students worked to send messages using email,
WhatsApp and SMS to disseminate information about the measures to prevent coronavirus to a large part of the population of the state including remote areas, communities and individuals.
As many as 01 crore 34 lakh 57 thousand 672 messages have been sent to the students and farmers by Government Universities in the State. During the lockdown period, 70 lakh 52 thousand 761 messages containing information in context to protection from Corona were sent by 21 universities of the state to 21 lakh 16 thousand 179 students by e-mail, SMS, WhatsApp. In this, 64 lakh 96 thousand 663 messages were sent through SMS and WhatsApp and 5 lakh 56 thousand 098 e-mails were sent for generating public awareness towards Corona. Simultaneously, more than 64 lakh messages were sent to farmers by 5 universities including Agriculture, Veterinary University.
Secretary to Governor Manohar Dubey informed that a large part of the population has been informed and educated in relation to Corona through the dissemination of the message by the students to their families and families of their contacts.
He said that information about Corona was sent through 4,32,696 SMS, 2,44,278 WhatsApp and 8,106 e-mails to 1,96,238 students by Avadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa during the critical period.
Total 7,27,715 SMS, 87,021 Whatsapp and 53,498 e-mails by Barkatullah University, Bhopal to 3,48,905 mobile owning students, 2,65,304 SMS, 3,36,855 WhatsApp and 28,671 e-mails by Devi Ahilya University Indore to 2,65,304 mobile owning students, 3,01,995 SMS, 84,738 WhatsApp and 1,14,687 e-mails by Jiwaji University, Gwalior to 2,95,797 mobile owning students, 24,500 SMS, 2,950 WhatsApp and 2,190 e-mails to 1,56,975 mobile owning students by Maharaja Chhatrasal Budelkhand University Chhatarpur, 2,30,908 SMS.
80,717 WhatsApp and 350 e-mails to 2,29,108 students by Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, 6,14,986 SMS, 2,81,616 WhatsApp and 13,069 e-mails and agriculture related 12.050 SMS to farmers by Vikram University, Ujjain to 1,62,017 mobile owning students were sent.