Rath flagged off in K’put for Covid awareness
Koraput: Collector Abdaal M Akhtar flagged off a chariot for a State-level Covid awareness campaign in Koraput district at the Collectorate on Sunday. The campaign was launched in collaboration with the I and PR and OLLC Departments and the Unicef. The Collector said the chariot would spread awareness using audio and visual messages; and also, special regional and tribal voices are prepared for awareness in rural areas. The chariot would help Anganwadi and ASHA Workers move door to door for campaigning.
Ward-wise Covid vaccination in Barbil
Champua: In its ward-wise Covid vaccination drive for the age group above 45, the Barbil Municipality started the programme in Ward-15 on Saturday. Source said there was reluctance among the tribals and labourer class people to take the vaccination. However, volunteers of the Bihari Samaj, an NGO, tried to create awareness among them in favour of vaccination. Those who coordinated the programme included Chandra Gupta Prasad, Hemanta Sahay, Mohan Gupta and Naresh Singh.
JSPL Foundation distributes fertiliser to needy farmers
Champua: The JSPL Foundation has come forward to support the needy farming community during the pandemic by distributing fertliser among them for kharif paddy cultivation. About 60 marginal farmers of nearby villages in Keonjhar district have been supported. “The help from JSPL Foundation has raised a hope among us,” said Pandu Munda of Murga-Daladiri village. “We are really thankful to JSPL Foundation for providing us crop management which will not only help us to yield more but boost us morally, because, we were incurring heavy losses due to our traditional cultivation methods,” said Gura Munda of Dampur village.