COVID-19 has brought out the innovative side of Punjab Police. Launching a new awareness campaign, the Punjab Police is playing on the names of districts for sending across the message of staying home to stay safe from deadly coronavirus.
That is not all! The Punjab Police, with the help of interesting animated videos, is also suggesting the people to make the most of their time by staying at home while exploring their talents like writing poetry, making good TikTok videos, cooking, and what not!
Considering the vast power the social media holds in today’s times coupled with its immeasurable coverage, the Punjab Police is utilizing the various social media platforms like Tik Tok, Sharechat, Facebook and Twitter to educate not only the youngsters, but also the people of all ages regarding the precautionary measures to be undertaken during the curfew.
Punjab Police, on Thursday, launched another unique campaign giving specific slogans rhyming or sounding like names of different districts of the state including Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, requesting people to “stay home to stay safe”.
Starting with Ludhiana, the Punjab Police says, “Ludhiana: thode dina tak gharon bahar ni aana” (Not to step out of homes for some days); followed by “Mohali: bas ghar vich hai khushali” (Prosperity is in the homes); Jalandhar: Raho apne ghar andar” (stay inside your homes); “Patiala: Kuch Din Outings te Lagao Taala” (Please put a hold on outings for some days). For Fathegarh Sahib, it wrote, “Corona te Fateh pao, par ghar reh k” (Win over Corona but by staying at honme); for Bathinda, it said, “Baitho ghar vich (Sit at home); for Gurdaspur, it wrote “Gaur karo, ghar rehna zaroori hai (Pay attention, staying at home is essential); for Mansa, it said, “Ghar apna swargan warga” (Our home is like heaven); Kapurthala, and so on. In another campaign, the animation videos shared by the Punjab Police are suggesting the people to cultivate their hobbies by making use of the considerably free time during nationwide lockdown.
Among many animated videos are ‘Deepu di Biryani’, ‘Ankit the Tik Tok star’, ‘Simran di Kavita’, among others. “The show must go on – even while sitting at home! Continuing the series of serving you ideas of what to do while staying at home, here is Ankit, who makes use of his time at home fun, entertaining and educative! What a wonderful example to emulate! Stay at Home, Stay Safe,” wrote the Punjab Police while sharing a video of how a boy utilized his time to make educative videos on coronavirus.
“Benefits of staying at home, during a pandemic — you become a Biryani Specialist! Show off your culinary skills! Be like Deepu (a native of Punjab), Stay at Home!,” said Punjab Police to tell the people to use this lockdown period to explore their hidden talent of writing poems, making videos, paintings, and even take up cooking and explore culinary skills.
Other than the regular updates on the work being done by the force in different parts of the State, some police personnel are also exhibiting their singing skills.