Phagwara: Miffed over alleged nepotism in organizing vaccination camp for facilitating people to combat Covid 19 pandemic, former Punjab Minister and Chairman of Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Joginder Singh Mann today staged protest at the local Civil Hospital Smo’s office.

Mann, accompanied by several Congress workers, said that at this crucial juncture when the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has launched a full scale war against the pandemic by ensuring free vaccination to all. However, he said that the local MLA and his coterie is playing cheap and dirty politics during the drive too by stalling the vaccination camps in Phagwara.

He said that instead of ensuring that vaccination reaches to all the people, the MLA is stooping too low by interfering in the smooth execution of the camps by the health department.

He said that Health department too is acting a puppet in the hands of the MLA and is indulging in nepotism thereby putting the life of the common people of Phagwara in peril. He said that it will not be tolerated as the interest of people is of paramount importance and the camps will be organized only at the places where it is required the most instead of whims and fancies of the MLA.

He said that in a democratic set up everyone has right over the facilities of government and it cannot be limited only to chosen ones.

Mann, a three time former MLA from Phagwara, bemoaned that in his entire political career he has not seen democracy stopping too low.

He said that interests of Phagwara residents have been of paramount significance for him and no one will be allowed to play havoc with them. He said that he has been serving the residents Of Phagwara since 1985 and will fight for every wrong thing which aims at harming the interests of Phagwara residents.

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Disclosing this here today Dr. S. Karuna Raju, Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab said that the prevailing situation in the wake of COVID-19 has posed some challenges in conducting elections, however, the election machinery is geared up to tide over this unprecedented situation.

Dr. Raju said as per guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a special campaign for registration, deletion and correction of particulars in voter list with qualifying date as 01.01.2022 has begun. 

Known as Special Summary Revision, this allows citizens to register themselves as voters and also to verify their electoral details through offline or online mediums. 

In view of the upcoming Assembly Election in the first quarter of next year, this exercise will be extensively carried out across the state from district level constituency level to right upto the booth level. A door-to-door exercise shall be undertaken by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) between 09.08.2021 to 31.10.2021 to further intensify the campaign and plug the existing gaps.

He said as per the revised guidelines, ECI has provided the facility of voting through postal ballots (PB) paper to Senior citizens (above 80 years of age), Persons with disabilities flagged in the electoral roll and COVID-19 suspect or affected persons. ECI has taken several initiatives to mitigate the challenges posed by the pandemic; the postal ballot facility for 80 plus electors and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) is one such initiative. 

Dr. Raju Said BLOs will also visit all households to verify the electoral details. Citizens can verify their electoral details online through Toll-free Help Line no. 1950, Mobile App, (Voter Helpline), National Voters Service Portal (nvsp.in). In addition, they can visit Common Service Centres (CSC) or submit the hard copy of filled up forms to BLOs.

He said The citizens can authenticate their details and enroll as voters by submitting a copy of one of the official documents – Aadhaar Card, Permanent Account Number (PAN) card, Driving Licence, Passport, Passbook with photograph issued by a recognised bank or post office, Pension document with a photograph for retired personnel, Service ID card issued by central/state government, MGNREGA job card, Health insurance smart card issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Authenticated photo voter slip issued by-election machinery or any other document as approved by ECI.

The CEO, Punjab has directed all the Deputy Commissioners-cum-District Election Officers to undertake this revision activity and to supervise their teams periodically. CEO, Punjab will also encourage recognized political parties to identify and appoint Booth Level Agents (BLA) for each polling station who would identify the corrections, deletion and modification in electoral rolls along with BLOs.

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He is the third person to die of this variant in Maharashtra. An 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri was the first person in the state to succumb to the variant followed by a 63-year-old woman from Mumbai, the Hindustan Times reported.

Deceased had taken both doses of Covid-19 vaccine before testing positive on July 21. She was a resident of Ghatkopar. As per the report, she was rushed to the hospital on July 23 and passed away three days later on July 27.

Later, authorities found that two of her close contacts also carried this variant.

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Chandigarh: Considering safety of students in schools in Punjab, state government issued fresh directions to all deputy commissioners (DCs) to conduct at least 10,000 Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests in schools across the state.

Chairing a coronavirus review meeting, chief secretary Vini Mahajan directed the health officials to conduct around 10,000 RT-PCR tests and DCs have been asked to ensure that only fully vaccinated teaching and non-teaching staff was allowed to attend the schools.

These samples have to be collected randomly among students and teachers to check the virus spread.

Punjab had reopened for all classes on August 2 and heads of all private and government schools have been asked to take at least 10,000 samples per day from Monday.

However, 27 government students tested positive from four districts in the state. 21 from Ludhiana, 3 from Abohar, 2 from Nawanshahr and one student in Amritsar tested positive on Tuesday.

As per the order, Ludhiana has given a target of 1000, Amritsar (790), Patiala (700), Jalandhar (647), Sangrur (570), Gurdaspur (565), Fazilka (562), Hoshiarpur (560), Bathinda (552), Tarn Taran (480), Ferozepur and SAS Nagar (420 each), Muktsar and Moga (390 each), Mansa (350), Kapurthala (260), Faridkot (250), Ropar (240), Fatehgarh Sahib and SBS Nagar (220 each), Barnala (210) and Pathankot (205).

DEOs in coordination with the Covid nodal officer of the district have to ensure that sampling and testing are done as per directions.

Meanwhile, there is a panic among parents of the school and health officials would conduct sampling of suspected coronavirus patients.

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Ludhiana: A day after Punjab health department started Covid-19 sampling in schools, 20 students tested positive at two schools in the Ludhiana district on Tuesday.

As many as 12 students of Government High School in Kailash Nagar locality and 8 students of Government Senior Secondary School, Basti Jodhewal tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday.

Following this, the school has been shut and all students have been asked to home quarantine themselves, the education department said adding that the health department has been asked to conduct a sampling of other suspected students to avoid virus spread.

Punjab had reopened for all classes on August 2 and heads of all private and government schools have been asked to take at least 10,000 samples per day from Monday.

These samples have to be collected randomly among students and teachers to check the virus spread.

The director of education (senior secondary), issued directions to all district education officers (DEOs) and heads of schools.

As per the order, Ludhiana has given a target of 1000, Amritsar (790), Patiala (700), Jalandhar (647), Sangrur (570), Gurdaspur (565), Fazilka (562), Hoshiarpur (560), Bathinda (552), Tarn Taran (480), Ferozepur and SAS Nagar (420 each), Muktsar and Moga (390 each), Mansa (350), Kapurthala (260), Faridkot (250), Ropar (240), Fatehgarh Sahib and SBS Nagar (220 each), Barnala (210) and Pathankot (205).

DEOs in coordination with the Covid nodal officer of the district have to ensure that sampling and testing are done as per directions.

Meanwhile, there is a panic among parents of the school and health officials would conduct sampling of suspected coronavirus patients.

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Himachal Pradesh: Considering a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh, the state government has made it mandatory for tourists coming to the state to carry either the vaccination certificate (both doses) or the RT-PCR negative report issued not earlier than 72 hours.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that rising Covid-19 cases in the state has become a cause of concern and to combat virus spread concrete step has to be taken. the state has decided to re-impose some restrictions.
The state government has also directed tourists visiting the state to install “Aarogya setu” app on their mobile.
The decision has upset the Hindu devotees, who were planning to visit the Hindu shrines in the state and many people have also raised slogans against the HP government, urging them to revoke this decision.
Earlier, various videos went viral on social media in which tourists were seen thronging the hill stations of Himachal Pradesh after relaxation in Covid-19 restrictions lifted by HP government on entry. Shimla, Dalhousie, Dharmshala and Manali had witnessed heavy influx from the northern Indian states, including Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttarakhand and it led to a rise in Covid-19 cases.

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