Not a single coronavirus positive case reported from Haryana's Jhajjar district

Ajay Sura | TNN | Apr 15, 2020, 17:41 IST

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CHANDIGARH: Amid fear of rampant spread of coronavirus pandemic, news from district Jhajjar has come as huge relief where the local people have practiced patience and self-control during the lockdown resulting in not a single Covid-19 positive case here as yet.
An official of the state informed that despite proximity with Delhi, which is considered to be a sensitive zone owing to the high incidence of corona virus cases, Jhajjar district has not reported a single positive corona virus case as yet. With a distance of merely 51km from Delhi the reasons behind district Jhajjar was able to evade the highly contagious virus in this area goes back to its age-old practice of “Thikri Pehra”. The awareness-level and sensitivity of the people of the area has played a foremost role in this as well. The custom of practicing “Thikri Pehra” and the far reaching efforts made by the district administration has acted as a protective shield which prevented the spread of the pandemic here.
Listing the efforts of the local administration, he revealed that the administration had identified all the grocery stores, vegetable shops and hawkers and milk distributors and registered them. These registered people were then issued passes. Also, their mobile numbers have been disseminated in every house by way of mapping. Apart from this, grocery and vegetable vendors of the entire district have been classified into 306 groups and collective passes have been issued to them for their work related movement.
Similarly, a survey of about 75,000 labourers and 6500 brick-kiln workers was conducted in the entire district in time by the district administration, which facilitated them to keep a tab on these workers. Fertilizer was delivered to them through non-government organizations and Red Cross. It is reported that 1,200 migrant workers, including children and women, have taken shelter in a total of 24 shelter homes in Jhajjar, Beri, Bahadurgarh and Badli in Jhajjar district during in the first phase of lockdown under coronavirus.
Under the supervision of the administration, about 3.5 lakh food packets have been distributed to these shelter homes and other needy people through social and religious organizations. Also, weekly ration materials have been made available to about 3000 families till now.