Villagers build isolation centre in Barmer district

TNN | May 1, 2020, 04:24 IST

Jaisalmer: These days, people in rural areas are also very careful in letting people from outside enter their villages.
When a student from Kota recently came to Daboi village in Dhorimanna subdivision of Barmer district, villagers put him in an isolation centre, 300 metre away from the village, for 14 days. The village has a population of around 4,500.
Migrants from different parts of the country are returning to their home in Rajasthan and villagers are increasingly becoming serious in taking preventive measures to stop the spread of the virus.
Since Kota is in red zone category, villagers ensured that the student spent 14 days in quarantine.
Engineer Mangla Ram said preventive measures were being taken so that people coming from other places do not spread the virus in the village. Mangla said his brother Ramesh studies medical at Allen in Kota. Mangla said during his stay at the isolation centre Ramesh has been given a laptop and he is studying online and every day a separate newspaper is given to him so that he comes to know what was happening in the world.
Ramesh’s mother Meero Devi said he has been given separate utensils for breakfast, lunch and dinner and it is served 60-70 metre away from his room.
She said the best way to prevent the pandemic was social distancing. She advocated that people in other villages should also keep people coming from other places in quarantine.
Ramesh said now he was getting home food and was studying online with laptop.
Dhorimanna SDO Kusumlata Chaihan said the isolation room made by the villagers was really unique and was an example.