Volunteers team to be formed at village level to raise awareness

Mysuru: Concerned about SARI, ILI and suspected Covid-19 cases going unnoticed and leading to community spread, the state rural development and panchayat raj department has asked all taluk panchayat executive officers to constitute ten-member volunteer teams to raise awareness in all villages and help the administration contain the spread of virus.
The teams will have volunteers between the ages of 18 -45 years and with no health complications.
As per the circular issued by department, the volunteer teams will implement the action plan proposed by the government at grass root level. The teams will comprise volunteers working at several non governmental organisations and ASHA workers familiar with the villagers. They will be asked to work closely with the community on Covid-19 awareness and the rules notified by the government from time to time.
“The committee will be helpful in many ways. From creating awareness to alerting the suspected cases, early diagnosis, follow up of people arrived from other places etc. They will also educate villagers on the precautionary measure to be taken to contain the spread of Covid-19,” said Mysuru taluk panchayat executive officer CR Krishna Kumar.
“Panchayat members, ASHA workers, panchayat development officers and volunteers will be part of the team. As they are familiar with their villages, it will be helpful for us to keep track of all the developments,” he added.