CHANDIGARH: As Chandigarh has only administered 1.29 lakh Covid-19 vaccines, including first and second doses, UT adviser
Manoj Parida on Thursday sought support from residents’ welfare associations and suggested that those who are eligible and still not coming forward for vaccination should be named and shamed.
“RWAs should help the Chandigarh administration by persuading eligible residents to take the vaccine. Those not coming forward should be named and shamed. In other states people are waiting in long queues to get jabbed, while our facilities are underutilised,” said the adviser.
Parida also urged different associations and societies to come up with a list of 100 eligible persons so that the administration could organise special camps for them. “Any group, association or society can approach us with a list of 100 eligible persons and we will arrange a special camp near their place. Also, our ambulance will pick up old and disabled eligible persons for vaccination if they register with us,” he added.
He said, “The RWAs should encourage people in their localities as the drive can be successful only with the support of the public.”
‘First name, shame your officers’ “The UT administration should first
name and shame their officers, including IAS, IPS, PCS and HCS officials, doctors, engineers and others, who have not taken Covid vaccine. The administration should display names of officials who have taken vaccination and also of those who have not on their official website,” said Pooja, a resident of Sector 45.
“There is no coordination between different departments of the UT administration. People are forced to make rounds of hospitals to collect their reports and even telephone numbers released by the administration for Covid positive patients under home isolation are of no use. UT should first focus on getting things in order,” said Rajender Pandey, a resident of Sector 44.