Sameer Singh

Tribune News Service

Mansa, May 2

Going beyond the call of duty, Mansa SSP Surendra Lamba is working relentlessly to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the district.

Lamba conducts door-to-door awareness campaigns and holds meetings with panchayat members of various villages, exhorting them to further motivate people to get tested and vaccinated. As a result, many people have turned up for vaccination.

Mansa was lagging behind in vaccination, owing to people’s misconception about Covid-19. Many did not consider it a disease and others were reluctant to get tested and vaccinated due to ongoing farmers’ agitation against three agricultural laws.

Lamba has got three health teams attached with the Police Department to spreading awareness in villages. Apart from enforcing restrictions and issuing challans to those violating Covid-19 norms, he took traders, MCs and people in general in confidence by explaining that restrictions imposed in the wake of spike in cases would only benefit them. With the help of NGOs, he also distributed thousands of masks among residents of the district.

After his repeated requests, many recovered Covid patients returned oximeters they had received in “Fateh Kit”.