Hoshiarpur, May 19

Naya Jattpur village in Chabbewal assembly segment here has achieved the 100 per cent vaccination target in the 18-44 age group.

Special teams, formed by Special Duty Magistrate for Chabbewal assembly-cum-Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner Avtar Singh Kang, conducted a special awareness and vaccination drive in the village motivating people to get the jab. Most of the villagers had come forward to take the jab and 29 people were left and these remaining beneficiaries were vaccinated on Wednesday (today) during a special camp organised in the village.

Kang told The Tribune that a special drive had been initiated in the area for achieving the 100 per cent vaccination target. Twenty teams had been working hard for it. He said each team consisted of an Asha worker, an anganwadi worker, a policeman, BLO of the booth concerned/village, besides supervisors and nodal officers are taking care of the drive.

Kang said 10 camps were held in the area where 1,514 persons were vaccinated. Five to six more villages were fast progressing towards 100 per cent vaccination and in a couple of days these villages will also achieve the target.

The Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, during a meeting with the nodal and special duty officers appointed for the Chabbewal assembly constituency to check the spread of Covid-19, said the state government would also launch a “Corona Free Village Campaign” to stop its spread in rural areas of Punjab.

Under this campaign, each village achieving 100% vaccination target will be given a special development grant of Rs 10 lakh. Special Duty Officers Kamal Khosla, Rajneesh Kumar Guliani, Honey Raja, Kashmir Singh and Sandeep Singh were also present in the meeting. — OC