Several individuals and RWAs in Gurgaon put their best foot forward when it came to providing help to neighbours during the second wave of Covid-19. Various steps like arranging food, oxygen cylinders and setting up Covid Care Centres were taken by them. As part of TOI’s My Society Pride initiative, dozens of RWA members wrote to us sharing their efforts. Here’s a look at a few:
IREO SKYON, Sector 60
Initiatives undertaken by RWA
Restricting use of parks, gyms, clubhouses and swimming pools; regular updates on lockdown mandates; following ‘containment protocols’ defined by the government; separate garbage collection from homes of Covid patients; camps for Covid testing and vaccination; organising donation drives
Arrangements made by RWA within the society for residents’ use during the lockdown
Oxygen cylinders bank/oxygen concentrators, plasma coordination service, hospital bed coordination service, ambulance service
Other unique initiative taken by RWA
Setting up Covid care facility
Special measures to support the security and maintenance support staff during the lockdown
Providing meals / essential items
VATIKA CITY, Sector 49
Initiatives undertaken by RWA
Restricting use of parks, gyms, clubhouses and swimming pools; regular updates on lockdown mandates; following ‘containment protocols’ defined by the government; separate garbage collection from homes of Covid patients; camps for Covid testing and vaccination; organising donation drives
Unique arrangements made
WhatsApp group to help patients and families in real-time by providing critical support in terms of food, medicines, garbage disposal, RTPCR tests, oxygen cylinders and concentrators
Special measures to support the security and maintenance support staff during the lockdown
Financial assistance to deceased staff’s family, providing meals/essential items
THE PALM DRIVE, Sector 66
Initiatives undertaken by RWA
Restricting use of parks, gyms, clubhouses and swimming pools; regular updates on lockdown mandates; following ‘containment protocols’ defined by the government; separate garbage collection from homes of Covid patients; camps for Covid testing and vaccination; organising donation drives
Arrangements made by RWA within the society for residents’ use during the lockdown
Oxygen cylinders bank, oxygen concentrators, plasma coordination service, providing home-cooked food, in-house medical supervision, home-cooked food for patients
Other unique initiatives taken by RWA
Arranging nurses for residents; tying up with hospitals, arranged medicines the Covid-hit
DLF City-2, Sector 25
Initiatives undertaken by RWA
Restricting use of parks, gyms, clubhouses and swimming pools; regular updates on lockdown mandates; following ‘containment protocols’ defined by the government; separate garbage collection from homes of Covid patients; camps for Covid testing and vaccination; organising online activities
Arrangements made by RWA within the society for residents’ use during the lockdown
Oxygen cylinders bank/oxygen concentrators, plasma coordination service, hospital beds coordination service, ambulance service
Other unique initiatives taken by RWA
24x7 oxygen sewa kendra with six beds for residents and domestic staffers