‘Har Ghar Dastak’ drive in Gadchiroli from Monday

Chandrapur: Gadchiroli district is all set to launch its own ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ drive from December 20 to achieve the target of 100% Covid vaccination. Focus will be on seven talukas lagging behind in the first dose coverage, said collector Sanjay Meena.
Though the district has accomplished 78.91% target of the first dose, around 1.76 lakh eligible people are yet to take their first jab. The ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ drive, starting from Monday, will focus on vaccinating 1.25 lakh people within the first week.
Meena said as many villages and hamlets in the district are located in remote areas, it is not possible for the general public to reach the immunization centre. Hence, the health department will reach out to the villages and hamlets under the immunization campaign.
Total 508 teams of health workers have been formed for the drive. Each team will be allotted a set of villages each day to create awareness about the vaccination and to also administer jabs to eligible citizens.
Earlier, the department had carried out house to house vaccination and also in agricultural fields on an experimental basis.
With the looming threat of the Omicron variant and the third wave, Meena has decided to expedite the vaccination through ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign.
In the first phase, house to house vaccination drive will be implemented in seven talukas — Sironcha, Bhamragarh, Etapalli, Aheri, Mulchera, Chamorshi and Dhanora — which are lagging in the vaccination.
A target of vaccinating 1.25 lakh people with the first dose of vaccine in 830 villages has been set for the first week (December 20 to 27). The department teams will rope in village kotwals, talathis, gramsevaks, Asha and anganwadi workers for the cause.
Meena said total 1,424 immunization sessions will be conducted to complete the target of 1 lakh vaccination. It includes 123 vaccination sessions in Dhanora taluka, Mulchera 81, Aheri 449, Bhamragarh 105, Sironcha 165, Etapalli 308 and Chamorshi 193.
“The campaign will be more useful for the people who are engaged in agriculture work as well as farm labourers. The teams will be vaccinating day and night as required,” he said, calling upon the unvaccinated people to respond to the drive.