
Under the drive, the goal is to distribute round 14.5 lakh masks (Representational)
Raipur:
Police in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district will distribute over 14 lakh face masks to folks on the event of Raksha Bandhan on Monday, to induce the general public to make efforts in the direction of containing the unfold of COVID-19.
As a part of the drive, titled Ek Rakshasutra Mask ka (one security string of masks), the police with the assist of volunteers will supply masks to folks in each police station space of Raigarh, a senior official stated on Sunday.
“Right from when the coronavirus outbreak began in March, the Raigarh police have been running several awareness campaigns to sensitise people about the viral infection. The district witnessed a spurt in cases in the last one month,”
Raigarh Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh advised PTI.
“In view of the present situation, we decided to take up the initiative on Raksha Bandhan, celebrated as the bond of protection, since a mask is also a tool for the safety of people,” he stated.
Till Saturday, Raigarh reported 223 COVID-19 circumstances and out of those, almost 100 got here to gentle within the final one month.
Under the drive, the goal is to distribute round 14.5 lakh masks door-to-door in every police station space on Monday with the assist of native folks, Mr Singh stated.
We have appealed to social and non-government
organisations to assist the police within the trigger, and assist in the distribution of masks of their localities whereas complying with all of the precautionary protocols,” he said.
People can also click pictures while distributing masks in their area and share it with police on social media platforms, he said.
On this “Raksha Bandhan”, the police even have urged folks to benefit from the competition at residence and supply masks as items to one another, he added.
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