DW BUREAU / RAJPURA To make the 'COVID Mukt Pind' campaign launched by Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh a success,Patiala Division Commissioner Chander Gaind and MLA Rajpura Hardial Singh Kamboj, today visited two villages Pilkhani and Shamdo and sensitised the Panchayats and villagers of the grim situation of COVID-19 spread and asked them to come forward for sampling and vaccination to curb the spread of pandemic. Former Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Member of Parliament from Patiala Preneet Kaur spoke to the Sarpanches of these villages through video call and asked them to protect the villages from the infection of Coronavirus. She said that the Health Department was making all out arrangements for the care and treatment of the patients suffering from COVID infection including COVID vaccination for all. On this occasion, Chander Gaind termed the use of masks, hand washing and sanitation as the biggest weapon to win the battle against COVID and asked the Gram Panchayats not to believe any kind of rumors about COVID and clear the confusion among the people about COVID vaccination. He said the perpetrators who are spreading the rumours, are the biggest enemies of humanity. Gaind said that the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had announced a special grant of Rs 10 lakh to the Gram Panchayats who would achieve the target of 100 percent immunization under the Rural Mission Fateh and also, each Sarpanch/Gram Panchayat have been given a nod to spend up to Rs 50,000 in their villages to protect the villagers from the scourge of the pandemic. (editor@dailyworld.in)