DW BUREAU To give 'Covid Mukt Pind' campaign, a fillip, Patiala Division Commissioner Chander Gaind, met the Sarpanches of about a dozen villages of Sanour block, yesterday evening. Gaind while conveying the message of the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to the residents of the villages of Bosar Kalan and Jogipur of Sanaur block, urged the sarpanches of the Gram Panchayats of the area to get 100 percent coverage of vaccine to their all eligible population to avoid the contagion of Covid. Chander Gaind was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Kumar Amit and SDM Patiala Charanjit Singh, and Block Samiti Chairman Ashwani Batta. Getting connect through video call, former Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Member of Parliament Preneet Kaur assured the people that the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh is doing everything possible to save the people from the pandemic. Apart from this, a special plan is being worked out to help the poor, the needy and especially the labourers, in this hour of crisis. Meanwhile, the Divisional Commissioner said that the people's support was mandatory and important to win the Covid war and appealed to the villagers to take precautionary measures to save themselves from the scourge of Covid. He also made aware the people of the misconceptions being spread by some miscreants about vaccination and Covid testing. Gaind asked the sarpanches to use major tools such as masks, social distancing and frequent hand washing or sanitization to avoid Covid and make people aware of home isolation in case of contracting Covid infection and having mild symptoms. Gaind further said that the Chief Minister had launched a 'Rural Mission Fateh' to make the villages of Punjab Covid free and announced a special grant of Rs 10 lakh to each village which will achieve the target of 100 percent vaccination against Covid. Apart from that, the Sarpanches also informed about the sanction given to them to spend Rs.5000 to Rs.50,000 for saving the villagers from the Covid. (editor@dailyworld.in)