To spur vax drive, Rs 10L for Punjab villages with 100% coverage

Punjab Polity and Governance

With villagers reluctant to get vaccinated against Covid, Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh announced a special development grant of Rs 10 lakh to every village that achieved 100 per cent vaccination under the state’s “Corona Mukt Pind Abhiyan”.
He urged villagers to get vaccinated as soon as possible and undergo testing even in case of mild symptoms.
He was interacting virtually with village panchayats represented by over 2,000 heads/members across over 4,000 locations in rural areas. He said the government had already allowed sarpanches to utilise up to Rs 5,000 every day from panchayat funds for emergency Covid treatment, up to a maximum of Rs 50,000.
He asked sarpaches and panches to start “theekri pehra” in their villages to prevent infected persons coming there and distribute Fateh Kits to all those testing positive. He urged villagers to move into isolation in case of symptoms and get themselves tested to ensure early detection of the infection.