Gear up for COVID third wave, says Deputy CM

‘I-Day dedicated to deceased frontline workers’ kin’

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister in-charge of Tribal Development Pamula Pushpa Srivani urged government officials to work in tandem to prevent the likely onset of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. She said that many frontline workers had lost their lives to the virus while rendering services to the public, and said the 75th Independence Day was dedicated to those families which lost their dear ones in serving the public. Along with top women officials including Collector A. Suryakumari and Superintendent of Police Deepika M. Patil, Ms. Srivani participated in the parade at Cantonment Police Grounds.