Good responsive in three districts
The Hindu
Shivamogga tops the list, recording 124% achievement
The mega COVID-19 vaccination drive received an impressive response in Shivamogga, Hassan and Chikkamagaluru districts on Friday.
Shivamogga recorded 124% achievement by administering vaccination to 98,839 people against the target of 80,000. Similarly in Hassan 81,524 people got vaccinated, registering 102% achievement. The target set for Hassan was 80,000. In Chikkamagaluru district 54,625 people were vaccinated against the target of 60,000, recording 91 % achievement.
The Health and Family Welfare Department and other departments had made elaborate arrangements to ensure the maximum number of people get the vaccination. Shivamogga topped the list of districts by administering vaccines to the maximum number of people. Deputy Commissioner K.B. Shivakumar and others had appealed to the public to make use of the opportunity. The officials of gram panchayats were asked to take up a door-to-door campaign to motivate people to get vaccinated.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.