Officials take innovative route to educate public on COVID-appropriate behaviour

They tied face masks to the faces of the statues of freedom fighters.

To drive home the dire importance of -appropriate behaviour and contain the rapidly-spreading virus, district Collector D. Muralidhar Reddy, Joint Collectors G. Lakshmisha and Ch.Kirthi and Kakinada Municipal Commissioner Swapnil Dinakar tied face masks to the faces of the statues of freedom fighters. The objective was to urge the public to draw inspiration from the freedom fighters and exercise precautionary measures to contain the spread of the virus in East Godavari district. In a novel attempt to persuade the public to be vigilant on the spread of the by wearing mask, maintain social-distance in public places, the civil servants have launched the initiative. Later, speaking to the media, Mr. Reddy said despite the district had been witnessing more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases every day in the recent days, people were reluctant to wear masks. “We thought by seeing these statues with masks on their faces, people may get influenced and start following the same,” he said.