Treat local bodies’ members as COVID-19 warriors, arrange their inoculation: Minister
The Hindu
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Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary on Thursday urged Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to declare members of local bodies —gram panchayats and urban local bodies — as frontline COVID-19 warriors and arrange their inoculation against COVID-19 on priority basis. Submitting a memorandum to Mr.Yediyurappa at Bengaluru, Mr. Poojary said there were over 95,000 members in more than 6,200 gram panchayats in the State and they were part of COVID-19 task forces at panchayat levels. They would be in regular contact with the general public and visit houses of residents thereby exposing themselves to the pandemic. Similar was the case with members of town panchayats, municipalities, city municipal councils and city corporations.More Related News