Only a week after the government introduced a vaccination drive for super spreaders in the state to arrest the spread of deadliest coronavirus, the Civil Supply Department in Rangareddy district has made much of the task of providing shots to the entire workforce under its operational fold and stood top on the list of enlisted categories.
Besides dealers, agents and workers of fair price shops and oil companies under civil supplies department, the auto rickshaw and cab drivers under transportation department, workers from Food Corporation and Journalists are among the list. GHMC alone has to cover almost nine categories that include vegetables vendors, kirana shop owners, liquor shops owners, iron shop owners, street vendors, flower vendors, chicken and mutton vendors and fish sellers.
However, the civil supplies department has finished its task today especially in Rangareddy District where a significant decline in covid-19 cases was reported off late.
Saroornagar circle that covers large part of the Range Reddy district with areas like L.B.Nagar, Saroornagar, Lingampally and Rajendranagar, has ensured vaccination to over three thousand members that include agents and staff of Fair Price Shops, Gas Agencies and Petrol Pumps in just six days.
The mammoth task to vaccinate over three thousand members has been completed under the supervision of Assistant Civil Supplies Officer Saroornagar Circle, Bala Saroja who was seen shuttling between the center and the administrative office to put in place the measures under the instructions of Joint Commissioner to make the drive successful.
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Elaborating the mammoth measures taken to vaccinate the whole gunk of super spreaders under her operational area, the Assistant Civil Supplies Officer Saroornagar Circle, Bala Saroja said, “We have a total 218 FP shops in Saroornagar circle out of overall 919 such shops under Rangereddy district. Similarly, there are around 28 gas agencies and over 40 petrol pumps in the entire Saroornagar circle that together form a base of over 3000 agents and staff members from Fair Price Shops, Gas Agencies and Petrol Pumps. The task to vaccinate over three thousand members has been completed in six days.”
Explaining that the vaccination drive kick started on 28th May and completed today i.e. on 2nd June, she said, “We have formed a total of three centers in the entire Saroornagar to ensure smooth conduct of the vaccination drive. Almost all the agents and their staff members of Fair Price Shops, Gas Agencies and Petrol Pumps have been covered under the drive successfully.”
Reacting on the reports that fair price shops in the city and suburban areas are remain shut despite two consecutive days passed of the month of June, she said, “As most of the dealers and their staff members have received their jabs of late, it has been decided to hold the distribution of ration by 5th of this month.” The beneficiaries will start receiving their grains from 5th of June without fail,” she asserted.
