Home Dept. to deploy 8,500 home guards, 15,000 civil defence volunteers for COVID management
The Hindu
Home and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that 8,500 Home Guards will be deployed for management of COVID-19 in the State and 15,000 Civil Defence volunteers for tracki
Home and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that 8,500 Home Guards will be deployed for management of COVID-19 in the State and 15,000 Civil Defence volunteers for tracking, testing and providing services for patients recommended for home isolation in Bengaluru. Mr .Bommai, who attended a review meeting on the COVID situation in the State chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, said that more Home Guards would be deployed for pandemic management if required.More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists