Mega vaccination drive a success in Tiruchi
The Hindu
In Karur 1,00,036 people were vaccinated
The second installment of the mega vaccination drive organised across the district was a success as over 60,000 took the jab in a single day. The authorities had set a target of 55,000 vaccinations but they exceeded the target by covering 64,448 people.
Tiruchi accounted for the seventh-highest coverage among the districts in the State in a single day. The vaccines were administered at 623 camps, of which 497 were in the rural and semi-urban parts of the district, while 126 camps were planned in Tiruchi city.
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