Bijapur: Six auto drivers turn rickshaws to ambulance to volunteer during possible 3rd COVID wave
Bijapur: With the objective of extending a helping hand to people suffering from Covid infection, some six auto drivers have come forward to offer service to infected persons by converting their autos into ambulances.
The members of the Mahatma Gandhi Auto Union of the city, have joined hands with an NGO, Non-Formal Education Organisation which has encouraged the auto drivers for the job.
Dastagir Ukkali, one of the functionaries of the union said that these six drivers were given Covid kits that include, masks, sanitizers, and PPE for using it while transporting Covid patients to the hospitals.
The drivers are also trained to use these materials properly before carrying the Covid infected person.
The NGO said that the auto drivers have been prepared for taking patients in the possible third wave which is believed to hit the nation very soon.
In such a situation, a large number of people may get infected from Covid who need vehicle facilities to visit hospitals.
In order to provide service to them, six auto drivers have been prepared by giving them the required training.
Ukkali said that the service will be provided free. Covid infected person or their relative could contact the auto drivers if they need to visit the hospital. The drivers will come to the house and pick the patient.
“ In the second wave of Covid, some five drivers had given the service. This time some six drivers have come forward for the service. A couple of more are showing interest, we are hoping that they will join the cause”, he said.
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Poll boycott in Chamarajnagar village: Govt officers, voter injured; booth, EVM destroyed by protest
Chamarajnagar: In an untoward incident reported from Indiganatta village under the Mahadeshwara Hills Gram Panchayat administration limits in Hanur taluk, government officials were injured as they attempted at pacifying a group of angry voters who had declared they were boycotting the polls on Friday.
Tahsildar Guruprasad and Taluk Panchayat Chief Officer Umesh and a police inspector were reportedly injured in the clash. In addition, the protesters are learned to have destroyed the polling booth, including the electronic voting machine (EVM), set up in the village. One of the voters who visited the booth was reportedly injured in the head in the incident.
Angry over the non-availability of infrastructure in their village, the voters in Indiganatta declared that they would not exercise their right to franchise on Friday. Guruprasad, Umesh and the police officer, who were informed of the boycott, visited Indiganatta to appease the voters and get them to cast vote. The group of voters, however, directed their anger at the officers, resulting in the trio being injured.
The protesters in Indiganatta were not only adamant about their boycott, but also infuriated by the sight of other voters in the village cast ballot at the polling booth. In anger, they initially had an argument with the voters but later forced their way into the booth and reportedly destroyed the EVM there.
Polling is currently reported to have been stalled in Indiganatta due to the violent incident.
