This story is from May 19, 2020

Campaign ‘Stay at home’ in Wardha for people returning from other districts

Campaign ‘Stay at home’ in Wardha for people returning from other districts
WARDHA: A special public awareness campaignStay at home and be a corona warrior’ was launched on Monday in the district where four Covid-19 positive patients were found in a day. Under the campaign people who have returned from other districts with government permission will be appealed to follow home quarantine rules.
Administration is giving a letter to the families asking them to stay at home to protect their life as well as of others.
“This is a battle against coronavirus and if you stay at home, then you are a soldier,” the letter states. Under this campaign 7,312 families were approached on Monday.
In the last seven days, more than 7,000 people who were stranded in Covid-19 affected districts, mostly Mumbai and Pune, have entered Wardha. On Monday, three persons who had come to Arvi from Navi Mumbai were found positive. One person who had come to Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi, for treatment from Dhamangaon tested positive.
District collector Vivek Bhimanwar requested all officers and people’s representatives to implement the campaign. MP Ramdas Tadas, MLAs Pankaj Bhoyar and Samir Kunawar, ZP president Sarita Gakhare as well as other people’s representatives, Bhimanwar, SP Basavaraj Teli, ZP CEO Sachin Ombase, all SDOs, and other officers visited families under home quarantine and appealed to them to stay at home and follow government guidelines.
The collector said that the number of people returning to the district is increasing daily. He also issued an order warning that if anyone bearing the home quarantine stamp is found at public place, a fine of Rs10,000 will be charged.
Municipal council presidents Atul Tarale, Prem Basantani, Prashant Savvalakhe, all three sub-divisional officers Suresh Bagle, Harish Dharmik, Chandrabhan Khandait, all sub-divisional police officers, all tehsildars, deputy tehsildars, agriculture officers, panchayat samiti block development officer, panchayat samiti chairperson and members, Rotary club members, members of the Red Cross Society, as well as all staff at the village level participated in the campaign.
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