To beat Covid blues, residents of Aparna Oosman’s Everest take inclusive route

HYDERABAD: Residents of Aparna Oosman’s Everest, Secunderabad, rose to the Covid-19 challenge instead of fearing the pandemic. Empathy towards fellow residents and staff of their society, hygiene, yoga, meditation, ensuring social distancing and safety gear like mask were their weapons.
The society office-bearers arranged free medical check-up for housekeeping staff and residents.Online yoga and meditation classes were held for residents. Members also distributed essentials to sanitation staff. “All staff working in our housing society were provided essentials. Along with residents, they were briefed about immunity-boosting foods. Immunity-boosting foods were also provided to the staff,” said Srinija Venkat , a resident of Aparna Oosman’s Everest.

Residents also joined hands to take care of frontline warriors,especially sweepers and sanitation staff of GHMC. They were given safety gear. Taking their services a step further, some residents also distributed essentials to the staff. Hygiene was the priority in their fight against Covid-19. Fogging and sanitising the society thrice a week, hand wash facility at security kiosk and spraying of disinfectants in common areas such as lifts, staircase, grab rails twice a day were done at the housing society. “Visitors were not allowed into premises. In case of emergency, residents rolled out travel history of the visitor. Thermal scanning was done for everyone,” said Rizwan Oosman, vice president of Aparna Oosman’s Everest.