Nanded’s Bhosi village appreciated for Covid management

AURANGABAD: The efforts taken by Bhosi village from Bhokar taluka of Nanded district to fight Covid-19 have been recognised as best practices by the ministry of panchayati raj of the Centre.
Block development officer for Bhokar G L Ramod on Wednesday said that the Centre has taken a note of a measure using which Covid-19 patients with mild or no symptoms were quarantined at farms along with their acquaintances and supplied with medical aid kits.
“Such quarantine arrangement worked very well and yielded results. Also, the district administration and health authorities carried out house visits of villagers to mobile Covid-19 testing and conducted daily tests. All villagers having comorbidities along with veterans were given special attention. The staff from Primary Health Centre (PHC) was deputed at hotspots. All these measures put in place have been appreciated by the Centre,” he said.
Located around 35 km from district headquarters, Bhosi, with a population of 3,910, has reported only 134 cases and two deaths in last more than year since the outbreak of Covid-19. “The village did not have a single active case for several days during the current second wave until one villager contracted the infection. The credit goes to villagers and local leaders for actively joining hands with the administration in keeping a check on the pandemic,” Ramod said.
Sarpanch of Bhosi village Tarabai Kalyankar said that the villagers had voluntarily observed janata curfew of 15 days in March during the second wave when 40 Covid cases were reported after a marriage ceremony.
“Like many other parts, our village, too, witnessed reluctance by many for undergoing vaccination against Covid-19. After our repeated pleas for taking the vaccine fell on deaf ears, the anti-corona task force formed in the village is now working to expand vaccine drive,” she said.
After such intervention, which is also appreciated by the Centre, Bhosi village has witnessed around 199 vaccinations so far till Tuesday.
Five other gram panchayats from Maharashtra — Hivare Bajar and Bhoyare Khurde from neighbouring Ahmednagar district, Chandankheda from Chandrapur district, Khursapur from Nagpur district and Umbarpada Saphale from Palghar district have also received praises from the Centre for effective Covid-19 management.