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Rohtak: The District Red Cross Society and the Palika Bazar Traders Association, Rohtak, felicitated representatives of more than 100 social outfits on International Blood Donor Day. Gulshan Nijhavan said former minister Manish Grover and Maha Mandleswar Shri Baba Kapilpuri Maharaj gave away appreciation certificates to them. “These are the outfits which not only organise blood donation camps but also motivate people to donate blood to save the lives of the people in need,” said Nijhavan.

Indians in US send 14 ventilators

Jhajjar: Indians living in the USA have come forward to provide medical equipment used in the treatment of Covid infection. “The Associations of Indians in America (AIA) and Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, have jointly sent 14 ultramodern ventilators to India, which will be distributed among charitable hospitals in various states,” said Bal Kishan Goel, a Bahadurgarh resident, who is associated with the AIA. One of the ventilators had been provided to a hospital in Bahadurgarh, he added.

Mass rural vaccination

Hisar: The Congress MLA from Dabwali, Amit Sihag, kick-started a rural mass vaccination drive for Covid in his segment on the occasion of the birthday of the party leader Rahul Gandhi. Named “Hamara Gaon Surakshin Gaon’, the MLA started the drive from Ramgarh in his constituency Dabwali, with an aim to vaccinating 90 per cent of the eligible village residents at the earliest. Sihag said vaccines were the only sure known protection against the deadly virus and vaccinating rural populations in large numbers was essential to ward off the prospective third wave. Quoting WHO, the MLA said 70 per cent vaccination in an area was essential to develop herd immunity. Keeping this in mind, he had kept an ambitious target of vaccinating 90 per cent of the eligible residents of the village at the earliest.

‘Good roads my right’ drive

Faridabad: ‘The facility and availability of good and motorable roads is not only a basic amenity, but also the justified right of every citizen, especially the taxpayer.” This was perhaps the conclusion of a unique demonstration staged by some residents here on Sunday. “Organised by ‘Save Faridabad’, an NGO based here, members and supporters of the group took out a march in the Greater Faridabad area to highlight the issue of the potholed roads and the need to repair or fix these,” said Paras Bhardwaj, convener of the NGO. “The drive will cover the whole city as the residents deserve good roads,” said Deepa Saksena, a member.

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