Fighting ‘superspreaders’ of rumours, fake news

The district administration is still fighting to put an end to rumours related to Covid vaccines being spread in various villages. Several messages by doctors and common people who had been inoculated are being spread on social media. Such press notes are being forwarded and released without a miss on everyday basis. The health officials on Monday released a press note focusing on the need to get vaccinated and spreading awareness by saying “Main teeka lagvaan toh baad tandrust mehsoos kar reha haan” (I am feeling healthy after getting the jab). The officials on Sunday had released a press note that read, “Covid roku vaccine prati bhram door karan vaste football club de pradhan ne litti khurak (To dismiss rumours regarding Covid vaccine, a football club president got the shot).

Trash torment: MC staff strike hits garbage lifting

More than a month has passed that Nawanshahr Municipal Council employees have been sitting on a strike against the state government for not paying heed to their demands. The employees have been demanding regularisation of the staff working in the council for past more than 10 years. Due to no garbage lifting, the region is in complete mess and residents are bearing the brunt. The employees from Nawanshahr and Banga on Monday held protests against the state government and also burnt an effigy of the government. They said the government was not listening to their demands and was ignoring them. Their demands include that contractual system should be ended and safai sewaks and sewermen should be regularizes. Besides, they have also been demanding to reinstate the old pension scheme. The protesters said they would hold a state-level protest on Tuesday. Notably, Nawanshahr MLA Angad Singh and Municipal Council president Nawanshahr Sachin Diwan had recently called on Punjab Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mahindra and discussed the problems facing the city. The MLA had apprised the cabinet minister that the situation in the district was worsening due to the strike. TNS

The district administration is still fighting to put an end to rumours related to Covid vaccines being spread in various villages. Several messages by doctors and common people who had been inoculated are being spread on social media. Such press notes are being forwarded and released without a miss on everyday basis. The health officials on Monday released a press note focusing on the need to get vaccinated and spreading awareness by saying “Main teeka lagvaan toh baad tandrust mehsoos kar reha haan” (I am feeling healthy after getting the jab). The officials on Sunday had released a press note that read, “Covid roku vaccine prati bhram door karan vaste football club de pradhan ne litti khurak (To dismiss rumours regarding Covid vaccine, a football club president got the shot).

Trash torment: MC staff strike hits garbage lifting

More than a month has passed that Nawanshahr Municipal Council employees have been sitting on a strike against the state government for not paying heed to their demands. The employees have been demanding regularisation of the staff working in the council for past more than 10 years. Due to no garbage lifting, the region is in complete mess and residents are bearing the brunt. The employees from Nawanshahr and Banga on Monday held protests against the state government and also burnt an effigy of the government. They said the government was not listening to their demands and was ignoring them. Their demands include that contractual system should be ended and safai sewaks and sewermen should be regularizes. Besides, they have also been demanding to reinstate the old pension scheme. The protesters said they would hold a state-level protest on Tuesday. Notably, Nawanshahr MLA Angad Singh and Municipal Council president Nawanshahr Sachin Diwan had recently called on Punjab Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mahindra and discussed the problems facing the city. The MLA had apprised the cabinet minister that the situation in the district was worsening due to the strike. TNS